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ENTOMOLOGICA.

VOL, IL

WITH ELEVEN PLATES.

LON DOW:
E. W. JANSON, 35, LITTLE} RUSSELL STREET, W.C.

1875—1882.

FRED, T. ANDREW,
PRINTER,

ALBION PLACE, LONDON WALL, E.C.

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LIX.
LX.

LXI.
LXII.

CONTENTS,

Descriptions of new Coleoptera belonging to the families
Psephenidz and Cyphonide. By C. O. WATERHOUSE ...

Descriptions of new American Cetoniide. By O. E. JANSON

Descriptions of new American Cetoniidex, Pt. II. By O. E.
VAGRISONT qnosusgaosnocacucoodonsénecooccadsoceoscQdqabadeonodaasondoacan00s

Descriptions of Curculionide, Pt. I. By F. P. PAscon

Notices of new or little known Cetoniidz, No.7. By O. E.
JANSON

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A Reply to Criticisms on the “Trichopterygia Lllustrata.
iBya thee vay Ary MUA TEE: WS ula At on cnmacsecsacecesisssieseoactiacete

Remarks on the synonomy of the Atlas of the Heterocera
Sphingida and Noctuida, published as a portion of the
voyage of the “ Frigate Novara,’ November, 1874. By
Ji dale) SSE AIDTIELGI bso cosiocogopdoooonasanoneRuqsonanbNGonbEseCOndao CADESUOOCS

Revision of the genus Spilosoma and the allied groups of
the family Arctiide. By A.G, BUTLER, F.LS., F.Z.S., &c.
Descriptions of hitherto uncharacterized Australian Phyto-
phaga.. BygdmiSw Baws EAL SHi6cC., sms. casece <isstateveensoocsese-ee

Description of a new species of the Lucanoid genus Can-
tharolethrus, Thomson. By Major F. J. SipNey Parry,
IDS) Wk05 Goqooede Bae tcnwesccawen cot wie vieenk Muiswhe aio cuaowteroecnseedeee

Descriptions of new species of Heteromerous Coleoptera,

with synonymical notes. By C. O. WATERHOUSE .........

Notes on the Coleopterous family Cleridz, with descriptions
of new genera and species. By the Rev. H. 8S. GoRHAM

On the Lepidoptera referred by Walker to the genus Dioptis
of Hiibner. By A. G. BuTUER, F.L.S., F.Z.8., &c. .......06

Descriptions of new species of Phytophagous Coleoptera.
By Jao Als Haliis snecComeesucledenstneisccins cian clescieseieseessisie east
Description of a new genus and species of Lucanoid Coleop-
tera from the interior of Tasmania. By Major F. J.
SLIDNEY PARRY, PLISi &Gs essscassecer cs cctatsersssesecasscec sti
Notices of new or little known Cetoniide, No.1. By O. E.
DIAINGONG siscdclescsles'evsiens cuacastentiotteeeecsentteceeee tect estes a8 Seis O000D00
Notices of new or little known Cetoniide, No. 2. By O. E.
DANS ON scotjoonctev sid wieewinenervrsemodednaciestlacsiesies Seat outlets de'einaiie

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XXVII.

CONTENTS.

On some Heliconoid Danainz and Heliconidz in the Col-
lection of the British Museum. By A. G. BurueEr, }.L.S.,
TEV Zit S55, 8cOhasertai coisas ose setslsiecie ee sidemaiel tacts setee sisinslowis ce siae ce neieeeaerts
Notes on Japanese Rhopalocera, with descriptions of new
species: ByeO lB JANSON bacmeeetmearere tn maceecascweciectswecccers

Description of a new species of Attacus. By A. G. BUTLER,
BAL Ss, EiZaS SCs ssuseneatsedcusteencensenticeisvexe sete desaen ear
Descriptions of new species of Cryptolechia from the Ama-
zons. By AG; BUTLER, FUE-S:, HWS) Weucses.caesteeeers

Notes on the Trichopterygia found in America by the late
G. R. Crorcu, Esq., with descriptions of the new species.
By theyReve Ay MATTE Wis, MC Ate ecccesesecsens erence eee

Descriptions of new species of Phytophagous Coleoptera.
By Ji iS ae AY, Hal S:; (&C3 aces, cee ueemewsceceeeecsinn san aecene eee

Descriptions of new species of Cryptolechia from the Ama-
POH | 1B 7 Ne (Erp davon, JOIDHS, 1B AIS!) W205 ugsooodesooron0n0

Monograph of the Coleopterous genus Calochromus of the
family Lycide. By C. O. WATERHOUSE .........cecceseseens

Notes on the Lepidopterous genera Carama and Trichetra,
with descriptions of new species. By A. G. BuTLER,
BTS, HH Zi 925 OSC wee vache coecsoamemeete reese tceencteeceooenectcceeee

On various genera of the Homopterous family Membracide,
with descriptions of new species. By A. G. BUTLER,
ay BS FA tay Are es kd CRBs aaa ne R Bena ceca dosdaveascbboosemcoonobudadaudacc

Descriptions of new or little known species of Coleoptera
from various localities. By C. O. WATERHOUSE............

Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera from North
China. By: W..1B: PRYIER 1. -cu5 eeesen eee eee eee een ae

Remarks on certain species of the Lepidopterous genus
Ophideres, and their capacity for piercing the epicarp of
fruits. By iG. 1. PITCHER jy sesuccee eeceeeeeeeen eee Meeneenet ree:

On new species of Catocala and Sypna from Japan. By
ASG BUTE, (FiT.. Sy AU ZS ce eee eee oe

Notices of new or little known Cetoniidz, No. 3. By O. E.
JANSON) secortincdc snclonn some ch nee ae ae eee Renee Rane Rs ee

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XXXII

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XXXVII.

XXXVIII.

XXXIX.

CONTENTS.

Characters of new or little known species of the Coleop-
terous genus Hoplia. By C. O. WATERHOUSE..... “BoncdsoGe

Remarks on Japanese Rhopalocera and descriptions of five
apparently new species. By O. EH. JANSON ..........0.seeee

On the genus Amblyopinus and description of a new species
from Tasmania. By the Rev. A. MATTHEWS, M.A. ......

On some Butterflies recently sent home from Japan by
Mr. Montague Fenton. By A. G. Bururr, FLS.
FEZ SU GEC Re steer tease Saceein occa sated sees sets set vossebercoesiewees

Descriptions of new Coleoptera from Madagascar, recently
added to the British Museum Collection. By C. O.
VAGAUIST ETS (O)OISTO} Go ascooedontoncascaqoconuoquadSade caKosocEcosUaRoUedsOrG

Descriptions of a new genus and three new species of
Lepidoptera from Madagascar. By A. G. BUTLER,
TAS CREA Zi S HalecC imc pecicasheaeecdea seusercsseacicon tuber coaetsanee dee

Notices of new or little known Cetoniide, No. 4. By O. E.
JLAISIEOIN? ac doonbo choose stoop addacaacachobannrcaoneeseso o-apsuncoanosouecon

Descriptions of some uncharacterized species of Crioceridzx.
Vic) ses AMT Yen BL LS an OCC Slee sens cmreratsinnie Seis csis hei oosge teens neta ston

New genera and species of Carabide from Tasmania. By
TEAS Wie EW ACTR Sa: Suen COME wr Quec oricieaeinee olaiocaie een nes sehis sclsieene

Description of anew species of Ptilium, discovered by Mr.
Aug. Simson in Tasmania. By the Rev. A. MATTHEWS,
IMGAT Ie sac csecstecsiasenseesesaies seis es que asses yessitiace tes eisai cniews ovine

Description of Twenty-five new species of Cicindelide. By
EW BATES WETS), AC a rtconcradcusessiawidesctessemasessireatetercaes

On various genera of the Homopterous family Membracide,
with descriptions of new species, and a new genus in the
collection of the British Museum. By A. G. BuruEr,
PE SY HUZ Ss, KC. es anostactescerasteetctecisesiaw'alsuilescites'esesccuele sl

Contributions to a knowledge of the Coleoptera of Mada-
gascary By. C..OF WATE RHOUSH re rcscasceereceocesetccceshsvccce

Descriptions of the Phytophagous Coleoptera collected by
the late Dr. F. Stoliczka during Forsyth’s Expedition to
Kashgar in 1873-4 Byd. 8. BALY, EVL:S. ....c.ccsscceccese

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Remarks on the Synonymy of Vanessa C-aureum. By W, F.
ISBT 3368 Goosdooocdsocooob boo nc ododeRCeTIC ad ecbmoSooHcnoeNodaobuodoarroDr 385
Notices of new or little known Cetoniidz, No.5. By O. E.
JAIN S ON crc aieelctesetnalbe oaattals sisaheiteltesiaist siesta saeeaiisetrs sitedsle gzie clerical 387
On a collection of Lepidoptera from Madagascar. By A G.
BUDGER, BD SR EZ Sif &Ce, «cece aceieteeeseneseen«cesiepais «ciscis'esine 389
New genera and species of Callichrominz (Coleoptera
Longicornia). By Hz W. BATES, BAIS.) k&ex....cccese.ceces 395
Descriptions of new Coleoptera from Medellin, Columbia,
recently added to the British Museum Collection By
CO WATER HOUSIl 5... scecceasesteeeree eee ness 990900306 421
Descriptions of new Butterflies of the Indian Region. By
A. G. BUMTER HTS, HZiSn0cCrcenscecessenctaeeesabeeateeense 431
Descriptions of two new Hastern species of the genus
Papilio. By O: Hs SANSON) ‘cseceneesssestenesgercss ok eceee eaeeen 433

List of the Phytophagous Coleoptera collected in Assam by
A. W, Chennell, Esq., with notes and descriptions of the
uncharacterized genera and species. By J. S. BALy,
POT aie ccecucicucnssce ceseessncuessnaaertecesmencetemarenseneee cesses 435

Characters of the new genera and species of Heteromera
collected by Dr, Stoliczka during the Forsyth Expedition

to Kashgar in 1873-4. By F. BATES .......0.cccccccscsessccees 467
Note sur un Elatéride de Madagascar, du groupe des
Aillotriitesy. “BysDrisk; CAND Zit «asc. cdesdeeeees aceeearee reece 485
On a small collection of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from
New Zealand. By A.G. Burumr, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. ...... 487
On Phytophagous Coleoptera collected by Mr. Thamm at
Chanchamayo, Peru ~ By, M: SACOBYg-recscesmsesssceseee tee 513

New species of Cleride and other Coleoptera from Mada-
gasear.)) BysC, OAWiADER HOUSER pecsesces- eae seeteebeeeecencnsee 529

Notices of new or little known Cetoniidz, No. 6. By O. E.
JANSON UH is dither sits cd anecnbigemeeneoaeeneaaeedee memedseeemeeaseioavengs 537

On the larva of Euschema militaris, Linn. By O. E.
JIAINSONG ssjesicis actssins eco otisaantansemaae ene seaneecten cobra seca rence sted 540

On a collection of Lepidoptera from Marlborough Province,
New Zealand. By A. BuTumR, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. ......... 541

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ENTOMOLOGICA.

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A Reply to Criticisms on the “ Trichopterygia Tllustrata,” by
the Rev. A. Martuews, M.A.

Since the publication of the ‘“Trichopterygia Hlustrata’
various criticisms on that work have appeared in the periodicals
devoted to Natural History; these I have hitherto refrained
from noticing, in order to make my reply more comprehensive
than it could have been at any earlier period. Many of the
remarks contained in these critical notices have been very
complimentary, and it is gratifying to find that the faults pointed
out apply entirely to errors in the letter-press, pseudo-latinisms,
objections to the style of the figures, or differences of opinion as
to the Comparative merits of certain authors whose works I have
reviewed ; while the scientific and only important portions of
my work have been unassailed, and by letters which I have
received from many of the most distinguished Entomologists of
the present time, as well as by the published remarks of others,
appear to have met with universal approval.

With regard to the first of those faults which I have named,
viz, errors in the letter-press, which I regret to say are far too
numerous, I feel that I must take the whole blame upon my-
self. I foolishly consented to revise the sheets as they were
struck off, a task which their author should never undertake,
since his perfect knowledge of the idea intended to be expressed
and his capability of repeating almost every line by heart
engender a carelessness, however unintentional, to which a
stranger would not be lable, and of which I now suffer the evil
consequences.

As to what have been termed my “ pseudo-latinisms,” these
were in many instances perfectly intentional, and seem to me
perfectly justifiable, ¢.7., “in Insula Hyeres,” or “ad ripas fluvii
Seine” must be more intelligible to most readers than resuscita-
ting such names as “ Stoechades,” ‘ Sequana,” and such like,

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2 My. Matthews’ Reply to Criticisms on

terms for many centuries out of use, for the purpose, as it would
certainly appear, of exhibiting one’s superior knowledge of
ancient geography.

With respect to the plates no fault has been found with those
which exhibit the genera, but a little more care on the part of
the engraver would have greatly improved both the appearance
and utility of those devoted to the species. This may very
easily be proved by comparing Plates Nos. 29 and 30 with any
of those which preceed them, in many of which the superficial
sculpture has been very inadequately expressed, and requires a
careful comparison with the description of the species.

But it is to the class of criticisms which assail my observations
upon previous authors that I wish to direct attention. None of
my remarks were made without careful consideration, and as
they are supported by clear and obvious proofs, I trust to be
able to establish the truth of all that I have written. Of
criticisms of this class that published in the “Stettin Ent.
Zeitung, XXXTV, p. 398, from the pen of Dr. Dohrn, is the most
important and the most detailed. I will therefore examine his
remarks seriatim. Referring to my review of Gillmeister’s
“Trichopterygia,” Dr. Dohrn first of all quotes a notice of that
same work published in the “ Stettin Ent. Zeitung, T. VII, p. 59,
(1846), in which Dr. Schaum says “the descriptions are
splendid, short and to the point, they every where put proper
stress upon the specific differences. But the most perfect in this
classical work are the Plates, drawn by the author and engraved
by Sturm ; the most perfect specimens which the Entomological
Icononographie has to show.” Dr. Dohrn then quotes my own
observations on Gillmeister (vid. Trichopterygia [lustrata,
Introduction p. xii), and subsequently remarks “that it is more
than curious that Sehaum should call a work “splendid, per-
fect, and classical,” of which Matthews’ says that he only made
the confusion worse confounded, added nothing but what was
known, ignored the work of other Entomologists and misused
their liberality.” But to say that Dr. Schaum designated Gill-
meister’s work as “splendid, perfect, and classical,” is to affix a
meaning to the learned Doctor’s words which they clearly do not
possess; the terms splendid and perfect express merely Dr.
Schaum’s opinion of the deseriptions and plates. Whether Dr.

* Trichopteryyia Ilustrata.” 3

Schaum was qualified to judge of the descriptions or diagnostic
characters of a Trichopteryx may be gathered from his own
words, words spoken at the time when he presented to me the
collection of his American Trichopterygia. [ had asked his
assistance in determining their species, and in reply he said
“T must leave them entirely to you, for [know nothing what-
ever of that class.” These were the very words of my esteemed
friend, and uttered on such an oceasion were indelibly fixed on
my mind.

But I have never found fault with Gillmeister’s specific
descriptions, ys far as they go they are correct and good ;
no amount of excellence in specific descriptions can however in
any way atone for a reckless disregard of the commonest rules of
nomenclature. Dr, Gillmeister was well aware that M. Allibert
had already published descriptions of a great majority of the
very species on which he was himself engaged, and he must also
have known that M. Allibert’s names had been accepted by the
Entomologists of France, at all times an important part of the
scientific world; if he considered M. Allibert’s descriptions
insufficient, he might, as I did, without difficulty have obtained
an examination of the type specimens, but he adopted the read-
iest method of avoiding trouble, ignored the work of M. Allibert,
and either substituted fresh names for his species, or quoted
their names as synonyms of species to which they did not refer.

The manner in which he treated Dr. Aube was equally
inexcusable. Dr. Aube with his usual kindness had forwarded
type-specimens of all the species contained in his fine collection
to assist Dr. Gillmeister in his work; they were subsequently
returned to Dr. Aube in a very unsatisfactory condition ; to such
species as Dr. Gillmeister had recognized he had attached labels,
those which he did not know he had left unnoticed. It may be
thought that [am making a bold assertion, but if the collection
of Dr. Aubé still exists, anyone who will examine it may con-
vince himself of the fact. For in that collection he will find
two examples of one of the most distinct and most striking
species of the whole family, viz, Smicrus filicornis, labelled as
having been sent to Dr. Gillmeister, and returned without
remark. There may be others found in a similar condition,
though, as it is a long time since I have seen the collection, I

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cannot now remember their names ; but one such fact is of itself
sufficient to prove an amount of carelessness perhaps without
parallel, certainly without excuse.

But, bad as this was, his treatment of Col. Motschulsky was
far worse. In a paper published in the Bull. Mosc., 1845, V.
IL, p. 504, entitled “Ueber die Ptiliens Russland,” Col. Mot-
schulsky makes the following remark, “I said in the Stettin
Zeitung that I had 33 species of Ptilium, Gillmeister wrote for
them, received them, and returned them saying ‘none new’ ”
By the above date it is clear that the transaction alluded to
must have taken place previously to the publication of Dr.
Gillmeister’s Monograph, it therefore both justifies my assertion
that Dr. Gillmeister had seen Col. Motschulsky’s types, and
renders the publication of synonymy such as that given under
the head of “ 7. depressa,” (quoted by me at length in p. xii of
the Introduction to the Trichopterygia [lustrata), utterly con-
fusing and utterly inexcusable. But that example of synonymy
is only one of many of a similar character, by means of which
the confusion becomes disseminated throughout the work.

If Dr. Gillmeister had not seen Col. Motschulsky’s types and
could not comprehend his deseriptions, which it is often scarcely
possible to do, he should have omitted their names altogether
from the list, or have classed them separately as ‘ Species
incerti,” rather than have assigned them ad libitum to species
with which they have no connection.

In addition to all these instances of nomenclature wilfully
confused, | might reasonably have asked on what grounds did
Dr. Gillmeister ignore the Derm. pilosellus, brunneus, and nitid-
ulus of Marsham, or the Scaphidium punctatum of Gylenhal,
a name which had even then been recognized for about 40 years,
and in the place of this last substitute the far less expressive
term of Trich. alutacea? But I thought that my case had been
sufficiently proved.

Dr. Dohrn also complains that I assert that Dr. Gillmeister
in his Monograph did not bring forward a single fact which was
not previously known, except his observations on the Metamor-
phosis ; and to controvert my assertion cites my having adopted
four new species retaining the names which he had given them,

© Trichopteryyia [lustrata” 5

These Dr. Dohrn terms four new facts; he does not observe
that my assertion referred to life-history and anatomy, and
appears also to forget that two of these four species had been
previously described by Dr. Erichson, to whom according to the
strict law of priority I night therefore have assigned them.
But knowing the wnhandsome manner in which Dr. Erichson
had abused the confidence of Gillmeister and had unkindly
anticipated his work, I preferred to attach the name of “ G7//-
meister” to the species in question. If I committed a fault, it
arose from my desire to do justice to Gillmeister.

When to the confusion of nomenclature pervading the whole
Monograph is added the great amount of erroneous anatonzy,
the conspicuous Labial Palpi utterly ignored, a mutilated portion
of the Stipes figured as the true Mandible, and false delineations
given of the Mentum and adjacent organs of the lower part of
the mouth; and forms so totally diverse as the species of Ptinella
and Ptenidium comprehended under one and the same generic
appellation; I think that I was fully justified in saying that such
work left the Trichopterygia in a state of confusion far worse
than that in which it found thei.

In the case of Col. Motschulsky, my first impressions
experienced a total revulsion. I commenced work a disciple of
the common belief in his universal inaccuracy ; I had imbibed
the idea that his species were mere varieties, separated on unten-
able characters. Gradually step by step as my own knowledge of
these insects increased, so pari passu did my conviction that Col.
Motschulsky was right in his views. To assist in arriving at
the truth, | determined to communicate at once with him and
obtain authentic types of his species. These in large numbers
he immediately forwarded to me with the same ready kindness
as he had formerly shown to Gillmeister, but with a very differ-
ent result. [| found that though his descriptions were very
obscure, his types were in most cases sufficient to convince any
one of their specific value. Indeed if an experienced Entomolo-
gist has for many years turned his attention to the study of any
special class of insects, he may reasonably be supposed to know
more of that class than others who have comparatively neglected
them. [soon found this to be true of Col. Motschulsky, and

6 Mr. Matthews’ Reply to Criticisms on

have many times been compelled to accept his species in contra-
diction to my preconceived opinion.

Dr. Dohrn asks whether I expect him to accept Motschulsky’s
“99 species” on my authority? If he will refer to my work he
will find that I expect nothing of the sort, I do expect that
those species which I have verified by the careful examination
of types will be accepted, and am fully prepared to support my
position, and Dr. Dohrn must remember that their acceptation
will not wholly depend upon his opinion.

3ut let us examine this matter more closely. The actual
number of Motschulsky’s newly-named species amounts to 85,
and of these only 25 appear in my lst of recognized species.
Of the 43 supposed new species which I have verified by actual
examination, 2 only appeared to be varieties, while 41 were good
and distinct species; of these last, 16 had been previously
described by other authors, and 25 were wholly new to science.
Upon such facts it is only fair to conclude that a large majority
of the other 42 which he has described would probably be true
species. The rest of his names are merely manuscript without
definition.

In the year 1845 the combined efforts of all other Entomolo-
gists had resulted in the discovery of 37 species of Trichop-
terygia, while at that same period Col. Motschulsky was
acquainted with more than twice that number, of which above
one-half were the fruits of his own persevering exertions in their
pursuit and superior knowledge of their habits. Well and
truly then might I say that “his knowledge of the Trichop-
terygia exceeded that of any other Entomologist.”

To contradict this assertion Dr. Dohrn brings forward the
fact that Motschulsky had at one time considered the Trichop-
terygia to possess pentamerous tarsi. I need not again recount
mistakes of a character quite as important made by professed
anatomists to prove that the wisest among men are liable to
error, others have committed the very same mistake, and such
indeed was at one time my own impression. The tarsi of a
Trichopteryx are surrounded by very long diaphanous setw,
which in mounted specimens will occasionally cross the long
terminal joint of the tarsus in an oblique and so perfectly natural

* Trichopterygia lustrata.” 7

direction, that any one might suppose the terminal portion to
be an amalgamation of three parts, nor would be convinced of
the illusion without a careful examination of tarsi obtained
from other specimens. But be this as it may, it cannot
materially affect my expressed opimon of Col. Motschulsky.
I never said that he was an expert anatomist, though I might
have thought that his knowledge of the subject was quite
equal to that of his contemporaries. I have said before that
IT am not qualified to express an opinion of Col. Motschulsky’s
proficiency in other sections of Coleoptera. I have said before,
and I say it again, that his knowledge of the Trichopterygia
exceeded that of all other Entomologists.

A little farther on in his Review, Dr. Dohrn remarks that the
name “ Dohrnii,” given by me to the Trich. fuscipennis of Halde-
man, cannot stand, because “by the authors own opinion
Trich, fuscipennis is a synonym, and as there is no like-named
species except the Pétilinm fuscipenne, which dates from 1849,
and is thought by the author synonymie with Pt. Spencii. Also
Motschulsky’s species Acratrichis brunnipennis, (Amer), Mat-
thews remarks “An T. Dohrnii par.” The facts which Dr.
Dohrn has thus cited appear to me in themselves sufficient to
quash the name ‘ fuseipennis” altogether. It is evident that
Professor Forster's Ptilium Juscipenne was anterior in date to
T. fuscipennis of Haldeman, it is also certain that the same
name had been applied to another species by Gillmeister, and
recorded in p. 48 of his * Trichopterygia.” If I had been able
to recognize that species I must of course have retaimed its name.
But though I failed, some other author may succeed in doing so,
and its name may now be restored to the list without creating
confusion.

It appears to me that the only safe basis of nomenclature is
to adhere closely to this rule, 7.¢., that when once a name has
been used to designate a certain insect, the same name cannot
subsequently be apphed to any other species of the same section.
L say section because genera are in their very essence changeable
terms, wholly subject to the will of each separate author. If
therefore a specific name should merely be restricted to a genus
and might again be repeated im the genus next in succession,
endless changes of nomenclature would ensue, especially in a

8 Mr. Matthews’ Reply to Criticisms on

section like this, of which the whole species have already been
comprised by more than one author under the name of ‘ 7ri-
chopteryx,”’ and by others under the name of ‘ Péi/iium.”

Taking the case before us as an example, let us suppose that
the name 7. fuscipennis is restored either to Gillmeister’s or to
Haldeman’s species, and also that the Péilium fuseipenne of
Forster, and the Ptenidium fuscipenne of Motschulsky are both
eventually discovered to be true species, the name, if not
restricted to a single genus, must be repeated in all the three.
Subsequently some author averse to sub-divisions re-unites the
whole section under one generic term, two recognized names
must then be changed for fresh appellations; but as soon as
these new names had been accepted, another author arises, who
determines to divide the section into various genera once more,
and in consequence must again alter the names last given; and
so on ad infinitum till at length the term “ fuscipennis” would
convey no possible idea either of form or species. By adhering
to the rule I have mentioned, and on which I have acted, all
such confusion will be avoided, while by pursuing the contrary
plan endless and most harassing complications might be caused.

In the next place Dr. Dohrn mentions errors which he has
observed in my account of the capture of certain species, errors
so utterly frivolous that the very notice of them serves to show
the difficulty of finding faults. He says “that Dr. Schaum
never was in Brazil, therefore the notes on Trich. Wenkeri and
discolor are incorrect is certain. The like is the case with the
Californian Pé, pullum, which Dr. Miklin has certainly not
caught in loco.” At the interview between Dr. Schaum and
myself previously alluded to, he pointed out a certain group of
specimens, all ticketed with his accustomed care, and said, “ you
must remember that this lot were taken in Brazil, all the rest
were found in the United States ;” and,as he said nothing to
the contrary, I supposed that he meant they had been taken by
himself. At any rate, if 7. Wenkeri and discolor were actually
taken in Brazil, the name of their captor must be of secondary
importance in geographical relations. Whether Col. Motschul-
sky was ever in Ceylon, or Dr. Miklin in California, must be
equally unimportant. I can only refer the reader to my extracts
from previous authors, and add that my type of Pfen. pullum

© Trichopteryyia Ilustrata.” ws)

was received from M. le Comte de Mniszech, ticketed thus,
“ California Mdklin.”

In the last part of his Review, Dr. Dohrn would seem to
imply that I made use of Latin in order to exhibit my superior
education ; the truth is that [ made use of Latin, especially in
the original descriptions transcribed from other authors, in order
to assist persons as ignorant as myself, those who cannot read
the languages of Germany, Sweden, or Russia. Had I used
entirely my native tongue the difficulty would have been
increased, as still fewer could have read Enghsh. By making
use of a medium of communication universally recognized, I
hoped to render my meaning intelligible to all. In reference to
the mistakes which I have made, I can only hope that anyone
who has read the Latin in the pages devoted to the anatomy of
the Trichopteryyia, would hardly suppose that such an outrageous
blunder as “in paludibus Comtis Cantabridgiensibus,” (triumph-
antly paraded by Dr. Dohrn), could have proceeded from ignor-
ance of the language. Its true history is this, I had originally
written “in paludibus Comtis Cantabridgiensis,” and subse-
quently altered it thus, “in paludibus Cantabridgiensibus,” the
obliteration was overlooked by the printer, and a/though cor-
rected «a second time in the proof-sheet, the error was again with
extreme carelessness reproduced in the final impression in all its
deformity, a fact unnoticed by me until too late to reetify the
mistake. ‘Tauria” is quoted from Motschulsky, and left
unaltered because I did not know for certain whether he
intended it for the Crimea. The transposition of the vowels in
**Madiera” arose from my own carelessness in writing the word
originally, and in overlooking the error in the proof. This name
is spelled correctly in my extracts from Mr. Wollaston.

I think that I have now noticed all the criticisms of Dr.
Dohrn. ‘The-last few lines of his Review express, | would fain
believe, the real feelings of their writer more truly than his
previous remarks. [ am not surprised that Dr. Dohrn should
have taken up arms in defence of his countryman, I respect and
honour his spirit, though I doubt the expediency of eliciting
more positive proofs of his friend’s misdoings. I have endea-
voured on my own behalf to support my position, and if in so
doing I have anywhere exhibited unnecessary asperity, I fear the

10 Mr. Matthews’ Reply to Criticisms.

pages of the Review must have conveyed the infection. I can
never forget the kind manner in which Dr. Dohrn assisted me
in my work, and however we may differ im our opinion of other
men, I trust our regard for each other may remain unchanged. —

To Reviewers, who in a work which has carried the oral
anatomy of Coleoptera to heights never before attained, and has
revealed functions of certain organs previously unthought of, can
find nothing more worthy of notice than errors in the letter-press
and supposed defects in the plates, I need not reply ; their own
remarks prove the spirit by which they were inspired, and
supply an answer to themselves.

As I do not intend again to revert to this subject, I will add
a few words on the anatomy exhibited in the pages and_ plates
of the “ Trichopterygia Illustrata.” Ta the Appendix I have
given a detailed list of the vast number of preparations which |
made, in order that by comparing them with each other I might
obtain a correct idea of the true outline of each separate organ.
These preparations have been minutely examined and compared
with my figures by Drs. Le Conte, Horn, and Sharp, and by
Messrs. Croteh, Wollaston, and Janson, who all concurred in
affirming the accuracy of my delineations. If anyone should
still feel sceptical on that point, my preparations are open to his
inspection, and can be selected by the numbers affixed to them
in the list. They are preserved in Canada Balsam, which up to
the present moment has retained its pristine transparency.

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Remarks on the synonymy of the Atlas of the Heterocera
Sphingida and Noctuida, published as a portion of — the
results of the voyage of the ‘ Frigate Novara,” November,

1874; by R. H. Srrercn, of San Fancisco, California.

The present paper is intended to give the result of the com-
parison of Plates 79 to 107 inclusive, (except figures I—6 on
Plate 82), with the collection of the British Museum, and the
catalogues of the same published from 185—41866. These plates
contain the groups usually classed by Entomologists between
Sphinx and Noctua, and are contained in parts 1-7, 31, 32. and
35, of the Museum catalogues. The plates according to the foot-
notes were edited between the years 1868-1873, while the cover
to the Atlas sets forth that they were published collectively in
November, 1874. It is not imtended to follow the synonymy
further than to indicate the identity of the species figured with
the specimens existing in the British Museum, leaving for a
future catalogue of these families, which I have in preparation,
the question whether Mr. Walkev’s determinations have in all
places been correct ; as well as the question of generic distribu-
tion in which the Museum catalogue is notoriously defective.

Where there can be no doubt of the priority of names, that
which should have precedence is indicated im more prominent
type than the synonym.

A prompt notice of this publication becomes necessary from
the fact that a not inconsiderable number of species have been
previously described by the late F. Walker, Esq., from types in
the British Museum cabinets. As these were all published
before 1866, their names must stand except in cases of erroneous
determination. It is greatly to be regretted that there is no
letter-press accompanying the Atlas. Indeed, so far as the plates
alluded to are concerned, there are not even localities attached
to the species figured, or any mention of the place of deposit of
the types. The latter is an important omission when we remember

ee) Mr. Stretch’s Remarks on the synonymy of the

that quite a large number of the species figured, were in all
probability, not collected on the Novara voyage at all! The
absolute comparison of some few species cannot be made for
want of figures of the underside, and a certain amount of uncer-
tainty sometimes arises from a knowledge of the fact that the
coloring is defective in some cases, where the peculiarity of the
markings, points out unmistakably the insect intended, as in
the case of Holocera Smilax.

Upwards of fifty species are enumerated which exist in the
British Museum cabinets, and were described in the catalogues
of the Museum prior to 1867, but it is not strange that some of
these should have been overlooked, from the fact of their erron-
eous location both in the collection and catalogue. The failure
to recognize others such as Hterusia transversu, Walker and
Scaptesyle bicolor, Walker is strange, for in spite of all that has
been said about the defects of Mr. Walker’s descriptions, I have
been able to determine from the catalogue, a very large proportion
of the species included therein,

In the case of some few species described by Mr. Butler sub-
sequent to 1870, there may be a difference of opinion as to the
priority of names. It has been argued that because these plates
could be purchased in their uncolored condition, that their nomen-
clature should date from the year appended to the foot of each.
To admit this would be to introduce a troublesome element ito
a nomenclature already sufticiently intricate. Whatever might
be said in favor of admitting such a claim for plates never
intended to be colored, and in which the details are consequently
carefully worked out, it cannot fora moment be admitted for
copper-plates imtended to be colored, in which it is notorious
that many of the details are left to the colorist. Such plates
may be colored to represent several species, and in the absence of
letter-press who is to tell whether a certain Lithosia for instance
is to be white or drab, or a Limacodes green or brown? For
such reasons as these I should give priority to Mr. Butler’s
names. In doing so I do not however ignore the right which
every Entomologist has to the adoption of his manuscript names,
where such may be known to the publisher of the species, nor
would I for a moment be understood to underrate the value of

Atlas of the Heterocera Sphingida and Noctuida. 13

this most important contribution to Entomological knowledge,
for this is beyond question.

Among the Noctuce I recognize several species described by
Augustus Grote, Esq., as well as by Mr. Walker, but I leave
this section to those who possess a more intimate knowledge of
the group than I can pretend to.

PLATE 79.

Fic. 1. Casrnta rutinA, Felder, belongs to the group of which

to) , zi to) dD ] 5

C. FonscotomBer may be considered the type, and is
closely allied to that species.

Fig. 3. Castnia tricolor, Felder, =Casrnia piva, Butler, Lep.
Exon, Pl 17, fig, (1870):

Fig. 6. Synemon Icarta, Felder, = var. SyNeEMON Lata, Walker.
Differs as near as can be judged from the figure, only in
having the black bands of the secondaries broken up into
spots. In the absence of letter-press it is impossible to
tell whether this is a permanent form or only an accidental
variation.

Fig. 7,8. SYNEMON PARTHENOIDES, Felder, is very near SYNEMON
Sopu1a, White, sp., the maculations of the secondaries
being similar, but the primaries longer, and their whitish
markings more distinct. Bears about the same relation
to Soputa that Icarra does to Lara.

PLATE 80.

Fig. 1. Craracia Fiscueri, Felder, is very near C. RUBROVIRI-
pans, Walker, but the specimens in the British Museum
of the latter species, are too worn to make the eom-
parison absolute.

Fig. 3. Pielus hydrographus, Felder, = Pre.us LABYRINTHICUS,
Cat. Lep. Het. B. Mus., 1578, (1856).

PLATE 82.

Fig. 15. Letois similis, Felder, = Nrara Lavistrica, Cat. Lep.
Het. B. Mus, 1141, (1855).

Fie.

Fig.

Fig.

Mr. Stretch’s Remarks on the synonymy of the

18. Zygena subdiaphanu, Felder, is not unlikely to prove

identical with Z. conrrarta, Walker, which has the
secondaries very pale reddish. At best it can only take
rank as a variety of that species.

19. Zyauna ocetiarts, Felder. The specimen in the Brit-
ish Musewm has the ground color of the ocelli white.

ig. 21. KEucrenra zYG#@NYIDES, Felder, is very. near to, if not

identical with Procris CONTRARIA, Walker, which differs
in having the abdomen luteous.

PLATE 83.

x

Heterusia microcephala, Felder, = EvrERusiA DIRUPTA,
Cat. Lep. Het. B. Mus., supp., 199, (1864).

8. Heterusia cicada, Felder, = EreRUsIA PULCHELLA, var. 4
Cat. Lep. Het. B. Mus., 436, (1854). Walker supposed
his insect to be a variety of the CHALCOSLA PULCHELLA,
of Kollar, but as this latter insect proves to be CHALCOSIA
PHALENARIA, Kollar’s name must sink, and Walker’s
be retained for this insect.

18,19. Lsochroma fallax, Felder, =SciaTHOS PUNCTIGERA,
Cat. Lep. Het. B. Mus., 752, (1855).

PLATE 84.

bo

Gonomera posticA 2, Felder, = Pachypasa effusa,
Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. B. Mus. Walker described the
funder the name adopted by Felder.

5. OPSIRHINA FLEXIcosTA @, Felder, =O. pEcoraTa, !
Walker. There is but little {if any difference between
these species except that the color of the latter is reddish
instead of yellowish.

‘ie. 9. Rhinogyne calligama ff, Felder, = Entometa obliqua,

Cat. Lep. Het. B. Mus., 973, (1855).

10. Rhinogyne calligama 2, Felder, = Prnara cana, Cat.
Lep. Het. B. Mus., 761, (1855). This latter insect is
very closely allied to the Opsirhina metaphea 2, Walker,
which differs in color, only in having the base of the
secondaries dusky.

Fig. 4,
Fig. 7.
Fig. 3.
Fig. 2
Fig. 3.
Fig 10.
Fig. 8.
Fie. 9.
Fig, 4.
Fig. 6.

Atlas of the Heteroceru Sphingida und Noctuida, 15

PLATE 88.
5. Honocera sMruax, Westwood, = HENUCHA SMILAX, B.
Mus. cabinet.

PLATE 89.

Hyperchiria anableps, Felder, = HYPERCHIRIA ABAS, Cat.
Lep Het. B. Mus., p. 1305, (1855). Reference being
made to Cramer, Pap. Exot., 1, 121, pl. 77, fig. A.B.

PLATE 90.
ORMISCODES FUMOSA, Felder, is very nearly allied to and
congeneric with Dirphia semirosea, Walker, from Mexico.
PLATE 98.

Ormiscodes trisignauta, Felder, = DireHiA MULTICOLOR,
Cat. Lep. Het., B. Mus., p. 1364, (1855).

ARE AOE:

HomocHroa ORNATA, Felder, is very near to, if not
identical with Tugfra antherwata, B. Mus. cabinet.

Oligoclona chordigera, Felder, = DASYCHIRA ANTICA,
Cat. Lep. Het. B. Mus., p. 867, (1855).

PLATE 95.

OLIGOCLONA NERVOSA, Felder, = CG aafiss VENOSATA,

Walker.

Ochrogaster ruptimacula, Felder, =THEARA INTERRUPTA,
Cat. Lep. Het. B. Mus., p. 850, (1855).

PLATE 96.

Hyelora sphing, Felder, = Hyetors EKvcaryprus, B. Mus.
cab, in part. Under the latter name, there are two species
confounded in the B. Mus. collection, but the specimens
corresponding with fH. sphine, Felder, appear to be
Doubleday’s types. (see H. Eucatyprus, Doubleday,
Proce. Zool. Soe., 1848).

Dicraunura argentea, Felder, = CerRURA LITURATA, Cat.
Lep. Het. B. Mus., 988, (1855).

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Fig.

Mr. Stretch’s Remarks on the synonymy of the

PLATE 98.

17. Cherotricha nobilis, Felder, =Oreyta sostata, Cat.
Lep. Het. B. Mus., 326, (1865). Felder’s genus, =
GoGana, Walker, of which the type is aTRosquaMa,
Walker.

PLATE 99.

g. 1. Daraua zonatTa, Felder, is very near D. FERVENS,

Walker.

¢. 9. Xenosoma nigricosta, Felder, = ELoRIA FLAVICEPS, Cat.

Lep. Het. B. Mus., supp., 339, (1865).

e. 10. Xenosoma Erycinoides, Felder, = ELortaA DIscALis, Cat.

Lep. Het. B. Mus., p. 1726, (1856).

PLATE 100.

ig. 19. ZeRENOPSIS LeEopARDINA, Felder, is very nearly allied

to and congeneric with DE1opeia LEPIDA, Walker.

26. Lsochrya eburneiqgutta, Felder, = ENDYRA PHEDONIA,

Cat. Lep. Het. B. Mus., p. 1685, (1856).

PLATE 101.

1. Panthea Chavannesi, Felder, = BATHYRA SAGATA, Cat.
Lep. Het. B. Mus., supp., 403, (1865).

PLATE 102.

3. Hucyrtau subulifera, Felder, = RureHa stricosa, Cat.
Lep. Het. B. Mus., p. 273, (1854).

9. Huplesia vittigera, Felder, = AUTOMOLIS SPHINGIDEA,

Perty. sp. The specimen of £. vittigera, Felder, in the
Museum cabinet, does not differ appreciably from those
labelled A. spHincipga, Perty.

. 10. Huplesia ochrophila, Felder, = APICONOMA OPPOSITA,

Cat. Lep. Het. B. Mus., p. 260, (1854).

18. Kucerea thalassica, Felder, = ACRIDOPSIS MARICA, Cat.

Lep. Het. B. Mus., p. 269, variety of same.

Fig.

Fie.

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PLATE 103.

bo

Leptosoma maculosum, Felder, = NYCTEMERA BIJUNC-
TELLA, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. B. Mus., supp., p. 1880,
(1866).

3. Leptosoma tricolor, Felder, = NYCTEMERA APICALIS, var.,
Cat. Lep. Het. B. Mus., p. 395, (1854). The band on
the primaries of this species not wnfrequently assumes a
tendency to yellow.

Fig. 9. HEsthema confluens, Felder, = EStH—EMA CONFLUENS,
Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc., pt. 1, (April, 1872).
Fig. 10. Esthema venosa, Felder, = EstHeMA speciosa, Cat.

Fig.

Lep. Het. B. Mus., supp., p. 1873, (1866).

ge 11. Hsthema calida, Felder, = Kucyane Hytaspess, Butler,

P.Z.S., p. 82, (January, 1871), Lep. Exot., pl. 61, fig.
6, (April, 1874).

vo 12. Esthema jucunda, Felder, = EucyANe TEMPERATA, Cat.

Lep. Het. B. Mus.,-pt. 7, p. 1656, (1856).

e. 16. Hyalurga irregularis, Felder, = HYALURGA ALBOVITREA,

Cat. Lep. Het. B. Mus., supp., p. 159, (1864).

Ted AAEH, LOL

g. 4. Stenele Aletis, Felder, = CHRYSAUGE REPANDA, Cat. Lep.

Het. B. Mus., p. 375, (1854).

7. PonyprycuH1a FAscicunosa, Felder, =? Josta ERyYNNIS,
Cat. Lep. Het. B. Mus., p. 315.

. 12. Josiomorpha longivitta, Felder, = Jost PENETRATA,

Coll. B. Mus., being but a large form of that insect.

PLATE 105.

2. Terna major, Felder, = PHMOCHLHNA BREVILINEA, Cat.
Lep. Het. B. Mus., p. 469, (1854).

ig. 3. Terna minuta, Felder, = VirBIA MENTIENS, Cat. Lep.

Het. B. Mus., p. 471, (1854).

4. Dioptis Erycinoides, Felder, = Diopris ITHOMEINA,
/ Y )
Butler, Cist. Ent., iv, p. 87, (January, 1872). Lep. Exot.,
pl. 61, fig. 8, (April, 1874).

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Fig.

Mr. Stretch’s "Remarks on the synonymy of the

5. Dioptis Salvini, Felder, = Dioptis Nocrituces, Butler,
Cist. Ent., iv, p. 88, (January, 1872). Lep. Exot., pl. 61,
fig. 7, (April, 1874).

Ne. 8. Gnatholophia longinervis, Felder, = EUCONTHA SUBLACTI-

Fi
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12.

Fig

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GERA, Cat. Lep. Het. B. Mus., supp., p. 383, (1864).

e, 22. Josia lugens, Felder, = Josia hyperia, Cat. Lep. Het.

B. Mus., p. 306, which = Josia PILARGE, loc. cit. p. 305,
(1854).

fae ile Antiotricha rerdta, Felder, = MENNIS INTEGRA, Cat.

Lep. Het. B. Mus., supp., p. 181, (1864).

e 31. Adelphoneura nerias, Felder, = GLissA BIFASCIES, Cat.

Lep. Het. B. Mus., supp., p. 186, (1864).

PLATE 106.

ig, 2. AGANAIS RENIGERA, Felder, is very near if not identical

with Hypsa MEMBLIARIA, Cramer, sp., Which varies greatly
in the amount of yellow on the wings.

3. Aganais albifera, Felder, = Hypsa puana, Cat. Lep.
Het. B. Mus., p. 450, (1854).

4. Agape cyanopyga, Felder, = Hypsa cHLoropyGa, Cat.

Lep. Het. B. Mus., p. 455, (1854). Hypsa analis, is a
snyonym, being described from a specimen in which the
spots are very pale.

5. Termessa hamula, Felder, =TERMESSA DISCREPENS, Cat.
Lep. Het. B. Mus., supp., p. 265, (1864). The specimen
in the Museum cabinet has lost the fringes to the wings,
and hence shows the black round the emargination
faintly.

8. Cratosia parallela, Felder, = C1ssuRA DECORA, Cat. Lep.
Het. B. Mus., p. 489, (1854).

ig 11. Lithosia bifasciata, Felder, = CYLLENE TRANSVERSA,

Cat. Lep. Het. B. Mus., p. 544. (1854).

Ne 18. Teinopyga reticularis, Felder, = DEIOPEIA EXTREMA,

Cat. Lep. Het. B. Mus., p. 573, (1854).

23. Pyraipia peserTA, Felder, =? Lithosia nera, Boisdu-
_ val, Lép. de Californie, (1868-9).

@, 25. Dichromia Nietneri, Felder, = SCAPTESYLE BICOLOR,

Cat. Lep. Het. B, Mus., supp., p. 182, (1864).

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Fig. 26. PrycHOGLENE ERYTHROPHORA, Felder, = Lithosia mini-
ata, B. Mus. cabinet, nec. Cat. Lep. Het. B. Mus., p. 512,
(1854), which = Hypoprerta rucosa, p. 487, (1854).

PLATE 107.

Fig. 5. Agaristu Moore’, Felder, = Eusem1a Mooret, Boisduval
Mon. des Agaristides.

ig. 6. AGarista Linpiau, Felder, belongs to the genus Phasis,
Walker, and is near JoOsStA SEPARATA, Walker, 1645,
(1856).

Fig. 8 Aygarista Batesii, Felder, = PHasts Nnocritux, Walker,
Cat. Lep. Het. B. Mus., p. 312, (1854).

Fie. 10. Ayarista cgoceroides, Felder, = KUSEMIA TRANSIENS,
Walker, sp., Cat. Lep. Het. B. Mus., p. 1588, (1854).
This insect with several others included in the same
genus, must be separated from METAGARISTA, Walker,
as they differ in the form of the antennz from those
organs in the generic type M. TrRIpHaNoIDES, Walker.
The latter insect is near Pats, Hiibner, while the others
with simple antenne are related to Eupryas, Boisduval,
from North America. For the species thus separated |
would propose the name sEUDYRA, with the Eusemra
TRANSIENS, of Walker, as the type. Cat. Lep. Het. B.
Mus., p. 1588, (1856).

Fig. 14. A%cocers RuBIDA, Felder, judging by the figure,
appears to differ little from Walker’s Af. Magna, if it be
not identical, and the types of this in the cabinet are
scarcely distinguishable from those labelled 42. Latrei/i,
H.S.

Fig. 17. Charilina intercis, Felder, = CHARILINA AMABILIS, Cat.
Lep. Het. B. Mus., p- 516, (= Aeyocera Lamabills, p. 58,
loc. cit.).

Fig. 18, 19,20. Tyndaris letifica, Felder, = CaLLipuLa ERYCI-
wava, of the British Museum cabinet and catalogue.

Fig. 28. Callidula eryeinoides, Felder, =CaLumuLa EVANDRUS,
of the British Museum cabinet and catalogue,

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Revision of the genus Spilosoma and the allied groups of the
Family Arctiide ; by ArtHuR G. Butuer, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &e.

The genera of Arctiide into which Spilosoia has been divided
are closely allied ; their structural differences are such as would
not be recognized in many families as of generic value ; still, as
sub-divisions of a large group of insects, they are useful, and on
that account I adopt them.

The following species do not belong to this group of genera,—
Spilosoma marmorata, which is a Digama (a genus probably
allied to Deiopeia); S. rubescens, which is congeneric with Arctia
strigatula ; S. submacula, obscurum, and Aloa rhodophwa, which
will together form a genus not far from A/lope; S. fulvia which
seems to me to be a mutilated Hypsa ; S. costutu, something like
the latter and of doubtful location ; Alou tripartita, dentata, and
erosa ; and Creatonotos ? vuteria.

Spilosoma dilecta, Boisd. may be anything, it cannot, | think,
belong to the group.

Genus AREAS. Walker,
Areas imperialis,

Euprepia imperialis, Kollar, Hiigel’s Kaschmir, p. 466, pl. 21,
fig. 1, (1848).

Himalayas. b.M.

Walker refers this species to Hypercompa, but IT am satisfied
that its true position is in Aveas, notwithstanding the startling
differences in the pattern of the primaries.

Areus ortentalis.
Areas orientalis, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 658, mn. 1, (1855).
Sarawak (Wallace), Java (Horsfield),
N. India, Silhet. B.M.

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My. Butler’s Revision of the genus Spilosomea

Areas melanopsis.

Arctia melanopsis, Walker, Lep, Het. supp. 1, p. 280, (1864).
Ceylon. B.M.

Areas delineata.

Aloa delineata, Walker, Lep. Het., p. 700, n. 3, (1855).
Natal, S. Africa. B.M.

Aveas lutescens.

f,2. Spilosoma lutescens, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 672, n.
16, (1855).

f. Halesidota mundata, Walker, Lep. Het. supp. 1, p. 309,
(1864).

Sierra Leone, Natal, 8. Africa. B.M.

Areas lactined.

Phalena lactinea, Cramer, Pap. Exot. I, pl. 131, fig. D,
(1779).

Bombyx sanguinolenta, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. U1, 1, p. 473, n.
206, (1793).

N. India, Moulmein, Ceylon, Java. B.M.

Areas cardinalis, 1. sp.

2. Snow-white; crest, margin of collar, abdomen and costa of
primaries scarlet ; antenne black ; pterygodes with a central
black spot ; abdomen with dorsal and lateral series of black spots ;
primaries with two black spots at end of cell, one at the upper
and the other (smaller) at the lower extremity ; secondaries with
end of cell, a large trifid marginal anal patch, and a subquadrate
smaller patch at centre of outer margin, all black ; palpi scarlet
with black tips, coxse and upper surface of femora scarlet, tarsi
blackish ; venter sordid white with lateral black spots ; prima-
ries with only one black spot at end of cell, otherwise as above ;
secondaries with the base red, a sub-basal costal black spot, other-
wise as above: expanse of wings 3 inches, | line.

Phillipine Islands, (Cuming). B.M.

Easily distinguished from A. lactinew by its scarlet abdomen,
and the large black marginal patches of secondaries.

and the allied groups of the Fanily Arctiide. De

Ge

A PCOS poseicostis, HO Sp).

ft. Snow-white; crest, a few scales on margin of collar, abdo-
men, costa of primaries, and a diffused costal nebula on seconda-
ries, scarlet ; antennee black ; abdomen with a dorsal series of
transverse black bars, and lateral series of spots ; primaries with
a minute black litura on median nervure at origin of second and
third branches, a second upon the lower radial, a third on the
first median, and a fourth near the end of the submedian ner-
vure; secondaries with a black spot at end of cell, a second
smaller one at apex, and three (larger) along the outer margin ;
palpi scarlet with black tips ; coxee and upper surface of femora
scarlet ; knees, tibize above, and tarsi black ; venter white with
lateral black dots ; primaries with two black spots at end of cell ;
secondaries with the base rosy, a black sub-basal costal spot ;
costal rosy nebula only visible through the wing, otherwise as
above ; expanse of wings 1 inch, 11 lines.

Rockingham Bay, Australia, (Maegilivray). 3.M.

Areas Moore’, 1. sp.

f. Snow-white ; scape of antenne, front margin of collar,
abdomen, and costa of primaries, scarlet ; antenne black ; abdo-
men with a dorsal series of transverse black bars, and lateral
series of black dots ; primaries with two minute black points at
end of cell; secondaries with a black spot at end of cell, a second
at apex, and a third, submarginal, on discoidal interspace ; palpi
scarlet, fringed with white, with black tips; coxee and femora
above reddish, knees and middle tibize above black, tarsi black
spotted with whitish ; wings below red at base with a black
costal spot, otherwise as above : expanse of wings | inch, 6 lines.

Almorah, N. India, (Boys). B.M.

This species, like the two preceding is at once separated from
A, lactinea by its scarlet abdomen ; it also has much less scarlet
about the collar, and no black spots on the tegule: I have
named it after Mr. F. Moore of the E. India Museum.

Aveas costalis.

Alow costalis, Walker, Lep, Het. supp. 1, p. 301, (1864).
N. Australia.

24 Mr. Butler's Revision of the yenus Spilosoma

Areas marginata.
Bombyx marginata, Donovan, Ins. New Holland, pl. 34, fig.

2, (1805).
Tasmania, (Doubleday). B.M.

.
If the species which we possess is that represented by Donovan,
his figure must be very bad.

Genus Anos. Walker.
Alou punctistriga.

Spilosoma punctistriga, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 676, n.
28, (1855).
INJ India. 1B: Me

Aloa candidula.

f. Alou candidula, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 704, n. 7, (1855).
Nepaul, (Hardwicke). B.M.

Possibly the male of the preceding species.

Aloa diminuta.

f. Aloa diminutau, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 705, n. 8, (1855).
2. Creatonotos emittens 2, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 639, n. 2,
(1855).
spilosoma strigata, Walker, Charact. Lep. Het, p. 10, n. 15,
Spil trigata, Walker, Cl Lep. H 10 15
(1869).
N. India, (Hamilton and James). B.M.

Aloa rubricosta.
Creatonotos rubricosta, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc., p. 573, (1872).
Manpuri, N.W. India, (Zorne), Bombay. Coll. F. Moore.

This species seems to be nearly allied to A. punctistriga.

Aloa emittens.
Ȣ. Creatonotos emittens, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 638, n.
2, (1855).
gf. Aloa candidula, var. Walker, 1. ¢., p. 704, n. 7, (1855).
Ceylon, (Templeton und Wenham). B.M.

>) |

and the allied groups of the Family Aretiide. 2E

f, 2 variety. Altogether more rosy in colour with a prominent
black spot at end of discoidal cell of secondaries.
S: indiat Bo Me

Aloa punctivitta.

Spilosoma ? punctivitta, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 673, n. 18,
(1855).
Port Natal, (Gueinzius). B.M.

Creatonotos interruptus being congeneric with Aloa integra,
hivittata, &c., the name Creatonotos must be referred to them ;
and thus Alow candidula will become the type of Alow Walker.
In Alow thus restricted the antenne of the sexes differ, in C.
interruptus they are alike, it will not come into the Spilosoma
group.

Genus SErRARCTIA. Packard.
Seirarctia tnnotata.

Spilosoma innotata, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 674, n. 20, (1855).
Egypt, (Burton). B.M.

Seirarctia scita.

Aloaw scita, Walker, Lep. Het. supp. 1, p. 302, (1864).
Sierra Leone, (Mowcroft). B.M.

Setrarctia echo.

Phalena echo, Smith and Abbot, Ins. Georg., p. 135, pl. 68,
(GURY

Hyphantria echo, Clemens, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil, p. 531
(1860).

Spilosoma echo, Morris, Syn. Lep. N. Am. App., p. 342,
(1860).

Georgia.

?

Seirarctia clio.

Seirarctia clio, Packard, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. 3, p. 120
(1864) ; Stretch, Ul. Zyg., and Bomb. N. Am. 1, p. 82, pl. 3
fig. 1, (1872).

California. Coll. Dr. Behr.

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26 Mr. Butler's Revision of the yenus Spilosoima

Seirarctia trivitta.

Spilosoma ? trivitta, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 673, n. 19, (1855).
Port Natal, (Gueinzius). B.M.

Seirarctia quadriramosa.

Euprepia quadriramosa, Kollar, Hiigel’s Kaschinir, p. 468, n.
VI, (1848).
N. India. B.M.

Genus LacypEs. Walker.
Lacydes spectabilis.

Chelonia spectabilis, Tauscher, Mém Mosce., p. 212, T. 13, 6,
(1806); Meénétries, Enum. corp. anim, IIT, pl. 18, fig. 3, a and
b, (larva), (1863).

Bombyx intercisa, Freyer, Neuere beitr. Schmett. IV, p. 118,
pl. 356.

furope. B. M.

African sub-genus, with shorter palpi.
Lacydes vocula,

Bombyx vocula, Stoll. supp. Cramer, pl. 31, fig. 5.
S. Africa, (Shepherd), Knysna, (Trimen). B.M.

Lucydes ramivitta, (# vocula var. )

2. Spilosoma rumivitta, Walker, Tr. N. H. Soc. Glasgow, 1,
p. 337, (1873).

Congo.

Lucydes urboriferd, sp.

ft. Snow-white, back of head and collar, and base of abdomen
testaceous, abdomen ochreous; a brown longitudinal streak on
pterygodes, and another on centre of thorax; abdomen with
dorsal and lateral series of black dots ; antenne whitish testace-
ous ; primaries with an irregular apical-costal olivaceous-brown
streak, a central longitudinal streak of the same colour, forking
from below at first median branch and trifurcate from origin of
second and third median branches to outer margin ; a third streak

ba |

and the allied yroups of the Family Arctiidw. 2

along the sub-nedian nervure ; secondaries with a black dot at
end of cell; venter testaceous ; costa of primaries below testa-
ceous ; otherwise as above: expanse of wines | inch, 1 to 2
lines.

Loanda, August, 1872; Ambriz, October, 1872 ; (Montecro).
B.M.

Allied to LZ. vocula, but much less marked with brown than in
any examples of that species, also smaller and paler in colouring.

Lacydes lineata.*

2. Spilosoma linea, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 671, n, 12,
(1855).

Gf. Spilosoma dorsalis, Walker, 1. cn. 13, (1855).

. Spilosoma strigatum, Wallengren, Wien. Ent. Monatschyr.
/ gatu :

4, p. 161, n. 5, (1860); Kongl. Svensk. Akad. Handl. 5, p. 49,
n. 2, (1865).

Var. 2 USpilosoma truncatum, Walker, Lep. Het. 7, p. 1781,
(1856).

S. Africa, (Argent and Smith), Natal, (Gueinzius), Cape,
Drege). BM. —
(Drege). B.M.

The example mentioned as coming from West Africa is generi-
cally distinct.

Genus EPILAcyDES, ”. edt.

Differs from the preceding genus in its altogether less woolly
thorax, and from the African section in its much longer palpi.
Type E. simulans.

Epilacydes sHmulans, Lee Sip:

f. In appearance very like Lueydes lineata 2, but altogether
paler in colour, with no bifurcate termination to the median
streak of primaries ; thorax narrower.

Head pale stramineous, brownish in front; antennwe black ;
palpi black above, whity-brown below ; collar and thorax stram-
ineous, the latter with a dorsal black streak ; abdomen golden
orange with dorsal black spots and lateral black points ; prima-
ries silky stramineous with a black streak, slightly widening from

* This is evidently more correct than zea, but if preferred the name
dorsalis may be adopted.

28 Mr. Butlers Revision of the genus Spilosomea

base, along median nervure, to near centre of lower discoidal
interspace ; secondaries creamy whitish; wings below creamy
white, yellowish along costa; pectus and venter stramineous :
expanse of wings | inch, 5 lines.

West Africa. B.M.

Genus ALPHHA., Walker.
Alpha fulvohirta.
Alphwa fulvohirta, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 684, n. 1, (1855).
Darjeeling. B.M.

Alphwa varia of Walker appears to me to be referable to the
genus Ardices.

Genus ARbDICES. Walker,
Ardices fulvohirta,
&,%. Ardices fulvohirta 3, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 710, n.
54
i Lene a confertu, Walker, 1. c. supp. 1, p. 295, (1864).
Tasmania. B.M.

Ardices subocellata.

2. Spilosonu subocellutum, Walker, Lep. Het. 7, p. 1697,
(1856).
&,2. Ardices fulvohirta, 2, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 710,

Tasmania, S. Australia, W. Australia, Kangaroo Island. B.M.

The typical form of this species is less heavily marked than the
bulk of the examples formerly placed as females of A. fulvohirta,
but it is clearly only a case of variation: as indicated by Walker,
this species chiefly differs from the preceding in its scarlet abdo-
men, femora, and lateral margin of collar.

Ardices divisa.
Arctia divisu, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 614, n. 39, (1855).
Himalayas. B.M.
This species was retained in Arctia, by Mr. Moore, probably
on account of a tendency which it exhibits to follow the pattern

and the allied qroups of the Family Arctiidae. 29

of A. imbuta, Walker, next to which species both authors place it ;
the latter however seems to me to be better located in Perweallia :
A. divisa is without question the Indian representative of Ardices
Fulvohirta, and differs considerably from Arctia in the character
of its palpi.

Ardices liturata.

Ardices liturata, Walker, Charact. Lep. Het., p. 12, n. 19,
(1869).

Had it not been for the mention of blackish hindwings, I
should have supposed this to be a faded example of A. swhocellata,

Ardices canescens, 1. Sp.

White ; front margin of thorax scarlet ; antenne black; abdo-
men scarlet with dorsal and lateral series of black dots ; prima-
ries with a small spot on interno-basal area, a short oblique band
across the middle of the cell, a sub-costal spot at end of cell, a
band upon dise from costa to inner margin, (trifurcate at costa
and bifureate towards inner margin), and three or four bifid sub-
marginal spots, olivaceous brown ; all the markings intersected
by white nervures ; base of costal margin blackish ; secondaries
with a spot at end of cell, a second near apex, and a streak at
anal angle, olive brown; palpi scarlet with black tips, a fringe
of scarlet scales round the eyes; side of cox, tibie, and tarsi,
blackish ; venter creamy whitish: expanse of wings 1 inch, LO
lines.

Australia, (Brenchley). B.M.

Possibly an extreme variety of A. swbocellata, but with the
wings much less heavily marked, and without any black streaks
on the pterygodes and thorax.

Ardices 2 varia.

Alphwa varia, Walker, Lep. Het. supp. 1, p. 297, (1864).
Massuni, (//earsay). 1B. M.

Genus Icamposipa. Walker.
Teambosida NLYVIFLONS.

Ieambosida nigrifrons, Walker, Lep. Het. supp. 2, p. 401,
(1865).
Darjeeling, (Afhinson). B.M.

30 Mr. Butler’s Revision of the genus Spilosoma

Ido not consider this to be congenerie with Spi/osoma,

as
suggested by Mr. Moore in 1875; as these genera go, it is
sufficiently distinet to be kept separate,

Genus SPILOSOoMA. Stephens.
Spilosoma menthastri.

Bombyx menthastri, Esper, Eur. Schmett., pl. 66, figs. 6-10,
(1786).

Phalena lubricipeda, Linnweus, Syst. Nat. I], p. 829, n. 69,
(1766).

Phalena erminea, Marsham, Linn. Trans. 1, p. 70, pl. 1, fig. 1
Bombyx mendica, Rossi, Faun, Etr. LU, p. 174, n. 1093.

var. Spilosoma Walkerii, Curtis, Brit. Ent. II, pl. 92.

var. Chelonia Luaerti, Godart, Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. IV, p
Diy wh, ae

Europe, (Becher). B.M.

Spilosoma punctarium,

Phalena Bombyx punctaria, Cramer, Pap. Exot. TV, p. 233,
pl. 398, fig. D, (1782).

Hakodadi, (Whitely). B.M

Spilosoma SUNGCICH.

Spilosoma sangaica, Walker, Lep. Het. supp. 1, p. 294.
(1864).

Shanghai [B.M.

Spilosoma punctulatum,

Spilosoma punctulatum, Wallengren, Wien. Int. Monatschr

4, p. 161, n. 5, (1860); Kongl. Svenska, Vetensk. Akad. Hand1
5, p. 49, n. 1, (1865).

Interior of Caffraria.

Alhed to S. menthastr7.

Spilosoma urtice.

Bombyx urtice, Esper, Eur. Schmett. II, p. 20, pl. 83, fig.
2, (1789).

Phalena papyratia, Marsham, Linn, Trans. 1, p. 72, pl. 1,
fig. 4, (1791).

Europe, (Becher), B.M.

and the allied groups of the Family Arctiidae. 331

Spilosoma ¢ mutans,

Spilosoma mutans, Walker, Lep. Het. 7, p. 1697, (1856).
Hab. Coll. Hope, Oxford.

Spilosoma 2? melanostigina,

Spilosoma melanostigia, Evschoff, Hore Soc. Ent. Ross. VII,
p- 316, (1872).

Turan.

Unfortunately the work in which this species is described is
not in the Museum Library, so that I have been unable to
identify it: if Erschoff follows Staudinger, it may be Phragima-
tobia, ov any other genus of Aretiide.

Spilosoma virginica.

Bombyx virginica, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. supp., p. 437, (1798).

Spilosoma virginica, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 668, n. 6,
(1855) ; Riley, 3rd. Rep. Ins. Mo., p. 68, figs. 28, a—c, (1871) ;
Stretch, Il. Zyg., and Bomb. N. Am. 1, p. 131, pl. 6, fig. 6,
(1872).

Trenton Falls, Hudson’s Bay, Nova Scotia, Georgia, Massa-
chusetts. B.M.

Spilosoma latipennts.

. Spilosoma latipennis, Stretch, Ml. Zyg., and Bomb. N.
Am. 1, p. 133, pl. 6, fig. 5, (1872).
Atlantic States, (Angus). Coll. Stretch.

Spilosoima vestalis.

Spilosoma vestalis, Packard, Proc. Ent Soc. Phil. 3, p. 125,
(1864) ; Stretch, Il. Zyg., and Bomb. N. Am. 1, p. 133; pl. 6,
figs. 7, 8, (1872).

California, (Presented by Mr. Stretch, 1875). B.M.

Section Dionycuorus, (/lubner), Schrench.

Dionychopus albus.

Chelonia alba, Bremer, Beitr. Schmett. Fauna. Nordl. China’s,
p. 15, n. 71, (1853).
N. China,

32 Mr. Butler’s Revision of the genus Spilosoma

Dionychopus niveus..

Dionychopus niveus, Ménétriés, Bull. de P Acad. St. Petersb.
XVII, p. 218, n. 23; Schrenck’s, Amur-Lande, p. 52, pl. IV,
fiz. 6, (1859).

Qo. Japan, (Pryer and Whitely). B.M.

The published figure of this species is very poor, but the
description puts its correct identification beyond question.

Dionychopus ? erythrozona.
Enuprepia erythrozona, Kollar, Hiigel’s Kaschmir, p. 468, n.
VIL, (1848).

Massuri.

Genus Swnura. Wallengren.
Senura lineata.

Spilosoma lineata, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 672, n. 17, (1855).

Aloa simpler, Walker, |. ¢., p: 699; n. 1, (1855):

Senura alba, Wallengren, Wien. Ent. Monatschr. 4, p. 162,
n. 8, (1860); Kongl. Svenska. Veten. Akad. Handl. 5, p. 49,
ne f ( L865):

Natal. B.M.

Senura flava.
Senura flava, Wallengren, Wien. Ent. Monatschr. 4, p. 162
5 ran) ) if ?

n. 9, (1860) ; Kongl. Svensk. Akad. Handl. 5, p. 49, n. 2, (1865).
Caffraria.

Genus Hypuantria. Harris.
This genus is very close to Spilosoma.
Hyphantria cunea.

Bombyx cunea, Drury, Ill. Ex. Ent. 1, p. 36, pl. 18, fig. 4,
(1770).

Hyphantria cunea, Fitch, 3rd. Rep. Ins. N. York, p. 384,
(1856) ; Stretch, Ill. Zyg. and Bomb. N. Am. 1, p. 205, pl. 8,
figs. 18-20, (1874).

Phalena punctatissima, Smith and Abbot, Lep. Ins. Georeg.,
paso pln G (1 Gor):

Hyphantria punctatissima, Harris, Ins. Inj. Veg., 3rd. ed.,
p. 358, (1862).

United States. Georgia. B.M.

and the allied qroups of the Fumily Arctiidae, 33

Hyphantria congrua,

Spilosoma congrua, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 669, n. 8, (1855).
Georgia, (Milne). B.M.

The only examples now representing this species in the collec-
tion are what I believe to be a male variety of H. cunea, and a
female? Spilusoma virginica, without abdomen; what Mr.
Walker may have done with the species since Mr. Grote
described it, it is impossible to say.

Hyphantria textor.

Arctia tertor, Harris, Cat. Ins. Mass., (Hitchcock’s Rt., p.
591), (1833).

Hyphantria textor, Harris, Ins. Inj. Veg., p. 255, (1841)
Riley, 3rd. Rep. Ins. Missouri, p. 130, figs. 55, a—-c, (1871)
Stretch, Ill. Zyg., and Bomb. N. Am. 1, p. 206. pl. 8, fig. 21
(1874).

Georgia, (Abbot), Sp. ead.? Texas. B.M.

Hyphantria candida, (2? prec. var.).

Spilosoma candida, Walker, Lep. Het. supp. 1, p. 291, (1864).
Hyphantria textor, Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., p. 18, (1867).
N. America. B.M.

If Mr. Walker has rightly identified H/. textor, (as Mr. Stretch
tacitly admits) ; the S. candida of the supplement is a decidedly
larger and more woolly insect: still Mr. Grote may be correct
in considering the two forms con-specifie.

Hyphantria punctata,

Hyphantria punctata, Fitch, 3rd. Rep. Ins. N. York, p. 387,
(1856) ; Stretch, Il. Zyg., and Bomb. N. Am. 1, p. 204, (1874).
United States. B.M.

I believe this to be only a variety of H. cunea, with which all
the white examples (f and @) must be associated; it differs
from the typical form in only possessing one series of black
spots on primaries, there is however an intermediate form with
only the two central series prominent, whilst the typical form
has four series on primaries and one on secondaries.

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34anancis Mr. Butlers Revision of the genus Spilosoma

Genus Aupenus. Walker.
Alpenus maculosus.

Phaltwno-Bombyx maculosa, Cramer, Pap. Exot. IV, p. 156,
pl. 370, fig. D, (1782).

Spilosoma ? maculosum, Walker, Lep. Het. 7, p. 1696, (1856),

Ecpantheria assimilis, Hiibner, Verz. Bek. Schmett, p. 183,
n. 1890, (1816).

Sierra Leone, (Foxcroft), ¢,2. B.M.

Alpenus equalis.

oe Alpenus equalis, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p: “6865 mn, pL
(1855).

2. Ecpantheria indeterminata, Walker, 1. ¢., p. 697, (1855).

Halesidota ? macularia, Walker, Lep. Het. supp. Il. p- 314,
(1864).

W. Africa, Ashanti, Congo. 2, B.M.

Clearly a local form of the preceding species, it chiefly differs
in having several large black sub-marginal spots in secondaries.
Alpenus marginalis,

2. Alou marginalis, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 701, n.4, (1855).
Sierra Leone, (Morgan). B.M.

Alpenus multiquttatus.

Hypercompa multiguttata, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 657, n.
20, (1855).
Nepal, (Hardwicke). B.M.

Alpenus spilosomoides,

Deiopeia spilosomoides, Walker, Lep. Het. supp. 1, p. 263,
(1864).

N. India. (Strachey). B.M. :

Probably this will turn out to be merely a dwarfed form of
the preceding species.

Alpenus maculifascia.

2. Spilosoma maculifascia, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 676, n.
29, (1855).

and the allied groups of the Family Arctiidae, 3D

2. Spilosoma canspurcatum, Walker, |. ¢. 7, p. 1698, (1856).
Java, (Horsfield). B.M.

Alpenus bifurea. .

Aloa bifurca, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 700, n. 2, (1855).
Sierra Leone, (Morgan). B.M.

Genus EYRALPENUS, 7. ge.

Alhed to Al/penus and Spilaretia, but differing from the former
in its broad and short wings, more prominent thorax and stouter
legs, and from the latter in its less pointed primaries, with less
oblique outer margin and its shorter antenne. Type E. testuceus.

KHyralpenus testaceus.
Yraty

Spilosoma testacea, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 670, n. 11, (1855).
Spilosoma subflavescens, Walker, 1. ¢. supp. 1, p. 293, (1864).
Natal, (Gueinzius). Zoolu, (Angas). B.M.

Genus Leucarotia. Packard.
Leucarctia acrea.

9. Bombyx acrea, Drury, Wl. Ex. Ent. 1, pl. IIL, fig. 2,
(1770).

f. Bombyx caprotina, Drury, 1. ¢c., fig. 3, (1770) ; Cramer,
Pap. Exot. III, pl CCLXXXVIL, fig. C, (1782).

G,2. Phalena acria, (sic.), Smith and Abbot, Lep. Ins.
Georg., p. 133, pl. LX VII, (1797).

Arctia pseuderminea, Harris, Mass. Ag. Rep., p. 332, pl. 1,
(1823).

Leucarctia acrwa, Packard, Proc. Ent. Soe. Phil. 3, p. 124,
(1864) ; Stretch, Ill. Zyg., and Bomb. N. Am. 1, p. 99, pl. 4,
fic. 1-3 ; pl. 10, fig. 6, (1872).

New York, Georgia, British Columbia, Canada, Mexico. B.M.

Leucarctia mexicana.

Spilosoma mexicana, Walker, Lep. Het. supp. 1, p. 291, (1864).
Oaxaca, (Sallé). B.M,

36 Mr. Butler’s Revision of the yenus Spilosoma

Leucaretia californica.
Leuearctia californica, Packard, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. 3, p.
125, (1864).
San Francisco.
Leucarctia albida.

. Leucarctia albida, Stretch, UL Zyg., and Bomb. N. Am.
1, p. 203, pl. 8, fig. 22, (1874).

California. Coll. Stretch.

Judging from the figure alone, Tam at a loss to know how
this species differs from Spilosoma virginica ; however, I have
little doubt that Mr. Stretch has found it structurally different ;
the head seems rather prominent and too broad for that species.

Leucarctia permaculata.
/

Leucarctia permaculata, Packard, Rep. Peab. Acad. IV, p. 86,
(1872).
S. California.
Genus Puissama. Moore.
Phissama albistriga.
Aloa albistriga, Walker, Lep. Het. supp. 1, p. 303, (1864).
S. India, (Walhouse). B.M.

Phissema transiens.

Spilosoma transiens, Walker, Lep. Het. III, p. 675, n. 22,
(1855).

Alow isabellina, Walker, Lep. Het. III, p. 705, n. 10, (1855).

Silhet, Moulmein, Sarawak, Celebes. B.M.

Phissama vacillans.

Amphissa vacillans, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 685, n. 1, (1855).
Aloa vacillans, Walker, 1. ¢. 7, p. 1702, (1856).
Borneo, Philippines, Hong-Kong. B.M.

Genus Evcuates. Harris.
Kucheetes egle.

Bombyx egle, Drury, Ill. Ex. Ent. Il, p. 36, pl. 20, fig. 3,
(1773).

and the allied groups of the Family Aretiide. 37

Spilosoma egle, Westwood, Ed. Drury, (1837); Stretch, TL.
Zyg., and Bomb. N. Am. 1, p. 185, pl. 8, fig. 4, 9, (1874).

Euchetes egle, Harris, Ins. Inj. Veg., p. 257, (1841).

var? Euchetes eglenensis, Clemens, Proc. Acad. Nat. Soc.
Phil., p. 533, (1860),

United States. B.M.

Kuchutes bipunctata,

Halesidota bipunctatu, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 738, n. 9,
(1855).
Para, (Jo. G. Smith). 1B. MM.

: :
Huchietes oregonensts.

f. Hucheetes oregonensis, Stretch. Ul. Zy
Am. 1, p. 187, pl. 8, fig. 7, (1874).
Oregon. Coll. Stretch.

g., and bomb. N.

Huchetes collaris.

Hyphantria collaris, Fitch, 3rd. Rep. Ins. N. York, p. 265,
(1856).

f. Euchetes collaris, Stretch, Ul. Zyg., and Bomb. N. Am.
1, p. 188, pl. 8, fig. 5, (1874).

Tanada antica, Walker, Lep. Het. 7, p. 1745, n. 1, (1856).

Arctia sciurus, Boisduval, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 12,-p. 79,
(1868).

Georgia, (Abbot). B.M.

Walker’s specimen is a small one, and not much like Mr.
Stretch’s figure, I have no doubt however that it is con-specific.

Tanada conscita of Walker being a Callimorpha, I suppose
the generic name must be transferred (if adopted) to Tanada ?
amplificuta.

Eucluetes elegans.

Euchwtes elegans, Stretch, I. Zyg., and Bomb. N. Am.
peso, pl 8, fig: 6, (1874).
California. Coll. Stretch.

This species has a scarlet abdomen.

38 Mr. Butler’s Revision of the genus Spilosoma

Kuchetes aurata, n. sp.

Chiefly differs from H. insulata of Walker in its deep golden
colour, which covers the wings and body uniformly : expanse of
wings | inch, 6 lines.

Espiritu Santo, (Ziggins). B.M.

This is so much deeper in colour than any of the varieties of
E. insulata, that I have considered it necessary to name it.

Huchotes insulata.
Hualesidota insulata, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 734, n. 5, (1855).

Jamaica, Haiti, Venezuela, Sta. Martha, Santarem. B.M.

Specimens from the last three localities are paler in colour
than those from Jamaica and Haiti.

Huchetes ? jussiww.
Arctia jussiwwe, Poey, Centurie de Lép. Cuba, (1832).
Cuba.

The figure of the moth is so poor, that I feel very uncertain
as to its systematic position; the palpi are represented as prom-
inent, which is not a character of this genus, but this may be an
error in drawing.

Genus PAREUCHATES. (rote.

Pareuchotes cadaverosa.

Pareucheetes cadaverosa, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soe. Phil. V, p.
>! 9
245, (1865).
Cuba.
Pareuchetes affinis.

Pareuchietes afinis, Grote, Proce. Ent. Soc. Phil. V, p. 245,
(1865).

Cuba.
Genus VaANEssopEs. Grote and Robinson.
Vanessodes clarus.

Vanessodes clarus, Grote and Robinson, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc.
Pp 176 (1871).

Texas.

and the allied yroups of the Family Arctiidae. 39

Genus Pyrruarotia. Pachard.
Pyrrharctia isabella.

Phalena isabella, Smith and Abbot, Lep. Ins. Georg., p. 131,
pl. 66, (1864).

Pyrrharetia isabella, Packard, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., p. 121,
(1864).

var. Pyrrharctia californica, Packard, 1. ¢., (1864).

Trenton Falls, Massachusetts, California? B.M.

I cannot see suttcient reason, i Mr, Packard’s comparative
description, for separating P. californica as a species ; it 1s well
known that the Arctiide are more subject to variation than
most groups of Lepidoptera, and may be lighter or darker in
colour, or differ sightly in contour, from the same batch of eggs :
we have two or three examples labelled with a dark green ticket,
(which generally imdicates species received by us from California,
if not from Europe), one of these is darker and more heavily
marked than usual, but I should not hesitate for a moment to
place it with P. tsubella,

Genus SPILARCTIA, #. Yer.
Chelonia, Godart, (restricted).
Spilarctia lubricipeda.

Phalena-Bombyx lubricipeda, Linneus, Syst. Nat. I, p. 839,
(1766).

Chelonia lubricipeda, Godart, Pap, de France IV, p. 358, pl.
avi, LIS.. d:

Bombyx Iubricipedatus, Haworth, Lep. Brit., p. 110.

Phalena lepus, Retz. Gen., p. 37, n. 47.

var. Bombyx radiatus, Haworth, Ent. Trans. 1, p. 336.

var. Bombyx Luxerii, Godart, Pap. de France LV, p. 360, pl.
37, fig. 4.

Europe, (Becker). B.M.

Spilarctia flavalis,

Spilosoma flavalis, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc., p. 809, (1865).
Darjeeling, (A. #. Russell). Coll. F. Moore.

40 Mr. Butler’s Revision of the genus Spilosoma

Spilarctia punctata, ~

Spilosoma punctata, Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus., E. I. C. I, p. 355,
n, 854, (1858-9).

Java, (Horsjfield), B.M.

Spilarctia indica,

Arctia indica, Guérin, Voy. Delessert, Hist. Nat., p. 93, (1843).
Neilgherries.

_ Apparently allied to S. lubricipeda, but much more spotted.

Spilarctia sub-fascia.

Spilosoma sub-fascia, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 678, n. 33,
(1855).

Ceylon, (Templeton). B.M.

Spilurctia stigmata.

Spilosoma stigmata, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc., p. 809, (1865).
Darjeeling, (Atkinson). B.M.

Spilarctia multivittata.

Spilosoma multivittata, Moore, Proc, Zool. Soe., p. 808, (1865).
Darjeeling, (Atkinson). B.M.

Spilurctia rhodophila.
Spilosoma rhodophila, Walker, Lep. Het. supp. 1, p. 294,
(1864).
? Spilosoma rubidorsa, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc., p. 808, (1865).
Darjeeling, (Atkinson). B.M.

Spilarctia lativitta.

Spilosoma lativitta, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc., p. 809, (1865).
Darjeeling, (Atkinson). BM.

This species appears to be nearly allied to S. rhodophila of
Walker, but the thorax is more woolly, and the primaries are
narrower than in any other species of this genus.

and the allied groups of the Family Aretiide. 41

Spilarctia ? cognata.

Spilosoma cognatu, Walker, Charact. Lep. Het., p. 11, (1869).
Hab ?

Mr. Walker could hardly have chosen a less appropriate name
for this species: in publishing descriptions of so many Lepidoptera
from Norris’ and other collections, nearly all without localities,
this author unnecessarily burdened the synomymy with scores of
names, the species referable to which will most of them probably
never be cognate.

Spilarctia obliqua.

Spilosoma obliqua, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 679, n. 34, (1855).
©, Sydney, ¢, 2, New South Wales. B.M.

Spilarctia nydia, Sp.

Cream coloured, abdomen crimson, with dorsal and lateral
series of black spots; primaries with a black spot near base of
submedian nervure, and two or three in an oblique series from
the internal margin beyond the middle of the wing ; secondaries
with a black spot at end of cell, three large black spots placed
obliquely towards anal angle, and two smaller apical submarginal
spots ; upper surface of palpi and femora, coxe and anterior
margin of thorax, carmine ; frons, tips of palpi, tibiee, and tarsi,
dark brown ; venter with lateral series of black spots ; primaries
with a large black spot at end of cell, and an oblique streak from
inner margin to near apex ; secondaries as above: expanse of
wings 2 inches, 5 lines.

Nepal. B.M.
Spilarctia tone, W. sp.

Creamy-white, abdomen rosy, with dorsal and lateral
blackish dots, anal segments ochraceous; antenne black ; second-
aries with a small black spot at end of cell, a second smaller, on
discoidal interspace towards outer margin, and two near anal
angle ; frons, tips of palpi, tibize and tarsi black-brown ; ante-
rior lateral margin of pectus and femora, carmine ; venter with a
few lateral blackish points ; primaries below with a blackish spot
at end of cell, a few dots near apex, an oblique streak from
interno-median to discoidal interspace, and a nebulous longitudi-
nal interno-median patch, greyish brown ; secondaries with the
blackish spots less distinct than above: expanse of wings | inch,
10 lines.

Hakodadi, Japan, (Whitely). BLM.

42 Mr. Butler’s Revision of the genus Spilosoma

This and the preceding species are allied to C. suwbcarnea, they
were placed by Mr. Walker with his S. sugfusa.

Spilarctia subcarnea.
Spilosoma subearnea, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 675, n. 25,
(1855).
Hong-Kong, (Bowring). B.M.

Spilarctia abdominalis. — >

Spilosoma abdominalis, Moore, Cat. Lep., E. I. C. 2, p. 356,
857, (1858-9).

N. India, (Buckley).

nh

Appears to be allied to the preceding species.

Spilarctia sordida.
Spilosoma sordida, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soe., p. 808, (1865).
Darjeeling. Coll. A. E. Russell.

Spilarctia ? brunnea,

Spilosoma brunnea, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc., p. 574, (1872).
Bombay. Coll. F. Moore.

Spilarctia ¢ todara.

Spilosoma todara, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soe., p. 574, (187
Coonoor, Nilghiris, (Day). Coll. F. Moore.

bo
—

Spilarctia dentilinea.
Spilosoma dentilinea, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soe., p. 573, (1872).
Sikkim. Coll. F. Moore.

Seems allied to C. bifrons.

Spilarctia confusa, n. sp.

ft, 9. Whity-brown, or dull cream coloured ; abdomen crim-
son, with dorsal and lateral series of black dots ; antennee black ;
primaries with a curved oblique series of black dots from inner
margin to beyond end of cell ; several submarginal discal black
dots, (sometimes forming a zigzag series to apex); secondaries

and the allied groups of the Family Arctiidae. 43

deeper coloured than primaries, tinted with rose colour, especially
towards inner margin, a black spot at end of cell; a black sub-
marginal spot on discoidal interspace, and two or three towards
anal angle, zoned with creamy whitish ; primaries below, especi-
ally of the male suffused with rose-red, a black spot at end of
cell; apex pale ; secondaries paler than above, very slightly
tinted with pink; a black spot at end of cell; female with other
black spots as above: palpi red with brown tips, coxe and
upper surface of femora carmine, tibize and tarsi partially brown ;
venter creamy with a few lateral black dots: expanse of wings,
g 1 inch, 7 to 10 lines ; 9 2 inches, to 2 inches 2 lines.

N. India, N. Bengal, &c. °B.M.

Spilarctia rubitincta.

Spilosoma rubitincta, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc., p. 809, (1865).

Spilosoma subtincta, Walker, Lep. Het. supp. 5, p. 1907,
(1866).

Darjeeling, (A. E. Russell). Coll. F. Moore.

The description of this species is incomplete, but it appears to
be allied to S. suffusa of Walker: we have a species nearly agree-
ing with the description from Japan.

Spilarctia bifrons.

Alou bifrons, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 705, n. 9, (1855).
N. China, (Cuming and Fortune). B.M.

Spilarctia suffusa,

Spilosoma suffusa, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 677, n. 32, (185
Punjaub, (Hearsay). BLM.

Or
—S

Spilarctia casiqneta.
Spilosoma casiqneta, Kollar, Hiigel’s Kaschmir, p. 469, n. 8
(1844).
Spilosoma sanguinalis, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc., p. 810, (1865).
Darjeeling, (Atkinson). B.M.

?

Spilarctia discinigra.

Spilosoma discinigra, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc., p. 810, (1865).
Darjeeling. Coll. A. E. Russell.

A4 Mr. Butler's Revision of the yenus Spilosoma, Sc.

Spilarctia rubilinea.

Spilosoma rubilinea, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc., p. 810, (1865).
Darjeeling, (Atkinson). B.M.

Genus LEUCALOA, ”. gen.

Allied to Spilarctia, more robust, head and tegule more
smoothly scaled, not so fluffy ; antenn thicker, palpi thicker ;
front pair of legs much less hairy, all the legs stouter and
smoother; wings below fluffy towards the base; discocellulars of
all the wings strongly and regularly angulated ; markings of prima-
ries transverse, linear. Type Spilosoma eugraphica of Walker.

Leucaloa eugraphica.

Spilosoma eugraphica, Walker, Lep. Het. supp. 1, p. 292,
Aloa undistriga, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. 4, pl. C, fig. 21,
(1874).

Cape of Good Hope. B.M. a:

Leucaloa curvilinea.

Spilosoma curvilinea, Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 671, n. 14,
(1855).
Congo, (Richardson). B.M.

I feel doubtful whether the following genus really belongs to
this group, although Dr. Wallengren has placed it here.
Genus TaniopyeGa. Wallengren.
Teniopyga eumela,

Phalena ewmela, Cramer, Pap. Exot. IV, ‘pl. 347, fig. G,
(1782).

Teniopyya eumela, Wallengren, Kongl. Svenska. Vetensk.
Akad. Handl., 5, p. 50, n. 1, (1865).

S. Caffraria.

Ovios sylvina appears to me to be allied to this species.

Descriptions of hitherto uncharacterized Australian Phytophaga ;
by JoserH §S. Baty, F.L.S., &e.

The present paper contains the descriptions of some interest-
ing Australian Insects recently added to my collection, the
greater number of which were collected in Western Australia by

Mr. Duboulay.

Duboulaia flavipennis, mihi.

Since the publication of my description of this insect, I have
obtained a specimen of the f sex; it is only one third the size
of the 2, (Long. 5 lin.), the thorax is shghtly broader, the last
segment of the abdomen has its apical margin produced into a
short obtuse lobe, the surface of which is depressed and concave,
and the hinder thighs are more incrassate ; in all other respects
it agrees with the other sex.

Duboulaia fulva, n. sp.

Elongata, subeylindrica, fulva, nitida, subtus pube adpressa
dense vestita, supra glabra; thorace subcordato, sub-erebre punc-
tato, medio vitta obsoleta instructo ; elytris parallelis, sub-crebre
punctatis, utrisque vittis quatuor impunctatis instructis. Lone.
63 lin.

Hab. Western Australia ; a single specimen collected by Mr.
Duboulay.

Head coarsely punctured, sparingly clothed with adpressed
hairs; clypeus depressed, wedge-shaped, distinctly separated from
the face. _ Thorax shghtly longer than broad, sub-cordate, some-
what closely punctured, on the middle of the disk is an impune-
tate, ill defined vitta, most distinct, and slightly raised on
the basal half. Scutellum = semi-ovate, pale piceous. Elytra
broader than the thorax, their surface more finely and_ less
closely punctured than the latter; each with four impunctate
vitte, abbreviated near the apex and not raised above the general
surface of the disk ; running parallel and close to the suture is
a single sulcate stria. Hinder thighs thickened, armed beneath
near the apex witha short tooth,

46 Mr. Baly’s Descriptions of

Duboulaia rugosa, n. sp.

Oblonga, convexa, nigra, tibus elytrisque castaneis; his rugu-
loso-punctatis, pube adpressa sub-squamiformi sparse obtectis,
sutura, margine exteriori, ante medium dilatata, vittulisque non-
nullis nigris ; thorace sub-cordiformi, rugoso, foveolato-punctato,
pube sub-squamiformi vestito. Long. 5 lin.

Hab. Western Australia; a single specimen in my cabinet
from Mr, Duboulay’s collection.

Head coarsely rugose, closely foveolate-punctate, sparingly
clothed with adpressed whitish hairs ; eyes sub-cuneiform, their
inner margin nearly straight; antenne about two fifths the
length of the body. Thorax longer than broad, sub-cordiform,
flattened on the disk, rugose, foveolate-punctate, in each punc-
ture is inserted a single adpressed, sub-squamiform white hair,
Elytra much broader than the thorax, truncate at the base,
oblong-ovate, convex, coarsely punctured, the punctures, which
have each a single adpressed hair similar to those of the thorax,
arranged in striz near the suture, placed irregularly on the disk ;
interspaces between the striz smooth, those on the outer disk
coarsely elevate-reticulate ; humeral callus thickened, prominent,
bounded within by a double row of punctures, the interspace
between which is raised and sub-costate. Body beneath clothed
with adpressed whitish hairs, pleure, tibiz and tarsi castaneous.
Hinder thighs thickened, armed on the lower edge near the apex
with a row of small teeth.

This remarkable insect, of which I know but a single speci-
men (probably a ? ), differs from the typical species, D. flawi-
pennis, in having the spine on the lower edge of the hinder
femora replaced by a row of small teeth.

Polyoptilus Lacordairet. Germ.

Femina. Thorax subcordiformis, pube adpress4 sparse vesti-
tus, elytris abbreviatis, apice divaricatis, femoribus posticis
inermibus. Long. 3—4 lin.

The male of this species was alone known to Germar ; the
female, although long existing in our collections, has hitherto
remained uncharacterized.

Polyoptilus Waterhousii, n. sp.

Mas. Elongatus, sub-cylindricus, piceus, nitidus, supra
(antennis exceptis) nigropiceus; thorace sub-cordato, distincte

uncharacterized Phytophaga. 47

punctato ; elytris punctato-striatis, ad marginem exteriorem et ad
apicem confuse punctatis, obscure fulvis, sutura margineque
exterior piceis, fascia lata basali, vitta brevi humerali punctoque
prope suturam fulvis ornataé, maculisque duabus, una prope
medium, altera apicem versus positis, nigro-piceis ; clypeo 5—an-
culo, latitudine longiori; antennis modice robustis, articulis 4 to.
et 5 to. inter se equalibus, utrisque 3 tio. fere duplo longioribus.
Long. 5 ln.

Hab. Western Australia; two males in my own collection
brought over by Mr. Duboulay.

Very nearly allied to P. Erichsonii, Lac., both in coloration
and in sculpture, it may however be at once known by the follow-
ing distinctive characters. The clypeus, which in P. Evrichsondi
is as broad as, or even shghtly broader than long, is in the present
species distinctly elongate; the antennze are more robust, the
third and following joints being distinctly flattened, the third is
scarcely more than half the length of the fourth and fifth, these
joints being of nearly equal length—in P. Erichsonii the third
joint is longer, and the third, fourth, and fifth gradually increase
in length ; the thorax in the present species is shorter, its broad-
est portion being nearer the apex than in the older insect.

Polyoptilus pachytoides, n. sp.

Elongatus, sub-eylindricus, nigro-piceus, nitidus, femoribus
basi tibiisque (his apice exceptis) pallide rufo-piceis ;_ elytris
fulvis, utrisque Linbo maculisque duabus, prope marginem latera-
lem positis, nigris. Long. 44 lin,

Hab. Western Australia ; collected by Mr. Duboulay.

Head rugose, sparingly clothed with adpressed whitish hairs ;
clypeus elongate, pentagonal, its apex wedge-shaped, extending
upwards between the encarpe ; labrum, anterior edge of clypeus,
apex of jaws and the palpi piceous ; antenne nearly equal to
the body in length, second joint very short, third and fourth
each three times the length of the second, equal, second, third,
and fourth joint stained with piceous. Thorax about a third
longer than broad, cylindrical, slightly depressed on either side
the disk, sides constricted just behind the middle; surface rugose,
coarsely punctured, sparingly clothed with adpressed whitish hairs.
Elytra much broader at the base than the thorax, gradually atten-
uated to the apex, coarsely punctured, shining, rugose.

Polyoptilus Pascoet, n. sp
YO? > 1)

Mas. Elongatus, angustatus, sub-cylindricus, piceus, nitidus,
thorace sub-cordato, ante basin paullo constricto, distincte punc-

48 Mr. Baly’s Descriptions of

tato; elytris parallelis, punctatcstriatis, interspatiis convexis,
sub-costatis. Long. 44 lin. ;

Hab. Western Australia ; a single specimen collected by Mr.
Duboulay.

aes longer than broad, pentagonal, its apex very acute ;
upper portion of face and vertex closely punctured, clothed with
adpressed hairs ; eyes very large and prominent, shining black ;
antenne equal to the body in length, second joint very short,
third one half longer than the second, fourth more than twice as
long as the third, fourth and following joints shehtly compressed.
Thorax longer than broad, sub- cylindric val, constricted in front of
the base ; surface elabrous, strongly but not very closely punc-
tured. Elytra broader than the thorax, parallel, strongly punc-
tate-striate, interspaces convex, sub-costate, extreme apex of elytra
irregularly punctured. Hinder thighs armed beneath near the
apex with a single tooth.

Lamprolina Jansoni, n. sp.

Elongata, convexa, subtus metallico-violacea, nitida, thoracis
apice et lateribus, abdominis apice pedibusque rufo-fulvis, tarsis
nigris ; supra rufo-fulva, antennis (articulo basali excepto) lete
ceruleis, scutello obscure eneo, elytris coeruleo-viridibus, tenuiter
punctatis, punctis ad suturam et ad marginem exteriorem
striatim dispositis ; thorace transverso, utrincue intra marginem
foveolato, disco levi. Long. 35—4 hn.

Hab. Rockhampton, Australia.

Head smooth, clypeus separated from the face by a semi-
circular groove, from the upper edge of which run three grooved
lines, the middle one short and perpendicular, the lateral ones
oblique and extending upwards and outwards towards the upper
angle of the eye ; antenne rather more than half the length of
the body, the basal joint, and occasionally the basal half of the
second, rufo-fulvous, the rest dark metallic blue. Thorax twice
as broad as long, sides parallel, converging in front, anterior
angles acute, scarcely produced ; disk shghtly convex, smooth,
impunctate, or only impressed in some specimens with a few fine
punctures’; sides thickened, separated from the disk by a row of
deep, strongly punctured fovew. Elytra slightly broader than
thorax, elongate-ovate, narrowly rounded at the apex ; convex,
finely but distinctly pnnetured, punctures arranged in longitudi-
nal rows on the inner disk and near the outer margin, irregularly
placed on the remainder of their surface. Abdomen shining
violaceous, last two segments violaceous.

uncharacterized Phytophaga. 49

Lamprolina tipressicollis, ni. sp.

Elongata, convexa, nitida, subtus «neo-violacea aut obscure
me tallico-purpurea ; - thoracis apice et lateribus, abdominis apice
extremo, pedibusque rufo-fulvis, tarsis nigris, supra rufo-fulva,
capite piceo, antennis (basi excepta) nigris; thorace rude punctato,
utrinque imtra marginem excavato-foveolato ; elytris metallico-
viridibus aut metallico-eceruleis, distincte punctatis, punctis ad
suturam et ad marginem exteriorem striatim dispositis. Long.
4 lin.

Hab, Champion Bay ; Rockhampton.

Clypeus transverse semi-ovate, smooth, finely punctured, sepa-
rated from the face by a semi-circular groove, above which is a
coarsely punctured depressed space ; antenne half the length of
the body, robust, slightly increasing in thickness towards the
apex, bluish black, two lower joints rufous. Thorax twice as
broad as long, sides diverging from base towards the apex, sud-
denly converging at the apex itself, anterior angles acute ; above
coarsely and irregularly punctured, rufo- fulvous, basal and anter-
ior borders narrowly edged with piceous ; lateral margin thick-
ened (more especially towards the anterior angle) and separated
from the disk by a row of coarse irregular fovewe. Scutellum
obscure rufous, more or less tinged with neous. Elytra broader
than the thorax, parallel, convex, distinctly punctured, the punc-
tures arranged in strie on the inner disk and near the lateral
margin, irregularly placed over the rest of the surface. Abdo-
men with the lateral margin of the penultimate and the entire
margin of the ultimate seements narrowly edged with rufous.

Stethomela fraternalis, n. sp.

Oblonga, convexa, rufo-fulva, nitida, antennis (basi apiceque
exceptis) nigris, pectore abdomineque plus minusve eeneo-tinctis,
supra viridi-metallica, thorace fortiter punctato, punctis vneo-
micantibus, hie illic irregulariter conegregatis; elytris infra
humeros foveis nonnullis irregulariter impressis, distincte punc-
tatis, punctis in striis gemmellatis dispositis. Long, 5 lin.

Hab. Port Bowen, Queensland, (Simson).

Mouth rufo-fulvous ; clypeus very short, transverse, separated
from the face by a deep groove, above which is a closely punc-
tured triangular space ; antenne slender, about half the length
of the body, four or five joints at the base and the apical half of
the terminal one rufo-fulvous, the rest black. Thorax twice as
broad again as long, sides straight and parallel, rounded and con-
verging in front, anterior angles acute; upper surface coarsely
punctured, the punctures collected in irregular patches on the

B

50 Mr. Baly’s Descriptions of uncharacterized Phytophaga.

disk, more crowded and larger on the sides. Elytra slightly
broader than the thorax, sides parallel, apex broadly rounded ;
above convex, sides impressed below the shoulders with three or
four irregular fovev ; strongly but not coarsely punctured, the
punctures irregularly placed in eight double rows on each elytron ;
interspaces smooth, impunctate. Prosternum, metasternum and
abdomen almost entirely eneous, hinder thighs also with an
eneous tinge.
Stethomela limbata, n. sp.

Oblongo-ovata, convexa, nitida, subtus picea, thorace, metas-
terno, femoribusque rufis ; supra rufo-testacea, verticis macula,
thoracis maculis tribus, transversim positis, scutelloque nigro-
piceis, antennis, nigris, elytris viridi-eneis, regulariter punctato-
striatis, utrisque flavo-limbatis. Long. 33 lin.

Hab. Australia.

Clypeus very short, bounded above by a slightly angular trans-
verse groove, apex of jaws black ; front with a transverse nigro-
piceous patch, the anterior margin of which is tri-lobate. Thorax
nearly three times as broad as long, sides straight and slightly
converging to the apex, anterior angles obtuse ; surface finely
punctured, disk impressed on either. side towards the outer
margin with a large fovea; a large ill-defined patch covering
the “niddle of the “disk ae a ema one on either side, sub-
rotundate, nigro-piceous.

Stethomela cornuta, mW. sp.

Ovata 2, oblongo-ovata?, subtus obscure cuprea, supra rufo-
cuprea, aureo-micans, thorace sparse hic illic punctato ; elytris
regulariter punctato-striatis, interstitiis levibus.

Mas. Mandibulis porrectis, forcipatis, apice acutis. Long. ¢
4 lin.; 9 43 hn.

Hab. Port Bowen, Queensland, (A. Simson).

This species is remarkable not only in the genus but also in
the whole family for the peculiar form of the mandibles in the
f, in that sex these organs are large, forcipate and strongly pro-
duced directly forwards, their apices being acute and their
inner surfaces deeply g grooved, in the 2 on the contrary they are
of the normal size and form ; antenne slender, one third the
leneth of the body. Thorax twice as broad as long, sides
rounded and converging from base to apex, disk sparingly punc-
tate. Elytra broader than the thorax, broadly ovate, moderately
convex, regularly punctate-striate, the imterspaces between the
strie smooth, impunctate ; below the humeral callus are several
large indistinct fovew.

Description of a new species of the Lucanoid genus Cantharoleth-
rus, Thomson ; by Major F. J. Stpnty Parry, F.L.S.

C. Steinheili, Parry, n. sp. (& var. med.).

C. niger, nitidissimus, glaberrimus. Mandibulw elytris paulo
breviores, robust, arcuate, supra leviter canaliculate, imtus
prope basin binodoso-dentate, ad apicem fortiter bifurcatee, et
dente acuto subarmate. Caput fere quadratum, antice emargi-
natum, disco triangulariter excavato, sub lente sparsim irregulari-
ter punctulatum, clypeo parvo, nodoso, vix conspicuo. Antenne
elongatie, articulis cylindricis, clava griseo-velutinosa. -Prothorax
transversus, sparsim punctutatus, in medio longitudinaliter canal-
culatus, postice impressionibus duabus sat profunde notatus,
lateribus antice dilatatis, marginibus minute serrulatis, angulis
posticis obliquis, emarginatis. H/ytra glabra, linea marginali
reflexa, punctata, humeris prominulis spina minima nodosa
instructis. Seutellum sparsim punctulatum. Pedes punctati,
tibiis anticis apicem versus tuberculis minutis irregulariter
armatis. Swhtus pectore, capiteque lateribus varioloso-punctatis.
Long.. corp. une. 1, mandib. lin. 5.

Hab. Columbia ; sp. un. Mus. Steinheil.

For the opportunity of describing this new and interesting
species I am indebted to Mr. Edward Steinheil, of Munich, who
has kindly entrusted it to me with other interesting Lucanoid
Coleoptera found by him in his recent travels in Central America.

Mr. Steinheil informs me that he found two specimens only,
& and § (dead), in the month of March, near Santa Rosa, in the
central Cordilleras, between Cartago and Mauizales; the same
traveller also discovered examples, ¢ and 2, of C. Luxeri, but
in a different locality, (Kast Columbia). The female of the latter
is evidently identical with the insect recently described as C
Luxeri 2, from a specimen in the British Museum, by Mz.
Charles O. Waterhouse, (Cist. Ent. I, p. 364), and will probably
prove identical with Pholidotus Reichei, Hope, the type speci-
men of which is now in Mr. Thomson’s collection, and has been
noted by him (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4e. Ser. IL) as being possibly

52. Major Parry’s Description of « new Cantharolethrus.

the 2 of Cantharolethrus Luxeri. C. Steinheili is closely allied
to C. Buckleyi, (Trans. Ent. Soc., 1872, p. 77, Tab. 1, figs. 1
and 2), but is at once distinguished by its more conspicuously
dilated thorax, by its head being almost quadrate instead of nar-
rowed at the base as in C. Buckleyi, and further by its mandi-
bles being opaque and slightly concave on their upper surface
instead of shining and convex, moreover their apical bifurcation
is much stronger and the sub-apical tooth more acute and situate
closer to the apex : judging from the extraordinary difference in
the size of the female, the var. max. of the male must prove to
be of very considerable magnitude.

C. Steinheili, Parry, n. sp. (2. var. max.).

C. niger, capite prothoraceque nitidis, valde varioloso-puncta-
tis, elytris subvelutinoso-opacis.

Mandibulw depress, granulose, apicibus acutis. Caput mag-
num, quadratum, angulis anticis rotundatis, in medio ad basin
sat profunde foveatum. Antenne nigre, capite mandibulisque
paulo longiores, articulis cylindricis, clava griseo-velutinosa.

Prothorax transversus, valde varioloso-punctatus, in medio
late canaliculatus, disco irregulariter rugoso-lineato ; lateribus
semicirculariter arcuatis, regulariter minute nodoso-serratis ; angu-
lis posticis emarginatis, vix dentatis. /ytra paulo depressa,
sub lente crebre regulariter punctata ; humeris prominulis, tuber-
culo minuto nodoso instructis, linea utrinque erosa sinuata, ab
angulo humerali fere ad medium discendente, notata. Seutellum
nitidum, grosse et profunde punctatum, linea laterali glabra.
Corpus subtus nitidum, grosse et profunde punctatum ; abdomen
minute punctulatum. Z7b/e omnino mutice. Long. cers.
(mandib. incl.) une. 1, lin. 3.

Hab. Columbia. Mus. Steinheil.

50th from the description and figure of C. Reichet it is impos-
sible, I think, as has been suggested to me, to affiliate thereto
the insect now described. The very remarkable difference in the
form of the thorax is alone sufficient to separate the two species ;
in C. Steinheili this segment is considerably wider, with the
sides evidently more arcuate and much less serrated, and finally
the strong spine, so prominent in the posterior angle of C. Reicher,
is totally absent, and I reiterate my opinion that C. Reichei will
in all probability prove to be the 2 of C. Luwrer?.

Descriptions of new species of Heteromerous Coleoptera, with
synonymical notes ; by Cuas. O. WATERHOUSE.

Ceropria madagascariensis, Dej. MS.

In the British Museum there are specimens with this. name
attached. They agree well with Fairmaire’s description of C.
Coquerelii, (Ann. Soc. Fr., 158), except that the interstices of
the strize of the elytra are said to be ‘“fere planis,” and the
fourth interstice “reliquis paulo angustiore.”

In the Museum specimens the interstices are distinctly convex,
(the striz being very strong), and I can perceive no difference in
the width of the interstices. Should there prove to be two
species, it may be convenient to adopt Dejean’s name.

Hab. Madagascar, (Crossley). B.M.

Meloe compressipes, n. sp.

Ceruleus, subtus nigro-ceruleus, capite crebre fortiter punctato,
vertice canaliculato. Antennis articulis tribus apicalibus atris.
Thorace longitudine haud latiori, supra plano, crebre fortiter
punctato, antice omnino rotundato, postice paulo angustato,
lateribus rectis ; basi leviter emarginato, disco fortiter canalicu-
lato. Elytris thorace paulo latioribus, at 24 longioribus, postice
paulo amphatis ; fortiter longitudinaliter rugatus, margine interno
regulariter arcuato. Abdomine confertim minus fortiter punctato,
segmento ultimo et penultimo supra medio fere impunctato.
Pedibus compressis.

Long. (sine abdom.), 9 lin.

Resembles M. Chevrolati, Fairm., but differs in having the
thorax rounded in front; in having the antenne thickened
towards the apex, the apical jomt being large and a little longer
than the two preceding joints taken together. The head is very
strongly and thickly punctured ; the thorax is more strongly but
rather less thickly punctured. The elytra are covered with
strong ruge which are longitudinally confluent; the internal
border is gently arcuate, (and not angulate as represented in the
figure of MM. Chevrolati).

Hab. Madagascar. B.M.

54 Mr. Waterhouse’s Descriptions of

ZLonitis nigripes, WW. Sp.

Obseure-testaceus ; ore, antennis, pectore, pedibus elytrorum-
que apice nigris. Capite nitido, subtiliter, punctulato. Thorace
nitido, obsolete punctulato, longitudine vix latiori, ante medium
rotundatco angustato, postice vix angustato. Llytris thorace
duplo latioribus, breviter pubescentibus, confertim subtiliter
punctatis, singulis pase tribus vix perspicuis ornatis.

Long. 7# lin., lat. 24 lin.

Head a little narrower than the thorax, rounded behind the
eyes. Antenne long, reaching to the middle of the elytra.
Thorax gently convex, with a ‘slight impression in the middle
near the posterior margin. Elytra with the shoulders rounded,
with the apical fifth black ; each with three obsolete costze, the
first and third abbreviated.

Hab. Madagascar. 5.M.

ZLonitis purpureipennis, n. sp.
’

Viridi-aureus, violaceo-micans. Elytris purpureis, parce forti-
ter punctatis. _Abdomine cupreo-micanti. Long. 63-8 ln.

Golden-green, with deep blue reflections. Head irregularly
punctured. Antenne long, blue, with the apex dull black.
Thorax scarcely longer than broad, much narrowed in front of
the middle, flattened above, shining-blue, sparingly and
obscurely punctured in front, with a central channel and three
punctures on each side of it strongly impressed Scutellum
golden-green. Elytra broad, slightly convex, bright purple,
shining, with large punctures scattered over the surface. Coxe
black ; legs blue.

Hiab. Australia, Victoria. B.M.

Zonitis violaceipennis, n. sp.
Niger, nitida ; elytris violaceo-purpureis. Long. 6 lin.

Head very long and narrow, nearly impunctate, scarcely nar-
rower behind the eyes. Thorax a little longer than broad, very
slightly convex, not punctured but with a strong central channel
and a round fovea on each side of it behind the middle ; sides
nearly parallel behind, gradually narrowed in front. Elytra
broad, with deep punctures irregularly scattered over the surface.

Hab. Swan River. B.M.

Heteromera, with synonymical Notes. 55

This and the preceding species are very closely allied. — They
both have purple elytra, but the colouration in other respects is
different ; the punctuation of the elytra in the present species
although still sparse is less so than in the preceding species.
The head in Z. purpuretpennis is broadest across the eyes, and
obliquely narrowed behind, whereas in the present species the
sides are nearly parallel. The thorax in the former is flattened
above, suddenly narrowed in front, but in this it is gently
convex, and gradually narrowed in front.

The males of both species have the penultimate segment of
the abdomen deeply triangularly emarginate, and the last seement
excavated.

Zonitis tricolor, Le Guillou, (1844).

This is a common species which has the elytra ezeneous with
the base yellow. I am convinced, however, that the Z. wneiven-
tris of Redt., (Reis. Novara), is only a variety having the elytra
entirely yellow. Both forms are received from Melbourne,
Moreton Bay, &e.

Zonitis flaviceps, n. sp.

Nigrescens, sat nitidus ; capite flavo ; elytrorum basi margini-
busque anguste flavo-piceis. Long. 43 lin.

Head triangular, yellow, broadest at the posterior angles, not
very thickly punctured, with a longitudinal impressed line in
front. Thorax black, shining, gently convex, narrowed slightly
behind, more so in front, as broad as the head, not visibly punc-
tured, with a longitudinal impressed line behind. Scutellum
rounded at the apex. Elytra one-third broader than the thorax,
parallel, pitchy-black, very thickly and somewhat strongly punc-
tured, the extreme base and the lateral margins dirty-yellow.
Underside of the body and legs pitchy-black ; claws pitchy.

Hab. Swan River. B.M.

Norr.—l have just had occasion to refer to Blanchard’s figure
and description of Bolitophagus angulifer from New Zealand.
It appears to me to be without doubt the insect described by
Fabricius as Dermestes scaber, (the type of which is in the British
Museum), and known in our catalogues as Pristoderus scaber.

56 Mr. Waterhouse’s Descriptions of Heteromera, Se.

Opatrum serricollis, Walker, belongs to the genus Bradymerus,
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Rygmodus pedinoides, White, as figured and described by
Blanchard, (Voy. Pol. Sud.), has little in common with White’s
insect which I have already recorded as belonging to the Hydro-
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the Helopide.

Tanychilus metallicus, White, as figured and described by
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man belongs to the family Céstelidw, and as the genus was well
known to White, (Newman’s types being in the Museum), it
would seem highly probable that Blanchard’s insect is quite
distinct from White’s especially as we possess a species of
Tanychilus from New Zealand, which agrees very nearly with
White’s description.

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Notes on the Coleopterous Family Cleridee, with descriptions

of New Genera and Species; by the Rey. H. 8. GorHam.

In preparing the present paper on the Cleridee, I have found
myself obliged to deviate in some measure from my original
plan.

I had intended at the first to attempt a complete revision of
the family,—a work that a very slight acquaintance with the
catalogued species would soon make it apparent to any one was
needed. But as I went on [ found it impossible to gain acquaint-
ance (excepting in certain genera) with more than half the
described species ; and this from the very reason that former
authors have found themselves situated as myself. Attractive as
a family from their varied patterns and colouring, nearly every
author of note has added his quota to the list of species, the
types of which are scattered or lost ; while few possessed any
general knowledge of the family as such, and hence referred
their species to genera with which they often have no affinity. In
revising the family it will be necessary, then, to commence with
the genera, which under such treatment have often become mere
collections of heterogeneous species.

I have kept before myself in this work the necessity of
(1.)—Indicating the true type of every genus, or at least of
selecting the type from the original constitution, where none
was fixed by the founder. I1.—Eliminating from the genus
such species as could not be associated with the type without
rendering any definition useless. I1I.—Creating new genera
for such of these species as could not be brought into any
existing ones.

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DR Rey. H. S. Gorham’s Notes on the

In the first place then I have given as I hope in a succinct
form an analytical “Table of Genera” compiled from the
characters given by Spinola, Lacordaire, and others, using, how-
ever, only such as I have been able to verify ; this is followed
by observations on such genera as appear generally misconstrued ;
concluded by critical remarks on the species and a list of
synonyms.

The collections which are the basis of this paper are firstly,
the collection of Mr. W. W. Saunders, containing a great many
of Mr. Wallace’s species from the Malay Islands, as well as a
fine series of South American and Australian insects ; this collec-
tion has passed into my own hands. Secondly, the Cleride of
M. Guérin Méneville containing several old and scarce species.
Thirdly, those obtained in the Philippine Isles by Dr. Semper.
And lastly, several Cleridie being my own collection from various
sources chiefly obtained through Mr. Janson. I have had the
advantage of consulting Mr. White’s and Newman’s types in
the British Museum collection, access to which has freely been
given me by the authorities there.

With Mr. Chevrolat [ have been in correspondence frequently,
and have to acknowledge his goodness in communicating to me
types of a few of his species, as well as in examining several
species sent by me to him, nearly all which were returned as new
to him. ‘The result is that in the present paper 66 species are
described as new in the two first sub-families, and 5 new genera
established. | This appears to me as a mere instalment of what
requires to be done before a systematic arrangement can be
settled, or any general conclusion drawn from the distribution
of the Cleride. Of North American species [ have seen but
few, though they must be numerons.

The system followed is in general that of Lacordaire, very
nearly corresponding as well with the order of the genera in the
catalogue of MM. Gemminger and Harold, to which constant
reference will be made, as being the only complete list of pub-
lished species up to 1869. Since that date M. Chevrolat has
deseribed 112 species, Revue et Mag. de Zool. 1874, and I have

Coleopterous Family Cleride.

a9

just received a second Memoir from the same author, (“ Memoire
sur la famille des Clerites,” par A. Chevrolat Paris 15 Mars,
1876,) containing the addition of three new genera Poecilochrou,

Tauraundocerus, Dereutes, reference to which will be found in

their proper place here, and of 118 new species, of which I am

at present unable to speak, being unacquainted with them except

by the descriptions there offered.

I shall only here allude to

those species concerning which | have had communications with
M. Chevrolat.

‘Tarsi.

A;

CLERID 2.

Synopsis of Sub-families.

Eves cut out in front

Eyes cut out on internal sides

without parapleuree.

five jointed, pro-thorax

Eyes entire

four joints only visible above.

Zi G :
“nc Antenne pectinate or at least
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Antenne terminate by a elub

J. ‘TImurpeEs,

SiO psts of Genera.

Antenne at least serrate.
a. Body glabrous,—labrum not visible
do. do distinct

aa. Body more or less pubescent.

All the joints of tarsi visible above Tillides.

Clerides,
Phyllobemides.

Hydnocerides.

Enoplides.

Corynetides.

Cylidrus.
: Denops.

60 Rev. H. S. Gorham’s Notes on the

b. Claws bifid,—with tooth . - ’ Tillus.
lo, without tooth . Perilypus.

bb. Claws simply toothed.
c. Antenne gradually enlarged : . Philocalus.

d. Antenne of ¢ with apical joint very long Macrotelus.
e. Antenne flabellate or serrate
f. Antenne almost filiform. : . Cymatodera,
bbb.’ Claws cut out. . : 4 ; F Pallenis.
AA. Antenne with 3- or 4-jointed club.
a. Claws bifid, without tooth
aa. Claws toothed.
b. Antenne with 3 jomted club abrupt . Callimerus.
Cc, do, do, laxly articulate | Stenocylidrus.
aaa. Claws simple 5 . Dupontiella.

; Cladiscus.

: Gastrocentrumn.,

CynipRrus, Lat. 1825.

Type C. cyaneus, Fab.

Cylidrus alcyoneus, Pascoe, Cylidrus pallipes, Chey., Rev.
et. Mag. de Zool. 1874, p. 29., Cylidrus Vescoi, Fairmaire,
Cylidrus cyaneus, Fab.

These all appear to pertain to one species. It is widely spread
from Madagascar to the Islands of the Pacific, the only conti-
nental locality given being India ; C. pu//ipes Chey. was originally
referred to Taiti and Java (White Cat. B. M. p. 1.) The smaller
and narrower specimens are probably males, and it varies in
colour from purplish to blue-green.

Cylidrus Wallace’, Vhomson.

Readily known by its black legs, and wider and_ brighter
elytra. Borneo, I have a specimen from Penang, differing a
little in the punctuation of the thorax, but I doubt if it is
distinet.

Coleopterous Fanuly Cleride. 61

Epiteles contumaec, Newm. Ent. p. 403, G. and H. Cat. Col. p,
1786. Certainly a Cylidrus, very nearly allied to if not the
sume as CL nigrinus White.

Cylidrus balteatus, Klug.

Chiefly ditters from fuse‘atus by the black abdomen.
Cylidrus abdominalis Klug. Given as = fasciatus in Gemm.
and Har. Cat. Col. but without the locality Brazil. There is,
however, most clearly a Cylidrus closely allied to fasciatus,
differing in the form of the fascia, from Brazil. T think it may
be a transported species which has obtained a settlement and
become moditied. The name must stand as specific.

DerNops, Steven.

Type D. ulbofasciatu, Charp.

Differs only from Cylidrus in the porrected labrum and de-
velopement of the tarsal lamell.

Puinocatus, Klug.

Type P. succinctus, Kl.

Judging by the figure and locality, Tillus compressicornis,
Klug. ought to be referred to this genus rather than to Maec-

rotelus.
Macroretus, Klug.

Type M. terminatus, Say.

Macrotelus sulnotatus, Wwad., G. and H. Cat. 1723.
Macrotelus uniformis, Wwad., G. and H. Cat. 1. ¢.

These African species cannot be retaimed here.

Mucrotelus sunguinens and Mniszechii, Thoms., [Chev. Mem.
1876 p. 44] must be eliminated ; they are probably Philocal/,

62 Rev. H. S. Gorhain’s Notes on the
CLADISCcUS, Chey.

Type CL strangulatus, Chev.

Cladiscus gracilis, White, C. Prinseppi, Wa.

C. longipennis, Wwd., as well probably as the rest described
differ from the type in having the antenne pectinate. I do not,
however, think they can be separated generically.

Tittus, Oliv. 1790.
Type T. elongatus, Lain.

Tillus bipurtitus, Blanch., G. and H. Cat. p. 1724. =“ Tillus
bifasciatus ?, Humb.” Chev. Mem. 1876. p. 4. Tillus
(Clerus) carus, Newm., G. and H. Cat. 1. ¢ These species
do not pertain to the 7%/lides. The former most resembles a
Thanasimus bat has the palpi all securiform ; while the second
forms the type of a new genus, Paratillus.

Tillus hilaris, Westwood is congeneric with bipartitus which it
much resembles.

Tillus Semperanus, Nn. sp.

Niger, antennarum basi, palpis, femoruim basi, tibis, tarsis,
elytrisque basi rufis, his fascia fere recta, maculéque sub-apicali
albidis. Long. lin. 23.

A very distinct little 7i//us ; compared with wnifusciatus the
following differences will be observed, the base of the antennae,
i.e., the first three or simple joints are pale, as are also the tibie
and tarsi; the thorax is very much narrowed behind, the base
of the elytra is only narrowly red, and they are also adorned
with a pale spot before the apex.

Hab. Bohol Philippines (Semper.)

Obs. I havea specimen referred to notatus, Klug from India
which closely agrees with the species described above, notatus
K1. should have the breast red, as well as the dise of the thorax
only black.

Coleopterous Family Cleride. 63
GASTROCENTRUM, Genus novun.

Caput prothoracis latitudine, oculi modice granulati antice
excavati.

Palpi max. articulo ultimo oblongo ; lab, eodem seeuriformi.

Pronotum wquale antice transversim impressuin — postice
constrictum.

Antenne | l-articulatwe, capite et thorace breviores, articulis
2—7 perbrevibus, haud intus acuminatis, 8-11 his latiores.

Mesosternum inter coxas intermedias carinatum et productum
carina post coxas profunde fossulatum.

Abdominis segmentwin primuin inter coxas posteriores mucro-
natum, metasterno receptun.

Tarsi 5-articulati, articulis 4 primis valde lamellatis,

Corporis forma elongata.

Type G. pauper, sp. 0.

Gustrocentruml pauper, Ne Sp.

Nigro-piceus mitidus pube brevissima eriseo-flava vestitus,
ore, palpis, antennis, pedibus, abdominisque apice rufopiceis.
Long. lin. 6.

Head shining, irregularly and obsoletely punctate, pitchy,
epistoma and mouth yellow, jaws blackish, eyes not very
coarsely facetted, cut out, a carma runs from the incision.
Pronotum very obsoletely and confluently punctured, a curved
impression in front, and narrowed and rather constricted at the
base, nearly twice as long as wide, of about the same width as
the head at the widest part. Elytra half as wide again as
thorax, sides parallel, with rows of oblong punctures at uneven
distances, and vanishing near the suture and in the apical third ;
they are clothed with a fine, grey, silkly pubescence. Leg pitchy-
red, underside pitchy. The metasternum is produced into a process
between the intermediate coxw, which is deeply sulcate, the ab-
dominal process is also sulcate, and both are pointed.

Hab. Luzon, Philippines (Semper.)

PeRILYPUS, Spin.

Type P. carbonarius, Spin,

64 Rey. H. S.-Gorham’s Notes on the

PaALuEnNIs, Cast.
Type P. tricolor, Cast.
If weutipennis be taken as the type, the name Jodamus must
be retained for the genus.
STENOCYLIDRUS, Spin.

Type 8S. azureus, Klug.

CyMATODERA, Gray.
Type C. Hopei, Gray.

It seems probable that the smaller species associated with this
type will eventually have to be separated.

Cymatodera pulchella Wh., G. and H. Cat. Col. p. 1727, does
not pertain to the 7%lides. It is, I think, a Peloniwm.
[ BosrricHores, Montrouzier. |
(Type B. angustatus, Mont.)

Not admissible among the Cleride without confirmation.
The characters given are discordant with the group, without any
evidence being offered of its aftinity.

DUPONTIELLA, Spin.

Type D. ichneumonoides, Spin.

Dupontiella fasciatella, Spin. Mon. I. p. 172. pl. 8. fig. 5 =
Tarsostenus univittatus Rossi.

Remarkable as not having lamelle to the tarsi, yet apparently
not to be placed in any other family.

CALLIMERUS, Genus novum.

Caput latum, oculi subtiliter granulati, prominuli, antice pro-
funde sed anguste excavati, hirtuli, Antenne art. tribus vel
quatuor ultimis clavam compressam formantibus. Palpi max.
art, ult. subulato, lab. his multo longiores, art. ult. valde securi-
formi.

Coleopterous Fumily Cleridee. 65
Pronotum oblongum, medio latissimum.

Elytra elongata apice interdwin truncato (type), interdum etiam
mucronato, (C. mirandus), vel integro, (C. wmabilis, C. gratiosus)
Tarsi 5-articulati articulo basali facile observato.

Type [Clerus.| dulcis Westwood, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1852 p. 50.
Gemm. et Harold Cat. Col. p. 1736. Hab. E. India, Siam,
Ins. Philippines.

= Xylobius, White, Cleride p. 50 (X. ulbovarius) nec. Lae.
Genera des Col. IV. page 119.

There are two types of insects which I think should be
associated in this genus, some which like the type have the body
and elytra of a steel blue colour elegantly spotted and marked
with spots of ashy or white scales, while the others are of an
uniform testaceous hue, or spotted with that colour, the elytra
and parts of the body more or less thickly clothed with scales.

It is one of the most peculiar genera among the Cleride ;

while its 5-jointed tarsi bring it into close connection with the
Tillides, the tinely granulated eyes, widely separated antennx
with a simple 3-jointed club composed of joints closely applied
to each other, and sometimes truncate elytra are characters not
hitherto recorded in that section. The species which I conceive
to belong to the genus as yet known to me are:

Sec. 1. Elytra blue with spots or lines of scales.

Callimerus dulcis Westw. loc. cit. Java, Siam.
C. albovarius Westw. loc. cit. FE. India.

Gem. et Har., p. 1735 (Clerus.) White Cleride, p. 50 (Xylobius.)

Callimerus mirandus, v. sp.

Ceeruleus, squamis albidis variegatus, ore, antennis, pedibusque
flavis. Elytris lunulis tribus, prima humerum cingente, secunda
et tertia hac conjunctis, apicibus im marginem desinentibus,
apice oblique truncato angulo externo mucronato. Long, lin. 5,
g ! Hab. Penang. [Coll. Saunders.] Parry.

66 Rev. H. S. Gorham’s Notes on the

Face thickly covered with white scales, (especially the ocular
excavation.) Prothorax oblong, sides widened in the middle.
Elytra conspicuously punctured, the punctures often coalescing,
their apex obliquely truncate, the internal angle having a very
sinall mucro, the external a larger one. Legs antenna, and part
of the mouth pale yellow, exterior of the tibiae darker.
The margin of the thorax, base of elytra, three spots near to
their margin (connected by an angulated line) scutellum, breast
and sides of abdomen are clothed with white scales. Under-
neath the fifth segment is deeply emarginate, and ciliated.

Callimerus amabilis, 1. sp.

Ater, ore, antennis, pedibusque flavis, prothoracis marginibus
lineaque mediana, pectore, abdomine, elytrorum basi, maculisque
tribus albo-squamosis, Long. lin. 44.

Head covered with seales between the eyes, less thickly on
the crown. Thorax more narrowed behind than in front, black,
eranulose, rather shining near front margin and with a blue
tinge there. Elytra black granulate-punctate, the patches of scales
consist of the base, an oblique mark from the scutellum to near
the outer margin, a central spot on the suture, a fascia one third
from apex, and the suture narrowly from thence to apex. Exterior
of femora and tibie dark, mandibles black.

Hab. Laos. A single specimen. [Mouhot. ]

Callimerus gratiosus, 1. sp.

Ater, capite atro-cceruleo plus minusve squamis albidis ; pro-
thorace (inmedio excepto), seutello, elytrorum macula basal,
fascis tribus sutura interruptis, guttisque duabus suture approx-
imatis, metasterni, abdominisque limbo albo-squamosis ; ore
antennis, pedibusque flavis. Long. lin. 4.

The elytra of this species are more parallel than in the pre-
ceding species. The prothorax is equally narrowed before and
behind, and not much enlarged in the middle; the elytra are
opaque, deeply and coarsely punctured, but not granulose, the
markings are more or less connected in different specimens,
the apical fascia returns up the suture till it almost unites ra
the preceeding one, the legs are very hairy slightly darker
the knees and exterior of femora and tibie.

Hab. Philippines. East Mindanao [Semper. |

Coleopterous Family Cleride. 67
Callimerus pulchellus, W. sp.

AlTbo-squamosus, prothorace guttis quinque, elytris guttis sex,
limbo tenuiter, atris, denudatis ; ore, antennis, pedibusque flavis.
Long. lin. vix 4.

In the denuded spots on the elytra their sparse deep punctur-
ingis visible, the thorax is little narrower than the head, the sides
somewhat angularly widened, the legs are hairy but with no
darker marks,

Hab. Philippines | Semper. |

Sec. 2. Species of an uniform ochreous colour,

Callimerus insolatus, Pascoe | Lemidia, |

Pallide ferrugineus, capite et thorace subnitidis, elytris pube
brevi et squamis griseis undique vestitis, apice truncato. Lon
lin. 4-5,

ao
o

Head obsoletely punctured, shining, thorax with a few large
punctures, a linear constriction in front and an impression on
each side about the widest part, it is considerably constricted
behind ; the elytra are widest near the base, gradually narrowed
to near the apex, obsoletely punctured, the punctures tending to
form series. In some specimens the elytra are dark at the
humeral angle, and at the sides. The abdomen has the apex
darker, legs hairy, tarsi and apex of tibie of the hinder pair
dark.

Hab. Siam | Mouhot]; Luzon, KE. Mindanao [Semper] ; Celebes
[| Wallace. |

Sec. 3. Elytra fasciated, without seales, club of antennz
{-jointed.

Callimerus latifrons, i. Sp.

Nigro-piceus, nitidus, labro superne, palpis labialibus, anten-
narum clava, pedibus totis, elytrorum fascia basali, maculaque
pone medium reniformi pallide testaceis. Long. lin. 4.

68

Rev. H. S. Gorbam’s Notes on the

Head wider than thorax, in front clothed with grey scales,
antenn basal joint and four at apex testaceous, the rest pitchy,
club not so abrupt as in preceeding species and of four joints,
maxillary palpi pitchy, pale at tip. Thorax constricted in front,
much narrowed behind, punctured. Elytra coarsely and thickly
punctured, a basal fascia (widest in centre) and two kidney-
shaped spots, almost touching suture, yellow ; apex truncate.

Hab. Philippines [Semper. ]

I]. CLERIDEs.

Synopsis of Genera.

Antenne serrate
Palpi all securiform ; tarsi 5 joints visible, Axina.

do, tarsi 4 joints only visible, Serriger.
max. palpi, last jomt cylindrie,—
eyes coarsely facetted 4 : 4 Priocera.
do. finely — do. : : : . Tillicera.
Antenne forming a flat club. . Placocerus.

Antenne with 3 or 4 jointed club.
Claws simple.
Palpi all securiform.

Antenne with apical joint long . Phloeocopus.
do. — not long, club laxly articulate,—

form depressed, eyes coarse : Thaneroclerus.
do. eyes fine. : . Platyclerus.

form subcylindric, eyes coarse. i Opilo.
do. eyes fine.

hind femora longer than body. ; Olesterus.

do. not longer, elytra rugose at base Trogodendron.

do. do. elytra evenly punctured —. . Sallea.

Antenne with club connate.

form narrow, cylindric. : . ‘Tarsostenus.

form depressed ; ‘ Aulus.

form broad, bulky. 3 : . Zenithicola.

Labial palpi only securiform

eyes coarse, elytra sub-parallel . : Natalis

do. elytra contracted at base . — Cormodes.,

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Wu:

Coleopterous Family Cleride.

eyes fine, elytra contracted at base

do. elytra not contracted.
club of antennz lax : :
do. not lax, tarsi with lamelle of

ordinary size ; : :
—of very small size ,

Claws toothed.
Antenne almost filiform.

do. with club lax and long.
terminal joint falciform, eyes fine,

widely separated. : ‘
separated by a narrow band :
approximate é

terminal joint simply acuminate

Antenne with club lax but not lone,

eyes coarse, scarcely cut out
dos "dos.
Palpi same shape at apex

well cut out

Palpi different, max. only securiform

Antenne with club abrupt.
terminal joint excavate

do. not excavate
Antenne with club securiform

.

69

Pezoporus.

Cleronomus.

Epiclines.

Calendyma.

Derestenus.

. Clerus.

Stigmatium.

Omadius.

Cleromorpha.

Orthrius.

Eburifera.

Thanasimus.

Scrobiger, Eleale.

Trichodes.

Krymanthus.

The following genera placed among the Clerides, I have not

seen characterised, and am unable to tabulate ; Apteroclerus Woll.,
Microclerus, Woll., Micropterus, Chey., Dereutes, Chey,

Priocera, Kirby.
Type le variegata, Kirby.

Axina, Kirby.

Type A, analis, Kirby.

Chiefly differs from Priocera in having both pairs of palpi

securiform,

70 Rey. H. S. Gorham’s Notes on the

It is surprising M, Chevrolat should have referred Thanasinius
marmoratus, KI. (Chinensis, F.) to this genus, to which both it
and his A.rina retrocincta | Rey. et. Mag. de Zool. 1874 pp. 32, 33. ]
have merely a superficial, and not a very strong likeness. They
have the antenne with a lax 3-jointed club, and the labial
palpi only securiform.

PuHuorocorus, Gucrin.
Type P. tricolor, Guévin.

Sexual characters are noticeable here, the males have the
longer apical jomt of antennie, and fifth abdominal segment
cut out.

Phloeocopus Buqueti, Spin. Mon. I. p. 340; plate 18, f. 3.
appears Ul placed in this genus, and would be more naturally
referred to Thanasimus. It is unknown to me except from
description.

Opinio, Latreille.

Type OP olliss Vos 4

The distribution of this genus is remarkable, it being found
in apparently every part of the world excepting North America,
but only represented in South America by a single Chilan
species, punctipennis Chevy,

I have seen specimens of the type from the Philippines, and
Mr. Lewis found it in Japan.

Opilo apicalis White, Cleridee p. 19, App. p. 56. (Notocus).
O. apicalis, Chev., Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1840 p. 296,
preustus Ch. Rev. et Mag. 1874 p. 285 has the priority. |
would, therefore, propose the name of Wh/te/ for the former.

Opilo sinensis, VW. Sp. s

Rufus, subnitidus, tenue pilosus, capite et pectore nigro piceis,
elytris piceis vel nigro piceis, macula humerali obliqua,
alteraque apicali, et fasciaé mediana a suturaé interrupta auran-
tiacis. Long. lin. 44—51.

Coleopterous Family Cleridee. 71

Antenne, mouth, palpi, prothorax, legs and abdomen red,
thorax with a constricted line in front and near hind margin, a
little wrinkled transversely on the dise, but not channelled.
The markings on the elytra in one of my specimens are of a
beautiful orange red.

Hab. Foochow, China [G. Lewis. |

Opilo Pascoii, wv. sp.

Niger, nitidus, antennis, palpis, pedibus, elytrorum basi,
pectoreque rufis, thorace glabro, antice transversim, medio
fortiter suleato, margine basali constricto albido ; elytris pone
inedium fascié communi apiceque summa alba, usque ad faseiam
fortiter seriatim punctatis, inde ad apicem glabris. | Long. lin. +3.

In colour singularly like Paratillus bipartitus, Dat im addi-
tion to its larger size it is not likely long to be confounded with
that species, the thorax being smooth and shining and the legs
longer with much less compressed femora. The Elytra have 7
or 8 rows of very large square punctures, a little confused at the
shoulder and continued into the white fascia, but not beyond it.
The sixth ventral plate is red.

Hab. New South Wales. [ Pascoe. |

Narauis, Castelnau.
Type N. cribricollis, Spin.

Notwithstanding that Castelnau’s characters may have been
erroneous, the fact remains that cr/bricoll/s was the species to
which he applied the generic name. Chevrolat’s note [Mem,
sur la famille des Clerites p. 4] is founded on a contusion, there
is no “ O ertbricollis, Spin., du Chil.” WN. Laplacei was referred
to Chil in error.

CoRMODES, Pascoe.

Type CU. Darwint, Paseoe.
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Rey. H. S. Gorham’s Notes on the

TILLICERA, Spin.

Type T. javana, Spin.

Tillicera mutillecolor, White, is a Stigmatium described by
the author from a specimen without antenne; the naming
mutilated and unique specimens is scarcely an ex¢use for such
an oversight. It has been redescribed by Chevrolat as Stiy-
matium dimidiatum, Rev. et Mag. 1874, p. 63.

SERRIGER, Spin.
Type S. Reichei, Spin.
Serriger Coffini, White, Cler. App. p. 53. has no affinity here,

the antenne have a 3-jointed club, It falls im Chevrolat’s genus
Sallea.

Priacocervs, Klug.
Type. P. dimidiatus, Wl.
APTEROCLERUS, Woll.
Type A. fusiformis, Woll.
Przoporus, Klug.

Type P. coaretatus, Kl.

DERESTENUS, Chev.

Type D. quadrilineatus, Chev.

Microcrierus, Woll.

Type M. Dohrnii, Woll.

Microprerus, Chey.

Type M. brevipennis, Chev.

CreRoNoMus. Klug.

Type C. bimaculatus, KA].

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i pterous Family Cleridee.

M. Chevrolat (Mon. 1876, p. 5) points out that the 11 species
standing under the name in G. and H. Cat. p. 1732, 1733 really
belong to five distinct genera, viz.—

1. Cleronomus, K. 2. Phonius, Chy., Type sanguinipennis, Chy.
3. Systenoderes, Spin. Type amenus Sp.

4. Colyphus, Spin. Type C. signaticollis, Sp., other species.
OC. cinctipennis, Sp., interceptus, Sp., rufipennis, Sp. and
5. Poecilochroa, Chev. Type cyanipennis Kl., which he says
equals duasytoides, White, Cler. p. 50 (Systenoderes), this latter
genus being characterised briefly (loco supra cit.) and including
thoracieus Ol. (Clerus, Spin.) and a new species, Haagi, Chy.

I have not seen Colyphus or Phonius ; Poecilochroa is most
like Cleronomus ; and Systenoderes is certainly a distinct genus.

THanasimus, Lat.

Type T. formicarius,

If the rigorous rule were observed this generic name could
not stand, Fabricius having been the first to indicate a type for
Clerus in formicarius, L. But in this case a fresh term would
be needed for the species of the /chnewmoneus type, and nothing
but confusion can arise from disturbing the present accepted
arrangement.

Thanasimus accinctus, Newm. forms the type of a new genus
Metahasis.

Thanasimus anthicoides, Wwa., G. and H. Cat. p. 1733
repeated sub Clerus, loc. cit. p. 1735. It is better placed here.

Thanasimus apicalis Chey. = Opilo id., Mem. 1876 p- 4.

Thanasimus chinensis, F.= marmoratus, KI. . This species
cannot rest here, yet, unless a new genus be made for it, it can
scarcely be placed elsewhere. It has no affinity with Agina
to which Chevrolat refers it. The antennie have 3-jointed club,
and max. palpi are cylindrie.

Thanasimus marmoratus, Chevr., G. and H. Cat. p. 1734 =
marmoratus K1., chinensis, F. loc. eit. p. 1733.

74 Rev. H. S. Gorham’s Notes on the

Thanasimus rufimanus, Nn. sp.
« ?

Niger, nitidus, pilosus, antennis, palpis tibiis anticis, tarsisque
quatuor primis rufis, elytris apice fulvo pubescenti. Long. lin. 4,

Head rather narrower than thorax, eyes finely granulate,
labium, palpi, and antennz clear red, latter with the three last
joints widened, terminal joint acuminate and a little curved.
Thorax much as in T. formicarius clothed with long greyish
pubescence. Elytra longer than those of 7. formicarius, the
series of large close punctures do not commence for one quarter
the length and terminate a little beyond the middle ; a well
pronounced humeral callus, the space between it and _ the
scutellum tumid; the apex is densely clothed with a golden
yellow shining pile.- Lees blue-black, anterior tibie, and
anterior and middle tarsi red.

Hab. New South Wales, (Saunders).

OrtTHRIUS, Genus noyum.

Type O. cylindricus.

Caput declivum, thoracis latitudine, oculi fortiter granulati,
haud vel vix excavati. Labium emarginatum, antenne 11 art.,
articulis tiibus ultimis clavam formantibus, laxe articulatam,
ultimo apice acuminato. Palpi max. art. ult. subulato; lab.
eodem fortiter securiformi.

Pronotum oblongum, antice transversim impressim_ postice
constrictum.

Tarsi 4 antici, art. quinque supra prebentes ; postici, 4 tantum
visibiles,

Corpus elongatum, sub-cylindricum.

Alhed to Thanasimus, and also, in the structure of its tarsi, to
Clerus. It is more elongate and cylindric in form than either.

The eyes searcely if at all eut out, are very remarkable in this
section.

Orthrius cylindricus, N. sp.

Rufo-ferrugineus, nitidus, antennis, pedibus, elytrisyue piceis,
his humero, fascia medianaé (sutura interrupta,) maculaque juxta
apicem pallide flavis, Long. lin. 4—44.

Coleopterous Family Cleride. (i)

Var. fascia mediana integra ad suturam amphata, maculaque
communi rotundata juxta apicem aurantiacis.

Head thickly and coarsely punctured, labium deeply excavated,
pale yellow, thorax thickly punctured and somewhat granulose,
transversely impressed in front as in 7Thanas/mus, (channelled
in the middle in the variety) contracted below the middle, and
with a constriction just below the base. Elytra of the width
of the thorax, sides parallel, covered with small punctures ir-
regularly disposed, but having a tendency to form striz, in the
variety the interstices are slightly raised. In the type the
humeral callus, a fascia near the middle (widening into a round
spot near the suture) and a small spot near the apex are pale
yellowish. The variety is of a brighter rufous colour, and has
the central fascia wider and expanded towards the base common
to both elytra, as well as a largish spot in the place of the two
near the apex. Antenne as long as head and thorax, joints 2-8
rather longer than wide, 9-10 a little widened, 11 oval,
acuminate, and with the point re-curved.

Two specimens New South Wales, [Saunders] and two,

var., Coll. Parry.

Merasasis, Genus novum.
Type Thanasimus accinctus, Newman., Ent. p. 364.

Caput prothoracis latitudine, oculi subtiliter granulati vix
excavati. Antenne apicem versus paulo incrassatee. Palpi
max. art. ultimo fusiformi ; lab. eodem fortiter securiformi, tarsi
5 articulati, art. 4 tantum visibiles supra.

Considerable confusion exists about the species deseribed by
Mr. Newman.

M. Chevrolat has attempted to revive the genus Chalciclerus,
Spin. by associating it with another of Newman’s species, pulcher.
The latter is an L/eale, and the two species have nothing in
common. Chey. also gives Zenithicola fulgens, Chy. as a
synonym of ©. pulcher Newm. | Mem. 1876 p. 5]; C..bimaculatus,
Spin. is in my opinion quite distinct.

The present species is also (sec. Chevr., MS.) Lemidia inanis,
Germ. [Gem. et. Har. Cat. Col. 1748. ]

The f is Clerus medianus Westw. White Cleridee p. 17 sub.

Thaneroclerus,
Ga 2

76 Rev. H. S. Gorham’s Notes on the

Newman’s original assignment of it to Thanasimus is nearest
the truth. From that genus it differs in the structure of the
antenne, from Clervs in that of its tarsi which have four joints
only visible above in the anterior and middle pairs (Clerus
shewing 5.) From both, however, it diverges in the form and
sculpture of the thorax, and in most minor details.

Ciervs, [Geoffroy], Fab.
Type C. ichneumoneus, Fab.

It is clear that if we follow Fab., Spinola, and Lacordaire in
adopting this name for the present genus, it must be on the
hypothesis that it had to Geoffroy a family signification, and
that he would probably have placed any insect belonging to the
group under the term; any how, as he did not indicate a type
there can be no reason why the first of his three species should
be taken rather than either of the others.

I have seen no species from other parts of the world
than America, which can properly be referred to this genus. It
is, broadly speaking, peculiar to Tropical America, the species
from the United States are abnormal.

Clerus albovarius, Wwd., G. and H. Cat: p. 1735. =
Callimerus id. (Tillides) vide ante.

Clerus anthicoides, Wwd., G. and H. Cat. p. 1735. = Thanasi-
mus td., loc. cit. p. 1733.

Clerus dulcis, Wwd., G. and H. Cat. p. 1736. = Callimerus id.
(Tillides ante.)

Clerus guttulus, White. G. and H. Cat. p. 1736 is congeneric
with Til/us bipartitus (Ante p. 62). These Australian species
are grouped under Paratillus.

Clerus longulus, Spin. G. and H. Cat. p. 1736, evidently an
Epiclines belonging to the section for which M. Chevr. has made
the genus Dereutes, Mem. 1876 p. 29.

Clerus nodicollis, Bohem., Ins. Caff. I. 2. p. 495; is an Opilo,
and = Opilo tuberculicollis, Chey. Rey. et Mag. 1874 p. 7, 33.

Clerus novemguttatus, Wwd., Proc. Zool. Soc. 1852 p. 49.
G. and H. Cat. p. 1737. v. Cleromorpha, Gorh.

Clerus Paine, Woll., G. and H. Cat. p. 1737 should probably

form a new genus, it is certainly not a Clerus,

J)

—~I

Coleopterous Fumily Cleridee.

Clerus sobrius, Walker, G. and H. Cat. p. 1738.

= Clerus sphegeus, Fab., G. and H. loc. cit.

Clerus thoracicus, Oliv. Spin., Lec., G. and H., loc. cit.

= Poecilochroa id., Chey., Mem. 1876 p. 5 (v. Cleronomus)

Clerus zebratus Wwa., Proc. zool. soc. p. 43 is an Omadius.

Clerus annulatus, Eschsch., G. and H. Cat. p. 1735, Gem. and
Har., Chevr., White, all give C. variegatus, Spin. as a synonym
of this species, but incorrectly if the species generally known as
annulatus is correctly determined.

Clerus femoralis, We sp.

Niger, thorace piloso, elytris dimidio basali flavo, linea
humerali alteraque ante medium curvata plus minusve distinctis
nigris, apice griseo sericeo, femoribus rufis. Long. lin. 4—43.

Head sparingly punctured shining, antenne black, basal joint
red, spotted above with black; thorax densely clothed with
black pile. The femora alone are red. Breast with a golden
yellow depressed pile.

Hab. Parana, (Saunders).

Clerus sig, WW. sp.

Niger, nitidus, pube erecta tenuiter vestitus, elytris macula
basali (prope fasciam medianam curvatum angulose producta)
flava, apice griseo hispido. Long. lin. 33.

Entirely black with the exception of a spot at the base of
the elytra continued along the suture till it nearly meets a
curved middle fascia, which are yellow, this fascia starts from
the margin, but does not quite touch the suture. The antennz
are short and stout. Head punctured clothed with ashy hair.
Thorax with short, not close, black hairs. Legs with grey
pubescence.

Hab. Brazil, (Saunders. )

Clerus binodulus, a. sp.

Rufo-testaceus, prothorace, (margine antico pallido excepto)
capite antennis pedibusyue nigris, his femoribus basi, illis
articulis duobus primis rufis, elytris basi rufis, tuberculis duobus
humeroyue elevatis, pone medium fascia curvat’i apiceque albidis,
inter fasciam et apicem nigris, in apice pallido, strigd nigra.
Long. lin. 43.

78 Rey. H. S. Gorham’s Notes on the

Elongate, parallel, head rather shining, thorax with the
extreme front margin pale yellow. Elytra finely rugose at the
base, and with a few elevated lines but not. striate, the first of
these elevated lines terminates ina raised long tubercule half-way
between the suture and the humeral callus, which is rather
prominent. About the middle of the margin, a narrow pale fascia
commences which curves backwards to the suture, this is mar-
gined with black on the basal side, the apical third is pale and
contains an oblique blackish fascia. The last segment of the
abdomen is black. Base of the antennze, and of the femora red.

Hab. Peru, Amazon, (Saunders).

This species is apparently allied to C. mutabilis, Chev. (Rev.
et Mag. de Zool. 1874 p. 40) and in the pattern of the elytra
resembles versicolor, Lap.

Clerus festivus, W. sp.

Rufus, antennaruin clava, prothoracis disco tibiisque fuscis,
elytris basi binodulosis, medio flavo-fasciatis, pone fasciam nigris,
apica macula rotunda crocea, augulo apicali albido, Long. lin. 4.

Head pitchy-red, pubescent, mouth pale, mandibles black,
thorax densely clothed with pile varying in colour as the portions
do, front margin and sides and base red, disc pitchy. Elytra
roughly punctured at the base, the shoulder raised, and each
with a tubercule covered with erect black sete, about the middle
a curved whitish yellow fascia commencing on the margin but
scarcely reaching the suture, margined with black on the basal
side, beyond this the elytra are pitchy-black, with their apical
angle white, and with an orange yellow round spot (similar to
that in annulatus KI. but smaller) near the apex, this spot is
rather shining. Underside and legs red, posterior femora touched
with pitchy on their underside, apex of abdomen and _ tibiee
darker.

Hab. Amazon, (Saunders).

Clerus Salvini, n. sp.

Niger, pilosus, elytris nigris, basi rubris, rugose sub-seriatim
punctatis fascia median’i curvata basin versus nigro-marginata,
alteraque apicali interrrupta albidis, vel rubis. Long. lin. 3$.

Coleopterous Family Cleride. (3)

Head and thorax a little shining, sub-coriaceous ; basal joint of
the antenn, terminal joint of the labial, and maxillary palpi
excepting the tip pitchy-red. Epimera of the meso- and meta-
sterna red. Legs entirely black.

Hab. Guatemala.

Obs. Differs only from decussutus, Kl. by the colour of the
thorax, legs, parts of the mouth, and underside. I have one
specimen (Salvin) taken at an altitude of 5000 feet, also another
from the same locality (Saunders).

Clerus gaudens, Ti. sp.

Niger, nitidus, punctatus, elytris macula basali oblonga,
alteraque apicali transversa, fasciis duabus im medio, prima
arcuata augusta, secunda lata ad suturam attenuata, albidis ;
hac extus miniata. Long. lin. 3—3b.

Head and thorax punctured, latter with a transverse arcuate
impression disappearing in the side, base constricted, length
ereater than width. Elytra most distinctly punctured in the
middle, on the sides, punctures having a tendency to form hnes.
The first spot is clongate oval, then a fascia, beginning about one
third below the shoulder on the margin, not reaching the suture,
then a broad sub-quadrate spot on the margin of a fine vermillion
red terminating in a yellow point near the suture, a yellow trans-
verse spot near apex. The rest of the insect is entirely black.

Hab. Parana, (Saunders).

Obs. Somewhat resembles miniatus and its allies.

Clerus hieroglyphicus, n. sp.

Elongatus, niger, nitidus, prothorace margine antico griseo
pubescente, elytris macula triangulari prope suturam, fascia
mediané a sutura interrupta, apiceque summo albido-testaceis,
ante apicem fascia pubescente indutis. Long. lin. 43.

Unlike any species of this genus known to me.

The two wedge-shaped spots immediately before the fascia
form together an equilateral triangle narrowly divided (as well
as the fascia itself) by the suture, with its point towards the
apex of the elytra, the fascia commences on the margin, its edge

80 Rev. H. 8S. Gorham’s Notes on the

towards the base is rounded and almost meets the other side,
near the suture, which side is straight, the extreme apex is
yellowish (the suture however and margin narrowly black) and
is preceeded by a band of grey pubescence narrowest near the
margin.

Hab. Amazon, (Saunders).

Clerus felix, 0. sp.

Niger, nitidus, antennis, palpis, pedibusque rutis, elytris fascia
mediana ad suturam interrupta albida, apice cinereo-pubescente.
Long. lin. 24—31.

Somewhat resembling fluvosiynatus but narrower and with the
legs and antenne and palpi clear red, last 6 joints of antenne
fuscous, mandibles pitchy, fascia of the elytra narrower than in
flavosignatus, contracted to a point before reaching the suture,
elytra obsoletely punctured (in one of the two individuals I
possess there is a tendency to become striate) a distinct sutural
stria commences one third from the base.

Hab. Parana, (Saunders).

Clerus Badeni, a. sp.

Fuscus, sub-opacus, crebre subtiliter punctatus, elytris thoracis
latitudine, nigro-fuscis, basi et sutura anguste rufo-piceis fascia
mediana lata alteraque ante apicem pallide flavis, apice picea,
antennarum basi articuloque apicali rutis, pedibus fuscis, femorum
basi, tarsis et corpore rufis. Long. lin. 54.

Head clothed with ashy hairs. Thorax less thickly pubescent,
very closely and irregularly punctured, with a curved transverse
obsolete impression in front. Elytra little wider than the thorax,
parallel, very thickly but obsoletely punctured, each with two
fine raised lines, indistinct but visible with a common glass ;
their base is rufous with a spot of red hairs on each side of the
scutellum, a transverse and rather irregular yellow band at the
middle, and a narrow oblique one before the apex.

Hab. Mexico, (Dr. Baden).
Apparently allied to C. erabronarius, Spin.

Clerus errans, 0. Sp.

Rufus, elytris thorace latioribus, fasciis duabus, anteriore
integra, posteriore a sutura interrupta, pectore, pedibusque nigris.
Long. lin. 33.

Coleopterous Family Cleride. 81

Rather shining, clothed with a fine erect pile. | Head with a
deep double fovea between the eyes, antenne pale red at the
base, the basal two or three joints pitchy above, the club fuscous.
Thorax with a few scattered punctures, not much narrowed
behind, base margined. Elytra half as wide again as thorax,
rather convex, sides parallel, apical half of suture with a stria,
dise with indistinct and irregular series of punctures. The
narrow black fascize do not touch the margin, and the posterior
one is indented on its front margin. Breast black, rest of under-
side red. Hab.—? (Dr. Baden).

Resembles C. bicinctus Klug. The black legs and breast
will distinguish it.

Clerus vulpinus, 1. sp.

Niger, supra dense tomentosus, capite, prothorace disco nigro
excepto, elytrorum basi apiceque, rufo-villosis ; elytris fasciis
duabus (anteriore interrupta) nigris, a fascia mediana flava, fere
nuda, separatis, sutura antice cinereo pilosa. Long. lin. 44.

Var.? a. Minor, elytrorum basi nigro, pilis rufis fasciato,
fascia mediana flava ad suturam interrupta. Long. lin. 4.

Thorax very globular, nearly as wide as elytra, densely
clothed with rufous pile, black in the centre, anterior con-
striction scarcely visible. Elytra cylindric, base narrowly and
apex widely rufo-villous ; two black nearly straight fascie (the
anterior interrupted) and a median pale yellow one, the latter
nearly denuded and showing distinct punctures. Legs black
with grey pubescence. Antenne with two joints at the base red.

Hab.—? (Dr. Baden). Var. Mexico, (Saunders).

Clerus cuprascens, 1. sp.

Capite et thorace nigro-eneis elytris sub-violaceis his multo
latioribus, antennarum basi, ore, pedibus, abdomineque lete
rufis, tarsis fuscis. Long. lin. 54.

Head and thorax very obsoletely and closely punctured,
scarcely shining, finely pubescent, the latter with the base
margined, and transversely impressed in front. Elytra im-
punctate but with several rows of small tubercules, only distinct
near the suture, and three raised costie or lines on each, the first
of which (or the one nearest the suture) coincides with a row of

82 Rey. H. S. Gorham’s Notes on the

raised points, shoulders very prominent, beyond the middle a
denuded curved fascia and a similarly denuded spot near the
apex, round these the grey pubescence is thicker.

Hab.-—? (Dr. Baden).

Allied to holosericeus, White.

Clerus deliciolus, a. sp.

Niger, nitidus, capite et thorace rufis, elytris macula basalt,
fasciisque tribus sutura interruptis flavis ; antennarum basi
apiceque, palpis, femoribus (ex parte) tarsisque pallide testaceis,
Long. lin. 3.

Head and thorax glabrous, rusty red (in one example clouded
with pitchy on the disc) clothed with a few dark coloured sete,
shining ; antenne with two or three joints at the base, and the
club pale, the apical joint especially so, the rest pitchy. Elytra
blue black with a few scattered punctures, spots, 1 basal, nearly
round, then a short broad fascia not touching margin, only a
little oblique, then a fascia of same width starting from margin
nearly straight, the apical fascia starts from margin, but leaves
the apex and suture narrowly black. Femora and tarsi pale,
the former with their half next the tibie pitchy above, rufous
beneath.

Hab. Amazon, (Saunders).

Olerus atriceps, 1. sp.

Rufo-testaceus, punctatus, nitidus, capite elytrisque nigris,
his basi, fascia mediana et apice flavis. Long. lin, 33.

Head black, shining, sparsely and deeply punctured. Thorax
clear rusty red, the extreme front margin black, dise very
sparingly, front more thickly, but less deeply punctured. Elytra
with the basal half thickly and roughly punctured, almost striate,
the large punctures irregular in shape and frequently united, yet
on the whole arranged in rows, as far as the commencement of
the apical yellow ; their base (narrowly at the shoulder, more
widely round the scutellum), a middle fascia (entire in some,
interrupted by a fine line at the suture in others), and the apex
for about a quarter the leneth of the elytron are pale yellow, the
body, legs, antenne and palpi pale red.

Hab. Guatemala, (Saunders), also from Aceytuna in the same
district, at an elevation of 5,100 feet. (O. Salvin).

Coleopterous Fumily Cleridee. 83
Clerus melanocephalus, v. sp.

Rufo-testaceus, nitidus, capite, thoracisque margine antico
nieris, elytris violaceis fascia laté in medio, punctisque duabus
parvis prope apicem testaceis. Long. lin. 34.

Somewhat resembing the preceeding, the head is narrower, and
almost glabrous, thorax clear testaceous red, except the front
margin which is black as far as the anterior constriction, smooth.
Elytra violet with a wide band a little behind the middle, and
two small round spots before the apex testaceous, shoulders more
raised than in triceps, elytra as far as the middle with a few
scattered small punctures, not arranged, and only visible under
a strong lens.

Hab. Para.

CLEROMORPHA, Genus novum.
Type Clerus novem yguttatus, Westw. (G. and H. Cat. p. 1737.)
Hab. Australia, Brisbane, &e.

Differs from Clerus in many particulars. Antenne with 4-
jointed club, terminal joint not falciform. Tarsi with 4 joints
visible only above ?

This genus is proposed for the little insect described by Mr.
Westwood from Australia, although it somewhat resembles a
Clerus in outline, it has little in common with any American
species. A careful dissection would, I have no doubt, reveal
further discrepancies. I think it sufficient here to indicate the
type of my genus, it being a well known species.

THANEROCLERUS, Spin.

Type T. Buquetii, Lefebr.

PLATYCLERUS, Spin.

Type P. plunatus, Cast.

AULIcUS, Spin.

Type A. Nero, Spin. ?

84 Rev. H. S. Gorham’s Notes on the

Lacordaire takes ¢nstubilis Newm. as the type, but in his
Monograph Spinola seems to consider Vero to be so, and dnstabilis
is figured [pl. 28, fig 1.] without antenne. I think there is no
doubt the American species must be separated from the Aus-
tralian, and would suggest the name Phlogistus for the latter
genus. I have not, however, ventured on the alteration at
present, not having had an opportunity of examining any
American species referred to this genus. | Chevr. [ Rey. et Mag.
de Zool. 1874 p. 48] describes three species from Cuba, basicollis,
albo-guttulatus, and bilineatus.

Aulicus biteniatus, Spin. IL p. 148, G. and H. Cat. p. 1739
forms the type of his genus Muisca, and notwithstanding
Lacordaire’s note, Gen. des. Col. p. 452, it seems that this
species must be dissociated from the remainder. The club of the
antenn is serrate.

AvLicus, Spinola.
Aulicus imperialis, 1. sp.

Creruleus, nitidus, thorace violaceo, disco fossulato, lateribus
fortius ampliatis, elytris fortiter striato-punctatis, lateribus
b)
purpureis. Long. lin. 33-4,

Head blue, distinctly rather coarsely punctured, a small shallow
fovea between the eyes. Antenne and palpi yellow. Thorax
with its sides very much widened below the anterior constriction,
and equally narrowed before and behind, dise much depressed,
bluish violet above, blue beneath. FE lytra with rows of closely
packed large square punctures, ceasing before the apex, those
nearest the suture and margin terminating first, of a beautiful
blue at the suture as far as the first row of punctures and to the
second near the scutellum, the remainder of a fine coppery
violet or purple. Legs blue, purple above.

Hab. Queensland, (Saunders).

Aulicus sculptus, Mc. Leay, Tr. E.S. N.S. W., 1875 (Thanasimus.)

Subtus cxeruleus, capite thoraceque eeneo-piceis, elytris fortiter
striato-punctatis, fascid mediana purpurea, vel violacea, basi,
apiceque purpureo, «neo, viridique variegatis. Long. lin. 33-4.

Head punctured, eyes not prominent, thorax a little wider
than head, rather thickly and distinctly punctured, dise even,
anterior constricted .line deep, sides not much widened but

Coleopterous Family Cleridee. 85

evenly rounded. Elytra at their base fully twice the width of
thorax, a little narrowed below the shoulder, with rows of trans-
verse rather obsolete punctures, which reach neither the base nor
the apex, the base itself is smooth, a little tumid near the
scutellum, this portion is bluish encircled by crimson copper
shading off into brilliant golden and finally blue, the same
colours being repeated in inverse order beyond a median purple
fascia. which is much widened at the margin and suture. Under-
side blue, abdomen black. Antenne and palpi testaceous, legs
blue, tarsi pitchy, anterior pair fuscous red.
Hab. Rockhampton, Queensland. In most collections.

Obs. This species is sometimes wrongly referred to Necrobia
eximia, White, Aulicus splendidus, Chev., Rev. et. Mag. de
Zool. 1874 p. 15 seems to me to be the same. It differs a little
in facies from typical species of the genus, especially in the pro-
thorax less widened, and with a rectilinear constriction in front.

Aulicus albo-fasciatus, 1. sp.

Niger, subtus viridi-ceruleus, capite et thorace crebre punc-
tatis, elytris fortiter punctato-striatis, ante medium albo-fasciatis,
apice ferrugineo, levi, antennis, palpis, tarsisque anticis testaceis.
Long. lin. vix 4.

Above black, scarcely shining, body beneath and legs bluish
green, anterior tarsi testaceous, middle and hind pairs pitehy
above. Thorax with the sides rounded, widest in the middle,
moderately depressed on the disc. Elytra widest at the base,
thence narrowed gradually to near the apex. with about 10
series of large square punctures vanishing just before the rusty
yellow apex ; a little before the middle is a nearly straight white
fascia, interrupted by the sutural stria which is pitchy through-
out.

Hab. Rockhampton, (ueensland.

Anlicus smaragdinus, WW. sp.

Viridis, nitidus, capite thoraceque sparsim punctulatis, elytris
fortiter punctato-striatis, punctis transverso-quadratis, ante
apicem evanescentibus, antennis, palpis, pedibusque rufis, genubus
intermediis et posticis piceis. Long. lin, 24.

Sor; Rev. H. S. Gorham’s Notes on the

The head and thorax in this neat little species are rather
brassy, and very shining. The elytra are of a clear emerald
green, brassy near their margin.

Hab. Queensland.

Aulicus affinis, n. sp.

Longior, viridis, nitidus, capite thoraceque parce leviter
punctatis, elytris punctato-striatis, basi sublevibus, palpis
antennis, pedibusque anticis testaceis, posticis ;subtus rutis.
Long. lin. 3.

Possibly only a variety of the preceeding, from which it
differs in being longer and less depressed, of a deeper and bluer
green, the head and thorax being finely punctured, the punctures
on the elytra more closely packed, being almost crenate striate.
the middle and hind legs having the femora dark, only red in
part beneath, the tibiz and tarsi of these almost entirely dark,

TARSOSTENUS, Spinola.

Type T. univittatus, Rossi.

SALLEA, Chevrolat.
Type S. necrobioides, Chey.

This genus has been erected by M. Chevrolat, Rev. et Mag.
de Zool. 1874 p. 35, for two insects which are, he says, congeneric
with the insect known to us as Serriger Coffini, White, if so it
cannot be placed, as he suggests, near Chariessa among the
Enoplides. I have not seen either of M. Chevrolat’s species,
and base my observations on S. Coffini, the latter is certainly ©
not a Serriger, but belongs to the Clerides and should, I think,
be placed not far from Trogodendron, though departing widely
from it in form.

TROGODENDRON, Guerin.

Type T. fasciculatum, Schreib,

Coleopterous Family Cleride. 87

Trogodendron monstrosum, i. sp.

Nigrum, sub-opacum, elongattm, sub-cylindricum, capite cum,
thorace sparsim nigro-villosum, creberrime punctatum. — Elytris
thoracis latitudine, lunuld mediana, et gutta obliqua ante apicem,
sutura approximata, eburneis, parum elevatis, inter his nigro-
velutinis, a basi usque ad lunulam grosse seriatim punctatis.
Antennis testaceis, articulo ultimo in ramis duobus_ longis
obducto, pedibus nigris, tarsis rufis. Long. lin. 5. 27?

This very remarkable species is the ouly instance I have seen
in this family of a bifid termination of the antenne. I have
indeed heard that a species of Scrobiger has similar antennee in
the f, and it is to be presumed that the present is a sexual
difference, rather than a mere monstrosity of which it has all
the appearance ; the four of five joints preceeding the last are
strongly transverse, and the singular bifurcation springs from
each side of the penultimate, each ramus is curved and com-
pressed.

Hab. (Queensland, (Saunders).

ScROBIGER, Spinola.

Type S. splendidus, Newm. ~*

OLESTERUS, Spinola.

Type O. australis, Spin.

' Olesterus yracilis, 1. sp.

Niger, subnitidus, pilosus, capite et thorace subtiliter punc-
tatis, elytris dimidio basali striato-punctatis, apice sub-levi,
cinereo pubescente, medio albo fasciato, antennis articulis
tribus basalibus rufo-testaceis, pedibus longis, tibiis curvatis.
Long. lin. 3%.

Head opaque, very closely and confluently punctured, thorax
rather more shining, sides straight for half the length, then
strongly narrowed to their base, a well impressed constricted line
in front. Elytra sub-parallel, cylindric, the second interstice
and humerus raised at the base; the punctured strie produced
to beyond the white fascia, terminating at the apical grey portion,
below the fascia the punctuation is crenate. Legs hairy, black,
all the tibiee moderately curved.

Hab, Australia, (Pascoe).

lo 2)
BD

ev. H. S. Gorham’s Notes on the

Obs. I have not seen Olesterus australis, Spin. There is a
species in the British Museum allied to it, and the present species
L have little doubt is congeneric.

EBURIFERA, Spinola.
Type E. callosa, Klug.

It seems hardly likely that the two species added to this
genus, patricia, Klug, G. and H. cat. p. 1741, and violacea, Fab.,
G. and H. eat. loc. cit., can really belong to it.

ZENITHICOLA, Spinola.
Type Z. australis, Spin.

The vertical front of the mesosternum is remarkable, and
makes this one of the best defined genera among the Cleride.
The added species differ somewhat in form from the type.
Zenithicola fulgens, Chevr., G. and H. cat. p. 1741, = Hleale
(Chalciclerus) pulcher, Newm., sec., Chey. Mem. 1876 p. 5.

ERYMANTHUS, Klug.

Type E. gemmatus, Klug.

TricooprEs, Herbst.
Type T. octopunctatus, Fab.

M. Chevrolat reinstates, and I think with reason, the follow-
ing species which appear only as synonyms in G, and H. Cat.
T. zebra, Fald., 7. affin’s, Chy., T. viridifasciatus, Chyv., and
T. carceli, Chy.

In the case of 7. gulo, Parreys, he has, however been misled
by a merely sexual character,—the truncation of the elytra,
which is only found in the female of crubroniformis.

T. Olivier’, Klug, G. and H. Cat. p. 1744=T. syriacus,
Spin. Mon. pl. 20, f. 6, which name must stand. 7. Olivieri,
Chey. is quite distinct and has the priority.

Coleopterous Family Cleridee. 89

CALENDYMA, Lae.
Type Cy chiliensis, Cast.

Remarkable for the almost absent lamelle of the tarsi.

ELEALE, Newman.
Type BE. viridis, Guerin.

Lacordaire has pointed out that Spinola was in error in
assigning simple claws to the tarsi, his character of their being
heteromerous is also quite misleading; (Mon. I. p. 279,
Chaleiclerus).

Perhaps the best character is the excayation of the terminal
joint of the antenne, termed by Lac. (Genera p. 462) “un faux
article peu distinct.” E/eale is a synthetic type, the same
structure of the antfennw being seen in Scrobiger ; while certain
species show affinity to Trichodes (e.g. lepida), the pronotum is
quite that of Calendyma.

Eleale aspera, Newm. = I suspect, viridis, Guerin,

Eleale pulcher, Newm. J have shewn above [Metubasis et
Zenithicolu| that M. Chevrolat is confused with regard to this
species. His notes, Rev. et Mag. 1874 p. 20.—Mem. 1876
p. 5., cannot apply to Newman’s insect which isa typical Heule.

Eleale bimaculata, Spinola is, in my opinion, notwithstanding
Chev. note, Mem. p. 5, quite distinct from pu/cher, Newi.

Eleale scrobilatus, Spin. Mon. I. p. 156 (serobieulata, G. and
H. Cat. 1745) is probably an Awlicus ; Spinola, as not unusual,
gives a wrong reference to pl. 15 fig. 6. Fig. 4 is given as
Jfoveolautus Newm., and this is no doubt the insect described, and
is not an EHleale.

Eleale simulans, Pascoe, G. and H. loc. eit., is a variety of
lepida, Pascoe without doubt.

Eleale opiloides, Pascoe, Ann. and Mag. N. H. 1876 Vol. xvii.
p. 51; the genus is, as Mr. Pascoe observes, doubtful, but it has
no affinities here. It is, in fact, as I suspect most New Zealand
Cleridw will prove to be, a new genus.

oD

EKleale lanata, Chev. Rev. et Mag. 1874 p. 20 = simplex,
Newm. ¢., Chev. Mem. 1876 p. 22.
H,

90) Rev. H. S. Gorham’s Notes on the

Eleale Aulicodes, n. sp.

Viridis, subnitidus, crebre sub-rugulose punctatus, antennis
fuscis, viridi-micantibus, femoribus apice, tibius tarsisque extus
cupreis, Long. lin. 4.

Short, brilliant emerald green, closely, deeply, and somewhat
rugosely punctured. Elytra a little more coarsely punctured
in the basal half than near the apex. Legs green at the
base, the extreme tip of femora, and tibie externally, bright
coppery ; two last joimts of antenne strongly transverse, the
apex emarginate, truncate.

Hab, N.W. Australia, (Saunders).

Eleale brevis, n. sp.

Brevis, sub-depressus, obscure viridis, sub-nitidus elytris crebre
punctatis, apice fere glabris, antennis flavis, pedibus obscure
cupreis. Long. lin, 34.

Head greenish, shining, not very closely punctured, front
impressed between the eyes. Thorax with the sides evenly
rounded, more closely and coarsely punctured, punctures con-
fluent. Elytra rather flat on the disc, humeral angles prominent,
forming right angles, and a little polished, the sides shewing a
slight tendency to purplish copper, extreme apex smooth, yet
with a few scattered punctures. Antenne yellow, terminal
joint quadrate, compressed at its apex. Legs black with a
coppery reflection, Underside clothed with ashy grey hairs.

Hab. Freemantle, Australia.

Eleale latefasciata, n. sp.

Nigro-zneus, sub-opacus, subtus nigro-ceeruleus, elytris fascia
mediina lata fulvescente, apice nigro-ceerulea, crebre confuse
punctatis, antennis palpisque testaceis. Long. lin. 34.

Head and thorax thickly and confusedly punctured, brassy
black, ‘a little shining between the punctures, eyes deeply cut
out, antenne and mouth yellow, apical joint of former though
excavated, yet but narrowly so at its apex, and not-on its side.
Elytra brassy black at their base, the shoulders rather prominent
and shining, a wide fulvous fascia, widest on the margin where
it is nearly equal to half the length of the elytron, the apical
third or rather more bluish black ; the extreme apex smoother,
shining, legs brassy black, the four anterior tibize and the tarsi

Coleopterous Family Cleride. 91
.
fuscous. The breast, a spot in front and one at the base on
each side of the thorax, scutellum and extreme tip of the elytra
are clothed with white depressed hairs.
Hab. Rockhampton, Queensland.

Synopsis of Species.

A.—Apex of elytra not smoother than the rest.
unicolor, Spin. — viridis, Guerin. — Retchii, Spin. —
aulicodes, Gorh.
B.—Apex of elytra smooth and brilliant.
a.—Elytra unicolorous.

excdvata, WNestwd.—brevis, Gorham.—obscura, Newman.
—simpler, Newman.—intricata, Klug, Spin.
b.— Elytra with a fulvous spot or fascia.
— bimaeulata, Spin.—latefusciata, Gorh.—puleher, Newm.
b. b.—Elytra with a fascia and fulvous apex.
lepida, Pascoe.—var. simulans, Pascoe.
e.—Elytra yellow, apex black.
sellata, Pascoe.

EPIcLINEs, Chev.
Type HE. Gayt, Chev.

It is not easy to follow M. Chevrolat’s views on this genus.
It is given twice in his catalogue (Rev. et Mag. pp. 21, 23,)
followed by certain species detached underthe name Hurymetopum,
Blanch. The latter name is inadmissible, vide Lac. Genera
p. 463 note (1); it is im fact a synonym of the Chilian genus.

Chevrolat has more lately, Memoire sur la Fam. &e. 1876
p. 29, described a number of species under the generic title
Dereutes. It is not clear what are the characters which
distinguish this genus from Hpiclines, or that M. Chevrolat is
acquainted with the type of Blanchard’s genus [maculatus, Bld.],
or what species he regards as the type of Dereutes. It would
seem to be Chevrolat’s view that only two species (Guyi- and
Basalis) ave to be retained under Eprelines. Nor can the genus
be included among the Hydnocerides. The eyes being (though
slightly) emarginate, I see no reason to depart from the position
assigned it by Lacordaire, Chevrolat and others.

Epiclines costicollis, Spin. ‘Two specimens of this from Mr.
Lewis were found, as he assures me, at Hakodate, Japan.

92 Rey. H. S. Gorham’s Notes on the

HemirrRacuys, Genus novum.
Type H. bizonatus, Gorh.

Caput prothoracis latitudine, oculi excavati, subtiliter
granulati; mandibule fortiter dentate; palp. max. art. ult.
filiformi ; lab. eodem elongati, securiformi; antenne articulis
5-11 compressis, subquadratis. Pronotum granulosuim, antice
in tertia parte constrictum. Elytra ad basin pronoto latiora, inde
gradatim augustata. Tarsi articulo 2do. duobus sequentibus
longiores.

This genus is apparently most nearly allied to Stigmatium,
the wide flat antenne, (not serrate however), and granulose
pronotum, are unlike anything to be found in that genus.

Hemitruchys bizonatus, sp. i.

Rufo-ferrugineus, capite, antennis, elytris, abdomineque nigris.
Elytris basi summo ferrugineo, fasctis duabus albidis, rectis ;

usque ad fasciam primam crenato-rugosis, inde ad apicem nitidis,
fere glabris. Long. lin. 4-44.

Head shining, front punctured. ‘Thorax longer than wide,
but much swollen below the front constriction, this part is
strongly granulose on the disc; on each side is a rather large
impressed point round which the granulations are absent, the
base is strongly constricted but very close to the hind margin.
Elytra rugosely crenate-striate as far as the first pale fascia, the
extreme base brick red, this colour continued a little down the
suture, scutellum red, the second fascia is sub-apical, both are
testaceous and clothed with bright yellow hairs. Legs stout,
rather short, femora red excepting the posterior pair, which with
the tibie and tarsi are black.

Hab. Singapore. Borneo. (Wallace).

Stiemarium, G. R. Gray.
Type S. cicindeloides, Gray.

The character (so constantly repeated) of the very short first
joint of the tarsi is illusory, the basal or abortive joint is at
least as easily visible in the majority of species as in Om«adius ;
indeed apart from general facies (which form no guide in
several abnormal species) the width of the head between the

Coleopterous Family Cleride. 93

eyes, which here forms a band is the only constant character I
‘an find, and in this it is approached by some Omadii. The
present addition brings the number described to about 60, and
some revision with a comparison of types is needed.

Stigmatium is more widely diffused than Omadius, extending
to the African continent. Both occur in Australia, St/gimatinm
predominating.

Stigmatium Philippinarum, DW. sp.

Nigro-piceus, nitidus, palpis, pectore, abdomine pedibusque
rufis, his femoribus intermediis atque posticis exparte, tarsisque
nigro-piceis ; elytris basi granulosis, striato-punctatis, pube grisea
sericeo-micante variegatis. Long. lin. 5-75 gf. 9. Femina
segmento quinto abdominali apice exciso,

The principal characteristics which separate this species from
the larger Stigmatia already described are the presence of a
depressed sutural region extending for half the length of the
elytra, expanding into a syuare patch of a lighter red than the
rest of the elytra, this depression or flattened space being
clothed with griseous hairs, (shining when viewed sideways,
especially with the head of the insect towards one), and the
commencement of a fascia of these hairs on the margin about
a third from the apex, but no trace of the fascia towards the
suture as in rusiventre &c., the apex itself is also densely clothed
with them, with the exception of four minute spots which are
nude. The series of granules resolve themselves into punctures
before the middle, the third and fourth being carried on a
puncture or two further than the succeeding four strive. The
granules in all these larger species appear to be the spaces
between the punctures, which are raised, giving the idea of a
‘asp. Underneath the metasternum and abdomen are entirely
red; the middle and posterior femora are more or less pitchy at
their apices, their tibiee and tarsi pitchy. Antenne pitchy
black.

Hab. Luzon (Semper.)

Stigmatium encaustum, Dd. sp.

Nigro-piceus, nitidus, pectore, ablomine, coxis et femoribus
rufis, elytris regione suturali antice, apiceyue pube micante

tenuiter vestitis. Long. lin. 6-7 4.

94 Rev. H. S. Gorham’s Notes. on the

Almost nude, dark pitchy black, with a shght bluish tint on
the elytra, the flattened portion of the elytra even more
distinctly depressed than in the preceding species, of a pitchy
red colour clothed with very fine yellowish hairs, the apex is
also sparingly clothed, but there is scarcely any other trace of
pile upon the elytra. The front of the head, sides of the
thorax and breast, and legs with fine grey silky down. Antenne
nearly black. Labial palpi red, maxillary pitchy with paler
apex.

Hab. Bohol, Philippine Isles. (Semper).

Stigmatium sub-fuscum, TQ. sp.

Fusco-piceus, sub-nitidus, antennarum basi palpisque testaceis,
abdomine rufo, elytris pilis flavis variegatis, fascia pone medium
fere nuda. Long. lin. 4—6.

Distinguished by its generally dull pitchy colour, and antenne
with testaceous basal jomt, femora and cox paler than the
general ground colour, and red abdomen. — The elytra have the
ustial rasp formed granulations but not more than eight series on
each elytra, nor do they end in distinct punctures. The chief
pattern to be discerned in the pile is a broad fascia about the
middle, widest on the margin, and a reniform lunule beyond
the nude band which separates these two markings ; both, how-
ever, are very indistinct, and have only their edges clearly visible.

Hab. East Mindanao, Philippine Isles. (Semper).

Stigmatium centrale, n. sp.

Fusecus, abdomine et pedibus pallidioribus, his genubus atquo
, ) 5 |

annulo in femoribus, tibiuisque fuscis, elytris fascia lata in medie
pallid& sericeo micante, humeris rufo-piceis. Long. lin, 33-44,

Head pale, spotted with fuscous, antenne pale at base and
apex, fine, hairy; thorax carimate at the base, two indistinet
pipers ules on each side of the disc below the anterior constric-
tion, sides little wider than the base. Elytra distinctly punctate-
striate, the striz continued to near the apex, which is pale and
sub-mucronate. Underside pale, the sides of the breast fuscous,
but the meta-thoracic parapleure entirely red.

Hab. East Mindanao ; N.E. Luzon. (Semper).

Obs, This species has somewhat the facies of an Omadius,
but the width of the head between the eyes, and the antennz
ate related rather to Stigmatium.

©
or

Coleopterous Family Cleride.

Stigmatium tapetum, nv. sp.

Fusco-piceum, striato-punctatum, elytris pone medium fascia
tenui nigro-picea, femoribus quatuor posticis apice fuscis. Long.
lin. 3-4.

Depressed, pitchy, varied with fuscous, and with patches of
silky grey pile; the legs and antennie, head and sides of the
thorax are thickly set with fine sete. Antenne and palpi red,
mandibles black. Width of the thorax in the middle about
equal to the length. Elytra with series of distinct punctures as
faras the narrow dark fascia, the latter nearly straight, produced
up the margin towards the base; behind the fascia the grey
pule is denser but exhibits small denuded spots, which are
formed by little tubercules on the interstices of the striae, which
are continued without punctures to the apex, the latter more
denuded and marked with fuscous. Breast pitehy, abdomen red.

Hab. Mindanao (Semper). Sarawak (Wallace). Siam (Mouhot).

Stigmatium ? vodinum, n. sp.

Nigro-cyaneum vel violaceum, prothorace brevi transverso,
antennis basi, palpis, pedibusque flavis, his tibiis nigris, ab-
domine testaceo. Long. lin. 3.

Head and thorax very short, the latter with the disc rather
depressed and the sides much rounded and very suddenly con-
tracted to the base. Antenne longer than head and thorax,
thin, joint 2 short, 3 and 4 elongate, 5 to apex shorter, trian-
gularly serrate, fuscous. Elytra with the sides nearly parallel,
deeply punctate striate to the apex, dark steel blue or violet,
mouth testaceous. Legs bright yellow, tibiwe obscure green.
Underside steel blue, abdomen yellow.

Hab.—Mysol, Aru., (Wallace).

Stigmatium violaceum, n. sp.

Violaceum vel ceruleum, tenuiter pubescens, ore antennis
(clava excepta), pedibus, abdomineque flavis. Long. lin. 33.

Longer than the preceding, and more pubescent, head and
thorax short, the latter sub-quadrate, sides moderately rounded,
obsoletely punctured with a thin pubescence. — Elytra punctate-
striate, the strive little distinct and almost vanishing before the
apex. Antenne shorter and stouter than in /odinwm joints 8, 9,
10 alone serrate, club fuscous. Legs entirely pale yellow,

Hab.— Mysol, Dorey, (Wallace).

96 Rey. H. S. Gorham’s Notes on the

Stigmatium scapulare, . sp.

Nigruim, ore testaceo, antennis, palpis, pedibus, abdomineque
rufis, elytris testaceis, sub-pubescentibus, basi, angulo humerali,
et fascia pone medium tenuiter interrupta nigris, striato-pune-

tatis. Long. lin. 54.

Head sub-opaque, eyes prominent, wider than prothorax, the
latter moderately widened, base and front nearly equal in width,
rather shining ; elytra at the base of the width of the eyes,
narrowed to the apex, ten strive on each with large but rather
shallow punctures, deeper at the base. The entire humeral
angle is black, as is an irregular fascia behind the middle, widest
a little before the margin, reduced to half the width near the
suture, there are two indentations on the apical side. © Antenne
only with very short sete ; legs finely pubescent, abdomen clear
red.

Hab. Menado, Moluecas, (Wallace).

Stigmatium iuseriptum, a. sp.

Nigro-piceum sub-parallelum, fronte, antennis, palpis, pedi-
busque testaceis, his femoribus posticis basi et annulo fuscis ;
elytris fusecis, basi late, fasciaque mediana (ramum basin versus
emittente) rufis, apice pilis griseis litteram x formantibus.. Long.
lin. 44.

Var.? Rufo-testaceum, prothorace, elytris fasciis duabus,
margine laterali et apice piceis.

Head with the eyes wider than thorax, thorax longer than
wide, with a constriction in front and near base, an indistinct
carina in the middle of the dise. Elytra rather deeply punctate-
striate, striz continued to near apex, sides parallel. Antennz
short, joints 9 and 10 strongly transverse, 11 compressed, as
long as 5 preceding.

Most nearly allied to S. Omadiodes, smaller and differently
marked.

Hab. Type New Guinea. Var. ? Ceram, (Wallace).

Stigmatium Omudiodes, n. sp.

?

Fuscum, sub-opacum, capite testaceo, fusco variegato, antenn-
arum basi pedibusque testaceis, his femoribus tibiisque fusco-
annulatis, elytris dimidio basali obseure ferrugineis, post medium
fuscis, sericeo variegatis. Long. lin. 6-7.

Coleopterous Family Cleride. 97

The pattern of the elytra of this species it is almost impossible
to describe ; the basal half or rather more is of a dirty reddish
colour, beyond which is an irregular dark fascia more or less in-
tersected by the sericeous pile which clothes the apical third,
which is, however, relieved by fuscous spots. Of the two
specimens which I refer to this species, one has the femora and
tibiz all ringed with fuscous, while the other has the front and
hind pair only spotted, the middle ones quite clear, the tibize with
a ring only shewing above distinctly. The antenne are shorter
than the head and thorax, and are not setose, they have joint
11 equal to joints 8, 9, 10, which are triangular acuminate
internally.

Hab. Aru and Dorey, (Wallace).

Obs. I have a third specimen, from New Guinea, which I
refer with doubt to the same species, it is smaller than either, and
has the legs entirely yellow.

Stigmatium obscuripenne, Vi. sp.

Elongatum, sub-parallelum, griseo-fuscum, thorace oblongo,
fortiter biconstricto, elytris fasciis tribus obseuris, fuscis, ore
pedibusque testaceis, tibiis quatuor primis basi, posticis basi
apiceque nigris. Long. lin. 5-54.

Eyes having the excavation clothed with shining pile.
Thorax oblong, sides moderately rounded below the anterior
constriction, obscurely carinate. Elytra striate, punctures in-
distinct, somewhat rasp-formed at the base, three indistinct
denuded fascia may be traced, the surface generally being
covered with obscure grey pubescence. Legs pale greenish
testaceous, tibiz all with their bases narrowly black, the hinder
pair more widely so at the apex.

Hab. Dorey, Mysol, (Wallace).

Stigmatium pallidiventre, (Chev.), n. sp.

Sub-nitidum, pallide testaceum, vel obscure brunneum, elytris
piceis fortiter punctato-striatis, striis integris, tibiis pallide
viridibus. Long. lin. 24-23.

Head and thorax shining, pale yellow or brown, mandibles
pitchy at the tip, antennz fine and setose, longer than head and
thorax, the latter with a constricted line, curved, on the dise in

I

98 Rev. H. S. Gorham’s Notes on the

front. Elytra pitchy with a greenish brassy reflection, with
series of deep, distinct punctures, which are generally continued
to the apex, legs pale with light greenish tibiee.

Hab. Mysol.

Obs. This is the first of a series of little species, which are
not nearly allied to any that are described, so far as I am aware,
they are perhaps most easily compared to S. ambulator, Westw.

The present species was returned to me by M. Chevrolat, to
whom I sent it, as unknown to him with the name attached
which I have adopted.

Stigmatium tergo-cinctum, (Chev.), n. sp.

Sub-nitidum, pallide testaceum, elytris piceis subeneis, fortiter
punctato-striatis, apice albidis, thoracis disco infuscato. Long.
lin, 2-24.

Differs from the preceding in its smaller size and pale apex
of the elytra, as well as in the tibiw not being greenish ; the
thorax is not tumid below the anterior constriction as in pallidi-
ventre. The antennz are very fine and hairy, longer than the
head and thorax.

Hab. Mysol, Aru.

Also returned by M. Chevrolat as unknown to him. Two
specimens, which I cannot separate from those described above,
have the head and thorax pitchy, and the femora and even the
apex of the elytra more or less infuscate ; they are from Dorey
and New Guinea.

Stigmatium pusillum, n. sp.

Piceo-testaceum, elytris piceis, cinereo-pubescentibus fasciis
tribus paulo distinctis didruatis, antennis pedibusque pallide
testaceis, his femoribus posticis apice infuscatis. Long. lin. 2.

Allied to the two preceding, but more pubescent than either ;
the head is rather more obscure in colour than the prothorax
the antenne hairy, passing the base of the thorax. LElytra
punctate-striate, striae entire, clothed with erect sete, and also
with a thin depressed pubescence, the coloration is very obscure,
but three bands or interrupted spots which are darker than the
ground colour can be distinguished.

Hab, Sarawak and Celebes, (Wallace).

Coleopterous Family Cleride. 99

Stigmatium lineare, n. sp.

Sub-parallelum, testaceum, elytris nigro-piceis, punctato-striatis,
striis ante apicem obliteratis, basi, sutura, fasciis duabus arcuatis,
apiceque cinereis, pedibus fere albidis, genubus brunneis. Long.
lin. 24.

Distinguished by the longer and more linear elytra ; the pro-
thorax is small, as long as wide, sides rounded, with a few sete ;
the elytra are pale at the shoulder with very few sete, but de-
pressed brown pubescence, the markings are shining cinereous
scales. Antenne long, nearly twice as long as head and thorax.

Hab. Sarawak, (Wallace).

Stignatium igqnobile, n. sp.

Piceum, sub-opacum, elytris punctato-striatis, striis fere inte-
gris, pedibus pallidis, femorum apice tibiarumque annulo nigris.
Long. lin. 23-3.

Very similar to pusllum in form and marking, but much
larger, two fascize and some spots near the base and apex of the
elytra are discernable of shining scales, the marking of the legs
will also help to distinguish this species.

Hab. Menado, (Wallace).

Stigmatium tnconspicuum, n. sp.

Rufo-piceum, sub-nitidum, parcius pubescens, elytris striatis,
striis fere integris, antice punctatis, margine laterali ad medium,
fasciisque tribus discoidalibus obliquis nigro-fuscis. Long.
lin. 23.

Similar to S. Jineare in form, elongate parallel. Antenne
fine, hairy, passing the base of the thorax, the latter transverse,
impressed on each side of the dise. Elytra fully three times as
long as thorax, brownish red, with indistinct oblique markings
running from the margin to the suture, directed towards the
apex. Legs pale, varied with pitchy.

Hab. Batchian and Kaioa, Ternate ? (Wallace),

Stigmatium divisum, D. sp.

Rufum, elytris apicem versus angustatis, fortiter punctato-
striatis, striis integris, humeris dimidioque apicali nigris, thoracis
disco breviter auropiloso, femoribus albidis, genubus fuscis.
Long. lin. 34.

100 Rey. H. 8. Gorham’s Notes on the

Rather broad, head pitchy red, antennee fine, setose, rather
long. Thorax obsoletely carinate, as wide as the eyes, and
scarcely less so than the elytra at their base; the latter red for
the basal half excepting the shoulders, with series of large
distinct squarish punctures indistinct near the apex, the apical
half is black, bordered with a few shining scales, and having a
narrow fascia of the same, not distinct, before the apex. Legs,
very pale, almost white, femora pitchy at the apex, tibie red,
narrowly pitchy at the knees, tarsi a little darker.

Hab. Sarawak, (Wallace).

Stigmatium egenum, D. sp.

Elongatum, semiopacum, piceum, capite thorace vix latiore,
elytris punctato-striatis, striis apicem versus obsoletioribus,
fascid ante medium interrupta rufa, pedibus pallidis femorum
apice et tibiis piceis. Long. lin. 24-22.

Parallel, head and thorax pitchy black, the latter with the
constricted line deeply marked before and behind, antennz not
setose, long, rigid. Elytra punctate-striate, strize almost vanish-
ing one third from apex, varied with ashy scales, and with
pale spot, or interrupted fascia one third from base. Underside
pale brown, femora white to near apex which is brown, tibize
darker.

Hab. Type, Sarawak. Var. ? Singapore, (Wallace).

Stigmatium vitreum, n. sp.

Vitreo-viride, corpore infra rufo-ferrugineum, antennis, pedi-
busque testaceis, his femoribus basi albidis. Long. lin. 3-34,

Antenne long, setose, head shining, the whole upper surface
of a beautiful shagreen or vitreous hue, here and there clothed
with shining yellow scales, elytra with series of punctures con-
tinued to apex. Legs rusty red, base of femora and coxe almost
white.

Hab. Sarawak, (Wallace).

Stigmatium audax, n. sp.

Nigrum, sub-nitidum, obsolete creberrime punctatum, elytris
rubris, fascia lata pone medium apiceque nigris, basi rugose
granulato, pectore rubro. Long. lin. 43.

Coleopterous Family Cleride. 101

Allied to S. mutillecolor, White (Tillicera) but smaller, and
to be distiuguished by the red fascia near the apex of the elytra.
In the single specimen I have the* elytra are entirely free from
scales, this, however, may be owing to abrasion, their base is
rugulose with rasp-formed punctures ; beyond the red portion
these granulations are visible as Small tubercules to very near
the apex. Breast red, abdomen black.

Hab. Timor, (Wallace).

Stigmatium versipelle, n, sp.

Oblongum, parallelum, flavo-villosum, fuscum, elytris basi
granuloso-punctatis, versus apicem densius flavo-pubescens, fascia
irregulari apicali quasi denudata, ECL Tas fuscis, femoribus_ basi
albidis, tarsis dilutioribus. Long. lin. 55-6.

Rather depressed, head and eyes brownish, villose, antenne
hairy, scarcely longer than head and thorax, the latter pitchy
with shining yellow irregularly disposed pile. — Elytra with the
basal portion rasp-punctured or granulose, the granules little
elevated, below the middle a large patch of bright yellowish
pubescence, extending to the apex, widest near the suture,
with small denuded tubercules, a dark irregular fascia, partially
denuded, before the apex. Legs brown, base of the femora
and palpi pale yellow. Underside pitchy.

Hab. Queensland, [ Rockhampton].

Omapivs, Lap.
Type O. indicus, Cast.

Divergent as the typical forms of this genus are from Stig-
matium, the genera nevertheless shade off insensibly into each
other. The comparative width between the eyes being the
most constant character I can discover. In Omuadius these
organs are usually almost contiguous, while in Sfigmatium they
are always separated by a narrow band.

Omadius nigropunctatus, Chey. (Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 18
pp. 22, 67) = O. mediofasciatus, Westwood (Proc, Zool. She
1852 p. 44, pl. 26, fig. 1).

Omadius nebulosus, Klug., G. and H. Cat. p. 1746, is a
Stigmatium very near S. tapetum, supra.

M. Chevrolat describes several species from New Guinea and
New Caledonia.

102 Rev. H. S. Gorham’s Notes on the

Omadius aurifasciatus, N. sp.

Elongatus, piceus, thorace elongato, disco ineequali, postice
obsolete carinato, antice punctato, elytris piceis, basi rugosis,
fasciis duabus, una in medio sita, apud suturam latissima, altera
inter medium et apicem obliquaé, suturam non attingente,
apiceque ipso testaceis, auro-pilosis, micantibus, pectore rufo-
brunneo, abdomine pedibusque rufis. Long. lin. 6-7.

Head pitchy, labrum pale, somewhat wrinkled on the crown,
roughly punctured between the eyes. Thorax very long, nearly
twice as long as wide, the disc rough and uneven, clothed with a
few golden green hairs behind. E lytra with the shoulders
rather raised, “ferruginous at the base, with rough, irregular, and
confused punctures vand granulations as far as the middle fascia,
this, commencing in a point on the margin, is widest at or
shortly before the suture, it is (with the second fascia and the
apex) distinctly pale, but is densely clothed with a brilliant
golden green pile ; the second fascia commences narrow on the
margin, “and is directed obliquely backwards towards the base,
terminating in a round spot before the suture, the apex is less
densely clothed but is shining. Legs, antenne and palpi rich
rusty red, posterior femora a little darker in the middle.

Hab. East Mindanao, Philippines, (Semper).

Obs. Of four specimens, two have the elytra apparently less
acuminate, and the fifth segment of the abdomen emarginate,
and a sixth ventral plate conspicuous, these are, I think, females,
but I am not able satisfactorily to ascertain their sex.

Omadius nimbifer, n. sp.

Piceus, pube olivaceo vestitus, capite testaceo, thorace nitido,
obsolete carinato, utrinque tuberculis tribus, elytris fasciis tribus
piceis, prima sub-basali irregulari, secunda pone medium lata,
tertid sub-apicali nec marginem nec suturam attingente, pedibus
testaceis, tibiis et femoribus piceo-annulatis. Long. lin. 63-73.

Allied to O. semicarinatus, Chey. from which it differs as
follows : the thorax is longer and less widened on the sides, the
carina at the base is less distinct, but three tubercules on each
side are very distinct ; the elytra are not so confusedly marked,
and the pile is a brighter olive-green, the striz are ‘continued
obsoletely for nearly the whole length, but raised costae are not
to be seen as in semicarinatus ; the “legs are rusty-red, with their

Coleopterous Family Cleridee. — 103

knees and a ring on the femora and tibie pitchy, the anterior
pair being less distinctly marked. — Antein testaceous, joints
3, 4, 5 pitchy.

Hab. East Mindanao and Luzon, Philippines, (Semper).

Omadius vespiformis, N. sp.

Ferrugineus, thorace piceo, nitido, tuberculis nonnullis discoid-
alibus instructo, elytris lateribus sub-parallelis, testaceis, fasciis
tribus piceis, und sub-basilari, altera paulo pone medium ad
marginem latiore, tertiad sub-apicali, a sutura tenuissime inter-
ruptis. Long. lin. 53-65.

Head wide, front between the eyes wider than usual in this
genus, very finely clothed with a golden pile, thorax almost
glabrous, with no trace of a carina, but with two tubercules in
the centre, and about two on each side of the disc. Elytra
rather wider than the head, the yellow portion clothed with
golden yellow, and the pitchy with black pubescence, but
sparingly so; the central fascia usually the widest, and all are
occasionally narrowed near the suture, which is itself very
narrowly yellow. Legs, antenne, palpi, entirely red, mandibles
pitchy.

Hab. East Mindanao, Philippines, (Semper).

Omadius notatus, i. sp.

Piceo-olivaceus, pube tenui grisea vestitus, thorace fere plano,
antice et postice subliliter constricto, elytris punctato-striatis,
fasciis tribus, duobus anterioribus e maculis duabus formatis,
tertid obliqua piceis denudatis ; abdomine pedibusque rufis, his
femoribus maculatis et tibiis nigro-annulatis. Long. lin. 5.

Head little wider than the thorax, front of the usual width
between the eyes, epistoma thickly clothed with silvery shining
hairs. Thorax almost cylindric, opaque, the constrictions not
deep, clothed with shining pile of an olive-green colour. Elytra
at the base about as wide as the head, thence widened to the
middle, from which again they gradually narrow to near their
apex ; the first fascia is formed of two spots often united ; the
second is irregular, deeply indented, but not consisting of
separate spots ; the third touches neither the suture nor margin,
but is a single rather large spot, the interspaces are olive-green,
with denuded spots. Antenne pitchy with pale basal joint.

Hab, East Mindanao, Philippines, (Semper).

104 Rev. H. S. Gorham’s Notes on the

Ols. This species is certainly very near to O. fasciipes,
Wwd., but is usually larger and has the middle fascia deeply in-
dented on both sides.

Var. Ternate, (Wallace). Siam, (Mouhot).

Omadius jilifrons, 1. sp.

Piceo-testaceus, pube tenui argentea vestitus, front inter oculos
lineari, elytris sub- costatis, obsolete punctato-striatis, fasciis tribus
e maculis obscurioribus formatis, pedibus testaceis, piceo-notatis,
pectore abdomineque piceis. Long. lin, 5—

Allied to the preceeding, but readily distinguished by the
exceedingly narrow space between the eyes, which indeed
approach nearer than in any other Omadius known to me.

Hab. Dorey and Batchian (Wallace).

Omadius radulifer, a. sp.

Piceo-olivaceus, pube tenui grisea vestitus, thorace cylindrico,
disco transversim strigoso ;__ elytris olivaceis, basi tenuiter
testaceo, fasciis tribus undulatis e maculis piceis formatis, ab-
domine pedibusque piceis, his femorum basi testaceis. Long.

Very nearly allied to O. notutus, but more robustly built, the
front between the eyes is rather iene the thorax transversely
wrinkled on its disc, the elytra with eranullstions (formed by the
raised edges of the punctures) at the base; (in notatus the
punctures are simple), the abdomen and tibiwe pitehy black. The
colour is not so bright as in notatus, and the fascize are more
obscure.

Hab. Celebes and Menado (Wallace).

Omadius femoralis, 0. sp.

Elongatus, postice attenuatus, piceo-olivaceus, capite et thorace
viridi-olivaceis, hoe medio carinato, utrinque oblique impresso,
elytris basi sub-granulatis, fasciis tribus migro-piceis, una sub-
basilari vix conspicud, ad marginem latiore ; altera infra medium,
lata, margine apicali indentata ; tertid sub-apicali maculiforme
paululum distincté. | Antennis rufo-piceis, articulo primo et
ultimo albidis, pedibus testaceis, tibiis nigro-annulatis, femoribus
basi excepta viridibus, abdomine rufo. Long. lin. 53-6.

Coleopterous Family Cleride. 105

Resembling a small specimen of O. mediofasciatus, Wwi.,
but easily distinguished by the characters given above.

Hab. Menado, (Wallace).

Omadius posticalis, n. sp.

Brevior, niger, prothorace transversim subtiliter rugoso, elytris
piceis cinereo pubescentibus, basi seriatim punctatis, striis fere
integris, fascia lata pone medium nigra, pedibus nigris, tibiarum
atque femorum basi, tarsisque testaceis, pectore et abdomine
rufis. Long. lin. 43.

A little like O. femoralis, but the fascia is placed further be-
hind, the antennz are much shorter, the two basal joints pale,
but the short club entirely black, the thorax transversly wrinkled
especially in front, and shorter than in femoralis, legs nearly
black, only the base of thighs and tibize and underside of anterior
thighs pale, breast red, &e.

Hab. Philippines, (Semper).

Omadius cylindricus, n. sp.

Elongatus parallelus, nigro-fuscus, capite testaceo, prothorace
medio cariato, elytris nigro-violaceis, basi, fasciis duabus
obliquis, undaque in medio curvata, cum sutura, flavo micantibus
sericeis, apice sub-truncato, fulyo: pedibus fuscis, femoribus
posticis supra, anticis Infra, tarsisque testaceis. Long. lin, 5-64.

Femina? Abdomine segmento quinto ventrali in valvulis
duobus lateralibus producto, dorsali his obtegente; quarto
emarginato.

Very cylindric, head with the eyes about the width of the
elytra, thorax finely carinate in the middle of the disc, and
somewhat transversely wrinkled in front, with an oblique suleus on
each side of the base. Elytra parallel, their apex sinuate truncate,
sutural angle a little acuminate and produced, punctate- striate at
the base, strive produced, but obsolete near apex. The first
oblique fascia of shining hairs starts from the humerus towards
the suture, near which it sometimes meets the median curved
band ; the third fascia is only conspicuous in one of the two
examples before me, it runs from the margin near the apex
towards the middle fascia, but does not nearly reach it. ‘The
antennie have the fifth to tenth joints acuminate internally, the
last long, pointed at apex, they are fuscous excepting the basal
joint which is pale yellow beneath. The organisation of the
fifth ventral plate is very extraordinary in the female, unlike any

K

106 Rey. H. S. Gorham’s Notes on the

thing I am acquainted with, it appears to be cleft and developed
into two lateral plates, these are completely covered by the
dorsal plate which is convex and sulcate externally.

Hab. Sarawak, (Saunders).

Omadius augusticeps, 1. sp.

Elongatus, sub-parallelus, nigro-piceus, antennarum articulis
duobus basalibus et ultimo, tarsisque pallidis ; elytris fasctis
duabus arcuatis, apiceque albida, griseo sericeis. Long. hn. 5,

Allied to the preceding ; head with the eyes of the width of
the thorax, the latter twice as long as wide, opaque, obsoletely
constricted before and behind, elytra having the sides parallel,
apex sinply rounded, pale, the rest pitchy or fuscous, obsoletely
punctate-striate, strie entire. Underside, legs, and antenna of
the colour of the body, with the exception of the tarsi, and two
basal and the apical joint of the antenne. The latter are
simple as far as the sixth joint, from whence they are widened
and compressed. Legs very long.

Hab. Sarawak, Borneo, (Wallace).

Obs. It will be seen from the above description that this
species, though resembling cylindricus, differs from it In many
particulars, notably in the width of the head, and structure of
the antenne, which are not strongly serrate. In the single
specimen I have the abdomen is simple.

Omadius abscissus. 1. sp.

Elongatus, ferrugineus, nitidus, capite, prothorace, elytrisque
nigris ; his basi, apice fascidque abbreviaté mediana tenui rufis.
Long. lin.

Allied to O. prioceroides, Thoms., but smaller, and the elytra
with series of punctures, of which those near the base are large
and irregular, while the remainder, extending from the red basal
portion to the middle, are very fine and obsolete. Near the
middle of the elytra is a very narrow arcuate fascia reaching
neither the margin nor the suture, the apex is obscurely red, but
the black of the elytra shades off into this colour. The labrum
is yellow, and the epistoma clothed with yellow hairs as in
prioceroides ; front of the usual width between the eyes, 7.e.,
they are only separated by a narrow band, thorax oblong shin-
ing. Legs, with the cox, red.

Hab. Batchian, (Wallace).

[To be concluded in our next part. |

(107)

On the Lepidoptera referred by Walker to the genus Dioptis of
Hiibner ; by Autuur G. Butter, F.L.S.,F.Z.S.

In the second volume of his Catalogue of Lepidoptera
Heterocera, Walker quotes 32 species as belonging to the genus
Dioptis ; these species he groups under 13 sub-generic headings ;
he begins with a new form which he calls D. dsereta.

Genus Erocua. Walker.
Group 1. Erocua. Walker.
Erocha discreta.

Dioptis (Erocha) discreta, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. 2, p. 319
(1854). Ega (Bates). Type B.M.

This genus is referable to the Pyralites and is allied to
Walker's Genus Hrilusa, it will form a group with that
with Vitessa and other Old World genera.

venus,

Genus Erspessa. Walker.
Group 2. ERBESSA. Walker.

Erbessa sobria.

Dioptis (Erbessa) sobria, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. 2, p. 319, n.
2 (1854). Para (Bates). Type B.M.

This genus and the following are allied to Rhosus of Walker,
Lep. Het. 2, p. 359 ; the latter genus should be extended to in-
clude Melanchroia clavigera and M. wruginosa.

Genus PsEuDERBESSA. Dutler.

Easily distinguished from the preceding by the neuration of
secondaries, the second and third subcostal branches being
emitted from a long footstalk, and the second and third median
branches from a short footstalk. In Hrbessa, the subcostals are
emitted from a very short footstalk, the medians from the end
of the cell, at its junction with the lower discocellalar. Type
D. wmbrifera.

108 Mr. Butler on the Lepidopterous genus Dioptis.

Pseuderbessa umbrifera.

Dioptis (Huagra) umbrifera, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. 2, p.
326, n. 12 (1854).
Para, (Bates). S. America (Warwick). Type B.M.

Psuederbessa decoratua.

Phelloé decorata, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. Suppl. 1, p. 146 (1864).
Ega (Bates). Type B.M.

Genus PHELLOE. Walker.

Group 3. PHELLOE. Walker.

Phelloé glaucaspis.

Dioptis (Phelloé) glaucaspis, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. 2, p.
320, n. 3 (1854).
Para, (Bates).

Phelloé munda.

Phelloé munda, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. Suppl. 1, p. 146 (1864),
Para, (Butes).

The genus Phelloé belongs to the Melameride, and is allied
to Scotura, Getta, Phintia, Inonda, Myonia, &e. &e.

Genus Leucopsumis. Hibner.

The following species is referable to this genus of the Zygenoid
Arctiide ; the neuration being exactly similar.

Group 4. prowia. Walker (part).
Leucopsumis semistria.

Dioptis (Erchia) semistria, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. 2, p. 321,
n. 4 (1854).
Amazons, (Bates).

Leucopsumis is nearly allied to Clenucha.

Mr. Butler ov the Lepidopterous yenus Dioptis. 109

Genus Ercuta. Walker.
Group 4. ERCHIA, Walker (part).
Lirchia porphyria.

Sphinx porphyria, Cramer, Pap. Exot. IV. p. 227 ; pl. 397,
fig. E (1782).
_ Centronia porphyria, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 122, n.
1325 (1816).

Dioptis (Erchia) porphyria, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. 2, p. 321
n. 5 (1854).

Surinam.

r)

Walker originally described the Laemocharis imachilis of
Herrich Schaffer as this species (compare Cat. Lep. Het. 1, p.
157, and VII. p. 1604).

Erchia glaucopoides.

Dioptis (Euagra) glaucopoides, Walker, Cat. Lep Het. 1, p.
325, n. 11 (1854).

Para, (Bates).

The genus Erehia, as thus constituted, is only distinguished
from my new genus Metriophyla by its shorter and broader
wings ; it belongs to the Zygenoid Arctiide.

Genus PHara. Walker.
Phara trivittata.
Dioptis (Phara) trivittata, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. 2, p. 322,
n. 6 (1854),
Hab.—? ‘Type B.M.

Phara nyctemeroides.

Olina nyctemeroides, Walker, Char. Het. Lep. p. 6 (1869).
Hab.—? Type B.M.

The genus Pharu is closely alhed to Leucopsumis, but has
the abdominal lines of Hrehia ; P. nyctemeroides is very near
to P. trivittatau ; but is, I think, distinct.

d

110 Mr. Butler on the Lepidopterous genus Dioptis.
Genus Dryma@a. Walker.

Drymeu hesperoides.

Dioptis (Drymea) hesperoides, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. 2, p.
323, n. 7 (1854).
New Grenada. Type B.M.

Drymea unimaculata, a. sp.

Wings above black, with a blue shot ; primaries with a large
hyaline white spot immediately beyond the end of the cell ;
secondaries with the costa brown ; body greenish black ; head,
and sides of abdomen spotted with whitish ; primaries below
with a cuneiform interno-median white streak, internal area
greyish brown, apical area streaked between the veins with
silver; secondaries silver with the veins (excepting the dis-
cocellullars) black; body below sordid white, legs black :
expanse of wings | inch, 7 lines.

E. Peru, (Degand). Type B.M.

The genus Drymea is clearly allied to Phelloe.

Genus Evacra. Walker.
Kuagra ceelestina.

Phalena celestina, Cramer, Pap. Exot. IV. p. 107, pl. 345,
fig. G (1782).

Dioptis (Euagra) celestina, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. 2, p. 324,
n. 8 (1854).

Dioptis (Agyrta) interclusa, Walker, 1. ec. p. 328, n. 14 (1854).

Para, (Bates). B.M.

Euagra angelica, nv. sp.

Nearly allied to #. celestinu ; but the hyaline spot of
primaries larger, not cut by the second median branch, but
almost filling the interspace between the first and second
branches ; expanse of wings, 1 inch, 4 lines.

New Granada, Pacho, Province of Cundinamarca (Janson).

Type B.M.

Mr. Butler on the Lepidopterous genus Dioptis. ya

Euagre hemanthus.

Dioptis (Euagra) hemanthus, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. 2, p.
324, n. 9 (1854).
Mexico, (Argent). Type B.M.

In this species the hyaline patch of primaries only fills the
upper half of the interspace between the first and second median
branches.

Section Nepr. Walker.

Median branches of primaries rather closer together.

Huagra intercisa, i. sp.

Differs from the preceding in having a hyaline white streak
cut by the median nervure of primaries and running from the
base to the hyaline discal patch, with which it is continuous : ex-
panse of wings | inch, 5 hnes.

Venezuela, (Dyson). Type B.M.

We have two examples of this species, on one of which I
found a label, in Mr. Walker’s handwriting, bearing the above
name ; it is the Dioptis (Agyrta) auro of Walker (nec Hiibner).

Huagra fenestra.

Dioptis (Nepe) fenestra, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. 2, p. 337, n.
31 (1854).
Hab.—? Type B.M.

I cannot conceive Mr. Walker’s object in separating this
species generically from Huagra, there being very little structura]
difference. Huagra,and the following three genera are Zyganoid
Arctiidae, allied to Leucopsumis.

CALLAGRA, Nn. gen.

Closely allied to Huagra, but the first median branch of
secondaries emitted at a greater distance from the second, and
the lower radial emitted from the third median (with which it
forms a fork) considerably nearer to its origin, thus shortening
the footstalk.

Type C. azurea,

112 Mr. Butler on the Lepidopterous genus Dioptis.

Callugra azurea.

Dioptis (Euagra) azurea, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. 2, p. 325,
n. 10 (1854).
Brazil.

This species most nearly resembles Huagra hemanthus, but is
smaller, shorter in the wing, and has a smaller hyaline spot in
primaries; the collar also, instead of being carmine, has a
yellow spot on each side.

Callagra splendida, n. sp.

Like a small example of Agyrta duwx: wings black with a
blue shot; primaries with a large hyaline triangular white
patch, crossed by the median nervure and its first branch, from
the middle of the wing to the base ; a subapical oblique hyaline
white spot; secondaries with a broad central hyaline white
streak, from the base to near the outer margin, interrupted by
the median nervure and its branches; head black margined
with white, palpi carmine at base, otherwise black ; antenne
black ; collar carmine; thorax metallic blue-green, with a
central longitudinal white line; tegule blue-green, white ex-
ternally, with a white central line ; abdomen blue-green with a
central white streak, sides pale brown; front trochanters white,
other trochanters cream-colour ; remainder of legs brown streaked
with white ; venter cream-colour, the anus and a line on each
sides brown: expanse of wings | inch, 7 lines.

Brazil. Type B.M.

MyYDROMERA, n. gen.

Readily distinguished from EHuagra by the extreme shortness
of the footstalk from which the third median and lower radial
branches are emitted, and from the fact that the second median
is emitted some distance before the end of the cell. Type
M. isthinia.

Mydromera isthmia.

Euagra isthmia, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. 4, pl. CV. fig.
24 (1874).
New Granada. B.M.

Mr. Butler on the Lepidopterous genus Dioptis. 113

Genus Acyrta. Hiibner.

Group 8. acyrtTa. Walker.

Agyrta dun.
Dioptis (Agyrta) dux, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. 2, p. 327, n.
12 (1854).
Venezuela, (Dyson). Type B.M.

The insect from Honduras is distinct.

Agyrta estiva, n. sp.

Differs from the preceding in the much more restricted longi-
tudinal hyaline white streak, and the straighter and broader
postmedian oblique band of primaries: expanse of wings 2
inches, 1 line.

Honduras, (Dyson). Type B.M.

Agyrta micilia.
Phalena micilia, Cramer, Pap. Exot. IIL, p. 62; pl. 228,
gees Gl 19):
Limacodes micilia, Dunean, Nat. Libr. XXXVIIL, Exot.
Moths: p. 179; pl. 22, figs: 1, 2.
Tropical America, (Becker). B.M.

Agyrta auxo.
Hipocrita tinciformis Auxco, Hiibner, Samm]. Exot. Schmett, 1.
Agyrta auxo, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 177, n. 1829.
Dioptis (Agyrta) micilia, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. 2, p. 329,
n. 16 (1854).
Venezuela, (Dyson). B.M.

Agyrta ? lucida.
Agyrta lucida, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. Suppl. 1, p. 147 (1864).
Bogota.
Not having seen this species, | am unable to decide its true
position ; I feel almost certain from its peculiar coloration that
it is not an Agyrta.

114 Mr. Butler on the Lepidopterous genus Dioptis.

MIcRAGYRTA, n. gen,

Resembles Agyrta, excepting in its small size, but the
arrangement of the veins in secondaries is almost exactiy that of
Empyreuma ; the prineipal difference being, that the radial
passes through the centre of the discocellulars, and, as a re-
current nervure, divides the cell into two parts.

Type M. gavisa.

This genus must be placed between Histiwa and Empyreuma
in the Zygenide.

Micragyrta gavisa.

Agyrta gavisa, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. Suppl. 1, p, 147 (1864).
Kea, (Bates).

Micragyrta diminuta.

Dioptis (Agyrta) diminuta, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. 2, p. 328,
n, 15 (1854).
Para, (Bates).

Genus Isostona. Felder.
This genus belongs to the Pericopiine, and is allied to
Hucyane.
Tsostola rhodobroncha.

Isostola rhodobroncha, Felder, Reise der Noy. Lep. 4, pl.
CII, fig. 15 (1874).
Hab.—?

Tsostola divisa.
Dioptis (Agyrta) divisa, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. 2, p. 329, n.
17 (1854).
Para, (Bates). Type B.M.

-
Tsostola eyanomelas.

Phanoptis cyanomelas, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. pl. CIV.
fig. 10 (1874).
Hab,—?

Mr. Butler ow the Lepidopterous genus Dioptis. 115

Isostola vicina, vd. sp.

Nearly allied to 1. divisa, but differing in its smaller size ; the
hyaline cuneiferm patch, upon median area of primaries, ex-
tending nearly to the base and divided throughout its length by
the median nervure ; the postmedian hyaline band, tapering to a
point at its upper end; the subapical fasciole reduced to a
narrow bifid litura; central hyaline streak of secondaries much
narrower ; expanse of wings | inch, 8 lines.

S. America, (Warwick). Type B.M.

MeTasTATIA, h. gen.
Db

Only ditters from Hyaleuceria, in neuration, in the fact that
the radial, instead of forming a fourth median branch, is con-
tinuous with the recurrent nervure. Type M. pyrrhorhwa.

The body of Metastatiu is much less robust than in Hyalenceria,

Metastatia pyrrhorhea.,

Hyelosia pyrrhorhea, Hiibner, Sanu. Exot. Schmett Zutr.
p. 12, n. 22, figs. 43, 44 (1806).

Dioptis (Agyrta) pyrrhorhea, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. 2, p.
330, n. 18 (1854).

Para, (Smith and Bates).

This genus of course belongs to the Zygenoid Arctiide, and
represents one of the few instances in this group in which the
median nervure of secondaries is not four-branched.

Genus GNopHmLA. Walker.

Group 9. GNOPHMLA. Walker.
This is a well-marked genus of the Churideine including
G. vermiculata, G. hopfferi, and other species. Walker only
quotes the following :

Gnophela cequinoctialis,
Dioptis (Gnophela) wequinoctialis, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. 2.
p- 331, n. 19 (1854), Boisduval, Lep. Guat. p. 87 (1870).
Venezuela (Becker). Type B.M.

116 Mr. Butler on the Lepidopterous genus Dioptis.

Genus Hyruina. Walker.
Group 10. Hyrmina. Walker.

This and the following genera will come after Hrbessu, being
succeeded by. Gonoru, Scaptia Aletis, Curoba, Bytharia, Secusio,
Nyctemera, and allies; all of which may be referred to the
Nyctemeride.

Hyrmina areolata,

Dioptis (Hyrmina) areolata, Walken Cat. Lep. Het. 2; p:
332, n. 20 (1854).

Epilais melda, Boisduval, Lep. Guat. p. 78.

Brazil, (Argent). Type B.M.

Mr. Walker confounded several species under this name, but
it would be useless to describe them without figures, as they
differ in points which can scarcely be made clearly intelligible
by description alone.

Mr. Boisduval gives Nicaragua and Quito as the localities of

this species,
Hyrmina onega.

Dioptis onega, Bates, Trans. Linn. Soc. XXIII, pl. LV, fig.
12 (1862).

Laurona onegia, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. Suppl. 1, p. 149
(1864). .

Ega, (Bates). Type B.M.

Hyrmina noctiluces.
Dioptis noctiluces, Butler, Cist. Ent. 1, p. 88 (Jan. 1872) ;
Lep. Exot. p. 176, n. 2; pl. LXI, fig. 7 (1874).
Var. Dioptis erycinoides, Felder, Reise der Noy. Lep. 4. Tab.
CV, fig. 4 (1874).
Cartago, Costa Rica, (Van Patten). Type B.M.

Hyrmina ithomeina.
Dioptis ithomeina, Butler, Cist. Ent. 1, p. 87 (Jan. 1872),
Lep. Exot. p. 175, n. 1; pl. LX1, fig. 8 (1874).
Dioptis Salvini, Felder Reise der Nov. Lep. 4, Tab. CV, fig.
5 (1874).
Cartago, Costa Rica, (Van Patten). Type B.M.

Mr. Butler on the Lepidopterous genus Dioptis. big

Hyrmina phelina.
Dioptis phelinu, Felder, Reise der Noy. Lep. 4, Tab. CV, fig.
6 (1874).
S. America. B.M.

This species was mixed up with H. wreolatu by Mr. Walker.

Hyrimina eyma,

Dioptis cyma, Hiibner, Samml. Exot. Schmett. Zutr. figs. 17,
18 (1806) ; Verz. bek Schmett. p. 174, n. 1792 (1816).

Dioptis (Hyrmina) eyma, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. 2, p. 332,
n. 21 (1854).

Para, (Smith and Bates). B.M.

The species from Demerara is distinct ; this species is figured

by Bates (Trans. Linn. Soc. XXIII, pl. LV, fig. 13, 1862).

Hyrmina leucothyris, n. sp.

Allied to the preceding species, but has the primaries coloured
exactly as in Hl. wliana ; the postmedian band being broken up
into two spots ; and the subapical streak reduced to a quadrifid
spot ; expanse of wings | inch 6 lines.

Ega, (Bates), Type B.M.

Hyrmina eliana,
Dioptis eliana, Bates, Trans. Linn. Soc. XXIII, pl. LV, fig.
10 (1862).
Luurona cliana, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. Suppl. 1, p. 150
(1864).
Ega, (Bates). B.M.

Genus Diopris, Hibner.
Dioptis Ilerdina.
Dioptis [lerdina, Bates, Trans. Linn. Soc. XXIII, pl. LV.
fig. 11 (1862).
Laurona Herdinu (sic), Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. Suppl. 1.
p. 149 (1864).
Ega, (Bates). B.M.

118 Mr. Butler ow the Lepidopterous yenus Dioptis.

Dioptis meon.
Phalena meon, Cramer, Pap. Exot. 1, p. 118; pl. LXXI, fig.
KB ( 1779):
Dioptis meon, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 174, n. 17938
(1816).
Laurona meon, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. 7, p. 1653 (1856).
Surinam.

Dioptis pheloides.
Monocreagra pheloides, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. 4, Tab.
CV, fig. 7 (1874).
Hab.—!

Genus Laurona. Walker.
Group 10 (part) HyRMINA, and 11] Lauron, Walker,

In this genus the median branches of secondaries are all
separate ; the sexes are also dissimilar.

Lawrona vinosa,

Sphinx vinosa, Drury, Ill. Exot. Ent. p. 47; pl. 23. fig. 4.

Callimorpha ? vinosa, Westwood, ed. Drury, 1. c.

Dioptis (Hyrmina) vinosa, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. 2, p. 332,
n. 22 (1854).

“ Antigua” Drury. Hab.—? B.M.

Laurona ried.
Dioptis rica, Hiibner, Samml. Exot. Schmett. Zutr. figs. 531,
532 (1806).

Dioptis (Lauron) rica, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. 2, p. 333, n.
23 (1854).

f Sta Martha (Bouchard), 2 Venezuela (Dyson). BLM.

Several species were confounded under this name by Mr.

Walker.
Laurona panamensis, 0. sp.

? Intermediate in character between L. rica and L. syma.
Wings greyish hyaline, veins black ; primaries with the
apical half black, crossed through its centre by an oblique

Mr. Butler on the Lepidopterous genus Dioptis. 19

regular white band ; costal and internal areoles black, intersected
by a narrow orange streak, secondaries with a narrow black
outer border ; body brown ; head blackish, white-spotted, tegule
orange ; abdomen greyish on its dorsal region, with a central dark
brown longitudinal line; body below whitish, legs black and
white, sides of pectus orange, venter white with a dark brown
central stripe ; expanse of wings | inch, 11 lines.
Veragua, (Salvin). 5 examples. B.M.

Laurona syma.
Dioptis (Lauron) syma, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. 2, p. 334, n.
24 (1854).
Laurona subagiticta, Walker, l.c. Suppl. p. 148 (1864).
Hpilais Zetila, Boisduyal, Lep. Guat. p. 78 (1874).
“ Bogota” Boisduval. Hab.—? B.M.

Laurona leucophea.

Dioptis (Lauron) leucophwa, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. 2, pe
334, n. 25 (1854).

Venezuela, (Dyson) Para (Grahame). Type B.M.

Laurona rufilinea.

‘Q Laurona rufilinea, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. Suppl. 1, p.
148 (1864).

f, 2 Ega, (Bates). Type B.M.

The male is very similiar to that of the preceding species.

Laurona partita.

Dioptis (Lauron) partita, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. 2, p. 335
n. 27 (1854).

Para, (Bates). Type B.M.

Laurona ergolis.

Dioptis (Lauron) ergolis, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. 2, p. 335
n. 28 (1854).

Jamaica, (Gosse). Type B.M,.

120 Mr. Butler on the Lepidopterous genus Dioptis.

Laurona Domingonis, n. sp.

Nearly allied to L. ergolis, but smaller, shorter in the wing ;
the white band of primaries shorter; the orange streaks shorter,
ill-detined ; the streak across the median branches obsolete ;
expanse of wings | inch, 9 lines.

St. Domingo, (Tweedie). Type B.M.

This species agrees with Boisduval’s description of his Ditaais
sora * ; but I cannot think it the same as a Guatemala form.
b]

Genus Locua, Walker.

Group 12. LocHa, Walker.
Locha hyalina.

2 Dioptis (Locha) hyalina, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. 2, p. 336,
n. 29 (1854).

gf Erycinopsis diaphana, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. 4, pl.
“CV, fig. 9 (1874).

S. America, (Johnson). Type B.M.

Locha diaphana.

Phalena (Noctua) diaphana, Drury, Ul. Exot. Ent. IIT,
p. 30; pl. 22, fig. 4.

Callimorpha ¢ diaphana, Westwood, ed. Drury, Le.

Dioptis (Locha) diaphana, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. 2, p. 336,
n, 30 (1854).

Brazil.

Locha perspicua, i. sp.

f General aspect of L. hyalina f, but smaller, with broader
borders. Wings hyaline white, the veins and borders black ;
primaries with a rather broad black band from costa, above end
of cell, to outer margin on first median interspace ; head and
thorax black, with central interrupted white line ; abdomen
above dark gray, below sordid white ; legs brown: expanse of
wings l inch, 5 lines.

Chontales, Nicaragua (Janson). Type B.M.

* Lep. Guat, p. 79.

Mr. Butler on the Lepidopterous genus Dioptis. 121

Genus Gonora, Walker.

IT am doubtful whether Walker intended to include this genus
in his Déioptide ; but it immediately follows Laurona in his
Supplement.

Gonora heliconiata.

Gonora heliconiata, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. 1, p. 151
(1864).

Phelodes cequatorialis, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. 4, Tab.
CIV, fig. 9 (1874).

Epilais equutorialis, Boisduval, Lep. Guat. p. 78.

Bogota (Stevens). Type B.M.

The genus Scaptia, which follows, will contain Chrysauge
lutescens, repanda, calida n. sp., aletis, and translata,

Walker has referred his Dioptis hyelosioides to his genus Gerra ;
which, he says, is allied to Josia: not having seen either genus
or species L will not attempt to question the correctness of this
act.

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(123)

Descriptions of New Species of Phytophagous Coleoptera ; by
JoserH 8S. Baty, F.L.S., &c.

Mustostethus picticollis, mihi,

Subelongatus, postice vix attenuatus, depressus, pallide fulvus,
antennis capitis et thoracis maculis, scutello pleuris pedibusque
nigris, femoribus anticis quatuor subtus, posticisque fere totis,
fulvis ; elytris flavis, fascié basali ad marginem abbreviata,
altera prope medium integra, linea pone medium, apiceque nigris.
Long. 53 lin.

Hab. Columbia.

Head irregularly but not very closely punctured, the extreme
vertex, a frontal vitta, the inner orbits of the eyes, a spot at
the base of each antenna, a transverse stripe across the clypeus,
together with the base of the labrum, black ; apices of jaws
nigro-piceous, antenne (with the exception of the extreme base
of the first joint) entirely black. Thorax rather more than
twice as broad as long at the base; basal margin sinuate on
either side ; apical border transversely truncate ; sides straight,
quickly converging from base to apex, anterior and posterior angles
distinctly produced, acute ; upper surface finely and irregularly
but not closely punctured, on each side, near the hinder angle, is
a large shallow fovea, just in front of this, near the outer
margin, are several irregular faintly impressed excavations ; a
transverse spot on the centre of the disk, its anterior margin
deeply emarginate, together with an irregular longitudinal pi atch
on either side near the lateral border, black ; ; this patch is con-
nected at its upper extremity by a shorter one with the lateral
margin of the thorax, which is itself broadly edged, more
especially on its under surface, with black. Seutellum broader
than long, trigonate, its surface distinctly punctured. Elytra
broader fea ilie coma scarcely né arrowed towards their ; apex,
surface depressed, rather closely punctured, pale flavous, a basal
fascia which is gradually dilated from the suture to the outer
margin, and exte snds across the humeral callus but is abruptly
arrested on the outer side of the latter, black, a common trans-
verse band which extends directly across the middle of the disk,
together with the apical sixth of the elytra also black ; between
the medial fascia and the apical patch, the suture and outer
margin are both narrowly edged with black.

124 Mr. Baty on new Phytophagous Coleoptera.

Mastostethus speciosus, mihi.

Sub-elongatus, sub-depressus, niger, nitidus, femoribus anticis
quatuor abdomineque obscure piceis, thorace tenuiter et remote
punctato, maculis quatuor rufis ornato; elytris fere parallelis,
distincte et sub-crebre punctatis, pallide flavis, marginibus basali
et laterali, vitté humerali arcuata, fascia prope medium erosa
apiceque nigris. Long. 5 lin.

Hab. Ecuador, collected by Mr. Buckley.

Vertex finely and remotely punctured, space between the eyes
closely punctured, medial line smooth, impunctate, impressed at
its lower extremely with a deep longitudinal fovea, which ter-
minates in the deep transverse groove separating the face from
the clypeus, anterior border of the latter together with the edge
of the labrum rufous. Thorax twice as broad as long at the
base, basal margin obsoletely bisinuate on either side, the medial
portion obtusely truncate; middle of anterior border dis-
tinctly sinuate, sides straight, converging from base to apex,
anterior and posterior angles produced laterally, acute ; upper
surface nitidous, very finely but remotely punctured ; on either
side, placed perpendicularly near the lateral border, are two
irregular rufous spots. Scutellum broader than long, trigonate,
its apex broadly rounded. Elytra broader than the thorax,
parallel, the apex regularly rounded ; surface sub- depressed, dis-
tinctly and rather closely punctured, pale fulvous, the basal
margin, a narrow line along the lateral border, a curved vitta on
the humeral callus, attached at its base to the basal margin,
together with the apex black ; in addition, placed somewhat
obliquely about the middle of the disk, is a deeply crenulate
black fascia, which forms with its fellow a broad, slightly arched,
transverse band, stretching entirely across the two elytra; the
apical patch, which occupies more than a fourth of the surface,
has its anterior edge irregular.

Mastostethus Buckley?, wihi.

Sub-elongatus, postice attenuatus, sub-depressus, rufo-piceus,
ore, antennis, capitis et thoracis maculis, tibiis tarsisque nigris ;
elytris nigris, tenuiter punctatis, fascia lata ante medium
alteraque augustiori ante apicem positis, flavis. Long. 54 lin.

Hab. Ecuador.

Head finely and distinctly punctured, the punctures distant on
the vertex, crowded along the inner orbit of the eye; the mouth,
the palpi excepted, a longitudinal vitta on the front, a small spot
on the extreme vertex one another on either side at the base of

Mr. Baty on new Phytophagous Coleoptera. 125

the antenne, black. Thorax twice as broad as long at the base,
basal margin obsoletely bisinuate on either side, its medial
portion transversely truncate ; middle of anterior border shehtly
sinuate, sides straight, feebly bisinuate, anterior and posterior
angles acute, surface finely but not closely punctured, impressed
on each side close to the hinder angle with a deep fovea; the
disk is ornamented with five black spots placed as follows, one
medial, transverse and bilobate larger than the rest, the others
arr ranged in a quadrangular form one near each anterior and
posterior angle. Seutellum broader than long, trigonate, its
apex broadly rounded and stained with black. Elytra broader
than the thorax, tapering from the base towards the apex, finely
but distinctly punctured. Body beneath clothed with coarse
fulvous hairs, hinder thighs moderately incrassate.

Mastostethus pictus, mihi.

Anguste oblongus, depressus, pallide fulvus, nitidus, capitis
maculis sex, thoracis maculis decem, scutello, unguiculis, tarsis
posticis, tibiis dorso antennisque nigris; elytris tenuiter punc-
tatis, nigris, utrisyue maculis quinque fulvis; pleuris piceo-
maculatis ; femoribus nigro-lineatis, posticis valde incrassatis,
subtus spina valida armatis. Long. 5 hn.

Hab. Columbia.

Head distinctly punctured, the punctures remote on the vertex,
crowded on either side along the inner orbit of the eye, in the
medial line is an oblong fovea; a triangular spot on the extreme
vertex, a frontal vitta, a small spot on either side just
within the insertion of the antenna, a transverse spot on the
clypeus, together with a spot at the base of the labrum, black ;
apices of jaws likewise black. Thorax more than twice as broad
as long ; basal margin faintly tri-sinuate ; sides rounded and con-
verging from base to apex, hinder angles laterally produced,
acute, anterior angles slightly produced, sub-acute ; surface
finely but remotely punctured, ornamented with ten black spots,
placed as follows, one on the middle of the: apical border, four
transversely across the middle, and five transversely at the
base, of these latter the three inner are attached to the basal
margin, and the two lateral ones are free. Elytra broad, parallel,
rather broadly rounded at the apex; above depressed, rather
strongly punctured, black, each nearly covered with five large
fulvous patches, arranged as follows ; one attached to the middle
of the base, within the humeral callus, two obliquely below the
base, the inner one obliquely oblong, attached to the scutellum,

126 Mr. Bary on new Phytophagous Coleoptera.

the outer one quadrangular placed just below the basal spot, two
across the middle, the inner close to the suture, the outer not
far from the lateral margin and sending from its antero-external
angle a narrow sub-marginal vitta to the basal margin, the fourth
larger than any of the preceding, and subquadrang Ae is situated
below the middle near the outer margin, and lastly a large tri-
gonate patch which occupies the whole of the apical surface of
each elytron and is only separated from the apex itself by a
narrow marginal line ; the anterior border of this patch is very
irregular.

Mastostethus Janson’, wibi.

Elongatus, postice vix attenuatus, subdepressus, flavus, capite
thoraceque fulvis ; pleuris, capite inter oculos et macula verticali,
antennis brevioribus (apice pallido excepto), thoracis plaga
magna basali, tarsis, femoribus et tibiis anticis quatuor dorso,
posticisque totis nigris; elytris distincte punctatis, nigris, utris-
que linea marginali ante medium abbreviata, vitta obliqua cur-
vata basi, fasciaque communi pone medium pallide flavo-albidis.
Long. 4 lin.

Hab. Banks of the river Amazon, a single specimen in my
collection.

Head smooth, vertex impunctate, face between the eyes punc-
tured on either side, the intermediate space impunctate ; antenne
considerably less than half the length of the body, slender, six
lower joints black, the others yellowish white, the 7th—10th
stained above with black. Thorax twice as broad at the base
as long, sides converging from base to apex, very slightly
rounded, angles acute, surface smooth, impunctate, impressed at
the base on either side with a large deep fovea; a large trans-
verse quadrangular patch at the base, together with a narrow
line in the middle of the apical border black, the basal margin
between the quadrangular patch and the lateral angle also
narrowly edged with the same colour. Seutellum trigonate,
rounded on the sides, the apex acute. Elytra broader than the
thorax, slightly attenuated from the base towards the apex
above depressed, finely punctured, black, each with a narrow
vitta, commencing at the shoulder and terminating before the
middle of the lateral border, a broad slightly curved vitta which
runs obliquely outwards from the scutellum towards the outer
disk, terminating just before the middle of the latter, together
with a common transverse band placed below the middle, nearly
halfway between the latter and the apex, yellowish white.

Mr. Baty on new Phytophagous Coleoptera. 127

Mastostethus basalis, mihi.

Elongatus, postice attenuatus, depressus, rufo-fulvus, nitidus,
antennis, facie inter oculos, tibiis posticis apice, tarsis ejusdum
paris elytrisque nigris, his fascia basali rufo-fulvis. Long 41
lin.

Hab. Brazil, Minas Geraes.

Vertex smooth, nearly impunctate, face punctured on either
side along the inner orbit of the eye, antennie equal in length
to the head and thorax, a broad transverse band between the
eyes black. Thorax twice as broad at the base as long, basal
margin sinuate on either side, its medial portion obtusely trun-
cate ; sides straight, converging from base to apex, hinder and
anterior angles produced, acute; surface impressed on either
side, close to the hinder angle, with a deep fovea, just in front
of the latter but rather nearer to the centre of the disk is a
small shallow oblong impression ; disk finely but not closely
punctured. Se ‘utellum broader than lone, trigonate, its apex
acute, surface finely but remotely punctured, impressed in the
middle with a faint fovea. Elytra gradually attenuated from
base to apex, distinctly punctured, black, a transverse basal
band, emarginate on the humeral callus, rufo-fulvous.

Mastostethus placidus, mihi.

Elongatus, parallelus, modice convexus, pallide flavo-fulvus,
antennis, tibiis dorso tarsisque nigris, femoribus dorso piceo line-
atis, thorace flavo, fulvo maculato ; elytris sat crebre punctatis,
pallide flavis. Long. 45 lin.

Hab. Mexico.

Vertex smooth, nearly impunctate, space between the eyes
stained with pale rufo- fulvous, coarsely punctured on either side,
medial line together with the clypeus nearly free from punctures ;
on the centre of the clypeus is an indistinct piceous spot ; labrum
nigro-piceous ; antenne rather longer than the head and thorax,
seven outer joints moderately dilated. Thorax twice as broad
as long, base narrowly margined, sides rounded and converging
from base to apex, hinder and anterior angles produced, acute ;
above moderately convex, impressed on each side close to the
hinder angle with a distinct fovea, finely and remotely pune-
tured ; disk stained with a bilobate patch on either side and
with a short vitta in front of the base pale rufo-fulvous.
Scutellum broader than long, trigonate, its apex rounded, surface

128 Mr. Baty on new Phytophagous Coleoptera.

smooth, impressed with a few fine punctures. Elytra broader
than the thorax, sides parallel, rather broadly margined ; above
moderately convex, coarsely punctured, interspaces on the outer
disk transversely wrinkled. Hinder thighs moderately thickened ;
metasternum elevated, its apex obtuse.

Mastostethus fraternus, mihi.

Anguste oblongus, postice paullo attenuatus, dorso depressus,
fulvus, mitidus, capite, facie inferiori excepta, tarsis, tibiis
posticis apice elytrorumque dimidio postico nigris, elytris
tenuiter punctatis, punctis apicem versus minus distinetis.
Long. 5 lin.

Hab. Brazil.

Head smooth, nearly impunctate, with the exception of the
impressed punctured space on either side bordering the inner
orbit of the eye, lower portion of face and the mouth (the
apices of the jaws excepted) fulvous. Thorax twice as broad
at the base as long, basal margin bisinuate on either side, the
medial portion transversely truncate ; sides nearly straight, con-
verging from base to apex, hinder angles laterally produced,
very acute ; upper surface smooth, impunctate. Seutellum tri-
gonate, its apex obtuse. Elytra broader than the thorax, slightly
narrowed towards the apex, surface finely punctured, the pune-
tures becoming still finer behind the middle; the base to just
before the middle fulvous, the rest of the surface to the apex
black. Hinder thighs strongly thickened, apex of last abdominal
segment inpressed with a small deep fovea; metasternum
strongly impressed. This species is very nearly allied to JZ.
bicolor, it differs in having the whole of the head (the lower
part of the face excepted) and all the tarsi black; it is also a
larger insect and the elytra are much more finely punctured.
[ only know a single specimen, formerly in the collection of Mr.
W. W. Saunders.

Megalopus elongatus, mihi.

Angustatus, parallelus, subtus nigro- flavoque variegatus,
supra nigro-hirsutus, pedibus flavis, femoribus dorso, tibiusque
anticis quatuor antice infuscatis; scutello, capite thoraceque
nigris, hoe limbo maculisque quatuor transversis positis, flavis ;
elytris sordide flavis, apice argenteo-sericeis, basi margine tenui
apiceque piceis, utrisque apicem versus prope suturam puncto
pallide flavo ornatis. Long. 44 lin.

Hab. Bogota,

Mr. Baty on new Phytophagous Coleoptera. 129

Head coarsely, front finely punctured, face between the eyes
variolose punctate on either side, intermediate space thickened,
nearly free from punctures. Thorax cylindrical, deeply con-
stricted at the apex, less deeply so at the base, rather strongly
but not very closely punctured, shining black, the entire limb
with the exception of a short t space in the middle of the apical
and basal margins, pale yellow ; in addition are four small con-
colorous spots placed transversely across the lower portion of
the disk, the two lateral ones confluent with the limb. Elytra
parallel, elongate, depressed along the suture, basilar space
elevated, bounded on either side by an oblique groove ; surface
coarsely but not closely punctured, clothed with suberect black
hairs; at the apex is a distinct patch of silvery sericeous
pubescence ; on each elytron, placed close to the suture, is a
small yellow spot.

Megalopus vittaticollis, mihi.

Elongatus, parallelus, flavus, nitidus, supra pube nigro
vestitus, capite (facie inferiori excepta), thoracis macula apicali
et utrinque vittuld, tibiis tarsisque posticis nigris; thorace
transverso, apice valde, basi modice constricto ; elytris paralle lis,
basi elevatis, dorso depressis, linea laterali, lined spinel
sutura apiceque fuscis, vitta basali, callo humerali posita nigra.

Mas. Trochanteribus posticis obtuse spinosis, femoribus ejus-
dem paris valde incrassatis, subtus ad basin tuberculo obtuso
armatis ; tibiis posticis robustis, curvatis, basi attenuatis, intus
ante apicem sinuatis. Long. 5 lin,

Hab. Nauta, Upper Amazons.

Head coarsely punctured, face between the upper part of the
eyes impressed with a deep ill defined oblong fovea, below which
is a raised triangular impunctate space, extending downwards
to the upper margin of the clypeus ; lower half of the latter,
together with the mouth fulvous, clothed with concolorous hairs
apices of jaws piceous. Thorax transverse, subeylindrical,
strongly constricted in front, moderately so at the base, sides
just in front of the hinder angle armed with a large acute
tubercule ; surface coarsely punctured, a longitudinal space on
the middle of the disk free from punctures ; a transverse medial
patch on the anterior border, together with a short vitta on
either side just in front of the basal margin, black. Seutellum
trigonate. Elytra broader than the thorax, depressed, longitu-
dinally and irregularly excavated along the inner disk, basilar
space slightly elevated; the apex, a marginal line, a faint

N

130 Mr. Baty on new Phiytophaqous Coleoptera.

sutural stripe, together with a very narrow and indistinct vitta
extending downwards from the humeral callus, and abbreviated
before reaching the apex, fuscous; on the humeral callus is a
black bifurcate patch, the inner ramus of which is connected
with the medial longitudinal vitta, and the outer one with the
lateral border.

(131)

Description of a New Genus and Species of Lucanoid Coleoptera
from the interior of Tasmania: by Major F. J. SipNey Parry,
E.L.S.

HopLogonus*, Gen. nov.

Habitu fere generis Lissotes, at caput depressum, pec con-
vexum ; mandibul porrectee, nec falcatee ; im utroque sexu
prothorace angulis posticis elytrisque angulis humeralibus spino
sub-erecto armatis ; oculi minuti.

‘

Hoplogonus Simsoni, n. sp. f, 2 (var. max).
Plate Je figs: 1,2; 3:

H. niger, nitidus, mandibulis elongatis, robustis, intus edent-
atis, capite prothor: aceque fere longitudine, in medio dente forti
armatis ; capite transverso, sub- depresso, antice porrecto, linea
marginali sinuata, augulis ante oculos acutis, lateribus in medio
obtuse productis ; clypeo parvo, conico; clava antennarum ut
in gen. Lissotes; oculi vix cantho incisi; pronoto capite
elytrisque latiori, sub-convexo, prope angulis anticis profunde
foveato, medio leviter canaliculato, angulis anticis productis,
rotundatis, posticis fortiter obliquis, spino minuto, suberecto
armatis, elytris brevibus, subconvexis, late costatis, augulis
humeralibus spino acuto, suberecto instructis ; scutello parvo ;
tibiis anticis extus 3- vel 4- dentatis, quatuor posticis in utroque
sexu spino acuto armatis.

Long. mandibule 4 lin., capitis 14 lin., prothoracis 24 lin.,
elytrorum 5 lin.
Hab. Tasmania. Coll. Parry & Fry

? with the body broader, the prothorax narrower, its posterior
angles less oblique, the suberect spine considerably more pro-
minent, with but a faint indication of a median line, and the
foveee near the anterior angles shallower. The head is small,
quadrate, slightly inflated at the sides. The mandibles short,
slightly curved towards the apex, internally edentate, emarginate
at the base, with a small shining tubercular process in the centre.
The elytra exhibit no trace of the smooth elevated ridges

* ‘omXov arma et ywvos angulus.

132 Mayor Parry on Hoplogonus.

conspicuous in the male; in both sexes the punctuation of the head
and thorax is less diffuse, being considerably deeper on the
head, and in the centre of the prothorax is a small cluster of
punctate impressions, more conspicuous in the female than in
the male.

This remarkable and interesting new insect. has been recently
discovered in the interior of Tasmania by Augustus Simson,
Esq., who, in,a letter addressed to Mr. KE. W. Janson, expresses
the opinion that it is subterraneous in its habits, having been
found whilst digging a trench in some mining operations. As
the insect has not been dissected I am not in a position to
state, whether, as occurs in the genera Lissapterus and Lissotes,
its condition is apterous or not. Five specimens have been
received exhibiting a slight variation in the size of the prothoracic
spines.

Notices of new or little known Curontipa: by Ouiver E.
Janson. No. 1.

Cotinis polita, a. sp.

C. nigra, nitida, convexa; clypeo crebre rudeque punctato,
apice rotundato, parum producto ; thorace vage profunde pune-
tato ; elytris parce subtilissimeque subseriatim punctatis. Lone.
gf 20, 2 23 mm.,; lat. ¢ 11, 2 134 mm.

Black, shining ; head convex and smooth at the base, clypeus
thickly, deeply and coarsely punctate, with an elevated longitu-
dinal ridge extending from the crown nearly to the apex, margin
reflexed, apex x slightly produced, rounded.

Thorax finely and sparsely punctate on the disc, the punctures
coarser and denser at the sides, especially near the anterior
angles, where they become confluent, basal lobe large, depressed,
nearly covering the scutellum, a central impressed longitudinal
line, effaced on the disc, but distinet behind.

Sceutellum very narrow and acute.

Elytra sparsely and very finely punctate, the punctures
arranged in indistinct rows on the disc and sides, larger and
confused at the apex, suture depressed near the scutellum,
elevated posteriorly ; epimera thickly and coarsely punctate.

Pygidium convex, transversely strigose, with a large shallow
depression on each side.

Beneath sparsely arcuate-punctate at the sides, abdomen with
a few shallow punctures arranged in an irregular transverse row
on segments 2—4, confused on 5—6; mesosternal process rather
short, flat, rounded at the apex; femora and hinder pairs of
tibize fringed with black hairs, anterior tibiee obtusely tridentate.

Female larger, with the clypeus broader and more strongly
punctate, the thorax also is more densely punctate, and the
anterior tibi are stouter, with the teeth acute.

154 Mr. O. E. Janson’s Notices of

The only specimens of this well marked species which I have
seen, were captured by my brother, Mr. E. M. Janson, in the
province of Chontales, Nicaragua ; its nearest ally appears to
me to be C. subviolacea, G. & P. Coll. Janson.

Stenotarsia Scotti, n. sp. Plate I. fig. 7.

S. nigra, supra opaca, capite mitido, thorace, scutello, elytris-
que obscure croceis, thorace plaga magna discoidali, scutello
marginibus elytrisgue maculis quatuor nigris. Long. 14 mm.,
lat. 7 mm.

Black, above (with the exception of the head) opaque, thorax,
scutellum and elytra of a dirty saffron yellow, the first with
a large discoidal patch, the second with its margins, and the
last with four (two on each) spots black.:

Head black, shining in front, dull behind, finely and rather
sparsely punctate ; clypeus dilated anteriorly, its apex rounded
and distinctly emarginate, margins reflexed ; lamelle of antennz
rufous at their tips.

Thorax nearly circular, truncate in front, impunctate, of a
sordid saffron yellow, with a large subquadrate black patch
(widest at the base, sinuate at the sides and apex) covering
nearly the entire disc, sides fringed with coarse yellowish grey
hairs.

Scutellum impunctate, of the colour of the thorax, its base
broadly its margins narrowly pitchy.

Elytra coarsely but shallowly and very sparsely punctate,
with a slightly raised longitudinal ridge on the disc, separately
rounded at the apex, the sutural angle slightly produced, of the
colour of the thorax, each with two black spots, one, small,
nearly round, near the apex of the scutellum, the other trans-
verse quadrate, at about one third from the apex and nearly
equidistant from the suture and lateral margin; epimera black.

Pygidium large, nearly vertical, pitchy red, transversely stri-
gose.

Beneath black, abdomen tinged posteriorly with red, shining,
sparsely arcuate-punctate, clothed with a sparse, yellowish grey
pubescence, of which a patch is particularly conspicuous at the
side of each segment : mesosternum scarcely produced, its apex
truncate ; legs black, shining, punctate and pubescent, anterior

new or little known Cetoniide. 135

tibize tridentate, the upper tooth obsolete, posterior tarsi very
long and slender, the three basal joints taken together distinctly
longer than the tibiee.

Hab. Madagascar.

For the only specimen I have seen of this charming species I
am indebted to Mr. Scott, to whom I have dedicated it.

This species is most nearly allied to S. crocata, G. and P., and
bears even a closer resemblance to the Tvrichiides than does that
species. The intermediate legs and anterior tarsi are un-
fortunately wanting in my specimen.

I may here mention that the four species described by Gory
and Percheron (Silb. Rev. Ent. II. pp. 128-129) must, as con-
jectured by Prof. Burmeister (Handb. f. Entom. IIT. p. 591)
thirty-five years since from an examination of the actual types,
be reduced to two, coccinea being the 2 of crocata, and velutina
the g of vermiculata, a position of affairs ignored by Mess.
Gemminger and v. Harold in their Catalogus Coleopterorum

IV. (1869).
Pygora ornata, vi. sp.

P. nigra nitida, elytris striatis, plaga disci rubra, albo-quadri-
maculatis, pygidio convexo. Long. 15-17 mm. lat. 64-7} mm.

Head closely and rather coarsely punctate, clypeus slightly
narrowed anteriorly, its sides straight, its apex rounded and
shallowly emarginate, its margins reflexed, its central portion
convex, impressed in front.

Thorax with a few scattered punctures at the sides, lateral
margins elevated and angularly ‘produced in the middle, base
shallowly emarginate in front of the scutellum, posterior angles
nearly rectangular their extreme apices rounded.

Scutellum very acute, convex, impunctate.

Elytra abruptly narrowed behind the humeral angles, thence
slightly widened towards the apex, where each is separately and
strongly rounded, suture depressed, the dise of each with three
deep longitudinal striz, of which the inner two are curved and
extend from about one fourth from the base to the apex, the
outer one short, reaching from near the base to about the middle,
there are a few punctures at the commencement of each of the
striz, and a short sinuous row of them between the outer stria

136 Mr. O. E. Janson’s Notices of

and the lateral margin and reaching the base ; on the dise of
each elytron is a large, nearly semicircular red patch of which
the convex side is turned towards the suture, and two silvery
white spots, one small, oval, situate near the lateral margin
about one fourth from the apex, the other, larger, transverse,
trilobed, at the inner side of the apex ; epimera with a white
spot above.

Pygidium large, convex, smooth in the centre, strigose and
with an oblong transverse spot at each side, apex pubescent.

Beneath black, shining, with large white patches on each side ;
mesosternal process broad, apex obtusely pointed ; abdomen
spotted with white on each side and in the central depression ;
tibie fringed with black. hairs ; intermediate femora with an
elongate white spot near-the base ; anterior tibie tridentate, the
upper tooth small ; posterior tibie with an angular projection
within near the base, and a small tooth in the middle without ;
four posterior tarsi long and furnished internally with stout
bristles, claws very large and acute.

The female has the thorax broader, with the lateral margins
less angular, the pygidium is narrower, the abdomen is not
impressed nor spotted with white in the centre, the anterior
tibize are more acutely dentate, the posterior are destitute of the
angular projection on the inner side near the base, the tarsi are
much shorter and the claws conspicuously smaller.

Hab. Madagascar. Coll. Janson.

Closely resembles P. conjuncta, G. & P. (Westwood, Trans.
Ent. Soc. Lond. 1874. p. 478. Tab. VIII. fig. 5) in general
appearance, but is more convex and shining, the head much
narrower, the elytra have only two white spots on each, the red
marking is brighter and of a different form, and the pygidium
of the female is not tuberculate, it is also less punctured above,
and the sculpture of the elytra is different.

The only specimens I have seen of this elegant species I
obtained, with many other fine Cetondide, from the rich collection
recently made by Mr. Crossley.

Eupecila Miskini, n. sp. Plate I. fig. 5. 2.

E. nigra, nitida, flavosignata, elytrorum lateribus rufis, pedibus
nigris, femoribus posticis flavo-maculatis. Long. 18 mm,

new or little known Cetoniide. W3%

Head shining black, a transverse band between the antennz
continued anteriorly along the sides, and a small spot in front of
it, yellow, sparsely punctate between the eyes ; clypeus finely
punctate, sides rounded and moderately reflexed, apex acutely
emarginate ; antennee and palpi reddish brown.

Thorax shining black, a longitudinal line in the centre ter-
minating in a short transverse mark just above the scutellum,
and a marginal band on each side almost united in front, not
quite reaching the posterior angles and partly interrupted near
the anterior angles by a waved black spot, yellow ; impunctate,
anterior margin shghtly produced in the centre, basal margin
strongly trisinuate.

Scutellum shining black, acute, with a broad central longitudinal
yellow stripe, finely punctate on each side at the base.

Elytra shining black, reddish at the sides, a longitudinal
curved stripe on the basal half of the dise dilated internally at
its apex almost to the suture, and containing a small black spot,
two transverse spots placed obliquely behind the middle, and a
curved spot at the apex, yellow; a sutural row of shallow
punctures and a few very faint points on the dise ; each elytron
separately rounded at the apex, the sutural angle produced into
a minute spine.

Pygidium shining black, with a curved mark on each side,
and a subquadrate spot at the apex, yellow, convex, finely
transverse strigose.

Beneath shining black, with yellow markings at the sides,
abdomen with transverse yellow stripes; mesosternal process
long, pointed and slightly incurved at its apex; legs black,
posterior femora with a yellow stripe on the outer side, anterior
tibize acutely tridendate.

Hab. Cape York (N.E. Australia). Coll. Janson.

Slosely allied to #. Australasiie, but presenting abundant
C , | S
distinguishing characters.
Ah specimen I have seen of this interesting species has
Ihe onl 1] 1a teresting ha
2en rece received from W. H. Miskin, Esq., of Brisbane
been recently ree Lt W. H. Miskin, Esq., of Brisbane, to
whom I have much pleasure in dedicating it.

Protetia niveoguttuta, (Chevy.) n. sp. Plate I. fig. 4.
P. olivacea, supra opaca, capite nitido; corpore albo-maculato,

capitis guttis 6, thoracis 16, scutelli 2, elytrorum circa 27 albis.
Long. 22 mm., lat. 12 mm.

138 Mr. O. E. Janson’s Notices of

Head shining, green, with two spots on the clypeus, two
between the eyes, and two, very small, at the base white and
slightly impressed, sparsely punctate ; clypeus rounded at the
sides, apex truncate and reflexed ; antennz pitchy.

Thorax olive-green, opaque, with sixteen white spots, one at
each of the anterior angles, an arcuate transverse row of six in
front, a row of four across the centre, one at each of the posterior
angles, and two near the hinder margin just above the scutellum ;
sparsely punctate at the sides, posterior angles rounded, base
deeply trisinuate.

Scutellum olive-green, opaque, basal angles white, elongate,
apex obtuse, 1mpunctate.

Elytra olive-green, opaque each with eighteen (and one com-
mon) white spots, arranged thus, six along the outer margin, one
at the base midway between the scutellum and the shoulder,
two transversely and slightly obliquely on the dise at one sixth
from the base, one common to both elytra at apex of scutellum,
one in centre of disc about one fourth from base, one near the
suture nearly midway from the base, one midway within the
third and fourth marginal spots, three in a transverse row about
one third from apex, one close to the suture at one sixth from
apex, one opposite the sixth marginal spot, and one just within
the sutural apical margin; with a central longitudinal costa,
obsolete at the base, coarsely and shallowly punctate, the punct-
ures arranged in regular rows within the costa, more numerous
and confused outside it ; suture shining, elevated posteriorly and
terminating in an acute spine at the apex ; epimera shining,
green, with an elongate white spot above.

Pygidium transversely strigose, green, slightly shining, with
two basal and four marginal white spots.

-

Beneath green, shining, spotted with white, coarsely and
sparsely punctate at the sides; mesosternal process dilated and
rounded at the apex, abdomen nearly impunctate, a white spot
on the antero-lateral angle of segments 1—4, segment 5 with two
white spots at the base, one on each side at one fourth from
the lateral margin ; legs green, shining, punctate, a’ small white
spot on the knees, and one at the apex of each of the four
posterior femora ; anterior tibize tridentate, posterior femora and
tibiz very robust, the latter curved, the inner apical spine very large.

‘emale broader, slightly shining and distine yunctate ¢

Female broader, slightly sl ¢ and distinetly punctate above,
without white spots on the head, and with only two marginal
spots,on the pygidium ; the elytra are not spined at the apex,

new or little known Cetoniide. “sok. la a]

the two apical segments of the abdomen are thickly and coarsely
punctate throughout, and the posterior tibie are nearly straight
with the apical spine smaller.

Hab. Cambodia. Coll. Janson.

This species has been long known, I have seen it labelled
“* Goudoti,’ and Major Parry informs me that in the Paris
collections it is called “ niveoguttata, Chey.,” but as I have been
unable to find a description of it, I thought it would be useful
to describe and figure it, and as the first of the names above
mentioned is preoceupied, I have adopted the specific appellation
bestowed upon it by Mons. Chevrolat.

Diaphonia notabilis ?, White, 2 Plate I. fig. 6.

S

Diaphonia notabilis, White in Stokes’ Voy. I. p. 506. Pl.
I. fig. 5 f (1146).

It is not without considerable hesitation that I refer the
insect here figured to the D. notubilis, White ; compared with
the type, in the Collection of the British Museum, and which is
the only exponent I have yet seen, the imsect now under con-
sideration presents the following differences ; it is much broader,
the posterior angles of the thorax are rounded, the head is black,
with the sides of the clypeus and a transverse curved band at
the base yellow, the thoracic discoidal black patch has a longitu-
dinal yellow line in the centre at the base, the pygidium is
entirely yellow, the penultimate and apical segments of the
abdomen. are yellow, margined with black, the remaining seg-
ments are black with a yellow spot on each side, and the
posterior femora are reddish yellow with the extreme apex and
base only black.

Hab. Cape York. Coll. Janson.

A single specimen communicated by W. H. Miskin, Esq., of
Brisbane.

‘xplanation of Plate I.

Figs, 1, 2 & 3—Hoplogonus Simsoni, Parry, f, 9.
4— Protetiu niveoguttata, (Chev.), O. E. Janson, 2.

9) Oo
» p—Hupecila Miskini; O. E. Janson, &.
» 6—Diaphonia notabilis 4, White &.

7—Stenotarsia Scotti, O. I. Janson.

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Notices of new or little known Crtonupm; by Otiver EH.
Janson. No. 2.

Ceratorrhina loricata, n. sp.

C. rufo-flava, nitida, opalizans, thorace scutelloque viridi-
olivaceo tinctis, elytris viridi-ochraceis, macula humerali apicali-
que nigris ; capite elongato, profunde longitudinaliter excavato,
marginibus lateralibus oblique reflexis, vertice processu bidentato
instructo, clypeo utrinque producto, im medio cornu porrecto,
apice bifido, armato, ¢. Long, 28 mm.

teddish testaceous, shining, base of head green, thorax and
scutellum with an olive green tint, elytra yellow with a green
reflection, the suture green, a small spot at the shoulder, and one
on the apical callus black ; beneath red, segments margined with
olive green, legs red with a greenish tinge, knees pitchy ; the
entire upper surface when examined with a lens presents an
extremely minute and dense puncturation.

Head sparsely and shallowly punctured, deeply excavated,
the sides obliquely elevated, basal margin produced into a show
bifid protuberance, clypeus acutely produced on each side, and
armed in the centre with a rather short stout porrect horn,
which is dilated and slightly emarginate at its apex.

Thorax rather deeply punctured at the sides, sparsely on the
disc, a narrow median space smooth, anterior angles slightly
produced, posterior angles rounded, fecal margin rather strongly

tri-sinuate.
Scutellun with a few scattered punctures, apex obtuse.

Elytra finely punctured, with several irregular rows of larger
punctures on the disc, suture slightly elevated and acutely pro-
duced at the apex.

Pygidium finely transversely strigose,

CistuLta ENTOMOLOoGICA,
May 17th, 1877.

142 Mer. O. E. Janson’s Notices of

Beneath coarsely punctured, abdomen almost impunctate,
feebly longitudinally impressed; mesosternal process broad,
apex obtusely pointed, and bent imwards; legs punctured,
anterior femora densely hirsute on their inner margin.

Hab. Angola.

Abont a dozen specimens of this very distinct species were
taken in a cluster on a flower by the late Dr. Welwitsch, who
gave me the specimen above described, together with several
other new and interesting Cetoniide; it is evidently nearly
allied to C. quadrimaculatus, F., differig, however, consider-
ably in the structure of the head and in coloration.

Glycyphana scutellata. n. sp.

G. atra, supra opaca, capite nitido, thorace lateribus postice-
que late sanguineo-marginato, scutello magno, apice obtuso,
elytris nigro-piceis gutta marginal: aurantiaca, pygidio utrinque
albo maculato, subtus piceo-nigra, nitida, pectoris et abdominis
lateribus late albo-squamosis, ¢. Long. 11 mm.

Head shining black, base opaque, with a small white spot on
each side, somewhat coarsely but not very closely punctured,
centre longitudinally elevated, apex of clypeus impressed and
shghtly emarginate.

Thorax transverse, slightly emarginate above the scutellum,
velvety black, margined at the sides and base with dull red,
faintly and sparimgly punctured.

Scutellum short, very broad, and obtusely rounded at the
apex, velvety black, impunctate.

Elytra rich brown-black, velvety, with a kidney shaped
orange marginal spot just behind the middle, faintly punctured
in rows, those next the suture assuming strie towards the apex.

Pygidium velvety brown, hirsute, with a white spot on each
side.

Beneath pitchy-black, shining, broadly crusted with white at
the sides, sparingly punctured nd hirsute ; mesosternal process
short, very broad, dilated and almost truncate at the apex ; legs
punctured and hirsute, femora and hinder pairs of tibie fringed
with golden hairs, anterior tibize bidentate.

Hab. Borneo.

new or little known Cetoniide. 143

Allied to G. celebensis, Wall., and G. torquata, Fab., but
differs from all the species with which I am acquainted in its
broad obtusely rounded scutellum, form of mesosternal process
and coloration,

Glycyphana andamanensis, n.. sp.

G. supra viridis, opaca, capite thorace elytrisque ochraceo
maculatis, subtus pedibusque rufo-viridis. Long. 13-14 mm.

Above green or black, opaque, finely hirsute, clypeus, under-
side and legs greenish red or greenish black, shining.

Head coarsely punctured, a narrow band on each side ochre-
ous; apex of clypeus slightly emarginate, the angles rounded,
margins not elevated ; antenne pitchy, apex of lamelle reddish.

Thorax sparingly punctured on the disc, more coarsely so at
the sides, a narrow lateral border and two spots on each side of
the disc ochreous.

Scutellum impunctate, obtuse at the apex, with ochreous
scales on each side at the base.

Elytra with five rows of punctures on the disc, the three next
the suture continued from the middle to near the apex by three
deep straight simple strix, sides with numerous elongate punc-
tures becoming confluent andl forming irregular transverse striez
towards the apex, suture elevated posteriorly, forming a ridge
and terminating in an acute spine at the apex; there are usually
ten ochreous spots on each, five discal and five marginal, of the
former one is placed near the base, one just below it nearer the
suture (this spot is often absent), one at the origin of the three
simple sutural strie, and two at their apex, of the latter (the
marginal spots), the first is near the humeral angle, the next two
placed transversely just behind the middle, the fourth at the
outer apical angle and the fifth at the apex; the epimera are
margined with ochreous scales above.

Pygidium strigose, red, margined and spotted with ochreous
scales,

Beneath punctured, crusted with ochreous at the sides; mesos-
ternal process short, broad and rounded at the apex, with a
transverse impressed line; femora and hinder pairs of tibix
fringed with brownish hairs, anterior tibia with an acute sub-
apical tooth, in the female acutely angulated about the middle.

Hab, Andaman Islands,

P2

144 Mr. O. E. Janson’s Notices of

A very variable species apparently most nearly allied to G.
moluccarum, Wall., which it resembles in its elongate form; in a
long series of specimens before me some have the spots very
large and conspicuous whilst im others they are scarcely
preceptible.

Glycyphana nicobarica, n. sp.

G. supra laete viridis, opaca, capite nigro albo bimaculato,
thorace margimibus maculisque quatuor albis, elytris maculis
septem albis ornatis, subtus nitida, lateribus albis. Long. 12 mm.

ITead black, slightly shining, with two small white spots at the
base, closely punctured, the punctures coarser and. confluent at
the sides and base, margins of clypeus depressed, apex slightly
emarginate and impressed,

Thorax transverse, strongly rounded behind, shghtly emargin-
ate above the scutellum, opaque green, a large spot at the
anterior angles continued narrowly along the uencll margins, and
four small spots on the dise white, sides coarsely punctured and
hirsute.

Scutellum obtuse at the apex, opaque green, impunctate.

Elytra with numerous shallow, elongate punctures arranged
in rows on the disc, irregular and setiferous at the sides and
apex, opaque green, with seven white spots on each, one on the
disc near the base, one just below it at the margin, three in a
row along the suture (the third being at the apex), and two
larger, transverse, on the margin behind the middle, the epimera
are also white.

Pygidium strigose with a smooth, elevated longitudinal line,
red with a white angular mark on each side.

Beneath brownish-green, shining, punctured and hirsute, with
large white patches at the sides, apex of abdomen reddish ;
mesosternal process short, broad, slightly rounded and trans-
versely grooved at the apex; legs shining black, punctured and
hirsute, trochanters reddish, anterior tibie with three acute
lateral teeth.

Hab. Nicobar Islands.

Allied to G. glauca, Blanch., and G,. aromatica, Wall., two
specimens now before me (apparently females), and several
others which I have seen exhibit no marked variation,

new or little known Cetoniide. 145

Protaetia andamanarum, nu. sp.

P. atra, supra opaca, subtus nitida, elytris aurantiaco-variega
tis, apice spinosis, ¢. Long. 21-23 mm.

Head short, clypeus quadrate, shining black, punctured,
centre convex, apical margin slightly elevated and sinuous ;
antenne brownish-red.

Thorax black, opaque, convex, basal margin strongly trisinu-
ous, lateral margins slightly Pasa

Scutellum black, opaque, elongate, apex obtuse.

Elytra black, opaque, several small spots close to the lateral
margin before the middle and one larger and angular behind the
middle rich orange, sides and apical portions faintly punctured,
apical margin strigose, suture elevated posteriorly and acutely
produced at the apical angle.

Pygidium convex, deep brown, opaque, faintly and sparsely
punctured, apical margin fringed ‘with short brownish hairs.

Beneath shining black, punctured at the sides; mesosternal
process short, much dilated and rounded at the apex; legs
shining black, punctured and strigose, anterior tibiae with three
lateral teeth, the upper one almost obsolete, anterior femora and
hinder pairs of tibie frmged with brown hairs, tarsi short and
stout.

Female larger and more robust, with some small orange spots
at the sides of the thorax, the elytra slightly costate pened: not
produced at the apical angle, the orange markings larger and
supplemented by an elongate spot. near the base, some small
ones near those on the lateral margin, a group of irregular spots
just behind the middle and close to the suture, and a similar
group nearer the apex, pygidium shining black, transversely
strigose, the underside more closely punctured.

Hab. Andaman Islands. Coll. Janson.

A very variable species not obviously allied to any other of
the genus, several specimens now before me from Mr. Higgins’s
collection differ considerably in the extent of the orange mark-
ings, the most conspicuous being a male which is entirely black,
with the exception of a minute spot on each side of the elytra,
also a female with the basal spot almost obsolete, only two small
spots on the disc, about the middle, and the apical group entirely

146 Mr. O. E. Janson’s Notices of

absent ; I have seen no males presenting any indication of the
discal spots, which appear to be always more or less present in
the opposite sex.

Diplognatha viridula, n. sp.

D. anco-viridis, nitidissima, subtus cupreo tincta, clypeo
subtiliter punctato, thorace lateribus confertissime punctato-
rugoso, elytris subtiliter striato- -punctatis, ¢. Long. 20 mm.

Entirely dark green, very shining, above with a brassy re-
flection, underside tinged with ¢oppery.

Head finely and sparsely punctured, more coarsely so at the
base, forehead slightly convex ; clypeus short, slightly convex
in the centre, apex and sides elevated, expecially at the angles.

Thorax strongly lobed behind, slightly emarginate above the
scutellum, posterior angles rounded, disc impunctate, sides very
finely punctured and strigose.

Scutellum narrow, convex, impunctate.

Elytra with a sutural and several indistinct discal rows of
extremely fine punctures, the sides and apex finely strigose,
suture elevated at the apex, the angle rounded and slightly
produced, the apical callus very prominent.

Pygidium finely transversely strigose, with a small round
depression on each side.

Beneath coarsely punctured and strigose at the sides ; meso-
sternal process broad, obtusely rounded at the apex; abdomen
longitudinally impressed ; legs coarsely punctured, anterior tibie
acutely tridentate externally, intermediate and posterior tibize
with one acute tooth, about one-third from the apex.

Hab. West Africa (Cape Coast). Coll. Janson.

The specimen now before me, and one in Major Parry’s col-
lection, are all I have seen of this fine species ; it is evidently
allied to D. gagates, Fab. which it resembles in size and form.

SYNONYMIA.

Allorhina hypoglauca, Westw., Trans. Ent, Soc. Lond. 1874,
p- 475,==Lansbergei, Sallé, (1857).

The locality given (Nicaragua), is probably erroneous, Mr.
Higgins’s specimen is from Bogota.

new or little known Cetoniide. 147

Huryomia quadrimaculatu, Westw., l. ¢., p. 477, (1874),=
stella, G.P., (1835).

Burmeister locates it in the genus Lpivanthis, but it is
undoubtedly a Huryomia.

Clinteria tricolorata, Westw., 1. ¢., p. 477, (1874),—=suavis,
Burm. (1847).

The locality given (India), is evidently a mistake, its habitat
is S. Africa, I possess a specimen from N’Gami.

Anochilia marginicollis, Westw., l. ¢., p. 479, (1874),—
laevigata, G.P., (1835). (quite distinct from and _ totally unlike
A. cingulata).

A long series of this species collected by Crossley exhibit
great variation as regards colour.

Euphoria Belti, Sharp, Journ, Linn. Soc. Zool. xiii, p. 137,
(1877 ),—Candezei, O. Janson (1875).

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On some Heliconoid Danaine and Heliconide in the Collection
of the British Museum ; by Artuur G. Butter, F.L.S., &e.

In his great paper on the Lepidoptera of the Amazon Valley,
Mr. Bates has regarded the genus Mechanitis (typical) as con-
sisting of but one extremely variable species; among the
varieties he describes, two are named, as being better marked
forms than the others ; but to my mind the differences are no
ereater than between the typical species M. polymnia and the
other forms in the genus.

In the case of MW. olivencia, Mr. Bates says, ‘It is a variety of
M. polymnia which varies in an important part of structure ;
but this remark would be equally applicable to “var. 2,” of
which we read “hind wings of the g¢ more angular than in
M. polymnia, the apex being as if truncated.”

As I desire to see consistency in our nomenclature, and
moreover find it extremely awkward not to have names for
the supposed forms of JM. polymnia, 1 shall follow Mr. Bates’s
example both in the above-mentioned paper, and in the Entomo-
logist’s Monthly Magazine I., p. 85, and name them.

HGAENSIS group.
1. Mechanitis obscura.

M. egaensis var. 1, Bates, Trans. Linn. Soc. xxii., p. 532,
(1862.)

$, 9 EHga, (Bates.) B.M.

Also found at Pupunha, Rio Jurua.

The above form may very possibly be a race of WM. eqaensis
with which it occurs; but it is very common, and _ differs
constantly im the much deeper tint of the wings and wider
black bands.

1L5\0) Mr. BuTLer on some

2. Mechanitis truncata.

M. eagaensis var. 2. Bates, lic.

Kga. B.M.

This isa very small species, I do not think it a variety.

3. Mechanitis pannifera, n. sp.

Differs from J. egaensis in having the postcellular spot of
primaries divided in the centre and edged internally by a sulphur
yellow expansion of the postmedian band ; the tawny subapical
area replaced by an irregular sulphur yellow spot; secondaries
with the median and marginal bands united into a large brown
pateh which occupies the greater part of the wing.

Obydos and Ega. B.M.

4, Mechanitis plagigera, n. sp

Differs from J. egaensis in its much narrower black bands
and smaller black spots, also in having only a small diffused
yellowish subapical spot instead of the curved tawny and yellow
streak.

Prainha, on the Amazons. B.M.

POLYMNIA group.

d. Mechanitis visenda, n. sp.

Differs from V7. polymnia in the much broader internal black
streak, absence of yellow patch across the end of the cell, and
presence of an ill-defined subapical yellow spot in primaries ;
secondaries with the central transverse black band double the
width, and the marginal black border narrower.

Para and Tapajos. B.M.

Genus Heticonius, Fabricius.

6. Heliconius lativitta, n. sp.

Allied to /7, vesta, but with a broad oblique sulphur yellow
patch just beyond the cell of primaries, instead of the curved
yellow band and large discal spot of that species ; a small spot in
the end of the cell.

Kea, Rio Jurua, Purus and Madeira, and Guayaquil. B.M..

Heliconoid Danaine and Heliconide. iss

I believe that Bates has wrongly identified H. aglaope, of
Felder, and that it is a species much resembling the above.

7. Heliconius mutadbilis.
HT. thelxiope, var, 4, Bates, Trans. Linn, Soc. xxiii, p. 558,

The yellow spot in the cell is sometimes wanting, and the
spots which border the inner edge of the red band are three in
number and well-defined.

Serpa. B.M.

This may be an extreme variety of /7. lucia which occurs
also at Serpa.

8. Heliconius coral, nu. sp.

Like H. callicopis, of Cramer (the male figure) but larger,
and with the basal area of the primaries broadly red.
Common at Serpa. B.M.

This is most like /H. elimea, but the scarlet patch is not
broken through, but simply has a black spot in the centre.

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Notes on Japanese RuOPALocera, with descriptions of new

species ; by OLiver HE. JANson,

The species here described or recorded as Japanese are chiefly
from a very fine and extensive collection made by F. M. Jonas,
Esq., during four years sojourn in the Island of Niphon ; the
first set, including the uniques, is now ‘n the possession of
Messrs. Salvin and Godman ; the Heterocerous portion of the
collection will probably soon occupy Mr. Butler’s attention.

Hrebia niphonica, n. sp.

Above dark brown, body and base of wings blackish; pri-
maries with a large ochreous patch beyond the middle extending
from the sub-costal nervure almost to the mner margin, sub-
ovate, slightly narrowed in the middle and dentate externally,
containing a double black spot in front, and a smaller round one
behind ; secondaries with an ill defined reddish-brown transverse
band beyond the middle, containing three small round black
spots near its outer edge, the one nearest the anal angle with
a white pupil; beneath brown, primaries marked as above ;
secondaries with the band slightly indicated by dusky brown,
the white pupil alone distinct. In the female the black spots
on both wings have conspicuous white pupils above and below,
the spots on the upper side of secondaries are only partly sur-
rounded with reddish-ochreous in place of the band in the male,
beneath they have a large dusky white basal patch and a
conspicuous silvery white sinuous band. Expanse of wings 1
inch 10 lines.

This interesting species (the first of the genus discovered in
Japan) was taken by Mr. Jonas on Assamayama, at an elevation
of about 7,000 feet, and to whose liberality I am indebted for
the specimens described above, it appears to me to be most

nearly allied to H. stygne, Fisch, Ent. Russ. 1, t, 1, £. 2.

154 Mer. O. EK. Janson’s Notes on

Argynnis lysippe, X. sp.

Allied to A. laodice, Pall., and A. japonica, Ménét., but con-
siderably larger, and with the primaries much more produced
at the apex. Above it differs from japonica in being of a
darker and slightly greenish tint, with the fringes dirty brown ;
the primaries have the second and third transverse marks in the
cell angular, closer together and united at their lower ends, the
black spots are larger, the second and fifth of the inner series
narrower, more curved, and continued mwardly along the ner-
vures ; the secondaries have the inner series of spots united and
forming an irregular zigzag band, and the marginal line is
greenish-brown ; beneath, the primaries have a large greenish
apical patch extending further inwardly and along the outer
margin than the brown one of japonica, the sub-marginal black
spots are very indistinct, and the transverse row of white spots
is entirely absent ; the basal half of secondaries is greener, and
the reddish transverse basal line is not waved, the silvery spots
are better defined, the apical half is darker, with two rows of
ill defined lunular spots, and a marginal band metallic green.
Expanse of wings 34 inches,

This species, although closely allied to laodice, var. japonica,
Ménét., is evidently quite distinct, the male now before me was
taken with several other specimens, by Mr. Jonas, on Assam-
ayama; Ihave examined a considerable number of A. japonica,
recently received from Japan, but find none offering indications
of an intermediate form between it and A. lysippe.

Argynnis fortuna, 1. sp.

Allied to A. aglaia, the black markings on upper side of
primaries somewhat similar, but the posterior spot of the inner
transverse series much nearer the outer margin, being in a line
with the discal row, the corresponding spot fe alitslh is small and
also nearer the snes margin, the submarginal row of spots are
smaller, and the marginal | acl much narrower ; the secondaries
differ in having the inner zigzag band produced into a rather
long point on the centre of the wing, which replaces the third
spot of the discal series; beneath, the primaries have a greenish
apical patch with three inner mel four marginal silvery spots ;
the secondaries are greenish, speckled with black, two small spots
just beyond the cell and a short submarginal fascia ochreous,
the silvery spots are disposed as in aglaia, except the fourth ane
seventh of the discal series, which are very small and nearer the

Japanese Rhopalocera. 155

outer margin, and the marginal spots are larger. Expanse of
wings 2 inches 10 lines.

This is probably the species erroneously referred to aglaiw, by
Mr. Murray, the above mentioned characters will serve to
separate it at once from that species, as well as from jainadeva,
Moore.

Neptis Pryeri, Butl.

Neptis Pryeri, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1871, p. 408 ;
Lep. Ex. p. 184, t. 63, f. 4.

Limenitis arboretorum, Oberthiir, Etudes Ent. 2, p. 24, t. 3,
f. 3 (1876).

Several specimens taken by Mr. Jonas at the foot of Oyama
agree perfectly with the descriptions and figures quoted, thus
leaving no doubt of the identity of M. Oberthiir’s species with
N. Pryeri.

Neptis alwina, Brem.

I am indebted to Mr. Fenton for a specimen of this fine species,
Mr. Jonas has also taken several at the foot of Oyama.

Dichorragia nesimachus, Boisd.

Two specimens taken by Mr. Jonas in a mountain pass about
100 miles N.W. of Yedo must be referred to this species, which
appears hitherto to have only been received from North India.

Lycena betica, Linn,

Several specimens of this common and widely distributed species
have been taken by Mr. Pryer at Yamato; I have not found it
recorded before from Japan.

Niphanda fusca, Brem.

Thecla fusca, Brem. Beitr. Schmett, N. China’s, p. 9, Ménét
Cat. Mus. Petrop. Lep. i., t. 4, f. 5. 9

Amblypodia dispar, Brem. Lep. Ost. Sib., p. 24, t. 3, f. 4. 3

Polyommatus fuscus, Oberth. Etudes Ent. 2, p. 20, t. 4, f. 5. 9

A pair of this species received from Mr. Fenton agree well
with the figures above quoted, and are the only specimens I have

156 Mr. O. BE. Janson’s Notes on

seen from Japan. Mr. Moore considers it should be placed in
his genus Viphanda.

Thecla japonica, Murr.
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Dipsas japonica, Murray, Ent. Mo. Mag. xi, p. 169.
Dipsas taxila, Hew, Ill. Diur. Lep. supp., p. 16, t. 6, f. 16, 17,
(nec Brem.)

Mr. Murray, in his last list of Japanese Rhopalocera, con-
siders this species to be possibly identical with smaragdina,
Brem.; but, as Mr. Butler has already stated, it is perfectly
distinct from that species and far more closely allied to tarila,
Brem., with which Mr. Hewitson has apparently confounded it,
since his figures above quoted are evidently intended for this
species. His description of the underside, however, does not
agree with the figure, but applies much better to the true tacila,
which also occurs in Japan. How Mr. Murray overlooked the
fact that this insect had been figured two years prior by
Mr, Hewitson in his great work on the Lycaeuide, to which
family he (Mr. Murray) devotes his special attention, I am
utterly at a loss to comprehend.

Thecla orientalis, Murr.
Dipsas orientalis, Murray, Ent. Mo. Mag. xi, p. 169.
/ Oo

Although Mr. Murray states his description is of the male of
this species, it is evident he had never seen that sex, as several
individuals recently received from Japan exhibit a similar sexual
dissimilarity to that extant in 7. japonica, bemg of a brillant
ereen above, paler than in that species, and without the black
external margin to primaries, the underside agrees perfectly with
the female.

This is a much rarer species than japonica, and the male was
not discovered until last year, when Messrs. Pryer and Jonas
took several in company with the females near Yokohama.

Thecla mera, vn. sp.
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Above dark brown, secondaries produced at the anal angle and
with a short outer tail, the inner one long, its apex white :
beneath pale brown, both wings crossed beyond the middle by if
fine waved white line, margined with dusky brown on its inner

Japanese Rhopalocera. 157

side, divided by the nervures, bent inwards posteriorly, and
ending at the abdominal margin, anal region of secondaries pale
orange, with a large black spot between the tails, and a row of
four smaller ones just above it, anal angle black, speckled with
pale blue, a fine white marginal line, and a row of obscure
dusky brown sub-marginal spots near the apex. Hxpanse of
wings 14 inch.

Several specimens of this species were taken by Mr. Jonas at
Matzabaro, about 200 miles N.W. of Yedo; it is allied to 7’.
micans, Brem., and 7. c@rulescens, Motsch.

In referrmg to Bremer’s descriptions of mécans and carulea
in his Beitr. zur Schmetterlings-Fauna d. Neerd-China’s, and
the figures of those species given by Ménétriés in the Cat. Lep.
de Acad. Imp., I find the latter author has transposed the
names, tab. iv, fig. 4 is Bremer’s micans, and fig. 3 cwrulea

Thecla enthea, vn. sp.

Above dark brown, disc of primaries lighter; secondaries
with one long tail, white at its apex; beneath white, primaries
with seventeen conspicuous black spots, arranged thus, two near
the base, the upper one large, one at the end of the cell, three in
an oblique row on the costal margin beyond the middle, and an
irregular transverse row of five, followed by a submarginal row
of six, apical margin rather broadly brown ; Recon with
three spots in a row at the base, a small one in the cell, an
elongate one at its end, a similar shaped one between it and the
anal angle, three along the abdominal margin, a curved trans-
verse row of six beyond the middle, and a submarginal row of
five, those at the base and near the costal margin black, but
towards the apex the wings become dusky and the spots pale
brown, margined with bv hiite, anal region pale orange, with two
small bhok spots at the base of the tail, and one at the anal
angle. Expanse of wings 1} inch.

Two specimens taken by Mr. Jonas, near the River Yokawa,
about 140 miles N.W. of Yedo, are all I have seen of this
distinct species.

Thecla Jonasi, 0. sp.

Q Above orange, slightly golden, base of wings blackish,
primaries with an apical black border, wide in front but nar-
rowed towards the inner angle; secondaries somewhat produced

158 Mr. O. E. Janson’s Notes on

at the apical angle, tails black, tipped with white, margin
between the tail and anal angle slightly emarginate and edged
with black ; beneath brownish- ochreous; primaries with a
narrow brown streak at the end of the cell, and a transverse
brown band (almost divided into spots by the nervures) midway
between it and the apex, extending from the costa almost to the
inner margin, where it becomes narrow and of a darker brown ;
secondaries with a brown streak at the end of the cell, and
fine transverse white line beyond the middle, divided by the
nervures, and edged with black on its inner side, commencing
at the costa, turned inwards posteriorly, and ending just above
the anal angle, which is orange-red and the lobe black. Ex-
panse of wings 16—22 lines.

Allied to 7. lutea, Hew., but it is of a darker orange above,
without the black spots on secondaries, has more elongate wings,
and is very differently marked on the underside.

A few specimens of this very distinct and interesting species
were found by Mr. Jonas flying about a chesnut tree near the
River Yokawa, at the foot of Assamayama.

Papilio macilentus, 0. sp.

Allied to P. demetrius, Cram., but with all the wings narrower
and much more elongated; primaries above dusky black, the
black streaks between the nervures very narrow ; secondaries
with the outer margin strongly notched, the tails long and nar-
row, black, costa pale yellow, four anpll indistinct spots along
the ‘outer margin, and a broad ring on the abdominal margin
dull red ; beneath the primaries are paler than demetrius and
somewhat shining ; secondaries with four lunular spots along
the outer margin, an interrupted ring on the abdominal margin,
and a spot near the anal angle pale red. Expanse of wings 33

41 inches.

The very long slender wings are sufficient to distinguish this
species at once from P. demetrius, Cram., the only species which
resemble it in other respects; it appears to be confined to the
mountains, and has been taken by Messrs. Pryer and Jonas on

Oyama.
Papilio alcinous, Klug.
Mr. Murray has erroneously referred the female of this species

to P. mencius, Feld., both sexes of which are figured by Gray
as a variety of alcimous, but 1 have not seen it from Japan.

Japanese Rhopalocera. 159

Pamphila ochracea, Brem.

The specimens which I refer to this species differ from
Bremer’s figure in having the secondaries slightly produced at
the anal angle, the figure is probably incorrect in that respect, as
it otherwise agrees precisely.

Pamphila subhyalina, Brem.,

Japanese specimens before me differ from Ménétriés’ figure in
having the secondaries produced at the anal angle, in being of a
brighter yellow above and of a much paler colour beneath.
The female is rather larger, of a paler yellow above, with the

spots on the primaries more distinct, and without the black discal
streak.

Pamphila venata, Brem.

There are several specimens in Mr, Jonas’s collection of what
I consider to be only a variety of this species, they differ from
Menétriés’ figure in having a broader black margin and a much
narrower black discal streak on primaries.

Pyrgus inachus, Ménét.
I am indebted to Mr. Fenton for a specimen of this species, it
has also been taken by Mr. Jonas.
Pyrgus sinicus, Butl.
P. sinicus, Butler, Ann. Nat. Hist., 1877, p. 96.

Japanese specimens which I have, agree precisely with the
type in the National collection.

Cyclopides ornatus, Brem.

A single specimen of this species was taken by Mr. Jonas
near Yokohama. Kirby locates it in the genus Astictopterus,
Feld., but the typical species of that genus are apparently very
different insects.

160 Mr. O. E. Janson’s Notes on Japanese Rhopalocera.

Tsoteinon lamprospilus, Feld.

I. lamprospilus, Felder, Wien. Ent. Mon. vi, p. 80 (1862),
Reis. Nov. Lep. iu, t. 74, f. 20.

Pamphila vitrea, Murray, Ent. Mo. Mag. xi, p. 171 (1875).

This well marked species has been re-described by Mr. Murray
as a Pamphila, Japanese specimens sent home by Messrs.
Pryer and Jonas agree exactly with Felder’s description and

figure.

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Description of a New Species of Artacus: by ARTHUR G.
Butier, F.L.S., &e.

Attacus Atharinus, n. sp.

g Allied to A. bauhiniv from Senegal, but much larger, the
wings much less falcate and broader; the ocellated spots more
rounded, not touching the discal white band; the submarginal
chain-band uniform in colour ; the white patch on internal area
of primaries restricted, and forming a sub-basal quadrate patch ;
wings above plum-colour irrorated with white, especially over
the basal two-thirds, the latter bounded by a white band, bordered
within with chocolate brown, strongly arched on each wing,
and widening from the costal to the inner margins; a large
central rounded hyaline patch en each wing, bordered with
white, sordid sulphur yellow and black; discal area rather
brighter than the remainder of the ground-colour, excepting
near apex of primaries where it becomes pearly grey ; an irregular
submarginal clay-coloured apical patch bordered internally by a
carmine and white undulated line, the latter terminating in a
large oval black spot irrorated at its internal or smaller end
with white ; outer border broadly testaceous, interrupted inter-
nally by ten or eleven brown-edged sordid testaceous elliptical
spots in couples; secondaries with the outer border undulated
internally, intersected by a lunulate brown line, above the sinuations
of which is a series of elliptical blackish spots; basal area (corres-
ponding with a quadrate patch on internal area of primaries)
snow white ; head and thorax plum-colour, varied with greyish
hairs; palpi, antenne and legs olive brown, sides of meso- and
meta-thorax below white; abdomen above and below snow-
white, banded with red-brown ; wings below much more densely
irrorated with white ; interno-basal area of primaries, and base
of costal area of secondaries snow-white, otherwise as above;
expanse of wings 5 inches, 1 line,

Atbara, Abyssinia,

URAL int

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Descriptions of new species of Cryprotrcuta from the Amazons ;
by ArtHur G. Butter, F.L.S.

1. Cryptolechia anceps, n. sp.

Primaries pinky-whitish, a spot in the cell, a second at the
end of the cell, a third at the origin of the first median branch
and a siomoidal discal series, brown ; a marginal series of black
spots ; fringe white; secondaries shining creamy-whitish ; body
corresponding in colour with the wings; primaries below stra-
mineous; a marginal series of black dots ; fringe silvery-white ;
secondaries whitish stramineous; body below creamy-whitish.
Expanse of wings 25 mm.

Lower Amazons ; 6th April.

Allied to C. ignobilis of Zeller, but larger and without the
costal black spots on primaries.

2. Cryptolechia sericata, n. sp.
YU} P

Primaries pale shining silky flesh-colour ; costal margm
yellow; a dot at the end of the cell, and an arched discal series,
dark brown; a marginal series of black dots ; two pale brown
costal spots, one above the end of the cell, the other larger and
near tO apex ; secondaries pale stramineous; body corresponding
in colour al the wings; wings below pale stramineous; body
below silvery whitish, Expanse of wings 25 mm.

South bank of Rio Negro and Rio Madeira ; June.

3. Cryptolechia oblita, n. sp.

Primaries pale pinky brownish ; a blackish dot on the lower
discocellular, a wavy transverse ling beyond the cell, followed by
a 3 shaped line (its concavities towards the base), yon costal to
inner margin, both pale brown; a marginal series of blackish
dots terminating the nervures ;. internervular folds strongly
pronounced - secondaries creamy whitish ; body corresponding
in colour with the wings; wings below creamy whitish, primaries
slightly tinted with testaceous. Hxpanse of wings 22 mm,

West bank of Rio Negro ; June,

164 Mr. Butter’s descriptions of Cryptolechia.

Somewhat allied to the preceding, but at once distinguishable,
irrespectively of the markings, by the rounded apex of primaries.

4. Cryptolechia fallax, n. sp.

Primaries pale shining greyish brown; an abbreviated oblique
darker line from the re of the costa, and a second line (not
abbreviated), crossing the centre of the cell, angulated upon the
median vein, whence it runs very obliquely ,to near external
angle ; discocellulars, and a subapical costal spot, dark brown ;
external area rather paler than the rest of the wing; a series of
marginal blackish dots; secondaries testaceous; body corres-
ponding in colour with the wings; under surface stramineous.
Expanse of wings 22 mm.

South bank of Rio Negro; June.

. Cryptolechia stabilis, n. sp.

Primaries pale brown, with three dark brown triangular costal
spots, the central one being largest ; a blackish dot on interno-
median fold, a second on lower diceccullmine a curved discal
series, and a marginal series ; secondaries whity- brown ; body
corresponding im ealoue with the wings; under surface whity-
brown, excepting the body, the internal area of primaries, the
dieeoidal cell and internal area of secondaries, which are white.
Besaeuge of wings 26 mm.

tio Jurua, 12th January ; Gepatiny, Rio Purus, 29th Sep-
tember.

Cryptolechia tabida, n. sp.

Silvery whity-brown ; primaries with three brown costal spots
at equal distances increasing in size and in definition towards the
apex ; a brown white-centred rounded spot on basal third of
margin ; a dot on lower discocellular, a transverse falciform imner
discal series, and a marginal series, dark brown ; indications of
transverse 3 shaped brownish line beyond the cell; secondaries
with apical half slightly greyish; under surface creamy-whitish.
Expanse of wings 28 mm.

Lages ; 5th January.

Allied to C. Burmanniana of Cramer.

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Notes on the Tricnopreryara found in America by the late
G. R. Crotch, Esq., with descriptions of the new species.

By the Rev. A. Matrnews, M.A.

While my lamented friend, Mr. Crotch, was so actively and so
successfully engaged in collecting insects in America, he did not
forget the friends whom he had left behind. The sight of a
Trichopteryx would no doubt recall to his mind the many hours
of interesting study we had spent in each others company, and
many an anxious search through the pages of antiquated
Entomological works made with unwearied patience for my
special benefit. Thus it happened that whatever part of the
world might chance to be the scene of his explorations, the
Trichopterygia were ever in his mind, and the number of these
atoms which he possessed at the time of his death proves with
what zeal they had been collected. Dr. Le Conte, in whose
hands the collections of Mr. Crotch were placed, has with great
care grouped the various species and transmitted a large selection
of them to me; by his kind permission, I am now able to
publish the result of my examination. These collections did
not, however, comprise the whole of Mr. Crotch’s discoveries in
the Trichopterygia ; he had not been very long m America
before he sent to me a few species which he had found in the
Eastern States, though I regret to add that the package did not
reach me when he was alive. In this lot, among many of the
forms usual in that region, there were two very interesting new
species ; of these one was a 7'richopteryx, presenting the very
peculiar form of 7. variolosa but much smaller, and of an
intensely deep black colour with a shining and almost impunctate
surface; the other was a very small species of Nossidim.
Both these have been already described in “ Cistula Entomo-
logica,” vol. I. p. 298, under the names of 7, marens and Nossiilium
posthumum.

CistuLa ENTOMOLOGICA,
June 30th, 1877.

166 Rey. A. Marrurws’ Notes on Trichopterygia.

The labours of Mr. Crotch were latterly confined to the Western
side of the Continent, and more especially to the parts bordering
on the Pacific Coast, on this account the species which he met
with differ much from those which inhabit the Eastern or
Atlantic States. Species such as 7. Haldemanni or T. aspera,
abundant in the Eastern States, seem to be entirely absent from
those on the other side, where their places are supplied by forms
of a different and more European type. Some genera, as
Ptenidium and Ptinella, are wholly unrepresented in Mr. Crotch’s
collections; this is the more surprising as Mr. Crotch was a most
expert and successful collector of Ptinelle. With his previous
knowledge, therefore, of their habits it is not probable that he
would have overlooked situations in which they were likely to
occur, Again, genera rarely met with in other parts of the
world, appear more abundant in this region. Of the nineteen
species which I have examined two belone to the scarce genus
Actidium, and three to Ptilium, a form almost exclusively

Huropean.

It must always happen when a collection of Trichopterygia
arrives from any fresh locality, that a large number of the
species will prove to be distinct from any previously described ;
indeed, I believe the genus Trichopteryx alone to be one of the
most extensive in the whole of the Coleoptera. Nevertheless,
Col. Motschulsky met with much unmerited vituperation, for,
as his critics are pleased to term it, making so many new species,
and | shall probably be considered guilty of the same crime.
But it will be found impossible to describe or conscientiously
distinguish animals belonging to this group on any other plan ;
individuals, which when examined by an ordinary lens appear
sufficiently similar to belong to the same species, will, if placed
under a compound power high enough to exhibit their superficial
sculpture, be found to bear the same affinity to each other as

Carabus monilis bears to its congener C. nemoralis.

In distinguishing the species of 7richopterygia the superficial
sculpture, especially of the thorax, is a most important diag-
nostic ; so much so that the difference between allied species
may be more easily recognized by this than any other means,
and individuals grouped according to sculpture will generally be

tev. A. Marruews’ Notes on Trichopterygia. 167

found to agree in every other character. It sometimes, but very
rarely, happens that similar sculpture exists in totally dissimilar
species, but in all these cases the size, form, or the length of
limbs contradicts the possibility of their identity. Among the
species described in the following pages, 7”. vicina and 7. cognata
respectively approach the European 7°. picicornis and 7. fasci-
cularis, but after the most careful comparison, I feel convinced
that they cannot be associated with those species.

The most interesting among the captures of Mr. Crotch, are
Tlydroscapha natans, and Motschulskinm sinuatocolle, of these
the former is one of those synthetic forms whose true position it
is so difficult to determine, and the latter a remarkable insect
previously known only by a much mutilated and unique example
in the collection of Dr. Le Conte.

List of T'richopterygia found by Mr. Crotch im America.

The species marked W, were found on the Western side, those
marked EH, on the Eastern side of the Continent.

ILydroscapha natans, Le Conte. W.
Nossidium posthumum, Matth. EK.
Motschulskium sinuatocolle, Matth. W.
Actidium Crotchianum, n. sp. W.

sy politum, n. sp. W.
Ptilimm Columbianum, n. sp. W.

» umile,n.sp. W.

» obscurum, n. sp. W.
Nephanes leviusculus, Matth. 1H.

Trichopteryx meerens, Matth. I. allied to 7. variolosa,
a aspera, Hald. Hi.
55 parallela, Motsch. W.
9 Vicina,W. Sp.) W-. alhed to 7. picreornis.
- castanea, n. sp. W. * 1. Edithia.
* Californica, n. sp. W. ” LT. Lethierryi.
- xanthocera, n. sp. W. _ 1’. Hornii.
= parallelopipeda, n. sp. W._,, 1’. Hornt,
diffinis, Motsch. W.
Ey cognata, n. sp. W, 4 7’, fuscicularis,

Q 2

163 Rev. A. Marrurws’ Notes on Trichopterygia.

Trichopteryx abrupta, Hald. W.

i, Henrici, Matth. W.
o Sitkaensis, Motsch. W.
G Crotechi, Matth. W.

Actinopteryx fucicola, Alhb. — E.

Actidium Crotchianun, n. sp.

L.c. 43; 1. = 0°062 m. Ovale valde convexum nigrum haud
nitidum, pilis brevissimis albidis vestitum ; capite magno oculis
modicis prominulis; pronoto brevi transverso, capite haud
longiori parum latiori, sat nitido, profundius et confertissime
punctato, fere tuberculato, depressione magni transversi prope
basim notato, margine basali fere recti; elytris ovatis fere ad
media latissimis, ordinibus rectis confertissime asperatis, apicibus
rotundatis ; pedibus atque antennis sat longis nigris.

Caput sat magnum, antice productum, valde convexum, con-
fertim tuberculatum, sat nitidum. Oculi modici prominuli.
Antenne sat long piceo-nigree articulo nono vix incrassato.

Pronotum breve transversum, capite vix longius parum latins,
sat nitidum, confertissime tuberculatum, depressione transversii
ad basim notatum, lateribus rotundatis, angulis posticis rotun-
datis, margine basali fere rectii humeris elytrorum incumbent.

Scutellum modicum triangulare confertim asperatum.,

Klytra ovata valde convexa, sat inflata, ad media latissima,
capite atque pronoto plus quam sesqui longiora, parum latiora,
ordinibus transversis leviter sed confertissime asperata, apicibus
attenuatis et rotundatis, aliquantum dilutioribus.

Pedes sat longi graciles piceo-nigri.
Subtus totum piceum.

Dijjert ab Act. Boudierti, cui affine est, statura majori, forma
latiori inflata, sculptura leviori, atque antennis crassioribus,

Habitat Americam septentrionalem in Columbia Britannica a
D° Crotch lectum.

Actidium politum, 1. sp.

L.c. 44; 1. = 0°050 m. Ovale convexum nigrum nitidissimum,
pilis brevissimis sparsissime indutum ; capite sat magno ; pronoto
brevi sat parvo, capite vix latiori, nitidissimo punctis remotis

Rev. A. Marrurews’ Notes on Trichopteryeia. 169

valde indistinctis notato, postice latissimo, lateribus leviter rotiun-
datis, margine basali valde rotundata ; elytris ovalibus ante
media latissimis nitidissimis, ordinibus distinctis siuatis levissime
asperatis, apicibus valde rotundatis ; pedibus atque antennis
piceo-nigris.

Caput magnum antice longius productum et valde rotundatum
nitidissimum, punctis valde ‘indistinctis atque fovea indistincta
ad frontem utrinque impressum. Oculi sat parvi prominuli.
Antenne articulis basalibus piceis rediquis exemplo viso ejfractis,

Pronotum breve sat parvum, capite haud longius parum latius,
nitidissimum, punctis remotis valde indistinctis notatum, ad
basim latissmum lateribus leviter rotundatis et leviter marginatis,
basi valde rotundata humeris elytrorum incumbenti.

Scutellum modicum triangulare punctis sat magnis impressum,

Elytra ovalia capite atque pronoto parum longiora et latiora,
ante media latissima, nitidissima, ordinibus distinctia sinuatis
levissime asperata, striatim punctata, apicibus latis valde rotun-
datis sat dilutioribus, sutura postice elevata.

Pedes sat longi nigro-picei.
Subtus piceum ore atque metasterno dilutioribus.

Dijgert statura minuta, superficie glabra nitidissima et sculp-
tura.

Habitat Americam septentrionalem in California apud San
Diego a D® Crotch lectum.

Ptilivm Columbianum, v. sp.

L.c. {{, 1. = 0087 m. Elongato-ovale convexum ferrugineum
vel castaneum pilis flavescentibus sat dense vestitum, capite
magno oculis magnis prominentibus ; pronoto modico, capite
parum latiori, tuberculis distinctis sat irregulariter dispositis
interstitiisque nitidis vix reticulatis ornato, margine basali rotun-
data parum reflex nitida ; elytris loners capite atque pronoto
fere duplo longioribus, sat profunde asperatis, apicibus parum
rotundatis, pedibus atque antennis longis gracilibus lete flavis.

Caput modicum antice triangulariter-elongatum, tuberculis
ordinibus transversis dispositis ornatum. Oculi magni promin-
entes. Antenne prelonege graciles lete flave. Palpi maxillares
magni flavi.

170 Rev. A. Marruews’ Notes on Trichopterygia.

Pronotum sat parvum, capite parum brevius et latins, con-
vexum, fere ad basim latissimum lateribus valde rotundatis et
marginatis, tuberculis sat magnis distinctis sat irregulariter dis-
positis, interstitiisque nitidis vix reticulatis ornatum, margine
basali rotundata leviter reflexd nitida angulis rotundatis.

Scutellwm modicum triangulare elongato-acuminatum confer-
tim et profunde asperatum.

Elytra longa elongato-ovalia, capite atque pronoto fere duplo
longiora pone media latissima lateribus leviter marginatis ordini-
bus distinctis fortiter simuatis asperata, apicibus latis parum
rotundatis.

Abdomen pygidio solo exserto.
Pedes longi lete flavi.
Subtus totum testaceum.

Ditjert a Pt. Spenced staturAa magni, forma pronoti, atque
f g
antennis prelongis ; a Pt. Sharp? pronoto majori et latiori fere
ad basim latissimo, atque sculptura multo leviori.

/labitat Americam septentrionalem in Columbia Britannica
atque in California a D° Crotch frequenter lecta.

Obs.—Exemplis nonnullis hujusce speciei elytra alus multo
latiora sunt sed utpote Ptiliwm Spence? modo eodem variat, dis-
tinctionem tantum sexualem haberi censeo,

Ptilium humile, vn. sp.

Lic. 4¢ 1. = 0°062—0-075 m. Elongatum modice convexum
ferrugineum pilis flavis sat dense vestitum, capite sat magno
oculis magnis prominulis ; pronoto parvo, capite breviorl vix
latiori, tuberculis sat magnis confertissime ornato, lateribus
rotundatis, margine basali leviter sinuata nitid’ reflexé angulis
obtusis, elytris elongato-ovalibus, ordinibus sinuatis sat remotis
modice asperatis ; apicibus ovalibus; pedibus atque antennis
leete flavis.

Caput sat magnum antice elongatum tuberculis parvis con-
fertissime obtectum. Oculi magni prominuli nigrescentes.
Antenne breves sat robuste lete flave.

Pronotum parvum breve, capite brevius vix latius fere ad
medium latissimum lateribus valde rotundatis fortiter marginatis

Rev. A. Marrutws’ Notes on Trichopterygia. 7/al

atque setis duabus brevibus pone media instructis, tuberculis
sat magnis confertissime obtectum, margine basali leviter sinuata
reflexa nitida angulis obtusis.

Scutellum modicum. triangulare elongato-acuminatum confer-
tim asperatim.

Elytra elongato-ovalia, capite atque pronoto plusquam duplo
longiora vix latiora, ad media latissima, ordinibus sinuatis sat
remotis modice asperata, apicibus ovalibus angulis suturalibus
fere rectis.

Abdomen pygidio solo exserto,
Pedes breves robusti leete flavi.
Subtus totum ferrugineum.

Dijert a Pt. Columbiano statura multo minori, forma’ angus-
tiori, antennis brevibus robustis, et sculptura pronoti.

/Tabitat Americam septentrionalem rarum in California apud
San Diego a D® Crotch lectum.

Ptilium obscurum, ua. sp.

Lc. 48; 1. = 0:075 m. Ovale convexum piceum pilis sat
longis densius vestitum, capite magno obtuso oculis haud pro-
minentibus ; pronoto modico, capite longiori et latiori, tuberculis
inagnis ordinibus fortiter sinuatis dispositis interstitiisque nitidis
leviter reticulatis ornato, lateribus leviter rotundatis, margine
basali leviter rotundata angulis obtusis ; elytris sat brevibus ad
apices latissimis, ordinibus smuatis profunde asperatis ; pedibus
atque antennis flavis.

Caput magnum antice obtusum, tuberculis parvis ordinibus
rectis dispositis interstitiisque nitidissimis leviter reticulatis orna-
tum. Oculi sat magni haud prominentes. Antenne modicie
flavee articulo secundo incrassato.

Pronotum magnum convexum, capite longius et latius, ad
basim latissimum lateribus leviter rotundatis, tuberculis magnis
ordinibus fortiter sinuatis dispositis interstitiisque uitidissimis
leviter reticulatis ornatum, margine basali leviter rotundata
angulis obtusis.

Scutellum breve triangulare haud acuminatum modice asper-
atu.

172 Rev. A. Marrurws’ Notes on Trichopterygia.

Klytra sat brevia, capite atque pronoto haud longiora vix
latiora, ad humeros pronoto angustiora, ordinibus sinuatis pro-
funde asperata, apicibus validissime rotundatis late dilutioribus.

Abdomen pygidio solo exserto.
oO
Pedes modici lete flavi.

Subtus piceo-castaneum ore coxis apice metasterni atque seg-
mentis ultimis ventris flavis.

Dijert a Pt. Columbiano statura minori, forma latiori, capite
et pronoto majoribus, elytris latioribus et multo brevioribus,
scutello breviori obtuso, et colore piceo.

Habitat Americam septentrionalem in Columbia Britannica
in fungo quodam a D° Crotch lectum.

Trichopteryx vicina, 0. sp.

Lic. 48 L. = 0075 m. Oblonga parum convexa nigerrima
pilis brevibus flavis parce vestita ; capite permagno lato oculis
VIX prominentibus ; pronoto magno convexo ad basim latissimo,
tuberculis parvis mdistinctis ordinibus remotis sinuatis dispositis,
interstitiisque nitidissimis profunde reticulatis ornato, angulis
posterioribus latis longe productis ; elytris fere quadvatis lateri-
bus parallelis, pronoto parum angustioribus, ordinibus remotis
sinuatis modice asperatis, apicibus latis minime rotundatis ; pedi-
bus lete flavis ; antennis nigris.

Caput permagnum latum nitidissimum, tuberculis indistinctis
ornatum, Oculi magni haud prominentes, Antenne modice
niere,

Pronotum magnum convexum, capite longius et latius, ad
basim latissimum lateribus leviter rotundatis, late marginatis
margine dilutiori, tuberculis parvis ordinibus remotis sinuatis
dispositis, interstitusque nitidissimis profunde reticulatis ornatum,
margine posteriori fere recta angulis latis productis dilutioribus.

Scutellum magnum triangulare confertim asperatum.

Llytra brevia quadrata lateribus parallelis, capite atque pro-
noto haud longiora, parum angustiora, ordinibus remotis sinuatis
modice asperata, imterstitiis reticulatis, sutura postice elevata,
apicibus vix rotundatis anguste dilutioribus.

Abdomen parum exsertum segmento apicali tridentato.

Subtus nigra ore atque coxis dilutioribus.

Rev. A. Marrnews’ Notes on Trichopterygia. 175

Dijert a T. pievcorné statura mayjori, sculptiura pronoti multo
leviori atque diversa, antennisque longioribus ; alioque valde
consimilis,

Habitat Americam septeutrionalem in Columbia Britannica a
D° Crotch lecta.

Lrichopterya castaned, Wa. Sp.

L.c. aig 1. = 0°087 m. Oblonga convexa rutfoca3tanea sat
nitida pilis aureis dense vestita ; capite modico oculis haud pro-
minentibus ; pronoto modice ante basim latissimo angulis longe
productis, tuberculis parvis ordinibus sinuatis regulaviter dispo-
sitis, interstitiusque nitidis profunde reticulatis ornato ; elytris
oblongis lateribus fere parallelis, ordinibus sinuatis irregulariter
asperatis, Iterstitiis reticulatis, apicibus latis rotundatis ; abdo-
mine sat longius exserto ; pedibus atque antennis pallide flavis.

Caput modicum antice productum tuberculis minutis inter-
stitiis reticulatis ornatum, Oculi sat magni haud prominentes.
Antennz long crassiores, articulis duobus basalibus permagnis,
lete flave.

Pronotum modicum capite longius et latius, ante basim_ latissi-
mum lateribus rotundatis et marginatis, tuberculis parvis ordini-
bus sinuatis dispositis, interstitisque nitidis profunde reticulatis
ornatum, margine basali depressi sinuati angulis acutis longe
productis late flavis.

Scutellum magnum triangulare elongatum confertim asperatum.

Elytra oblonga convexa translucida, lateribus marginatis fere
parallelis, capite atque pronoto longiora haud latiora, ordinibus
sinuatis sat profunde asperata interstitis reticulatis, apicibus latis
rotundatis.

Abdomen sat longius exsertum obtusum segmento apicali
minute bidentato,

Pedes vobusti lete flavi.

Subtus castanea ore coxis margine posteriori metasterni atque
apice ventris flavescentibus.

Dijiert a T. Edithia statura majori, forma parallela pedibus
atque antenuis crassioribus, atque pronoto ad basim latissimo,

Habitat Americam septentrionalem in Columbia Britannica a
D° Crotch lecta.

174 Rev. A. Marriws’ Notes on Trichopterygia.

Trichopteryx Californica, n. sp.

Lc. 43 1. = 0:087—0°100. Oblonga sat convexa castanea
mitida, pilis brevibus aureis vestita; capite magno lato, oculis
modicis haud prominentibus ; pronoto magno lato angulis poste-
rioribus valde productis, tuberculis minutis ordinibus irreeu-
laribus dispositis, interstitusque nitidis profunde reticulatis
ornato ; elytris oblongis lateribus fere rectis, ordimibus sinuatis
contertim sat leviter asperatis; abdomine sat exserto; pedibus
atque antennis lete flavis.

Caput magnum latum nitidum, tuberculis minutis interstitiis-
que nitidis ornatum., Oculi modici haud prominentes. Antenne
longe sat graciles lete flave.

ronotum Magnum conve? Ce Ne one ius um.
a t enum convexum, capite paulum longius multt
latius, ad basim latissimum lateribus rotundatis et marginatis,
piceo-castaneum angulis late atque lateribus flavescentibus,
tuberculis mimutis ordinibus irregularibus dispositis, interstitiis-
que nitidis confertim reticulatis ornatum, margime posteriori
ortiter sinuata angulis acutissimi re pr is.

fortit uataé angulis acutissimis longe productis

Scutellum magnum triangulare confertim asperatum,

Elytra oblonga rufo-castanea sutura dilutiori, capite atque
pronoto aliquantum et longiora et angustiora lateribus rectis fere
parallelis, ordinibus sinuatis confertim asperata interstitiis nitidis,
apicibus latis parum rotundatis, sutura postice elevata.

Abdomen sat exsertum obtusum segmento apicali tridentato.
Pedes modici sat graciles lete flavi.

Subtus picea ore coxis et margine postica metasterni flavis,
metasterno profunde reticulato.

Dijert a T. Lethierry’, cui aftinis est, staturé multo minori,
elytris longioribus, pedibus brevioribus, sculptura leviori et pube
brevissima.

Habitat Americam septentrionalem apud Lacum Tahoe in
California a D° Crotch lecta.

Trichopteryx xanthocera, ua. sp.

Lc. 38; 1. == 0°100 m. Oblonga sat lata convexa, piceo-nigra
elytris rufescentioribus, pilis modicis pallidis vestita, capite
maegno oculis haud prominentibus ; pronoto magno convexo
postice dilatato, tuberculis minutis irregulariter dispositis inter-

Rev. A. Marruzws’ Notes on Trichopterygia. 10S)

stitlisque nitidis reticulatis ornato, angulis posticis longe productis
avis; elytris quadratis haud attenuatis, ordinibus distinctis
sinuatis asperatis, sutura rufescenti, apicibus latis parum rotun-
datis; abdomine parum exserto; pedibus atque antennis letissime
flavis.

Caput magnum latum nitidum, tuberculis exiguis interstitiis-
que glabris ornatum., Oculi modici haud prominentes, Antenne
longiores sat graciles letissime flave.

Pronotum magnim convexum postice dilatatum capite longius
et multo latius, ad basim latissimim, tubereulis minutis ordinibus
transversis fore rectis dispositis, interstitiisque nitidis indistincte
reticulatis Ornatum, lateribus parum rotundatis flavo-marginatis,
margine posteriori depress. sinuat’ angulis longe productis
flavescentibus.

Scutellum magnum triangulare confertim asperatum.,

Klytra quadrata brevia, capite atque pronoto haud longiora
aut latiora, ordinibus distinctis smuatis sat profunde asperata,
lateribus fere rectis, suturd rufescenti, apicibus latis parwn
rotundatis dilutioribus.

Abdomen sat exsertum obtusum rufo-piceum segmento apicali
minute tridentato.

Pedes sat robusti late flavi.

Subtus toto rufo-picea metasterno obscurato.

Dijiert «a T. Hornii statura majori, forma quadrata et latiori;
elytris rufo-piceis, sculptura leviori atque antennis late flavis.

Habitat Americam septentrionalem in Columbia Britannica
a D° Crotch lecta.

Trichopteryx parallelopipeda, vn. sp.
Lc. Sy 1. = 0°100m. Oblonga convexa sat nitida nigra pilis,
sat longis flavis vestita, capite modico oculis haud prominentibus ;
pronoto modico valde convexo, ad hasim latissimo angulis posticis
longius productis, tuberculis modicis ordinibus irrezularibus con-
fertim dispositis interstitiisque nitidis profunde eoneulatis ornato,
elytris oblongis haud attenuatis, ordinibus sinuatis asperatis,
interstitiis profunde reticulatis; antennis sat brevibus piceo-
nigris, articulo octavo parvo ; pedibus lwte flavis.

176 Rev. A. Marrnew’s Notes on Trichopterygia.

Caput modicum latum, tuberculis parvis interstitiisque nitidis
reticulatis ornatum. Oculi modici haud prominentes. Antenne
sat breves piceo-nigre articulo octavo parvo.

Pronotum modicum valde convexum, capite longius et latius,
ad basim latissimum lateribus parum rotundatis leviter margina-
tis, tuberculis modicis ordinibus irrecularibus confertim dispositis
interstitiisque nitidis profunde reticulatis ornatum, margine basalt
depress’ leviter sinuat’ angulis productis dilutioribus.

Scutelhun magnum triangulare profunde et confertim aspera-
tum et reticulatum.

Elytra oblonga haud attenuata, capite atque pronoto longiora
haud_ latiora eerinue fere oe leviter marginatis, prunes
sinuatis confertim asperata, interstitiis profunde enonents, apicl-
bus latis rotundatis anguste dilutioribus.

Abdomen paulum exsertum.
Pedes modici lete flavi.

Subtus nigra ore coxis et margine posteriori metasterni piceis,
metasterno profunde asperato.

Dijiert a T. Hornit forma oblonga parallela, pronoto ad basim
lasissimo, atque antennis multo brevioribus piceo-nigris.

Habitat Americam Septentrionalem in Columbia Britannica a
D° Crotch lecta.

Trichopteryx cognata, v. sp.

L.c. 42, 1. == 0112 m. Ovalis sat angusta convexa nigra pilis
brevissimis pallidis vestita, capite sat parvo oculis prominulis ;
pronoto modico, ad basim latissimo angulis acutissimis longe
productis, tuberculis parvis ordinibus sat irregularibus dispositis
confertim ornato, interstitiis nitidis reticulatis; elytris oblongis
parum attenuatis angustis valde convexis, ordinibus transversis
confertissime asperatis, interstitiis profunde reticulatis, apicibus
parum rotundatis anguste dilutioribus ; abdomine longe exserto ;
pedibus flavis ; antennis piceis.

Caput sat parvum, sat nitidum tuberculis exiguis confertim
ornatum. Oculi modici prominuli, Antenne modice graciles
piceo-testacez.

Pronotum parvum valde convexum, capite parum longius
et latius, ad basim latissimum lateribus leviter rotundatis, tuber-

tev. A. Marrnews’ Notes on Trichopterygia. 177

eulis minutis ordinibus irregularibus confertim dispositis, inter-
stitiisque dense reticulatis ornatum, margine basali depress
leviter trisinuata angulis longe productis extremis dilutioribus.

Seutellum magnum triangulare acuminatum, confertim asper-
atum.,

Elytra oblonga attenuata, capite atque pronoto nec longiora
nec latiora lateribus leviter rotundatis, ordinibus densis leviter
sinuatis confertim asperata, apicibus attenuatis valde rotundatis
dilutioribus extremis albidis.

Abdomen longe exsertum obtusum segmento apicali minute
tridentato,

Pedes robusti femoribus infuscatis tibiis lete flavis.
Subtus nigra ore brunneo. metasterno profunde reticulato, -

Difiert a T. fasciculari statura minori, forma angustiori, capite
atque pronoto minoribus, atque antennis piceis.

/Tabitat Americam septentrionalem in Columbia Britannica a
De Crotch lecta, exemplo unico viso.

(179 )

Descriptions of New Species of PuyrorHacous Conrorrers :
by Josep 8. Baty, F.L.S., &e., (continwed from page 130).

Dinophthalma fasciata, mihi.

Anguste ovata, postice attenuata, nigra, nitida, subtus argenteo-
sericea, thorace alyimisquie fulvis, illo minute ced distincte pune-
tato, plagi male definitA ad marginem apicalem adfixa, nigro-
picea ; his punctato-striatis, striis ad apicem confusis, fascia
lata curvata communi extrorsum abbreviata nigra instructis.
Long, 3 lin.

Hab. Amazons, Rio Tapajos.

Tlead smooth and shining, finely and remotely punctured,
impressed between the eyes with a distinct fovea ; mer border
of eye coarsely strigose; three lower joints of antenna: pale
piceous beneath. Thorax two and a half times as broad as lone;
sides rounded, converging from the middle to the apex, anterior
and posterior angles obsolete ; basal margin rather deeply sinuate
just with the outer angle ; surface smooth and shining, (seen
vinder a lens) distinctly punctulate. Scutellum distinctly pune-
tured, shining, trigonate, its apex broadly rounded. Elytra with
the sides distinc tly lobed at the base, attenuated towards the
apex ; surface distinctly punctate-striate, the punctures irregu-
larly placed in the striw, the strize themselves confused and
per) lost on the hinder disk ; just below the middle is a
broad common sublunate peer patch, abbreviated and
produced anteriorly on us outer margin, Body beneath densely
clothed with silvery hairs; apex of the last abdominal segment
broadly concave- Eeocnates

Dinophthalma nigriceps, mihi.

Anguste ovata, postice attenuata, fulva, nitida, capite, scutello,
pectore, genubus, tibiis quatuor anticis dorso, posticis totis,
tarsisque nigris. Long. 24 lin,

Hab. Para.

ITead smooth and shining, impressed with a few fine punctures,
visible only under a lens; aan cables with a rufous line ; palpi
pale f fulvons. Thorax nearly three times as broad as long, sides
rounded, slightly converging towards the apex, anterior and

180 Mr. Baty on new Phytophagous Coleoptera.

posterior angles obsolete ; above transversely convex, smooth and
shining, the middle of abe anterior margin stained with black.
Serlaaltonn large, trigonate, shining black, its apex piceous.
8) lytra distinctly Tipped at fhe base, finely par distinctly punctate-
striate, interspaces smooth and shining impressed here and there
with distinct punctures. Body beneath sparingly clothed with
adpressed hairs, apical segment of abdomen trilobate.

Dinophthalma consimilis, mihi,

Anguste ovata, postice attenuata, fulva, nitida, antennis (basi
excepta), tibiis apice tarsisque nigris. Long. 14-2 lin.

Ilab. Para, Rio Tapajos, Ega.

Ilead smooth, impunctate, eyes bordered within by a deep
groove; four lower joints of antenne pale piceous, the rest black.
Thorax more than twice as broad as long; sides rounded at the
base, converging from the middle to the apex, anterior angles
distinct, hinder angles obsolete ; surface under a lens minutely
but distinctly punctured, Scutellum large, trigonate, sides
sinuate near the apex, the latter rounded. KHlytra finely
punctate-striate, the imterspaces impressed with fine punctures,
which render the striw indistinct. Body beneath clothed with
adpressed hairs ; apex of the last abdominal segment trilobate,
the middle lobe indistinct.

Protophana Amazona, mihi.

Subtus obscure rufa, dense albido tementosa, abdominis lateri-
bus pygidioque cupreis ; supra cuprea, olabra, thoracis lateribus
capiteque inter oculos albido- pilosis : elytris obscure cupreis,
fortiter et irreculariter punctato- striatis, utrisque macula humer-
ali, antice emarginata, fulva ornatis; antennis nigris. Long.
24 lin.

Hab, Borders of the river Amazon.

Similar in form and coloration to P. tomentosa, Lac., it is,
however, very distinct from that species, and may at once be
known by its entirely glabrous elytra, and also by the punctures
on their surface being arranged! 1 in irregular strie. Face concave
between the eyes, the latter distinctly notched, surface finely but
distinctly punctured, vertex eranulose ; clypeus not separated
from the face by a sutural ts its surface obliquely deflexed,
smooth, impunctate, the anterior border deeply angulate-
emareinate. Thorax twice as broad as long at the base, basal
lobe reflexed, obtusely truncate; sides rounded and Aareomel
from base to apex, more quickly converging towards the latter,

Mr. Baty on new Phytophagous Coleoptera. 181

hinder angles acute, anterior obtuse ; surface finely but distinctly
pune tured, transversely sulcate in front of the basal lobe; disk
glabrous, sides and extreme base clothed with adpressed coarse
white hairs. Scutellum trigonate, cupreo-aeneous, its surface
finely punctured. Elytra deeply and coarsely punctured, the
punctures irregularly arranged in longitudinal striw, interspaces
on the middle disk transve. sely wrinkled.

Themesia grandis, mihi.

Late oblonga, lete viridi-enea, nitida, supra glabra, subtus
dense albido-tomentosa, antennis meris, labro fulvo, Lone.
5S lin,

ab. Brazil, a single specimen, formerly in the collection of

the late A. Deyrolle,

Body above entirely glabrous, with the exception of some
adpressed hairs on the head, and 2 very few others near the
anterior angles of the thorax. Head closely punctured, strigose-
punctate on the vertex ; face concave between the eyes; labrum
subquadrate, transverse, not distinctly separated from the face,
fulvous, its sides thickened, its anterior edge emarginate ; jaws
prominent; antennze black. Thorax near ly twice as broad as
long; sides broadly rounded at the base, then obliquely converg-
ing to the apex, anterior angles broadly truncate, hinder angles
obsolete ; ; above transversely, convex at the base, sub-c ylindrical
at the apex, obliquely and broadly excavated towards the sides,
the latter reflexed ; surface finely and closely punctured, the
punctures stronger and sparser on the disk, entirely glabrous,
with the exception of a very few coarse adpr essed whitish hairs
just behind the anterior angles. Scutellum pentangular, its
apex acute, its surface smooth, remotely punctured. Hlytra
much | broader than the thorax, the humeral callus prominent ;
sides obliquely converging from base to apex, the latter rounded:
above convex, slightly depressed transversely below the humeral
callus, finely and somewhat closely punctur ed.

Similar in form to 7. awricapilla, but twice its size and easily
separated by the absence of the dense pubescence clothine the

base and sides of the thorax.

Megalostomis generosa, mihi.

Oblonga, sub-cylindrica g, magis ovata Q, supra tenuiter,
subtus cum thoracis lateribus dense flavo pubescens, picea,
pedibus pallide rufo-piceis, genubus, tarsis antennisque nigris ;
elytris laete testaceis, fascia prope medium et utrisque plaga

K

182 Mr. Baty on new Phytophagous Coleoptera.

transversi male definitaé, ante apicem positd, nigris. Long. 4 lin

Hab. Ega, Upper Amazons.

Head sparingly clothed with adpressed yellowish hairs, vertex
and upper part of front smooth and shining, nearly impunctate ;
face between the eyes excavated on either side, the excavated
spaces divided by a distinct longitudinal ridge which runs
upwards from the clypeus, surface of excavations closely punc-
tured, inner orbit of eye strigose-punctate; clypeus transverse,
its upper border concave-emarginate on either side, the middle
produced, acute; anterior margin obliquely truncate on either
side, slightly angulate-emarginate in the middle, surface rather
closely punctate; jaws normal; antenne longer than the head
and thorax, black, the under surface of the first, together with
the whole of the second and third joints piceous. Thorax twice
as broad as long; sides slightly diverging and rounded at the
extreme base, thence obliquely converging to the apex, anterior
angles slightly produced laterally, acute; upper surface finely
punctured, dise clothed with very fine silky hairs, only visible
under a lens, sides densely covered with yellowish hairs. Hlytra
bright testaceous, irregularly punctured, sparingly clothed with
short fulvous hairs; a broad band at the base, another across the
middle and an ill defined transverse patch just before the apex
of each elytron, black.

Megalostomis interrupto-fasciata, vnihi.

Oblonga, sub-cylindrica, supra tenuissime, subtus dense pubes-
cens, rufo-picea, pedibus pallide rufis, genubus, tarsis, scutello,
orbitis antice antennisque nigris, thorace tenuiter punctato ad
latera pube adpressa vestito, disco fere glabro, elytris rufo-
testaceis, sparse pubescentibus, sub-seriatim punctatis, basi, fascia
interrupta prope medium et utrisque macula sub- -apicali ad
marginem adfixa nigris. Long. 4 lin.

Mas, capite magno, pone oculos lobzto, thorace elytris equilato,
lateribus rectis.

Hab. Ega.

Vertex nearly impunctate, minutely granulose; front impressed
with a deep oblong fovea; space between the eyes finely but not
very closely punctured, excavated on either side, the excavations
being divided by a central longitudinal ridge; clypeus not
distinctly separated from the face, transverse, its anterior border
obliquely . truncate on either side, transversely truncate and
obsoletely emarginate in the middle, surface finely punctured,
irregularly excavated; antennz equal in length to the head and

Mr. Baty on new Phytophagous Coleoptera. 183

thorax, entirely black, jaws and labrum also black, the anterior
edge of the latter emarginate. Thorax more than twice as broad
as long; sides rounded at the extreme base, thence straight and
parallel to the apex, anterior angles acute, slightly produced
laterally ; surface very finely punctured, disc nearly glabrous,
sides sparingly clothed with fine whitish pubescence, Scutellum
closely covered with adpressed hairs. Elytra parallel, slightly
attenuated near the apex, sparingly clothed with fulvous hairs,
which are more crowded towards the apex, distinctly punctured,
the punctures arranged in ill defined longitudinal rows; rufo-
testaceous, a narrow band at the base, an interrupted fascia across
the middle, together with an ill defined sub-apical patch attached
to the outer margin black. Body beneath densely clothed with
adpressed cream coloured hairs.

Megalostomis coerulea, vaihi.

Oblonga ¢, oblong-ovata 2 , supra metallico-coerulea, tenuiter
pubescens, antennis nigris ; subtus nigro-coerulea, dense albido-

tomentosa, abdomine pallide piceo. Long. 34 lin.
Hab, Amazons.

Head near similar in both sexes; vertex tumid; face excavated
between the eyes, and furnished with three longitudinal ridges,
one on the medial line, the others, one on either side, just within
the inner orbit; the lateral ridges are less recular than the
medial, and are rendered still less distinct by a number of
irrecular, raised vittee ; anterior edge of clypeus slightly angu-
late- -emarginate ; hole surface of head sparingly punctured ;
antenne black. Thorax with its basal lobe transversely trun-
cate; sides abruptly diverging at the extreme base, thence
converging and very slightly rounded to the apex, anterior and
posterior angles acute; above transversely convex, sub-cylindrical
at the apex, distinctly punctured ; on either side just in front
of the middle is a deep obliquely transverse depression ; surface
clothed throughout with fine sub-depressed griseous hairs, which
are more crowded on either side, and form an ill-defined lateral
patch. Scutellum trigonate, its apex rounded, surface finely
but distinctly punctured, covered with adpressed hairs. Elytra
more closely punctured than the thorax, clothed with similar
hairs. Body beneath densely clothed with adpressed whitish
pubescence, which entirely conceals the colour of the surface.

Doryphora bilunata, mihi.

Oblonga, convexa, piceo-fulva, supra prasina, antennis piceis ;
elytris reoulariter punctato-striatis, utrisque vitta brevi suturali
RZ

184 Mr. Baty on new Phytophagous Coleoptera.

basi posita et vix pone scutellum producta, lunulaque longi-
tudinal a basi fere ad medium extensa, basi cum vittula connexa
nigris. Long. 64 lin.

Hab. Pebas, Upper Amazons.

Head finely punctured; antennae slender, much less than
half the length of the body, piceous, two basal and two upper
joints, together with the mouth, piceo-fulvous, Thorax more
than twice as broad as long ; sides straight and parallel, rounded
and converging before the middle, anterior angles slightly pro-
duced, sub-acute ; upper surface finely punctured, extreme
lateral margin pale greenish yellow. Scutellum piceo-fulvous,
edged with nigro-piceous. Elytra slightly broader than the
thorax ; sides nearly parallel, broadly rounded at the apex;
regularly punctate-striate, interspaces plane, very minutely
granulose, each elytron with a very short black sutural vitta,
commencing at the base and scarcely extending beyond the
scutellum, together with a longitudinal concolorous curved line
joined at the base with the sutural stripe, and extending from
the middle of the basal margin for one-third the length of the
elytra, its concavity looking imwards; inflexed lmb together
with the extreme lateral border pale yellowish-green.

Doryphora Jansoni, mihi.

Oblongo-ovata, convexa, nigra, subtus nitida, supra opaca,
thorace disco obscure rufo, ad latera aeneo-nigro ; elytris rufo-
testaceis, tenuiter bifariam punctatis; spimo valido. Long. 5 lin,

Hab. Brazil, a single specimen formerly in the collection of

Mr. W. W. Saunders.

Head obscure greenish-black, opaque, marked on the vertex
with an indistinct bifid rufous spot ; antenne scarcely exceeding
half the length of the body. Thorax more than twice as broad
as long; sides sub-parallel, rounded and converging in front,
anterior angles; acute surface opaque, impunctate, obscure
rufous on the disc, obscure ereenish-black on the sides ; extreme
lateral and apical margins nitidous. Elytra broader ‘than the
thorax bro oadly rounded at the apex, very finely punctate-
striate, the strie arranged in double rows, irregular near the
outer margin.

Stenispa vespertina, mihi.

Filiformis, sub-cylindrica, subtus cum antennis nigra, nitida,
supra coeruleo-metallica; thorace longitudine vix latiori, tenuiter,
remote punctato; elytris parallelis, prope apicem angustatis,

Mr. Baty on new Phytophagous Coleoptera. 185

tenuiter punctato-striatis, striis integris, interspatiis minute
granulosis, tenuiter ruguloso-strigosis. Long. 2# lin,

Hab. Brazil, New Friburg

Thorax scarcely broader than long, sides narrowly margined,
straight and parallel, rounded and converging at the apex ;
apical margin sinuate on either side, its middle portion produced;
basal margin deeply concave on either side, the medial lobe
obtusely rounded ; above finely and distantly punctured, general
surface, seen under a deep lens, very minutely granulose. Scu-
tellum pentangular, the lateral angles rounded, the apical one
moderately produced, acute. Elytra rather broader than the
thorax; sides parallel, faintly sinuate in the middle, rounded
and converging from the termination of their middle third to
the apex, the extreme apices conjointly emarginate ; apical
margin finely serrulate ; above finely punctate-striate, the strie
distinct to the apex, interspaces granulose, finely and irregularly
strigose.

Stenispa attenuata, mihi.

Filitormis, postice attenuata, sub-cylindrica, obscwre cuprea,
nitida, antennis nigris; thorace tenuiter, sub-remote punctato ;
elytris ante medium ad apicem attenuatis, tenuiter punctato-
striatis, striis apicem versus deletis. Long. 2# lin,

Hab, Panama.

Head finely punctured, front and upper portion of face
impressed with a fine grooved line, which terminates on the
vertex in a small fovea; antenne slender, rather more than a
third the length of the body, entirely black. Thorax slightly
longer than pro ad, sides straight, narrowly margined, anterior
angles produced, sub -acute ; Apical mare slightly sinuate on
either side, its middle portion slightly produced : basal margin
deeply concave-emarginate ‘on either side, the medial laos
obtusely rounded ; upper surface sub-remotely punctured, the
interspaces (seen under a deep lens) very finely granulose-
strigose ; on the basal margin on either side the medial lobe, is a
small fovea. Scutellum large, pentagonal, the lateral angles
acute. Elytra rather broader at the base than the thorax, sides
parallel in front, attenuated from before the middle to the apex,
the latter conjomtly emarginate, apical margin finely serrulate,
the sutural angle armed with a minute tooth ; above convex, the
humeral callus slightly thickened, finely pune tate-striate, the
puncturing entirely o bsolete near the apex, mterspaces minute ly
eranulose, here and there faintly reticulate-strigose. Apical
segment of abdomen concave-emarginate.

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Descriptions of new species of CRYPTOLECHIA Jrom the Amazons ;
by Artuur G. Butter, F.L.S.

(Continued from page 164.)

7. Cryptolechia inflata, nv. sp.

Primaries with angular apex; shining pinky-whitish, sparsely
irrorated with black ; a black dot in fhe cell and a second at the
end of the cell, but both inconspicuous owing to the black scales
scattered around ; a brownish squamose streak across the cell
and costal area near the base ; au ill-defined red-brown spot on
the centre of the costa, and a second near to apex, from each
of which an arched squamose line runs outwards and, nearly
parallel to the margin, across the disc; a marginal series of
black dots, followed by a series of white dots on the fringe ;
secondaries pale stramineous, slightly deeper in colour at the
apex ; body corresponding in colour with the wings; under
surface pale stramineous. Expanse of wings 30 mm.

Lages, 5th January ; Mabidiry, Rio Pura 30th September.
ges, via y: ) I

8. Cryptolechia vaga, un. sp.

Primaries with rounded apex, pale stramineous; a sub-costal
dot near the base, a second just before the middle, a zigzag
oblique line crossing the wing as beyond the cell, a spot on
inner margin, and a siomoidal sub-marginal series of dots, all
pale brown ; a marginal series of minute blackish dots; fringe
silvery-white ; secondaries silky-white, with the veins, basal
area, and a marginal line pale silky stramineous; body: above
testaceous ; below sordid white, legs snow-white; wings below
creamy white. Hxpanse of wings 24 mm.

Prainha, 17th December.

9. Cryptolechia tinctipennis, un. sp.

Primaries clay-colowred, with a shining pinky gloss, fringe
incurved so as to look grey in certain lights; a spot in the cell,
a second at the end of the cell, and a wz aved discal series of

188 Mr. Burter’s descriptions of Cryptolechia,

about six, all black ; three brown ill-defined costal spots, the
two first emitting an oblique streak to just in front of the two
black discoidal spots; the third much larger, close to apex,
emitting no streak ; secondaries bronzy brown, costal area pale ;
thorax clay -coloured, abdomen pale greyish onan ; body below
whitish ; wings below pale shining brown. Expanse of wings
22 mm.
Rio Negro, 4th July,

10. Cryptolechia vapida, n. sp.

Wings above sordid pinky-whitish ; primaries with a dot in
the cell, a second on first median branch, and a third on the
eso wdliriens, blackish-brown ; an obliquely arched interrupted
series of dots from the costal nervure (a little in advance of
the first blackish dot) to near the inner margin, a dentated
arched discal line parallel to the outer margin, and a series of
marginal dots, brown ; body sordid whitish avers white below ;
primaries below pale brown, the veins slightly darker, the costal
and internal borders whitish ; fringe white ; aon nies whitish,
costal margin brown ; discocellular Bee Expanse of wings
21 mm.

San Antonio, Rio Negro, 6th December.

11. Cryptolechia salutaris, 1. sp.

Primaries above shining whity-brown ; crossed obliquely from
the internal to the costal margin by a broad band of reddish
bronze, limited on either side by a slightly irregular darker line,
and interrupted internally at its lower extremity by a spot of
the ground colour, enclosing a crescent of brown (its concavity
towards the base); a spot of blackish on the discocellulars ; a
dark brown lunule below the base of the first median branch,
and a second crossing the first median interspace, their con-
cavities towards one another ; a wavy brown dotted discal trans-
verse line ; margin and fringe golden bronze colour; secondaries
pale shining brown, costal area whitish ; body pale brown ;
under surface uniform whity-brown. Expanse of wings 22 mm,

Ayrao, Rio Negro, 3rd July.

12. Cryptolechia nitens, a. sp.

Primaries above shining pinky-brown ; costal margin white,
interrupted by brown spots; costal area greyish ; pane dark
brown costal spots, the first small, before the middle, the second
large, oblong, just beyond the middle, the third longer and

Mr. Burwer’s descriptions of Cryptolechia. 189
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narrower than the second near apex, the two last connected
below by an arched bracket of the same colour; a semi-circular
black and grey spot before the middle of the inner margin ; 3 an
oblique litura across the sub-costal area, and an 5 shaped zigzag
transverse line beyond the cell, prone indistinct ; a / shaped
series of six dots crossing the lower two-thirds of the dise ;
margin and fringe bronzy ; secondaries shining pale brown ;
thorax pinky-brown; the palpi, head and collar spotted with
white ; abomen pale brown, white below ; wings below shining
pale brown. Expanse of wings 23 mm.

Teffé, 18th October.

This and the three succeeding species have the apex of
primaries angular.

Cryptolechia unnosa, . sp.

Primaries shining slaty-grey, fringe and costal margin rust-
red, the former intersected by, a ereyish line; a dot at the end
of ine cell, and a marginal series, blackish ; an indistinct arched
discal streak from sub-costal area to external angle ; secondaries
silky-brown, fringe as in primaries; body corresponding in
colour with the wings, below whitish; wings below pale brown,
especially the secondari les, costal margins and fri inges tinted with
rust-red, Hxpanse of wings 25 mm.

Near Santa Cruz, Rio Solimoes, 9th December.

14. Cryptolechia evaneseens, a. sp.

Above shining pale greyish brown or dove colour, the prima-
nies slightly paler than the secondaries, with a baton dot at
the end of the cell, and a second below it; body below whitish ;
wings below shining whity-brown. Expanse of wings 25 mm.

Gepatiny, Rio Purus, 29th September.

15. Cryptolechia curtipennis, n. sp.
K / } i

Wings above pale brown, especially the primaries which are
shining and have a pinky Flgse: inner margin and a dot at end
of cell, black ; an oblique line crossing ane cell from the costa,
and ae crossing the upper half le the disc, convergent anil
uniting near the middle of the outer margin, smoky-brown ;
fringe much depressed; vertex of head, collar and thorax,
wreyish- -brown; frons and palpi whitish ; abdomen testaceous ;
under surface whitish. Expanse of wings 22 mm.

Mabidiry, Rio Purus, 50th September.

190 Mr. Burwer’s descriptions of Cryptolechia,

16. Cryptolechia wrinotata, n. sp.

Primaries with rounded apex, greyish-brown, the external
half of the cell, the area beyond it, and a transverse patch placed
at right angles to it and parallel to the inferior extremity of the
outer margin, pale brassy-green ; a blackish dot at the end of
cell; secondaries shining brown; body above brown, below
whitish ; wings below whity-brown. Expanse of wings 24 mm.

Forest at San Vicenzio, Rio Purus.

Cryptolechia marcida, n. sp.

Primaries sericeous ; basal two-thirds pale stramineous, with
a pink tinge, and the base and costal area greyish, crossed in
the centre from costa to median nervure, by an oblique brown
line, and limited exterally by an in-arched squamose brown edge;
end of cell terminating in an irregular annular reddish-brown

marking, its inner edge = shaped ; ‘disc pale stramineous ; outer
border “greyish -brown, widest at apex ; secondaries pale stra-
mineous; head whitish, thorax greyish, abdomen brownish
testaceous ; under surface creamy whitish. Expanse of wings
25 mm.

Rio Jurua, 6th November.

18. Cryptolechia strigivenata, n. sp.

Primaries shining whity-brown; all the veins from just
beyond the middle of the wings rather broadly darker brown ;
two parallel oblique series, of Fihnee or four dots each, crossing
the centre of the wing, and an arched dotted lne ang ulated near
the costa, crossing the dise, dark brown ; a tare series of
black dots; secondaries shining creamy-white ; head and thorax
whity- brown, abdomen pale testaceous ; under surface creamy-
white. Expanse of wings 17 mm.

Near Santa Cruz, Rio Solimoes, 9th December.

19. Cryptolechia urbana, n. sp.

Pale silvery-grey, with faint brownish tint ; primaries rather
darker than the secondaries; the markings as in the preceding
species, excepting that they are less strongly defined, and that
the discal line is very feebly angulated near the costa ; palpi
and body below white; wings below rather paler than above
and without markings. Expanse of wings 18 mm.

Rio Jutahi, 5th February.

Mr. Burier’s descriptions of Cryptolechia. 191
20. Cryptolechia alligans, n, sp.

Primaries above rather pale brown, with a lilac gloss ; costal
and outer margins narrowly golden-bronze colour ; inner margin
dark brown; a blackish dot at the end of the felts : qsagmeeaiae
shining testaceous, greyish towards the base ; body grey, the
head and prothorax sordid testaceous, below creamy-whitish,
anal segments reddish ; wings below pale shining fawn colour,
costa of primaries ochreous. Expanse of wings 16 mm.

West bank of Rio Negro, 14th and 16th June, 4th of July ;
Gaviao, Rio Jurua, 6th and 10th November.

A common little species, with much depressed fringes to the
wings, so that in some lights they appear almost black.

Cryptolechia peccans, n. sp.

Primaries above pale reddish-brown, with a lilac gloss; the
triangular costal spots at equal distances, the innermost smallest,
and two unequal spots, one above the other, across the cell,
black ; an oblique line uniting the innermost costal spot, the
decane spots and the centre a inner margin, brown; a slightly
curved brown transverse discal line ; a dot si diseocellulan and
a marginal series, blackish; secondaries pale stramineous,
becoming reddish at apex; body rosy-brownish, palpi whitish-
black at the base, abdomen whitish ; body below white ; wings
below pale stramineous, tinted externally with rose-red. Ex-
panse of wings 18 mm.

Santarem, Rio Jutahi, Ist February, 1875.

22. Cryptolechia Trailii, n. sp.

Primaries greyish-brown, shining; the basal two-thirds almost
covered by large irregular pale yellow carmine-bordered spots,
two of which cross fhe cell, and three of which form a triangle
below it ; disc pale yellow, bounded on each side and intersected
through the centre by crenulated carmine lines ; costal margin,
fringe and inner margin, carmine ; secondaries creamy white,
fringe rose-red, becoming yellowish towards anal angle; pri-

maries below rosy, the costa whitish ; secondaries creamy-white,
tinted externally with rose colour. Hxpanse of wings 20 mm.

Forest before Arimanahy, 3rd January.

Allied to C. incensatella and to C. fervida of Zeller,

192 Mr. Burtter’s descriptions of Cryptolechia.

23. Cryptolechia virginalis, n. sp.

Above silvery white ; primaries with the apex angular ; three
or four marginal black dots towards apex ; wings below with the
margins and veins yellowish ; body below white, tarsi of legs
testaceous. Expanse of wings 17 mm.

Boaventura, Rio Jutahi, 24th January, 1875.

24. Cryptolechia Javarica, n. sp.

Above shining snow-white ; primaries with three oblong sub-
basal spots followed at. basal third by an irregularly zigzag
transverse line, two parallel discal lines widening and zigzag
towards the costa, and the fringe, brown; a dark brown spot
closing the cell; a marginal series of black dots ; secondaries
brownish towards apex and outer margin, the fringe depressed ;
body white ; primaries below sordid white, the veins and margin
brownish, costal and internal border snow white ; secondaries
white, slightly sordid towards apex; a marginal brown line.
Expanse of wings 22 mm.

Rio Javary, 5th December.

Near to C. cretifera of Felder.

25. Cryptolechia rosacea, n. sp.

Primaries above clay-coloured with a rosy gloss; a distinct
brown streak, externally diffused, running from basal fourth
of costa to external third of inner margin; a diffused sub-
quadrate costal patch near apex, bounded externally by a
shghtly arched lme which crosses the disc, both brown; a mar-
ginal series of black dots; fringe grey externally ; secondaries
whitish, the external half tinted with rose-red ; body corres-
ponding in colour with the wings; body below white, the palpi,
upper surface of anterior tibiae, and under surface of hind tarsi,
rosy ; wings below rose-red, the bases and internal areas whitish.
Expanse of wings 29 mm.

Rio Tanima, Rio Negro, 31st July.
Allied to C. humerella.

26. Cryptolechia trilineata, n. sp.

Primaries above silver grey, base brownish ; basal third of
inner margin dark brown ; three oblique irregular dark brown
lines, externally diffused, crossing the wing at equal distances,

Mr. Burier’s descriptions of Cryptolechia. 193

the outermost one deeply and broadly excavated and macular ; a
marginal series of black spots ; frimge white; secondaries shining
» smoky-brown, costal area silver; a white marginal line; fringe
silver grey ; body dark silky grey, head white in front ; body
below white; wings below silver grey. Expanse of wings
29 mm.

Rio Javary, 3rd December.

The coloration and marking of this species approaches that of
some species of Antiwotricha,

The species above described were all collected by Mr. Trail on
the Amazons.

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Monograph of the Coleopterous genus CaLrocuromus of the family
Lycipm; by Cuas. O. WatTeRHOUsE.

CaLocuromus, Guerin, 1833.

The species of this genus differ from all the other Lycide
(except Homalisus) in having the elytra without. distinct carine
separated by rows of punctures ; the whole surface of the elytra
is finely and densely punctured and pubescent, and there are
generally two or three obscure raised lines on each elytron.
The species of the genus will probably be found to be numer-
ous; some of them very much resemble Telephorus in their
appearance. The males have the antenne much longer, and
less compressed, than in the females, and the penultimate seg-
ment of the abdomen is notched or emarginate at the apex.
Before attempting to determine any species it is quite necessary
to ascertain the sex of the specimen for which a name is sought,

I. Maxillary palpi very short, thick and compact, the apical
joint nearly globular.

C’. glaucopterus, Guérin.

Cyaneo-niger, sub-nitidus, thorace elytrorumque basi flavis.
Long 53-7 lin,
Hab. Dorey and Waigiou. Brit. Mus.

C. scutellaris, Erichs (Pl. II, f. 1).

Niger, nitidus; elytris ferrugineo-flavis, pubescentibus. Long.
jaya Thirai,

Thorax with a deep mesial channel, deepest behind, with a
fine line running through the middle of it, from the anterior to
posterior margin ; the lateral impressions very deep, the anterior
one not separated from the posterior. The elytra are sub-
parallel, rusty-yellow, sometimes with the scutellar region black,

Hab. N.W. Australia, Brit, Mus,

196 Mr. Warernouse on the genus Calochromus.

C. ibasalis, nu. sp. (el Wye 2).

Niger, nitidus; elytris dimidio basali ferrugineo, quadri-
costatis, apicem versus paulo angustatis, Q. Long. 5 tin.

Closely allied to C. scutellaris, but relatively broader ; thorax
broader, with a deep mesial impression, br oader in the middle ,
there is a deep round fovea at the anterior angle, and a deep
impression within the posterior angle, the part between the
anterior fovea and the posterior impression raised, so that the
impressions are not confluent as in the preceding species. The
antenne are broader than in seutellaris, 1 which the fourth
joint is twice as long as broad, whereas in basalis it is not more
than 4 longer than broad.

Hab. Swan River. Brit. Mus.

C. Guerinii, W. Macleay.

Cyaneo-niger ; thorace elytrisque ochraceis pubescentibus, his
apice cyaneo-nigris, Long. 54-6 lin.
Hab. Cape York ; Rockhampton. Brit. Mus.

One example in the Museum collection has the sutural line
of the thorax black; and the apex of the elytra very slightly
tipped with blue-black.

HW. Maxillary palpi less compactly jointed, apical joint not

elobular.

* Head visible from above; forehead tuberose; a narrow space
between the eye and the antennal pit.

C. melanurus, n. sp. (Pl. II, f. 3).

Cyaneo-niger, nitidulus; brevissime pubescens; thorace medio
canaliculato, ad angulos anticos impresso, intra angulis posticis
fovea rotundata impresso, basi marginato ; elytris ferrugineo-
Havis, dense pubescentibus, prope suturam striatis, interstitiis
convexiusculis, apice nigro, Long, 445-74 lin,

Forehead between the eyes very prominent. Antennx as
long as the elytra, the two basal joints shining, the rest finely
punctulate. Thorax very delicately and closely punctured,
scarcely pubescent ; dise with a fine mesial line, more deeply
impressed behind, there is a deep impression at each anterior
angle, the posterior angles are rather inflated, and within them

Mr. Warernousr on the genus Calochromus. 197

there is a deep impression ; the base is margined. The elytra
are rusty yellow, dull and pubescent, bluish-black at the apex,
striated near the suture, the interstices rather convex.

Hab, Penang, Java, Sumatra, Brit. Mus.

OG} orbatis, n. sp. (el, Ul £4).

)}

Statura omnino preecedentis, differt tamen antennarum articulo
tertio longiori ; elytris totis ferrugineis. Long, 5-64 lin.

This species differs only from C. melanurus in having the
elytra uniform rusty yellow, and in having the third joint of
the antenne nearly three times as long as its greatest width,
whereas in C. melanurus it is at most twice as long as broad,

Hab. Philippine Islands, and Darjeeling. Brit. Mus.

** Horehead gently convex ; head generally not visible from
above : margin of the antennal pit contiguous to the eye.

C. apicalis, Hope* (Pl. I, f. 5).
Omalysus apicalis, Hope, Gray, Zool, Miscel, 1851, p. 26.

Niger; elytris rufis, plaga magna basali nigra; thorace
transverso, medio canaliculato, utrinque biimpresso, angulis
rotundatis; elytris thorace paulo latioribus, postice parum
ampliatis, apice rotundatis, pubescentibus, singulis dorsim leis
quinque impressis, interstitiis angustis convexinsculia pig Abyoyater

6 lin., lat. 2% lin.

Rather a broad species. Antenne rather stout, half the length
of the body, fourth joint as long as the two previous joints
taken together, the fifth a little shorter, the sixth and ninth
slightly increasing in length, very little compressed, truncate at
their apex. Thorax a quarter broader than long, moderately
shining, all the angles rounded, especially the anterior, the
central impressed line reaching from the posterior to the
anterior margins, well defined and of equal depth; on each side
are two large deep i impressions separated from each other by an
oblique ridge, The elytra are at the base a little broader than
the thorax, a little wider posteriorly, red, with a black patch
extending from the base to the posterior two-thirds, leaving
the margins and the apex red ; each elytron has five impressed

* 0. maculicollis and O. lineatocollis, Hope, l.c., are Telephoride.
V. lineatus, Hope, is at present unknown to me,
S)

198 Mr. Warernouse on the genus Calochromus.

lines, the interstices narrow and slightly convex. The penul-
timate segment of the abdomen has a trapezoidal emargination
at the apex.

Hab. Nepal. Brit. Mus.

The above description is taken from Hope’s original specimen.

C, emulus, n, sp. (Pl. II, f. 6.)

Niger, sub-opacus; thorace medio canaliculato, utrinque biim-
presso ; elytris dimidio basali ferrugineo-flavo, singulis tricostatis,
Long. 34—43 lin,

Head convex, shining, rather closely and excessively finely
punctured, rostrum™* very short, strongly transverse, at the base
of each antenna there is a slight round tumour ; mandibles
pitchy. Thorax shining, clothed with very delicate grey pubes-
cence only visible in some lights. Hlytra densely pubescent,
with the basal half rusty-yellow, each with three distinct roof-
like cost, and with an indication of a fourth.

¢ Antenne nearly as long as the elytra, third joint a little
elongate, very obliquely truncate at the apex, fourth joint as
long as the two preceding taken together, compressed, broader
than the third, the 5th to 10th fe same leneth as the third,
the eighth, ninth and tenth diminishing in width, the fifth to
eighth with the lower anterior angle a little produced, the
eleventh joint a little longer and much narrower than the pre-
ceding. Thorax sub-quadrate, rather straight at the sides,
arched in front, with a deep mesial longitudinal channel, and
on each side two deep fovew, the raised portion dividing the
fover oblique. Penultimate sepment of abdomen triangularly
emarginate at the apex, and with a deep longitudinal mesial
channel.

9 Antenne 3 the length of the elytra, third jomt as broad
at its apex as ene fourth to ninth scare cely longer than broad,
the tenth a little narrower, eleventh narrowed at the apex.
Thorax a little broader then long, rather narrowed in front ;
the rest as in the male.

Hab, Sarawak (Wallace). Brit. Mus.

*The portion of the head which is in front of the insertion of the
antenn, not strictly a rostrum in this genus, but I use the word as a
convenient one.

Mr. Warernousre on the genus Calochromus. 199

©: migains, ne sp. Cel, Li, £7):

Elongatus, niger ; elytris piceo-testaceis, dense rubro-sericeis,
strlis Impressis, Interstitiis convexiusculis, 2° et 4° sub-costatis ¢ .
Long. 54 lin.

Head gently convex, impressed on the forehead ; rostrum
extremely short, space between the antennal pit and precroerne
mandible about half the diameter of the antennal pit. Antenne
about $ the length of the elytra and (for the genus) rather slender,
the sixth to fonth joints slightly diminishing in length, and a trifle
more slender, eleventh joint a little long er, parallel, scarcely
acuminate at the apex. Thorax black, margined, delicately
pubescent, disc transversely impressed behind the middle, deeply
impressed in front of and behind the oblique lateral ridge.
Penultimate segment of abdomen with a deep incision,

Hab, Allahabad (J. C. Bowring, Esq.). Brit, Mus.

C. ruber ni. spi (leet, hy 85).

Elongatus, niger supra, piceo-testaceus dense rubro-sericeus ;
thorace medio longitudinaliter canaliculato, lateribus bifoveatis ;
elytris minus elongatis unicoloribus, obsolete bicostatis 9.
Long. 5? lin,

Antenne compressed, third joint as long as the two preceding
together, fourth a little longer, truncate at the apex, fifth to
ninth nearly the same form, but gradually more obliquely
truncate at the apex, so that the lower anterior angle becomes
more acute but is not produced, the tenth joint is rather smaller,
very obliquely truncate, the eleventh narrow, parallel, acumi-
nate at the apex.

Hab. Allahabad (J. C. Bowring, Esq.). Brit. Mus.

This species is very close to C. rugatus, and I thought that
it might, perhaps, be the female of that insect, but the lateral
oblique ridge of the thorax is placed more posteriorly (see fig.),
and the lateral impressions are not so well defined ; the space
between the antennal pit and the base of the mandible is also
much greater.

C. velutinus, n. sp. (Pl. II, f. 9).

Klongatus, piceo-niger, supra piceo-testaceus, dense flavo-rufo-
sericeus; thorace sat transverso, medio canaliculato, utrinque
fortiter impresso ; elytris obsolete bicostatis ; abdomine cyaneo-
nigro, Long, 54 lin,

200 Mr. Warernouse ow the genus Calochromus.

Rather shorter and broader than the preceding, thorax more
transverse, and with the ridge which divides the lateral impres-
sion much more directed forwards ; rostrum almost none, 7.¢.,
the space between the antennal pit and the base of the mandible
is less than half the diameter of the pit, whilst in C. ruber this
space is quite equal to the diameter of the antennal pit. Third
jot of the antenne as long as the first, as long as its greatest
width, obliquely truncate at the apex, the fourth jomt as long
as the two preceding together, a little longer than broad, very
little narrowed at the base, straight at the apex, the fifth to
tenth about the same length as the fourth, but gradually
diminishing in width, scarcely oblique at the apex, their lower
anterior angle a little less than a right angle, eleventh joint
much narrower, longer, parallel, acuminate at the apex. Thorax
% broader than long, a little narrowed in front, disc convex,
with a rather fine mesial channel, the sides deeply impressed,
the usual obhque ridge very much directed forwards, almost
parallel with the lateral margin. Elytra very oradually and
very little enlarged posteriorly, each with two narrow little
raised coste, with an indication of a third.

Hab. Burmah (J. C. Bowring, Esq.). Brit. Mus.

CG. weshiis, nso. (Pleat. 10):

Elongatus, postice paulo amphatus, niger; Vix cyanescens ;
thorace nigro (vel rubro), tenuissime rubro- sericeo ; elytris
rufo-testaceis, dense rufo-sericeis, bicostatis, apice nigro. ¢

Long. 8-4 lin. @ Long. 5-6 ln.

5)

¢ Antenne about = the length of the elytra, moderately
broad in the middle, tapering to the apex. Rostrum extremely
short, the space between the antennal pit and the base of the
mandible about 4 the diameter of the antennal pit. Thorax
black, delicately clothed with very fine silky-red pubescence,
only ‘visible in certain lights, discoidal channel rather deep,
lateral impressions deep and well defined. Scutellum black,
Elytra clothed with bright red pubescence; each elytron with
two not very prominent coste; the apex black. Under side
and legs black, scarcely tinged with blue. Penultimate segment
of abdomen emarginate.

Q Antenne rather shorter and broader than in the male.
Rostrum a little more prominent, the space between the antennal
pit and the base of the mandible about 4 the diameter of the
pit. Thorax reddish-yellow, with the sides and mesial lune
black. Hach elytron with three distinct costee, the apex broadly
black,

\~

Warernouse on the genus Calochromus. 201

Var, 9. Thorax entirely red, pubescence more dense.
Elytra bicostate, the coste narrower.
Hab. Penang (J. C. Bowring, Esq.). Brit. Mus.

lepidus, maps (Pl te 11);

Ceruleus, nitidus ; thorace vix brevissime pubescenti ; disco
longitudinaliter fortiter impresso, lateribus biimpressis ; elytris
piceo-testaceis, dense fulvo-rufo-pubescentibus, striis vix per-
splcue impressis, apice anguste nigro; antennis pedibusque
violaceis. Long. 84-44 lin.

A more slender species than any of the preceding, and distinct
by the beautiful shining blue thorax and violet antennw. The
anterior angles of the thorax are much deflexed and, conse-
quently, do not show the margin so distinctly ; the disc ‘has not
a fine mesial line, but a deep longitudinal impression ; the
lateral fosse are deep, but the oblique ridge which divides them
is not so well defined as in most of the species.

g Antenne rather slender. Hlytra with scarcely any trace
of coste. Penultimate segment of abdomen with a deep incision,

Q Antenne very slightly dilated. Thorax more narrowed
in front. Elytra bicostate.

Hab. Java (¢), Penang (@ ), (J. C. Bowring, Esq.). Brit.
Mus.

The two examples are from different localities, but as they
agree so well in general character, I have ventured to associate
them as sexes.

C. longipennis, n. sp. (PI. II, f. 12).

Elongatus, sub-parallelus, niger ; thorace supra piceo, dense
rufo-pubescente, medio foveoli lanceolata impresso, lateribus
bumpressis ; scutello piceo, rufo- -pubescente ; elytris longissimis,
dense rufo-pubescentibus, apice nigris, singulis 2- vel 5-costatis,
costis angustioribus 9. Long 64 lin., late Shin,

Forehead evenly convex, black, very finely pubescent,
rostrum about three times as broad as long; maxillary palpi
very stout. Antenne 2 the length of the elytra, compressed,
third joint about twice as long as broad, emarginate at the apex,
the fourth to ninth jomts about equal in length, the lower
anterior angle obliquely and much produced, increasingly 0)

as they approach the apex, the tenth joint very oblique, a little

202 Mr. Warernouse on the genus Calochromus.

smaller than the uimth, the eleventh compressed fusiform.
Thorax a liitle broader than long, somewhat narrowed in front,
all the angles distinct but obtuse, densely clothed with bright
red pubescence, disc convex, with a deep lanceolate fovea nearly
reaching from the anterior to the posterior margins. Elytra
very long, densely clothed with bright red pubescence, the
apex black; each with three not very distimet narrow coste,
the outer one very obsolete.

Hab. Sumatra (E. C. Buxton, Hsq.). Brit. Mus.

*** Intermediate coxw (in the male) with a strong spine ;
base of femur with a strong tooth ; tibie curved.

CG. dispar, nu. sp.(Plii, £13):

Cyaneo-niger, sat nitidus; elongatus, parum convexus ; thorace
imarginato, medio canaliculato, utrmque biimpresso; elytris
rufis, dense pubescentibus, postice paulo ampliatis. Long. 6
lin.

This species has somewhat the appearance of C. orbatus, but
has the elytra more ample behind, less bluntly rounded at the
apex, and the thorax is margined all round. The antenne are
nearly as long as the elytra, not very approximate at their base.
Clypeus gently emarginate. Intermediate coxe with a strong
acute spine; the femur with a strong tooth near their base;
the intermediate and posterior tibie strongly curved. The
penultimate segment of the abdomen is deeply notched in the
middle.

Hab. Borneo. Brit. Mus.

( 203 )

Notes on the Lepidopterous Genera Carama and TRICHETRA, with
descriptions of new species; by Arruur G. Butier, F.L.S.

The genus 7richetra was originally described by Westwood,
for the reception of a new and singular Liparide from Tasmania;
subsequently a second species of the same genus was described
and figured by Curtis, under the new generic and specific names
of Arcturus Sparshalli.

In the fourth part of his Lepidoptera Heterocera Mr. Walker
incorrectly identified the species named by Curtis, and, finding
generic differences between his (Walker’s) A. Sparshalli, and the
T. mesomelas of Westwood, and also discovering the fact that
Arcturus was preoccupied in the Crustacea, he named the genus
Carama.

The type of Walker’s C. Sparshalli is from Para, that of
Curtis’s A. Sparshalli is probably of Australian origin.

Carama, Walker.
1. Carama Watlkeri, 0. sp.

Carama Sparshalli, Walker (nec Curtis), Lep. Het. 4, p. 844.

$ Para. Sp. ead.? 9 Mexico. Brit. Mus.

Walker confounded no less than four species under this name
in the cabinet. It would create confusion to retain it for his
type.

2. Carama virgo, n. sp.

Smaller than the preceding, the primaries shorter and broader
in comparison, less glossy; antenns comparatively longer, with
the scape more woolly the radiating hairs on the tegvule of
only about half the (enoeh: the abdomen less woolly ; all the
tarsi below black. Expanse of wings 1 inch 6 lines, ~

& Vera Cruz; Q New Granada. Brit. Mus.

»

3. Carama ovina? (Sepp. Surin Viind.).

About the same average size as the preceding ;_ it differs from
C. Walkeri in its smaller size, the shorter, broader, and less
glossy primaries ; the abdomen above white, banded with yellow
in the female ; the pectus and anterior cox barely tinted with
black ; tarsi ellen testaceous. Hxpanse of wings, ¢ 1 inch,
2 lines; 2 1 inch, 3-7 lines,

204 Mr. Buruer’s Notes on Carama and Trichetra.

4 Bolivia; 9 Venezuela. Brit. Mus.
The radiating hairs on the teeule are well-developed in this

species.
Carama plumosa, n. sp.

Nearly allied to the preceding, but (excepting in its smaller
size, and the black upper surface of the anterior pair of legs)
agreeing with OC. Walkeri. Expanse of wings ¢ 1 inch, 2 lines;
@ 1 inch, 5 lies.

Q Santarem. Brit. Mus.

5. Carama? nivea (Cramer, Pap. Exot.).
Surinam.

This appears to belong to the genus,

Tricuetra, Westwood.*

1. Trichetra sparshalli (Curtis, Brit. Ent. vu, pl. 336),

Australia ?

2. Trichetra fraterna, n. sp.

Differs from 7’. sparshalli only in having the anterior legs
white, not black above. Expanse of wings ¢ 1 inch, 9 lines;
Q 2 inches, 2 lines.

Moreton Bay. Brit. Mus,

The female has all the wings white, the thorax black, the
tegule testaceous internally ; a large sandy-brown anal woolly
mass,

2

5. Lrichetra stibosoma, n. sp.

Q Differs from 7. mesomelas, in having the abdomen snow-
white as in the preceding species, and with the anus tufted with
brown above. Hxpanse of wings 2 inches 2 lines.

N.S. Wales. Brit. Mus.

4, Trichetra mesomelas (Walker, Lep. Het. 4, p. 845).
é, @ Tasmania. Brit. Mus.

The two genera are easily distinguished, Carama having a
radiating brush of white hair on each t (eon in the males, and
Trichetra a crest of projecting hair on the front of the head;
there are, moreover, other less evident characters.

Aaneeae gives this as White’s genus, but he nowhere dineueeee it,
a the species figured in Grey's ; Australia are not congeneric.

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On various genera of the Homopterous family Mempracin.x, with
descriptions of new species; by ARTHUR GARDINER BUTLER,
BLAS. AE.Zi8:,. &e:

In the present paper I propose to give a list of the species
which appear to me to be referable to the following six genera
of Smiliine—Hille, Polygiypta, Entylia, Cyphonia, Ceresa and
Telamona, giving the synonymy wherever a species has been
more than once described, and descriptions of the new species
in the Collection of the British Museum.

In some points of synonymy I differ from Dr, Stal, but then
it must be borne in mind, that since his examination of Walker’s
types, he has not fully revised the synonymy which he formerly
proposed for Hntylia and some other genera,

Family MEMBRACIDE.
Sub-Family Switunx (Smilida, Sta/).
HILLE, Stal.
1. Hille maculicornis.
Oxzygonia maculicornis, Fairm., Ann. Ent. Sér. 2, iv, p. 805, 6,

pl. 5, fig. 20 (1846).

g, 2
Bogota.
2. Hille notata.

Hille notata, Stal. Ofv. Vetensk. Akad, Forh. 1869, p. 235.
Bogota.

Only differs from the preceding in the shorter and_ basally
broader dorsal process, which is in the same position; and also
in the lateral spot of the hind process of the thorax.

3. Hille conspersa.

Hille conspersa, Stal, Ofv. Vetensk. Akad. Fiirh, 1869, p. 236.
Bogota.

CistuLA ENTOMOLOGICA,
November zoth, 1877

206 Mr. Burer on various genera of the

Most nearly allied to 7. notata; the colours excepted, it differs
only in the slightly more depressed dorsal process of the thorax,
in front gradually slanting, instead of almost perpendicular.

4. Hille conica.

Oxygonia conica, Fairm., Ann. Ent. Sér, 2, iv, p. 302, 3 (1846).
Triquetra reticulata, Walker, List. Homopt. u, p, 524 (1851).
Colombia, Brit. Mus,

5. Hille perfecta.
Thelia perfecta, Walker, List. Homopt. Suppl., p. 188 (1858).
tio Napo. Type Brit. Mus.

This species differs from H. conica in the much less prominent
anterior process, and its much more oblique anterior margin ;
also in its tawny colouring with black longitudinal dorsal stripe.

6. Hille nutans.

FTille nutans, Stal, Ofv. Vetensk. Akad, Forh. 1869, p. 236.
Bogota.

Seems allied to the preceding, but the black dorsal carina is
not indicated in Dr, Stal’s description, so that it is probably
distinct.

i~ Hilleseulphuneo, n.sp.. Pl i. te

Sulphur-yellow ; pronotum covered with rather close brown
punctures, five lateral polished longitudinal lines on each side,
the third and fourth from the central carina a bbreviated ; dorsal
keel black, its highest poimt less prominent and not so Aente as
in H. conica, its front margin oblique and hardly perceptible,
sub-sinuate; the front of the thorax (excepting in its less
prominent keel), much as in //, dorsalis; the width at the
humeral angles about equal to the height in the centre; humeral
angles and a small X lke marking over each eye, black; head
about twice as broad as long, spotted with black; tegmina
testaceous, paler along the anterior margin, veins reddish ;
corlum yellowish ; tarsi of legs slightly “brownish. Length
9 mm.

Bogota. Type Brit. Mus.

General coloration of /7. dorsalis; but, viewed laterally, more
hike H, perfecta in form,

Tomopterous family Membracide. 207

8. Mille dorsalis.

Oxygonia dorsalis, Fairm., Ann. Ent. Scr. 2, iv, p. 308, 5
(1846),

Triquetra venosa, Walker, List. Homopt. i, p. 528, 14 (1851).

Colombia.

Fille sobria.

Triquetra sobria, Walker, List. Homopt. ii, p. 528, 18 (1851)-
Quito.

10. Jlille pacifica,
Oxygonia pacifica, Fairm., Ann, Ent. Sér. 2, iv, p. 302, 4
(1846).
Brazil.

TTille sobrina.

Oxygonia sobrina, Stal, Kong], Vetensk. Akad. Hand]. 1862,
Pzo-

Rio Janeiro.

Nearly allied to /7. pacifica, the elevated dorsal portion of the
thorax less slanting in front and moreover not so high. Thorax
with the elevated dorsal part, seen from the side, rounded in
front ; running off gradually behind into a central longitudinal
carina. It also differs in coloration,

POLYGLYPTA, Burmeister.
lL, Lolyglypia roiexa, mn. sp. PY, I, £2:

Piceous ; pronotum long, slender, rugose rather than coarsely
punctured, each the internal carine Behind the head yellow, and
two spots on the first and third carinz at the terminal thir d, five
lateral carine the second of which is abbreviated and saint
only a short distance behind the humeral angles; anterior
process of about one fourth the length of the insect, shghtly
depressed ; posterior extremity tapering. slender and ieee
tegmina smoky brown, the corium piceous; body and ees
testaceous. Length 14 mm.

Guatemala. Type Brit. Mus.
The most strongly marked species in the genus, in form quite
unlike anything hitherto described,

208 Mr. BurLer on various genera of the

2. Polyglypta costata.

2 Polyglypta costata, Burmeister, Handb. Ent. 1, 1, p. 142, 1;
Silb. Revue Ent. iv, p. 177, 1, pl. 36, figs. 5-7 (1836).

$ Polyglypta pilosa, Fairm. Ann. Ent. Sér, 2, iv, p. 296, 2
(1846).

Polyglypta strigata, Walker, List. Homopt. Suppl. p. 186
(1858).

oy 12 Mexico.” Brit] Maus:

3. Polyglypta dorsalis.

Polyglypta dorsalis, Burmeister, Silb. Revue Ent. iv, p. 178,
2 (1836).

var. Polyglypta maculata, Burmeister, l.c., n. 3 (1836).

var. Polyglypta pallipes, Burmeister, l.c., n. 4 (1836).

Polyglypta nigella, Fairm., Ann. Ent. Sér. 2, iv, p. 298, 10
(1846).

Mexico, Chiapas. Brit. Mus.

I have associated the above on the authority of Dr. Stal, but
the three forms are readily separated ; P. pallipes, not only by
its black colouring, but the distinctly shorter, though variable,
anterior thoracic horn.

4, Polyglypta lineata.
Polyglypta lineata, Burmeister, Silb. Revue Ent. iv, p. 179,
4 (1836).
Polyglypta abbreviata, Walker, List Homopt. Suppl. p. 136
(1858).
Mexico (Oaxaca). Brit. Mus.

5. Polyglypta tridecim-costata.

Polyglypta tridecim-costata, Fairm., Ann. Ent. Sér, 2, iv,
p- 299, 11 (1846).
Mexico,

Greenish, with short anterior horn; thirteen carine.

6. Polyglypta fusca, n. sp. Pl. III, f. 3.

Chocolate-brown, coarsely punctured ; pronotum with four
lateral carine ; anterior process (from the humeral angles) about
one-third the length of the entire insect, laterally compressed,

FHomopterous jamily Membracide. 209

with the usual marginal and central carine, broad at the base
and very slightly ascending at the apex ; teemina hyaline testa-
ceous ; legs testaceous, Length 11 mm.

Mexico, Type Brit. Mus.

Allied to P. pallipes, but differing in colour and in the
anterior process being more robust and much wider at its base.

7. Polyglypta hordeacea, n. sp. Pl. Il, f. 4.

Straw-yellow, coarsely punctured with chocolate-brown,
sparsely setose ; the dorsal region, an oblique interrupted band
beyond the middle and the terminal two-sevenths of the pro-
notum chocolate-brown; four lateral longitudinal carine ;
anterior process straight, rather narrow, more than a third the
length of the entire insect, with marginal, two abbreviated basal,
and two continuous central longitudinal carine ; its under
surface brown with one central carina ; body, legs, and tegmina
testaceous. Length 13 mm.

Para. Type Brit. Mus.

Allied to P. dorsalis, but with the pronotum and especially
the anterior process considerably straighter, the latter not
ascending at the tip, and with two central continuous longi-
tudinal carine.

8. Polyglypta tricolor, n. sp. Pl. II, f. 5.

Blackish brown, the dorsal region tawny or ochraceous ; a
short litura at the base of the anterior process confluent with a
broad arched band on the anterior part of the immer margin, and
an oblique band a short distance behind it, sulphur yellow edged
with black; five lateral carine, the anterior process rather long,
more or less obliquely ascending, with two strongly marked
longitudinal carine. Length 12 mm.

(Oaxaca), Mexico, and Peru. Type Brit. Mus.

Allied to P. maculata, but at once distinguished by its greater
Allied to P lata, but at listinguished by its great
length, much less width at the humeral angles, longer anterior

process with more prominent carine, and different coloration.

9. Polyglypta bogotensis.

Q Polyglypta bogotensis, Fairm., Ann. Ent. Sér. 2, iv, p. 297,
4. (1846).
Polyglypta nigriventris, Fairm., l.c., n. 6 (1846).

210 Mr. BurLer on various genera of the

Polyglypta straminea, Walker, List. Homopt, 11, p. 544, (1851).

S Polyglypta viridimaculata, Fanm, Ann, Ent. Sér. 2, Iv,
p. 298, 7 (1846).

Polyglypta interrupta, Walker, List. Homopt. u, p. 546,
1851).

$, 2 Colombia. Brit. Mus.

Polyglypta brevivitta.
Polyglypta brevivitta, Walker, List. Homopt. 1, p. 545, n. 18
(1851).
Venezuela, Type Brit. Mus.

ENTYLIA, Gernmar.
l. Kntylia sinuata.

Membrucis sinuata, Fabr., Ent. Syst. Suppl. p- 918, 4 (1798).
Membracis bmarginata, F abe l.c.; 0. D.

Entylia impedita, Walker, List. Homopt. Suppl. p. 137.
Canada ; United States. Brit. Mus.

I differ entirely from Dr. Stal in the synonymy which he
gives to the species of this genus. In his sectional, or perhaps
specific diagnoses, he gives the height of the thoracic processes,
their width and angulation at the apex, and the depth of the
sinus between them, as distinctive characters : so far so good—
but M. sinvata and the type of KH. impedita agree not only in
these very characters but in coloration, whilst /. bactrina differs
chiefly in the stronger angulation and expansion of the anterior
process (at least in our example), EL. concisa in the greater
length and almost falcated inner edge of the anterior process,
I), decisa in the falcated opposed inner edges of both processes
and its black coloration, /. accisa in its shorter processes and
consequently much shallower sinus and its blackish and yellow
coloration, #. ¢ndecisu in similar structural characters to the
last and its brown and yellow coloration, /. reducta in its still
shorter processes and shallower sinus. I should have no objec-
tion to considering the whole of the above mentioned forms as
varieties of one inconstant species; but if we are to admit two,
we mnust of necessity accept several others

Homopterous family Membracide. 211

2. Entylia bactriana.

Eutylia bactriana, Germar, Silb, Revue Ent. in, p. 248, 3.
North America? Brit. Mus.

3. Entylia aceisa,

Entylia accisa, Walker, List Homopt. i, p. 548 (1851).
rar, Entylia indecisa, Walker, l.c., p. 549 (1851).
North America, Trenton Falls. Types Brit. Mus.

4. Kntylia concisa,

Entylia concisa, Walker, List. Homopt. u, p. 547 (1851).
var. melan. Hntylia decisa, Walker, l.c., p. 548 (1851).
H. Florida. Types Brit. Mus.

). Entylia reducta,

Entylia reducta, Walker, List. Homopt. i, p. 549 (1851).
United States Type Brit. Mus.

6. Entylia inequalis, vu. sp. Pl. IL, f. 7.

Sordid testaceous or whity-brown, the pronotum crossed
obliquely by two whitish lines, the anterior one, running from
the infero-posterior angle of the anterior process, edged exter-
nally with black, the posterior one, running from the infero-
posterior angle of the hinder process, edged on both sides with
black ; the anterior process formed as in 7, sinwata, but the
posterior process much shorter and rounded in front, so as to
approach the form of . gemmata; a hyaline spot behind it.
Length 5 mm.

Guatemala. Type Brit Mus.

Macenijua mind, tsp.) ae Mt 8:

Whity-brown, the dorsal region from the hind margin of the
anterior process to behind the posterior process reddish-browa ;
a band of the ground colour running obliquely from behind the
posterior process, the dorsal region beyond this band mottled
with reddish-brown; head and legs pale reddish-brown ; pro-
notum with the anterior dorsal process projecting — slightly
forward, the postero-superior angle being its highest point ;
posterior process rounded, its hind margin very oblique. Length
55 mm.

Mexico. Type Brit. Mus.

212 Mr. Burier on various genera of the

8. Entylia turrita, n. sp. Pl. II, £. 9.

Reddish-brown, a whitish spot near the centre of the mner
or inferior margin of the pronotum, and a whitish oblique band
from the back of the posterior process, both very ill-defined ;
anterior process small, rounded in front, with two lateral longi-
tudinal care ; posterior process barely indicated by a slight
convexity of the dorsal line; body blackish, legs testaceous,
Length 4 mm.

Rio Janeiro, Type Brit. Mus.

Allied to #. gemmata.

9. Entylia gemmata.

Entylia gemmata, Germar, Silb,. Revue Ent. iu, p. 248, 1.

Entylia corniculata, Fairm. Ann, Ent. Sér. 2, iv, p. 300, 2,
pl. 5, fig. 81 (1846).

var. Mntylia incisa, Walker, List Homopt. ii, p. 548 (1851).

Colombia, Brazil. Brit. Mus.

10. Entylia fallax.

Entylia fatlar, Stal, Kongl. Vetensk. Akad. Handl. 1862,
p20.
Constancia. Brit. Mus.

cYPHONIA, Lap.

1. Cyphonia trifida.

Membracis trifida, Fabr., Ent. Syst. iv, p. 12, 19.
Cyphonia ornata, Lap., Ann, Ent. 1, p. 230, pl. 6, fig. 4.
Brazil. Brit. Mus.

2. Cyphonia proxina.

Cyphonia proxima, Fairm., Ann, Ent. Sér. 2, iv, p. 502, 2
(1846).
Mexico. Sp. ead? Ega and Para. Brit. Mus.

3. Cyphonia flavo-vittata.
Cyphonia flavo-vittata, Stal, Ofv. Vetensk. Akad. Firh. 1869,
242
198 '
Bogota,

Apparently nearly allied to the preceding species.

oo

Homopterous family Membracide. 21

4. Cyphonia clavata.

Membracis clavatus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv, p. 138, 20.
Membracis bulbifera, Germar, Mag, Ent. iv, p. 30, 40.
Brazil. Brit. Mus.

5. Cyphonia nasalis.

Cyphonia nasalis, Stal, Kongl. Vetensk. Akad. Handl. 1862,
p. 04.

Rio Janeiro,

Apparently nearly allied to the preceding, but with the
central lobe of the head, a spot on each side of the thorax just
behind the spines, another on each side beyond it, and the legs
pale yellowish, the tibie with sub-basal and apical dark brown

bands.
6. Cyphonia furcata.

‘ombophora furcata, Burmeister, Silb, Revue Ent. 1, p. 251,
10 (1833).
Brazil. Sp. ead? Brit. Mus.

I think it doubtful whether this is distinct from C. clavata.

7. Cyphonia hispida.
Cyphonia hispida, Walker, List. Homopt. Suppl. p. 156
(1858).
Tejuca, Rio. Type Brit. Mus.
8. Cyphonia hirta.
Heteronota hirta, Germar, Silb. Revue Ent. 11, p. 255, 2.
Brazil. Sp. ead? Mexico. Brit. Mus.
9. Cyphonia clavigera.
Centrotus claviger, Fabr., Syst. Rhyn. p. 17, 5.
Brazil. Brit. Mus.
10. Cyphonia flava.

Combophora flava, Burmeister, Silb, Revue Ent. 1, p. 251, 11.
Brazil. Brit. Mus.

214 Mr. Bur.er on various genera of the

11. Cyphonia capra.
Combophora capra, Burmeister, Silb, Revue Ent. 1, p. 2381,
Zoe
Brazil. Brit. Mus.

Our example does not perfectly agree in colouring with
Burmeister’s description,

12. Cyphonia braccata.

Heteronota braccata, Germar, Silb. Revue Ent. i, p. 254, 1.
Brazil.

The species referred to this by Walker is quite distinct, and
agrees in structure with C. flava.

13. Cyphonia rectispina.

Cyphonia rectispina, Fairm., Ann. Ent. Sér. 2, iv, p. 502, 6.
Mexico. Brit. Mus.

14. Cyphonia formosa, n. sp. Pl. II, £. 6.

Ochraceous, sparsely setose ; horns black with a broad tawny
band, occupying nearly the whole of the apical half ; hemelytre
testaceous hyaline, with the corium and veins ochraceous, base
and a sub-basal annular marking black; legs ochraceous, with
the proximal extremities of the joints black ; form similar to
C. rectispina, but the anterior horns shorter and more slender
and both pairs of horns more divergent and curved. Length,
including the closed tegmina, 8 mm,

Mexico. Type Brit. Mus.

A very beautiful little species.

15. Cyphonia fasciata, n. sp.

Cyphonia capra ? Walker (nec Burmeister),

Structure of C. flava, excepting that the posterior spines are
slightly more divergent; ochraceous, the frons, tarsal claws
and pronotum black, the horns rugose at the base ; the three
terminal spines ochraceous, banded with black ; tegmina testa-
ceous hyaline, veins ochraceous dotted with black on the front
margin; body longitudinally banded with grey. Length, in-
cluding tegmina, 5 mm.

Brazil. Type Brit. Mus.

Homopterous family Membracide. 215

CERESA, Amyot and Serville.
1. Ceresa diceros.

Membracis diceros, Say, Narr. Exp. App. Jour, Acad. Nat.
Soc. Phil. p. 299.
United States. Brit, Mus.

2. Ceresa bubalus.

Membracis bubalus, Fabr., Ent. Syst. iv, p. 14, 25.
Ceresa borealis, Fairm, Ann, Ent. Ser. 2, iv, p. 284, 5.
Nova Scotia, Lake Huron, Canada. Brit. Mus.

3. Ceresa taurina.

Ceresa taurina, Walker, List. Homopt. Suppl. p. 131 (1858).
New York, Type Brit. Mus.

Nearly allied to the preceding species.

4. Ceresa constans.

Thelia constans, Walker, List. Homopt. i, p. 563 (1851).
United States. Type Brit. Mus.

5. Ceresa basalis.

Ceresa basalis, Walker, List. Homopt. uu, p. 527 (1851).
Nova Scotia. Type Brit. Mus,

6. Ceresa albidosparsa.

Ceresa albidosparsa, Stal, Hugenies Resa, p. 283, 186.
California? Brit. Mus,

Is not this a slight variety of C. altu of Walker ?

7. Ceresa unguicularis.

Ceresa unguicularis, Stal, Kongl. Vetensk, Akad. Mandl.
1862, p. 26.

Rio Janeiro.

8. Ceresa alta.
Ceresa alta, Walker, List. Homopt. 11, p. 529 (1851).
—? Type Brit. Mus.
ike large examples of C. tawrina, and still more like C,

Like larg les of C. ¢ 2 1 still like C

constans,

216 Mr. BurLer on various genera of the

9. Ceresa bifasciata.
Ceresa bifasciata, Fairm. Ann. Ent. Sér. 2, iv, p. 286, 13
(1846).
Brazil.

Seems allied to C. taurina, but the extremity of the prothorax
with a dark oblique band and two or three black dots.

10. Ceresa terminata,
Ceresa terminata Fairm., Ann. Ent. Sér. 2, iv. p. 287, 16
(1846).
Colombia.
11. Ceresa ustulata.
Ceresa ustulata, Fairm., Ann. Ent. Ser. 2, iv, p. 285, 7
(1846).
Ceresa plana, Walker, List Homopt. 2, p. 529 (1851).
Brazil. Brit. Mus.

12. Ceresa axillaris.
Smilia axillaris, Germar, Silb. Revue Ent. i, p. 235, 8
(1835).
Ceresa terminalis, Walker, List Homopt. 2, p. 528 (1851).
Constancia and Lower Amazons. Brit. Mus.

13. Ceresa malina.

Smilia malina, Germar, Silb, Revue Ent. iii, p. 236, 9 (1835).
Brazil. Brit. Mus.

14, Ceresa sujfusa.

Ceresa sujiusa, Walker, List Homopt. 1, p. 5380 (1851),
—? Type Brit. Mus.

15. Ceresa robusta, n. sp. Pl. III, f. 10.

Somewhat allied to C. malina, but much higher, with the
pronotum concave between the humeral horns, the latter com-
pressed at the tips; pronotum olivaceous, rather finely but
densely punctured, with a shining central longitudinal lme m
front, convex behind the humeral horns and laterally slightly

FHomopterous family Membracide. Pall

compressed, terminating abruptly in a sharply acuminated spine-
like process ; horns castaneous, black at the tips; terminal spine
black ; body reddish-tawny; tegmina testaceous hyaline, the
base and the veins towards the anterior margin mahogany-red ;
a black dot at external angle, and a large black spot at apex.
Length 10 mm.

Brazil. Type Brit. Mus.

This insect has the same angular thoracic projections at the
base of the tegmina as in C. malina, but the form of the pro-
notum differs considerably from all described species.

16. Ceresa Salle.

Ceresa Sallei, Stal, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1864, p. 70.
Mexico,

17. Ceresa otal, n. sp.) Plait gl. .

Alhed to C. cavicornis, but the pronotum higher, highest in
the centre, shghtly bisinuate between the anterior horns, the
latter curving a little more upwards ; altogether paler in colour,
the tegmina with a black spot on the inner margin. Length,
including tegmina, 11 mm.

Mexico. Type Brit. Mus.

18. Ceresa testacea.

Ceresa testacea, Fairm., Ann. Ent. Sér. 2, iv, p. 284, 4
(1846).
Mexico. Brit. Mus.

Allied to C. sujiusa of Walker, but larger.

19. Ceresa patruelis.

Ceresa patruelis, Stal, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1864, p. 69.
Vera Cruz. Brit’ Mus.

20. Ceresa affinis.

Ceresa affinis, Fairm., Ann. Ent. Sér. 2, iv, p. 284, pl. 5
fic. 21 (1846).
Brazil, Brit, Mus,

218 Mr. BurtLer on various genera of the

21. Ceresa brevis.

Ceresa brevis, Walker, List. Homopt. 1, p. 528 (1851),
New York. Type Brit. Mus.

Allied to C. brunnicornis ; it has the front of the prothorax
distinctly convex.

Ceresa fortis of Walker belongs to Nassunia of Stal.

22. Ceresa extensa.

Ceresa extensa, Walker, Insecta Saund, Hom. p. 68 (1858),
Colombia. Type Brit. Mus.

23. Ceresa integra.

Ceresa integra, Walker, Insecta Saund. Hom. p. 67 (1858).
—? Type Brit. Mus.

24. Ceresa recta,

Ceresa recta, Walker, Insecta Saund. Hom. p. 68 (1858).
—? Type Brit. Mus.

Ceresa? obliqua of Walker is Hyphinée camelus.

25. Ceresa distans, a. sp.

Nearly allied to C. vitulus, but of a deeper colour, more
coarsely punctured, the front of the pronotum seen from above
sub-angulated instead of regularly convex, the horns rather
eon and less recurved, the “terminal spine- Slike process shorter,
the lateral white streak barely perceptible ; dull testaceous, with
the horns and margins of the pronotum and the legs somewhat

reddish. Length, including closed tegmina, 85 mm.

Brazil. ‘Type Brit, Mus.

26. Ceresa rufescens, 1. sp.

Also near to C. vitulus, but larger, of a reddish colour, the
front of the pronotum distinctly sub-angulated, the horns being
in an oblique line from the centre on each side and longer,
terminal process considerably longer, a lateral yellow streak
above the semicircular impression ; tegmina with brown veins,
yellowish-brown at the outer margin, Length 65 mm,

Brazil. Type Brit. Mus,

TTomopterous family Membracide. 219

27. Ceresa vitulus.

Membracis vitulus, Faby. Ent. Syst. Rhyn. p. 20, n. 21.

Smilia pallens, Germar, Silb. Revue Ent. ii, p. 235, 6 (1835).

Ceresa spinifera, Fairm., Ann. Ent. Sér. 2, iv, p. 214, 6
(1846).

Ceresa curvilinea, Walker, List Homopt. Suppl. p. 132 (1858).

Ceresa excisa, Walker, Insecta Saund. Hom. p. 68 (1858).

Brazil. Brit. Mus.

)

28. Ceresa brunnicornis.

Smilia brunnicornis, Germar, Silb. Revue Ent. ii, p. 235, 7
(1835).
Buenos Ayres. —? Brit. Mus.

29. Ceresa cavicornis.

Ceresa cavicornis, Stal, Hugenies Resa, p. 284; Stal, Ofv.
Vetensk. Akad. Forh. 1869, p. 246.
Monte Video, (Stal), Colombia. Brit, Mus.

30. Ceresa? fastidiosa,

Triquetra fastidiosa, Fairm., Ann, Ent. Sér. 2, iv, p. 281
(1846).
Colombia. Brit. Mus.

It is impossible from Fairmaire’s deseription to know whether
his species has a conical horn on each side of the prothorax or
one in the centre ; if on both sides, as in our example, I see no
reason for separating it generically from Ceresa affinis or C.
cavicornis ; if however, the horn is in the centre (a conical
prominence on the anterior part of the prothorax), the species
might be an abnormal form of /////e or a Potnia.

31. Ceresa discolor.

Ceresa discolor, Fairm., Ann. Ent. Sér. 2, iv, p. 286, 12
(1846).

3razil.

The humeral horns are extremely short in this species,

220 Mr. But_er on various genera of the

32. Ceresa femorata.

Ceresa femorata, Fairm., Ann. Ent. Ser. 2, ix, p. 289, 24
(1846).

Ceresa uniformis, Fairm., l.c., n. 25 (1846).

Mexico. Brit. Mus.

33. Ceresa chlorotica.

bo
MSY)

Ceresa chlorotica, Fairm, Ann. Ent. Sér. 2, iv, p. 289
(1846).
South America.
34, Ceresa puncticeps.
Ceresa puncticeps, Stal, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1864, p. 70.
Mexico.
TELAMONA, Jtch,

1. Telamona unicolor.

—
—

Telamona unicolor, Fitch, Cat. Ins. State Cab, Nat. Hist. p. 5
(1851).
New York. Brit. Mus.

Confounded with 7. collina by Walker.

2. Telamona collina.
Thelia collina, Walker, List. Homopt. 1, p. 565, 35 (1851).
New York. Type Brit. Mus.

Much more coarsely punctured than the preceding species,
and with the humeral processes longer and more acuminate,

3. Telamona fasciata.

Telamona fasciata, Fitch, Cat. Ins. State Cab, Nat. Hist. p. 50
(1851).

Thelia cyrtops (part), Fairm., Ann. Ent. Sér. 2, iv, pl. 5,
fig. 13 (1846).

Hemiptycha diffusa, Walker, List. Homopt. Suppl. p. 1438
(1858).

Orilla, Canada W, Brit. Mus,

FHomopterous family Membracide. 221

4. Telamona projecta, n. sp. Pl. III, f. 11.

Allied to 7. monticola, but much more slender in build, the
humeral ear-like processes more acute, the dorsal process pro-
jecting noticeably forwards, more oblique at the top; and the
colouring dull clay-brown mottled with sepia. Length 10 mm.

Hab. —? Type Brit. Mus.

This species was obtained at the sale of the Entomological
Society’s Collection, and formerly belonged to Kirby, it bears
no indication of a locality excepting the letter 7’.

5. Telamona monticola.

Membracis monticola, Fabr., Ent. Syst. Rhyn, p. 7, 4.
United States, E. Florida. Brit. Mus.

; . . s .
One example of this species was included by Walker under
T. collina.

6. Lelamona coryli.
Telamona coryli, Fitch, Cat. Ins. State Cab. Nat. Hist. p. 51
(1851),
New York.

7. Telamona ampelopsidis.
Membracis ampelopsidis, Harris, Ins. Mass. p. 181 (1841) ;
Entom. Corresp. p. 334 (1869).
United States. Brit. Mus.

Differs from 7’. monticola in the squarer form of the thoracic
erest and the three reddish bands on the prothorax.

8. Telamona conecava.

Telamona concava, Fitch, Cat. Ins, State Cab, Nat. Hist. p. 50
(1851).
New York.

9. Telamona tristis.

Telamona tristis, Fitch, Cat. Ins. State Cab. Nat. Hist. p. 51
(1851).

Thelia scalaris, Walker (nec Fairm.), in Coll. Brit. Mus.

North America. Brit. Mus.

°

U

222 Mr. BUTLER on various genera of Membracide.

10. Lelamona quercis.

Telamona querct, Fitch, Cat. Ins. State Cab. Nat. Hist. p. 51
(1851).
New York.

11. Telamona cyrtops.
Thelia cyrtops, Farm., Ann. Ent. Sér. 2, iv, p. 310, 17
(1851).
Telamona reclivata, Fitch, Cat. Ins. State Cab. Nat. Hist. p. 51
(1851).
Nova Scotia. Brit. Mus.

12. Telamona molaris, n, sp. Pl. III, f. 13.

Brown, irregularly variegated with black ; allied to 7. cyrtops,
but differently coloured, the pronotum much shallower, the
dorsal process distinctly bifid, with a lateral compressed vertical
suleus; the tegmina hyaline, with blackish veins and broad
external border. Length 10 mm.

Saskatchewan, N. America. Type Brit. Mus.

Presented to the Collection by Dr. Hooker, and collected by
M. Bourgeau.

13. Telamona mexicana.

Telamona mexicana, Stal, Ofv. Vetensk. Akad. Forh. 1869,
p. 249, 1.
Mexico.

14, Telamona? gibbosa.
Hemiptycha gibbosa, Walker, List. Homopt. Suppl. p. 142

3).

Ega. Type Brit. Mus.

T. acuminata has as much right in my opinion, to be made
the type of a new genus, as 7. scalaris and T. cristata have ;
I cannot, therefore, include it in Zelamona, but would propose
the name Glossonotus for it on account of the tongue-like form
of the dorsal process of the pronotum.

Descriptions of new or little known species of CoLEopTERA fron

various localities ; by Cuas. O. WATERHOUSE.

MELOLONTHID£.
Apogonia nigrescens, Hope.

Gray’s Zool. Miscell., 1831, p. 23.

Oblongo-ovata, convexa, nitida, nigra, elytris senescentibus ;
clypeo crebre fortiter punctato ; fronte crebre minus fortiter
punctata; thorace creberrime evidenter punctato, angulis anticis
prominulis, paulo depressis; scutello basi discrete punctato ;
elytris crebre fortiter punctatis, dorsim costis duabus angustis
levibus; abdomine lateribus, pygidioque ercbre fortissime punc-
tatis; metasterno lateribus confertim evidenter punctato. Long.
5 lin.

The punctures on the clypeus are rather close together and
very strong, those on the forehead are less strong. The anterior
angles of ihe thorax are unusually prominent and flattened, the
punctuation is very even and distinct, the spaces ; between the
punctures are not greater than the diameter of the punctures,
the sides (viewed laterally) are much rounded behind the middle,
and the posterior angles are very obtuse. The elytra are covered
with large deep punctures, the spaces between the punctures a
little greater than the diameter of the punctures; the usual, )
Booth costee are well defined, and along the sides are five rows
of strong punctures. Pygidium with a smooth raised mesial
line.

Hab. Nepal (Hardwicke). Brit. Mus.

Apogonia proxima, 0. sp.

Nigro-znea, convexa, nitida ; thorace creberrime fortiter punc-
tato, cane anticis acutiusculis, haud depressis ; scutello sub-
tilius heed crebre punctato ; elytris crebre fortiter punctatis,
dorsim costis duabus angustis levibus; abdomine lateribus
pygidioque crebre fortissime punctatis; metasterno lateribus
regulariter crebre fortiter punctatis. Long. 5 lin.

+)

J md

224 Mr. WATERHOUSE on new species of Coleoptera.

This species is closely allied to the preceding, but differs as
follows :—Clypeus very short, very strongly and densely punc-
tured, the punctures touching one another. Forehead rather
more deeply punctured. Thorax (viewed from above) gradually
narrowed in front, the sides gently arcuate, the punctuation is
rather stronger than in A. nigrescens, very close, the intervals
between the punctures equal to the diameter of the punctures,
the sides (viewed laterally) are less rounded posteriorly, the
anterior angles (although slightly acute) are not prominent and
are not flattened. The punctuation of the scutellum is not very
close, finer than in A, nigrescens, and equally distributed over
the surface. The punctuation of the elytra is the same, but of
the five lateral rows of strong punctures, the pair proceeding
from the shoulder are separated by a small space from the other
three, and this space is punctured as the rest of the elytra. The
punctuation of the sides of the metasternum is strong, and the
spaces between the punctures are rather less than the diameter
of the punctures, whereas in A.. nigrescens the punctures are
smaller and almost contiguous to each other. Pygidium with a
short raised mesial line.

Hab. Andaman Island (R. Meldola, Esq.). Brit. Mus.

In the Museum collection is a specimen named erea, BI.,
which differs from both the preceding in having the thorax
(when viewed from abcve) rounded at the sides, and when
viewed laterally very much rounded (almost from the anterior
angle), the posterior angle not defined, and the scutellum is
almost smooth, &e.

Apogonia rauca, Faby.

The following notes from the type specimen of this species
in the Banksian collection may be useful. Clypeus deeply
punctured, the interspaces a little less than the diameter of the
punctures ; forehead rather less deeply punctured and the dis-
tances between the punctures average about 14 times the
diameter of the punctures, the sides are very much rounded.
The scutellum has two lines of punctures on each side. The
punctuation of the elytra is very deep and coarse, the intervals
about half the diameter of the punctures, the second dorsal
costa is very narrow and somewhat obsolete posteriorly, the
frequently found third costa is not discernible, as the punctures
on this part of the elytra are in lines, between the extreme
margin and the most lateral line of punctures there are a few
large punctures below the shoulders. The sides of the meta-

Mr. WATERHOUSE on new species of Coleoptera. 225

sternum are very strongly punctured, the interspaces about
equal to the diameter of the punctures. The sides of the
abdomen are thickly and deeply punctured ; the pygidium has
some large punctures placed not very closely along the sides,
the middle with a few stray punctures, and no trace cat a raised
line. The general colour is «neous.

Anomala punctatissima, Walker (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1859,
il, p. 56), agrees admirably with the type Apogonia rauca,
except that it “has the scutellum almost smooth. I believe it to
be a mere variety.

Apogonia polita, n. sp.

Oblongo-ovata, convexa, nigra (v1x purpurascens), nitidissima};
clypeo sat crebre evidenter punctato; fronte minus crebre
distincte punctata ; thorace convexo, haud crebre subtiliter
punctulato; scutello levi; elytris haud crebre, evidenter punc-
tatis, bigeminato-striato-punctatis. Long. 5 lin.

A highly polished robust species. Clypeus rather closely and
very distinctly punctured ; forehead rather less strongly punc-
tured, the intervals Heaveon the punctures about 14 times the
diameter of the punctures. The thorax is highly polished,
the punctures are rather obsolete on the disk, more distinct at
the sides, distant from each other from 2 to 3 times the diameters
of the punctures, on the disk the punctures are more scattered.
The punctures on the elytra are distinct (but not very large),
distant from each other about 8 times the diameter of the
punctures; finer on the sides; of the usual pairs of rows of
punctures, the first pair are parallel and the space between them
is rather broad, and with a few punctures scattered over the
surface ; the second pair are rather closer together and include
a row of small punctures ; the third pair are very similar to the
second ; at the sides are three rows of punctures (including the
marginal line), the intervals between them almost destitute of
punctures. The sides of the metasternum and abdomen are
very strongly and rather thickly punctured, less thickly on the
abdomen (which is pitchy); the punctures on the pygidium are
not very close.

Hab, Siam (J. C. Bowring, Esq.). Brit. Mus.

Apogonia coriacea, i. sp.

Oblonga, parum convexa, nitida, supra nigro-enea, subtus
eneo-picea ; clypeo brevi, fortiter sat crebre punctato, fronte

226 Mr. WATERHOUSE on new species of Coleoptera.

haud crebre subtiliter punctulata ; thorace brevi, parce subtilis-
sime punctulato; scutello levi; elytris oblongis, creberrime sub-
tiliter coriaceo-punctulatis punctis majoribus sat crebre inter-
spersis ; propygidio opaco, parce subtiliter punctulato ; pygidio
zeneo, basi punctis nonnullis adsperso. Long. 62 lin., lat. 33 lin.

This fine species is conspicuous by its large size, smooth
thorax, and fine punctuation on the elytra, besides the more
usual coarse punctures. The dorsal coste are very narrow and
inconspicuous.

Hab. Ceylon. Brit. Mus.

Apogona nana, Walker.

Trigonostoma nana, Walker, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1859, in,
p- 5d.

Piceo-testacea, nitida; clypeo brevi, fronte haud crebre
punctulata ; thorace haud crebre subtilius punctulato, lateribus
evidenter punctatis ; elytris fortiter sat crebe punctatis, lineis
duabus vix convexis instructis. Long. 24 lin.

The punctuation of the head is not very close and is rather
obscure, especially in the middle of the forehead. The disc of
the thorax is finely and sparingly punctured, the sides more
distinctly and more closely punctured. The punctuation of the
elytra is rather strong and close; the usual two dorsal smooth
lines are not very well defined, especially the second; there is
a line of strong punctures along the margin, the space between
this row of punctures and the margin is smooth and convex.
Metasternum smooth. Sides of the abdomen rather thickly and
strongly punctured. Pygidium not very thickly and moderately
strongly punctured.

Hab. Ceylon. Brit. Mus.

There can be no doubt that this species is an Apogonia
although it is a little narrower than the majority of the species.

Apogonia cenescens, Hope.
Gray’s Zool. Miscell., 1831, p. 23.

Clypeus not separated from the head by any distinct suture,
closely and moderately strongly punctured; head moderately,
closely and strongly punctured. Apical joints of the maxillary
palpi unusually inflated in the middle, acuminate at the apex.
Thorax thickly punctured with rather strong (but not large)

Mr. WATERHOUSE on new species of Coleoptera. 227

punctures, the spaces between them a little less than the diameter
of the punctures, a little less close on the dise and front margin ;
the sides (viewed laterally) gently rounded behind the middle.
Scutellum distinctly but not thickly punctured at the sides.
Elytra thickly and strongly punctured, the punctures irregular
and the intervals between them about equal to the diameters of
the punctures ; of the usual dorsal costz, the first is rather broad
(especially posteriorly), and is punctured rather less strongly
than the rest of the elytra, the third costa is rather indian
and does not reach the shoulder; on the sides are three rows
(including the marginal one) of strong punctures. Legs pitchy ;
anterior tibiae with two small teeth. Abdomen thickly and
strongly punctured at the sides. Pygidium with large strong
round punctures, leaving only narrow intervals between them.

Hab. Nepal (Hardwicke). Brit. Mus,

Apogonia brunnea, Hope, is only a paler form of this species.
The description given by Blanchard (Cat. Coll. Ent. p. 228), of
“brunnea, Hope,” can scarcely refer to this species. “ capite
parce subtiliterque punctato,” and “ scutello levi,” do not apply
to Hope’s insect.

Apogona pallescens, n. sp.

Ovata, convexa, antice angustior piceo-enea, nitida ; capite
haud crebre, subtilius punctulato ; thorace elytris angustiori, sat
crebre evidenter punctato ; scutello lateribus punctulatis ; elytri is
eeneo-testacels, convexis, paulo ampliatis, fortiter punctatis,
parum distincte bigeminato striatis; tibiis anticis angustis,
apice haud dentatis, basi solum denticulis tribus acutis extus
armatis, Long. 33 lin.

The linear anterior tibiae at once distinguish this from the
majority of the species of the genus, there are three small sharp
teeth near the base on the outer edge. The clypeus pitchy-
cupreous, very distinctly and rather closely punctured. The
punctures on the head are small, not very close together, the
intervals between them averaging three times the diameter of
the punctures. Thorax very shining, wneous, rather narrowed
in front, the punctures are very distinct, but not very large,
moderately close, the intervals between them averaging 14 times
the diameter of the punctures. The elytra are rather ample
and convex, rounded at the sides, the punctuation is strong,
and moderately close, the intervals between the punctures
scarcely more than the diameter of the punctures, towards the
sides the punctures are smaller and less close; the usual costae

228 Mr. WATERHOUSE on new species of Coleoptera.

are only indicated by double lines of punctures, the space
between the first pair is rather broad and punctures nearly as
the rest of the elytra, the second pair are not so distinct and
become obsolete posteriorly, the third costa is only indicated by
a line of punctures below the shoulder; at the sides are three
lines of punctures (including the marginal line). The sides of
the abdomen are very strongly and thickly punctured; the
punctures on the Bye, are not numerous, but are very
strong.

Hab. Penang (J. C. Bowring, Esq.). Brit. Mus.

TRICHIID A.
Inca Davisii, n. sp.

Elliptica, convexa, obscure cuprea; thorace evidenter punctato,
disco foveolis tribus bene impresso; scutello sat crebre fortiter
punctato, apice levi; elytris obscure purpureo-nigris, opacis,
velutinis, ad latera suturamque maculis sepe confluentibus fascia-
que dentata obliqua sordide-albidis ornatis; corpore subtus
cupreo, nitido, punctato, Q. Long. 21 lin., lat. 11 hn.

Closely allied to J. bifrons, F., but broader, of a coppery
. colour, and with the scutellum rather thickly and strongly
punctured. Head finely frosted, forehead a little raised in the
middle ; clypeus transversely impressed behind, convex in front,
the front obliquely emarginate on each side. Thorax ¢ broader
than long, moderately shining, moderately, thickly and distinctly
punctured, a little more narrowed in front than behind; disk
with strong horse-shoe shaped impression in front of the middle
and a deep round fovea on each side. Scutellum strongly and
rather thickly punctured, smooth at the apex only. Elytra dull
brownish-black ; the marking are nearly as in J. bifrons, but
the spots are rather larger, and the oblique band rather broader
and with its angulations less sharp.

Hab. Peru. Brit. Mus.

A single specimen of this species was presented to the Museum
by Mr. William Davis, after whom I have named it.

GQ2DEMERID A.

Sessinia Atkinsoni, n. sp.

y |
Elongata, angusta, nigra; thorace rufo, levi; elytris olivaceis,
confertim ruguloso- punctatis, ante apicem ese) angusta albida ;
abdomine fay o nitido, apice nigro. Long. 34 lin,

Mr. WATERHOUSE on new species of Coleoptera. 229

Head black, rather short and broad, rather thickly and very finely
punctured, the vertex sparingly punctured, clypeus deeply and
transversely impressed. Thorax scarcely broader than the head,
about as long as broad, widest in front of the middle, much
rounded at the sides Pumened behind, sparingly and scarcely
visibly punctured, with a shallow impression on each side of
the disk. Elytra bluish-green, one-quarter broader than the
thorax, very closely finely but distinctly punctured, with a
aamearanee narrow whitish band near the apex. Abdomen
shining, yellow, with the apex black, very delicately and not
very closely punctured, or rather scratched.

Hab. Tasmania (EH. D, Atkinson, Esq.). Brit. Mus.

Sessinia sublineata, u. sp.

Hlongata, angusta, cyaneo-nigra, griseo-pubescens ; capite
crebre fortiter punctato; thorace capite paulo latiori, latitudine
vix longiori, confertim fortiter punctato, dorsim utrinque
impresso, postice angustato, lateribus antice rotundatis ; elytris
thorace 2 latioribus, subtilius ruguloso-punctatis. Long. 3 lin.

Rather a long, narrow species, bluish-black. Head rather
narrow, very thickly and distinctly punctured, with a smooth
spot on the forehead. Thorax in front a little broader than
the head, broadest in front of the middle, moderately narrowed
behind, the punctuation rather strong and very crowded, the
punctures not large, there is a well marked impression on each
side, and the punctuation here is finer. Scutellum thickly
punctured. Hlytra rather finely and very thickly rugulose,
each elytron with two fine coste, the pubescence near the suture
forms two greyish stripes, that on the sides is nearly black.

Hab. Tasmania (EH. D. Atkinson, Hsq.), S. Australia (Bake-
well). Brit. Mus.

CASSIDID &.
Kpistictia inornata, 1. sp.

Oblongo-ovata, piceo-testacea, sub-nitida ; fronte crebre punc-
tulata, nigro-variegata; thorace crebre subtiliter punctulato,
disco parcius punctulato, utrinque punctis duobus nigris levibus;
elytris crebre fortiter punctatis, marginibus levioribus, parum
reflexis ; humeris puncto nigro notatis ; ore, genubus tarsisque
nigris. Long. 34-42 ln.

230 Mr. WATERHOUSE on new species of Coleoptera.

A little longer than EL. viridimaculata, and rather straighter
at the sides. Thorax with the sides less reflexed, very finely
punctured, the base very slightly lobed in the middle. Elytra
strongly and rather thickly punctured, but much less strongly
than in viridimaculata, the punctures are pitchy and each is -
furnished with one or two short fine hairs, the surface is more
even, and there are no raised lines, the margins are rather
more incrassate. Hach elytron has a single black spot on the

shoulder.
Hab. Lake Nyassa (Thelwall), Zambesi (Simons). Brit. Mus.

Descriptions of new species of Leviportera from North China ;
nye Win se PRYER:

Neptis intermedia, n. sp. Pl. IV, £. 1.

Thorax iridescent green, upper side ground colour brown-
black. F.w. in costal half a longitudinal white streak from base
two-thirds across wing, interrupted towards the end by a band
of the ground colour; in outer half six large white spots form a
sort of bow-shaped band across the wing, bending inwards towards
the inner margin; a submarginal line of irregularly shaped
white spots: h.w. a transverse straight white band from inner
half of abdominal margin to outer half of costa; from just
above anal angle a thinner white band or streak, interrupted by
the ground coloured nervures, crosses the wing nearly to the
anterior angle. Under side dark chocolate, shading into lead
colour on inner margin of f.w., markings men the same as on
upper side, the submarginal row of spots on f.w. being more
distinctly mmerked, and there are generally some Rddional white
marks on the margin itself ; h.w. in addition to the upper side
markings, there is a thin submarginal white line, a some-
what indistinct white line between the two central bands, and
from the base there are two short white streaks, one a little
way along the costa and the other below it. Expanse of wings
24 inches to 24 inches.

Inhabits the greater part of North China, common; it also
occurs in Japan.

Lampides filicaudis, n. sp.

Upper side ground colour smoky brown-black, Ane in both
sexes, the only markings being a just discernible submarginal
row of spots on the h.w. faintly edged with slaty-blue. Under
side slaty-grey, the usual Lycaena like spots large, black,
well marked, and narrowly edged with white. The tail is very
diminutive, and hardly distinguishable except in newly emerged
specimens ; the space between the two anal spots of the marginal
and submarginal rows is more or less orange. Expanse of wings
10 lines to 1 inch,

232 Mr. Prrer on new species of Lepidoptera,

Abundant everywhere in hilly districts in North China. Has
a curious habit of settling on the sides of bare rocks. This
species has probably been overlooked from its similarity to the
females of some of the common Lycaenidae.

Euchloris procumbaria, n. sp. Pl. IV, f. 2.

Light green. F.w. three indistinct whitish lines from costa
to inner margin; just within posterior angle a white blotch
encircled by a brown-red line: h.w. anterior angle with two
somewhat diamond shaped white blotches, surrounded by a
brown-red line, which runs for a short distance along the outer
margin, and again becomes apparent at the anal angle, frmge
spotted with same colour. Expanse of wings 1 inch.

Shanghai, rather rare.

Cataclysta Sabrina, n. sp. Pl. IV, f. 3.

Prevailiag colour light brownish-yellow. F.w. with white
markings fram base 40 centre, a large white somewhat V- -shaped
mark in the outer half of wing, the tips of the V being broadest
and the apex pointing towards the posterior angle of fw, the inside
of the outer half of the VY margined with grey ; from close to
anterior angle, nearly across the wing, a transverse white streak
with very narrow edging of black on the outer side, and an
equally narrow black ‘marginal line: h.w. base white, on inner
half of centre a broad white transverse streak edged on both
sides with grey, and a fainter white streak down abdominal
margin, turning off above anal angle across the wing nearly to
anterior angle, where there is another faint whitish streak just
within it; on outer margin four largish silver centred black
spots. Expanse of wings 1 inch 38 lines.

About streams at the Snowy Valley (Chekiang Province), not
common.

Cataclysta bifurcalis, n. sp. Pl. IV, £. 4.

Prevailing colour brownish-yellow. F.w. with a broad white
horizontal streak from base to centre of wing, a somewhat con-
spicuous dark spot on costa, which forms the left hand top of
an irregular lead coloured V- shaped mark; on outer half of
costa a white wedged-shaped mark, with a Sal yellow streak on
the centre, a white streak nar rowly edged with black on the outside,
just within the outer margin; on the edge of wing an interrupted

Mr. Pryer on new species of Lepidoptera. 235

black line or row of spots: h.w. with a broad conspicuous
white streak edged with black from abdominal margin to costa,
a very narrow Heunle line along outer margin, athe three nail
black spots on the outer half of the marginal line, and a minute
white or silvery spot above the last black one, anterior angle
considerably indented. Expanse of wings 11 lines,

About streams at the Snowy Valley (Chekiang Province), not
common.

Hydrocampa interruptalis, n. sp. Pl. IV, f. 5.

Prevailing colour ochraceous-yellow. F.w. with a well marked
black ring, with white pupil, side by side above it are two more
white spots nearly surrounded with black, on outer margin is an
irregular black streak, very slightly divided by the eround
colour in the middle. Hvw. on inner half a black line starts
from costa, proceeds nearly to anal angle, and returns to costa,
on the outer half more or less elbowed in the middle of its
upward course ; from the apex of the elbow to the costa a short
brown mark margined with black; a broad white transverse
streak on the inner half of wimg towards the middle, and
second broad white mark from costa half across the wing on
outer half ; a marginal irregular white streak interrupted about
the middle.

This species is subject to much variation, in one specimen
the black line described above as starting from and returning
to the costa of h.w. merely crosses the wing to the abdominal
margin, and the elbowed line instead of being an unbroken and
distinct continuation of it, starts considerably nearer the anal
angle; and in another specimen the entire marginal white streak
both in upper and lower wing is not interrupted at all. Expanse
of wings 11 lines.

Common on some ponds about Shanghai.

Hydrocampa nigrolinealis, n. sp. Pl. IV, f. 6.

Ground colour brown, markings much the same as in //.
interruptalis, the white spots and black lines being boldly and
distinctly marked : h.w. including the very narrow fringe line,
with seven black transverse lines, and a black edged large white
mark just below the costa in the centre; an uninterrupted white
line, elbowed in the middle, and black edged on both sides,
extends from the costa, outside the white mark, to the abdominal
angle. Hxpanse of wings 1 inch.

Occasionally taken on ponds round Shanghai,

234 Mr. Pryer on new species of Lepidoptera.

Oligostigma insectalis, n. sp. Pl. IV, f. 7.

F.w. prevailing colour greyish-brown ; several longitudinal
whitish streaks from base to beyond middle, the largest of them
just above the inner margin, turned upwards and terminating
at the costa; a transverse white streak just within the outer
margin : h.w. upper half streaked with greyish-white and black
three-quarters of the way across the wing, rest of wing brown-
yellow ; a central longitudinal interrupted black edged white
streak ; narrow marginal black line with a row of small black
dots wust within the marein, notched at its tip. Expanse of
wings 8 lines.

On the clear water canals about Shanghai, not common.

Oligostigma regularis, nu: sp. Pl. IV, f. 8.

Basal half of both f. and h.w. streaked with white and
greyish-black ; outer halves pale brown, with a white streak
more or less edged with greyish-black. Interior angle entire.
Expanse of wings 6 lines.

Common amongst water-weeds round Shanghai.

Pyrausta Minnehaha, n. sp. Pl. IV, f. 9.

Body grey. F.w. a delicate rose tint ; on outer half, a line of
slightly darker colour, elbowed in the middle, and terminating
on the inner margin: h.w. grey, two transverse lines nearly
across the wing, one commencing above the middle and one
below. Expanse of wings 11 lines.

I took three specimens of this pretty little insect close beside
a cascade at the Snowy Valley (Chekiang Province) ; it also
occurs in Japan,

Lepyrodes bistigmalis, n. sp. Pl. IV, f. 10.

Dull grey-brown, with whitish markings. F.w. the elbowed
line with about half-a-dozen faintly indicated spots, forming a
transverse line on the outside, and three, rather more con-
spicuous, on the inside; about the centre of the wing is a
somewhat larger spot, intersected by the elbowed line; nearer
the base are two small white spots, one obliquely below the
other: h.w. with several irregular white markings about the
centre, through part of which runs a continuation of the elbowed
line of the former ; near the base are two distinct spots, one

Mr. PrYER on new species of Lepidoptera. 235

nearest the abdominal margin rotundate, the other linear and
reaching the margin. HExpanse of wings 9 lines,

Common at the Feng Whan Shan (hills) near Shanghai.

Lepyrodes EFengwhanalis, n. sp. Pl. IV. f. 11.

F.w. rather light brown, a transverse straight line near the
base; several irregular whitish markings in the centre, and a
well defined row of triangular spots, edged on the outside with
dark brown, within the outer margin: h.w. with the basal line
continued, but not quite so straight ; a white elbowed line across
centre of wing, the space between it and the continuation of the
straight line somewhat darker, with two white spots ; an irregu-
lar interrupted white line within outer margin, and a rather large
triangular white spot on the costa, within the elbowed line.
Expanse of wings 10 lines.

Feng Whan Shan (hills) not common.

Hemerosia aurantiana, n. sp. Pl. IV, f. 12.

F.w. inner two-thirds orange-brown, outer third black, with
numerous minute red markings: h.w. dark grey. Expanse of
wings 6 lines.

Shanghai, one specimen.

LEPIDOTARPHIUS, n. gen.

Head obtuse; palpi small, drooping, divergent; wings elongate;
body elongate, flattened; scales of thorax and base of wings very
dense and closely packed.

This genus is apparently intermediate between Butalis and
Pancalia, and the characteristics of the body indicate a close
relationship to Stacntonia.

Lepidotarphius splendens, n. sp. Pl. IV, f. 13.

Thorax and head burnished metallic-green, second abdominal
segment deep black, rest of abdomen rich yellow, anal tuft plum
colour: f.w.-basal half burnished metallic-green, outer half rich
yellow, with 7 apparently raised bright golden spots: h.w. dark
grey. Expanse of wings 8 lines.

Occasionally taken amongst reeds; not uncommon at ponds
on the Shanghai race-course.

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Remarks on certain species of the Lepidopterous genus OPHIDERES,
and their capacity for piercing the epicarp of fruits; by
Grorce L. Pivcuer.

Having seen that the Moths, Ophideres fullonia, materna,
imperator, and salaminia, have been exciting attention, both in
England and France, on account of their supposed power of
piercing through the rind of oranges, in order to suck the juices
of the fruit, I may, I hope, be pardoned for presenting the
results of my own observations as regards the conclusions which

have been arrived at.

M, A. Thozet, of Rockhampton, was the author of the letter
in the “Rockhampton Bulletin,’ May, 1875, which is quoted
both by Mr. F. Darwin in his paper in the “ Journal Micro-
scopical Science,” on the Structure of the Proboscis of O. fullonia,
and also by M. Kiinckel in his paper, read by M. Emile
Blanchard before the French Academy of Sciences, and copied

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into the ‘“Gardener’s Chronicle,” though it appears that M.

Thozet had written to M. Kiinckel on the subject before.

M. Thozet states “that O. fullonia punctures the rind of the
orange, extracts the juice in the corresponding division of the
orange, leaving free access to the air, and withdrawing the
support to the rind, which, of course, sinks as soon as decomposi-~

tion begins,” and the fruit falls.

Mr. Darwin’s and M. Kiinckel’s remarks are on the structure
of the proboscis of the moth, and its adaptation to the facts men-

tioned in M. Thozet’s letter,
x

238 Mr. Pincuer’s Remarks on species of the

M. Thozet’s letter was replied to by Mr. Miskin, of Brisbane,
a well-known entomologist, who utterly repudiated the idea of
O. fullonia puncturing the oranges, and said, “ O. fullonia is
really only following the well-known habits of its tribe—that of
extracting the juice of fruit, which has already been penetrated
by the action of other agents, the interior parts being thus exposed
to the operations of the moth fraternity, which otherwise, would
not be attracted by the fruit.” This statement of Mr. Miskin’s
is In entire accordance with my own observations. Not only do
the Ophideride attack the oranges, but also the ripe guava,
peach, and especially the banana ; so much so, that Queensland
Lepidopterists take advantage of their well-known tastes to effect
their capture. The modus operandi is to hang up fully ripe
bananas, with ¢ncisions made in the skin, to which the different
species of Ophideres (as well as other moths), resort in numbers.
Such is the preference of Ophideres for the banana, that Mr.
Miskin tells me that he has hung up oranges, cut in halves, in
close proximity to the bananas, and that the former have not
attracted a single specimen, and that those bananas which are

ripest, almost fermenting, draw most insects.

M. Kiinckel describes the proboscis as “‘a veritable auger,” a
perfect model of design as a perforating instrument ; whilst, Mr.
Darwin says ‘that the insect must employ a thrusting motion,
and not any kind of revolving movement, and the proboscis must
accordingly be considered as a saw;” so that these two observers
do not agree at all as to the mode in which the proboscis is
used.

Mr. Darwin’s theory of a “thrusting motion” seems to me the
only motion which is possible, but I cannot myself imagine a
more unfitting tool than a saw to perform the operation of making
a hole. Would any carpenter attempt to pierce a plank, even
with the finest key-hole saw, without first boring a hole right

through the wood with a gimlet ?

Lepidopterous genus Ophideres. 239

It was from the examination of the proboscis of the moth
some eight years ago, that I first began to doubt the statements
about the capability of an insect, fitted with such an instrument,
to perforate the tough rind of an orange, though the apparatus

appeared adapted for enlarging a hole already existing.

I then made enquiries, and ascertained that the oranges fell
off in other colonies in Australia, where the Ophideridaw were
unknown, and being thus strengthened in my supposition that
the moth was, at all events, not the primary enemy of the orange,

I endeavoured to find out what was.

I accordingly obtained a number of newly fallen oranges for
examination. On squeezing these with the hand, a small drop of
juice was seen to exude from the orange, and on opening the
corresponding quarter of the orange, two or three maggots were
visible, varying in size, according to the stage of growth at which
they had arrived; only the division in which the larve were
was effected ; the remaining quarters appeared to be sound and
eatable. I then enclosed a number of the oranges in boxes with
a little sand, and at the end of a fortnight, the fly (of which I
have sent two specimens to Mr. Janson)* appeared; and I
thought I could now see how it was that superficial observers
had been led to think that the moth was the destroyer of the
orange ; whereas it was only an accomplice after the fact. Now
also, I could admire the wonderful perfection of the mechanism
of the proboscis of the moth, and see how well it was adapted
for enlarging a hole already made by some other insect, though
totally unfitted for commencing one, and that to this hole it was

attracted by the drop of juice exuding from it.

*These specimens, doubtless referable to the genus 7rypcta, Meig.,
I have deposited in the national collection at the British Museum : the
species is evidently distinct from any therein extant, its nearest ally
appears to be 7. scrratul@, Linn. (Loew. europ. Bohrfliegen, p. 62,
T. x. f. 1).— Hd,
x2

240 Mr. Piucuer’s Remarks on species of Ophideres.

The frill of bristles on the dorsal part of the proboscis, would
seem to assist in pressing the under rasping surface down upon
the object to be operated on, The spies on the lower surfaces
are, | think to prevent the msertion of the proboscis to too great
an extent, as the moth might not otherwise be able to withdraw

it easily, when occasion might require.

When the moth is engaged im sucking, the upper wings are
partially opened, and their margins together with those of the
lower wings, and the hinder part of the abdomen, seem to be
pressed against the fruit; the forelegs raise the head and the
fore part of the body, so that there is a considerable interval
between the head and the orange or banana, and consequently it
is evident that the proboscis is only buried im the fruit to a
certain depth.

RockHAMPTON, QUEENSLAND,
28th March, 1877.

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On new species of CATOCALA and Sypna from Japan; by Arriur
G. Butter, F.L.S.

CATOCALID A.

1. Catocala Zaimunna, n. sp.

Closely allied to C. electa, but much larger, the primaries of
a more silver-grey tint; the reniform spot large and yellowish,
the black markings finer ; secondaries above more distinctly shot
with lilacine, the angular belt with its inferior half narrower ;
outer border rather more narrowly white; primaries below with
the white discal band narrower and more angular, the white
border confined to the apex and fringe; secondaries with the
black band more constricted in the centre. Expanse 3 inches
D lines.

Yokohama (Jonas) ; Hakodaté (Whitely). Brit. Mus.

2. Catocala nivea, n. sp.

Primaries grey, striated with greyish-brown, three angulated
transverse brownish belts, the outer and inner ones interrupted
at both extremities by irregular black lines bordered with
greenish- white, the central one also interrupted by the reniform
spot which is cream colour bordered with greenish-white, veins
spotted with black and white; an undulated brownish discal
belt, a marginal series of black edged quadrate white spots, the
third of which is connected with the black line on the outer
transverse angulated belt by a longitudinal jet-black stripe ;
secondaries white, with an’ abbreviated angulated band just
beyond the end of the cell, an irregularly arched discal band
a series of convex submarginal liture, and a /\ shaped marking
near the apical margin, pines : head white ; collar brown, w hite
in front, crossed by two dark brown lines; thorax white speckled
with grey and black, abdomen grey: wings below white, with
irregular central black belt ; base grey ; a broad blackish discal
band ; outer border of primaries greyish-brown, fringe white ;
Pooondarios with a grey,spot at the end of the cell ; outer border
sparsely speckled with foe more densely on the upper dis-
coidal interspace : body below whity-brown, Expanse 4 inches
3 lines,

Yokohama (Jonas). Brit. Mus.

A marvellously distinct species.

242 Mr. Butter on new species of

Catocala ella, n. sp.

Allied to C. conversa, from which it differs in its superior
size, the greenish-grey colouring of the primaries with much
more sharply defined markings; the brighter ochreous second-
aries, with the central black band widest towards the costa and
oradually tapering to the abdominal margin; the wider and
more regular black border, notched near the anal angle ; the
broader and brighter ochreous belts below (not partly white) ;
the angular black band of secondaries below regular and widest
towards the costa. Expanse 2 inches 7 lines.

Yokohama (Jonas). Brit. Mus.

4, Catocala bella, n. sp.

Allied to C. neogama, primaries slightly narrower, of a more
slaty-grey tint, with the outer border dusky and reddish tinted ;
secondaries with a broader black central band, a broader black
outer border, and with the apex and fringe white instead of
ochreous ; primaries below with the bands white instead of
ochreous ; the outer border whitish ; secondaries with the anterior
half of the bands, the apex, and fringe white instead of ochreous:
body below white. Expanse 2 inches 6 lines.

Yokohama (Jonas), Brit. Mus.

Catocala Jonasit, n. sp.

Primaries silver-grey, whitish in and beyond the discoidal
cell, crossed by two black lines as in C. neogama, white edged ;
reniform spot and a rounded spot below it black edged; a trans-
verse row of black spots just beyond the cell; a partly black
edged dentated discal white streak (diffused internally) from the
costa to the external angle ; a submarginal series of black dots ;
fringe white ; secondaitics! ochraceous with brownish internal
streaks from the base to the central band, the latter angulated,
almost divided in the centre ; outer border black, very broad
near apex, abruptly and deeply excavated on lower radial and
median interspaces, less deeply bisinuated beyond ; apex and
frmge pale ochraceous: body grey, abdomen brownish ; wings
below white, yellowish towards the imner margins, primaries
crossed by three and secondaries by two black bands; body
below white, abdomen with the anal segments and sides yellow-
ish, Expanse 5 inches,

Yokohama (Jonas), Brit. Mus.

Catocala and Sypna. 245

6. Catocala mirifica, n. sp.

Allied to C. paranympha, but the primaries pale silver grey,
almost white, with a broad dark brown costal patch occupying
the apical quarter of the wing, and upon which alone the black
markings are distinctly visible, traces of discal and marginal
brownish belts below the brown patch ; two apical ereyish
nebulez ; secondaries of a brighter tint, the central band slightly
agian and the abbrev aaited pine outer border wider and
a little shorter ; thorax whitish like the primaries, abdomen
*testaceous ; head and collar brown speckled; under surface paler
than in C. paranympha, the yellow belts broader ; primaries
with the pale outer border scarcely distinguishable excepting at
apex, fringe yellow; secondaries with the black belts more
regular and not obliterated towards the costa; body below white.
Expanse 2 inches 3 lines.

Yokohama (Jonas). Brit. Mus.

Catocala xarippe, 0X. sp.

Allied to C. Polygama, but considerably larger; the secondaries
with the central black belt broader, not so sharply defined ; the
costal as well as the abdominal area broadly brown; the outer
black border, broader more regular, not interrupted, but with a
notch in it near the anal Bole : eh surface altogether whiter
and with the basal area more dusky. Expanse 2 inches 4 lines.

Hakodaté (Whitely). Brit. Mus.

8. Catocala esther, n. sp.

Allied to C. consors, but the primaries blackish, the central
band with straight inner edge, whitish irrorated with grey and
testaceous ; Outer border bro vadly ¢ grey, its inner edge undulated,
and Peed by an undulated black stripe ; secondaries of a
clearer orange colour, with the central band blacker and narrower
and the outer border blacker and more angular ; thorax blackish,
whitish in the centre and behind, abdomen elonied with sor did
ochraceous scales; under surface altogether more defined, the
borders blacker. Expanse 2 inches 4 lines.

Yokohama (Jonas). Brit. Mus.
Also allied to C. prolifica.

244 Mr. BurLer on new species of

9. Catocala voulcanica, n. sp.

Allied to C. consors ; considerably larger, but with almost
similar black markings on the primaries ; primaries above slaty-
erey densely irrorated with sulphur yellow scales; a diffused
oblique broad band near the base, the costal area at the base, the
reniform spot, some scales above it, the centre of internal area,
some streaks partly bordering the discal zigzag black lines and a
sparse sprinkling of scales over the whole wing, ferruginous ;
secondaries bright ochreous, with central and interno-median
confluent bands somewhat resembling a large black U3; outer
border very broad and black, abruptly constricted to a mere
connecting line near the anal angle and joining the central band
just before the constriction, interrupted externally by two convex
ochreous spots, between which are four dots; frimge spotted with
blackish ; thorax grey, collar and tegule reddish, abdomen
testaceous; wings below ochreous, primaries crossed by three
black belts, outer border brownish, frmge whitish; secondaries
crossed by two black bands, the inner one L shaped, the outer
one tapering, excavated near the anal angle; an abbreviated
grey internal dash; pectus whitish, legs speckled with black,
tarsi black banded with creamy- Ssininlelie: venter yellowish.
Expanse 3 inches 2 lines.

Yokohama (Jonas) ; Hakodaté (Whitely). Brit. Mus,

EREBID.
1. Sypna picta, n. sp.

Above fuliginous brown, primaries darker than the secondaries ;
central area paler brown, crossed by a broad white band
spotted with brown iaversed by blue lines, and (owing to the
presence of a large central costal brown patch) forking from the
middle of the cell to the costa; reniform spot divided by
the outer branch of the band, and with a central ochreous
spot, outlined in black, beyond it; a large pale brown apical
patch, bounded internally by a large 3 shaped black character,
which in some examples is continued as a dentated line to the
inner margin ; a submarginal series of black edged white spots ;
a pale undulated marginal line, and a second less distinct similar
line on the fringe; secondaries slightly paler at the base and
across the inner half of the disc, the latter pale area beimg partly
bounded internally by an abbreviated dusky streak or line :
outer border broadly dusky ; an abbreviated dentated black edged
whitish subanal line, and a submarginal series of black edged
white spots ; fringe whity-brown, traversed by a broad dusky

Catocala und Sypna. 245

band ; under surface pale brown, crossed by two whitish discal
streaks separated by a greyish-brown centre streak ; dise beyond
fuliginous, the apical and inferior or external angles whitish
speckled with brown ; a whitish spot at the end of each discoidal
cell ; a submarginal series of black dots ; antenne below furru-
emous. Hxpanse 2 inches 1-5 lines.

6,9 Hakodaté (Whitely): ¢ Yokohama (Jonas). Brit.
Mus.

A common but beautiful species ; in some examples the whole
outer border on the under surface of secondaries is pale.

2. Sypna achatina, un. sp.

Allied to the preceding, but with the pale areas of the primaries
and the whole of the secondaries paler, with the dark lines well
marked ; primaries crossed in the centre by an irregular H like
nereae formed of two white edged blue speckled bands, united
by a slender blue line just below the middle; the anterior band
interrupted by the reniform spot, which is yellowish; a white
dot in the cell; secondaries with two subcentral lines, the outer
one angulated and distinct ; outer border separated into alter-
nately dusky and pale streaks ; otherwise much like S. picta.
Expanse ¢ 2 inches, Q 2 inches 5-7 lines.

Q Hakodaté (Whitely); Q Yokohama (Jonas). Brit.

Mus.

Also allied to S. albilinea.

Sypna fumosa, nu. sp.

Like the preceding , excepting in the absence of the H_ shaped
band, the yellowish inner border of the reniform spot well marked,
the white spot in the cell more or less distinct; a small costal
U_ shaped marking bluish in the male, whity-brown in the
female; a well marked broad irregular transverse diseal band, and
the ipical area paler than the eround colour; secondaries with
the apical fringe creamy yellowish. Expanse ¢ 2 inches | line;

Q 2 inches 3-7 lines.

$ Yokohama (Jonas); 9 Hakodaté (Whitely). Brit. Mus.

4. Sypna fuliginosa.

Fuliginous brown, traversed by darker and paler lines ;
primaries (especially in the male) shot with violet; a broad
partly black edged tolerably regular brown belt, slightly paler

246 Mr, BurLer on new species of Catocala and Sypna.

than the ground colour just beyond the cell; a white dot in the
cell; reniform spot streaked with testaceous internally, blackish
edged externally ; external area slightly paler than the ground
colour, black edged internally ; border as in the three preceding
species ; secondaries (excepting in the apical frmge) almost as im
S. picta; under surface similar. HExpanse ¢ 2 inches; 2 2
inches 5 lines.

g Yokohama (Pryer); Q Hakodaté (Whitely). Brit. Mus.

Allied to the preceding but much darker, the transverse band
of primaries less irregular, the male distinctly shot with violet ;
it approaches S, celisparsa.

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Notices of new or little known Crronupe; by Oniver E.
Janson. No. 3.

Gymnetis Goryt, a. sp.
Gymnetis rufilateris, G. P. Mon. p. 350, t. 70, £.3 (nec Illiger).

G. breviter sub-quadrata, supra viridi-cinerea, opaca, nigro-
variegata, elytris lateribus sanguineis nigro-interruptis ; subtus
nigra, cinereo-variegata, parce punctata et nigro-villosa, processu
mesosterni conico, leviter deflexo. Long. 18—20 mm.

This species differs from G, rufilateris, Uliger, in its short
quadrate form (the elytra being nearly as broad behind as at the
base), in the greater extent of the black markings, in having the
red lateral bands of the elytra interrupted by four black spots,
in the colour of the underside and the form of the mesosternal
process, which in this species is only slightly bent, whereas in
rujilateris it is very large and almost vertical.

Bolivia (Buckley).

Clinteria cariosa, n. sp.

C. nigra, sub-nitida, confertim punctata, thorace albo bi-punc-
tato ; elytris leviter bi-costatis, 14-albo-guttatis, Long. 14-15
mm.

Var. elytris lateribus late rufis,

Head finely punctured, the punctures very close and confluent,
a small space at the base convex and smooth ; clypeus slightly
depressed on each side, the sides almost straight, the anterior
angles rounded, apical margin slightly elevated on each side,
emarginate and impressed in the centre ; black slightly shining ;
antenne pitchy-black.

Thorax only slightly narrowed at the sides from the base to
the middle, thence abruptly narrowed, posterior angles rounded,
the posterior lobe small; very coarsely and closely punctured, the
punctures very close and confluent at the sides and in front,
a narrow median line and the basal margin smooth, three rather

248 Mr. O. E. Janson’s Notices of

shallow depressions placed obliquely on each side of the disc ;
black, shghtly shining, the two basal depressions (and sometimes
the central two) with a small white spot.

Scutellum much produced and very acute at the apex, longi-
tudinally impressed ;_ black.

Elytra with the suture and two carine on each moderately
elevated, the interstices with irregularly coarsely punctate striae
and scattered fine punctures, the sides and apex with confluent
punctures, a large shallow depression behind the scutellum and
a smaller deeper one on the shoulders; pitchy-black, shining,
fourteen small white spots on each, arranged thus, one on the
basal margin, one in the humeral depression, four along the
suture, two between the carime, two outside the outer carina
and four along the lateral margin.

Pygidium closely and irregularly strigose, sparsely pubescent ;
pitchy-black, several small spots at the base and a larger one on
each side, close to the margin, white.

Beneath and legs strigose, shining black with sparse golden
pubescence ; abdomen with transverse rows of coarse punctures,
a small white spot at the sides of the four basal segments ;
mesosternal process short, finely punctured, rounded at the
apex; anterior tibie with three obtuse lateral teeth, the upper
one almost obsolete, the apical one long.

Lake Nyassa.

Allied to C. permutans, Burm., but very distinct. A few
specimens taken by Mr. F. A. Simons near Livingstonia, are the
only ones I have seen.

Lomaptera yorkiana (Thoms.), n. sp.

L. laete viridis, nitida; thorace lateribus medio sub-explanatis,
tenuiter parce punctatis; pygidio medio transversim acute
carinato. Long. 25-27 mm.

Bright green very shining.

Head sparsely punctured at the base, the punctures finer and
very dense at the apex; sides of the clypeus straight scarcely
elevated, obliquely narrowed in front, the apical points acute,

the emargination deep and triangular; antenne black tinged
with green, the apex reddish.

Thorax convex, broad, the sides almost straight for about two
thirds from the Hees) hanes abruptly ranearer anterior margin
shghtly produced over the head, posterior lobe large, nearly

new or little known Cetoniide. 249

covering the scutellum, slightly emarginate at its apex, the dise
very finely and remotely punctured, the sides with coarser
punctures,

Elytra very finely and remotely punctured, the sides with
distinct transverse impressions along the lateral emargination, and
transversely strigose posteriorly ; the shoulders with a distinct
tubercle, usually black, the apex of each separately rounded.

Pygidium coarsely strigose, the centre produced into an acute
transverse ridge.

Beneath finely strigose here and there, penultimate segment of
the abdomen deeply punctured, the apical segment transversely
strigose ; mesosternal process long, slightly curved ; legs strigose
and punctured, anterior tibie with three long acute lateral teeth,
intermediate and posterior tibiz unarmed.

Cape York, N.E. Australia.

Closely allied to Z. wallisiana, Thoms., but differs in its much
broader form, darker colour, and in the shape of the thorax,
which, in wallisiana is regularly rounded at the sides from the
base.

I have adopted the name proposed for it by Mr. Thomson,
who has kindly compared it with his type of wallisiana, and
pointed out to me the characters which separate it from that
species,

Lomaptera nicobarica, n. sp.

L. late ovata, convexa, nigra, nitidissima; elytris lateribus
punctatis, apice acuminatis. Long. 25-27, lat. 14-15 mm.

Deep black, very shining, elytra slightly metallic.

Head longitudinally depressed and coarsely punctured on
each side, the centre and margins finely punctured, base smooth ;
anterior points of the clypeus produced and somewhat acute,
the emargination deep and triangular.

Thorax convex, anterior margin slightly produced over the
head, posterior lobe broad, nearly covering the scutellum, sides
somewhat prominent in the middle, disc smooth, coarsely but
sparsely punctured at the sides, the lateral margins slightly
elevated.

Scutellum impressed at the apex and acute.

Elytra convex, here and there slightly depressed, the dise
_ smooth and very shining, the sides with scattered punctures at

250 Mr, O. E. Janson’s Notices of

the base but towards the apex they become closer and confluent,
forming irregular strie; suture with an almost obsolete row of
punctures, slightly elevated and terminating in an acute point
at the apex.

Pygidium transversely convex, slightly impressed in the middle,
very finely and closely strigose.

Beneuth very coarsely but sparsely punctured, prothorax
and anterior coxe strigose ; abdomen slightly strigose at the
sides with a faintly marked central line, penultimate segment
with a transverse row of punctures and a few at the sides of
the preceding one ; mesosternal process long, almost cylindrical,
incurved and obtuse at the apex; legs punctured and strigose,
with short stout black sete, anterior tibize with three acute
lateral teeth.

The female has the abdomen more convex, without the central
line, and with numerous punctures at the sides and on the
, . . . . i
penultimate segment, the anterior tibie are also much broader.

Nicobar Islands.

Allied to ZL. pulla, Bilb., but differing greatly in its broad
convex form, sparse punctuation, etc. A considerable series of
this species recently received exhibit scarcely any variation.
L. pulla appears not to occur in the Nicobars although it is
common in the Andaman Islands.

Gnathocera rufipes, n. sp.

G. sub-quadrata ; capite atro, nitido, vitta utrinque maculisque
duabus basalibus albis; thorace fortiter punctato, rufo-fulvo,
linea media longitudinali interrupta, maculis duabus antice et
duabus utrinque albis; elytris fulvis ; pygidio albo-bimaculato ;
pedibus rufis. Long. 14-16 mm.

Head closely strigose, the base punctured, with a smooth,
elevated longitudinal line in the centre, sides of clypeus elevated
and sinuous, the apical points sharp and convergent at their tips,
anterior margin straight ; shiming black, a longitudinal stripe on
each side between the eyes and two small round spots at the
base, white.

Thorax convex, closely and coarsely punctured, anterior angles
prominent, basal margin deeply emarginate above the scutellum ;
reddish fulvous, the margins paler, a narrow impressed, longi-
tudinal central line interrupted in the middle, two small spots
on the anterior margin near the angles, a very small one on

new or little known Cetoniide. 251

each side about the middle close to the lateral margins and two
at the base near the posterior angles, white.

Scutellum faintly punctured, fulvous with a fine impressed
white line.

Elytra with the suture and two longitudinal carine on each,
strongly elevated and smooth, the disc with rows of coarse,
shallow, and numerous smaller punctures, the sides and apex
coarsely strigose ; fulvous, the suture narrowly black.

Pygidium finely transversely strigose, reddish fulvous, sides
piceous, with a large round spot on each side at the base, white.

Beneath blackish-green, shining, with large white patches
at the sides; mesosternal process long, narrow and curved ;
abdomen with a central row of white spots in the longitudinal
depression, and a white stripe at the sides of each segment ;
legs slender, pale red, tarsi pitchy-black, the femora with a longi-
tudinal white stripe on their outer side.

The female is rather broader and more strongly punctured
with the central line of the thorax only slightly dicated, and
the spots smaller, the pygidium is shorter and the abdomen is
convex without the central row of spots.

Angola,

Closely allied to G. angolensis, Westw., but differs in its
broader and more quadrate form, stronger punctuation, colour
of legs, the markings on its thorax, and in not having the
anterior margin of its clypeus produced into a point in the
centre.

Gnathocera lurida, n. sp.

G. pallide fulva, nitida ; capite viridi, utrinque maculis tribus
albis ; thorace plaga media magna viridi, linea media longi-
tudinal, macula utrinque antice, vittaque brevi postice albis ;
scutello viridi, linea media alba. Long, 11-12 mm,

Head coarsely and irregularly strigose, the base closely punc-
tured, sides of clypeus sharply elevated, the apical points acute
and convergent at their tips, anterior margin semi- circularly
emarginate ; dark green, shining, a small spot on each side at
the Bane, two elongate spots on the forehead, and two at the
base of the clypeus white; antenne pitchy.

Thorax somewhat abruptly narrowed from the middle, the
disc rather finely punctured, the punctures coarser at the sides ;

252 Mr. O. E. Janson’s Notices of

pale fulvous, shining, a large oval discal patch green, a central
impressed longitudinal stripe, a spot on each side close to the
anterior angles and a short stripe near the lateral margins for
about half their length from the posterior angles, white.

Scutellum with scattered punctures at the sides; shining green,
an impressed central longitudinal line, white,

Elytra somewhat dilated about the middle, the suture and
two longitudinal carine on each strongly raised and with scat-
tered fhe punctures, the interstices and sides very coarsely and
shallowly punctured, the apex strigose; pale fulvous, shining.

Pygidium convex, transversely strigose; pitchy-black, with
a sub-ovate white spot on each side.

Beneath greenish-black, shining, with large patches of white
at the sides ; mesosternal process narrow, apex acute, fulvous;
abdomen with a transverse white stripe at the sides of each
seement and a row of spots in the central depression ; legs
fulvous, the femora with a longitudinal white stripe on their
outer side,

The female is rather broader than the male, with the teeth
on the anterior tibiz obtuse, and the abdomen convex without
the central spots.

Angola.

Several specimens of this distinct little species were given to
me by the late Dr. Welwitsch who found it in considerable
numbers; it is most nearly allied to G. gracilis, O. Janson.

Gnathocera gracilis, n. sp.

G. pallide fulva, nitida; capite viridi, vitta utrinque, maculis-
que duabus basalibus albis ; thorace antice viridi, vittis tribus
albis; scutello levi. Long. 124-14 mm.

Head finely and closely strigose, the base with scattered punc-
tures, sides of clypeus elevated and sinuous, the apical points
acute and nearly straight, anterior margin slightly prominent in
the centre ; dark green, a spot on each side at the base close to
the eyes, and a longitudinal stripe on each side of the clypeus
white, antenne pitchy.

Thorax gradually narrowed from the base, the disc finely
punctured, the punctures coarser and confluent at the sides ;
fulvous, shining, the disc and apex green, a central impressed
longitudinal stripe and one on each side close to the lateral
margins, extending from the base to the apex, white,

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Scutellum impunctate; fulvous slightly tinged with green,
shining.

Elytra pavrallel-sided, the suture and two longitudinal carine
on each strongly raised and with scattered fine punctures, the
interstices rather coarsely and very closely punctured, the punc-
tures confluent and forming irregular strie at the sides and apex;
pale fulvous, shining.

Pygidium flat, finely irregularly strigose ; greenish-black with
a large triangular white patch on each side,

Beneath greenish-black, shining, the sides broadly white ;
mesosternal process rather broad, apex obtuse, pale yellow ;
abdomen broadly white at the sides, with a row of small white
spots in the central depression ; legs pale red, the femora with
a longitudinal white stripe on their outer side.

Angola.

Allied to G. trivittata, Swed.; the specimen from which I
have taken the above description was given to me by the late
Dr. Welwitsch, there are also specimens in Mr. Higgins’s collec-
tion found by Monteiro, at Bembe.

Gnathocera cruda, n. sp.

G. viridis, nitida, elytris scutelloque viridi-fulvis ; capite
vitta utrinque maculisque duabus basalibus albis; thorace albo-
trivittato; elytris linea marginali alba postice Gilgit > pygidio
utrinque albo- -biplagiato, Lone. 17 mm.

ITead coarsely strigose, base coarsely but sparingly punctured,
with the centre slightly longitudinally raised and smooth, sides
of clypeus sharply elevated, the apical points shghtly cur a
and acute, the anterior margin slightly prominent in the centre
shining green, a small spot on e: ch side at the base, close to an
eyes, and a broad longitudinal stripe on each side of the clypeus
white ; antenne cle the club and palpi red.

Thorax rather sparingly and finely punctured on the disc, the
punctures *oarser and confluent at the sides, lateral margins
strongly raised in the middle, basal margin deeply emarginate
above the scutellum ; shining green, sides and base slightly
fulvous, a central impressed narrow longitudinal stripe and one
on each side near the lateral margins (almost interrupted in the
middle), white.

Scutellum large with the apex acute, impunctate ; fulvous
green, shining.

254 Mr. O. E. Janson’s Notices of

Elytra deeply emarginate at the sides just behind the humeral
angles, somewhat dilated behind the middle and thence obliquely
narrowed, the suture and two longitudinal carme on each
strongly alee ated, the ee coarsely punctured in rows,
with scattered fine punctures, the sides and apex with the punc-
tures closer and confluent ; fulvous green, shining, with a narrow
impressed white line along the outer margin terminating in a
triangular spot at the apical sutural angle.

Pygidium irregularly transversely strigose ; sparsely pubescent,
greenish black, with a large elongate oblique patch of white on
each side.

Beneath shining green, broadly white at the sides; mesosternal
process long and curved, apex obtuse, fulvous green ; abdomen
with large transverse patches at the sides, and a row of large
spats in the central depression, white ; legs pale fulvous, femora
fringed with golden hairs, and with a longitudinal white stripe
on their outer side

The female is broader than the male, has the abdomen convex
in the centre, without spots, and the anterior tibie broader with
the three external teeth stronger.

Livingstonia, Lake Nyassa.

A very distinct and pretty species, most nearly allied to G.
trivittata, Swed. . The only specimens I have seen are the ¢ and

Q now before me, recently brought home by Mr. F. A. A.
Simons.

Gnathocera villosa, n. sp.

G. viridis, sub-nitida, fortiter punctata, pilosa; thorace vitta
marginali alba ; elytris fulvo-viridis, lmea marginali punctoque
suturali postice ochraceis. Long. 132-152 mm.

Head closely and coarsely punctured, the base sparingly
punctured, sides of clypeus shar ply elevated, the apical poimts
somewhat obtuse, anterior margin clightly elevated in the
middle; shining green with long golden-brown pubescence, the
lateral excavations of the clypeus white.

Thorax closely and coarsely punctured, basal margin tri-
sinuous, shallowly emarginate above the scutellum, posterior
angles str ongly rounded ; shining green with long golden- -brown
pubescence, a stripe on pace side from the anterior angles to
about one-third from the base, white.

Scutellum Jyroad, triangular, coarsely punctured and pubes-
cent, sides smooth ; shining @ oreen,

new or little known Cetoniide. 255

Elytra widest behind the middle, the suture and two feebly
raised narrow longitudinal carine on each smooth, the outer
one rather indistinct, the interstices very closely and coarsely
punctured, especially at the sides and apex ; greenish fulvous,
pubescent and shining, a small round spot between the suture
and inner carina about one-third from the apex and a broad
marginal stripe, shghtly turned inwards at the apex, ochreous-
white.

Pygidium finely irregularly strigose; dark green with an
ovate ochreous-white spot on each side.

Beneath shining green, pubescent, with large patches of white
at the sides; mesosternal process short, apex obtuse and glabrous:
abdomen with large transverse white stripes at the sides and a
row of large quadrate spots in the central depression ; legs
coarsely punctured, pubescent, shining green, anterior and inter-
mediate femora narrowly edged with white, posterior femora
white on their outer sides except at the base and apex.

Angola,

Allied to G. hirta, Burm., but very distinct; a female specimen
I have before me has the pubescence very short and sparse.

The following tabulation of all the species of the genus

Gnathocera will assist in their determination.

1. Mesosternal process long and curved, apex more or
less bent inwards.
A. Upper side shining.
a. Anterior margin of clypeus with an acute point in
the centre, legs black.
* Thorax and underside without markings - - - Afzeli/.
** Thorax and underside with white markings.
+ Thorax with a central impressed white stripe e/ata.
++ Thorax without a central stripe - - - - - angolensis.
b. Anterior margin of clypeus without a central
point, legs red.
* Blytra fulvous without markings.
+ Thorax fulvous, with a fine white interrupted
centralline - - --- - - - - - - - Tufipes.
+t Thorax green on the disc, central line broad
and entire.
+ White marginal lines of thorax interrupted,
scutellum green with a white central

lime@pee ssh 2 Sa mea me and,
tt White marginal lines of thorax entire,
scutellum fulvous without acentra! line - graci'is.

** Blytra with white marginal markings.
sar

256 Mr. O. EH. Janson’s Notices of

+ Elytra fulvous with marginal spots - - - - trivittata.
t+ Elytra greenish with a marginal line - - - cruda.
B. Upper side dull, velvety- - - - - - - - - - varians.

2. Mesosternal process short, apex bent outwards.
A. Upper side dull, velvety, thorax with white central

simile: = = ee Se i press.
B. Upper side shining, pubescent, thorax without
central stripe- - - - - - - - - - - - - villosa.
3. Mesosternal process scarcely produced, tuberculiform - jhirta.

G. elata, Fab., has been considered synonymous with trivittata,
but it is quite distinct, I have only seen specimens from Sierra
Leone; trivittata comes rather commonly from Angola.

G. angolensis, Westw., has been referred by Messrs. Gemminger
and vy. Harold in their Catalogus Coleopterorum, to the genus
Heterorrhina. |

G. impressa, Oliv., appears to be very rare, the only specimen
I have seen is in my collection, and comes from Damara Land:

Elaphinis levis, un. sp.

Hi. atra, opaca, capite nitido; thorace lateribus testaceis, albo-
maculatis ; elytris macula transversa punctisque plurimis prope
apicem rufo-testaceis ; pygidio albo maculato ; subtus nigra nitida,
abdomine utrinque albo-guttato. Long. 11-12 mm.

Var. elytris testaceis, regione scutellari apiceque nigris.

Head longitudinally convex in the centre, slightly impressed
on each side between the eyes, finely and closely punctured, the
punctures coarser and sparse on the base but confluent and
forming striz at the sides; clypeus rather deeply emarginate in
front, the apical points obtuse and elevated, the sides depressed ;
mines very shining at the base: antenne black.

Thorax convex, transverse, the posterior angles strongly
rounded, basal margin slightly sinuous, anterior margin slightly
elevated and shining in the centre, very sparingly and finely
punctured ; dull black, the lateral margins narrowly testaceous,
with five or six small See spots.

Scutellum short and broad, rounded at the apex, impunctate ;
dull black.

Elytra sub-quadrate, slightly dilated behind the middle, the
sutural angles a little produced and elevated, the suture and two
caring on each slightly elevated and smooth) the interstices with
two punctate striz and several lateral rows of punctures; dull

new or little known Cetoniide. 257%

black, an irregular, sinuous, transverse mark close to the apex
and some small obscure spots just before it reddish testaceous ;
the epimera black with a testaceous spot above.

Pygidium strigose at the sides, the centre with coarse, shallow,
semi-circular punctures; dull black with some small chalky-
white spots.

Beneath and legs strigose and punctured, shining black,
sparsely pubescent ; mesosternal process prominent, short, the
apex obtuse; abdomen with two rows of white spots on each
side, a transverse row of punctures on each segment ; anterior
tibie with two long, curved and acute lateral teeth,

Livingstonia, Lake Nyassa.
Alhed to E. nigritula, Bohm.

Mr. Simons found this species plentifully on flowers. The
variety given above looks very different, but intermediate forms
occur in which the elytra are more or less variegated with
black, the white spots at the sides of the thorax are sometimes
absent.

Anoplochilus indutus, 0. sp.

A. ovatus, convexus, rufo-brunneus, nitidus, viridi micans,
yilosus, confertim punctatus; elytris 4-carinatis, maculis 8-albis,
>) = ’ ?

Long. i4 mm.

Reddish-brown with a metallic green tint.

Head very closely and finely punctured, a small round space
at the base smooth, rather densely covered with fine silvery
pubescence ; clypeus quadrate, the sides acutely elevated, ante-
rior margin straight and strongly turned up.

Thorax very convex, widest just behind the middle, anterior
angles produced and acute, posterior angles strongly rounded,
the basal margin strongly emarginate above the scutellum, an
impressed median line on the anterior half, closely and finely
punctured, with a very fine and rather dense silvery pubescence.

Scutellum strongly depressed at the sides, sparsely but rather
coarsely punctured.

Elytra convex, slightly depressed round the secutellum, the
sides only slightly sinuous behind the shoulders, the suture and
four carine on each iather strongly elevated, the second most
pronounced, the interstices with rows of coarse irregular con-
fluent punctures, the sides and apex coarsely and irregularly

258 Mr. O. EH. Janson’s Notices of

punctured and strigose, the disc rather sparsely pubescent, more
densely so at the sides; each with eight impressed white spots,
arranged thus, two close together on the third carina before the
middle, one close to the suture just behind the middle, one,
also sutural, about one-fifth from the apex, three along the
lateral margin and one close to the apical sutural angle.

Pygidium very finely strigose with rather dense short pubes-
" cence.

Beneath closely strigose, and with dense pubescence at the
sides ; mesosternal process broad and flat, rounded at the apex,
punctured, and with an impressed longitudinal Ime ; abdomen
with scattered punctures in the centre, the penultimate segment
closely punctured ; legs punctured and pubescent, anterior tibie
with three lateral teeth, the first somewhat obsolete, the second
large and prominent, the apical one very long and curved,
posterior tibie with the inner apical spine large, broad and
concave on its outer side, the two-basal joints of the tarsi
acutely produced on each side.

Livingstonia, Lake Nyassa.

A very peculiar species resembling A. variabilis, G. P. (Macro-
minus spinitarsis, M. Ly.), in the armature of its legs.

Oxythyrea lucens, nv. sp.

O. nigra, nitida, thorace lateribus late rufis, vitta marginali
maculisque tribus utrimque albis ; elytris lete viridibus, nitidis-
simis, linea marginali interrupta maculisque plurimis albis ;
pygidio rufo. Long. 10 mm.

Head rather closely and finely punctured, the clypeus very
finely punctured in front, impressed on each side, the sides
slightly rounded, the apex elevated on each side, the centre
slightly impressed; shining black ; antenne black with the apex
reddish.

Thorax very finely and sparsely punctured, the punctures
coarser and much closer in fr ont, the sides rather prominent in
the middle, posterior margin strongly rounded ; bright red, the
centre br oadly black, shining, a broad, irrezular stripe on each
side close to the margin, and a loneitidival row of three spots
on each side of the dise, i impressed and white.

Scutellum acute at the apex, impunctate ; shining black.

Elytra abruptly narrowed behind the shoulders, slhghtly
dilated behind the middle, suleate on the disc and along the

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suture behind, apical sutural angles produced and acute, six
discal and three marginal rows of irregular punctures on each,
those next the suture assuming strie towards the apex; light
green, very shining, a narrow interrupted mareinal line, two
spots at the side placed transversely just behind the middle,
a small one on the shoulder, four or five along the centre of the
disc, two or three elongate spots next the suture on the apical
half and a large one at the apex, white; epimera black with a
white spot above.

Pygidium with numerous variolose punctures; red with an
irregular white mark on each side.

Beneath and legs strigose and sparsely hirsute ; shining black
with several white spots at the sides, the margins of the pro-
thorax and the abdomen red, mesosternal process broad with a
transverse impressed line.

Livingstonia, Lake Nyassa,

Allied to O. vitticollis, Bhn.

Found abundantly by Mr. Simons on flowers; some specimens
have the white spots on the elytra larger and more or less con-
fluent, and the thorax is sometimes only narrowly margined

with red at the sides.

Tephraea rufo-ornata, n. sp.

T. ovata, depressa, atra, sub-opaca, subtiliter punctulata ;
thorace marginibus (ante scutellum inter ruptis), vittaque abbre-
viata antice “rufis ely tris vitta lata obliqua longitudinal: rufa
ornatis ; subtus nigra, nitida; pygidio rufo. Long. 15, lat.
8 mm.

Head flat, very closely and finely punctured, the base more
coarsely so, with a small smooth space in the centre; clypeus
slightly rounded at the sides, apical margin slightly elevated and
emarginate; black, slightly shining ; antenne black, the apex
reddish.

Thorax rather convex, the sides slightly prominent in the
middle, basal margin strongly rounded and deeply emarginate
above ‘the scutellum, posterior angles slightly prominent but
obtuse, deeply but vathen sparsely punctured ; dull black with a
broad ‘marginal band, interrupted before the scutellum, and a
ceptral ie eieadinal stripe from the anterior margin to just
behind the middle, dull red.

260 Mr. O. EH. Janson’s Notices of

Secutellum broad, rounded at the sides, the apex obtuse, with
) ) i b)
scattered punctures on each side; dull black.

Elytra obliquely narrowed from the shoulders, depressed
round the scutellum, the suture elevated posteriorly, with rows
of coarse semicircular punctures, those near the suture assuming
strie towards the apex, the punctures at the sides smaller and
irregular, the apex coarsely strigose; dull black, a broad longi-
tudinal stripe on the disc of each from the shoulder to apical
callus, dull red; epimera black coarsely punctured above.

Pygidium longitudinally elevated in the centre, very coarsely
and irregularly strigose; dull red.

Beneath and legs strigose, shining black, sides of the prothorax
and apex of the abdomen red; mesosternal process short,
strongly dilated and truncate at the apex ; anterior tibiae with
two rather obtuse lateral teeth.

Livingstonia, Lake Nyassa.

Only two or three specimens of this very distinct species were
taken by Mr. Simons ; it is allied to 7. Napaca, Bhn.

Protaetia advena, n. sp.

P. olivaceo-ferruginea, opaca ; capite cupreo, nitido; thorace
lateribus maculisque quatuor ochraceis; elytris punctis lineolisque
plurimis ochraceis; subtus cuprea ochraceo-varia, Long. 15
mm,

Head finely punctured, the punctures rather close at the
hase and on the forehead, but sparse on the clypeus, the centre
shghtly longitudinally elevated; clypeus slightly narrowed in
front, the sides elevated, apical margin strongly turned up,
rounded at the angles; greenish cupreous, shining, the base
shghtly opaque.

Thorax obliquely narrowed from the base, the posterior
angles strongly rounded, basal margin trisinuous ; finely, sparsely
and indistinctly punctured, the punctures closer and more distinct
at the sides ; opaque olive-green, the centre and margins slightly
ferrugineous, two small spots placed obliquely on each side of
the dise behind the middle, a narrow lateral border and some
irregular contiguous spots near the posterior angles ochreous-
white.

Scutellum broad, strongly rounded at the apex, finely punc-
tured on each side at the base; opaque olive-green,

new or little known Cetonide. 261

Elytra with very indistinct rows of punctures on the disc, a
slightly elevated longitudinal ridge in the centre behind the
middle, the suture also elevated posteriorly and terminating in
a short acute point at the apex; ferrugineous tinged with
olivaceous, with numerous small spots and irregular, wavy lines
ochreous-white.

Pygidium strigose ochreous-white, an ill-defined spot in the
centre and a smaller one on each side ferrugineous.

Beneath shining cupreous, the sides coarsely punctured, hirsute
and variegated with ochreous; mesosternal process strongly
dilated and rounded at the apex, with a transverse impressed
line and fringe of whitish hairs; abdomen closely punctured in
the centre, the sides with somewhat triangular white spots, the
basal, penultimate and apical segments with transverse spots ;
legs cupreous, punctured and hirsute, anterior tibiae with three
lateral teeth, the upper two almost obsolete.

Cape York, N.E. Australia.

This species is somewhat similar to P. mandarinea, Weber, in
colour and markings but is otherwise very distinct ; it is the
only one of the genus yet discovered in Australia.

Protaetia conspersa, 0..sp.

P, angustata, cupreo-fusca, opaca ; capite cupreo- -nitido ; tho-
race punctis 16 ochr aceis ornato ; ; ely tris guttis pluribus (20-22)
ochraceis notatis; subtus cupreo micans. Long. 17 mm.

Head convex in the centre between the eyes, finely and
sparsely punctured, the sides with coarser punctures ; anterior
margin of clypeus slightly elevated and impressed in the centre,
the sides depressed; cupreous red, shining, the base dull;
antenne pitchy.

Thorax obliquely narrowed from the base, finely and sparingly
punctured, the sides coarsely strigose, basal margin shallowly
emarginate above the scutellum, the posterior angles rounded ;
cupreous brown opaque, with San very small ochreous spots
arranged thus, two on the anterior margin, six in a curved trans-
verse row in front, a transverse row of four just behind the
middle, two at the base and one on each of the posterior angles.

Scutellum large, the apex obtuse, impunctate ; dull cupreous.

Elytra strongly rounded at the apex, the sutural angles obtuse,
with four rows of confluent semi-circular punctures behind the
middle, the disc and sides with rows of rather coarse punctures,

262 Mr. O. E. Janson’s Notices of

the region of the scutellum smooth ; cupreous brown with about
twenty irregularly disposed small ochreous spots on each.

Pygidium transversely strigose ; cupreous, slightly shining,
with brownish pubescence.

Beneath and legs cupreous red, shining, very coarsely and
closely strigose, sparsely pubescent ; ee oeceral process short,
strongly dilated and rounded at the apex ; abdomen coarsely
punctured, the four basal segments pooh in the centre and
with a transverse ochreous spot on each side ; anterior tibiee with
three acute lateral teeth, all the knees with a small white spot.

Borneo.

Pachnoda Simons, n. sp.
>]

P. rufo-flava, opaca; capite nigro, nitido; thorace trivittato
elytris postice plaza nigra albo-pupillata maculisque 7-8 albis ;
subtus rufo-brunnea, nitida, albo-varia. Long. 16-17 mm.

ee

Head closely punctured, the punctures confluent on the
clypeus, the base with dense long yellow pubescence ; clypeus
short, the sides strongly and acutely elevated, the apical margin
raised and slightly sinuous; pitchy black, shining; antenne
reddish.

Thorax regularly rounded at the sides, basal margin broadly
emarginate above the scutellum, posterior angles rounded, rather
finely and indistinctly punctured, sparsely pubescent at the sides ;
reddish-yellow, opaque, a broad oblique, rather ill-defined stripe
on each side of the disc, narrowed anteriorly, and a short narrow
central one at the base, reddish-brown.

Scutellum large, impunctate ; reddish-yellow, opaque, narrowly
margined with reddish-brown.

Elytra as broad in the middle as at the base, somewhat trun-
cate at the apex, with indistinct rows of rather coarse punctures ;
reddish-yellow, opaque, five or six small spots on the margin, one
in the centre near the base, and one close to the suture about
one fourth from the apex, white, a conspicuous round black spot
with a small white pupil, about the middle near the suture.

Pygidium finely strigose and pubescent; reddish-brown,
opaque, with a large angular mark on each side, white.

Beneath reddish-brown, shining, broadly variegated with white
at the sides, strigose and with long golden pubescence ; abdomen
with a double series of large transverse white spots on each side,
the centre slightly impressed in the male ; mesosternal process

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short, the apex dilated and rounded ; legs reddish-brown, inter-
mediate femora with a white stripe on the outside, the posterior
femora with a similar stripe on each side, anterior tibiae with
three lateral teeth, the upper one obtuse the others acute, hinder
pairs of tibie with one acute tooth about the middle.

Lake Nyassa.

A few specimens of this species were taken by Mr. Simons
at Monkey Bay, near Livingstonia ; it somewhat resembles
P. leucomelana, G. & P., in coloration, but is otherwise very
different.

Diplognatha striata, n. sp.

D. nigra nitida, subtus fusco-testacea ; clypeo antice, thorace
mar ginibus eras anguste, pyg ridioqgue maculis duabus flavis;
elytris profunde punctato- -striatis. Long. 19-21 mm,

Var. a. tota nigra.

Var. b. supra rufo-brunnea ; capite punctis duabus, thorace
vittis duabus maculisque lateralibus nigris.

Head snort and broad, finely rugose, the base smooth, sides of
clypeus BONEN: eee and sinuous, anterior margin broadly
emarginate, concave beneath, the angles produced, ‘Obruce and
turned up ; co black, the clypeus ; yellow.

Thorax very coarsely and shallowly punctured at the sides,
the punctures very close and confluent in front, but much finer
and sparse on the disc, the posterior angles strongly rounded, the
basal margin slightly produced and feebly emarginate above the
scutellum ; shining black, the sides narrowly margined with
yellow.

Scutellum long and varrow, the apex acute, impunctate, the
sides strongly impressed ; shining black.

ilytra depressed behind the scutellum, each with six deep
punctate stria, the outer one abbreviated, the interstices slightly
convex and smooth, the sides and apex very finely strigose and
punctured, the shoulders with a shallow punctured fovea, and a
deep elongate depression near the margin ; pitchy-black, shining,

Pygidium shghtly convex in the centre, very finely strigose ;
black, slightly shining, with a large yellow marginal spot on
each side,

Beneath sparsely strigose at the sides, reddish-yellow, shining,
blackish in parts; mesosternal process slightly swollen and

264 Mr. O. HE. Janson’s Notices of Cetoniide.

rounded at the apex ; abdomen with a central depression, the
segments margined with black ; legs reddish-yellow, a stripe on
the posterior femora, the knees, the outer edge of the tibia, and
the tarsi pitchy-black, anterior tibie with three lateral teeth, the
lower two large and acute.

The female is rather broader, more strongly punctured and
strigose, has the apical angles of the clypeus less produced, the
legs much stouter and the abdomen sparsely punctured and
convex in the centre.

Livingstonia (Simons).

A very distinct species, probably most nearly allied to D.
Blanchardi, Schaum; I have also specimens from the Zambesi.

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Characters of new or little known species of the Coleopterous
genus Hopuia ; by Cuas. O. WaTERHOUSE.

MELOLONTHID.
Hoplia aurantiaca, n. sp.

Oblonga, parum convexa, rufo- ees, squamis aurantiacis et
ochraceis fulgidis dense vestita. Long. 3 lin., lat. 14 lin.

A pitchy red species densely clothed (even on the legs and
tarsi) with bright golden and ochraceous round scales, the
ochraceous scales form on the thorax a patch above each ante-
rior angle and a line on each side of the middle, on the elytra
a small spot on the side (about the middle), and a larger oblique
sub-apical patch which does not reach the suture, these ochra-
ceous scales appear also golden when viewed obliquely ; beneath
each shoulder is a round brownish spot. The scales on the
abdomen and pygidium are more silvery. Clypeus with the
margins strongly reflexed and the angles much rounded. Thorax
a little narrower than the elytra, } broader than long, distinctly
narrowed in front and behind, angular at the sides, regularly
convex. Elytra + longer dno broad, moderately depressed
above (but not flat), the sides sub- -parallel, scarcely arcuate, the
sub-apical callosity very little prominent. In some eke the
golden scales on the elytra present a mark like an a, embracing
the more ochreous scales, Anterior tibie with three teeth.

Varieties, (1) The ochraceous markings replaced by more
fuscous scales, the markings more extended. (2) Scales dusky
brown, an @ shaped mark on the thorax, and an « on the elytra
obscure golden.

Hab. Java (Dr. Ploem).

Hoplia Bowringu, n. sp.

Oblonga, picea, squamis argenteo-aureis densissime vestita ;
elytris dorsim leviter quadri-impressis. Long. 3 lin., lat. 1% lin,

266 Mr. WATERHOUSE on new species of Hoplia.

Very close to the preceding, but relatively shorter and broader,
and the scales are brighter, whiter and uniform in colour. The
thorax is rather broader. Elytra relatively shorter, a little more
convex (especially at the suture), rather more arcuate at the
sides, and on the dorsal region four very shallow impressions may
be traced. Legs and tarsi clothed with scales; the anterior tibia
with two teeth.

Hab, Penang (J. C. Bowring, Esq.). Brit. Mus.

Hoplia fulgida, un, sp.

Breviter mes picea, squamis leete aureis densissime vestita,
Long. 3 lin,, lat. 12 lin.

Very close to the preceding, but clothed with bright golden
scales, which on the elytra and pygidium are flattened as if. rolled
together, those on the head and thorax are more yellow-golden
than those on the rest of the body. The thorax is narrower
than in either of the preceding species, and is more narrowed in
front and behind, and is more angular at the sides. |The elytra
are only 4 longer than broad, and have a fuscous spot under each
shoulder on the disc of each elytron there is a round dark spot,
but this may be the result of accident, or merely a sexual mark,
as one specimen of /7, Bowringit has a similar spot. The tarsi
are distinctly longer than in the preceding species, and the scales
which clothe the posterior pair are narrower.

Hab. Malacca (Captain W. S. Pinwell). Brit. Mus.

Floplia aurata, n. sp.

Oblonga, dorsim depressa, picea, squamis aureis eet
vestita; elytris littera 7 e squamis albis ornatis. Long. 3% lin.,
lat. 12 lin,

Very like H/. aurantiaca, but flatter on the back of the elytra,
and the scales which clothe the elytra and pygidium are flattened
as if rolled together. Thorax very convex in the middle with
three very slight impressions, one in the front m the middle and
two near the scutellum, the sides are evenly arcuate ; on each
side of the disc there is a fuscous spot. Elytra + longer than
broad, very flat on the back, distinctly impressed on each side
about the middle, a little constricted behind the shoulders, which
are angularly prominent ; on each elytron there is a crescent of

Mr. WATERHOUSE on new species of Hoplia. 267

white scales which together form an a, the spaces embraced by
these crescents appearing a little darker than the rest of the
elytron ; below each shoulder there is a very small fuscous spot.
The anterior tibie are tridentate. The legs and posterior are
clothed with scales.

Hab. Sarawak. Brit. Mus.

Foplia squamacea, White.
Ann, and Mag. Nat. Hist., xiv. 1844, p, 424.

“Head, thorax, elytra and podex covered with pale yellow
shining scales; underside of body covered with similar but some-
what paler scales, those on the side with a pinkish hue. Legs
ferruginous, with several hoary scales and hairs.” Length 84 lin.

Pitchy, densely clothed with pale greenish-golden not very
bright round scales, the scales not so densely packed as in the
preceding species, regularly and evenly convex. Thorax a little
narrower than the elytra, gently rounded at the sides, the base
with a slight mesial lobe. Elytra ¢ longer than broad, evenly
convex, nearly straight at the sides, shoulders blunt and not at all
prominent, the subs apical callosity very shghtly visible. Legs
rather long, sparingly clothed with small narrow whitish scales ;
anterior tibiz tridentate ; tarsi without scales,

Variety. Scales more silvery, tinged with pink.

Distinct from all the preceding by its more evenly convex
form, and by the absence of scales on the tarsi.
Hab. Hong Kong (J. C. Bowring, Esq.). Brit. Mus.

Hoplia squamigera, Hope.
Gray’s Zool. Miscell., 1830, p. 24.

“Squamosa, corpore supra flavo-virescente, subtusque sub-
aurato, tibiis anticis bidentalis.” Long, 84 lin,

This species has more the form of an LHetinohoplia, with
angular sides to the thorax, and flat elytra. Thorax at the
Widest part 2 the width of the elytra, a little broader than long,
convex, muc i. narrowed in front and behind, the anterior angles
very acute and prominent, the sides strongly angular in the
middle, and gently sinuate behind the middle, the base regularly

268 Mr. WATERHOUSE on new species of Hoplia.

arcuate, the disc longitudinally impressed. Elytra very flat, a
trifle longer than broad, the shoulders nearly rectangular, blunt,
the sides “scarcely ar chate. no distinct sub-apical callosity. Tens
long, tibiz and tarsi sparingly clothed with small narrow pale
greenish scales. All the upper surface of the insect is densely
clothed with dull pale yellow-green scales ; the pygidium bright
pale silvery-green.

Variety. Scales above rather bright golden-green.
Hab. Nepal. Brit. Mus.

Tloplia scutellaris, n. sp.

Oblonga, supra depressa, opaca, supra squamis viridi-albis,
subtus squamis fere albidis dense vestita ; scutello, tibiis tarsis-
que squamis viridi-argenteis micantibus tectis. Long. 3} lin,,

lat. 2 lin.

Forehead, thorax and elytra densely clothed with small round
dull eréenich! white scales, the sides of the thorax and the whole
underside of the insect densely clothed with nearly white (or
extremely pale green) scales. The scales on the scutellum, tibie
and tarsi are narrower, closer, and pale silvery-green. Thorax
evenly convex, the sides distinctly but not very strongly angular
in the middle, the 1 yase with a rather broad mesial lobe. Sonal
lum rather large, triangular, a trifle longer than the width at the
base. Elytra a little broader than the thorax, } longer than
broad, even and flat on the back, parallel at the Aes the
shoulders distinct but blunt, the sub-apical callosity not con-
spicuous ; there are some lines of minute black dots, from which
proceed short black hairs. Anterior tibize with three teeth, but
the uppermost very obsolete; anterior tarsi almost without scales,
Antenne and parts of the mouth black.

Hab. N. China (Fortune). Brit. Mus.

Py ‘ed to H. Paive, Woll., but smaller and less broad, a little
less depiessed, thorax gently sinuate on each side at the base,
scutellum larger, elytra relatively a little longer, &c.,

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Remarks on Japanese Ruorarocers and descriptions of five

apparently new species ; by OLiver BK. JANSON,

Krebia niphonica, O. Jans., Pl. V, £. 5

Erebia niphonica, O, Janson, Cist. Ent. II, p. 153 (1877).

Vanessa Pryeri, n. sp., Pl. V, f. 2.

Allied to V. angelica, Cram., but smaller and with the external
dentations of the wigs much stronger and more acute ; above
bright fulvous red, the black spots smaller than in angelica and
clearly defined, fhe apical margins rather broadly ochreous,
speckled with brown and bordered inwardly with brown lunular
marks; beneath ochreous-brown or chocolate suffused with pink-
ish towards the apex, a central band and numerous fine irregular
transverse lines on both wings, and several marks in the cell of
the primaries similar to angelica, but darker and more clearly
defined, the L shaped silvery mark on the secondaries large and
conspicuous, Expanse of wings 2—2+ inches.

Yokohama.

I have much pleasure in dedicating this species to my friend,
Mr. H. Pryer, who has taken both it and angelica in large num-
bers, and has expressed the improbability of their beg varieties
of one species. I have examined a large series of both sexes
and “find the characters given above are always constant; the
colour of the underside of Pryert varies slightly, but is always
very distinct from the pale vellow of angelica.

I adopt Cramer’s name of angelica, as I cannot see any reason
for considering that species identical with the c-aurewn, Lin,

Linneus’s description, although almost useless for the purpose
of identification, agrees quite well with the species figured by
Cramer as c-aureum, Lin., and Fabricius’s description of the
Linnean species applies without doubt to the same, although he
erroneously described the female as another species under the
name of interrogationis. The figures of both sexes given by

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CistTuLA ENTOMOLOGICA,
June 30th, 1878.

270 Mr. O. E. Janson’s vemarks on

Hubner again represent the same species, I cannot, therefore, see
that anything but confusion can arise by adopting the views of
Godart in considering the c-awreum, Linn., a distinct species
from the c-auwreum of all other authors, the only evidence in
favour of which is that Linneus states his species is from Asia
instead of North America, and we know the old writers are so
frequently wrong in the localilties they give that no dependance
can be placed on them,

Mr. W. H. Edwards, in an elaborate paper extending to nine
pages in the Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., has further complicated
matters by fancying he had identified the c-awreum, Cram., Fab.
(nec Lin.), and the ‘nterrogationis, Godt. (nec Fab.), with a third
species which he renames Fabrici’; he even calls this species
the red-winged Grapta, in contradistinction to the allied species
which has the posterior wings black, how came he then to
reconcile the figure of Cramer which has distinctly black wings,
and the description of Fabricius, which is evidently taken from
Cramer’s figures, with his red winged species ?

Mr, Kirby, in his Catalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera, follows
the views of Mr. Edwards, but still further adds to the con-
fusion, and at the same time displays his ability in the identi-
fication of species, by adding to c-awrewm, Lin., the reference
to Hubner’s figures, and then quoting angelica, Cram., as a
synonym ; if he has really compared the figures of these two
authors, and recognised them as representing one and the same
species, the numerous similar anomalies in his work can be
easily accounted for,

The synonymy of the four species to which I have referred
is as follows :—

1, c-aureum, L. (nee Godt., nee Kdw., nee Kby.) North America.
c-aureum, Cram. ¢.
c-aureum, Fab. ¢.
interrogationis, Fab. 9.
interrogationis, Godt. ¢, Q°.
s-aureum, Hubn. ¢, 2.
interrogationis, Hdwards.

interrogationis, Kirby.

Japanese RKhopalocera. 271

Mobric etidwrards v2 sess2 cece ssocducessseeee Norbit America,

c-aureum, Cram. (sec. Hdwards).
c-aureum, Fab. (see. Edwards),
interrogationis, Godt. (sec. Edwards).

OB. @ngelicd, Cram. ....-..--...+.0..0+c0000+00-+--+-China, Japan.
c-aureum, Godt. (nec Lin.)
c-aureum, Edwards (nec Lin.)
c-aureum, Kirby (nee Lin.)
c-aureum, Hubn., (see. Kirby !)

PAP MRETI ROR ATISS Seca de biecaeeqashete a renieneoae) eats

Araschnia fallax, n. sp. Pl. V, f£. 3.

Above brownish-black ; the thorax with greenish iridescent
pubescence ; apical margins of the abdominal segments narrowly
bordered with white ; antennie black, the underside spotted with
ochreous, apex of the club red; primaries with a y shaped mark
near the base, and two short transverse lines in the cell pale
brown, a transverse band on the disc strongly interrupted near
the middle, five small spots in a curved row near the apex, and
a small linear spot about the middle and close to the margin
pale ochreous, five irregular sub-marginal spots brick-red ;
secondaries with a transverse pale ochreous band before the
middle and two fine undulating brick-red lines on the apical
half, united anteriorly and interrupted by the nervures, the
fringes of both wings spotted with white; beneath pale ochreous,
the base of the wings with several irregular red-brown and
black marks, the former margined with dark brown, the centre
of both wings without markings, leaving a broad transverse
band of the ground colour, the apical third occupied by a broad
red-brown band, bordered on either side by sub-quadrate black-
ish spots, the centre with several small white spots, the apical
margin with two fine black lines, the anal angle of secondaries
with a small blue spot. Expanse of wines 2 iiehes? 2 lines.

Yokohama (Pryer, Fenton).
d )

Although resembling A. prorsa, Lin., in reality more nearly
allied to A. burejana, Brem.; the differences existing between
them being similar to those which obtain between A. levana and
prorsa, it might be inferred that they are only permanent
dimorphic conditions of one species but the assertion of
Mr, I. Jonas that they appear at the same season and in
different localities is opposed to this inference,

722

PhD, Mr. O. E. JAnson’s remarks on

Thecla fasciatan. sp., Pl. V, f. 4.

Above brownish-black, the wings deep black towards the
apex, a fine line round the eyes ¢ and small spots on the under-
side of the antenne white ; primaries with a broad purple stripe
between the third median and sub-median nervures, commencing
close to the base and extending about two-thirds along the
wing, there are also some scattered purple scales in the cell,
the fringes of both wings and the apex of the tails white ;
beneath fuscous- brown, the markings ver ys similar to 7’, japonica,
Murr., and taxila, Br cu Expanse of wings | inch 8 lines.

Yokohama (Pryer, Jonas).

Closely allied to 7, japonica, but differing from the female
of that species in its shorter, broader and less rounded wings,
in its darker colour, and in having the purple markings described
above, | have only seen three specimens which are females,

Leucophasia vibilia, n. sp.

Above creamy-white, the body black, dusted with white ;
primaries with the basal half of the costa and four short ilk
defined longitudinal stripes at the apex dusky-black; beneath
cream coloured, the posterior part of the primaries white, the
costa broadly dusted with black ; secondaries strongly dusted
black on the anal half and on the costa, leaving a narrow longi-
tudinal stripe of the ground colour, the dusky-black scales
become rather sparse on the apical margin, but are very close
and form an obscure transverse band about one-third from the
apex. Expanse of wings 14-13 inches.

Nambu, North Japan (Pryer).

Differs from L. amurensis, Mén., besides the colour and
markings, in have the primaries more acutely pointed at the
apex. It is also allied to L. Duponchelli, Staud.

Terias betheseba, n. sp.

g Above lemon-yellow, the primaries narrowly margined
with black on the costa, the apical black band commencing
on the costa about one-third from the apex, thence obliquely
narrowed to about one-third across the wing, and_ then
eradually narrowed to the anal angle, the posterior two-thirds
having three well marked semi-circ ular emarginations on its
inner edge ; secondaries with a very narrow black marginal line

Japanese Rhopalocera. AT)

slightly dilated anteriorly ; beneath rather paler yellow than
above, with fine sparingly scattered black scales, which form
two indistinct transverse bands on the secondaries, the extremity
of all the nervures marked with a very small black spot ; the
body black above, with pale yellow pubescence on the thorax,
the sides of the Apdemen yellow with a fine black longitudinal
line, the underside and legs pinkish-white,

The female is smaller and of a paler yellow than the male,
with the wings rather thickly speckled with black, the apical
band on the primaries ends abruptly just before the anal angle,
and the secondaries have a narrower black margin and a large
rather ill-defined black spot at the anterior anale. Expanse of
wings | inch 4 lines-1 inch 8 lines.

Yokohama (Pryer).

Allied to 7. laeta, Bdy., but differs in having the primaries
more rounded at the apex, and in its paler colour and in the
form of its markings.

Terias Jaegeri, Ménét.

This species is allied to the Indian 7’, facta, Boisduval men-
tions a Japanese variety of it, but I think there is no doubt it is
distmet from that species, I have examined nearly a hundred
specimens and find they differ in several constant characters
from their Indian ally, the sexes present scarcely any difference
in size or coloration ; the locality given by Ménétriés (Hayti)
is of course erroneous.

Papilio macilentus, O. Janson, Pl. V, f. 1.

Papilio macilentus, O. Jans., Cist. Ent. UW, p. 158 (1877)

Pamphila mathias, Faln

Epargyreus mathias, Putl., Cat. Fabr. Diurnal Lepidop. p.
Bio tail, t. 8,

Iam indebted to Mr. H. Pryer for specimens of the male of
this widely distributed species, which have enabled me_ to
identify it with the description and figure above quoted ; as I had
previously only seen female specimens from Japan, | was not
able to satisfactorily determine to what species they pertained,

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On the genus AmBLyopinus, and description of a new species

from Tasmania ; by the Rev. A. Marrurews, M.A,

eThe genus Amblyopinus was instituted by M. Solsky in 1875*,
fo receive two species of Brachelytra, which had been found in
South America, in the condition of pseudo-parasites upon certain
species of Field Mice. In form as well as in their habits these
animals were somewhat anomalous, and it was not without
hesitation, that M. Solsky placed them among the Tachyporide.

In the summer of 1877, Mr. Janson received a collection of
Coleoptera from Mr. Simson, of Gould’s Country, Tasmania,
among which he noticed two specimens of a strange looking
Brachelytron, and on reference to the list of localities found
that they had been taken from the fur of a living Rat. This
unusual habitat brought M. Solsky’s Memoir to his recollection,
and he very kindly forwarded the insects to me for dissection,
sending at the same time the whole of M. Solsky’s descriptions,
transcribed verbatim from the original publication,

Since then I have dissected one of these insects, with great
care, and have made complete preparations of every part of
their external anatomy. I have also carefully compared each
part with fresh dissections of the analagous organs of the
Tachyporide and the Staphylinide, and will now proceed to
detail the result of my observations.

It is first of all necessary to presume that the insect which I
am about to describe is a true species of Amblyopinus, but on
this point, although I have never seen any of the specimens
found by M. Solsky, I have very little doubt, his figures and
descriptions are so full and clear, that I think their generic
identity is obvious.

But if this is the fact, I cannot coincide with M. Solsky in
placing Amblyopinus among the Tachyporide; the only

* Hore Socictatis Entomologica Rossica, 'T. xi, p. 10,

276 Rev. A. Matruews on the genus Amblyopinus.

character in which Amblyopinus agrees exclusively with the
Tachyporide consists in the laminate extension of the frontal
covering of the head, or what might have been termed the
clypeus, if that part had been defined. I do not think that this
one point of resemblance is sufficient to counterbalance the dis-
crepancies which exist in many characters of much greater
differential importance. In the Vachyporide the intermediate
coxe are comparatively small and rather deeply and abruptly
imbedded in the meso-sternum, which is not in any way depressed
for their accommodation. In Amblyopinus the meso- and meta-
sterna are of a totally different type, and the former of these
parts is deeply depressed for nearly the whole of its length and
breadth to receive the very large intermediate cox, which are
entirely free; a form precisely similar to that exhibited by
Philonthus and Quedius. The mandibles, though of a very
peculiar shape, are long, much curved, and armed with long and
very strong teeth, as in many Philonthi; while on the other
hand the mandibles of the Tachyporida are for the most part
short, robust and simple. From Quedius, to which in many
respects it bears a strong resemblance, Amblyopinus differs
materially in the Episterna of the prothorax ; in the former
these parts are excessively enlarged and produced triangularly
until they almost meet behind the anterior coxe, covering, as
pointed out by Dr. Erichson, the prothoracie stigmata ; in the
latter the Kpisterna are small and linear, indeed, scarcely ob-
servable, and the prothoracic stigmata are open and uncovered,
and large as in Philonthus ; this important character, together
with the general diversity of form, will be sutticient to separate
Amblyopinus from Quedius, although in many anatomical details
these genera are almost identical.

It will be observed that in the preceding paragraph I have
called the triangular plates, which in Quedivs and some other
genera extend over the prothoracic stigmata, the Hpisterna, and
I think that I am justified in using that term, by dissections
which I have made of the prothorax ; these immersed in Canada
Balsam exhibit, as in diagram 8, a suture proceeding from the
anterior extremity of the prosternum, in a line somewhat sub-—
parallel with the margin of the pronotum to within a short
distance from its base. A faint suture is also visible at the base

Rev. A. Marruews on the genus Amblyopinus. 277

of the triangular portion, which may therefore constitute the
true Hpimeron. And if these processes were produced until
they met behind the anterior coxe, which in some species they
very nearly do, they would then completely enclose the coxe,
and present a form entirely analagous to the prothoracic episterna
and epimera of Trichopteryr. This anatomical definition is also
more likely to be correct on account of the igh development of
the Brachelytra as a class, which will hardly permit the universal
disappearance of any important portion of the anatomical struc-
ture of the true Coleopterous type.

It appears to me that Amblyopinus is much more closely allied
to Philonthus than to any other genus; indeed, the only ana-
tomical difference between them consists in the prolongation of
the frontal plate, and in the peculiarly placed and almost rudi-
mentary eye of the former, I might also add, in the deflexed
angles of the pronotum. But for these differences I should
at once have concluded that at least the present species had been
a true Philonthus. All this, however, may not affect the species
described by M. Solsky.

If the insect which I have examined be a true Amblyopinus,
I should place that genus among the “ Staphyliné qenuini,” of
Dr. Erichson, and in close proximity to Philonthus. When we
consider the intimate anatomical affinity between Philonthus and
Quedius, it seems unnatural to separate those genera by the
interval oecupied in some lists by Staphylinus and its immediate
allies, and that the arrangement would be improved by placing
Amblyopinus as the connecting link between them. In the
present species we find the form and outline of a true Philon-
thus, combined with the distinctive characters of Amblyopinus.

I have thus noticed the principal points in which Amblyopinus
either differs from or agrees with the various genera to which
it seems to bear any affinity ; and having done this, will not
enter upon a detailed description of each separate part.

sy the fioures and diagrams in the accompanying plate it will
J yung
he seen that the organs of the mouth are almost identical with
the corresponding parts of both Quedius and Philonthus ; the

same similarity also prevails throughout the whole anatomy,

278 Rev. A. Marrurews on the genus Amblyopinus.

except those points which I have already noticed, and all these
parts have been described with great accuracy by Dr. Erichson
in his “ Genera et Species Staphylinorum.” But I think it would
be better to consider the parts, which in his description of the
complex organ termed ‘the labium,” Dr. Hrichson distinguishes
by the names “segmentum primum” and ‘‘segmentum innom-
inatum,” as together forming the true mentum, in fact a mentum
duplex, a very common form throughout the whole class; a
strictly analogous furmation also exists in the labrum of Amblyo-
pinus, vid. f. 2, and other genera of Brachelytra.

The discrepancies which exist between my figures of some
of the organs of the mouth, and those given by M. Solsky, I do
not consider of material importance, for it is utterly impossible
to discern the true outline of any of these parts unless the
preparation is immersed in Canada Balsam.

AMBLYOPINUS, Solsky.
Amblyopinus Jansoni, n. sp., Pl. VI.

L.c. 25-3 ln. = 5-6 mm. Rufo-testaceus longe setosus,
capite atque pronoto magnis nitidissimis; elytris perbrevibus
rugose punctatis; abdomine sat longo medium versus latiori
rugose punctato; pedibus atque antennis modicis, illis robustis.

Caput magnum nitidissimum, rugis perlevibus sinuatis con-
fertissime dispositis per totum eleganter notatum, punctis duobus
magnis et profundis supra oculum, duobus minoribus ad angulum
posteriorem, quatuor exiguis curvatim dispositis in disco utrinque,
atque quatuor equidistantibus, exterioribus permagnis, ad basim
impressum, Oculi minuti ovales glabri lenticulis nullis in-
structi in recessu profundo sub lamine frontalis margine laterali
siti, Antenne modice articulo tertio secundo longiori,

Pronotum sat magnum sub-ovale capite fere pariter longum et
latum nitidissimum, rugis perlevibus sinuatis confertissime dis-
positis per totum eleganter notatum, levissime et remote puncta-
tum, punctis duobus parvis ad mediam marginem anteriorem,
tribus ad angulum utrumqne anteriorem deflexum, atque singulo
ad angulum utrumque posteriorem impressum, marginibus later-
laibus atque basali leviter reflexis. E punctis hisce omnibus
et capitis et pronoti sete erecte plerumque longe et validx
exoriuntur.

Rev. A. Marruzws on the genus Amblyopinus. 279

Scutellwm sat magnum, sat deplanatum ad apicem rotundatum,
rugis transversis impressum,

Ale nulle.

Elytra perbrevia, pronoto et breviora et angustiora rugose
punctata nitida pilis sat longis atque validis vestita, seta longa
valid’ erecta ad humerum utrumque instructa, apicibus oblique
truncatis atque setis validis fimbriatis.

Abdomen elongatum pone medium latissimum, segmentis
septem compositum, sex primis rugose punctatis atque pilis
longis robustis, extremis multo longioribus, dense vestitis, see-
mentis 2-6 setis erectis longis validis aut duabus aut tribus
equidistantibus utrinque instructis, lateribus profunde marginatis,
seemento apicali sat obtuso simplici, levius punctato et pilis
brevioribus vestito ; segmentis ventralibus sex profunde punc-
tatis atque pilis densis vestitis, margine posteriori segmentorum
4 et 5 setis quatuor erectis instructa, stylis analibus quatuor sat
magnis setis longis instructis.

Pedes modici robusti, tibuis quatuor posterioribus calearibus
longis et validis armatis, tarsis anticis dilatatis, imtermedus
articulo basali valde elongato et incrassato sub-cylindrico,
subtus sulco longitudinali profundo impresso margine exteriori
fortiter pectinati, interiori setis instructa, articulis 2-3-4 pro-
funde bilobatis atque setis longis marginatis.

Dijiert a speciebus adhue descriptis forma Philonthdided, et
corpore setoso punctis multis foveolatis impresso,

Halitat Tasmaniam sub pelle Muris Ratti detectus.

EXPLANATION OF PLATE VI.

Fig. 1. Amblyopinus Jansoni.
» 2 labrum.
» 38 Mentum, Labium, Lingua and Labial Palpi.

,, 4. Mandibles.

5. Maxilla and Maxillary Palpi.

,, 6. Head in profile to shew the eye.
» ~¢. Intermediate Lee.

» 8. Longitudinal section of the Pronotwum of
Quedius shewing the probable Hpisternon
and Epimeron, (a).

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On some Burrerriies recently sent home from Japan by Mr.
Montague Fenton; by Artuur G. But er, F.L.S., F.Z.S.,
&e,

Mr. Fenton’s letter, accompanying the present consignment, is
directed from Daigaku Yobimon, Tokei Japan ; the species are
as follows :—

1, Vanessa Fentoni, n. sp. (No. 60).

Wings bright tawny; primaries with black markings as in
V. satyrus of the United States, excepting that the two spots
upon the median interspaces are of twice the size; secondaries
with the black spots across the middle arranged as in C-album ;
outer border broadly and irregularly black, intersected by six
broad sub-confluent lunated tawny spots; outer margin irrorated

with tawny ; bases of the wings, abdominal border of secondaries

and body as in the allied species ; wings below extremely like
V. satyrus, but paler and with the bands less strongly defined ;
the silver C shorter, and, therefore, less ike a G. Expanse of
wings 2 inches 3 lanes!

This species belongs to the V. egea group rather than to that
of C-album, the pattern of the under surface being far more
like the former than the latter; im form it scarcely differs from
V. l-album, excepting that the apical portion of the primaries
is slightly narrower ; in the pattern and coloration of the upper-
side it is very like V. satyrws, to which it is evidently more
nearly allied than to any other known species.

2. Argynnis rabdia, Butler (No. 79).

The example sent is the largest that I have yet seen,

3. Melitewa niphona, n. sp. (No. 84).

Q Allied to MW. athalia of Europe, but considerably larger ;
the discal line placed farther from the submarginal one, and
almost divided into spots in the primaries: wings below alto-
gether paler than in MM, athalia, the secondaries being creamy

282 Mr. BurLer on some

white, with the markings sharply defined and similar to those of
M, athalia, Expanse of wings 1 inch 11 lines.

This is like a gigantic race of WW. athalia,

4, Melitwa scotosia, n. sp. (No. 83

Q Allied to J. etheria of Kurope, but dull tawny, with all
the veins black, the black spots of double the width, and the
dise of the primaries (as well as the submarginal lunules) pale ;
below altogether duller in colour than MM. e@theria, the veins
upon the apical area of primaries strongly defined; the black
spots of primaries of double the width, and the black lines of
secondaries distinctly wider. Expanse of wings 2 inches 4 lines.

One of the most dingy looking species I have hitherto seen.

Mr. Fenton forwards an excellent drawing of a WNeptis,
allied to N. alwina, which, as it is certainly new, I describe as
follows :—

5. Neptis excellens, n. sp. (No. 58).

Q Wings above black-brown; sinuations of the fringes white;
primaries with 4 narr ower white streak from the base re widening
beyond the middle, notched at the end of the cell and then
tapering to a point), just above the median vein; an irregular
interrupted discal series of white spots, the first of which is an
oblique sub-costal dash or abbreviated line, the second, third
and fifth are large, more or less pyriform spots, the ‘fourth
and sixth are orl. and the seventh is a bifid oblique internal
dash ; two white sub-marginal dots, one opposite to the third,
and one to the sixth of the disc al series ; secondaries with a
rather wide straight white belt across the basal third, and
running from near the middle of the sub-costal vein to the inner
margin near the base; a discal series of white spots slightly
diverging from the white belt towards the inner margin, where
they are only separated by the veins ; wings below red-brown ;
the white markings of the upper surface much widened; the
discal spots of primaries almost forming a continuous belt; a
complete sub-marginal series of whitish spots, but only the
third, sixth and seventh large and white ; internal area dark,
sub-costal vein and base of cell whitish ; secondaries with a
white sub-basal patch silvery-bluish internally ; the white belt
continued upwards at an angle to the costal vein, a lilacine
streak between it and the discal series of spots; a aie marginal
series of llacine lunules. Expanse of wings 3 inches 2 lines.

Butterflies from Japan. 283

The next description I also take from an admirable drawing :—
6. Pararge achinoides, n. sp. moo

Extremely close to P. achine of Sao but the ocelli of the
primaries of nearly equal size throughout, and the pale streak
beyond the cell more strongly defined; secondaries with the
ocelli larger, an additional indistinct one near anal angle; a
pale str eak across the median branches behind the ocelli ; fone
below with all the ocelli decidedly larger and- white- -pupilled,
the white streak of secondaries becoming obsolete towards the
front of the disc, and therefore not enclosing the ocelli. Expanse
of wines 2 inches 3 lines.

The wings are of the brown colour common to Lethe Sicelis,
rw)

Lycena argia, Ménétriés (No. 103),

From the Akutsu river bed.

8. Lycana micrargus, n, sp. (No, 104a).

Above very like LZ. argia and L. wgon; lilac, with dentated
blackish outer border and snow-white fringes ; below with the
eround-colour of L. pylaon (triton ? Fabr.); the markings ex-
actly as in J. argus, excepting that the sub-marginal black spots
of the secondaries have no trace of metallic colouring about
them, and the orange belt connecting the two series of black
spots is paler. Expanse of wings 1 inch 1 line.

As is the case with several of the Japanese Moths, this
species unites the characters of several European forms.

9. Chrysophanus phloeas, Linn. (No. 99).

This may possibly be C. chinensis, but | cannot at presenti see
how it differs from typical C. phiwas ; the example was sent to
Mr. Fenton; was it taken in Japan?

10. Thecla orientalis, 9, Murray (No. 98d).

Mr, Fenton adds the word ‘* Bandai” to the name of this
species, but does not state whether it is the native name of the
species or of the locality where it was captured; I cannot find
it in Keith Johnston’s Atlas,

284 Mr. BUTLER on some

11. Terias Betheseba, O. Jans. (No. 25)

12. Gonepterys Rhamni, Linn. (No. 12).

The specimen sent was not taken at Tokei, but was forwarded
to Mr. Fenton; it differs markedly from G. aspasia, both in
form and coloration, and agrees in all respects with the Kuro-
pean type. Was it also captured in Japan ?

15. Synchloé crucivora, &, Boisduval (No, 17).

Mr. Fenton regards this as C. rape, of which it doubtless is
the Japanese representative, but its considerably greater size,
broad apical patch and more dusky basi-costal area to the
primaries readily distinguish it; the av erage expanse of the
wings is about a quarter of an inch in excess of the Huropean

species,

14. Paumphila Jansonis, n. sp. (No. 125).

3 Bronzy olive-brown, with sordid white fringes to the
wings; primaries with two small spots placed obliquely towards
the end of the cell; five dots between the sub-costal branches
(the first two very small and wide apart) and an oblique series
of five discal spots (the upper four im a decreasing series, point-
ing towards the apex, the first small and linear, just above e the
middle of the sub-median vein), hyaline “ane: a slender
oblique brand connecting the first and second spots ; secondaries
with four small spots, the first and last punctiform, in a zigzag
series not far from the apex; body normal, palpi sordid white ;
primaries below with the costal third, excepting at apex, densely
covered with sordid ochraceous scales; hyaline spots as above,
an additional white spot between anh first and second of the
oblique discal series; secondaries sordid ochraceous, with a broad
greyish-brown pyramidal area on the interno-median interspace ;
a silvery-white spot in the cell and four towards apex, the
second of which is reniform; body below sordid greyish.
Expanse of wings | inch 8 lines,

Most nearly allied to P. pellucida of Murray, but widely
distinct ; it oceurs, according to Mr. Fenton, ‘on the Koshiu-
kaido in Shimodzuke”; although the form of the body in this
species with its somewhat short thorax reminds one of /sote‘non,
the antenne are identical with those of Pamphila, 1 have

Butterflies from JAPan. 285

named this species after Mr. Oliver Janson, whose interest in

Japanese Butterflies is well known, and has produced most
~*~ a

satisfactory results,

15. Pamphila rikuchina, n. sp.

Deep purplish-brown, the basal area of the wings clothed
with tawny scales; fringes ochreous, especially at the anal
angle; primaries with ae ochreous spots at the end of the
cell (the upper one punctiform) ; a rather broad irregular angu-
lated discal ochreous belt, not reaching the inner margin, and
divided into nine spots by the veins, which are black ; second-
aries with an arched series of five ochreous spots on the disc ;
body olivaceous, abdomen clothed with ochraceous hair scales ;
palpi pale greenish-yellow ; wings below paler than above, more
broadly and densely sprinkled with ochraceous scales; the
secondaries with the abdominal area, particularly at anal angle,
broadly ochraceous; body below greenish-grey. Hxpanse of
wines 1 inch 4 lines.

A very distinct species occurring at “ Rikuchin,”
16. Pamphila ochracea, (Bremer No, 120),

7. Pamphila florinda, n. sp. (No, 113a).

, 2 Above lke P. comma, but deeper in colour ; below
ae redder in tint, with scarcely a trace of pale spots,
only two or three being indistinctly traceable in the secondaries ;
the veins also not tipped with black. Expanse of wings ¢
1 inch 6 lines, 9 1 inch 5 lines.

There is the same difference between the sexes as in the
Kuropean insect, the male being tawny with purplish-brown
borders and grey-streaked oblique black brand, the female
purplish-brown with the usual straw-yellow or ochreous spots 3
the position of the species will be hetween P. comma and the
P. sylvanus of Japan.

18. Pamphila sylvanus var, Esper (No. 113).

This form is barely distinguishable from P, sylvanus, wnless
we conclude that the Hakodaté form is the latter species and the
Yokohama form is distinct ; the latter may then be distinguished
by its greater size and deeper coloration. The P. venata of

A A

286 Mr. O. E. Janson’s remarks on Butterflies.

Ménétriés is widely distinct from the insect usually called P.
venata in collections; I have seen a specimen from N. China
in Dr. Staudinger’s Collection.

19. Pamphila sylvatica, Bremer (No. 119a).

20. Pamphila leonina, nu. sp. (No. 119).

Bright fulvous, with black veins and moderately broad
purplish-brown outer borders (narrower than in the preceding
species) ; primaries with a slender oblique linear black brand ;
secondaries with the basal area and abdominal border dusky ;
wings below clearer than above, with black veins and linear
black margin; primaries with the base (excepting upon the
costa and the brand) as above black ; legs and front of palpi
yellow, hinder part of palpi and venter white. Expanse of
wings 1 inch 8 lines.

This species is allied to P. sylvatica, but markedly distinct ;
it is frequently mistaken for the P. venata of Bremer, but (as
I believe) simply because it has black veins; in the form of its
wings it is totally dissimilar.

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Descriptions of new Cotnorrera from Madagascar, recently
added to the British Museum Collection; by Cas. O.
WATERHOUSE,

A small collection of insects has recently been received at
the British Museum from Madagascar. They were collected
by Mr. Robert Toy in the forests in the neighbourhood of
Antananarivo, Among the Coleoptera are some very interesting
new forms, particularly among the Lamellicorns and Longicorns,

The following are the new species :—

RUTELID.

Adoretus strigatus, n. sp.

Oblongo-ovalis, piceo-flavus, sat crebre fortiter punctatus,
punctis setiferis ; thorace utrinque strig& nigri notato ; pectore
abdomine pedibusque nigrescentibus pilosis. Long. 64-84 lin.,
lat. 4—44 lin,

Of rather a broad, depressed form. Head, thorax and elytra
moderately thickly and very strongly pur red; clypeus
semicircular, densely and strongly puncturea, with the margin
reflexed., Thor ax strongly transverse, the sides gently arcuate ;
on each side, at a little distance from the margin, is a
longitudinal black stripe. Scutellum sparingly punctured at
the sides. Hach elytron has the usual three costs indicated by
lines of punctures. The punctures on the upper surface of the
insect are furnished with short, stiff (but decumbent), pale hairs.
On the underside the pubescence is finer and longer.

Adoretus vittatus, n. sp.

Oblongo-ovalis, convexus, nitidus, piceo-niger ; thorace medio
obscure castaneo; elytris vittis duabus flavo-piceis. Long. 9-10
Iin., lat. 5-54 lin.

AA

288 Mr. Wareruouse’s Descriptions of

This species is remarkable for its coloration, which somewhat
resembles that of Antichira cincta. It is almost entirely desti-
tute of pubescence on the upperside. Thorax moderately convex,
shining, the disc generally castaneous and smooth, there are a
few punctures scattered over the sides, and there is an irregular
triangular patch of rather strong punctures on each side of
the base. Scutellum with three or four punctures on each side.
Elytra with the three usual costz ill-defined, the interstices
sparingly, finely and irregularly punctured ; each elytron has
a pale pitchy stripe commencing in the middle of the base and
reaching nearly to the apex (leaving a quadrangular scutellar
patch and the suture black); a second stripe commences below
the shoulder and does not quite reach the sub-apical callosity,
this stripe is frequently interrupted in the middle, apex with
minute tubercles. Antenne pitchy.

¢ Head smooth, clypeus with a few distinct punctures ; fifth
abdominal segment smooth.

Q@ Head with moderately close distinct punctures behind,
near the eyes, and some fine punctuation along the front
margin; clypeus finely and rather closely punctured; fifth
abdominal segment densely and finely rugulose below,

Adoretus albosctosus, n. sp.

Niger, «neo-purpurascens, nitidus, levis; thorace fortiter
transverso, margine basali utrinque parce punctato; elytris
oblongis, subtiliter punctulatis, haud costulatis, infra scutellum
et utrinque leviter impressis, ad apicem declivis, setis nonnullis
albidis ornatis; antennis femoribusque anticis pallide piceis ;
femoribus posticis maximis, subtus ad apicem fortiter calcaratis ;
tibiis posticis crassis, curvatis. Long. 84 lin., lat. 5 ln.

This species is so remarkable that I at first thought it would
be necessary to propose a new genus for its reception. I think,
however, that as the peculiarity rests mainly in the structure
of the posterior legs which may be only a sexual character, it
will be better to wait until the sexes are known. Its robust
convex form, the entire absence of coste on the elytra (which
appear smooth unless examined with a lens), and the white stiff
bristles (which are pointed at their apex) on the elytra give
the species a marked character in the genus Adoretus. The
posterior cox are produced posteriorly into a spur. The apex
of the posterior tibiw is produced below to about the middle of
the fifth tarsal joint,

neu: Coleoptera from Madagascar. 289

PRIONID&.

Hoplideres rugicollis, n. sp.

Elongatus, parallelus, piceo-niger ; capite thoraceque crebre
fortiter rugosis, his lateribus acute quadrispinosis ;_ scutello
subtilius ruguloso-punctato ; elytris parum nitidis, fere parallelis,
circa scutellum nitidis parcius punctatis, humeris acute spinosis,
@. Long. 21 lin., lat. 8 lin.

Very close to H. spinicollis, from which it differs in having
the elytra more parallel, not expanded at the sides, and the head
(especially round the eyes) and thorax are decidedly more
rugose; the spines also on the sides of the thorax are more
slender,

CERAMBYCID.
Arrhythmus, n. gen.

General form somewhat that of Eligmoderma, Head very
similar to that of that genus, but with the antennal tubercles
more flattened and not divided in the middle, with only a very
slight spine at the vertex. Antenne about 2 longer than the
whole insect, slender, particularly towards the apex, slightly
pubescent below. Thorax sub-cylindrical. Elytra rather flat
above, at their base twice as broad as the base of the thorax,
distinctly constricted a little before the apex, which, in con-
sequence, appears somewhat expanded. Femora very much
enlarged at the apex, compressed ; tibie compressed. Abdomen
narrowed towards the apex.

The position of this rather singular insect is somewhat doubt-
ful, but after a careful examination I am of opinion that it
should be placed at the end of the Eligmodermina, The
antennal tubercles are not, however, divided as they are in that
group, and in this respect it approaches more to the Callidiopsina,
but in all other characters it accords better with the former.

Arrhythmus rugosipennis, 1. sp.

Elongatus, nitidus, niger, antennis articuhs 4-11 plu-
minusve flavescentibus; capite thoraceque tenuissime griseos
pubescentibus ; elytris crebre fortiter punctatis, dimidio apicali
anguste flavo-marginato, disco maculis duabus rotundatis flavis ;
pedibus flavis, femoribus apice nigris, ¢. Long. 9 lin.

290 Mr. Warernouse’s Descriptions of

The antenne are dull yellow, with the first three joints and
the apices of the fourth to tenth joints black, the black scarcely
visible on the eighth to tenth jomts. The thorax at its widest
part about as wide as the head, a little narrowed in front and
behind, thickly and strongly punctured, with indications of
transverse ruge, the disc with a very small tubercle on each
side. The elytra are very strongly and closely punctured, with
the margin just at the sinuation and the apex, as well as two
dorsal spots, yellow.

Logisticus, n. gen.

General build of Toxotus meridianus, but more elongate, and
with totally different head. Head long and rather narrow, the
portion in front of the eyes a little longer than broad, depressed,
a little broader at the apex than in front of the eyes ; maxillary
palpi long ; eyes moderately prominent, coarsely granular, nearly
contiguous below, narrowly divided above, not much emarginate
in front; antenne as long as the body, slender, inserted on the
rostrum in front of the eyes. Thorax nearly asin Toxotus but
quadrinodose above. LElytra very long, truncate at the base,
narrowed to the apex, each elytron terminating in two short
spines. Abdomen narrow, acuminate. _Legs very long, rather
slender, femora not incrassate, tarsi rather broad and very hairy,
the claw joint comparatively short, very slender at the base,
suddenly widened at the apex, claws strong and suddenly bent
from the base.

After a very careful examination, I am of opinion that this
genus should be placed next to Artelida in the Toxotine. The
produced rostrum, spined apices to the elytra and especially the
coarsely granular eyes suggest affinity with the Uracanthina,
but the antenne are not inserted in the emargination of the eye
as in that group, and the general build of the thorax elytra and
legs is decidedly more that of the Toxotine. ‘The tarsi are very
like those of Artelida, but the spatulate claw joint is unlike
that of any genus that I can remember, and the suddenly bent
claws are also peculiar. With regard to the coarse granulation
of the eyes, it must be borne in mind that an approach to this
is already seen in Artelida, and that great difference exists in
the closely allied genera of this group. The granulation in
Sagridola is extremely fine, in Mastododera and Artelida seri-
ceus the granulation is much less fine, and in Artelida crinipes
it is almost coarse,

new Coleoptera from Madagascar. 291

Logisticus rostratus, a. sp.

Palhide fusco-griseus, sericeus ; antennis pedibusque brunneis,
femoribus obscurioribus, ¢. Long. 12 lin.

Pale brownish-grey, the antenne, elytra, tibie and tarsi paler
and yellowish-grey. Head a little longer than the thorax and
not quite as broad, with a distinct longitudinal impressed line
between the eyes. Thorax constricted in front, strongly angular
in the middle of each side, the disc not very strongly quadrino-
dose, with a transverse impression at the base. Hlytra very long,
at their base not quite twice as broad as the base of the thorax,
gradually narrowed to the apex, finely and moderately thickly
punctulate in the humeral region. Legs very long, but the
posterior femora do not nearly reach to the apex of the elytra.

LAMIIDZ.
Tragocephala jucunda, Gory.

Two specimens of this species have been received, which differ
from those alr eady in the British Museum, in the following
manner: Antenne a trifle longer and PES The yellow

markings clear sulphur-yellow ak bordered with white ; the”
bands on the elytra less flexuous; the yellow on the occiput very
narrow. Thorax without any spot on the hind margin.

These differences are probably sexual, as the two examples
above noticed are males, those already in the Museum Collection
are females.

The following species were collected by the late Mr. Crossley
in Madagascar, but we have no indication of the precise locality
in which they were found :—

CETONIID A.

Euchilia puncticollis, n. sp.

Aneo-viridis, rubro-varia; capite thoraceque fortiter sat
crebre punctatis; elytris Poeres striatis, interstitlis convexis
parce sat distincte punctulatis, m: wrginibus magn nonnullis

majoribus aspersis ; femoribus piceis. Long. 7% lin.

Relatively shorter than . sulcata, with the thorax more
convex. Clypeus not quite so deeply notched, finely but dis-
tinctly punctured; forehead more eet punctured, coppery-
red on the vertex. Thorax deep coppery-red with a mesial line

292 Mr. Warternouse’s Descriptions of

and the middle of the base green. Scutellum green. Elytra
not quite so flat as in E. sulcata, coppery-red, the region of
the shoulders, the subapical callosity, and the extreme apex,
green, the shoulders themselves dark blue; each elytron has
six very strong dorsal striae, the interstices convex, the sides
with two strie, of which the first is composed of strong close
punctures. Legs obscure pitchy, the femora dull red.

Anochilia fascicularis, n. sp.

Nigra, nitida, punctulata; elytris striato-punctatis ; pedibus
ferrugineo- flavis : corpore subtus femor ibusque longe ferrugineo-
pubescentibus, 9. Long. 11 In.

Clypeus thickly and rather strongly punctured, triangularly
notched at the apex, very slightly longitudinally impressed on
each side. Antenne and palpi ferrugineous. Thorax + broader
than long, obliquely narrowed in front of the middle, distinctly
and moderately punctured, the base straight at the scutellum,
obliquely emarginate on each side. Scutellum elongate trian-
cular, nearly smooth. Elytra at the base about } broader than
the thorax, a little narrowed posteriorly, the sides rather
straight ; each with four or five lines of fine punctures which
are not very close together, there are also a few other fine punc-
tures scattered over the surface, the apex is striolate. Pygidium
with a few semicircular punctiform impressions, with two
ferrugineous spots. Legs rusty-yellow, femora hirsute, tibie
with long ferrugineous fringe on the inner side, tarsi scarcely
longer than the tibiae. Sides of the sterna and abdomen with
long rusty hair, that on the abdomen forming tufts at the sides
visible from above. Prosternum short broad triangular.

Madagascar (Crossley).

Pygora costifer, n, sp.

Oblonga, depressa, nigra, subnitida; capite thoraceque crebre
fortiter punctatis; elytris sat brevibus subopacis, fortiter
striolato-punctatis, dimidio basali piceo, lateribus a costa super-
antibus ; abdomine medio ceruleo. Long. 6 lin.

Head thickly and strongly punctured ; clypeus with the sides
straight, a little narrowed at the apex, which is triangularly
notched, impressed on each side, raised in the middle, impressed
above the notch. Thorax moderately convex, rather thickly
and strongly punctured, broadest behind, gradually narrowed
anteriorly, the sides gently arcuate, margins incrassate, the base

new Coleoptera from Madagascar. 293

nearly straight, a little emarginate above the scutellum. Scu-
tellum elongate triangular, with a line of fine punctures on each
side. Elytra rather anon a little narrowed posteriorly, with an
oblong impression near the side extending from below the
charislee to a little beyond the middle, Boorded on the inner
side by an obtuse costa, and on the outer side by a strong costa
which surmounts the deflexed portion of the side ; the suture
itself is deeply impressed, the margins of the impressions sub-
costiform ; the punctuation is rather irr egular, but the larger
horse-shoe punctures are arranged in lines (crowded i in the lateral
impression). The second, third and fourth segments of the
abdomen are a beautiful deep sky-blue. Anterior tibie with
three small teeth at the apex. ‘Tarsi rather short.

Pantolia polita, n, sp.

Elongata, deplanata, levis, nigra; singulo elytro pone medium
stris brevissimis punctorum ; pedibus piceis. Long. 7 lin.

Resembles Dirrhina iris, but with the head differently formed,
Clypeus nearly parallel sided, gently emarginate at the apex,
which is finely and closely punctured, with a longitudinal deep
channel on each side, this channel is longitudinally finely
strigose. Thorax as in D. tris, but not quite so flat, and with
the lateral channel deeper posteriorly and extending to the
posterior angles. Hlytra with a narrow transverse shallow
impression, a little behind the middle composed of very short
lines of strong punctures; the suture from the middle to the
apex is somewhat raised and marked on each side by an
impressed line; the extreme lateral margins and apex are rather
strongly eaolate! -punctate. Pygidium very closely and finely
striolate.

CALANDRIDZ.
Dichthorrhinus, vu. gen.

Allied to Hugnoristus, but of a broader form and much
depressed, Rostrum as long as the thorax, slender, straight, a
little narrower at the apex, deeply channelled above, thick at
the extreme base, and with two short, stout, acuminate, flexuous
horns, projecting over the insertion of the antenne ; antennal
scrobes deep, nearly reaching the base of the rostrum, continued
anteriorly by a slight channel. Antenne as long as the rostrum,
stout, the scape very thick, narrowed at the base, funiculus as
long as the scape, with six nearly equal cylindrical joints, the
club compressed, shining, not visibly jointed, a little spongy at

294 Mr, Warernouse’s Descriptions of

the apex. Head very small, eyes contiguous below, a little
separated above. Thorax broad, depressed, much rounded at the
sides Scutellum very small, Hlytra not broader than the
thorax and 4 longer, flat on the back, a little narrowed poster-
iorly, obtuse at the apex, striated. All the coxe very widely
separated, the sterna nearly flat. Abdomen with the first seg-
ment as long as the two following take together, the first and
second seoments not separated in the middle by any . distinct
suture, flattened, Legs very long and slender. The first and
second joints of the tarsi narrow, the third very large, broad,
sub-trapeziform, not bilobed, claw joint rather small and slender,
inserted in the middle of the upper surface of the third joint.

Very close to Hugnoristus, but with the rostrum channelled
above ; antenne with only six joints to the funiculus, and not
inserted quite at the base of the rostrum, &c.

Dichthorrhinus bicornis, n. sp.

Niger, albo-squamosus, rugosus, depressus ; rostro supra basin
cornubus duobus divaricatis; thorace lato, depresso, crebre
fortiter punctato, lateribus bene eaimalaes elytris depressis,
thorace vix angustioribus, fortiter punctato-striatis, interstitiis
planiusculis, crebre fortiter punctatis. Long. (sine rostro) 8 lin.,
lat. 3 lin.

The white scales are scattered over the upper surface of the
thorax, but are close together and form a patch under each side ;
they are also scattered over the surface of the elytra, but form
a fascia a little before the apex ; there are also white spots on
the sides of the sterna and abdomen, and the base of the femora
are clothed with white scales.

CERAMBYCID.
Enthymius, n. gen.

General characters of Zorotus but differing as follows: Head
short and broad, rather convex, neck thick, with the sides
parallel; muzzle very short; eyes not very finely granular,
rather large and moderately prominent, with a small but deep
emargination in front; antenne 2 moderately slender, inserted
immediately outside the emargination of the eye, compressed,
not quite as long as the body, the third and fourth joints sub-
parallel, the fifth to tenth much narrowed towards their base,

new Coleoptera from Madagascar, 295

the internal apical angle of the sixth to tenth joints rather pro-
duced ; thorax as broad as long, constricted in front, with a
moderately prominent tubercle on each side, a little before the
middle, disc with a round swelling on each side near the base ;
elytra Q not much narrowed towards the « apex, gently convex.

The specimen on which I found this genus has been in the
British Museum for some years, but was not described on
account of the difficulty of determining its position. I feel sure,
however, that the place that I assigned to it near Toxotus is the
correct one. The very short muzzle is foreign to this group,
but the insertion of the antenne outside the emargination of the
eye accords better with the Yowxotine than elsewhere. ‘The
granulation of the eyes is much less fine than in the true
Toxotus, agreeing, however, in this respect with the Californian
Toxotus cervinus, Walker (which is said to be a synonym of
T. spurcus, Lec.). The head having a thick neck with parallel
sides is uncommon in this group, but something similar is seen
in Mastododera.

Enthymius dubius, a. sp.

Crassus, rufo-piceus, dense cervino-pubescens ; capite sat
magno, fronte linea longitudinali tenui impressi; thorace capite
paulo latiori, disco paulo depresso; elytris parum convexis,
apicem versus Vix angustatis ; antennis pedibusque obscurioribus.
Long. 13 lin.

Hab. Madagascar (Crossley). Brit. Mus,

LAMIID/.
Leucographus, n. gen.

Closely allied to Humimetes, but with the prosternum between
the coxe very broad, gently concave anteriorly, the upper part
slightly leaning over posteriorly. Mesosternum very broad,
trapezoidal and horizontal between the coxe, perpendicular in
front. Antenne a little longer than the body, the fifth joint
much shorter than the preceding and more slender, the sixth to
eleventh gradually diminishing in length, compressed, fringed
on the inner side (especially the apical joints), the eighth, ninth
and tenth joints with a slight angle at the base on the inner
side. Hlytra with the shoulders not advanced anteriorly,

296 Mr, Wareruouse’s Descriptions of Coleoptera.

Leucographus albovarius, n. sp.

Ater, opacus, velutinus ; thorace lato, lateraliter angulato,
albo-variegato ; scutello lato, medio albo-lineato ; elytris latitu-
dine + longioribus, basi fere truncatis, apicem versus angustatis,
depressis, circa scutellum convexioribus, guttis numerosis stri-
gaque obliqua albidis, Long. 10 lin.

Head very broad, with a white stripe between the antennae.
Antenne with the first joint and the base of the other joints
grey. Thorax broad, strongly but obtusely angular at the
sides, with numerous whitish spots which are more close towards
the sides, and nearly form a cross on the disc. Hlytra broader
josey Tieeta bon the broadest part of the thorax, narrowed
towards the apex, with the sides straight, the apex ‘obtuse, the
shoulders are slightly sloping, obtuse ; there are numerous small
white spots scattered about the base, a line of spots on each side
of the suture, an oblique stripe a little before the middle, and
six spots which on the two elytra are arranged in the form of
a wide W/ behind the middle. Tibix grey, except at the
extreme apex.

There is a striking similarity of coloration between this and
Tophoderes frenatus its compatriot in the Anthribide.

Descriptions of a new genus and three new species of LEPIDOPTERA
from Madagascar; by Artuur G. Butter, F.L.S., F.Z.S.

The three following species have been received in a small
collection made by Mr, Robert Toy in a forest near Antanan-

arivo :—
Husemia hypopyrrha, v. sp.

Upper surface velvety-black ; head and collar spotted with
sulphur-yellow, a white spot on each tegula close to the humeral
angles of the thorax; abdomen with the lateral margins of
the segments and the sides orange; primaries with two spots
near the base, and a broad slightly curved and rounded central
belt, which does not reach the costal margin, sulphur-yellow ;
secondaries with the fringe white at apex ; “body below orange ;
head black, spotted with yellow; primaries paler than abov e,
orange at the base; a basi-subcostal streak of sulphur-yellow
uniting with the broad central belt; disc of the wings chocolate-
brown : secondaries bright carmine, with the base of the costal
margin orange ; outer half of the costal margin black ; a broad
external black “border tapering to the anal angle; a “subapical
whitish spot. Expanse of wings 5 inches 4 lines.

This is the most robust species that I have yet seen, it is most
nearly allied to H. agrius of Herrich-Schiiffer, but is consider-
ably larger, has a broader and sulphur-yellow belt across the
primaries, and no belt upon the secondaries; whether EH. agrius
has the hind wings carmine below like /. zea of the same plate
I cannot tell, but I suspect it has.

Anchirithra, n, gen.

Dreat affine ; ale antice anguste dense squamose, cellula
brevi, vena subcostali sex-ramosa, ramis secundo et tertio ramis-
que quinto et sexto e pediculo emissis ; nervula discocellulari
angulata et recedente ; vena radialli vera absente; vena mediana
quadriramosa; postice vena costali ramulo subbasali costam
yersus currente, vena subcostali pone cellulam furcata, ramo

298 Mr. Butier’s Descriptions of Lepidoptera.

superiore cum vena costali confluente; vena radiali cum sub-
costali continua ; nervula discocellulari perobliqua, vena mediana
quadriramosa, ramis tertio quartoque a pediculo pone cellulam
emissis; corpus robustum, lanare, antennis longis late pectinatis ;
palpis brevibus, dense pilosis, Gen. typ. A. msignis.

Anchirithra insignis, n. sp.

Body silky whity-brown, the antennae and prothorax pale
ferruginous ; primaries sericeous whity-brown, with slightly
ellowish costal margin and reddish external border continuing
to the middle of the inner margin; two parallel longitudinal
ferruginous stripes dividing the wing into three nearly equal
areas secondaries pale ferruginous ; under surface uniformly
pale ferruginous without markings. Expanse of wings 1 inch
8 lines.

A peculiar looking species with rather strange neuration.

Parasa singularis, n. sp.

Thorax bright gas-green ; abdomen pale stramineous; pri-
maries bright green; the base pale ferruginous, bounded externally
by a darker line of the same colour and followed by two unequal
triangular patches of silvery-white; median vein silvery-white ;
fringes ferruginous ; a basi- subeostal streak and the outer border
white ; ; secondaries pale stramineous with testaceous fringe ;
body below ferruginous ; wings pale stramineous with the costal
area broadly pale ferruginous, the discoidal area of primaries and
basi-costal area of secondaries being deeper in colour. Expanse
of wings | inch 9 lines.

Quite unlike any species known to me.

(299 )

~ Notices of new or little known Cerrontpe; by Oviver EH.
Janson. No. 4.

Ischnostoma rostrata, nv. sp.

I, nigro-picea, opaca, sparse nigro-setosa, capite postice maculis
duabus, clypeo vitta utrinque, thorace basi et marginibus laterali-
bus, elytris marginibus externis suturaque postice anguste margari-
taceo-albis ; clypeo elongato, antice utrinque profunde exciso,
angulis acutis, medio in processu clavato producto, g. Long 21
lat. 10 mm,

Head coarsely punctured and sparsely pubescent; clypeus
twice as long as broad, anterior angles strongly produced into
acute and slightly convergent points, sides almost straight, anter-
ior margin with a central narrow porrect horn transversely
produced at the apex, the centre with an elevated longitudinal
ridge; dull black, two spots between the eyes and a stripe on
each side of the clypeus pearly white; antenne black, club not
very long, yellow beneath.

Thorax almost hexagonal, obliquely widened from the base to
the middle, thence narrowed to the front, basal margin slightly
rounded, anterior margin slightly emarginate, sides and apex
with coarse scattered punctures and sparse black sete; dull
brownish black, the sides and base narrowly margined with
‘pearly white.

Scutellum large, triangular, the sides with an impressed
marginal line, impunctate; dull brownish black.

Elytra half as long again as the thorax, strongly rounded
behind, the disc with two faintly elevated longitudinal mide,
impunctate ; dull piceous-black, the shoulders slightly shining
with a narrow pearly white marginal line commencing just
behind the humeral angle, extending to the apical angle and
continued more narrowly along the suture for about half its
length.

Pygidium large and vertical, slightly swollen, smooth, dull
silky black, with a small white spot on each side.

Beneath pitchy black, slightly shining, finely striolate, and
with long black hairs; mesosternum punctured and impressed in
the centre, the process very small; abdomen compressed, the

300 Mr. O. E. Janson’s Notices of

centre of each segment with a row of setiferous punctures; legs
long, shining black, with coarse punctures and long pubescence,
anterior tibize with two large obtuse lateral teeth.

Caffraria.

Allied to L, cuspidata, Fab. (pica, M. Ly.), and J. nasuta,
Schm ; but at once distinguished from the former by the form
of the frontal horn, and by not having the clypeus constricted at
the base, and from the latter by its longer and differently armed
clypeus, shorter antennz and different colour. The only speci-
men I have seen is a male in my own collection, which was
recently brought home by Mr. Mansel Weale.

Heteroclita? scitula, n. sp.

H. elongata, villosa, supra nigra, opaca, thorace lateribus et
punctis minutis antice albis, elytris rufo-testaceis, albo-punctatis,
sutura nigra, pygidio utrinque albo-maculato; subtus nigra,
nitida ; tibiis anticis extus acute bidentatis, ¢. Long. 94,
lat. 5 mm.

Head rather coarsely but shallowly punctured, the base with
long ashy-white pubescence; clypeus large, dilated at the sides,
strongly rounded in front, the margins acutely elevated, the
apex shallowly emarginate, slightly convex in the centre, the
sides strigose; shining black with a white spot on each side at
the base of the clypeus; antenne pitchy black, the club long
and reddish.

Thorax rather broader than long, the sides straight from the
base to the middle, anterior margin with a small elevated ridge
in the middle, posterior angles strongly rounded, basal margin
nearly straight; dull black, rather coarsely punctured and
covered with a dense ashy-white pubescence, a marginal band
on each side branched inwardly in the middle, and several small
spots on the anterior half white.

Scutellum obtuse at the apex, dull black with severa: small
white spots, the base punctured and pubescent.

Elytra with prominent humeral angles, faintly punctured at
the sides and apex, the disc with two slightly elevated indistinct
longitudinal ridges ; pale yellowish-red, opaque, sparsely pubes-
cent, suture black, a sutural and two discal rows of small spots
and irregular confluent marks and spots at the sides and apex
white ; epimera, black, densely pubescent and with a white spot
aboye,

new or little known Cetoniide. 301

Pygidium large, the margin acute, black, slightly shining,
strigose, and pubescent, with a large mark on’each side united
at the base and several small spots in the centre white.

Beneath shining black, strigose and with dense long ashy
pubescence at the sides; mesosternal process very short, dilated

and truncate at the apex ; abdomen deeply longitudinally im-

pressed in the centre, the sides with broad white stripes; legs
shining black, punctured and pubescent, tarsi reddish, anterior
tibie broad with two large acute lateral teeth.

Natal.

Although this pretty little species resembles Heteroclita Raeu-
peri, Schm., in several respects, its narrower form, bidentate
anterior tibiz and differently formed thorax cause me to refer
it to that genus with considerable doubt, and as I have seen but
a single male specimen, and know Raeuperi by description only,
I have not considered it advisable to establish a new genus until
an opportunity occurs of examining more material.

Gymnetis alboscripta, n. sp.
G. nigra, nitida, elytris nigro-piceis fascia angulata impressa
alba ornatis, thorace lateribus albo-marginatis, pygidio et corpore
subtus albo-maculatis, 2. Long. 22, lat. 11 mm.

FTead closely punctured, an impression on each side between
the eyes, the centre convex and smooth; clypeus short, quadrate,

_its sides slightly elevated, its apical margin acutely elevated and

rounded ; shining black; antenne pitchy black.

Thorax with large variolose punctures at the sides and finer
scattered punctures towards the middle, the posterior lobe and
centre smooth, anterior margin slightly elevated in the middle ;
shining black ; lateral margins white.

Scutellum almost concealed, the apex produced and very acute.

Elytre depressed and almost impunctate in the region of the
scutellum, rather coarsely punctured on the disc and behind
the middle, the punctures rather finer and forming several
indistinct rows at the base but confused and confluent at the
sides, apex strigose, sutural angles slightly produced and acute ;
pitchy black, shining, with an irregular, angulated and inter-
rupted, impressed, transverse, white band just behind the middle ;
the epimera punctured and clothed with white scales above.

Pygidium finely and rather deeply strigose; black, slizhtly
: 9 A 15 < ’ ? ro] 2
shining, an elongate mark on each side white.

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302 Mr. O. E. Janson’s Notices of

Beneath coarsely punctured and strigose, shining black, with
several small white marks at the sides; mesosternal process
broad, rounded at the apex, finely punctured; abdomen with
coarse elongate punctures at the sides, apical segment very
closely punctured, a double series of four transverse linear white
marks on each side; legs shining black, coarsely punctured with
black hairs, anterior tibia with three acute lateral teeth.

Oaxaca, Mexico.

Allied to G. 10-guttata, C. Waterh.

Desicasta Thomsoni, n, sp.

D. lata, sub-depressa, nigra, nitida, elytris limbo postice rufo-
piceo, pedibus sanguineis, tarsis nigris ; elytris seriatim lateribus
vage obsolete punctatis, ¢. Long. 28, lat. 15 mm.

Head very sparsely and finely punctured ; clypeus longitu-
dinally convex in the centre, sides acutely elevated and nearly
straight, apex deeply emarginate and impressed in the centre,
the apical points obtuse and elevated ; antenne reddish.

Thorax very sparsely and finely punctured on the disc, the
sides coarsely but not very closely punctured, posterior lobe
obtuse and depressed at the apex.

Elytra broad, rather flat, the sides almost straight, and
abruptly rounded at the apex, suture depressed at the base but
elevated posteriorly and terminating in a small acute point at
the apex, the disc slightly wrinkled and with rows of rather
coarse unequal punctures, sides finely and obsoletely punctured ;
shining black at the base but pitchy towards the sides and apex,
and becoming bright red at the margin from the middle to the
sutural angle.

Pygidium very finely transversely strigose, pitchy-red.

Beneath shining black, abdomen reddish towards the apex,
coarsely punctured at the sides ; mesosternal process long, broad
and flat, the apex rounded; abdomen deeply longitudinally
impressed in the centre, apical segment slightly strigose ; legs
very sparsely punctured, bright red, knees and apex of tibie
pitchy, tarsi black, tibia and anterior femora fringed with black
hairs, the anterior tibie with two very acute lateral teeth.

Panama.

Allied to D. haematopus, Schm., but differs in colour, in its
finer and sparser punctuation, and in its broader, depressed and
posteriorly truncate form; in the latter respect it more nearly

new or little known Cetoniide. 303

resembles Fetche’, Thoms., but the form of the mesosternal
process will at once separate it from that species.

I have named this species after Mr. James Thomson who has
recently established the genus Desicasta for the reception of ~
the American species which were formerly included in the
African genus Stethodesma.

Euphoria Steinheili, n. sp.

. nigro-picea, purpureo tincta, supra opaca, elytris obscure
‘S 2 : ape ey ;
urpureis, sparse albo signatis; subtus nitida, flavo pilosa
! to) 2 ? ?}
Long. 15-17, lat. 74-84 mm.
Var. nigro-olivacea,

Head with a slight longitudinal impression on each side, and
a feeble transverse ridge at the base of the clypeus, very closely
and coarsely punctured, the punctures confluent at the base,
apex of the clypeus strongly elevated, rounded and very slightly
notched in the centre; shining black ; anteune pitchy black, the
lamellz rather large and red at the apex.

Thorax regularly rounded at the sides, the base somewhat
produced and emarginate above the scutellum, rather finely and
sparsely punctured, the punctures coarser at the sides and
furnished with fine sete ; dull purple brown.

Scutellum impunctate, apex acute, dull purple-brown.

Elytra with two slightly elevated smooth longitudinal carine,
united at the apical callosity, the dise with several rows of
irregular “shallow semicircular impressions, the sides sparsely
punctured and strigose towards the apex, the suture elevated
posteriorly, the apical angles acute and slightly prominent ; dull
purple red with small white spots near the suture about one
fourth from the apex, at the sides and near the apical angles ;
epimera shining brown. strigose and pubescent above.

Pygidium finely strigose, shining red-brown, with sparse grey
sete,

Beneath purple brown, shining, strigose and with pale yellow
pubescence; mesosternal process dilated and rounded at the apex ;
abdomen coarsely punctured and with three large fovee on each
side, the centre deeply impressed ; legs dark brown, shining,
coarsely strigose and sparsely pubescent, tarsi black, anterior
tibie with three strong lateral teeth.

Panama.

Allied to #. Lesueuri, G. P. A second specimen that I have
is olivaceous black, the elytra being reddish towards the margins

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304 Mr. O. E. Janson’s Notices of Cetoniide.

and with several additional white spots about the middle of the
disc.

Euphoria abreona, n. sp.

E. fulvo-testacea, subopaca, flavo pilosa, capite viridi-aeneo,
elytris nigro- -brunneo variegatis, pygidio nigro, utrinque albo
maculato, “subtus nigro-aenea nitida ; clypeo apice valde reflexo,
6. Long. 15, lat. 8 mm.

Head coarsely and very closely punctured, a slightly elevated
longitudinal ridge at the base; clypeus slightly constricted at
‘hel base and paraed in aout the apex strongly reflexed ;
greenish cupreous, shining, the base with dense lone yellow

pubescence ; antenne pitchy black, the lamelle nearly as long
as the head.

Thorax rather finely and sparingly punctured on the dise, the
punctures at the sides, coarser and confluent, the base slightly
produced and emarginate above the scutellum, the anterior
margin slightly elevated and shining; reddish fulvous, opaque,
with short yellow pubescence.

Scutellum acute at the apex, impunctate; fulvous.

Elytra with two feeble longitudinal carine, the suture elevated
and produced into a short point at the apex, the disc and sides
with rows of indistinct punctures, apex strigose; dull reddish
fulvous with sparse yellow pubescence, two rows of small spots
on the dise, a spot on the shoulder and several irregular, some-
what confluent marks at the sides and apex brownish- black ;
the epimera cupreous, strigose and pubescent above.

Pygidium finely and closely strigose and pubescent ; pitchy

black, brownish in the middle, an ochreous white spot on each
side.

Beneath brassy-black, shining, with long pale yellow pubes-
cence, closely strigose at the sides; mesosternal process short,
dilated and rounded at the apex; legs strigose, punctured and
pubescent, brassy-black, anterior tibie with three lateral teeth,
the upper one almost obsolete, the others very acute.

Bogota (Chesterton).

Alhed to FE. iridescens, Schm., but more like EF. inda, Lin.,
in colour and markings.

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Descriptions of some uncharacterized species of Criocerin£; by
JOsrePH 8. Baty, F.L.S., &e.

Lema Kirbyi.

Oblonga, fulva, nitida, antennis infuscatis, thorace maculis
irreetlaribus quatuor, mesosterno macula utrinque, metasterno
medio femorumque posticorum quatuor maculi antic’ nigro-piceis ;
thorace sub-cylindrico, dorso convexo, longitudine vix latiori ;
lateribus prope medium profunde constrictis, disco basi late
transversim depresso, antice convexo, minute punctato ; elytris
thorace latioribus, sat profunde punctato- striatis, punctis apicem
versus minus fortiter impressis, interspatiis planis, ad apicem
convexiusculis; plagi magna discoidali et utrinque una pone
medium sub-trigonata, nigro-piceis. Long. 3 lin,

Hab. Sierra Leone ; a single specimen formerly in the collec-
tion of the Rev. W. Kirby.

Neck deeply constricted, face trigonate, front impressed with
a small fovea, immediately i in front of which is a small shallow
transverse impression; antenne filiform, nearly three-fourths
the length of the body, obscure flavous at the base, stained
outwardly with fuscous. Thorax slightly broader than long ;
sides strongly constricted, the apex of the constriction obtuse ;
above convex, broadly and abruptly depressed at the base, the
depression extending from side to side, entirely across the thorax,
disc finely punctured, stained on either side with two ir regular
nigro-piceous spots. Scutellum sub-quadrangular, its apex
slightly emarginate. Elytra. much broader than the thorax,
convex, not distinctly excavated below the basilar space, strongly
and deeply punctate-striate, the ninth stria entire, the puncturing
finer and less deeply impressed towards the apex; interspaces
plane, slightly convex at the apex, where the striz themselves
are distinctly sulcate.

Lema Livingstont.

Anguste oblonga, sub-cylindrica, picea, nitida, subtus dense
aureo-sericea ; capite pedibusque nigro-piceis, femoribus, apice
exceptis, obscure fulvis ; antennis nigris, articulo basali sordide

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fulvo; thorace transverso, sub-cylindrico, lateribus medio sat
profunde angulato-constrictis, disco impunctato, ante basin
profunde transversim sulcato, medio utrinque leviter transversim
impresso; elytris oblongis, utrisque sordide fulvo limbatis,
fortiter punctato-striatis, interstitiis plarfis, ad apicem leviter
convexiusculis. Long. 24 lin.

Var. A. Thorace pedibusque sordide fulvis.

Hab. Banks of the Niger, my collection; Var. A. Senegal,
collection of Mr. M. Jacoby.

Lower portion of head clothed with golden-sericeous hairs ;
eyes deeply emarginate ; antenne rather more than half the
length of the body, black, the basal joimt obscure fulvous, the
following three piceous. Thorax about one-fifth broader than
long; sides broadly and deeply constricted, the constriction
extending the whole length of the sides, its angulate apex being
placed exactly in the centre of the latter; disc impressed
immediately behind the middle, with a deep transverse sulcation,
and on either side in front of the latter with a faintly impr essed
tranverse groove. Hlytra much broader than the thorax,
oblong, parallel; convex, slightly excavated below the basilar
space, strongly punctate-striate, the interspaces plane, faintly
convex at the apex.

Lema ornatula.

Anguste oblonga, sub-cylindrica, nigra, nitida, capite thorace-
que piceo-testaceis, antennis extrorsum nigris, pedibus thoracis-
que basi flavis; thorace sub-globoso, ante basin constricto, disci
medio et ad latera fortiter punctato ; elytris fortiter punetato-
striatis, inter spatiis convexis ; nigro-piceis, utrisque vitta lata
irresulari, a basi fere ad apicem extensa, flavi ornatis. Long.
1} lin.

Hab. West Coast of Africa.

Head trigonate, vertex shining, impunctate ; antenne rather
more than half the length of the body, distinctly thickened from
the fifth to the eighth joits, thence very slightly attenuated
to the apex, seven lower joints pale piceous, the rest black.
Thorax scarcely longer than broad, deeply constricted at the
base, a broad longitudinal space on the middle disc together
with the sides coarsely and deeply punctured. LHlytra much
broader than the thorax, slightly attenuated towards the apex,
convex, slightly excavated transversely below the basilar space,
deeply punctate-striate, the interspaces thickened, sub-costate,

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those on the middle disc less strongly thickened than the others ;
obscure piceous, each elytron with a broad irregular obscure
fulvous vitta, extending from the base nearly to the apex.

Lema Bouchardi.

Aneuste oblonga, rufo-fulva, nitida, antennis (articulo basali
excepto) tibiis tarsisque nigris; thorace sub-cylindrico, sub-
quadrato, lateribus minus profunde constrictis, disco ante basin
transversim suleato, antice levi, impunctato ; elytris thorace
multo latioribus, oblongis, convexis, infra basin transversim
excavatis, basi distincte, ad apicem minute punctato-striatis ;
interspatiis planis, apice obsolete convexiusculis. Long. 3# lin,

Hab. Guatemala.

Neck constricted, front faintly impressed with a longitudinal
groove ; labrum and antenne (the basal joint of the latter
excepted) black ; antenne filiform, about two-thirds the length
of the body. Thorax as broad as long, sub-cylindrical ; sides
deeply constricted in the middle, the apex of the constriction
sub-angulate ; disc smooth, impunctate, rather deeply impressed
in front of the base with a transverse sulcation, on the middle
of which is a small distinct fovea. Elytra much broader than
the thorax, transversely excavated below the basilar space,
regularly punctate-striate, the ninth stria entire, the punctures
finely but deeply impressed, much finer towards the apex;
interspaces very faintly convex at the apex, the outer interspace
thickened,

Lema pulcherrima.

Elongata, sub-cylindrica, nigra, nitida, antennarum apice
flavo-albidis ; femoribus thoraceque flavis, hoc transverso, lateri-
bus valde constrictis, dorso levi, vix pone medium leviter
transversim sulcato ; elytris parallelis, evidenter punctato-striatis,
flavis, fasciaé basali postice utrinque emarginata, macul&i sub-
apicali transversim ovali suturdque apice cyaneis. Long. 4 lin.

Hab. Brazil, Minas Geraes.

Head shining black, front minutely strigose, impressed with
a very fine longitudinal groove ; antenne filiform, four-fifths
the length of the body, three upper joints yellowi ish-white,
Thorax nearly one-fourth broader than long; sides deeply
constricted in the middle; disc nearly impunctate, transversely
suleate behind the middle, the suleation broad but not deeply

impressed, Elytra broader than the thorax, narrowly oblong,

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parallel, not distinctly excavated below the basilar space, regu-
larly punctulate-striate, the ninth stria from the suture entire,

the tenth stria sulcate ; the punctures rather strongly impressed
at the base, finer and shallower towards the apex ; interspaces
plane, faintly thickened at the apex, outer interspace thickened
and sub-costate for its whole leneth.

Lema mutabilis.

Sub-elongata, sub-cylindrica, fronte fovei elongat& impresso,
antennis sat gracilibus, filiformibus; thorace latitudini fere
eqtulongo, lateribus vix ante apicem tuberculo acuto instructis,
medio sat profunde angulatim constrictis, disco levi, impunctato,
ante basin profunde transversim sulcato; elytris thorace latiori-
bus, parallelis, convexis, infra basin sat fortiter sub-oblique
transversim excavatis, spatio basilari distincte elevato, leviter
convexo, regulariter punctato-striatis, punctis super sulcum
sub-basalem magis fortiter impressis; interspatiis planis, ad
apicem convexiusculis, Long. 22 lin.

A. Corpus rufo-testaceum, elytris metallico-cxruleis.

B; Pm af antennis (basi excepté) pectore pedi-

busque nigris, antennis infuscatis.

C. » totum fulvum.

Hab. West Coast of Africa, Old Calabar, Camaroons.

Head smooth, impunctate, front impressed with a narrow
elongate fovea ; lower portion of face clothed with aureo-sericeous
hairs, apex of clypeus and labrum nigro-piceous ; antennz
slender, filiform, two-thirds the length of the body. Thorax
scarcely broader than long ; sides armed just behind the apex
with an acute tubercle, deeply constricted, the apex of the
constriction angulate ; disc shining, impunctate, very deeply
impressed in front of the base with a transverse sulcation.
Elytra broader than the thorax, parallel, convex, longitudinally
excavated within the humeral callus, transversely and somewhat
obliquely excavated below the basilar space, the basilar space
itself distinctly thickened ; convex, regularly punctate-striate,
the ninth stria entire, the punctures distinct but not large, of
equal size and depth to the apex of the elytra, those on the
sub-basilar excavation coarser and more strongly impressed than
the rest; interspaces plane, slightly convex at the apex.

Lema Murrayt.

Sub-cylindrica, rufo-testacea, nitida, pectore, abdominis disco
tiblisyue apice obscure piccis, tarsis antennisque nigris, his apice

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piceis, thorace longitudine vix latiori, ante basin profunde con-

stricto, antice convexo, levissimo, minutissime punctato, utrinque

lined transversi impresso; scutello obscure rufo; elytris paral-

lelis, thorace latioribus, sat fortiter punctato-striatis, interstitis

Pamite eranulosis, planis, apice leviter convexiusculis ; metallico-
wer uleis. aut nigris, apice extremo rufo-testaceis. Thougs 24 lin.
Var. A. Pectore abdominisque disco rutfo-testaceis.

Hab. Guinea, Gabon ; Var. A. Old Calabar.

Head trigonate, vertex and front finely punctured, the latter
impressed with a small oblong fovea; lower portion of face
clothed with golden pubescence ; labrum nigro-piceous ; antenne
more than three-fourths the length of the body, filiform, black,
the two lower joints rufo-piceous, the intermediate ones black,
the three or four upper ones obscure nigro-piceous, third and
fourth joints equal, each twice the length of the second.
Thorax scarcely broader than long, sub-cylindrical, deeply
constricted in front of the base, the sulcation extending down-
wards on the constricted sides; disc in front convex, very
minutely punctured, impressed on either side with a transverse
groove. Scutellum rather longer than broad, sides slightly
converging from base to apex, the latter truncate. Hlytra
broader than the thorax, parallel, slightly flattened along the
suture, excavated transversely on the inner disc below the base ;
rather strongly punctate-striate, the imterspaces minutely granu-
lose, plane, sometimes irregularly wrinkled on the transverse
depression, convex at the extreme apex. Body beneath clothed
with adpressed sericeous hairs.

This species must stand close to L. apicipennis, Lac.

Lema Stevensi.

Oblonga, convexa, lete rufo-testacea, nitida, subtus aureo-
sericea; thorace sub-cylindrico, longitudini fere equilato, lateri-
bus medio constrictis, disco levi, minute punctato, ante basin
profunde transversim ‘sulcato; e elytris thorace multo latioribus,
convexis, dorso leviter deplanatis, infra basin leviter transversim
excavatis, regulariter punctato-striatis, punctis ante medium
magnis, profunde impressis ; interspatiis planis, ad apicem con-
vexiusculis ; metallico-ceruleis, violaceo tinctis, apice extremo
rufo-testaceo. Long. 3 lin.

Hab. Burmah.

Head constricted behind the eyes, vertex and front shining,
impunctate, the latter thickened, impressed with a distinct fovea;
antenne four-fifths the length of the body, filiform, more robust

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than in L. Mouhoti; lower edge of clypeus and the labrum
black. Thorax not broader than long, sub-cylindrical ; sides
strongly constricted in the middle, the fundus of the constriction
broad and forming at its upper end a distinct angle with the
disc ;- upper surface deeply impressed at some distance behind
its middle with a broad transverse sulcation, surface minutely
punctured, the puncturing on a longitudinal space on the
middle disc, and on either side near the anterior angle, more
distinct than on the rest of the surface. Scutellum similar
in form and coloration to L. Mouhoti. Elytra° much broader
than the thorax, broadly oblong, convex, somewhat depressed
along the suture, distinctly excavated below the basilar space,
regularly punctate-striate, the interspaces plane, impressed here
and there with very minute punctures, moderately convex at
the apex; the punctures on the striz on the anterior disc very
large and deeply impressed, those on the hinder disc much
smaller and shallower.

I have named this species after my friend Mr. S. Stevens,
through whom I formerly received it.

Lema subapicalis.

Anguste oblonga, lete rufo-testacea, nitida, femoribus apice
extremo, tibiis, tarsis, anteanisque (harum articulo primo
pretermisso) nigris; thorace longitudine vix latiori, lateribus
medio sat profunde constrictis, disco levi, medio lineatim punc-
tato, ante basin transversim sulcato; elytris oblongis, infra
basin transversim excavatis, fortiter punctato-striatis, interstitis
planis, ad apicem vix convexiusculis; metallico-ceruleis, utrisque
puncto marginali, ante apicem posito, rufo-testaceo ornatis.
Long. 34 lin.

Hab. Guatemala.

Head trigonate, shining, impunctate; neck constricted ;
antenne filiform, nearly three-fourths the length of the body,
black, the basal joint rufo-testaceous. Thorax slightly broader
than long, sides constricted in the middle, the apex of the
constriction obtuse ; above smooth and shining, impressed before
the base with a broad, deep, transverse sulcation, middle dise with
a broad vitta of minute punctures scarcely visible without a
lens. Scutellum wedge-shaped, obscure rufous, its apex piceous,
obtusely truncate. Elytra much broader than the thorax,
oblong, convex, slightly flattened along the suture, transversely
excavated below the basilar space, regularly punctate-striate,
the ninth stria from the suture entire; the punctures on the
basilar space and on the transverse depression large and deeply

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impressed, those on the rest of the surface finer ; interspaces
impressed here and there with minute punctures, plane, faintly
convex at the apex.

Lema Mouhoti.

Sub-elongata, sub-cylindrica, pallide rufo-testacea, nitida ;
antennis corpori fere «quilongis, filiformibus ; thorace latitudine
vix longiori, lateribus medio sat profunde constrictis ; disco levi,
medio et ad latera tenuiter punctato, pone medium ‘transversim
suleato ; elytris ‘anguste oblongis, parallelis, metallico-ceruleis,
infra basin vix depressis, ante medium profunde, pone medium
minus fortiter punctato-striatis, interspatiis planis, apice leviter
convexiusculis. Long. 3 lin.

Hab. Siam ; Mountains of Laos, Pachybouri, collected by the
late M. Mouhot.

Head deeply constricted behind the eyes, vertex smooth,
impunctate; front impressed with a faint fovea, lower face
sparingly clothed with aureo-sericeous hairs; lower edge of
the clypeus and jaws piceous; labrum black ; antenne rather
slender, filiform, about equal to the body in length. Thorax
scarcely longer than broad ; sides deeply constricted, the fundus
of the constriction broad and forming at its upper end an abrupt
angle with the disc of the thorax; disc nitidous, deeply sulcate
transversely behind the middle, a broad medial vitta together
with a space on either side near the anterior angle, finely
punctured. Scutellum narrowed from base to apex, the latter
truncate, faintly emarginate, piceous. Hlytra broader than the
thorax, parallel, convex, obsoletely excavated below the basilar
space, reoularly punctate- -striate, the ninth stria from the suture
entire ; the punctures on the anterior disc large, foveolate and
deeply impressed, those on the hinder disc finer and less strongly
impressed; interspaces plane, obsoletely convex at the apex.
Body beneath clothed with very short golden sericeous hairs.

Lema amazona.

Sub-elongata, subtus flava, nitida, supra nigra, antennis apice
albidis, thorace fere quadrato, prope medium sat profunde
constricto, levi, nitido, margine basali flavo; elytris thorace
latioribus, distincte punctato-striatis, interstitiis apicem versus
leviter convexiusculis, margine laterali, apice dilatato, fasciaque
communi prope medium, ad suturam antrorsum paullo producto
flavis. Long. 3+ lin.

Hab, Pebas, Upper Amazons.

Vertex and front shining, impunctate, the latter faintly im-
pressed with an oblong fovea ; autenne four-fifths the length of

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the body, three upper joints fuscous-white. Thorax sub-
quadrate, rather broadly constricted across the middle, shining
black, the basal margin fulvous. Elytra much broader than
the thorax, broadly oblong, convex, transversely excavated
below the basilar space, distinctly punctate-striate, the ninth
stria from the suture entire, interspaces plane, shghtly thickened
at the apex; the outer half of the basal limb, the lateral margin,
dilated at the apex, and a transverse band across the middle,
dilated shghtly upwards on the suture, fulvous.

Lema Steinheili.

Aneuste oblonga, nigra, nitida, pedibus (tibiarum apice ex-
tremo tarsisque exceptis), thoraceque fulvis, antennis apice
albidis ; thorace transverso, vix pone medium profunde con-
stricto, levi, impunctato; elytris late oblongis, convexis, infra
basin leviter depressis, regulariter punctato-striatis, punctis
magnis, sat profunde impressis ; interstitiis apicem versus
leviter convexis; nigris, purpureo vix micantibus, limbi basalis
dimidio externo, limbo laterali, apice dilatato, fasciaque com-
muni prope medium fulvis. Long. 3} lin,

Hab. Columbia.

Head elongate-trigonate, vertex smooth, impunctate ; front
impressed with a deep oblong fovea; antenne nearly equal to
the body in length, filiform, the four lower joints fulvous, the
apices of the second to the fourth black, the under surface of
the seventh, together with the whole of the succeeding four
joints, yellowish-white. Thorax about one-fifth broader than
long, very deeply constricted just behind the middle, shining,
impunctate. Elytra much broader than the thorax, slightly
flattened along the suture, faintly excavated below the basilar
space; regularly punctate-striate, the punctures large, foveolate,
deeply impressed, the ninth stria from the suture entire ; inter-
spaces smooth, slightly thickened towards the apex, irregularly
wrinkled on the anterior disc below the basilar space.

Lema fraternalis,

Aneguste oblonga, pallide rufo-picea, nitida, fronte femorum-
que dimidio externo (apice extremo excepto), nigro-piceis ;
thorace sub-quadrato,-rufo-fulvo, lateribus medio sat profunde
constrictis, disco pone medium leviter transversim sulcato, medio
lineatim et ad angulos anticos confuse tenuiter punctato ; elytris
oblongo-ovatis, dorso leviter deplanatis, basi vix elevatis, infra
basin obsolete transversim excavatis, regulariter punctato-striatis,
pun¢tis ante medium magis fortiter impressis, interstitiis planis ;
nigris, purpureo tinctis, limbo exteriori, apice lato, fasciaque

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communi prope medium flavis, limbo apiceque extremo roseo
tinctis. Long. 34 lin.
Hab. Nauta, Upper Amazons.

Face trigonate, front, face between the eyes, together with the
upper orbit of the latter, n nigro-piceous, basal joint of antenne
and clypeus piceo- fulvous ; antenn filiform, about three-fourths
the length of the body. Thorax nearly sub-quadrate, sub-
cy lindrical ; ; sides deeply constricted in the middle, disc impressed
behind the latter with a broad shallow transverse groove, in the
ceutre of which is a single fovea ; a longitudinal space on the
middle disc, together with the sides near the anterior angles
very finely punctured. Elytra much broader than the thor: Axe

oblong-ovate, convex, slightly flattened along the suture , faintly
excavated transversely below the basilar space, the latter in-
distinctly thickened; regularly punctate-striate, the ninth stria
entire, the punctures at the base rather large and deepl
impressed, those on the hinder disc very fine and shallow;
interspaces plane, the outer one thickened and sub-costate.

Nearly allied to 1. Dia, the antenne shorter and the thorax
narrower than in that species.

Lema Salvini.

Sub-elongata, pallide fulva, nitida, pectore, tibiis, tarsis,
scutello capiteque nigris, antennis filiformibus, piceis, basi et
apice sordide fulvis, articulo basali nigro; thorace sub-cylindrico,
longitudine vix latiori, lateribus profunde constrictis, disco ante
basin modice transversim suleato, utrinque pone apicem leviter
impresso, medio lineatim et ad latera confuse tenuiter punctato ;
seutello trigonato ; elytris anguste eblongis, parallelis, regulariter
punctato-striatis, flavis, mei suturali et utrinque vittis angustis
duabus, a basi ad longe pone medium extensis, basi confluentis,
nigris. Long. 3 lin,

Hab. Guatemala.

Vertex smooth, impunctate, front impressed with a distinct
fovea, on either side of which are several fine punctures; orbit
of eyes coarsely punctured; antenne filiform, about four-fifths
the length of the | body, pale piceous, the second and third joints
together with the three upper ones obscure fulvous, the basal
joint (its apex excepted) shining black. Thorax slichtl
broader than long ; sides deeply constricted near the middle, the
apex of the constriction obtuse, disc transversely suleate before
the base, and impressed in the middle just before the suleation
with a single fovea, a broad longitudinal space on the middle
disc, together with either side rear the anterior angle finely

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punctured ; on either side the middle disc, just behind the
apical margin, is a faint depression. Scutellum trigonate, longer
than broad, its apex obtuse. Hlytra much broader than the
thorax, narrowly oblong, parallel, convex, not excavated below
the basilar space ; rather deeply punctate-striate, the punctures
much finer at the apex, the ninth stria entire; interspaces plane,
slightly convex at the apex, the outer one thickened and sub-
costate for its whole length; each elytron with a narrow sutural
line and two linear vitte, black, these vitte (one sub-marginal
and the other discoidal) extend from the base to more than
half-way between the middle and the apex, they are confluent at
the base and form on the humeral callus a trigonate patch.

Lema lineatipennis.

Anguste oblonga, rufo-fulva, nitida, antennis (articulo basali
excepto) tarsis, tiblis anticis apice posticisque quatuor totis,
nigris ; thorace longitudine latiori, lateribus sat modice constric-
tis, disco levi, ante basin leviter transversim sulcato ; elytris
oblongis, fortiter punctato-striatis, stria nona late interrupt,
medio costiformi ; interspatiis transversim rugulosis, ad apicem
longitudinaliter elevatis ; flavis, linea suturali, et utrinque vitta
a basi fere ad apicem extensi, ante apicem extrorsum dilatata,
nigris. Long. 24 lin.

Hab. Brazil.

Face subelongate-trigonate, front impressed with an oblong
fovea; antenne nearly two-thirds the length of the body, filiform,
black, the basal joint fulvous, its extreme apex piceous, the
second piceous beneath. Thorax rather broader than long; sides
moderately constricted in the middle, disc very faintly depressed
transversely in front of the base, the middle of the depression
impressed with a single fovea; a longitudinal space in the
middle, and the sides near the anterior angles finely punctured.
Klytra broader than the thorax, oblon’, convex, somewhat
flattened along the suture, the basilar space very slightly thick-
ened ; str ongly punctate-striate, the ninth stria from the suture
only visible at base and apex, its intermediate portion costiform ;
interspaces irregularly wrinkled transversely on the inner disc,
longitudinally thickened at the apex, the outer interspace thick-
ened for its whole length; the suture, abruptly dilated just
before its apex into a common elongate patch, together with a
discoidal vitta on each elytron black ; ahs latter commences on the
humeral callus immediately below the base, and extends nearly
to the apex of the elytron, just before its termination it is
dilated outwardly into an oblong spot, which extends to the inner
edge of the thickened lateral interspace.

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Lema nitidiceps.

Anguste oblonga, sub-cylindrica, rufo-testacea, nitida, capite
nitidissimo, nigro, antennarum articulis ultimis tribus pallide
flavis ; thorace transverso, dorso vix pone medium late trans-
versim suleato, lateribus medio profunde constrictis; elytris
oblongis, nigris, evidenter punctato-striatis, interstitiis fere
planis, ad apicem paullo elevatis, tenuissime, irregulariter_ stri-
gosis. Long. 34 lin.

Hab. Upper Amazons; collected by Mr. Bartlett.

Head shining black, glabrous, vertex very minutely punc-
tured, the puncturing only visible under a lens; front impressed
with a small oblong fovea; antennz filiform, four-fifths the
length of the body, black, the three upper joints pale yellowish-
white. Thorax nearly one-fourth broader than long; sides
deeply constricted in the middle, the apex of the constriction
obtuse ; disc sub-cylindrical, broadly and deeply excavated
transversely just behind the middle, shining, impunctate.
Elytra broader than the thorax, oblong, convex, very faintly
depressed below the basilar space; distinctly punctate-striate,
the ninth stria from the suture broadly interrupted; interspaces
nearly plane, very finely strigose, slightly thickened at the apex,
the second and eighth from the suture more elevated than the
rest. Outer edges of tibie and the tarsi stained with piceous.

Lema vittatipennis.

Anguste oblonga, nigro-picea, nitida, capite inferiori anten-
nisque (harum basi obscure fulvi excepta) nigris ; abdomine
‘thoraceque piceo-fulvis, hoe longitudine paullo latiori, lateribus
profunde constrictis; sub-cylindrico, ante basin sat profunde
transversim sulcato, et sulci medio foved una impresso, basi
obsolete transversim strigoso, disco levi, medio lineatim, et
lateribus anticis tenuissime punctato; elytris oblongis, thorace
multo latioribus, infra basin vix transversim depressis, basi
sub-fortiter, pone medium tenuiter punctato-striatis; interspatiis
planis, ad apicem obsolete convexiusculis, ante medium hic illic
obsolete rugulosis; nigris, utrisque limbo marginali vittaque
lata discoidali, basi et apice connexis, fulvis. Long. 22 lin,

Var, A. Abdominis segmentis piceo marginatis.

;, 3B. Corpore subtus cum capite pallide piceo, abdomine
fulvo, antennis nigris.

Hab. Amazons, Para, Nauta.

Very closely allied in form, sculpturing and in the coloration
of the elytra to L. virgata, Lac. ; at once separated from that
insect by its paler under surface, unicolorous and much more
finely punctured thorax (the transverse sulcation being at the

316 Mr. Baty on new Crioceride.

same time much more deeply impressed) and by the different
relative lengths of the third and fourth joints of the antenne ;
in ZL. virgata the third joint is nearly equal in length to the
fourth, in the present species it is distinctly shorter.

Crioceris discrepens.

Elongata, sub-cylindrica, picea, nitida, subtus aureo-sericea,
thorace sat elongato, cylindrico, lateribus leviter constrictis,
disct medio et lateribus anticis tenuiter punctato; scutello
aureo-sericeo ; elytris thorace multo latioribus, anguste oblongis
et ad apicem paullo attenuatis, basi obsolete elevatis, infra basin
transversim depressis, foveolato-striatis, strus ad latera valde
interruptis, pone medium deletis.

Mas. Antennis sat robustis, corpore longitudini paulo bre-
vioribus, articulis cylindricis, imtermedis paullo compressis.
Long. 44 lin.

Hab. Siam, Mountains of Laos.

Face elongate, neck deeply constricted, vertex and front
nitidous, impunctate, the latter impressed with a longitudinal
groove; orbit of eyes and lower face closely punctured ; antenne
robust, nearly equal to the body in length, the joints cylindrical,
the fifth to the ninth very slightly compressed and laterally
dilated, Thorax about a fifth longer than broad, cylindrical,
constricted at the extreme apex, sides armed behind the latter
with a small obtuse tubercle; broadly but not deeply constricted
in the middle, upper edge of the constriction bounded by a
distinct longitudinal ridge, immediately“above which is a longi-
tudinal groove; surface nitidous, very minutely punctured,
longitudinal space on the middle dise, together with the sides
near the anterior angles more distinctly punctured ; at the base
are several faint ill-defined transverse grooves. Scutellum
narrowly oblong, aureo-sericeous. Elytra amen broader than
the thorax, narrowly oblong, slightly attenuated towards the
apex, very slightly thickened at the base, transversely excavated
below the basilar space, foveolate-punctate, the punctures
arranged in longitudinal rows, the rows on the sides are
much interrupted and all ‘yelles the middle entirely obsolete.
Thighs thickened, the hinder pair nearly reaching to the apex
of the elytra, abdomen with four longitudinal rows of patches of
aureo-sericeous hairs,

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confounded, it is known by its narrower form, by its larger
thorax, fencer and more slender antenne, and by the eolden
colour of the pubescence on the ene and under surface
of the body.

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New genera and species of Carasipe from Tasmania; by
H. W.,, Bares, 2.1.8.

The following descriptions are founded upon the collections
recently received in England from Mr. Simson and Mr, Atkinson,
who have made large additions to the knowledge of the Coleopter-
ous Fauna of Tasmania, the former in the Southern and Central
districts of the Island, and the latter in the North. Mr. Alexander
Fry lent me for the occasion, a fine series of species sent by Mr.
Simson, and kindly presented me with examples of most of them.

Percosoma sulcipenne.

Niger, nitidus; occipite transversim grosse punctato : thorace
cordato, antice minus rotundato-dilatato, angulis posticis subrec-
tis : elytris oblongo-ovatis, humeris distinctis ibique et lateribus
margine explanato-incrassato, post medium leviter ampliatis,
apicem versim gradatim attenuatis ; supra striatis, striis versus
marginem et apicem latis, granulato-opacis. Long. 26-

MMs Suis

Similar in general form to P. carenoides (White), but thorax
much narrower, being less dilated immediately after the anterior
angles ; the base is depressed in the same way, and the sides
parallel for a short distance preceding the nearly rectangular
hind angles; the depressed part is rugulose, and the sides have a
row of punctures bearing long sete. The elytra are striated
throughout, the three striw nearest the suture being finely impres-
sed, the others deeper and broader, and towards the apex all
greatly widened and minutely granulate-opaque. - The fifth stria,
near the base, has three large setiferous punctures. The head is
similar in form to that of P. carenoides, but the occiput bears a
transverse row of three large sétiferous. punctures on each side,
and the sulcus near the eyes is deeper ; the orbit behind the eyes
forms a tumour nearly as large as the eye itself.

Northern Tasmania (Atkinson). Coll. H. W. Bates.

Lychnus strangulatus.

Hlongato-ovatus, supra sub-planatus, nigerrimus politus :
capite mox pone oculos sulco profundo levi impresso ; foveis
(ee

CistuLa ENTomoLoaica,
September 25th, 1878,

318 Mr. BATES on new species of

frontalibus extus curvatis, intus ramum brevem emittentibus :
thorace cordato, antice vix rotundato-dilatato, post medium usque
ad angulos posticos valde angustato, his rotundatis : elytris dorso
planatis, striis vix conspicuis, interstitiis planissimis.

Femora antica ¢ subtus prope medium fortiter dilatata fere
dentata ; Q ovata modice incrassata, Long. 19-21 mm. ¢,@.

Agrees with Mr. Putzeys’ description of his genus Lychnus ;
which, however, contains no mention of the remarkable constric-
tion of the head behind the eyes. The present species must
nevertheless, be closely allied to Z. ater. In five examples ¢,
I fail to detect any trace of punctuation in the striae, and the
latter are extremely faint, except near the apex, where they are
more pronounced, owing to the elevation of the interstices.
In one of the examples 2, however, the strie are distinctly
punctured,

Central districts (Simson); North Tasmania (Atkinson). Coll.
A. Fry and H. W. Bates.

Lychnus striatulus.

£. strangulato simillimo, differt tantum statura minori elytris-
que distinctius striatis interstitiis convexis. Niger, minus _niti-
dus ; elytris oblongo-ovatis, paullo angustioribus et. supra minus
planatis. Long. 17 mm. ¢.

Differs from L. strangulatus only in being smaller, propor-
tionately narrower, and in the elytra being more distinctly
striated, or rather the feebly or not at all incised strie are
separated by convex interstices. The strie have no traces of
punctuation. In its narrower, more oblong and convex form
it resembles the Q of Z. strangulatus more than the ¢; but
both the specimens before me are clearly males, having the
broad, sub-dentiform dilatation of the undersurface of the
anterior tibix.

Central Tasmania (Simson), Coll. A. Fry and H. W. Bates.
Mr. Janson has a third example.

A third species of Lychnus, taken by Mr. Atkinson in
Northern Tasmania, is convex and punctate-striate in both
sexes. This may possibly be the Z. ater of Putzeys, if we may
suppose that author to have overlooked the occipital strangu-
lation,

Carabide from Tasmania. 319

MIROSARUS, n. gen.
(Sub-Fam, ANISODACTYLIN2. )

G. Selenophoro similis. Corpus oblongo-ovatum. Caput
antice obtusum ; foveis frontalibus parvis. Mentum fere eden-
tatum. Ligula angusta, apice bisetosa, paraglossis eam super-
antibus, latis, auriculatis, ad liguie angulos superiores intus
conjunctis. Palpi apice modice attenuati, truncati. Elytre
interstitio tertio pluripunctato, Tarsi ¢, quatuor anteriores
articulis 4 dilatatis (2-4 late cordatis), plantis squami-setis
erectis dense vestitis, scopam planam simulantibus.

Recent describers of Australian Harpali, following the example
of Dejean, have paid no attention to the shape and clothing of the
dilated tarsal joints of the males, and have consequently mingled
together in one genus the most diverse generic forms, belonging
even to distinct sub-families. The present very distinct genus
is common in all the temperate parts of the country, and many
closely allied species, races or varieties, have been described by
Castelnau and W. Macleay, Jun. They may be known at once
by their exact resemblance to the common American species of
Selenophorus. The emargination of the mentum has a scarcely
perceptible angular prominence in the middle and is sometimes
quite edentate.

Mirosarus insularis.

Nigro-cupreus, antennis basi, palpis (partim) tibiis et tarsis
Fulyo- -testaceis ; elytris ¢ mds @ sub-opacis : thorace trans-
versim quadrato, lateribus arcuatis antice paullo magis quam
postice angustato, angulis posticis rotundatis, margine postico
medio late sinuato, basi utrinque coriaceo-punctato, foveis latis ;
margine laterali reflexo, rufescenti: elytris ante apicem sinuatis,
supra acute striatis, striolaque scutellari elongata, interstitiis
planis, 3, 5 et 7 versus apicem ceteris latioribus, tertio punctis
umbilicatis sex conspicuis. Long. 9 mm.

The amount of pale colouring on the basal joints of the
antenne and on the palpi is very variable; but the scape is
generally of a clearer red. The thorax is much broader than
long, and its sides are more arcuated than in allied species from
Continental Australia, the widest part being a little anterior to
the middle. The punctures of the third interstice are all
situated in the middle of the interstice, and not near the striex,

South or Central Tasmania (Simson).

320 Mr. Bates on new species of

‘The species must be closely allied to the Harpalas margini-
collis, of Castelnau, from Melbourne, but he gives only three
lines as the size.

Hypharpax puncticauda.

Oblongus, fusco-cupreus ; antennis basi, palpis, tibiis et tarsis
piceo-rufis, tibiis apice obscurioribus: thorace transverso, aneulis
obtusis fere rotundatis, lateribus leniter arcuatis, fovea basali
utrinque oblongo, subfortiter impressa : elytris apice obtusis,
ante apicem sinuatis, striatis, interstitiis usque ad apicem planis,
tertil puncto supra declivitatem posteriorem sito. g¢ Femora
postica incrassata subtus haud dentata, tibiis flexuosis. Lone.
5 mm.

Allied to H. e@reus (Dej.), but larger. Apparently also very
near H, Novehollandiev (Castl.), which is described as having
the ‘tibie very strongly arched,” but the author does not
describe the form of the femora. He says the species is common
near Melbourne, and a Melbourne Hypharpax common in collec-
tions has the femora distinctly dentate beneath. The tibie in
that species would be correctly described as ‘strongly arched” ;
but in JZ, puncticauda they are not arched, but flexuous,
especially towards the apex. The colour of the present species
is dull coppery, often with an zneous tinge. With regard to
surface polish there appear to be two forms of ¢, in one of
which the elytra are sericeous opaque (as usualin 9 Harpalz),
and in the other more shinmg. The thorax is about equal in
width at base and extremity, although the gentle arcuation of
the sides seems to narrow the hind a little more than the fore
part. There is a very short scutellar striole. The situation of
the elytral puncture near the apex is not an uncommon character

in Hypharpaz,
South or Central Tasmania (Simson).

THENAROTES, n. gen.
(Sub-Fam. ANISODACTYLINS. )

Gen. Acupalpus et Bradycellus forma et coloribus similis ; at
tarsorum 4 anteriorum plantis 2—4 wqualiter, dense squami-
pilosis ut in Anisodactylo. Corpus elongatum subdepressum,
Capite antice obtusum, sulcis frontalibus extus ad oculum cur-
vatis. Palpi acuminati. Menti smus medio dentatus. $ Tarsi
antici articulo primo lineari, vix dilatato,* subtus nudo, 2-4

Carabide frum Tasmania. 321

late cordatis (in tarsis intermediis angustioribus), plantis dense
squami-pilosis.

Closely allied to Lecanomerus (Chaud.) from which it differs
only in the lesser dilatation of the four anterior ¢ tarsi, and in the
more elongate and flatter body, which gives the species quite a
different facies. In Lecanomerus the first joint of the dilated
male tarsi is not expanded like the 2—4th; but it is much shorter
and less linear than in Thenarotes. The Lecanomeri are shorter,
more ovate and convex. Both genera are numerous in species
in Australia, Lecanomerus extending also to New Zealand.
Lecanomerus marginatus (Reed) of Chili, belongs to Thenarotes
rather than to Lecanomerus.

Thenarotes Tasmanicus.

Bradycello Verbasci (Dufts) similis ; at paullo magis clongatus
et depressus. Rufo-testaceus, nitidus, antennis, palpis et pedibus
pallidioribus ; elytris utrinque plaga elongata post medium nigra
subiridescenti : thorace cordato- quadrato, antice longe rotundato,
postice paullo ante basin subsinuatim angustato, angulis posticis
obtusis, margine basali utrinque obliquo, foveis basalibus latis
grosse punctatis : elytris oblongis, fortiter striatis, absque striola
scutellari, interstiitis convexis, tertio pone medium unipunctato.
Long. 415 mm.

South or Central Tasmania (Simson). In Mr. Janson’s col-
lection and my own.

Oopterus Lasmanicus.

Drimostoma ? Tasmanica, Castelnau, Notes on Austr, Col., 'Tr.
Roy. Soc. Vict. 11, vol. 8, p. 199.
Mi , ,

A small glossy insect, taken by Mr. Simson, with ovate,
almost gibbous elytra, obsoletely striated, agrees very well with
Castelnau’s description. It has a pubescent third antennal joint
and acuminate palpi, agreeing in these and in others respects
with the genus Oopterus. The mandibles are long and slender,
the forehead has two long straight furrows, and the thorax is
deeply and broadly impressed on each side of the base, with a
carina near the hind angle. The elytra at the apex have a
strongly raised carina in the aa of the seventh interstice,
on the inner side of which is the trace of a recurved striole
connected along the apex with the sien al stria. The second
antennal joint is nearly as leng as the third.

322 Mr. Bates on new species of

Trechus Diemenensis.

Sub-elongatus, depressus, thorace relative parvo, quadrato ;
subtus piceo-rufo, ventro rufo-testaceo; capite thoraceque rufo-
castaneis, elytris nigro-piceis, palpis et pedibus flavis, antennis
rufo-testaceis ; thorace quadrato, antice leviter rotundato, postice
paullulum sinuato-angustato, angulis posticis rectis, ibique mar-
gine explanato-reflexo, margine basali utrinque obliquo, foveis
Sacliarg magnis, levibus : elytris oblongo-ovatis, humeros versus
haud angustatis, punctulato-striatis, disco utrinque bipunctato,

Long. 5 mm.
South or Central Tasmania (Simson).

Similar in general shape to such species as Tr. palpalis ; but
the thorax is relatively smaller, and the explanated and reflexed
lateral margins, especially towards the hind angles, amply
distinguish it.

Rhabdotus floridus.

Elongato-oblongus, capite thoraceque supra viridi-eneis,
elytris lobe purpureis sericeo-nitentibus ; palpis rufis, gracilibus,
articulis ultimis apice paullo attenuatis ¢ ; capite ovato, oculis
haud prominulis: thorace quadrato, postice quam antice latiori,
angulis posticis acutis: elytris oblongis, fere parallelis, apice
valde obtuse rotundatis, supra striatis, interstitiis paullo convexis
tertio post medium 2-4 punctato: corpore subtus, antennis
pedibusque nigris, tiblis et tarsis rufescentibus. Long. 17-21

mm, ¢ , 2.

Distinguished from Rhabdotus reflecus (Chaud.) by the rich
uniform purple colour of the elytra; similar in shape and in the
striated upper surface of the tarsi and the form of the palpi.
The eyes are encased behind by an orbit longer than themselves;
the frontal furrows are broad, but not deeply incised. The
thorax is nearly as long as broad, narrowed to the front and
very gradually and slightly narrowed behind, with the hind
angles acute; the lateral rims are thick and the margins reflexed
and explanated towards the hind angles; the base is transversely
depressed. Head and thorax are glossy, brassy-green. The
elytra are very obtusely rounded at the apex (most so in the @ )
and the margin is but slightly sinuate before the apex; the
strie are moderately sharply impressed. In certain lights the
rich purple colour changes into golden.

(Atkinson ),

Carabidee from Tasmania. 323

Notonomus tubericauda.

N. politulo (Chaud), affinis, elongatus, niger politus; thorace
fere quadrato, angulis posticis subrectis + elytris apice distincte
sinuatis, humeris haud -dentatis, supra fortiter, simpliciter
striatis, interstitiis prope apicem angustioribus, tertio excepto
dilatato et in Q valde tuberoso. Long. 16 mm.

Glossy-black, without iridescence ; palpi, terminal joint of the
antenna and tarsi pitchy-red. Head oval, eyes scarcely prom-
inent and encased behind in an orbit one half their size; frontal
sulci shallow, rest of head smooth. Thorax nearly quadrate,

rather Broader than long, sides slightly rounded near the middle,

thence nearly straight to the hind angles which are obtuse
though distinct ; surface polished, smooth, basal fovea on each
side long and moderately deep, Elytra oblong in ¢ with sides
shghtly rounded, more ovate in Q with sides strongly rounded ;
distinctly sinuate near the apex, humeral fold arcuated and not
projecting at the shoulder; stria deep and interstices nearly
plane, but becoming much deeper, with interstices narrower
towards the apex; the third interstice has two large punctures,
the posterior of which (near the apex), is the centre of a dilata-
tion, slightly elevated in the g¢, but raised into a prominent
tubercle in the 9.

South or Central Tasmania (Simson).

Mr. Simson had ticketed the males and females as separate
species.

Lestignathus Simson.

LL. cursor (Krichs.) multo minor, Elongato-ovatus, gracilis,
antennis palpis pedibusque plus minusve rufo-piceis; capite
angusto, oculis prominulis: thorace quadrato, antice modice
rotundato, post medium leviter angustato; angulis posticis
rotundatis : elytris oblongo-ovatis, mox pone humeros leviter
rotundato-dilatatis, medio iterum paullulum contractis, apicem
versus longe smuatim-angustatis, apice productis juxta suturam
rotundatis; supra acute striatis, interstitiis planis, tertio 3-punc-
tato. Long. 11 mm.

Differs from L. cursor, besides its very much smaller size,
by the shape of its head, due to the greater roundness and
prominence of the eyes. The mandibles also are longer and
more slender, and the inner dentiform prominence before the
apex is smaller and sharper. The thorax is of the same shape,
but rather shorter; as in ZL. cursor, it is quadrate, gently

324 Mr, Bates on new species of

rounded, the greatest width being a little before the middle,
and posteriorly shghtly sinuate and narrowed to the rounded
hind angles. The elytra are conspicuously sinuated towards
the apex, and the latter is produced (although rounded near
the sutural angle); in Z. cursor, there is no trace of this
peculiar formation.

South or Central Tasmania (Mr. Simson). Coll. A. Fry and
H. W. Bates.

The genus Zargus, Wollaston, Insecta Maderensia, p. 31
(1854) is closely allied to, if not identical with, Lestignathus, Er.
(1842).

Scopodes Tasmanicus.

Oblongus, omnino niger, elytris fortissime sericeo-micantibus ;
labro antice triangulariter valde producto, apice obtuso, convexo,
levi: capite supra minus recte striolato: thorace valde trans-
verso, quadrato, angulis anticis rotundatis, posticis obtusis,
marginibus anticis et posticis medio paullo rotundatis, lateralibus
medio sinuatis ; supra subtiliter transversim striolato : elytris
oblongis, humeris distincte sed obtuse angulatis, apice | leviter
sinuatim truncatis, supra lete undulato-sericeis utrinque 8 foveo-
latis, stris latis vage impressis. Long. 6 mm.

A large, oblong, rather parallel-sided species, distinguished
from all others known to me by the broad and short, quadrate
thorax. The eyes are very large and protuberant ; the labrum
strongly advanced in the middle, the obtuse point reaching
beyond the mandibles when closed. The thorax equals in width
the head (with the eyes), and is but slightly narrowed behind.
The anterior margin (like the posterior) is a little arcuated
forward in the middle; the anterior angles are rounded, the
lateral margin before the middle gradually and very slightly
sinuated, the hind angles being distinct but obtuse and reflexed.
The whole insect is deep black, brightly shining beneath, and
extremely lustrous or satiny on the elytra.

Generally distributed (Simson, Atkinson),

Mr. Simson has sent also a single example of the apparently
rare Scopodes boops (Krichson).

DIABATICUS, n. gen.

Gen. Pinacodere@ similis et affinis, sed tarsis Gen. Plochiont
et capite Gen. Xanthophew. Corpus glabrum. Caput elonga-

Carabide from Tasmania. 325

tum, orbitu post-oculari rotundato-angustato, collo distincto.
Ligula bisetosa. Palpi labiales ¢ securiformes, modice dilatati.
Mentum sinu maxime dentato. Antenne articulo 310 glabro.
Thorax margine postico late sed breviter lobato. Elytra elongata
apice valde obtusa, vix truncata; interstitiis sparsim punctu-
latis, tertio bipunctato. 'Tlarsi supra glabri, depressi, articulo
4to breviter emarginato, 5to basin versus haud gradatim atten-
uato ; ungues fortiter denticulate ; ¢ anteriores articulis tribus,
intermedi articulis duobus, subtus biseriatim squamulatis.

A genus formed for the reception of Plochionus australis
(Hrichson) ; which Baron Chaudoir, apparently not having seen
in naturd, placed doubtfully as a synonym to his Xanthophea
picipennis ; but which has none of the distinctive characters of
the group to which Xanthophea belongs; the ligula being
bisetose, and the tarsi glabrous above &c. The position of the
genus seems to be near the American group Pinacodera, and
Erichson’s species has, in fact, great resemblance to P. puncti-
gera, The tarsi are, heuer oe flattened and broadened as
in Plochionus pallens, and the form of the head is that of
Aanthophea.

Diabaticus australis.

Plochionus id., Erichson, Beitr., Insectenfauna v. Vandiem.,

p. 124.

South or Central Tasmania (Simson). Coll. A. Fry and
Il. W. Bates.

In addition to the above, the following previously described
species have been sent to England by Messrs. Simson and
Atkinson :—

Scaraphites Macleay’, Westw.
Clivina ——— a species closely allied to Cl, Australasiw
(Boh.), probably a small form of it.

Promecoderus brunnicornis, De}.

‘3 modestus, Casteln.
i ovicollis, Casteln.
i gibbosus, Gray.

Percosoma carenoides, White.
Notonomus politulus, Chaud.

- chalybeus, De}.
Ceneus coracinus, Erichs.

326

Mr. Bates on new species of Caribide.

Hormochilus monochrous, Chaud.
Leptopodus sollicitus, Hrichs.
Rhabdotus reflecus, Chaud.
Rhytisternus cyathoderus, Chaud.
Drimostoma ? alpestris, Casteln.
Simodontus elongatus, Chaud.
Dicrochile punctipennis, Casteln.
Lestignathus cursor, Erichs.
Cyclothorax ambiguus, Krichs.
Dyscolus dilatatus, Hrichs.
Amblytelus curtus, Fab.
Homethes sericeus, Krichs.
Philophleus australis, De}.
Agonochila corticalis, Chaud.
binotata, Chaud.

Pe biguttata, Chand.
Sarothrocrepis corticalis, F.
Xanthophea infuscata, Chaud.
Sphallomorpha decipiens, Westw.
Adelotopus hemorrhoidalis, Erichs.
Scopodes bodps, Krichs.

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Description of a new species of Pririum, discovered by Mr.

Aug. Simson, in Tasmania; by the Rev. A. Marruews, M.A.

The beautiful insects described in this paper were found by
Mr. Aug. Simson, of Brighton, Tasmania, already known as the
discoverer of Amblyopinus Jansoni. They belong to the first
section of the genus Ptilivm, which has hitherto only contained
the rare and elegant species, Pt. angulicolle and Pt. Halidaii ;
from both of these the present species may be known by the
extraordinary sculpture of the thorax, which is traversed in
nearly straight lines by distinct rows of minute rings, touching
each other at their sides, so as to present the appearance of
chains. Two specimens only were found by Mr. Simson,
and forwarded to Mr. Janson, who very kindly presented them
to me.

Ptilium Simsoni, n. sp.

L.c. 5-¢ lin. 68-75 mm. Oblongo-ovale, lete castaneum
nitidum pilis aureis vestitum ; capite magno oculis magnis haud
prominentibus; pronoto sat magno postice constricto, annulis
impressis, ordinibus transversis sat remotis catenulatim dispositis
elegantissime exsculpto, depressione magni ovali divergente basim
versus utrinque in disco notato ; elytri is modicis ovalibus pro-
funde asperatis, apice valde aya eo pygidio sat longe exserto;
pedibus atque antennis flavis.

Caput sat magnum triangulare antice rotundatum, foveis
magnis umbilicatis interstitiisque nitidis ornatum, Oculi magni
haud prominentes. Antenne sat longe robuste lete flave.

Pronotum modicum, capite paulum longius vix latius, ad
medium latissimum, lateribus antice rotundatis postice leviter
constrictis, foveis magnis profundis umbilicatis, sive annulis
parvis, ordinibus transversis sat remotis catenulatim dispositis,
interstitiisque glabris nitidis ornatum, impressione longitudinali
laté profunda antice divergente, e basi usque ad medium extensa,
utrinque in disco notatum, margine basali leviter rotundata
leviter reflexi, angulis fere rectis.

328 Rev. A. Marruews’ description of Ptilium.

Seutellum modicum triangulare profunde punctatum.

Elytra integra translucida ovata ad media latissima, capite
atque pronoto. longiora et paulum latiora, ordinibus distinctis
sinuatis tranversis modice asperata, apice lato rotundato dilutiori.

Ale ample sub elytris vise.

Abdomen pygidio solo exserto.

Pedes robusti lete flavi.

Subtus castaneum ventris segmentis ultimis dilutioribus.
Dijfert hee species pulcherrima ab omnibus sculptura eximia,

Habitat Tasmaniam exemplis duobus a D° Simson captis.

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Description of Twenty-five new species of CictnpeLipm ; by H.
W. Bates, F.L.S.

Cicindela Millingent.

C. quadrilineate (F.), proxime affinis; magis elongata, lateri-
bus parallelis. Aurato viridis, epistomate et fronte late violaceis,
elytris albis, sutura et vitta angusta discoidali olivaceis, vitta basin
lonee haud attingenti, ante apicem cum sutura linea angusta
interrupta connexa: labro brevissimo, verticaliter arcuato, medio
haud abrupte convexo, margine recto, tridentato : thorace recte
quadrato, pleuris dense albopilosis: antennis basi, pedibus corpore-
que subtus lete viridibus, hoc lateribus dense albopilosis. Long.
Sri.) 2

Bushire, Persian Gulf. Dr. C. Millingen.

Cicindela phosphora.

Elongata, convexa, lateribus parallelis; elytris purpureis
velutino-opacis, vitta intra-marginali (paulo post medium ter-
minata), guttaque marginali ante apicem albis : capite et thorace
olivaceo-eneis alutaceo-opacis, hoc lateribus medio fere rectis,
juxta basin et apicem rotundato-angustato ; fronte omnino
subtiliter strigoso; collo crasso; oculis modice prominulis labro
( ¢) medio rotundato-producto obtuse tridentato ; palpis maxil-
laribus piceis: corpore subtus cyaneo, nudo; pedibus cupreis,
tarsis cyaneis. Long. 6 lin. ¢.

Mexico. From M. J. Thomson’s coll., ticketed with the
M.S. name here adopted.

Cicindela Rutherfordi.

C. nitidule, Dej., forma simillima, at differt colore obscuro,
elytrisque Q nigris signaturis obsoletis. Hlongata, angusta,
capite thoraceque obscure viridi-wneis:elytris g olivaceo-nigris,
margine toto, macula subscutellari, linea elongata obliqua e
lunula humerali, altera ascendenti curvata e lunula apicali (apice
libera) fasciaque valde flexuosa mediana albis; Q fere nigris
marginibus cyaneis, signaturis indistinctis vel nullis, macula
humerali et apicali exceptis: corpore subtus pedibusque auratis,

330 Mr. Bates’ descriptions of

lateribus dense albotomentosis, trochanteribus viridi-zneis.
Long. 44-5 lin. $, Q.

Cameroons. Collected by Mr. D, G. Rutherford.

Cicindela graphica.

C. interstincte (Schbnh.) valde affinis vel ejusdem var. geo-
graphica ; colore obscuriori, signaturis albis nec fulvis ; elytrorum
lunula apicali distinctius formata, interrupta, parte superiori
majori triangulari haud fasciam cum euttula suturali efficienti.
Purpureo-fusca interdum fere nigra, subtus cyanea lateribus
cupreis, pedibusque violaceis: elytris lanula angusta humeral,
altera latiori interrupta apicali, guttulis utrinque quatuor et fascia
angusta (utrinque hamata) mediana albis. Long. ¢ @ 8 lin.

Angola. Collected by Mr. Rogers.

Cincindela gabonica,

C. interstincte (Schénh.) affinis. Capite et thorace rubro-
cupreis; elytris viridi-fuscis, signaturis omnibus fulvis latis,
scilicet :—lunula breviorl lata humerali, fasciis duabus macu-
laribus, altera mediana altera subapical, maculaque apicali
fulvis: corpore subtus aurato-viridi, lateribus femoribus pur-
pureo-cupreis, tibiis et tarsis cyaneis. Labro medio apice
abrupte producto Q valde ¢ brevius tridentato. Long. 10 ln.
$,¢.

R. Ogowé, Gaboon, Collected by Mr. R. B. N. Walker.
Very distinct from C. interstincta by the form of the labrum,

Cicindela olivia.

C. opigrapha, Dej, forma similis at elytris magis parallelis,
euttulisque discoidalibus albis. Elongata, thorace angusta,
elytris passim granulosis, obscure olivaceis, lunulis basi et apice
maculisque duabus marginalibus ut in C. opigrapha, sed guttulis
duabus discoidalibus, prima ante secunda post medium: capite
thoraceque nigro-viridibus opacis, hoc griseo piloso; labro ¢
albo, margine antico flexuosa, medio producto unidentato ; palpis
eracilibus viridi-eneis, labialium articulo penultimo flavo :
corpore subtus pedibusque cyaneis, illo lateribus longe albo-
piloso, femoribus auratis. Long. 5d lin. g.

Chamusuri and Moradabad, India. ‘Three examples from
Judge Benson’s collection,

new species of Cicindelide. 331

Cicindela Monteirot.

C. catene (¥.) affinis. Capite et thorace cupreis, hoc toto et
illo postice albo-incumbenti-piloso ; labro albo, antice producto
acute spinoso: elytris fere nigris, margine (basali incluso),
vittula subscutellari, fasciaque obliqua mediana vix flexuosa
albis : corpore subtus medio cyaneo, genibus (sub oculos) nudis
striatis, prothoracis episternis violaceis, nudis, ceteris albo-
tomentosis: pedibus viridi-eneis, femoribus subtus violaceis.
Variat elytris guttula alba subsuturali ante medium. Long. 54
ime Sop 2.

Delagoa Bay. Sent home in some numbers by the late
Mr. J. J. Monteiro,

Cicindela cabinda.

C. leucoptere (Dej.) forma similis, sed major, et signature
fere ut in C. nitidula (Dej.) Viridi-zenea, fronte, antennarum-
que basi plus minusve rufo-auratis, corpore subtus pedibusque
lete viridi-eneis, elytris punctatis viridi-sericeis, margine, sutura,
macula subscutellari, linea elongata obliqua e lunula humerali,
altera ascendenti curvata e lunula apicali, fasciaque mediana
valde flexuosa albis. ¢ Thorace quadrato, elytris versus apicem
angustatis. Q Thorace trapezoidali, angulis posticis paulo
lobatis; elytris ante medium rotundato-dilatatis, ibique margine
anguste explanatis, versus apicem valde recte oblique angustatis.
Long. 44 lin. ¢, 9.

Landana (Loango). From Dr. Uhson More; many examples
mixed with C. nitidula (Dej.)

The curved line in prolongation of the apical lunule does not
(except in rare albino examples) reach the white margin, as it
does in C, nitidula, nilotica, and others.

e
Cicindela ovas.

C. cabinde (v. supra) form’ utriusque sexus eidem; differt
solum elytrorum signaturis albis latioribus, linea curvata e
lunula apicali cum margine connexa. Long. 5 lin,

Madagascar; liable to be confounded with C. nilotica, from
which it differs in the form of the thorax and the elytra,
especially in the ¢. I have no doubt it is the species indicated
under the name of C. owas in the Cat. Cic. of M. de Chaudoir,

332 Mr. Bares’ descriptions of

Cicindela Balucha.

C. chiloleuce (Fisch.) affinis, sed multo brevior coloreque
obscuriori. Purpureo-fusca, elytris sub-ovatis versus basin
angustatis, lunula humerali et apicali (hoc cornu anterior clavato)
fasciaque mediana valde flexuosa, dilacerata, flavis, (lunula
humerali et fascia per marginem connexis) : capite fronte grosse
striato, occipite granplato, cum thorace sparsim jucumbenti-
griseo- “pilosis ; labro (2) ut in C. chiloleuca rotundato-producto,
medio margine recto unidentato ; ‘antennis articulis 5-11, tro-
chanteribus et tibiis (apice exceptis) obscure rufis ; pectore
viridizneo. Long, 4 lin. 9.

Beloochistan. -

Cicindela Swinhoet.

C. punctatissime (Schaum) affinis, differt colore obscuriori,
thoracisque angulis utroque sexu multo magis productis. Viridi-
eenea, elytris obscurioribus, his passim crebre punctulatis, mar-
gine laterali, vittula basali, fascia angusta mediana unicurvata
per discum vitte-formi contimuata, lunulaque apicali, albis,
interdum ¢ (an charact. sexuali?) vittula basali usque ad suture
apicem prolongata: thorace ¢ trapeziformi, Q idem angulis
posticis acute et valde productis : trochanteribus, tibiis tarsisque
basi rufotestaceis. Long. 5 lin.

Island of Formosa, Taken by the late Consul Swinhoe.

Cicindela filigera.

Parva, subeylindrica, lete cyanea, nitida, elytris violaceo-
tinctis, utrinque post medium guttulis duabus a mareine dis-
ues albis, trochanteribus palpisque (valde elongatis et
tenuibus) flavis, his apice nigris; maxillarum lobis tenuissimis ;
labro ¢ brevi, margine antico fere recto, angulis solum dentatis ;
capite angustulo, striis juxta-ocularibus exceptis fere levi;
thorace angusto, levi, fere ut in C. elegans (Dej.) ; elytris sparsim
subgrosse punctatis; corpore subtus lateribus sparsim longe
hirsuto. Long. 34 hn. ¢.

sorneo.

Cicindela occulta.

Subcylindrica, fuliginosa vix cupreo-tincta, subtus cyanea,
lateribus cupreis sparsim breviter hirsutis, pedibus testaceo-
rufis, femoribus medio cupreis; palpis flavis apice nigris; labro
g semicirculari albo, antice flexuoso, medio breviter tridentato ;

new species of Cicindelide. 333

capite thoraceque intricato-strigosis illo juxta oculos grosse
striatis; oculis modice prominulis; thorace subcylindrico, medio
vix rotundato sulcis haud profundis: elytris supra paulo undu-
latis, sparsim punctulato-granulatis, utrinque apicem versus
euttulis flavis tribus in triangulo dispositis, a margine remotis.
Long. 34 lin. ¢.

Tamatave, Madagascar. Collected by F. Plant.

Cicindela azureocincta.

C. chloropleurce (Chaud.) simillima. Minor, tarsis 4 ante-
rioribus utroque sexu sulcatis : labro viridi-zeneo, medio producto
valide tridentato : capite thoraceque cyaneis disco cupreo-auratis
intricato-rugosis, illo vittis duabus frontalibus azureis, hoe
angusto, lateribus vix rotundatis: elytris aurato-fuscis sericeo-
opacis, sutura margineque laterali tridentato azureis nitidis,
utringue guttulis duabus posticis albis, margine granulato-
ptnctulato, disco (versus basin excepto) levi: corpore subtus
violaceo, lateribus parce pilosis; trochanteribus et genubus
subtus flavis; femoribus viridizeneis tibiis et tarsis nigris
obscuris. Long. 44 lin. $,9.

Bombay.

Euryoda anosignata.

Subnitida, supra medio fusco-cuprea lateribus lete s«eneo-
viridibus, subtus viridi-enea, pedibus rufis, tarsis et tibiis anticis
viridi-auratis; palpis flavis apice nigris; labro ¢ acute 5 den-
tato, medio subcarinato-convexo, albo; capite imter oculos
eleganter strigoso, thorace angusto, convexo, transversim strigu-
loso; elytris apice suturali acute spinosis, supra grosse confertim
punctatis, prope apicem utrinque macula majori rotundata
alteraque discoidali minute, flavis. Long. 6 lin. ¢.

Old Calabar.

Dromica simplex.

Supra nigra, lateribus cyaneis weneo marginatis, elytris vittula
submarginali prope apicem alba; labro Q nigro macula mediana
alba; thorace cylindrico transversim recte strigoso ; elytris
elongato-ovatis, humeris nullis, apice suturali valide spinoso,
supra convexis discrete, confertim punctatis; corpore subtus
femoribusque cyaneis. Long. 63 lin. ?.

Mozambique.

3elongs to the section Cosmema; elytra less densely punctured
and much narrower and more attenuated anteriorly than in
D. citreoguttata (Chaud.).

DD

334 Mr. Bares’ descriptions of

Dromica albicinetella.

D. lepide (Boh.) similis, sed elytris discrete, haud confluenter,
punctatis ; sutura apice longe spinoso, vitta submarginali albo
multo angustiori et ad basin contimuata: viridi-fusco-aurata,
sericeo-nitens ; thorace subtiliter intricato-strigoso ; elytris dis-
crete punctatis, punctis versus apicem rarioribus. Long 54
lima:

Trans- Vaal.

This is evidently the species which Baron Chaudoir (Rev. et
Mag. Zool. Jan. 1864) mistook for Dr. marginella (Boh.); in
which the labrum is black as Boheman truly described it.

Therates Everetti.

Th. basali (Dej.) affinis: enescenti-niger, elytris testaceo-
rufis, utrinque plaga magna oblonga post mediana nigra; parti-
bus oris, antennarum articulo basali, pedibusque flavis, metasterni
medio abdomineque rufo-testaceis : elytris paulo ante medium
tubercula discoidali, apicem truncatis, angulo suturali solum
dentato, supra tantum in impressionibus basalibus sparsissime
punctulatis. Long. 6 lin. ¢.

Mindanao, Philippines (Sent by Mr. Everett).

Therates punctipennis.

Th. dimidiata (Dej.) proxime affinis, ejusdem forte var. geo-
graphica ; Cyaneus, elytris punctatis, apice longe spinosis, rufis
fascia lata post medium (interdum fere obsoleta) nea vel vio-
lacea ; corpore subtus, tarsis anticis posterioribusque apice, nigris ;
partibus oris, antennarum articulo basal, coxis posticis imtus
abdomine et pedibus rufo-testaceis. Long. 55 lin, ¢, @.

N. W. Borneo ; many examples.

Therates versicolor.

Th. acutipennt (Vanderl.) similis, sed major, femoribus toto
rufo-testaceis. _ Major, violaceo- et viridi-zeneo versicolor ; parti-
bus oris, antennarum articulo basali, coxis posticis intus, abdomine
et femoribus rufo-testaceis; elytris disco levibus, impressionibus
basi punctatis, apice longe spinosis, macula humerali aneusta
(versus scutellum extensa) rufa, Long. 74 lin. ¢.

N. W. Borneo.

new species of Cicindelide. 330

Therates Chennelli.

Parvus, angustus, nigro-nitidus, capite thoraceque subcyaneis,
elytris vitta lata suturali in fasciam rectam medianam terminata,
altera obliqua a humero fere usque ad suturam ducta, apiceque
late flavo-testaceis ; palpis antennarum articulo basali et pedibus
albotestaceis, metasterni medio et abdomine pallidis; labro ¢
angusto, elongato, flavo nigro-marginato, margine antico dentibus
acutis 6 lateribus utrinque 1 miajori : 3 elytris umbone_ basali
excepto vix iInequalibus, grossissime sparsim pS apice
usque ad suturam rotundatis nec sinuatis. Long. 34 lin. ¢.

Naga Hills, 2,000 feet. Taken by Mr. A. W. Chennell.,

Therates princeps.

Th. spectabili (Schaum) affinis. Nigro-zneus, politissimus,
purpureo-tinctus, elytris macula magna humerali, altera apicali,
fascia lata obliqua mediana, abdomine et pedibus aurantiaco-
fulvis, labro palpis femoribusque flavis ; elytris apice productis
et spina utrinque longissima armatis, supra valde inequalibus,
basi acute sparsim granulatis. one. 7 Imag) 2.

N.W. Borneo.

Collyris Andamana.

C. crassicorni (Dej.) affinis, sed major antennarumque articulo
5 longiori et graciliori. Saturate cerulea vel violacea, femoribus
testaceo-rufis : thorace quam in C. crassicorni postice minus
incrassato, magis conico, antice abrupte angustato, supra fortius
transversim strigoso: elytris cylindricis, grosse subconfluenter
punctatis, punctis apicem versus elongatis. Palporum labialium
stipite medio testaceo-rufo, Long.9 lin.?.

Andaman Islands. Two @.

Collyris rhodopus.

C. saphyrine affinis, antennarum forma simili, Supra wneo-
purpurea, subtus violacea, pedibus (tarsis apice nigris exceptis)
rufis purpureo-tinctis; antennis fulvo-rufis apice infuscatis,
articulis duobus basalibus cyaneis ; palpis rufis, apice cy: anes ;
capite inter oculos concavo, sulcis vage haud profunde incisis ;
pone oculos modice rotundato-inflato ; thorace postice ploneaies
conico, prope basim vix strangulato, supra forte strigoso; elytris
postice gradatim dilatatis, apice versus suturam late sinuatis,

336 Mr. Bates’ descriptions of Cicindelide.

passim discrete punctatis, punctis medio parum transversim con-
fluentibus ibique fascia indistincta rufescenti. Long. 94 ln.@.

North Borneo.

Collyris rubens.

©. Sarawakensi (Thoms.) affinis et similis, Castaneo-rufa,
antennis, capite, pectore, tibiis et tarsis eneo-nigris : capite inter
oculos late excavato, sulcis frontalibus curtis vix incisis, inter-
stitio anguste convexo; thorace postice conico, strigoso, ante
medium constricto, deinde ante apicem convexo, tumido ; elytris
basi et apice sparsim grosse punctatis, medio grossissime trans-
versim rugosis, ibique cyaneo-tinctis. Long. si hn,

¢ Tibiis posticis apice et tarsis fulvis.

Assam, plains. Taken by Mr. A. W. Chennell.

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On various genera of the Homopterous family MemBracip®, with

descriptions of new species, and a new genus in the collection

)
of the British Museum; by ArrourR GARDINER BUTLER,

LS, 22S. &e.

In this, my second paper on the Membracide, I have given an
enumeration of the species referable to the following genera of
Darnine—Darnis, Ochrolomia, Stictopelta, Leptosticta, Hebetica,
Cryptoptera, Dectonura, Alcmeone, Hyphinoe, Aconophora,
Eumela, Combophora, Omolon, Nassunia, Rhevia, Heteronotus,
and FHeniconotus ; and, with the exception of Hwmela, Combo-
phora, and Nassunia, have given references to the original
descriptions and figures of the species.

As usual, I have been very careful to examine into the
synonymy of each species for myself, and I have been astonished
at the number of careless blunders which one author has copied
from another down to the present time.

Family MEMBRACID /.
Sub-Family Darnxinm (Darnida, Sta).
DARNIS, Labricius.
1. Darnis lateralis.
Darnis lateralis, Fabr., Syst. Rhyng. p. 27, 6 (1803).
Brazil. Brit. Mus.
2. Darnis trifasciata.

Darnis trifasciata, Fabr., Syst. Rhyng. p. 28, 7 (1803).

Darnis bifasciuta, Amyot and Serville, Hist. Hemipt. p. 545,
2; pl. 11, fig. 7 (1843).

Darnis capistrata, Burm., Silb. Revue Ent. iv, p. 171, 7
(1836),

Tapajos (Bates). Brit. Mus.

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Mr. BurLer on various genera of the

3. Darnis disrupta.

Darnis disrupta, Walker, Ins. Saund. p. 74 (1858).
Amazons, Type Brit. Mus.

4. Darnis partita.

Darnis partita, Walker, Ins. Saund. p. 75 (1858).
Amazons. Type Brit. Mus.

Darnis prasina.

Darnis prasina, Fairm., Ann, Ent. Sér. 2, iv, p. 482, 14
(1846).

Darnis infira, Walker, List Homopt. Suppl. p. 149 (1858).

Venezuela (Birschell). Type Brit. Mus.

OCHROLOMIA, Stal.
1. Ochrolomia suturalis.

Darnis suturalis, Germar, Silb, Revue Ent. in, p. 250, 2
(1835).
Darnis trifasciata, Burm., Silb. Revue Ent. iv, p. 171, 5
(1836).

Brazil. Brit. Mus.

2. Ochrolomia tricincta.

Darnis tricincta, Burm., Silb. Revue Ent: iv, p. 172, 6
(1836).
Brazil.
Ochrolomia incerta,

Darnis incerta, Walker, List Homopt. Suppl. p. 149 (1858).
Mexico (Sallé). Type Brit. Mus.

4, Ochrolomia virescens, nu. sp. Pl. VII, f. 8

Closely allied to O. incerta, but greenish testaceous, the pro-
notum more depressed, terminally much more acuminate, with
its lateral or inferior margins much straighter (less convex) ; the
punctuation shghtly deeper and denser ; anterior margin of the
head much less convex. Leneth 8, width at humer al angles 4,
expanse of tegmina 16 mm.

Rio Janeiro (A. Fry). Type Brit. Mus.

Tlomopterous family Membracide. 339

Ochrolomia zonifera,n. sp. Pl. VII, f. 2.

Form of O. incerta, but brownish olivaceous, the and head
the anterior portion of the pronotum reddish castaneous ; lateral
margins almost to the apex, a broad triangular or pyramidal
sinuated patch on each side, the two almost uniting in the centre
of the dorsum so as to form an interrapted belt, and a broad-
V shaped zone across the posterior portion, creamy-yellowish
bordered with black ; punctuation oul ce finer than in the
two preceding species. Length 74, width at humeral angles,
4 mm.

Mexico (ex Coll. Saunders). Type Brit. Mus.

Darnis elegantula, Perty (not quoted by -Walker), seems to
be referable to this genus.

Ochrolomia elegantula.

Darnis elegantula, Perty, Delect. Anim. pl. 35, fig. 11
(1830-84).
Brazil.
STICTOPELTA, Stal,

1. Stictopelta affinis.

Darnis affinis, Guérin, Icon, Regne Anim. texte p. 364, Ins.
pl. 59, fig. 2 (1829-44),

Darnis transversalis, Walker, List Homopt. Suppl. p. 148
(1858).

Mexico (Sallé). Walker's type, Brit. Mus.

Stictopelta polita, n. sp. Pl, VII, f. 1.

Shining black; head fulvous, with two central triangular
spots surrounding the posterior ocelli, a spot on each side close
to the eyes, and a slender bisinuated marginal line at the back,
black; humeral margin of the pronotum and a broad lateral
neeecel fusiform patch yellow; tegmina red-brown ; under
sturface otf body black ; coxw black, femora black with a round
spot below and the knees fulvous ; tibie and tarsi mahogany red.
Length 9, width at humeral angles 5 mm.

Kga (Bates). Type Brit. Mus.

Allied to the preceding species but larger, much more shining,
more finely punctured, the pronotum black instead of piceous,
not spotted in front, the head spotted with black, the legs alto-
gether differently coloured.

340 Mr. Burier on various genera of the

3. Stictopelta bipunctata.
Darnis bipunctata, Burm., Silb. Revue Ent. iv, p. 171, 4
(1836).
Mexico (ex Coll. Saunders). Brit. Mus.

4. Stictopelta adusta.

Darnis adusta, Burm., Silb, Revue Ent. iv, p. 170, 2 (1836).
Mexico, Oaxaca (Sallé), Brit. Mus.

5. Stictopelta strigifrons.

Darnis strigifrons, Fairm., Ann. Ent. Sér. 2, iv, p. 481, 8
(1846).
Mexico.
6. Stictopelta ? cruenta.

Darnis cruenta, Burm., Silb. Revue Ent. iv, p. 173, 8 (1836).
Brazil.

7. Stictopelta precox.
Darnis precox, Burm., Sib. Revue Ent. iv, p. 173, 9 (1836).
Peru (ex Coll. Saunders). Brit. Mus.

8. Stictopelta indeterminata.

Darnis indeterminata, Walker, List. Homopt. Suppl. p. 148
(1858).
Santarem (Bates). Type Brit. Mus.

9. Stictopelta fraterna, n. sp.

Bright reddish fulvous, gradually changing into greenish-
yellow at the back and sides of the pronotum, the lateral margins
br ight sulphur-yellow; in form as well as in colour much like
the preceding species, but differing in its somewhat less pro-
minent humeral angles, the pronotum even more finely granulose
punctate, much more abruptly acuminate at the tip, which is
black, not speckled with whitish ; and not clothed with hair,
as in D. indeterminata; the legs not banded with piceous.
Length 9, width at humeral angles 4 mm.

Mexico, Oaxaca (Sallé) ; Peru (ex Coll. Saunders). Type
Brit. Mus.

The Peruvian example only differs from the Mexican one in

being slightly brighter in colour,

Homopterous family Membracide. 341

10. Stietopelta squarus.
Darnis squarus, Fairm. Ann. Ent. Sér. 2, iv, p. 482, 15
(1846).
Darnis robusta, Walker, List Homopt. ii, p. 579, n. 25
(1851).
Para (Wallace). Walker’s Type, Brit. Mus.

LEPTOSTICTA, Stal.
1. Leptosticta flaviceps.
Darnis flaviceps, Burm., Silb. Revue Ent. iv, p. 169, 1 (1836),

var. Darnis limbata, Burm. Le. p. 173, 10 (18386).
Constancia and Tejuca (H. Clark). Brit. Mus.

2. Leptosticta latilinea.
Darnis latilinea, Walker, List Homopt. Suppl. p. 147 (1858).
Constancia (H. Clark). Type Brit. Mus.
Although similar in general coloration to Stictopelta affinis
this species seems to me to be structurally closer to the

preceding.

3. Leptosticta? cyclops.

Darnis cyclops,,Fairm., Ann. Ent. Ser. 2, iv, p. 479, 1
(1846).
Columbia.
HEBETICA, Stal.
1. Hebetica convoluta.

Membracis convoluta, Fabr., Ent. Syst. iv, p. 15, 28 (1794).
Membracis flavicincta, Germar, Mag. Ent. iv, p. 12, 2 (1821).
Membracis atemaria, Germar, l.c. 3 (1821).
Constancia and Tejuca (H. Clark). Brit. Mus.
The type is still in the Banksian Cabinet in the British

Museum.
2. Hebetica cuneata,n. sp. Pl. VU, f. 4.

Coloration of the preceding, but without the lateral yellow
border to the pronotum; punctuation much coarser, humeral
] al ih )

342 Mr. Butter on various genera of the

angles decidedly more acute; pronotum longer, more tapering,
with the apex usually slightly curved upwards. Length 17,
width at humeral angles 6 mm.

Constancia (H. Clark). Type Brit. Mus.

We have three examples of this species, one of which has the
apex of the pronotum straight.

3. Hebetica apicalis.

‘

Darnis apicalis, Fairm., Ann, Ent. Sér. 2, iv, p. 483, 23
(1846).
Brazil.
4. Hebetica limacodes.
Darnis limacodes, Burm., Silb. Revue iv, p. 175, 12, pl. 36,
figs. 13-16 (1836).
Tejuca (H. Clark). Brit. Mus.

CRYPTOPTERA, Stal.
1. Cryptoptera olivacea.

Darnis olivacea, Fabr., Syst. Rhyn. p. 28, 8 (1803).
Constancia (H. Clark). Brit. Mus.

2. Cryptoptera acutula.
Darnis acutula, Fairm., Ann. Ent. Sér. 2, iv, p. 481, 13
(1846).
Brazil. Brit. Mus.

3. Cryptoptera brevis.
YpPro}

Darnis brevis, Fairm., Ann. Ent. Sér. 2, iv, p. 483, 18
(1846).

Mexico (Sallé).

The groups adopted above were characterized as sub-genera
of Darnis, but since Stal has given good distinctive structural
characters I prefer to regard them as genera.

DECTONURA, 0. gen.

Pronotum, when viewed laterally, similar to Hebetica; Wut,
seen from above, with a central longitudimal carina gradually

TTomopterous family Membracide. 343

increasing in distinctness from the middle to the apex, the latter
broad, truncated, depressed, terminally bisinuate-tridentate.

Type D. laticauda.

Dectonura laticauda. P).. VII, f. 21.

Darnis laticauda, Fairm., Ann. Ent. Ser. 2, iv, p. 483, 22
(1846).
Constancia (H. Clark). Brit. Mus.

The Darnis lineola, of Walker, appears to be a new genus
allied to Tomogonia, of Stal; D. bistriga, a species of Rhewia ;
D. tripartita and D. stupida, so far as I can judge from Fair-
maire’s figure of 77. wrsus, are referable to Hypheus of Stal.

The old genus Hemiptycha has been split up by Stal as
follows:—1. Proterpia, type H. rotundicornis, Fairm.; 2. Hualthe,
type H. levigata, F.; 3. Bubalopa, type H. furcata, F.; 4.
Hemiptycha, typical; 5. Pyranthe, type IT, flava, F.; 6. Alemeone*
type HH. centrotoides; 7. Hyphinoé, type H. cuneata, Germ. ;
I shall enumerate here the species referable to the two last
groups in which the Collection of the British Museum is rich.

ALCMEONE, Stal.

: 1. Alemeone lata.

THemiptycha lata, Walker, List Homopt. u, p. 571, 18. (1851).
Hab. —? Type Brit. Mus.

2. Alemeone picea.

Temiptycha picea, Fairm., Ann. Ent. Sér. 2, iv, p. 316, 13
(1846).
Brazil. Brit. Mus.

Erroneously referred to Pyranthe by Dr. Stal; it is nearly
allied to A. centrotoides.

* Nassunia, Stal, is more nearly allied to this genus than to typical
Hemiptycha.

544 Mr. Bouter on various genera of the

53. Alemeone centrotoides.
Hemiptycha centrotoides, Fairm., Ann. Hnt., Sér. 2, iv, p. 317,
14 (1846).
Hab. —? Brit. Mus.

4. Alemeone brevis.

Hemiptycha brevis, Walker, List Homopt. u, p. 571, 19
(1851).
Hab.—? ‘Type Brit. Mus.

5). Alemeone curvicornis.
Alcmeone curvicornis, Stal, Ofv. Vetensk. Akad. Forh. 1869,
p. 296, n. 2.
Cayenne,

In colouring this species seems only to differ from <A. centro-
toides in the pale lateral margins of the posterior process.

6. Alemeone caseoscalpris, . sp.

Form of A. brevis, but larger, the humeral horns longer, the
centre of the pronotum less swollen with a more gradual transi-
tion into the terminal process ; bright mahogany red, the head
and front of thorax spotted with yellow, pronotum with a broad
lateral submarginal streak ; tips of humeral horns and terminal
process black; tegmina pale horn yellow, the veias and an
apical spot slightly darker. Length of pronotum 11, width at
humeral horns 10; length of single tegmen 11 mm,

Hab. —? Type Brit. Mus.

This is the Hemiptycha centrotoides of Walker’s List ; but it
differs from that species not only in colour but in structure,
the front margin of the pronotum being regularly convex and
the humeral horns perfectly continuous with it, so that, mstead
of being slightly inclined upwards, they take a downward curve.

HYPHINOE, Stal.
1. Hyphinoé camelus,

Darnis camelus, Gray in Griff. Anim, Kingd., Ins. 1, p. 260 ;
pl. 109, 3 (1882).

TTomopterous family Membracide. B45

Hemiptycha camelus, Fairm., Ann, Ent. Sér 2, iv, p. 819, 21;
pl. 6, fig. 21 (1846).

Hemiptyc ha sagata, Germar, Silb. Revue 3 a p. 245, 2 (1835).

Triquetra valida, Walker, List Homopt. % 2; P- 524, 16 (1851).

_ Thelia obliqua, Walker, inte Saunders p. 73 (1858).

Mexico. Walker's iapes Brit. Mus.

2. Hyphinoé viridissima.
Q Hemiptycha viridissina, Walker, List Homopt. 2, p. 572
21 (so).
Mexico (Glennie, &c.). Type Brit. Mus.

Dr. Stal has sunk this as a synonym of the preceding on the
authority of Walker (List Homopt. Suppl. p. 146), but, as I
think, wrongly ; we have three examples of each form and
IH, viridissima not only differs in size and colour, being much
larger and greener than /7/. camelus, but it has considerably
longer tegmina, is far more coarsely punctured, has the front
margin of the pronotum bracket-shaped (—«s), the humeral
horns prominent, and the posterior process longer.

3. Hyphinoé globiceps.

& Hemiptycha globiceps, Fairm., Ann. Ent. Sér, 2, iv, p. 319,
21; pl. 6, fig. 19 (1846).

@ Hemiptycha cuneata, Fairm., |.c., 23; pl. 6, fig. 26 (1846).

Mexico (Sallé). Brit. Mus.

The females of this species are more like that sex of //.
camelus than are examples of the preceding species.

4. Hyphinoé placida.

Hemiptycha placida, Germar, Silb. Revue 3, p. 246, 4 (1835).
Rio Janeiro (A. Fry). Brit. Mus.

Erroneously referred by Dr. Stal to his genus Pyranthe.

5. Hyphinoé bigutta.

Hemiptycha bigutta, Walker, List Homopt. Suppl. p. 142
(1858).
Guatemala (Scherzer). Type Brit, Mus.

346 Mr. Bourier on various genera of the
6. Hyphinoé diabolica, n. sp.

@ Piceous, with slightly paler tegmina; the head, humeral
horns, a slender longitudinal dash just below the sub-dorsal
impression of the pronotum, and the apex of the terminal
process quite black; densely and coarsely punctured, the
anterior margin of the pronotum somewhat bracket shaped
(less distinctly so than in H/, viridissima); humeral horns rather
prominent. Length of pronotum 13, width at humeral horns 9,
length of tegmina 12 mm.

Hab. —? ‘Type Brit. Mus.

In form this species is intermediate between //. globiceps and
IT, viridissima.

7. Hyphinoé morio.

Hyphinoe morio, Stal, Ofv. Vetensk. Akad. Forh, 1869,
p. 257, 4.
Pacho, New Granada (Janson). Brit. Mus.

8. Hyphinoé asphaltina,

TTemiptycha asphaltina, Fairm,, Ann. Ent. Sér. 2, iv, pl. 6,
fic. 20 (1846).

$ Hemiptycha apriformis, Walker, List Homopt. Suppl.
p. 144 (1858).

Q Hemiptycha pubescens, Walker, lc. (1858).

Mexico (Sallé), Walker’s types Brit. Mus.

This species differs from //. morio, just as 7. camelus does
from [7]. viridissima.

ACONOPHORA,* adr.
1. Aconophora flavipes.

Aconophora flavipes, Fairm., Ann. Ent. Ser. 2, iv, p. 294, 1
(1846).
Brazil (Children). Brit. Mus.

* Dr. Stal in his enumeration of the species of Aconophora, omits
more than half the described forms.

TTomopterous family Membracide. 347

2. Aconophora laminata.

Aconophora laminata, Fairm., Ann. Ent. Sér. 2, iv, p. 295, 2
(1846).
Mexico, Oaxaca (Sallé). Brit. Mus.

3. Aconophora stabilis.

Aconophora stabilis, Walker, List Homopt. Suppl. p. 135
(1858).
Mexico (Glennie). Type Brit. Mus.

4, Aconophora mexicana.
Aconophora mexicana, Stal, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1864, p. 70, 427;
Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Akad. Handl. 8, 1, p. 35 (1869).
Mexico (ex Coll. Saunders); Guatemala (Salvin). Brit. Mus.

I think it very doubtful whether this is more than a variety
of the preceding species.

5. Aconophora spathata, nu. sp. Pl. VII, f. 16.

Colouring of A. stabilis, dull chocolate brown sprinkled with
testaceous pubescence, but the thoracic horn blackish, more
robust at the base and gradually decreasing in width to the
apex, slightly more decumbent, anterior margin behind the
head slightly concave and undulated; tegmina semi-transparent
beyond the middle, reddish testaceous, clothed to the middle
with testaceous pubescence; legs reddish-yellow, the tibiae and
tarsi clothed with pubescence, tibie with black marginal denti-
cles; pronotum granuloso-punctate. Length with tegmina 10,
with horn, thorax and tegmina 14; width at humeral angles
4 mm.

Brazil. Type Brit. Mus.

Most nearly allied to the succeeding species.

6. Aconophora pubescens.
Aconophora pubescens, Walker, Ins. Saund., p. 70 (1858).
South America (ex Coll. Saunders). Type Brit. Mus.

7. Aconophora culteilata.

Aconophora cultellata, Walker, Ins. Saund. p. 70 (1858).
Amazons (ex Coll, Saunders). Type Brit. Mus,

348 Mr. BurLer on various genera of the

8. Aconophora marginata.
Aconophora marginata, Walker, List Homopt. u, p. 540, 16
(1851).
Aconophora gracilicornis, Stal, Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Akad.
Handl. 8, 1, p. 35 (1869).
Mexico (Argent, Glennie). Type Brit. Mus.

9. Aconophora ceneosparsa, n. sp. Pl. VII, f. 14.

Structure of the preceding, excepting that the front of the
head is slightly narrower, and that the whole exposed portion of
the body, pronotum and tegmina is covered with brilliant brassy
pubescence ; legs reddish-yellow, smooth, the tibie with black
marginal denticles ; pronotum and head olivaceous, thoracic horn
red-brown, tegmina testaceous hyaline, with two piceous spots
near the middle of the inner margin. Length with tegmina 9 ;
with horn, thorax and tegmina 12; width at humeral angles
34 mm.

Mexico, Volcano of Orizaba (Sallé). Type Brit. Mus.

10. Aconophora pugnax.
Smilia pugnax, Germar, Silb. Revue 3, p. 239, 19 (1835).
Brazil.
11. Aconophora gilvipes.
Aconophora gilvipes, Stal, Kongl. Svenska, Vetensk. Akad.
Handl. 8, 1, p. 35 (1869).
Rio Janeiro. Sp. ead? Mexico (ex Coll. Saunders). Brit.
Mus.
This was identified by Walker, with the preceding species,
but it differs in colouring and probably in the direction of the
thoracic horn.

12. Aconophora imbellis.
Aconophora imbellis, Fairm., Ann. Ent. Sér. 2, iv, p. 295, 4
(1846).
Aconophora surgens, Walker, Ins. Saund. p. 69 (1858).
South America (ex Coll. Saunders). Walker’s type, Brit.
Mus,
138. Aconophora pugionata.
Membracis pugionata, Germar, Mag, Ent. iv, p. 20, 17 (1821).
Para (Wallace). Brit. Mus.

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14. Aconophora viphias.

Membracis xiphias, Fabr., Syst. Rhyng. p. 12, 29 (1808).
South America.

15. Aconophora teligera.

Smilia teligera, Germar, Mag. Ent. iv, p. 21, 18 (1821)
Brazil,

16. Aconophora curvata.

Membracis curvata, Fabr., Syst. Rhyng. p. 18, 34 (1803).
South America.

17. Aconophora concolor.

Aconophora concolor, Walker, List Homopt. ii, p. 540, 17
(1851).

Aconophora nigra, Stal, Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Akad,
Handl. 8, 1, p. 35 (1869).

Mexico (Coffin, &e.). Type Brit. Mus.

18. Aconophora laticorne.

Aconophora laticorne, Walker, List Homopt. Suppl. p. 134
(1858).

Aconophora hastata, Stal (nec Fabr.), Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.
Akad. Handl. 8, 1, p. 35 (1869).

Mexico (Sallé and Glennie). Type Brit. Mus.

19. Aconophora caliginosa,

Aconophora caliginosa, Walker, List Homopt. Suppl. p. 135
(1858).
Guatemala (Deby). Type Brit. Mus.

20. Aconophora hadina,n. sp. Pl. VII, f. 18.

Allied to the preceding species but much smaller, and with
differently coloured legs; black, becoming piceous at the
shoulders, the head, front of pronotum, compressed borders of
thoracic horn, Aenea region of pronotum, inner border and
central area of tegmina clothed with golden pubescence ; tegmina
piceous with a costal spot, and the internal third testaceous-
hyaline; legs reddish, posterior pair with the basal three-fourths

EE

350 Mr. BurLer on various genera of the

of the femora piceous. form of A. flavipes, pronotum rather
coarsely punctured. Length with tegmina 8; with horn, thorax
and tegmina 10 ; width at humeral angles 3 mm.

Brazil (Miers). Type Brit. Mus.

Erroneously referred by Mr. Walker to A. imeumbens.

21. Aconophora prunitia,n. sp. Pl. WII, £. 19.

Dull laky-red with the thoracic horn purplish, apical third of
tegmina semihyaline pale brown ; pronotum rather finely punc-
tured, the thoracic horn moderately long, rather slender, scarcely
ascending above the dorsal line, rounded at the apex, “bordered
by a tolerably wide keel; head black with laky-red border, its
posterior margin straight in the centre but deeply sinuate on
each’side ; corium pubescent ; tibie, particularly of the eee ior
pair of legs, coarsely pubescent. Length with tegmina 64; with
horn, hore and tegmina 14; width at humeral angles DL mm.

Mexico, Oaxaca (Sallé); Peru (ex Coll. Saunders). Type
Brit. Mus.

We have four examples of this very distinct little species.

Aconophora incumbens has been separated by Dr. Stal to form
his genus Argante.

22. Aconophora obtusa.

Aconophora obtusa, Walker, List Homopt. ti, p. 542, 20
(1851).
Brazil. Type Brit. Mus.

23. Aconophora conifera, n. sp. Pl. VII, f£. 17.

Chocolate-brown, tegmina paler with yellowish hyaline internal
angles ; legs ferruginous ; front of pronotum and head pubes-
cent; thoracic horn porrect, obtusely conical, laterally compressed
at the borders, acutely conical when viewed from above, occupy-
ing nearly half the pronotum ; terminal process acute, spine-like
with a well defined dorsal carina. Length with tegmina 9 ;
with horn, thorax and tegmina 12; w idth at humeral aneles
3+ mm.

"Mexico (ex Coll. Saunders). Type Brit. Mus.

The dorsal line of the pronotum (including the horn) is
oblique, with a scarcely preceptible angle at the base of the horn,
but with the terminal process horizontal and slightly convex,

TTomopterous family Membracide. Sol

24. Aconophora compressa.
Aconophora compressa, Walker, List Homopt. ii, p. 541, 18

(1851).
Mexico (Coffin).

25. Aconophora subinermis,
Aconophora subinermis, Stal, Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Akad.
Mandl: 2,7, p. 28, 2.(1862).
Rio Janeiro,

26. Aconophora gladiata.

Aconophora gladiata, Stal, Konel. Svenska Vetensk. Akad.
Handl. 8, 1, p. 85 (1869).
Mexico, Vera Cruz (Sallé),

27. Aconophora femoralis.
Aconophora femoralis, Stal, Konel. Svenska Vetensk. Akad,
/] : ) , g
Handl. 8, 1, p. 35 (1869).
Mexico (Sallé).

28. Aconophora quadrivittata.

Membracis quadrivittata, Say, Journ. Acad, Nat. Sci. Phil
Mia o00. Ir(LSo lk):

LThelia ? quadrivittata, Walker, List Homopt. iv, p. 1143, 44
(1852).

Aconophora rubrivittata, Walker, lc. 1, p. 6387, 11 (1851).

Accnophora porrecta, Walker, l.c. p. 5388, 12 (1851).

United States. Walker’s types, Brit. Mus,

This is the most variable species known to me ; the following
may be a form of it.

29. Aconophora viridescens.

Aconophora viridescens, Walker, Lis Homopt. ii, p. 538, 13
(1851).

Aconophora guttifera, Walker, le. p. 589, 15 (1851).

Kast Florida (Doubleday); Mexico (ex Coll, Saunders). Type
3rit. Mus,

te
=
bho

352 Mr. Burien on various genera of the

30. Aconophora lineosa,

Aconophora lineosa, Walker, List Homopt. Suppl. p. 134
(1858).
North America. Type Brit. Mus.

31. Aconophora gigantea, n. sp. Pl. VII, f. 15.

Pronotum dull mustard-yellow, multicostate with double
irregular series of coarse punctures between the coste, dorsally
carinate; thoracic horn black with two scarlet carine, which
converge and unite before reaching the apex, oblique, decreasing
in width towards the obtusely rounded apex, laterally compr essed
and coarsely punctured, almost linear when viewed from above,
terminal spine extremely long, acute, depressed at the apex,
extending to just beyond the Tien, ; humeral angles rather
prominent, front of thorax with a ponies al longitudinal carina 3
head considerably wider than long, it, the legs and body beeeae
ceous; tegmina testaceous hyaline, math blackish terminal border.
Tieneth exclusive of horn 1 14, including horn 15 mm.

Kga (Bates). Type Brit. Mus.

32. Aconophora lata.

Aconophora lata, Walker, Ins. Saund. p. 69 (1858).

Thelia gladiator, Walker (nec gladiata, Stal), List Homopt. 2,
p. 967, 38 (1851).

Para (Wallace). Types Brit. Mus.

Although, by rights, this species should perhaps bear the name
of A. gladiator, and Stal’s insect should be renamed, I prefer
for the present (as I do not know the latter), to retain Walker’s
later name for A. gladiator, and thus avoid the possibility of
adding to the synomymy by giving a fresh designation to what
may be identical with one of Walker’s species; the fact that
Stal steadily ignored the greater part of Walker’s work renders
this far from unlikely.

33. Aconophora hastata.

Membracis hastata, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. p. 12, 29 (1808).

? Aconophora mgiivittata, Walker, List Homopt. ii, p. 539, 14
(1851).

Hab,—? Walker’s type, Brit, Mus,

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LHomopterous family Membracide. DOO

34. Aconophora brasiliensis,

Aconophora brasiliensis, Stal, Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Akad.
Handl. 5, 1, p. 34 (1869).
tio Janeiro.

35. Aconophora grisescens,

Smilia grisescens, Germar, Silb. Revue in, p. 238, 17 (1835).

es interna, Walker, List Homopt. u, p. 541, 19
(1851).

Brazil. Walker’s type Brit. Mus.

36. Aconophora tenuicornis.

Aconophora tenuicorne, (sic) Walker, Ins. Saund. p. 70 (1858).
Amazons (ex Coll. Saunders). Type Brit. Mus.

Aconophora pallescens.

Aconophora pallescens, Stal, Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Akad.
Handl. 8, 1, p. 35 (1869).

Mexico.

I here add the description of a small species of Thelia, which
I found associated with Aconophoru by Mr. Walker.

Thelia costigera, n. sp. Pl. VII, f. 20.

Clay-coloured, thoracic horn streaked with black ; pronotum
very convex, the dorsal line forming an arch from the back of
the horn to the posterior extremity ; dorsal keel very distinct
and continued from the anterior margin of the thorax over the
thoracic horn and thence down the centre of the dorsum ;
tegmina more than half concealed by the pronotum, the exposed
portion similar in structure ; sides of the pronotum miulticostate,
with three irrecular series of coarse punctures between the
coste ; thoracic horn laterally compressed with four coste on
each side. Extreme leneth mcluding horn 8 mm,

British Guiana (Schomburgh). Type Brit. Mus.

EUMELA, Stal.

To this genus Dr. Stal refers Smilia semiacuta St., Membracis
Jornicata, Germ., and Smilia sellata, Germ.; three species
unknown to me. So far as I can comprehend the structure of

B54 Mr. ButLer on various genera of the

these insects from description, without seeing figures or types, I
should consider them to be similar in form to Thelia angulata
and 7’, tacta, of Walker, and therefore would add the latter to
the genus.

DARNOIDES, Fairm.

To this genus I would add Horiola semivitta of Walker.

COMBOPHORA, Geri.

The following species are referable to this genus—C. Beskia,
Germ., Membiracis inanis, Fabr., C. consentanea, Fairm. ( =
C. maculata, Guérin), and C. minor, Fairm. (= C. discontinua,

Walker).
omoLon, Walker (Heliodore, Stal).
1. Omolon laportet.

Combophora laportei, Germar, Silb, Revue Ent. iu, p. 253, 2
(1835).

Combophora carinata, Guérin, Icon. Reene Anim. p. 566
(1829-44).

Brazil. Brit. Mus.

2. Omolon incongrud.

Combophora incongrua, Walker, List Homopt. Suppl. p. 540
(1858).
Tunantins (Bates). Type Brit. Mus.

3. Omolon tridens. .

Omolon tridens, Walker, Journ, Entom. 1, p. 316, pl. xv,
fiz. 1 (1862).

Head yellow, with two longitudinal black stripes; pronotum
coarsely and regularly reticulate-punctate, sulphur yellow, with a
strongly marked rugulose black-edged castaneous dorsal carina ;
on either side, parallel to the latter and proceeding from the
anterior margin, two black convergent stripes, which unite and
taper to a point just below the centre of the dorsal arch; a
trigonate clay-coloured spot, bordered by a forked and then
semicircular black stripe, the outer extremity of which runs
along the upper margin of the posterior lateral spines, au oblique
black bordered clay- qalonned patch at the inferior extremity of

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Homopterous family Membracide.

the pronotum ; the area enclosed between the spines dull castanc-
ous bordered with black; the spines black, excepting in the
centre at the base; terminal process castaneous, with black base,
separated from the lateral spines by a stripe of ‘yellow ; ; tegmina
hyaline with diffused yellow terminal border, the vems black :
body and legs bright ‘mustard-yellow. Length including the
closed tegmina 7, width between lateral spines ‘31 mm.

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St. Paulo (Bates). Brit. Mus.

4, Omolon varius.

Omolon varius, Walker, Journ. Entom. 1, p. 316 (1862).
Para.

It is difficult to comprehend how either Walker could have
failed to recognize his two new species as being congeneric with
Combophora laportei, or Stal to recognize the identity of his new
genus with the genus figured by Walker,

NASSUNIA, Stal.

The following species are referable to this genus—Smilio-
rachis bipunctata, binotata and bispina of Fairm., Nassunia
bistillata and dalmanni of Stal, Centrotus costalis and Cerasa
fortis of Walker.

RHEXIA Stal.
1. Rhexia flavicans.

Scaphula flavicans, Fairm., Ann. Ent. Sér, 2, iv, p. 294, 2
(1846).

Cayenne.

2. Rhexia pallescens.

Darnis pallescens, Fabr., Syst. Rhyng. p. 28, 9 (1808).

Scaphula alutacea, Fairm., Ann. Ent. Sér. 2, iv, p. 495, 4
(1846).

Santarem. Brit. Mus.

3. Rhexia centromaculata.

Scaphula centromaculata, Fairm., Ann, Ent. Sér. 2, 1v, p.
495, 3 (1846).
Cayenne.

3D6 Mr. BurLer on various genera of the

4, Rhexia bistriga.
Darns bistriga, Walker, Ins. Saund. p. 74 (1858).
Amazons (ex Coll. Saunders). Type Brit. Mus.

Rhexvia varicosa, n. sp. Pl. Vil, £. 5.

Chocolate-brown ; front of head carmine, with a black mar-
ginal line on each side; back of head with a central yellow spot;
a submarginal semicircular sulcus round the front and sides ;
pronotum coarsely punctured; the humeral angles, a central
spot between them, and an abbreviated transverse angulated bar
formed by the confluence of two spots beyond the middle,
vellow ; tegmina shining, the basal two-thirds chocolate- ant
crossed by an oblique “yellow belt, the veims carmine ; apical
third whitish hyaline with yellow veins, and with a black
abbreviated marginal lme at the apex within the veinless
border; body and legs pale testaceous, abdomen with carmine
margins to the segments. Length including tegmina 64, width
at humeral angles 4 mm.

EKga (Bates). Type Brit. Mus.

Rhexia bifasciata, nu. sp. Pl. VII, f.

Saffron-yellow; front of head with a black marginal dash on each
side in front of the eyes; a submarginal semicircular suleus round
the front and sides; pronotum rather coars sely punctured; a black
belt just behind EN shoulders, expanding in front into a broad
semicircular patch; a black apical belt; apex carinate, depressed,
pale yellow; teemina with a basal black belt, and a second
across the third fourth, the interspace between them saftron-
yellow crossed by red veins; apical area hyaline white, with a
black marginal line within the veinless border; body and legs
pale sandy yellowish, abdomen with black margins to the
segments. Length including tegmina 63, width at humeral
angles 34 mm.

St. Paulo (Bates). Type Brit. Mus.

HETERONOTUS, Laporte.
1. Heteronotus quadrinodosus.

ITeteronotus quadrinodosus, Fairm., Ann, Ent. Scr. 2, iv, p.
499, 1; pl. 5, fig. 27 (1846).

ITeteronotus quinquenodosus, Stal, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1864, p.
70, 425.

Mexico, Volcano of Orizaba (Sallé). Brit. Mus.

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FHomopterous family Membracide.

Dr. Stal has mistaken the succeeding species (as did Walker),
for the insect described by Fairmaire, but it is clear from the
original description that the main body of the pronotum was not
regarded as a node by the French author; MH. quadrinodosus
1S Secenined as shining brown-black, with the first two nodes
neatly equal and the strong ventral spine emitted from the third
smaller node, whereas the quadrinodosus of Walker is_ black,
with only three true nodes and the spines emitted from the third
or largest and terminal node.

Heteronotus trinodosus. n. sp. Pl. VII, f. 8

ITeteronotus quadrinodosus, Walker, (nec Fairm.) List Homopt.
ipepeoes, lL sol)

Black, shining, hairy, strongly punctured; pronotum trinodose,
the anterior portion or main body of the pronotum armed with
two central horizontal transverse blackish spines, with castaneous
undersurface; a central longitudinal carina, partly coloured
with pale yellow; margins pale yellow ; nodes with a central
carina, the first compressed in front, and with an abbreviated
transverse yellow line on each side, the second node orbicular,
smaller than the first, the third oval, largest of the three, with a
pale yellow line on each side in front; two small terminal
conical castaneous denticles, a strong oblique hairy castaneous
spine emitted from the base of the node below ; tegmina pale
yellowish-testaceous hyaline with castaneous veins ; legs castane-
ous; body whity-brown. Length 12 mm.

Mexico (Schuckard). Type Brit. Mus.

3. Heteronotus bicornis.

Ranatra bicornis, Lesson, Ill, Zool. pl. 47, fig, 1 (1582).

Combephora vulnerans, Burm., Silb. fo ue Sree 1, p. 228,
(1833),

Heteronotus stipatus, Walker, List Homopt. Suppl. p. 155
(1858).

Brazil (Miers) ; Constancia (H. Clark, &c.). Walker’s type
Brit. Mus.

4. Heteronotus abbreviatus.

Heteronotus abbreviatus, Fairm., Aun, Ent. Sér, 2, iv, p. 500,
5; pl. 7, fig. 26 (1846).
Brazil. Brit. Mus.

Mr. Burter on various genera of the

5. Heteronotus nodosus.

Membracis nodosa, Germ., Mag. Ent. iv, p. 30, 41; pl. 1,
fig. 2 (1821).

Combophora nodosa, Burm., Silb. Revue Ent. 1, p
(1853).

Brazil ; Constancia (H. Clark). Brit. Mus.

6. Heteronotus glanduliger.

Ranatia glanduligera, Lesson, Il. Zool. pl. 57, fig. 2 (1532).
Feteronotus nigricans, De Laporte, Ann. Ent. i, p. 96, 2 ;
pl. 3, fig. 8.

Brazil (Miers); Rio Janeiro (H. Clark). Brit. Mus.

7. Heteronotus inermis.

Heteronotus inermis, De Laporte, Ann. Wnt. 1, p. 97, 4; pl. 3,
fig. 10 (1852).

Centrotus furcatus, Gray in Griff. Anim, Kined., Ins. ui, p.
261) pli 108, ;tig. 1.1832)!

Combophora reticulata, Burm., Silb. Revue Ent. i, p, 227, 1
(1833).

Brazil; Rio Janeiro (A. Fry). Brit. Mus.

One of our examples is probably the type of Mr. Gray’s des-
cription, but there is no label to identify it by.

8. Heteronotus flavolineatus.

Heteronotus flavolincatus, De Laporte, Ann. Ent. i, p. 96,3 ;
pl. 3, fig. 9 (1832).

Combophora signata, Burm., Silb, Revue Hnt. 1, p. 228, 3
(1853).
Brazil. Brit. Mus.

9. Heteronotus delineatus. PY. VII, f£. 9.
Heteronotus delineatus, Walker, List Homopt. Suppl. p. 104
(1858).
Ega (Bates). Type Brit. Mus.

This is one of the most singular species in the genus.

Homopterous family Membracide. 359

HENICONOTUS, Stal.
1. Heniconotus horridus.

Membracis horrida, Fabr., Ent. Syst. iv, p. 12, 18 (1794).

Heteronotus fuscus, De Laporte, Ann. Ent. i, p. 98, 6 (1832).

Combophora bullifera, Burm., Silb. Revue Ent. i, p. 229, 4
(1833).

FTeteronotus excisus, Walker, List Homopt. ii, p. 593, 5
(1851).

Para (Wallace). Walker’s Type, Brit. Mus.

Heniconotus ethiops, n. sp. Pl. VU, f. 7

3lackish piceous, shining; head with the anterior margins
and a central stripe yellow ; anterior portion of the pronotum
armed with two long slender oblique divergent spines, each
surrounded at the base by a yellow annulus, the margins, and
a U shaped line in front yellow ; a yellow trigonate lateral spot
on each side of the constriction im front of the first node, the
latter obtusely obconical and quite black ; second and terminal
node obtusely conical trispinose, the lateral spines being long,
slender and tipped with yellow, the third spine emitted from
below (in a curved oblique position slanting outwards), still
longer than the lateral spines and also tipped with yellow ;
tegmina pale yellowish hyaline, with the a apical area burnt-sienna
bre own, base black, veins piceous ; legs piceous, the hind femorz
tipped with yellow ; abdomen yellow, with the exception of
the sexual organs, venter grey, spotted with yellow. Length
including tegmina 125 mm.

Ecuador (Buckley). Type Brit. Mus.

Readily distinguished from the preceding by the proximity of
the nodes to each other, the small size of the terminal one and
the great length of its spines.

3. Heniconotus belliger, vn. sp. Pl. VU, f. 13.

Testaceous ; pronotum black, becoming piceous in front, the
anterior portion armed with two long slender divergent curved
spines, lateral borders and two arched stripes, which unite in
front, yellow ; first node only separable by a slight depression
and its more intensely black hue from the anterior portion ;
terminal node separated by peduncle from the first, extremely
small but armed with three unusually long slender yellow-tipped
spines, the two upper ones projecting upwards and outwards at

360 Mr. BurLer on various genera of the

an oblique angle, the inferior spine one-third longer, dark piceous

rather than Blac ‘+k, extending obliquely desmaraan le and back-
wards almost to the end of the tezgmina ; tegmina pale yellowish
hyaline with the apical area slightly deeper in tint, the outer
border brownish, tne veins yellow, excepting along the anterior
margin which is brown. Length including tegmina 12 mm.

St. Paulo (Bates). Type Brit. Mus.

4, Heniconotus xanthomelas.

TTeteronotus wanthomelas, Walker, List Homopt. Suppl. p. 339
(1858).
Tunantins (Bates). Type Brit. Mus.

5. Heniconotus tridens.

Combophora tridens, Burm., Silb. Revue Ent. 1, p. 229, 5
(1833).
Para (Wallace). Brit. Mus.

FHleniconotus leucotelus.

Heteronotus leucotelus, Walker, List. Homopt. Suppl. p. 155
(1858).

Kea (Bates). Type Brit. Mus.

Quite distinct from the species subsequently described from
Fea under the same name and in the same volume.

Heniconotus spinosus.

Fe ae spinosus, De Laporte, Ann. Ent. i, p. 96, 15 pl.
3, foe 1832).

NR fiavolineatus, Amyot et Serville (nec De Laporte),
Hist. Nat. Hemipt. p. 549; pl. 9, fig. 6 (1848).

Tunantins (Bates). Brit. Mus.

Local form.—Heniconotus confusus, Butler. Pl. VII, f. 10.

Heteronotus nodosus, Walker (nec Burm.), List Homopt.
Suppl. p. 154 (1858).
Santarem and Tapajos (Bates). Type Brit. Mus.

Much more slenderly made than H. spinosus (typical), the
thoracic spines less curved, the terminal node smaller, with
longer spines and a longer pedicle connecting it with the first
node.

Homopterous family Membracide, 361

This species can be readily distinguished from the following,
by the protuberance on the back of the main body of the
pronotum, which, when viewed laterally, gives the pronotum
a trinodose appearance.

8. HHeniconotus armatus.

Ieteronotus armatus, De Laporte, Ann. Ent. i, p. 97, 5
(1832).

Heteronotus abcisus, Walker, List Homopt. u, p. 505, 16
(1851).

Para (Wallace). Walker’s type, Brit. Mus.

Local form—Membracis clavata, Perty, Delect. Anim, pl. 35
fic. 7 (1830-34).

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“ Province of Bahia.” Brazil. Brit. Mus.

Heniconotus strigosus, n. sp. Pl. VII, f. 11.

Nearly allied to 7. spinosus, but rather more slenderly made,
the head narrower, the main body of the pronotum black, w ith
the sides, an irrecular longitudinal central stripe, two small
dashes on either side of the anterior margin, and an obtuse V
shaped stripe, yellow ; markings of the nodes as in //. spinosus,
but blacker ; posterior node with parallel sides, much longer
than in H/. spinosus, and crossed hy a distinct yellow stripe,
spines much shorter. Length including tegmina 12 mm.

St. Paulo (Bates). Type Brit. Mus.

10. Heniconotus divisus.

Tleteronotus divisus, Walker, List Homopt. Suppl. p. 156

(1858).
Para (Bates). Type Brit. Mus.

11. Heniconotus parvinodis,n. sp Pl. VII, f. 12.

TTeteronotus leucotelus, Walker, List Homopt. Suppl. p. 33%
(nec p. 155), (1858).

Kea (Bates) ; var. St. Paulo (Bates). Type Brit. Mus.

This species is remarkable for the very small nodes of the
pronotum, the St. Paulo form differs from the type in having
the sutural lines black.

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Contributions to a knowledge of the Cotnortera of Madagascar ;
by Cuas. O, WATERHOUSE.

The British Museum has recently acquired a small but most
interesting collection of Coleoptera from Madagascar, The
specimens were collected in the neighbourhood of Fianarantsoa,
the capital of the Betsileo country, directly south of Antanan-
arivo, by the Rev. W. Deans Cowan. [Besides several new
species of Cetoniide, an account of which has already appeared
(Ent. Mo. Mag. September, 1878), the collection contained
several examples of Arrhythmus and Logisticus, remarkable
new genera of Longicorns described by myself in a paper read
before the Entomological Society at a recent meeting. Thee
are also very numerous specimens of Artelida ( Toxotus) seri-
ceus, Guérin, showing great variation in size (7 to 114 lines);
many of the examples have brownish elytra.

CARABID.
Drypta iris, Castln., Hist. Nat. i, p. 34.

This species is only known to me from description, and I am
in doubt as to whether the specimen sent by Mr. Cowan is the
same. It differs in coloration; the head and thorax very
strongly, irregularly and rather thickly punctured; the thorax
is two-thirds longer than broad, subparallel in front, gentl
constricted behind, there is an extremely fine median line. The
elytra are very strongly striate, and the strie are very strongly
punctured, the interstices are moderately convex (subcostiform
towards the sides) microscopically transversely coriaceous, with
a stray puncture here and there ; the apex of each is obliquely
truncate, the external angle of the truncature is a distinct tooth.
The underside and the legs are eneous. The head and thorax

are coppery, the elytra uniform purple.

A very distinct species, not only on account of the colour,
but the almost impunctate interstices readily separate it from
its allies,

364 Mr. WATERHOUSE on the

MELOLONTHID 2.
Enthora polita, 1. sp.

Ovalis, nigra, nitidissima ; capite thorace scutelloque nigro-
cyaneis, vel eneis, cum elytris subtilissime sat crebre punc-
tulatis. Long. 9-104 lin.

Oblong oval, very convex and shining. All the upper
surface moderately. thickly and extremely finely punctured, the ©
punctures having in the middle a minute whitish scale, only
visible with a strong magnifying power. The abdomen is
sparingly punctured in the middle, closely at the sides,

The antenne have the club composed of seven lamelle in
both sexes, but they are much shorter in the female than in
the male, and are of unequal length. The anterior tibie are
much narrower in the male than the female ; the tarsi in the
female are very short.

This species differs from that which I have determined to be
a”. chlorodera, Blanch., in being a little longer, with much finer
punctuation, and in having the elytra much more distinctly
angular at the sides when viewed laterally, and the abdomen
is much less punctured.

A considerable number of examples of both sexes.

Pachycolus clypeatus, a. sp.
A Y, : I

Elongatus, sat convexus, nitidus, piceus; clypeo plici arcuata
transeunti, post plicam evidenter punctato, fronte discrete sub-
tiliter punctulatéi; thorace longitudine 3 latiori, migro-piceo,
sat crebre snisissins punctulato, augulis anticis obtusis,
posticis rotundatis, lateribus arcuatis longe ciliatis ; scutello
elongato triangulari, levi, nigro-piceo; elytris thorace parum
latioribus, at 2 longioribus, sat crebre distincte punctatis,
sutura bea: ; pyg cidio crebre fortiter punctato ; metasterno mati

leviter impr eae) levi. Long. 22 1in., lat. 13 TF

This species much resembles P. madagascariensis, but 1s
much narrower, and the form of the clypeus and claws present
almost generic differences. The forehead is quite simple, with-
out any transverse ridge behind ; - line separating the clypeus
from the head is well marked, nearly straight; between this
line and the anterior margin eres is a distinct plait or thickening,
the space between this plait and the anterior margin is deeply

Coleoptera of Madagascar. 365

hollowed, the margins are thickened and reflexed. The antenne
have the third joint elongate, the fourth strongly transverse,
a little produced, the fifth to tenth forming an oblong club
The tarsi are long and slender, the claw joint is suddenly bent
beyond the middle, the basal part furnished below with a blade
similar to that seen in Achelyna.

In Pachycolus the club of the antenne is five jointed, and
the claws are strongly bifid.

TENEBRIONIDZ.
(NYCTEROPIN®).
Dolichoderus dimidiatus, n. sp.

Capite thoraceque supra nigris opacis; elytris lete cupreo-
gneis nitidissimis fere levibus, apice ipso cyaneo ; corpore subtus
nigro-eneo nitido; antennis pedibusque cupreo-piceis. | Long.

8 ln.

Head and thorax dull black, the thick and extremely fine punc-
tuation only seen with great difficulty ; head rather broad quad-
rate, the anterior angles. of the epistoma shining blackish-eneous,
Tones one-fourth onger than broad, scarcely narrowed ante-
riorly, subparallel eidedl the anterior angles not prominent, the
fine anterior margin and the thickened posterior margin shining
blackish-eneous. Hlytra at the base a trifle narrower than the
base of the thorax, acuminate at the apex, convex, impressed at
the suture, coppery-zneous ; a powerful magnifying glass reveals
some very close and excessively fine punctuation; the extreme

apex is not produced.

(CNODALONIN£).

Camaria violaceipennis, n. sp.

Niger ; capite thoraceque opacis, planiusculis, elytris convexis,
basi thorace paulo latioribus postice paulo ampliatis, violaceis
vel purpureis fortiter striatis, interstitiis bene convexis subtiliter
ereberrime punctulatis; corpore subtus pedibusque nitidis, tibiis
piceis. Long. 15 lin.

Head and thorax dull black, very closely and extremely finely
punctured ; the latter about one-third broader than long, slightly
narrower in front, straight at the sides, the anterior angles very
little prominent, blunt, the base gently bisinuate. Tlytra con-

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366 Mr. WarTernouse on the

vex, purple, (with violet reflections), a little broader than the
thorax, more ample behind, narrowed at the apex, the shoulders
rounded.

In this species (and in C. chalcoptera, Klug) the mesosternum
has the excavation in the form of a V not a short U as the
American species appear to have; the first and second abdominal
segments are relatively longer and flatter and the intercoxal
projection is broader.

CURCULIONID A.
(CYPHIN#).
Stigmatrachelus alternans, n. sp.

Piceo-niger, dense pallide fulvo-squamesus; fronte medio
foveolata, rostro cariné longitudinali nitida, oculis prominentibus ;
thorace lineis tribus nitidis, mediana canaliculata ; elytris basi
thorace vix duplo latioribus triplo longioribus, convexis, fossato-
striatis, fascia ante medium interstitiisque alternatis ante apicem
denudatis nitidis, guttis oblongis pallidioribus in interstitiis alter-
natis post medium possitis. Long. 5 lin.

This species belongs to the group with prominent eyes, and
compared with its allies has them small. The rostrum has a well
marked shining carina, continued on the forehead by a deep
shining fovea. Thorax one-fourth broader than long, obliquely
narrowed in front of the middle, with three longitudinal shining
black lines, the middle one longitudinally channelled. Elytra
convex, with the shoulders angular but not much prominent,
somewhat parallel sided, a trifle broader at the posterior two-
thirds, very deeply punctate striate, the punctures very large,
the first and third interstices are a little elevated; there is an
irregular transverse fascia a little before the middle denuded of
scales (the second and fourth interstices are also denuded at the
base), immediately below this fascia there is a transverse fascia
of nearly white oblong spots on the alternate interstices, the
first, third, fifth and seventh interstices are also without scales
below the above mentioned whitish spots.

Stigmatrachelus humeralis, n. sp.

Dense brunneo-griseo squamosus, opacus; elytris basi thorace
duplo latioribus postice paulo ampliatis, macula basali fasciaque
undulata post medium fusco-brunneis obscure flavo cinctis,
humeris prominentibus acutis, Long. 5} lin., lat. 25 lin,

Coleoptera of Madagascar. 367

This is a very broad species, nearly the form of S. ornatus,
with very prominent acute shoulders. Dull grey-brown, with a
spot in the middle of the base of each elytron, and an undulating
fascia a little behind the middle chocolate-brown, the spot and
the fascia both narrowly bordered with dull yellow, the apex of
the elytra is also of this obscure yellow colour. Eyes very
shightly prominent; forehead with a narrow mesial channel.
Thorax rather narrow, one-fifth broader than long, a little more
narrowed in front Then behind, with a fine mesial shining ridge
on the disc, and two shining punctures on each side. Se utellum
shining brown. Elytra at least twice as broad as the thorax,
one-fourth longer than broad, very convex posteriorly, punctate
striate.

Madagascar (Crossley).

CERAMBYCID.
Sagridola flavicollis, n. sp.

Picea, griseo-pilosa, opaca, antennis brevibus tenuibus ; thorace
scutello pygidioque dense flavo-tomentosis; elytris basi thorace
3 latioribus, et 22 longioribus, brunneis, singulis postice bene
angustatis, paulo divergentibus, acd apicem truncatis, sutura
flavo- -marginata; femoribus basi apiceque brunneis. Lone.
64 lin.

Antenne slender, about as long as the elytra. Eyes elongate
ovate, entire, widely separated. Thorax scarcely longer faa
broad, convex, densely clothed with yellow tomentum, con-
stricted at the anterior margin, slightly compressed laterally,
subparallel behind. Scutellum narrow triangular. Elytra licht
brown, separately very much attenuated at the apex which is
truncate; the sides obliquely deflexed, the suture is bordered
with yellow for the posterior two-thirds. The basal segment of
the abdomen and the pygidium are yeliow. The femora are
dentate below, near the apex.

MASTODODERA.

I am unaware with whom it originated, but it seems to bea
generally received notion, followed even by Thomson and
Lacordaire, that J. lateralis, Guérin, with fulvous elytra and
black sutural stripe, is oy the male of M. nodicollis, Klug,
with fulvous elytra and black base. The two species are quite
distinct, and the sexes of both are in the British Museum, The
males have the eleventh antennal joint elongate and constricted

FF 2

368 Mr. Wateruouse on Coleoptera of Madagascar.

before the apex, indicating a twelfth joint; the female has this
same joint shorter and simple. The male organ is oblong, broad
and flat. ‘The female ovipositor is elongate, acuminate at the
apex.

LAMIIDZ,

*

Leucographus* variegatus, n. sp.

Crassus, ater, velutinus, sabuloso-variegatus ; elytris tuber-

culis obtusis duobus juxta scutellum humerisque nitidis. Long.
8-105 lin
> lin.

Build somewhat that of Mumimetes, but broader and more
robust. Head black, with a fine sandy line between the
antenne, and an cblique one behind each eye. Thorax with a
moderately strong tubercle at the side, a small one on each side
of the disc, black, with a sandy stripe in the middle and a
broader one on each side of the disc, there are also a few irregu-
lar spots. Elytra two-fifths broader than the thorax, gently
narrowed posteriorly, slightly flattened on the back, obtuse at
the apex, with two approximate tubercles close to the scutellum,
slightly elevated at the shoulders, densely clothed with sandy
tomentum, irregularly dotted with black, with an irregular black
patch on each side behind the middle (dotted with sandy), a
flexuous black band beyond this, and a black spot just before
the apex. Antenne and legs sandy-white, the apices of the
third to eleventh joints of the antenne, the inside of the femora,
the apex of the tibia, the apex of the second and fourth joints
of the tarsi and the entire third joint black. Body beneath
black, dotted at the sides with sandy-white.

I place this species provisionally in the genus Leucographus,
but I would point out that the antenne differ in being simple,
not fringed at the apex, the joints gradually diminishing towards
the apex.

The male has the fifth segment of the abdomen truncate at

the apex, The female has this segment rather deeply impressed
at the apex,

* Waterhouse, Cistula Entomologica, ii, p. 295 (June, 1878).

( 369 )

Descriptions of the PuyrorpHacous CoLroprera collected by the
late Dr. F. Stoliczka during Forsyth’s Expedition to Kashgar
in 1873-74 ; by Joserpu 8S. Baty, F.L.S.

The Phytophagous Coleoptera collected by Dr. Stoliczka,
although few in number, and containing no striking novelties,
are extremely interesting in relation to geographical distribution.
The 25 species contained in the collection belong to no less than
21 genera, out of which Nodostoma, Hnneamera, Charea,
Macrima, Mimastra, Merista and Leptarthra (one-third of the
whole) are exclusively Asiatic; Paria has its metropolis in
America, but is sparingly represented in Japan, China, and
Eastern Siberia; Zuperodes, is largely spread throughout the
Asiatic continent, and is also found (according to v. Harold,
whose accuracy cannot be doubted) in South America and
Abyssinia; of the twelve others five are cosmopolitan, and the
rest occur abundantly in Europe. Out of the 25 species, one
only, Plagiodera versicolora, Laich. (armoraci, Auct.), 18
found in Europe; seven, Lema coronandeliana, Clytra palliata,
Enneamera variabilis, Galleruco indica, Gallerucella placida,
Merista interrupta, and Leptarthra collaris, occur in various
parts of British India; two, Haltica cwrulescens and H, viridi-
cyanea, have been described by myself from Japan; and one,
Chrysomela angelica, Reiche, is not uncommon in Syria; the
fourteen others have not as yet been found in any other locality,
and seventeen species are described for the first time im the
present paper.

List of Genera and Species.

Lema coromandeliana, Fabr. var.
Clytra palliata, Fabr.
Coptocephala dubia, n. sp.

‘5 dimidiatipennis, 1. sp.
Cryptocephalus interjectus, n. sp.

370 Mr. Baty’s descriptions of

Nodostoma coneinnicolle, n. sp.

bs plagiosum, 1. sp.
Paria cuprescens, n. sp.
Plagiodera versicolora, Laich.
Chrysomela angelica, Reiche.
Phratora abdominalis, n. sp.
Haltica cerulescens, Baly.

5 _viridicyanea, Baly.
Enneamera variabilis, Baly.
Charea (N.G. Gall.) flaviventre, n. sp.
Macrima (N.G. Gall.) armata, n. sp.
Mimastra gracilis, n. sp.
Agelastica orientalis, 0. sp.
Malacosoma flaviventre, a. sp.
Luperodes erythrocephala, n. sp.
Galleruca vittatipennis, n. sp.

a4 indica, 1. sp.
Gallerucella placida, n. sp.
Merista interrupta, Redt.
Leptarthra collaris, n. sp.

1. Lema coromandeliana, Fabr. (var. preusta).
Crioceris preusta, Fabr., Ent. Syst. 1, 2, p. 8; Lema preusta,
Lac., Mon. Phyt. i, p. 340.
Hab. Jhelam Valley. A single specimen.

2. Clytra palliata.

Clythra palliata, Fabr. Syst. El. ii, p. 30.
Hab. Jhelam Valley ; also various parts of India.

3. Coptocephala dubia, n. sp.

Subelongata, subcylindrica, nitida, subtus nigra, argenteo
sericea, prothorace~ pedibusque fulvis; supra fulva, capitis
vertice nigro; thorace levi; scutello piceo; elytris tenuiter
punctatis, fascia communi baseos, extrorsum abbreviata, altera-
que vix pone medium nigris. Long. 24 lin,

Hab. Murree.

Vertex black, impunctate, lower face fulvous, a ray of the
same colour extending upwards on the vertex; front deeply

Phytophagous Coleoptera, 71

excavated between the eyes, irregularly punctured; anterior
margin of clypeus concave-emarginate. Thorax rather more
than twice as broad as long; sides rounded, converging from
behind the middle to the apex, the anterior angles obtuse, the
hinder ones rounded; disc transversely convex, shining, i impunce-
tate, excavated on either side near the lateral margin. Scutellum
trigonate, piceous. Hlytra scarcely broader than the thorax,
parallel, very finely punctured; the black markings on their
surface extend from the base nearly to the middle of the disc,
and again from the middle itself nearly to the apex, leaving
only an irregular flavous transverse band across the middle,
which sends a narrow ramus along the suture nearly to the base.

4. Coptocephala dimidiatipennis, n. sp.

Subelongata, subcylindrica, flava, nitida, corpore inferior,
capite elytrorumque limbo inflexo, fulvo hirsutis, thorace levi ;
elytris tenuiter Dee nigris, a basi ad paulo ante nea
flavis. Long. 3-34 lin.

Hab. Jhelam Valley ; also India, my collection.

Head clothed with long erect hairs, minutely punctured ;
clypeus not separated from the face, its anterior margin angulate-
emarginate ; apex of jaws black; antenne equal in length to
the head and thorax, the basal joint thickened, pyriform, the
second also thickened, short, nodose, the third small, not longer
than the second, the fourth trigonate, scarcely longer than the
third, the rest to the apex dilated, the fifth to the ninth trans-
versely trigonate, the tenth and eleventh ovate; eyes large,
oval, notched on the inner margin. Thorax nearly three sie?
as br oad as long; sides obtusely rounded, slightly converging in
front, the hinder angles rounded, the anter ior ones very obtuse ;
basal margin sinuate on either side the median lobe, the latter
slightly reflexed, very obtusely rounded; upper surface trans-
versely convex, remotely and very minutely punctured, a concave
transverse space on and immediately in front of the basal lobe,
coarsely and closely punctured. Scutellum longer than broad,
subtrigonate, its apex obtuse. Elytra scarcely broader than the
thorax at the base, slightly dilated posteriorly, convex, rather
distantly and finely punctured. Body beneath and legs clothed
with long erect fulvous hairs.

I possess two specimens of this species, both labelled India, but
without precise locality, in one of them the head is more coarsely
punctured and subrugose, in all other respects it agrees with
the type.

372 Mr. Baty’s descriptions of
Cryptocephalus interjectus, 0. sp.

Elongato-obloneus ¢, obloneus 2, convexus, nitidus, subtus
niger, pedibus nigro-piceis; supra flavus, capite hic illic parce
Portitce punctato, ‘fronte suleo longitudinal: IMpresso ; ; vertice,
maculis duabus inter oculos, labro, antennisque nigris, his Ree.
sulco longitudinali mandibulisque piceis ; thorace. levi, limbo
angusto et utrinque macul& subrotundata nigris; scutello sub-
ceeaete Nigro ; elytris fortiter punctato- -striatis, punctis piceis,
apicem versus minus fortiter impressis; interspatiis convexis,
transversim rugulosis; utrisque limbo angusto, externo ante
medium excepto, maculisque quinque 2, 2, 1 dispositis nigris.
Long. 24 ln.

Var. A. Pygidio corporeque subtus flavis, illo macula cunel-
formi, pectore ‘abdominisque disco nigris.

Var. B. Corpore nigro, antennarum basi, clypeo, facei signa-
turis thoracisque lined longitudinali sordide flavis.

Hab. Murree.

Head rather coarsely but not closely punctured, the punc-
turing varying in degree in different individuals; front impressed
with a distinct longitudinal groove; clypeus broader than long,
trigonate ; antenne three-fourths the length of the body in the
Q, rather longer in the g, the three lower joints pale piceous,
the rest black. Thorax rather more than twice as broad as
long at the base; sides moderately rounded and obliquely con-
verging from base to apex; basal margin concave-emarginate
on either side, the outer angles produced backwards, acute ;
above convex, minutely but not closely punctured, Elytra
slightly br oader than’ the thorax, oblong- quadrate, convex,
rather strongly punctate-striate, the punctures piceous, finer and
less strongly impressed foods the apex; interspaces faintly
but distinctly convex, transversely wrinkled; each elytron with
the extreme outer teat (interrupted on the eel margin before
its middle) and five large patches black ; these spots are arranged
as follows: two transversely below the base, the outer one oblong,
covering the humeral callus and attached to the basal margin,
the inner one subrotundate, placed on the inner disc ; two just
below the middle also placed transversely, both subrotundate,
the outer one usually attached to the lateral margin ; and lastly
one apical, transversely oblong either free or attached to the
apical border; these patches are often more or less confluent,
and occasionally, as in var. B, cover the entire surface of the
elytron. Pygidium and body beneath clothed with griseous hairs.

Phytophagous Coleoptera. 373

Apical margin of prosternum obliquely produced, deflexed,
slightly emarginate, the hinder margin concave, armed on either
side with a deflexed, obtuse tooth; mesosternum transverse, its
apical border angulate- emarginate. Apical segment of abdomen
in the ¢ impr eased with a shallow fovea ; the same segment in
the Q deeply excavated, the fovea eres) rotundate. Basal
joint of the four anterior tarsi in the ¢ dilated, elongate-ovate,
longer than the following two united.

The form of the prosternum will separate this species from
any nearly allied species.

6. Nodostoma concinnicolle, n. sp.

Oblongo-ovatum, convexum, pallide piceum, nitidum, pedibus
antennisque fulvis; thorace transverso, lateribus ante basin acute
angulatis, disco crebre foveolato-punctato ; elytris nigris, fortiter
punctato-striatis, interspatiis planis. Long. 2 lin.

Var. A. Elytris piceo-fulvis, punctis piceis.
Hab. Jhelam Valley.

Head coarsely and deeply punctured, the punctures on the
extreme vertex crowded; clypeus not distinctly separated from
the face ; antennx slender, filiform, the second joint ovate, three-
fourths the length of the third, the latter two-thirds the length
of the fourth. Thorax more hen twice as broad as long; sides
abruptly diverging and acutely angled just in front of the base,
thence obliquely converging to the apex, just before reaching
the latter abruptly incurved, the apical angle obtuse, the hinder
one armed with a_ lateral ‘tooth ; dise closely covered with
large round, deeply impressed punctures; on either side are
a few short sub-erect griseous hairs. Scutellum longer than
broad, cuneiform, its apex obtusely angulate. Elytra convex,
transversely depressed below the basilar s space, strongly punc-
tate-striate; on the transverse depression, and also below the
shoulder, the puncturing is confused; interspaces plane, irregu-
larly wrinkled on the sub-basilar depression. All the thighs
armed beneath with an acute tooth.

7. Nodostoma plagiosum, ni. sp.

Oblongo-ovatum, piceum, nitidum, pedibus antennisque piceo-
fulvis, his extrorsum piceis ; ovens profunde et crebre punc-
tato, lateribus pone medium obtuse angulatis; elytris fortiter

374 Mr. Baty’s descriptions of

punctato-striatis, striis apicem versus fere deletis ; sordide fulvis,
limbo angusto, striarum punctis et utrinque plaga irregulari
magna, a basi ad paulo pone medium extensa, ad marginem
lateralem adfixa, piceis. Long. 14 lin.

Hab. Murree, a single specimen, also India, without precise
locality, my collection.

Vertex and front sub-remotely punctured ; clypeus coarsely
and irregularly punctured, not distinctly separated from the
upper face, its anterior border deeply excavate-emarginate, the
emargination produced and forming two sub-acute teeth, labrum
fulvous; antenne slender, filiform, the second and third joints
nearly equal in length, the fourth very slightly longer than the
third; four or five lower joints obscure fulvous, the rest piceous.
Thorax nearly twice as broad as long; sides diverging at the
base, obtusely angled behind the middle, thence obliquely con-
verging and very slightly rounded to the apex; disc transversely
convex, very coarsely and deeply punctured. Elytra oblong,
sub-acutely rounded at the apex, convex, strongly punctate-
striate, the punctures near the apex much finer and nearly
obsolete, interspaces plane, impunctate; the irregularly piceous
patch on each elytron covers the outer disc (the humeral callus
excepted) and extends from the base to just below the middle
of the disc. All the thighs armed beneath with a small tooth.

8. Paria cuprescens, i. sp.

Anguste ovata, subtus cum capite picea, pedibus antenna-
rumque basi pallidis; supra cuprea, thorace sub-conico, vage
punctato; elytris regulariter punctato-striatis, interspatis planis,
impunctatis. Long. 14 ln.

Hab. Jhelam Valley.

Vertex swollen, shining, impunctate; clypeus transverse, its
anterior border emarginate; antenne rather more than half the
leneth of the body, piceous, the two lower joints paler, Thorax
broader than long at the base; sides straight and obliquely con-
verging from base to apex, the hinder angles very acute; basal
margin oblique on either side, the median lobe obtusely rounded;
disc sub-cylindrical, impressed, but not closely, with very
shallow punctures. Elytra ovate, attenuated at the apex, regu-
larly punctate-striate, the interspaces plane, each impressed
with an irregular row of minute punctures; humeral callus
thickened.

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Or

Phytophagous Coleoptera,

9. Plagiodera versicolora.

Chrysomela versicolora, Laicharting, Verz. Tyrol. Ins. i, p.
148 (1781).

Chrysomela armoracie, Fabry.

Hab. Jhelam Valley.

Chrysomela angelica.

Chrysomela angelica, Reiche, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1858,
P..go, tab: 1, fie. 3; Fairm., l.c. 1865, p. 80.
Hab. Sind Valley ; also Syria.

I do not detect the slightest difference between specimens
brought from Syria and those contained in the present collection.

11. Phratora abdominalis, n. sp.

Hlongata, parallela, nigro-wnea aut nigro-cyanea, nitida, pedi-
bus abdomineque nigro-piceis, hujus segmentis ultimis duobus
piceo-fulvis; thorace transverso, sat fortiter irreeulariter punctato,
utrinque leviter rugoso; elytris thorace latioribus, parallelis, sat
fortiter punctatis, punctis subseriatim dispositis, interspatiis
planis, subremote, tenuiter punctatis, infra callum humerale
transversim rugulosis. Long. 23-3 lin.

Hab. Murree.

Head short, transverse ; vertex impressed, but not very closely,
with large deep punctures, lower face more closely but less
coarsely punctured than the vertex, subrugulose ; in the middle
between the encarpe is a short longitudinal sulcation, which
extends upwards from the apex of the clypeus; the latter
depressed, broader than long, its upper margin obtusely angulate,
its surface closely punctured, subrugose ; antenne scarcely more
than half the length of the body, filiform, slightly thickened
towards the apex, the basal joint thickened, the second slender,
equal in length to the first and also to the fourth joints, but
slightly shorter than the third; two lower joints fulvous, stained
above with piceous, the third to the sixth obscure piceous, the
five others slightly thickened, black. Thorax nearly one half
broader than long ; sides nearly straight and parallel from the
base to the middle, thence obliquely converging to the apex, the
hinder angles produced laterally into a large acute tooth, the
anterior ones sub-acute ; apical margin concave ; upper surface
irregularly punctured, the interspaces smooth and shining on the
middle disc, finely rugulose on the sides. Hlytra broader than

376 Mr. Baty’s descriptions of

the thorax, parallel, rather strongly punctured, the punctures
arranged irregularly i in ill defined longitudinal rows, which, on
the inner disc below the middle, approximate in pairs ; interspaces
plane, sparingly and very minutely punctured on the anterior
disc, rugulose on the outer one below the humeral callus. Basal
joint of anterior tarsus dilated, subcordate.

12. Haltica caerulescens.

Haltica cerulescens, Baly, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1874, p. 190.
Hab. Murree; also China and Japan.

13. Haltica viridicyanea.

Haltica viridicyanea, Baly, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1874, p. 191.
Hab, Sind Valley, apparently common; I possess this species
from Japan, it is probably found in the intemncdinte localities.

14. Hnneamera variabilis.

Nonarthra variabilis, Baly, Journ. of Entom. i, p. 456, tab.
Al bes kaye

Hab. Murree ; this species is also found in Northern India,

CHAREA, 0. gen.

Corpus elongato-ovatum. Caput exsertum, facie perpen-
diculari; oculis rotundatis, itegris, prominentibus; encarpis
tranversis, contiguis; carind oblongo-elongata, apice acuta;
antennis filiformibus. Thorax transversus, dorso modice con-
vexus. lytra thorace latiora, confuse punctata, limbo inflexo
fere ad apicem extenso. Pedes; femoribus posticis non incras-
satis ; t/biis simplicibus, apice spina acuta armatis ; tarsis posticis
articulo basali sequentibus tribus longitudine fere «quanti,
unguiculis appendiculatis. Prosternum angustum, cows fere
equialtum ; acetabulis anticis apertis.

This genus at first sight bears in its facies a strong resem-
blance to Aphthora, but the slender hinder thighs at once
separate it and place it amongst the Gallerucine.

Charea flaviventre, n. sp.
’

Elongato-ovata, convexa, subtus picea, enco tincta, abdomine
flavo; supra viridi-cyanea, antennis nigris; thorace lateribus

Phytophagous Coleoptera. 377

rotundatis, disco levi, modice convexo; elytris tenuiter confuse
punctatis. Long. 1} lin,

Hab. Murree.

Vertex and front shining, impunctate; encarpe transverse,
contiguous; antenne half the length of the body, second and
* third joints equal, the fourth nearly twice the length of the
third, three lower joints nigro-piceous, stained with eneous, the
rest black. Thorax broader than long; sides converging from
the middle towards the base, the anterior angles slightly pro-
duced, obtuse, the hinder ones rounded, armed with a very small
acute tooth; disc moderately convex, very minutely punctured,
the punctures only visible under a very strong lens. Scutellum
trigonate. Elytra broader than the thorax, parallel, finely but
not closely punctured, the interspaces obsoletely wrinkled.

MACRIMA, nh. gen.

Corpus anguste oblongum, convexum. Cuaput exsertum ;
antennis filiformibus, articulo primo duobus sequentibus con-
junctis equal, his brevibus, longitudine fere equalibus ; oculis
sub-rotundatis, prominentibus ; encarpis medio contiguis ; carind
obsoleti; palpis maxillaribus articulis duobus ultimis conjunctim
anguste -ovatis, ultimo apice acuto. Vhorax transversus, disco
leviter excavatus. Scutellum trigonatum, Hlytra thorace latiora,
oblonga, confuse punctata, limbo inflexo fere integro, concavo,
Pedes mediocres, coxis anticis elevatis, obtrigonatis, conticuis ;
tibiis apice mucronatis; tarszs posticis articulo primo ad _ tres
sequentes fere equilongo; wnguiculis appendiculatis. Prosternum
medio angustissimum; acetabulis anticis inteeris; episternis
posticis a basi ad apicem angustatis. Type Macrima armata,

Macrima may be separated from Aulacophora, which genus
it strongly resembles in outer form, by the closed anterior
acetabula and by the appendiculated claws.

16, Macrima armata, n. sp.

Anguste oblonga, convexa, pallide flava, subnitida, pectore,
abdominis segmentis anticis tribus basi, scutelloque nigris ;
thorace tenuiter punctato, utrinque leviter excavato ; elytris
distincte subcrebre punctatis, punctis pallide fuscis; utrisque

super marginem basalem nigro maculatis. Long. 34 lin.

g Facie tridentata, dente intermedio compresso, nigro, apice
deflexo ; clypeo utrinque ad apicem foveolato,

378 Mr. Baty’s descriptions of

2 Facie tridentata’, dente intermedio non compresso, apice
acuto.

Hab. Jhelam Valley.

Head exserted; vertex smooth, impunctate ; face excavated
between the eyes, clothed with hairs, tridentate, the middle tooth
compressed and deflexed in the ¢, conical in the 9; clypeus
transverse, impressed at the apex on either side in the ¢ with a
deep fovea; apex of jaws nigro-piceous; antennz slender,
clothed with coarse suberect hairs, second and third joints
nearly equal in the g, the third one-half longer than the second
in the 2. Thorax about three times as proad as long; sides
parallel and slightly sinuate behind the middle, obliquely con-
verging from the middle to the apex, the anterior angles slightly
produced, obtuse, the hinder ones obtusely angulate ; upper
surface moderately convex, the lateral margin rather broadly
reflexed, dise irregularly excavated ; finely but not very closely
punctured, interspaces minutely granulose-strigose. | Scutellum
trigonate, shining black. Elytra broader than the thorax, oblong,
moderately convex, faintly excavated below the basilar space,
more strongly punctured than the thorax, the punctures pale
fuscous.

17. Mimastra gracilis, n. sp.

Elongata, attenuata, pallide flava, nitida, antennis basi excep-
tis, fuscis, oculis nigris, genubus tarsisque piceis; thorace
transverso, basi emarginato, disco irregulariter excavato, lateri-
bus late marginatis, ante medium angulatis, elytris parallelis,
tenuiter punctatis. Long. 3 lin.

Hab. Murree.

Head strongly exserted ; encarpe and clypeus thickened, the
former bounded above by a transverse groove, trigonate, con-
tiguous for their whole length; antenne very slender, filiform,
nearly equal to the body in length, second joint about half the
length of the basal one, nearly a third shorter than the third,
three basal joints pale flavous, the rest pale fuscous. Thorax
transverse ; sides broadly margined, nearly parallel, distinctly
angled just beyond the middle, thence obliquely converging to
the apex; disc broadly and irregularly excavated, impunetate.
Scutellum trigonate. Elytra broader than the fa ou parallel,
elongate; disc very minutely punctured, very faintly waned
Outer edge of knees, together with the tarsi pale piceous,

Phytophagous Coleoptera. 379

18. Agelastica orientalis, n. sp.

Elongato-ovato, convexa, metallico-cerulea, nitida, antennis
nigris; thorace elytrisque crebre punctatis, illo lateribus rotun-
datis. Long. 35-4 lin. .

Hab. neighbourhood of Sanju, apparently common.

Encarpe and clypeus thickened, the former pyriform, con-
tiguous, separated from the front by a deep transverse groove ;
antenne filiform, half the length of the body, the second joint
short, the third one-half longer than the second, more than half
the length of the fourth. Thorax near ly three times as broad
as long; sides rounded, slightly converging in front, the hinder
angles rounded, the anterior ones obtuse ; disc closely punctured.
Scutellum trigonate, shining, impunctate. Hlytra rather broader

than the thora ax, oblong, closely punctured.

Closely allied to A. c@rulea, it may be known from that
insect by the relative lengths of the second and third joints
of the antenne.

19. Malacosoma flaviventre, n. sp.

Elongatum, convexum, obscure viridi-wneum, nitidum, ab-
domine flavo, antennis (basi exceptis) nigris; thorace transverso,
minute, subremote punctato; elytris oblongis, infra basin trans-
versim excavatis, tenuiter punctatis, Long. 4 hn.

Hab. Murree.

Head trigonate; vertex and front smooth, impunctate, the
latter separated from the encarpe by a deep groove; encarpe
transverse, contiguous above, separated below by the narrow
wedge-shaped carina, the surface of which is coar sely punctured;
antenne more than half the length of the body, moderately
robust, filiform, the second joint short, the third twice the length
of the second, the fourth about one-third longer than the pre-
ceding one. Thorax about one-half as broad. again as ae :
sides moderately rounded, the anterior angles armed with a
obtuse tubercle, the hinder ones acute; disc moderately Soe
finely but rather distantly punctured ; lateral margin reflexed.
Scutellum smooth, impunctate. Elytra much broader than the
thorax, oblong, convex, transversely excavated below the basilar
space, the latter slightly elevated; surface finely but not very
closely punctured, very sparingly clothed with short hairs ; on
the apical half of each elytron are a number of broad, ill-defined,
longitudinal suleations. Abdomen flavous, the apex of the
terminal segment emarginate,

350 Mr. Baty’s descriptions of

20. Luperodes erythrocephala, n. sp.

Anguste oblongo-ovata, convexa, nigra, nitida, capite rufo-
testaceo, ore, antennis pedibusque piceis; thorace crebre punc-
tato, disco utrinque leviter transversim excavato; elytris sat
crebre punctatis. Long. 2 lin,

Hab. Murree.

Head exserted, vertex and front shining, impunctate; encarpe
transverse, contiguous; labrum piceous ; jaws and palpi rufo-
piceous; antenna filiform, three-fourths the length of the body,
second and third joints short, conjointly about equal in length
to the first. Thorax twice as broad as long; sides rounded,
slightly converging at the base, all the angles distinct, the
anterior thickened, sub-tuberculate; disc closely punctured,
distinctly excavated on either side. Hlytra oblong, less closely

punctured than the thorax.

21. Galleruca vittatipennis, n. sp.

Elongato-oblonga, convexa, nigro-picea aut nigra, nitida, ver-
tice rufo-piceo, abdominis segmentorum margine apicali pallide
rufo-piceo ; thorace excavato, rude foveolato; elytris abdomine
multo brevioribus, fortiter substriatim punctatis, sordide fulvis,
utrisque linea suturali elevaté, vittisque elevatis quatuor, utrinque
abbreviatis, Im& et 4ta, 2di et 5tid apice per paria conjunctis,
nigro-piceis instructis. Long. 45 lin.

Hab. On the road across the Pamir, from Sirikol to Panga.

Head sub-rotundate, vertex and front deeply and coarsely foveo-
late-punctate, impressed in the middle with a deep longitudinal
groove, which extends downwards between the encarpz as far as
the apex of the clypeus, where it. terminates in a triangular
fovea; encarpe thickened, trigonate, smooth, impunctate; clypeus
very short, thickened and forming a transverse ridge, its anterior
border narrowly edged with rufous; antenne robust, the second
joint ovate, rather more than half the length of the third, the
third and fourth joints equal. Thorax rather more than twice
as broad as long; sides sinuate and parallel from the base to
beyond the middle, thence obliquely converging to the apex,
the anterior angles slightly produced, somewhat recurved,
obtuse; disc excavated on either side, the middle disc impressed
with a broad longitudinal sulcation which extends from base to
apex; the whole surface covered with large, deep, round fovez,
Scutellum semi-rotundate, piceous, impunctate,

Phytophagous Coleoptera. 381

22. Galleruca indica, n. sp.

Ovata, postice paulo ampliata, modice convexa, nigra, subtus
nitida, griseo sericea, supra opaca; capite thoraceque rude
rugoso-punctatis, hoc transverso, utrinque foveolato, medio longi-
tudinaliter sulcato, lateribus reflexis, ante medium _ obsolete
angulatis; elytris vage rufo-piceo limbatis, rugoso-punctatis,
utrisque vittis elevatis quatuor, duabus intermediis interruptis,
interdum fere totidem obsoletis, instructis. Long. 5 lin,

Hab. Murree ; also Northern India, my collection.

Head very coarsely rugose-punctate. Thorax nearly twice as
broad as long ; sides parallel, slightly sinuate, obtusely angled
just before the middle, thence obliquely converging to the apex,
the anterior angle moderately produced, its apex rounded ; disc
very coarsely rugose-punctate, the middle portion with a longi-
tudinal sulcation which extends from base to apex, either side
impressed with a large fovea. Scutellum coarsely rugose-
punctate. Elytra broader than the thorax, ovate, slightly dilated
towards the apex, moderately convex, rugose-punctate, but less
coarsely so than the head and thorax; black, sometimes tinged
with piceous, the outer margin obscure rufo-piceous; each
elytron with four raised vitte, the two intermediate ones inter-
rupted and sometimes almost entirely obsolete; the suture also
thickened.

23. Galerucella* placida, n. sp.

Anguste oblonga, griseo hirsuta, subtus picea, nitida, protho-
race fulvo; supra sordide fulva, subnitida, antennis, verticis
plaga, thoracis maculis tribus transversim positis scutelloque basi
piceis; thorace transverso, lateribus ante basin dente subacuto
armatis, ante dentem concavis, ante medium ampliatis, disco rude
rugoso, bifoveolato ; elytris profunde confuse punctatis, inter-
spatiis granulosis. Long. 2 lin,

Hab. Jhelam Valley, one specimen ; I also possess this insect
from India.

Vertex and front finely rugose-punctate, clothed with adpres-
sed griseous hairs, the middle with a large ill defined piceous
patch ; encarpe thickened, contiguous, pyriform; antenne
moderately robust, filiform, the second joint nearly equal in
length to the first, about two-thirds the length of the third.

* Galerucella, Crotch, Proc. Acad. Philad. 1873, p. 55.
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382 Mr. Baty’s descriptions of
Thorax more than half as broad again as long; sides diverging
at the base, and armed at the apex ‘of the diverging portion w ith
a subacute, setiferous tooth, immediately in “Soi of which,
before the middle, they are deeply sinuate, in front they are
broadly dilated, the anterior angle armed with a subacute tooth ;

disc coarsely rugose-punctate, broadly excayated on either side,
and again more “deeply, but to a less extent, on the anterior half
of the middle disc ; the piceous patches, placed transversely on
the disc, are large but ill defined, and cover nearly the whole of
the surface. Scutellum narrowed from its base towards the
apex, the latter obtusely truncate. Elytra oblong, nearly
parallel, deeply and coarsely punctured, densely clothed with
short suberect griseous hairs.

24. Merista interrupta.

Galleruca interrupta, L. Redtb. in Hiigel’s Kaschmir, iv,
p. 553, tab. xxvu, fig. 4 (1844).
Hab. Murree, a single specimen.

The transverse black patch differs greatly in extent in
different individuals, in some being entirely obsolete ; in the
specimen before me it is reduced to two small fuscous points
placed transversely on the middle disc.

In this species, of which I possess many specimens from
various parts of India, the second and third joints of the an-
tenn vary in relative length in the sexes; in the ¢ these joints
are very short and nearly equal; in the 9 the third joint, though
short, is distinctly longer than the second,

25. Leptartha collaris, n. sp.

Ovata, postice ampliata, nigra, nitida; thorace transverso,
fulvo ; elytra fortiter sat crebre puncetatis, castaneis, punctis
piceis, re a macula basali juxta suturam nigro-znea notatis.
Long. 44-5 lin.

Hab. Murree ; in my own collection from Northern India.

Vertex shining, impunctate ; encarpe thickened, contiguous,
semi-lunate ; antennz nearly equal to the body in length, fili-
form, tapering towards the apex, second and third joints very
short, equal. Thorax transverse, sides constricted behind the

Phytophagous Coleoptera. 353

middle, dilated in front, the anterior angles produced, their
apices obtuse; apical border concave-emarginate; disc smooth,
impunctate, thickened on either side near the anterior angle,
impressed on each side the middle with a faint transverse groove.
Scutellum trigonate. Elytra broader than the thorax, dilated
behind the middle, moderately convex, deeply punctured, the
punctures piceous, arranged without order over the general
surface, placed in ill-defined longitudinal strizw near the base of
the suture; on the anterior disc are several short ill-defined
obsoletely raised vitte ; at the base of each elytron, close to the
suture, is a small nigro-zneous patch. Last two segments of
abdomen bordered with fulvous.

In the specimen from Murree the sides of the thorax are less
dilated anteriorly, the anterior angles being less produced and
at the same time more acute; the transverse depressions on the
middle dise are also obsolete ; in this specimen the antenne are
unfortunately broken, but the fourth and fifth joints (which
remain) are slightly compressed, and are rather more robust
than in the insect from Northern India; it is probably the
other sex.

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Remarks on the Synonymy of VANessA C-AurEuM, Linn. ; by
Wh. -Kresy. :

In the last number of the ‘“ Cistula Entomologica,” Mr. O. E.
Janson states that he cannot see any reason for considering
Angelica, Cram., identical with C-auwreum, Linn., alleging that
the description “though almost useless for the purpose of iden-
tification,” agrees quite well with the C-aureum, of Fabricius,
Cramer, and Hiibner. He sets aside the locality of the Linnean
insect as unworthy of consideration, and reflects upon me for
having placed Hiibner’s figures of C-awrewm, and Cramer’s
figure of Angelica together. I have just received Mr. Strecker’s
‘“‘ Butterflies and Moths of North America,” and at p. 128, I find
a long discussion on the subject, decidely identifying C-aureum,
of Linn., with the Asiatic Angelica, Cram., and not with the
North American Jnterrogationis, Fabr. 'The Linnean descrip-
tion runs—“ Papilio C-aurewm, alis angulatis fulvis nigro-macu-
latis posticis subtus C. aureo notatis. Habitat in Asia, Similli-
mus P. C-albo, sed duplo major, subtus magis luteo-nebulosus, et
C. aureo minori notatis.” Mr. Strecker remarks “ This is plain
enough ; neither Jnterrogationis nor var. Umbrosa are cloudy
yellow beneath, but C-awrewm most undoubtedly is.” To which
I will add that the silver mark on the underside of Angelica is
always much smaller than that of C-album, while that of Jnter-
rogationis is always much larger. As regards the Linnea
localities, an error is of rare occurrence, as any one may see for
himself, who will take the trouble to compare them; always,

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of course, remembering that the phrase ‘‘In Indiis,” must be
left out of account, as it meant no more with Linné than ‘“‘an

exotic species, of which I do not know the locality.” With

386 Mr. Kirsy on Synonymy of Vanessa C-aureum.

respect to the implied assertion that I compared Cramer’s figure
of Angelica with Hiibuer’s C-aureum, and considered them iden-
tical, I will only say that Hiibner’s Sammlung did not then
exist in any Dublin library, and that having a memorandum that
Hiibner had figured C-awrewm, I quoted the figures as referring
to C-auwreum, Linn., which Godart and Doubleday correctly con-
sider identical with Angelica, and having no opportunity of
examining Hiibner’s figures, could not suspect that he had copied

Cramer’s error in referring the name to Jnterrogationis, Fabr.

( 387 )

Notices of new or little known Crronupm; by Oriver HK,

Janson. No. 5.

Discopeltis aberrans, n. sp.

D. elongata, capite nigro, nitido; thorace nigro, opaco,
lateribus late sordide rufo marginato; elytris obsolete striato-
punctatis, sordide rufis, macula basali trigona migra notatis ;
pygidio medio rufo; subtus nigra, mitida. Long. 134. lat.

1

65 mm.

Head with coarse confluent punctures at the base and sides,
the clypeus finely punctured, a feeble central longitudinal ridge
on the forehead, and an oblique one on each side united at the
base smooth; clypeus depressed at the sides, the apex rounded
and emarginate in the centre ; black, slightly shining ; antenne
black, the apex reddish.

Thorax convex, the sides slightly prominent in the middle, the
base produced into an obtuse point over the scutellum, rather
finely and obsoletely punctured ; dull black, the sides broadly
margined with dull red.

Scutellum partly concealed, the apex strongly produced and
very acute ; dull black.

Elytra half as long again as broad, depressed, parallel-sided,
the suture posteriorly and two carine, united at the apical
eallosity, feebly elevated and smooth, the interstices and sides
with indistinct punctate striz, the apex with scattered shallow
punctures; dull rusty red, with an elongate triangular dull
black patch at the base, extending along the suture beyond the
middle; epimera shining black and coarsely punctured above.

Pygidium dull black on each side, the centre broadly dull red.

Beneath coarsely punctured and strigose, shining black, the
prothorax and posterior coxe margined with red ; mesosternal
process short and broad, the apex straight and not dilated ;
abdomen with a transverse row of punctures on each segment,
the apical segment closely punctured and red in the centre, the
sides with sparse golden pubescence ; legs shining black, coarsely

388 Mr. O. E. Jawnson’s Notices of Cetoniide.

punctured, the femora with a sparse fringe of golden hairs,
anterior tibize with two acute lateral teeth, the others with a
strong tooth about the middle.

Angola.
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Appears to be allied to D. lateralis, Gerst.

Glycyphana incongrua, n. sp.

G. subquadrata, supra obscure viridis, opaca, thorace lateribus
albo-marginato ; elytris bicostatis, profundius punctatis, lateribus
postice, maculis quatuor, fasciaque apicali albis; pygidio albo
quadri-maculato ; subtus viridi-nigra, nitida. Long. 105, lat.
6 mm.

Head very closely and finely punctured, the punctures con-
fluent at the sides of the clypeus, sparsely pubescent, margins of
the clypeus slightly elevated, the apex emarginate and the sides
strongly rounded ; black, slightly shining, the base greenish ;
antenne pitchy.

Thorax strongly rounded at the sides, the basal margin slightly
sinuous, rather coarsely and deeply punctured, with sparse short
golden pubescence, a small space before the scutellum smooth ;
dark green, opaque, the sides narrowly margined with white.

Scutellum large, triangular, with a few coarse punctures at the
base ; dark opaque green.

Elytra subquadrate, the suture and two discal carinze on each

distinctly elevated and smooth, the interspaces and sides with
4 ’ Ie

rows of coarse deep setiferous punctures; dark green, opaque,
the apex black, a small spot just behind the shoulder, one on the
inner carina about the middle, another nearer the apex and
close to the lateral margin, a larger one near the suture about
one fourth from the apex, a narrow lateral marginal line on the
posterior half, and a large angulated transverse fascia close to the
apex white.

Pygidium coarsely strigose and pubescent ; shining black,
with a transverse row of four white spots.

Beneath greenish black, shining, strigose and pubescent ; meso-
sternal process broad and rounded, with a transverse impressed
line fringed with golden hairs ; abdomen with rows of coarse
semicircular impressions ; less greenish black, shining, punc-
tured and pubescent, anterior tibie with three acute lateral teeth.

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On a collection of Lertporrera from Madagascar; by Arriur
G. Butter, F.L.S., F.Z.S.

I have recently had the pleasure of examining a collection
forwarded to us by the Rey. R. Toy, and collected by his son at
Antananarivo.

The following interesting species were amongst those se-
lected :—

VHOPALOCERA,
Pseudonympha tamatave, Boisd.

Both sexes of this species appear to be common at Antanan-
arivo.

Pseudonympha ankova (Mycalesis ankova, Ward).

Pseudonympha ibitina (Mycalesis ibitina, Ward).

In a recent paper in the “ Annals and Magazine of Natural
History,” I have noted this species as coming from Fianarantsoa;
I am, however, now convinced that the insect there indicated
is a distinct species, although it agrees almost as well with
Mr. Ward’s description as that just received ; I therefore append
descriptions of both.

Pseudonympha ibitina.

Dark fuliginous brown, with darker submarginal line parallel
to the outer margin, the margin itself blackish ; primaries with a
large subapical black ocellus, with two blue pupils and a rather
broad deep orange iris; secondaries with two smaller rounded
black ocelli, with single bluish-white pupils and narrow deep
orange irides, upon the median interspaces; wings below with
the basal three-fifths fuliginous brown, its outer edge oblique
and slightly sinuous upon the primaries, triundulate upon the
secondaries; disc greyish, with numerous brown striations ;
outer border of primaries more densely striated than the disc ;

HH

CistuLA ENTOMOLOGICA,
February 15th, 1879.

390 Mr. BurLer on a@ collection of

ocellus as above; secondaries with a large patch of fuliginous
brown, with darker striations at centre of external border;
ocelli very small, that upon the second median interspace barely
visible, a third very small subapical ocellus. Expanse of wings
14 inches.

Hab, Antananarivo.

We have two examples of this species.

Pseudonympha Wardii, n. sp.

Q Paler than the preceding, ocellus of primaries with nar-
rower iris and whiter pupils, an additional small blind ocellus
upon the first median interspace, submarginal line more distinct ;
secondaries with the outer margin slightly undulated, the peel
paler; a small additional subapical ocellus ; submarginal line
more distinct ; primaries below much paler ; secondaries fuligin-
ous brown, ne basal, abdominal and apical areas densely striated
with grey ; a spot before the middle of the costa, a large patch
across the centre of costal area, and a spot near the end of the
cell creamy-whitish, striated with dark brown ; anal area broadly
testaceous, striated with olive-brown; the ocelli upon the median

interspaces feebly indicated and very small. Expanse of wings
1 inch 9 lines.
Hab. Fianarantsoa.

Allowing for the generally adopted method of measuring from
tip to tip, this insect would be only two lines wider in expanse
than P. ibitina, and this would be accounted for by its sex.
The coloration of the undersurface of the secondaries scarcely
agrees with Mr. Ward’s description, but the latter was only
intended to be provisional ; however, now that we have a species
of the exact size and the general coloration indicated in the
description—“ Hind wing with numerous waved markings of
darker brown mingled with lighter brown, and the ocelli faintly

9?

showing; ” it is evident that I allowed too wide a margin for the

provisional nature of that description.

In my opinion, all diagnoses not accompanied by figures ought
to be sufficiently precise to enable the student to decide, without
hesitation, whether or not he has the species in his cabinet ; other-
wise they become rather a hindrance than a help to science,
benefiting only their author, if mdeed there is any personal
profit in attaching one’s name to that of a butterfly, which I for
one do not admit.

Lepidoptera from Madagascar. 391

P. Wardii, though it agrees in structure with Pseudonympha
(excepting in the outline of the wing), has more nearly the
aspect of the New World genus Stibomorpha than of anything
else. -

Ypthima batesii, Felder (2 = Y. vinsoni, Guénée).

1 a, . . . \

The description in Vinson’s ‘‘ Voyage i Madagascar” does not
quite suit Felder’s species, but nevertheless comes so near that
I can hardly believe the two forms to be distinct species.

Mycalesis fraterna, Butler,
Both sexes are common in Madagascar, and differ constantly
from the Mauritian form with which my species is associated
in Kirby’s catalogue.

Charaxes andara, Ward.

A fine male of this handsome species was in the collection;
unfortunately it only has one antenna, but scientifically this is
quite sufficient.

Junonia epiclelia, Boisd.

Almost too closely allied to the African form to be regarded
as distinct.

Eurytela narinda, Ward.

Much like E. dryope on the upper surface.

Lycena atrigemmata, Butler.

This little species will probably prove to be as common as the
allied L. Knysna of Trimen, it is a distinct and pretty little

butterfly.
Belenois coniata, n. sp.

Wings above white, with a tint of sulphur-yellow, primaries
with the basal two-thirds of discoidal area salmon coloured ;
apex and four confluent triangular spots forming the external
border, black; costal border grey, becoming blackish towards
apex; secondaries with six decreasing squamose black spots ter-
minating the veins; body grey; wings below pearly-white ;

15s

392 Mr. Burier on a collection of

primaries with the costal border at base sulphur-yellow ; basal
two-thirds of discoidal area bright orange; secondaries with
yellow costal margin, becoming bright orange towards the base ;
body white. Expanse of wings 2 inches 5 lines.

Allied to B. thysa,

Teracolus evanthe, Boisd,

Quite like African examples.

Proteides ramanatek, Boisd.

This barbarously named species has been referred erroneously
to the genus Jsmene (Hesperia, Fabr.), it, however, agrees both
in structure and general pattern with Proteides.

Tagiades ophion, Boisd.

This belongs to the African group of the genus.

Hesperia margarita, 0. sp.

Allied to H. forestan, with which it has been confounded, but
readily distinguishable by the emerald green patch at the base
of the primaries, and the coloration of the secondaries, in which
the whole of the ochraceous area, excepting the anal border
and fringe (which, however, are rather orange than ochreous)
replaced by white, tinted with green. Expanse of wings 2
inches 3 lines.

Hesperia pansa, Hewits (= ernesti, Grand.).

This is a beautiful species, allied, though not very closely, to
the preceding.

HETEROCERA.
Macroglossa milvus, Boisd.

Hither the figure of this species is incorrect or the examples
which I have seen are referable to a distinct species; Dr. Bois-
duval represents his species as having the secondaries orange,
with a broad ferruginous border and four of the abdominal
segments orange at the sides; the common Jacroglossa of
Madagascar has the outer border of secondaries dark brown,

Lepidoptera from Madagascar. 393

with ferruginous inner edge, and only three of the abdominal
segments are tawny at the sides; the anal tuft also has a ferru-
ginous border; about half of the specimens seen by me have a
transverse bar of snow-white scales along the anterior margin of
the last segment.

Deilephila biguttata, Walker.

The collection contained a good series of this handsome moth ;
hitherto we have only possessed the type, a damaged ¢ example
Nephile charoba, Kirby.

A very variable species, the wings being of all sorts of shades
between rust-red and dark smoky-brown.
Triptogon meander, Boisd.

A male of this very rare species, unfortunately somewhat
damaged ; the form of the primaries is somewhat aberrant for a
Triptogon, so that eventually a genus may have to be erected
for its reception.

Bizone amatura, Walker.

B. hova of Guénée is identical with this species.

Sozuza marginata, Guerin.

This is one of the prettiest of the Mascarene Lithosids.

Borocera madagascariensis, Boisd,

There cannot be a question but that B. Cajani is the same
species; Boisduval’s figure is indeed rough, but it is just
recognisable,

Cyligramma conturbans, Walker.

C. raboudou of Lucas is happily identical with this species, so

that the latter name may be expunged.

Ophiodes hottentota, Gueénce.

This agrees with 5. African examples.

394 Mr. ButLer on Lepidoptera from Madagascar.

Hypochroma Grandidieri, n. sp.

Nearly allied to H. nyctemerata (ruginaria, Guénée), but the
basal area sordid, the subbasal black line sharply defined, simply
angulated instead of crinkled, the discocellulars black; the outer
black line, limiting the dark area, much straighter; secondaries
with the white patch upon the outer border reduced to a small
spot. Expanse of wings 2 inches.

This is one of the not uncommon instances in which species
from Madagascar nearly resemble those from Southern India and
Ceylon.

Macaria deerraria (= Tephria deerraria, Walker).

Quite like African examples.

Comibena stibolepida, n. sp.

Wings snow-white, densely mottled with dull bluish-green ;
a slightly arched testaceous stripe across the basal area, and an
undulated discal stripe of the same colour; body whitish testa-
ceous; wings below white, primaries with testaceous costal
border; body white, legs red-brown above. Expanse of wings
11 lines.

Alhed to C. pieridoides,

Sindris aganzint, Boisd.

This pretty little moth is not well represented by Boisduval ;
the abdomen is much more slender than in his figure, and has a
much more fully developed anal tuft. M. Guénée refers it to
his family Scirpophagide and places it amongst the Tneites.

( 395 )

New Genera and Species of Catiicnromix (Coleoptera Longi-
corna); by H. W. Bates, F.L.S.

Colobus julvus.

Fulvus, ventris segmeniis dimidio basali nigro-fuscis: capitis
vertice, thorace, elyiris et peciore subaureis dense velutinis -
thorace basi- iantum sulcaio-consiricio: aniennis 2 corpore
multo brevioribus, articulis basali et 2-10 apice extus acute
productis : elyiris singulis triangularibus, metathoracem paululum
superantibus ; femoribus gradaiim incrassatis, tibiis posticis mox
a basi modice dilaiaio-compressis, iarsis articulo 1 ceieribus
longitudine equali. Long. 17 lin. Q.

Sylhet. From Mr. W. W. Saunders’ collection; probably the
C. velutinus, Saund. in litt., Munich Cat. p. 2,901.

AMPHIONTHE, n. gen.

Gen. Polyschisis (Serv.) afiinis; differt antennis ¢ valde elong-
atis, 11 articulatis. -Corpus elongatum postice vix angusiatum,
supra planatum. Mandibule modice elongate. Epistomate a
fronte sutura arcuaia diviso. Palpi longitudme subzquales,
maxillarum lobo haud elongato. Thorax latus, transversus,
tuberculo laterali antice curvaio. Scutellum lanceolatum.
Elyira apice truncata. Prosternum processu marginato, apice ver-
ticali : mesosterno medio subtuberculato. Abdomen ¢ segmentis
5 ventralibus, quinto lato apice truncato. Antenne ~ corpore
fere duplo longiores, velutinz, opace, scapo gradatim clavato
simplici: articulo 4to quam 3io vel 5to paulo breviori; 3-11
carinatis; 5-7 apice extus acute spmosis. Pedes modice elongati:
breviter pilosi: femora gradatim paulo incrassata: tibiz postice
a basi usque ad apicem recte modice compresso-dilatate longius
et densius pilosis.

A remarkable genus, allied to Polyschisis in the form of the
-maxille and palpi, the arched suture separating the epistome
_ from the forehead and the hairy hind tibiz. In the antennz it
is totally different; the length “of these organs and the style of
coloration, giving the insect the facies of Callichroma.

396 Mr. H. W. Bates’s descriptions of

Amphionthe Doris.

Viridi-aurata, thorace disco elytrisque vittis duabus (altera
lata discoidali altera angustiori submarginali) nigro-velutinis ;
antennis pedibusque nigris: capite minute punctato: thorace
antice et postice sulcato-constricto, dorso postice et in sulco levi,
lateribus et prosterno confertim punctatis: elytris confertissime
subalveolato-punctatis, pilis brevibus erectis nigris vestitis, vittis
nigris opacis. Long. 12 lin. ¢.

New Granada, from Mr. W. W. Saunders’ collection. ‘Taken
I believe by Mr. Chesterton.

Pachyteria Javana.

Subgracilis, postice gradatim fortiter angustata; chalybea,
subtus griseo-sericea, elytris dimidio basali badiis nitidis, antennis
articulis 3-6 et 7 basi badio-flavis, ceteribus nigris; thorace
parvo, nitido, basi et apice sulcato-constricto, disco grosse sub-
sparsim punctato: elytris post medium juxta suturam et apud
discum longitudinaliter excavato-depressis velutinis, ceteris par-

tibus glabris discrete punctatis. Long. 13 lin. ¢.
Java (From Dr. Monicke’s collection).

Phyllocnema semifulva.

Ph. mivifice (Pase.) affinis. Minor, capite thoraceque nigro-
obscuris opacis ; elytris dimidio basali chalybeo-violaceis, dimidio
apicali, antennis pedibusque rufo-fulvis, tibiis posticis mox pone
basin valde dilatato-compressis, parte dilatata basi excepta
chalybea : corpore subtus chalybeo: thorace convexo, xquali,
alveolato-punctato: elytris subtilissime rugulosis, opacis, costula
discoidali sublevi fere apicem attingenti. Long. 6 ln. ¢.

The fulvous colouring of the elytra occupies rather less than
the apical half and graduates into the blue of the basal half.
The foliaceous expansion of the hind tibie is of the same form
as in Ph, mirifica, i.e., it extends on both sides of the axis, but
more so on the outer side.

Angola (collected by J. J. Monteiro).

Mecaspis fuscownea.

Valde elongata, cupreo-vel wneo-fusca, interdum purpurascens;
fere glabra, thorace et elytris discrete (illo sparsissime hoe lateri-
bus subtilius) punctatis ; antennis pedibusque nigris tarsis argen-
teo-pilosis: capite punctulato: thorace disco elevato utrinque

new genera and species of Callichromine. 397

punctulato plagaque tenui velutina medio levi, interdum fere
omnino levi: elytris gradatim attenuatis, nitidis, lateribus et
medio basi subtiliter punctulatis et tenuiter sparsim velutinis,
interdum toto glabris et punctis majoribus sparsim conspersis :
corpore subtus fere glabro, lateribus tenuiter argenteo-sericeo,
abdomine plerumque violaceo. Long. 14-17 lin. g, Q.

Distinguished from its nearest ally MW. plutina by the rela-
tively longer elytra and the colour, which is dark brassy (slightly
golden) or coppery brown, sometimes inclined to purple. The
majority of examples compared also differ in the more glabrous
surface, both of thorax and elytra; the parts clothed with thin
pue and minutely punctured are here of much smaller area, and
the elytra are sometimes entirely naked and tolerably strongly
punctured throughout, the thorax in the same examples being
nearly impunctate. ‘The posterior corners of the disk of the
latter are sometimes strongly wrinkled.

Mt. Cameroons (G, Thomson).

Mecaspis chrysina.

Aurato-viridis politissima, antennis et pedibus nigris, femori-
bus (basi exceptis) rufis, tarsis posticis argenteo-pilosis: thorace
omnino (tuberculis anterioribus 2 exceptis) transversim rugosis,
interstitiis punctatis: elytris passim punctatis, versus humeros
solum pilis nonnulis nigris. Long. 14 lin. ¢.

M. lata, Hope, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. xi, 1843, p. 368
partim ?

Distinguished by its transversely wrinkled thorax. The ruge
are slightly waved and extend (with interruptions in the lateral
and anterior depressions and on the dorsal tubercle) to the fore
and hind margins and the lateral spines. The elytra are pretty
evenly and not closely punctured throughout. The colour is a

splendid g golden-green, more brassy on the under surface.

Sierra Leone.
Mecaspis plutina,

Viridi-enea subaurata interdum subcyanea, nitida, thoracis
disco elytrorumque basi et lateribus subvelutinis ; antennis pedi-
busque nigris, tarsis argenteo-pilosis. capite subtiliter punctu-
lato: thorace disco elevato subtilissime punctulato et breviter
nigro-velutino : elytris gradatim attenuatis subtilissime alutaceis
linea lata utrinque longitudinali elabriori sparsim punctulata ;
corpore subtus tenuiter argenteo-sericeo. Long. 14 lin, 9.

398 Mr. H. W. Bares’s descriptions of

M,. leta, Hope, Ann, & Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. xi, 1843, p. 368

partim ?

The colour varies between bright brassy-green, sometimes
verging towards golden, especially at the apex of the elytra,
and greenish-blue. The neighbourhood of the suture is slightly
depressed. There are always traces of short black velvety pile,
chiefly on the disc of the thorax, at the middle of the base, and
along the sides and suture of the elytra; but it is never dense
enough to obscure the bright metallic colour of the integument ;
the latter is more strongly punctured, even along the glabrous
central longitudinal line, where a few sparse points are visible,
the rest of the surface, like the disc of the thorax, bemg exces-
sively minutely punctulate-rugulose. The transverse ridge which
bounds posteriorly the elevated disc of the thorax, is vertical
(as in the foregoing species), but depressed in the middle. The
fifth ventral segment ¢ is normal in size and shape, Le., not
notably narrowed and elongated, and the apex is very slightly
sinuated in the middle.

Cameroons River.

Mecaspis chrysogaster.

Viridi-enea, elytris vittis saturatioribus duabus velutinis,
altera a medio basi usque ad apicem suturalem extensa, altera
breviori sublaterali, reliquis lineis longitudinalibus nitidis punc-
tato-rugulosis: abdomine igneo-aureo resplendenti: antennis
pedibusque nigris, tarsis pectoreque argenteo-sericeis. Long.

flim Or

The head is thickly punctured in front and golden-green.
The thorax is transverse as in the other species, strongly sulcate-
constricted in front and behind, with the middle part elevated
and nearly plane, this part has a scarcely perceptible pile and is
throughout finely alutaceous and moderately shining.

Cameroons.

Mecaspis subvestita.

Saturate cerulea vel viridi-cyanea, supra plagis nigro-velutinis
exceptis glabra, antennis pedibusque nigris, tarsis ar genteo- pilosis,
pectore abdominisque lateribus subtiliter argenteo-sericeis: capite
punctulato: thorace antice et postice sulcato-constricto, levi,
disco elevato subplano: elytris a basi usque ad apicem attenuatis,
subtiliter alutaceis, regione suturali per totam longitudinem late
depressa. Long. 12 lin. ¢, 2.

new genera and species of Callichromine. 399

The variation in colour of this species extends from rich
dark-blue to greenish-blue, and the black velvety pile in fresh
specimens is visible chiefly in slight depressions on the elevated
dise of the thorax, at the base of the elytra, in the sutural
depression, and on the sides. In some individuals there is a
sparse and fine punctuation along the shining and_ slightly
elevated central line of the elytra, from the shoulders to the
apex. The scutellum varies in length and in the number of
transverse wrinkles; in some examples the latter being replaced
near the base by a finer granulation. The sexes do not differ
except in the usual character of the number of ventral segments,
the ¢ having six and the @ five only. The antennex differ
‘very slightly in length, being in both sexes a little shorter than
the body.

Cameroons, also Angola,

Mecaspis cresus.

Splendide aurata, subviridis: antennis et pedibus nigris, illis
scapo castaneo-rufo, his femoribus (basi et apice exceptis) san-
guineis, tarsis argenteo-pilosis: capite fere levi: thorace disco
elevato sparsim punctato vix ruguloso, sulcis anticis et posticis
levibus: elytris passim haud crebre punctulatis, plagis sub-
humerali et sublaterali tenuiter velutinis: margine laterali mox
ab humero usque paulo ante apicem explanato-reflexo : prosterno
(ante pedes) utrinque vitta griseo-pilosa,

@ Antenne breves, dimidio corpori equales. Segmentum 5
ventrale apice crassi-marginatum vix sinuatum. Long. 20 lin. @.

Aerees with the following species in the reflexed-explanate
lateral margins of the elytra, and in the pilose vitta on each
side of the anterior part of the prosternum; bat differs in the
bright golden colour, shorter antenne, punctured thorax, and
form of last ventral segment. There is but a very slight trace
of velvety vitta on the disc of the elytra.

Gaboon.

Mecaspis explanata,

Saturate viridi-cyanea, elytris plaga basali vittisque suturali
et sublaterali caruleo-violaceo-velutinis: antennis pedibusque
nigris, tarsis argenteo-pilosis, femoribus interdum medio rufis:
capite subtiliter punctulato: thorace levi, disco elevato utrinque
violaceo-velutino: elytris amplis, margine laterali explanato-
reflexo, supra politis sparsim punctulatis, vittis violaceo-velutinis
opacis : propectore utrinque griseo-piloso.

400 Mr. H. W. Bares’s descriptions of

2 Segmentum 5 ventrale, apice fortiter emarginato.

$ Segmenta 5 et 6 apice fortiter arcuata; hoc medio sul-
cato. Long, 15-18 lin. ¢, @.

Distinguished by the amplitude of the elytra, and the dark
brassy-green or greenish-blue colour, and the rich violet hue of
its velutine patches and stripes. The antenne in both sexes are
nearly three-fourths the length of the body. In one 2 example
the scutellum is much shorter than in the others, the narrow
apical prolongation being wanting. The single ¢ example has
the central part of all the femora red.

Cameroons River.

SYNAPTOLA, n. gen.

Gen. Philematio affinis: differt antennis ¢ corpore breviori-
_ bus, thoracisque lateribus tumidis, haud acute spinosis. Femora
omnia subtus acute dentata ; 4 antica pedunculata. Scutellum
haud elongatum plerumque transverse rugulatum. Prosternum
apice tumidum interdum tuberculatum. Mandibule elongate
aut subrecte aut apice subiter incurvee.

Synaptola brevicornis.

Saturate viridi-cyanea, nitida; antennis pedibusque nigris,
tarsis argenteo-pilosis : mandibule elongate, apice incurvo ex-
cepto recta, sinistra intus flexuosa nec dentata: thorace quam in
Mecaspis angustiori, antice et postice suleato-constricto, lateribus
tuberculo valido, conico, obtuso: dorso elevato, sparsim transverse
strigoso (linea dorsali abbreviata levi) disco utrinque tenuiter
nigro-velutino : scutello apice obtuso, transversim ruguloso:
elytris passim subtiliter subcrebre punctatis : prosterno apice

ralide tuberculato : antennis 2 dimidio ei vix longioribus,

o

articulo 3 valde elongato 4-10 serratis. Long. 13 lin. ?.
QSegmentum 5 ventrale apice emarginatum.

Approaches nearer to M/cecaspis than the rest of its congeners,
in the tuberculation of the prosternum and the transverse ruge
of the seutellum. It has, however, an acute tooth on the under-
side of the hind femora.

Sierra Leone.
Synaptola armipes.

Violacea, antennis et pedibus nigris, femoribus 4 anticis medio
rufis, tarsis argenteo-pilosis : thorace antice (haud profunde) et

new genera and species of Callichromine. 401

postice sulcato-constricto lateribus tuberculo levi obtusissimo ;
dorso haud strigoso, utrinque sparsim velutino: scutello triangu-
lari, transversim ruguloso, medio levi: elytris confertissime
punctulatis, brevissime pilosis : prosterno apice convexo nec
tuberculato : femoribus omnibus apicem versus acute dentatis :
tibiis posticis versus apicem compresso-dilatatis: antennis ¢
corpore quinta parte brevioribus articulo 38 quam 4 et 5 con-
junctis longiori, Long. 94 lin. ¢.

Angola (collected by J. J. Monteiro),

Synaptola rugulosa.

Angusta, saturate viridi-enea pilis brevibus nigris vestita,
subtus letius viridi-enea, griseo-sericea et erecte griseo-pilosa :
mandibulis elongatis apice modice incurvis, sinistra ante apicem
dente lata armata: thorace utrinque latere medio producto,
rotundato, antice et postice sulcato-constricto, dorso subtilissime
punctato : scutello fere levi: elytris passim subtilissime trans-
versim rugulosis: antennis pedibusque nigris femoribus 4 anticis
medio rufis, tarsis argenteo-pilosis : prosterno apice tumido,
Long. 8 lin. oe

Cameroons.

Synaptola chlorina,

Subangusta, wneo-viridis lete subsericeo-nitens, pilis decum-
bentibus tenuiter vestita; subtus tenuiter argenteo-sericea ;
mandibulis brevibus et latis, apice citius angustatis et falcatis :
thorace antice et postice sulcato-constricto, lateribus medio
obtuse tuberosis, dorso utrinque subtilissime punctulato: elytris
passim confertissime et subtiliter punctulatis: antennis pedi-
busque nigris ; femoribus omnibus medio rufis, tarsis albo-pilosis:
scapo apice extus nullomodo producto, Long. 9 lin. ¢.

Cameroons,

Synaptola obtusa.

Modice elongata, postice valde attenuata, eneo-viridis, elytris
paulo saturatioribus vel subceruleis, sericeo-nitens, tenuissime
decumbenti-pilosa, subtus griseo-sericea, antennis pedibusque
nigris, femoribus 4 anticis medio rufis, tarsis argenteo-pilosis :
mandibulis elongatis apice vix hamatis : thorace lateribus fortiter
rotundatis, antice haud profunde, postice magis, constricto, disco
equali subtiliter punctulato-velutino: scutello wneo nitido apice
paululum producto: elytris quam maxime subtiliter transversim

402 Mr. H. W. Bares’s descriptions of

rugulosis, et longitudinaliter vage superficialiter flexuoso-
undulatis. Antennis 9 corpore paulo brevioribus; scapo apice
extus spinoso. Long. 10 lin. 9.

Differs from the other species of the genus in the spinose apex
of the scape, and the feebleness of the tooth on the undersurface
of the hindmost femora. The length of the antenne in the ¢ is
unknown.

Gaboon.
Philematium natalense.

Ph. albitarse, (Fabr.), Fahreus, Ofv. Vetensk. Akad. Foérh.
1872, 1, 59.

Viridi-auratum, subtus aureum, antennis pedibusque nigris,
femoribus (basi et apice exceptis) rufis, tarsis argenteo-pilosis :
thorace supra passim strigoso, strigis medis antice usque ad
suleum anteriorem curvatis, inter strigas punctato: elytris con-
fertissime et subtilissime punctatis et undulato-strigosis : femorum
dentibus brevibus vix acutis. Long. 12-14 lin. ¢, @.

An apparently common Natal species erroneously determined
in some collections as Call. hottentota, Bugq., with the description
of which it does not at all agree. Call. hottentota is in fact a
true Callichroma, strikingly distinguished by its red metathoracic
episterna, as mentioned by Buquet.

The present species is closely allied to Ph. Sansibaricum,
Gerst., and Ph. Currort, White.

Callichroma sapphira.

Saturate cerulea tenuiter velutina; femoribus (basi et apice
exceptis) abdomineque rufis; antennis, tibiis et tarsis nigris:
capite grosse punctato; antennarum scapo grosse rugoso, sub-
punctato: thorace omnino transversim ruguloso: elytris apice
attenuatis subacutis, supra confertissime et subtilissime punc-
tulato-ruculosis: pectore viridi-cyaneo. Long. 17 lin. 9.

Mexico. Received from M. Sallé under the inappropriate
name of OC. smaragdinum, Chevr., M.S. The colour makes no
approach to ‘ emerald green.”

Callichroma chiriquina.

C. holochlore (Bates) proxime affinis vel ejusdem var. geo-
graphica. Supra violacea, chalybea vel viridi-cyanea, elytris

new genera and species of Callichromine. 403

interdum saturate viridibus, nigro-velutinis ; antennis pedibusque
nieris, femoribus 4 anticis (basi et apice exceptis) 2 posticis
dimidio basali, rufis: thorace subtilissime transversim ruguloso,
sparsim velutino: elytris apice subito rotundatis vel obtuse
truncatis: corpore subtus nitido. 'Tibiis posticis fortiter dilatato-
compressis, supra arcuatis subtus flexuosis. Long. 15-17
hes, 2).

Chiriqui.

Callichroma euthalia.

C. holochlore (Bates) affinis. Viridi-enea, elytris cyaneis vel
subviolaceis, densius velutinis linea suturali nuda viridi-enea :
thorace confertim subtiliter transverse strigoso, disco velutino
linea dorsali sulcoque basali viridi-eneis nitidis: elytris apice
latius rotundatis: antennis pedibusque nigris, femoribus 4 anticis
(basi et apice exceptis), 2 posticis dimidio basali castaneo-rufis.
Tibis posticis ut in C. holochlora compresso-dilatatis, supra paulo
minus arcuatis. Long. 17 lin. ¢, 9.

Venezuela.

Callichroma trilineata.

Subtus viridi-metallica, tenuiter argenteo-sericea, supra atro-
velutina, thorace linea dorsali, elytris utrinque linea angusta
suturali alteraque discoidali, vittaque sublaterali minus definita
viridi-eneis: thorace linea dorsali levi vel parce transversim
rugato: scutello velutino, linea centrali impressa levi: elytris
lineis viridibus subtilissime rugulosis: antennis pedibusque
nigris; femoribus 4 anticis omnino, 2 posticis dimidio basali rufis.

Long. 138 lin. 9.

Var. Elytrorum linea discoidali obsoleta, vitta submarginali
latiori et distinctiori.

The black velvety pile is almost as dense as in C. suturalis,
F., but on the thorax there is a well defined metallic green
dorsal line, the flanks and. lateral tubercles being also glabrous;
and the longitudinal vitte of the elytra are narrow, linear and
well defined; the submarginal vitta is tolerably narrow and well
defined from the base to the middle, but it then becomes diffused,
and blends with the general faint green or violaceous tinge of
the apical portion of the elytra.

The type form is from Minas Geraes, Brazil. The var. is
from “S. Brazil,” exact locality unknown,

404. Mr. H. W. Bates’s descriptions of

Callichroma viridipes.

C. cosmice (White) affinis. Lete metallico-viridis, thoracis
disco utrinque elytris vitta lata subsuturali alteraque laterali
minus distincta, nigro-velutinis; femoribus quatuor anticis
splendido- -viridibus, aoune posticis chalybeo-nigris, tibiis et
tarsis omnibus antennisque nigris: thorace antice et postice
suleato-constricto, sulco posteriori linea acuta elevata transversa
diviso; disco linea longitudinali levi-nitida: elytris sutura viridi
transversim ruculosa, ceteris subtilissime vix conspicue sculptu-
ratis: corpore subtus metallico-viridi, albo-sericeo, Tibia postice
ut in C. cosmica paulo dilatatis. Long. 12 lin. ¢.

New Granada.

Callichroma chloropus.

Subtus lete cyanea, thorace et elytris atro-cyaneo-velutinis,
illo linea dorsali, tuberculo laterali, et sulco posterior, elytris
utrinque vittis angustis duabus (altera suturali altera discoidal1)
scutelloque, cyaneis: capite viridi-cyaneo nitido ; femoribus
quatuor anticis lete cyaneis, duobus posticis violaceis, tibiis
tarsis et antennis nigris. Long. 11 lin. 9.

Venezuela (Caraccas).

Callichroma gracilipes.

Supra planata, elytris vix angustatis apice late rotundatis.
Viridi-sericea, subtus viridi-cyanea, splendida vix sericea:
thorace relative parvo, tuberculo laterali valido, conico, apice
antrorsum curvato; dorso subtiliter punctulato-ruguloso: elytris
indistincte obscuro-viridi-lineatis, sutura postice subaureo-
viridi: pedibus gracilibus, precipue femoribus posticis fere
linearibus, nigris, femoribus rufis, posticis triente apicali chaly-

beis. Long. 11 lin. 2.
Province of Parana, Brazil.

Callichroma Buckleyi.

C. phyllopo (Buq.) affinis. Elongatum parallelopipedum,
supra planatum, ceruleum, vix nitidum, thorace brevi, lato,
violaceo-atro velutino, tibuis posticis ut in C. phyllopo dilatato-
fohaceis: elytris nudis, omnino intricato-rugulosis et punctulatis,
costulis utrinque duabus vix elevatis, mteriori multo abbreviata:
corpore subtus chalybeo vel wneo nitido, prosterno apice tuberoso,

Long. 19 lin. @.

new genera and species of Callichromine. 405

Very closely allied to C. phyllopus, but certainly distinct, the
elytra being of a fine dark blue colour, and destitute of velvety
pile, and the thorax being much broader, including the literal
spines, as broad as the elytra.

R. Macas, Equador (C. Buckley).

Callichroma piliventris.

C. afro (Fab. Drury) et C. obscuricorni (Chevr.) affinis et
similis; differt corpore subtus haud velutino-aurato, sed erecte
breviter griseo-piloso; tibiis antennisque autem nigris. Viridis,
velutinis, sutura aurata, antennis nigris, pedibus rufis, tibiis
nigro-piceis, tarsis posticis albo-pubescentibus: thorace sub-
velutino, alutaceo haud strigoso, supra fere eequali, spina
laterali lata’ conici. Long. 8-10 lin. ¢,9.

Gaboon (collected by R. B. N. Walker).

Callichroma chrysaspis.

Angusta, modice elongata elytris postice attenuatis, supra
glabra subtus viridi-enea auro-sericea : capite thorac reque
purpureo-cupreis, hoc elongato, antice nullomodo postice modice
sulcato-constricto, utrinque breviter spmoso, dorso tantum recte
transversim strigoso reliquo spatio hastiformi mediano- glaber-
rimo, pleuris glabris, igneo-splendidis, propectore subtiliter
strigoso: scutello letissime aureo, nudo, punctato: elytris vix
nitidis, confertissime punctulatis, viridibus, vitta lateral apiceque
violaceis subtilius punctatis: antennis ( ¢ ) corpore multo longi-
oribus: scapo apice extus producto: articulo 4 quam 38 vel
5 vix breviori: pedibus violaceis. Long. 94 lin. ¢.

The proportions of the antennal Joints in this species are the
same as in Chloridoluwm (Thoms.), comprising the Indo-Malayan
series of Callichrome, the chief distinctive character of which
is the aches elongation of the fourth joint.

Gaboon (R. B. N. Walker).

Callichroma lamprodera.

Valde elongata et angustata: capite et thorace viridi-
auratis, hoc disco ignicolori, elytris subtiliter velutinis, opacis,
Violaceis, vitta angusta suturali apice haud attingenti viridi:
corpore subtus viridi-eneo, subtiliter argenteo-velutino: pedibus
omnino cyaneo-violaceis: thorace elongato, antice ct postice

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406 Mr. H. W. Bares’s descriptions of

sulcato-constricto, dorso transversim (medio subinterrupte)
strigoso, dimidio antico sparsim punctulato, margine antico
pluri-strigoso: lateribus fortiter spinosis et antea angulatis :
elytris subtilissime punctulato-rugosis: antennis gracillimis ;
scapo scabroso, Long. 15 lin. ¢.

Lagos (Ussher).

Callichroma discoidalis.

Elongato-angusta, fere cylindrica postice paullo attenuata:
capite, thoraceque violaceis, politis, hoe elongato, antice et postice
fortiter sulcato-constricto, utrinque plica anteriori et spina valida
mediana; dorso transversim ruguloso, dimidio anteriori et spatio
lato dorsali levissimis: scutello. levi, viridi-eneo: elytris con-
fertissime punctulato-rugulosis, absque costis, disco communi
viridi, lateribus et apice late violaceis, subtilius rugulosis :
antennis gracilibus nigris, scapo Dieaey punctato, apice extus
producto; articulo 4 quam 8 vel 5 paulo breviori: corpore
subtus lete viridi-eneo, tenuiter argenteo-velutino: pedibus
elongatis chalybeis, tibiis posticis flexuosis, compressis vix dila-
tatis, tarsis albo-pilosis. Long. 12 lin. ¢.

Loango.

Callichroma prolixa,

Valde elongata et angustata, postice paulo attenuata: capite
thoraceque cyaneis nitidis, hoc elongato, antice et postice
sulcato-constricto, lateribus utrinque medio valde spinoso, antea
angulato, dorso transversim uninterrupte strigoso, dimidio antico
(margine antico strigoso excepto) levissimo: scutello viridi-aneo,
punctulato: elytris viridibus, confertissime punctato-rugulosis,
margine laterali anguste, apiceque late, violaceis et subtilius
rugosis: corpore subtus viridi-eneo vel aurato, subtilissime
argenteo-velutino : antennis pagan (tarsis posticis inclusis)
violaceis, scapo scabroso, articulis 8-11 fortiter carmatis. Long.

13 lin. B.,

The fourth antennal joint in this species is much shorter than
the third or the fifth.

Angola (J. J. Monteiro.)

Callichroma longissima.,

Maxime elongata, angustata, supra planata viridi-ewnea;
elytris disco communi subtiliter aureo-velutino, lateribus late
saturatius viridibus, apice violaceis: thorace elongato, nudo,

new genera and species of Callichromine. 407

antice et postice sulcato-constricto lateribus utrinque medio
valde spinoso, antea angulato, dorso transversim uninterrupte
strigoso, dimidio antico (margine antico strigoso excepto) levis-
simo: scutello viridi-zneo punctulato: elytris opacis subtilissime
argenteo-velutino: pedibus valde elongatis, cyaneo-nigris, femori-
bus posticis gradatim et paullo incrassatis: antennis gracillimis
nigris, scapo, ‘scabroso, cyaneo; articulis 3-11 fortiter carinatis.
Long. tlm ge.

This and the preceding species belong to a group of African
Callichromine, distinguished by their greatly elongated narrow
form, and ite long hind legs, of which the famann are but
slightly thickened. The arelillls femora are also less clavate and
pedunculate than in the rest of the genus. These characters,
however, shade off by insensible gradations (C. discoidalis,
chrysaspis) into the typical forms.

Cameroons.
EULITOPUS, n. gen.

Corpus maxime elongatum, fere cylindricum, postice vix angus-
tatum, Caput antice prolongatum, lateribus parallelis. Mandi-
bule faleate: maxille lobo haud exserto, palpis gracilibus;
labialibus multo majoribus apice securiformibus. Thorax
inermis; antice et postice constrictus, parte mediana subgloboso,
levi, nitido, Pedes graciles; posticis maxime elongatis: femori-
bus 4 anticis subito clavatis, 2 posticis elongatis vix incrassatis.

A genus formed for the reception of Letopus glabricollis
(Murray), a species nearest allied to the longissima group of
African Callichromine and having no near affinity to the genus
Litopus.

Eu. glabricollis, A. Murray, List Coleop. Old Calabar, p. 174.
Murray’s specimens came from Old Calabar; I have received it

also from Loango,

Chloridolum vittigerum.

Modice elongatum, supra purpureo-velutinum; capite, thoracis
lateribus corporeque subtus viridi-wncis, pedibus cyaneis, femori-
bus basi rufis; elytris utrinque vitta tomentosa cinerea: thorace
antice et postice transversim pluri-striato, disco utrinque sub-
levi, velutizo: elytris velutino-opacis: corpore subtus tenuiter
argenteo-sericeo. Long. 9 lin. ¢.

Cambodia.

at

408 Mr. H. W. Bates’s descriptions of

Chloridolum Everetti.

Gracile, subviridi-auratum, vix velutinum, antennis rufis,
articulis basalibus apice apicalibusque omnino atro-fuscis; pedibus
rufis tibiis posticis tarsisque omnibus fuscis: thorace lite striato,
striis versus discum anticum convergentibus, plagaque hastiformi
centrali levi: elytris coriaceis: corpore subtus aureo-sericeo.
Long. 84 lin. g, 9.

Cebu, Phillipines (Mr. Everett).

Leontium robustum.

Robustum, convexum, viridi-eneum, subnitidum; antennis,
maculis duabus thoracis pedibusque cyaneis, corpore subtus
aurato, griseo-sericeo: fronte profunde retuso: thorace antice et
postice sulcato-constricto, dorso aspere crebre punctato, linea
dorsali sublevi: elytris modice attenuatis, apice rotundatis, sub-
tiliter punctulato-rugulosis (sutura nitida), disco tenuissime
pubescentibus: antennis ( $, 9 ) corpore haud longioribus: scapo
erebre punctulato, articulis 3-10 apice extus productis 5-10
spinosis: tarsis posticis robustis modice elongatis. Long. 13-16

hin aeeO:

g Segmentum ventrale sextum apice rotundatum, integrum.

Darjeeling and N.W. India.

Belongs to Thomson’s genus Chelidonium, which Lacordaire
treated as a section only of Leontium, at the same time giving
a confused and erroneous summary of its characters (Genera
tom. ix, p. 20 note) conf. Thomson, Syst. Ceramb. p. 175.
Thomson on the other hand named several species under Cheli-
dunium which do not offer the characters of the group. C.
gibbicolle (White) is certainly a Leontium.

Leontium subtruncatum.

L. argentato (Dalm.) prima facie similis, at differt antennis
simplicibus, elytrisque apice obtuse truncatis. Cylindricum,
saturate viridi-eneum supra fere opacum subtus letius viridi-
eneo, argenteo sericeo, antennis pedibusque chalybeis: capite
antice (cum mandibulis) elongato, fronte grosse rugoso-punctato:
thorace elongato, basi sulcato-constricto, tuberculo laterali conico
mediano, dorso confertissime et tenuissime punctulato, linea
dorsali subleyvi impressa: elytris confertissime et minutissime
rugulosis, apice subtruncatis angulo suturali producto, dorso

new genera and species of Callichromine. 409

carinis duabus obsoletis: tarsis posticis paulo magis quam in
L. argentato elongatis et compressis: antennis ( Q ) corpore vix
brevioribus, scapo apice haud producto, articulis 4-7 fere equa
libus apice haud productis, 8-11 paulo abbreviatis. Long. 105
linvaeteee

Hong Kong.

From its resemblance to ZL. (Chelidonium) argentatum this
species cannot well be removed from the genus, but its simple
antenne do not fit with the generic character. In structure it
fits better with Polyzonus, but the absence of yellow bands or
spots would render it incongruous there

Leontium optimum.

Supra subplanum, viridi-wneum, tenuiter velutinum, elytris
macula communi, antemediana, suturali, fasciaque postmediana,
flavis,, disco saturatius viridi: omnes ane scabrose marginibus
rugulose punctato, lateribus medio obtuse et grosse tubereul: atis,
dorso maculis duabus atro-velutinis : ayitennis (2) corpore
triente brevioribus haud incrassatis, chalybeis, scapo apice extus
acute producto, articulis 4-10 apice extus ‘modice productis:
femoribus posticis versus apicem incrassatis, tibiis omnibus
violaceis, posticis valde flexuosis. Long. 14 lin. Q.

Laos (Mouhot).

Forms a distinct section in the genus, from its obtuse thorax,
thickened hind thighs, style of coloration, &c.

AMBLYONTIUM, n. gen.

Gen. Leontio affine. Corpus angustum elongatum, supra
planatum. Caput antice modice elongatum. Mandibule sub-
recte, juxta apicem abrupte incurve, intus late dentate.
Antenne ( ¢) corpore multo breviores, articulo 1 apice extus
paulo producto, 3 ceteris distincte longiori, 8-10 apice extus
breviter subspinosis, 5-11 lateraliter carinate. Thorax sub-
ovatus lateraliter inermis, supra planus, juxta basin haud
profunde sulcato-constrictus. Elytra apice obtuse rotundata.
Femora 4 antica incrassata, basi subpe dunculata, 2 postica ely-
trorum apicem attingentia, gradatim incrassata: tibia eradatim
compresso-dilatate: tarsi subgraciles. Prosternum apice tuber-
culatum: mesosternum planum angustatum, Venter segmentis
sex, 5 apice arcuato, 6 fortiter emarginato, a pygidio elongato
tecto.

410 Mr. H. W. Bares’s descriptions of

Amblyontium inerme.

Viridi-eneum subauratum, antennis pedibusque cyaneis:
thorace antice linea transversa impressa, jJuxta basin sulcato-
constricto, supra confluenter irregulariter punctato linea dorsali
sublevi et utrinque velutino-plagiato: elytris confluenter (juxta
sutuiram grossissime) punctulatis, vitta lata discoidali et lateribus
saturatius viridibus: subtus argenteo sericeo, Long. 10 lin.. g

Sarawak, Borneo,

OXYPROSOPUS, Thomson.

According to the descriptions the two species following will
range under this genus:—

1. O. Fabricit, Schonh, Synon. Ins. App. p. 152, Sierra Leone.
2. O. speciosus, Dalm. id. Dp: 153, Sierra Leone.

The latter is evidently closely allied to O. cwrulews (Oliv. )=
jucundus, Guér, The following are new:—

Oxyprosopus chloreus.

Viridi-ezneus, palpis, antennis pedibusque fulvo-rufis (antennis,
basi excepto, tiblisque posticis interdum nigris): labro fusco
testaceo-marginato, fronte subaurata, crebre punctata: thorace
angustiori medio rotundato-dilatato haud tuberculato, creberrime
et subtilissime confluenter punctulato: elytris subtilissime rugu-
loso-punctatis, tenuiter atro-pubescentibus plaga communi trans-
versa post scutellum glabra parce punctata: corpore subtus
eriseo-pubescenti : als posticis dilatato-compressis, margine
superior1 regulariter curvato, Long. 12-15 lin. ¢, 9.

$ Segmenta 5 et 6 ventralia curta, arcuato-truncata.

One ¢ (red antenne and legs) Sierra Leone, one 9 (black
antenne and posterior tibie) Guinea,

Oxyprosopus cylindricus.

Elongatus, subcylindricus, subeyaneo-viridis, pedibus chalybeis,
tarsis posticis argenteo-pilosis, antennis nigris: palpis nigris:
labro fusco, testaceo- -marginato; fronte viridi- znea, dense punc-
tata: thorace longiori, medio modice angulatim dilatato, utrinque
subtuberculato, supra subtilissime punctato-ruguloso, velutino,
linea angusta dorsali sublevi: elytris minutissime creberrime
punctulatis, haud vittatim velutinis, sed plagis pubescentibus

new genera and species of Callichromine. 411

transversis communibus duabus, altera basali altera post-scutel-
lari, interjacenti plaga nitida glabra parce punctata: tibiis
posticis gradatim compresso-dilatatis, vix flexuosis. Long. 104
lin. 2.
Cameroons.
Oxyprosopus angulicollis,

Viridi-wneus vel cyaneus: palpis nigris, maxillaribus medio
rufis: antennis pedibusque nigris vel chaly! deis, femoribus omni-
bus medio rufis, tarsis posticis argenteo- -pilosis ; tibuis anticis
triquetris: labro et fronte viridi-wneis crebre punctatis: thorace
medio fortiter angulatim dilatato, transverso: elytris subtilissime
rugulosis atro-velutinis, vitta lata densius pubescenti; macula
magna triangulari subglabra grossius rugosa: corpore subtus
argenteo-sericeo: tiblis posticis compresso-dilatatis, margine
superior1 flexuoso, Long. 12 lin. 9.

Cameroons.

Oxyprosopus comis.

Elongatus, subcylindricus, lete viridi-eneus, nitidus, labro et
fronte metallicis punctatis: thorace lateribus obtuse tuberoso,
dorso utrinque juxta constricturam basalem tuberculato, supra
confluenter punctulato tenuissime velutino: scutello atro-cyaneo
dense velutino: elytris quam maxime subtiliter rugulosis, versus
scutellum et suturam anticam grossius et parcius punctatis, lete
eneis vitta utrinque obsoleta saturatiori et subvelutina: antennis
et pedibus violaceis, femoribus (posticis apice exceptis) rufis,
tarsis argenteo-pilosis: corpore subtus tenuiter argenteo-sericeo.
Long. 10 lin. ¢.

Cameroons.

Oxyprosopus protractus.

Elongatus, linearis, viridi-eneus, antennis pedibusque nigris,
femoribus medio rufis, tarsis posticis pallide testaceis, pedibus
posticis elongatis, femoribus corporis apicem atting entibus: capite
antice parce punctato: thorace post medium rotundato- dilatato,
antice gradatim angustato, basi subito constricto, supra paulo
ineequali distincte passim punctulato: elytris longissimis, parallelis
passim crebre punctilatis : corpore subtus lateribus tenuiter
pubescenti: antennis g apicem versus haud incrassatis, corpore
multo brevioribus. Long, 10 lin. ¢.

¢ Segmentum ventrale 5um late emarginatum, 6um magnum
supra excavatum hirsutum.
Mozambique.

412 Mr. H. W. Bartes’s descriptions of

Anubis dissitus.

A. clavicorni (F. ) affinis; at differt colore chalybeo fasciaque
elytrorum secunda in maculas tres divisa, scilicet unam commu-
nam suturalem alteras angustas utrinque mareinales. Linearis,
chalybeus, capite thoraceque grosse subconfluenter punctatis:
elytris subtilius confluenter punctatis, obsolete bicostatis, fasciis
tribus flavis, prima et tertia latis integris, secunda utrinque
medio interrupta: pygidio lato apice V1x angustato integro, mar-
gine reflexo. Long. 8 lin. g, Q.

Caffraria.

The three allied species A. clavicornis (== sexmaculatus,
White), dissitus and scalaris, Pasc., are distinguishable from
each other by the form of the pygidium. In clavicornis it is
sinuated or notched at the apex, in scalaris abruptly narrowed
and subacute, in dissitus rounded.

Anubis rostratus.

A. bifasciato (Newm.) coloribus simillimus; differt capite
antice valde elongato et angustato. Cylindricus, subsneo-
cyaneus, elytris saturatioribus et medio opacis, his fasciis duabus
fulvis, apice obtuse rotundatis vix ciliatis: thorace antice grada-
tim angustato, confertim subrugose punctato, linea brevi dorsali
levi: corpore subtus subaurato-sericeo. Long. 9 lin. ¢.

¢ Seementum sextum ventrale valde elongatum (4—5 con-
junetim bh antenne corpore haud longiores.
Saigor

Anubis fimbriatus.

Linearis, subaurato-viridis, anteunis pedibusque nigris, elytris
fasciis duabus fulvis violaceo-fimbriatis ad suturam interruptis:
capite lato, antice brevissimo: thorace medio rotundato, basi
suleato-constricto, dorso transversim punctulato-ruguloso, lateri-
bus lwevibus politis: elytris subtilissime punctulatis, apice late
rotundatis: corpore subtus argenteo-sericeo, Long. 8 lin. ¢.

¢ Seomentum sextum ventrale breve, dense hirsutum.
Cochin China.

Anubis unifusciatus.

Linearis, gracilis, violaceus (capite thoraceque interdum
cyaneis): capite antice elongato, frontis lateribus elevato-margin-
tis: thorace fere cylindrico, basi paulo constricto, dorso discrete

new genera and species of Callichromine. 418

punctato, linea dorsali sublevi: elytris omnino discrete sed
crebre punctulatis, post medium fascia angusta flava: corpore
subtus argenteo-sericeo. Long. 7—8 lin. 9.

Cochin China and Saigon.

Distinguished from the closely allied A. bipustulatus (Thoms. )
by the much more conspicuous and larger punctuation, besides
the margined muzzle and nearly continuous fascia of the elytra.

Polyzonus meridionalis,

P. bicincto (Oliv.) multo major et robustior: obscure cyaneus,
opacus, elytris fasciis duabus latis rectis flavis: capite scabroso-
punctato: thorace grosse confluenter punctato: elytris pube
tenui decumbenti vestitis, fundo subtiliter punctulatis, utrinque
obsolete bicostatis, fasciis flavis quam fascia cyanea interjecta
dimidio latioribus: corpore subtus dense griseo velutino. Long.

-10 lin. 4, 2.

$ Segmentum 5 ventrale apice arcuatim emarginatum; sextum
angustum apice profunde emarginatum: pygidium valde con-
vexum, subovatum.

Hong Kone.
Polyzonus Saigonensis.

Robustus, capite et thorace relative elongatis; atro-chalybeus,
elytris fasciis duabus flavis latissimis: capite punctato scabroso:
thorace elongato, tuberculis lateralibus validis acute conicis,
supra intricato-rugoso, basi sulcato-constricto, margine postico
dorsi elevato : elytris eradatim angustatis, pube tenui eriseo
vestitis, subtilissime punctulatis : corpore subtus pedibusque
chalybeis illo argenteo-sericeo: antennis scapo difformi, antice
retuso postice valde sinuato. Long. 9 lin. ¢.

Saigon.
Polyzonus obtusus.

Robustus, atro-chalybeus, elytris fasciis duabus flavis latissimis:
capite antice subtiliter rugoso opaco; thorace medio rotundato-
dilatato, pleuris anticis tumidis, basi fortiter constricto, dorso
longitudinaliter, margine antico transversim, elevato-strigoso,
pleuris minute granulatis: scutello levi: elytris pube tenui
griseo vestitis, subtilissime punctulatis:. corpore subtus griseo-
sericeo : antennis scapo normali, punctato, nitido, Long. 114
lim: .

Saigon.
oO

414 Mr. H. W. Bares’s descriptions of

Resembles the last in colours and pubescence, but differs
remarkably in the large rounded thorax with obtusely dilated
sides and striated surface.

Gen. HYPOCRITES, Fahrzus.
Coleop. Caffr. in Ofvers. Vetensk.-Akad. Férh, 1872, No.1, p. 62.

The type of this genus, HW. mendax, differs from the typical
Promeces in the ¢ having I1- instead of 12-jointed antenne.
Although in H. mendav ¢ these organs are filiform (as in
Promeces g, but much shorter), the species cannot be generic-
ally separated from Promeces Krausit (White) and Closteromerts
imperialis (White), in which the terminal joints are more or less
thickened; it will be convenient, therefore, to extend the limits
of Hypocrites, so as to include all the numerous forms of
Promeces in which the antenne are 11-jointed in both sexes,
rarely longer than the body even in the ¢, with apical joints
more or less abbreviated and thickened and the third joint dis-
tinctly longer than the fourth. The width of the head and
thorax and the length of the muzzle vary considerably, and
offer no reliable generic characters; some of the species being
even more slender than Promeces longipes. A more important
difference among the species les in the form of the femora,
the middle and anterior pair especially being distinctly more
abruptly clavate in some than in others; but this does not
correspond with other characters.

Of the already described species the following belong to
Hypocrites :—
H, mendax, Fahr., 1.c.
FH, ambiguus, id.
Closely allied to H. imperialis (White), if not a
colour variety of the same.
H, Krausii, White, Cat. Long. Brit. Mus..p. 169.
HT, imperialis, id. p. 168.
H. viridis, Pascoe, Journ. Ent. u1, p. 53.
= claviger, Dalm., Schonh. Syn. Ins. 1, 3, App. 155?
= pauper, Fahr., l.c. p. 61? according to the des-
cription appears to differ only in the opaque
elytra.

ITypocrites porphyrio.
Robustus, supra purpureo-cupreus, subnitidus, corpore subtus
antennis et pedibus violaceis: capite sparsim punctato: antennis

new genera and species of Callichromine. 415

(2) dimidium corporis paulo superantibus, articulo 38 quam
4 duplo longiori, 6-11 valde incrassatis, 3-11 fortiter sulcatis:
thorace oblongo, lateribus paulo arcuatis, basi sulcato-constricto,
dorso inequali sparsim grosse punctato: elytris creberrime
rugoso-punctatis, obsolete bicostulatis: femoribus 4 anticis sub-
abrupte, 2 posticis gradatim, clavatis. Long. 9 lin. 2.

Zoutpansberg, R. Limpopo (collected by Karl Mauch).

Closely allied to H. imperiulis, (Closteromerus id, White), but
thorax not bulging in the middle, and antenne (¢?) rather
shorter.

Hypocrites obtusipennis.

Linearis, supra Pee cyaneus, elytris opacis: capite punc-
tato: antennis (¢) corpore paullulum longioribus, articulo 3
sequenti distincte longiori, 6 apice dilatato “B- 1 ahem atis et
incrassatis: thorace fere ut in Promeces longipes, antice modice
angustato, lateribus post medium tumidis, basi sulcato-constricto,
marginibus antice et postice transversim strigosis, dorso parce
punctato: elytris apice obtuse rotundatis, supra reticulato-punc-
tatis: femoribus posticis corpore longioribus gradatim incrassatis:
corpore subtus tenuiter argenteo-sericeo, crebre punctulato.
Long. 64 lin. ¢.

g¢ Segmentum ventrale sextum medio profunde excavatum.

Delagoa Bay (taken by J. J. Monteiro).

Hypocrites manicatus.

Linearis, cyaneus, elytris opacis, antennis pedibusque chaly-
beis, femoribus 4 anticis (apice exceptis), et 2 posticis basi, rufis:
capite angusto, antice elongato grosse punctato: thorace medio
dilatato supra crebre discrete punctato, linea dorsali levi: elytris
nigro-cyaneis opacis, sparsim pubescentibus, confertissime rugu-
loso- punctatis : corpore subtus griseo-pubescenti: femor ibus
posticis gracilibus gradatim incrassatis, 4 anticis gradatim clava-
tis. Long. 6 lin. ¢, 2.

$ Segmentum ventrale sextum quadratum medio profunde
excavatum; pygidio medio valde emarginato,

Natal.

Apparently closely allied to Promeces fulvipes (Fahr.), in
which the four anterior tibie, as well as the femora, are fulvous.
The species differs from the typical Promeces in having 11-
jointed incrassated antenne in the ¢ as wellas in the 9. The

416 Mr. H. W. Bates’s descriptions of

antenne are nearly the same in length and thickness in the sexes,
in neither being quite so long as the body, and the third joint
being much longer than the fourth, with the apical ones much
thickened and the 11th obtuse,

Hypocrites alveolatus.

H. viridi (Pascoe) proxime affinis, at brevior, thoraceque alveo-
lato-punctato haud rugoso. Modice elongatus, viridi-cyaneus, vix
nitidus, antennis pedibusque chalybeis vel violaceis: interdum
corpore supra fere nigro: capite thoraceque crebre alveolatis vel
rotunde-punctatis interstitiis reticulatis; hoc basi constricto sed
nullomodo suleato, lateribus paullum dilatatis: elytris passim
confertissime confluenter punctatis: corpore subtus tenuiter
sparse eriseo-pubescenti. Femoribus omnibus subabrupte cla-
vatis. Long. 5-6 lin. ¢.

é Seementum ventrale 6 brevissimum, concavum. Antenne
corpore breviores, articulo 8 sequenti dimidio longiori.

Cape of Good Hope. Port Elizabeth.

The femora are more distinctly clavate than in //. viridis
and allied species.

Hypocrites cyanellus.

Gracilis, cyaneus, subnitidus: capite scapoque antennarum
sparsim punctatis: thorace elongato, post medium dilatato, supra
foveolis rotundatis sparsis impressis, linea lata doreali levi:
elytris basi sparsim, reliqua superficie confluenter, punctatis:
corpore subtus maculis lateralibus argenteo-sericeis: prosterno
antice grosse punctato et strigoso, ventro confertim punctulato:
antennis (Q) corpore paulo brevioribus articulo 8 sequento
fere duplo longiori, 6-11 incrassatis. Long. 5 lin. 2.

Natal (Pastor Guenzius), also Delagoa Bay (J. J. Monteiro).

Hypocrites tenuis.

Gracillima, linearis, cyaneus, subnitidus: capite scapoque
antennarum grosse punctatis hoc scabroso: thorace angusto,
Sone) medio vix dilatato, supra passim parce punctato, “salee
basali transversim pluri-strigoso: elytris basi sparsim reliqua
superficie crebrins versus suturam rugoso-punctatis, asperulis:
corpore subtus maculis lateralibus argenteo-pilosis, prosterno
antice grosse punctato et strigoso; ventro punctulato: antennis

(2) corpore paululum brev norione) articulo 8 sequento fere
duplo longiori 6—11 incrassatis. Lone. 5-54 lin. 9.”

Natal.

Ley A

new genera and spectes of Callichromine. 417

Narrower than /H/. cyanellus, thorax especially longer and
narrower, scattered with punctures over the whole upper surface,
scape of antenne shorter and much more coarsely rugosely
punctured.

MOMBASIUS, n. gen.

Gen. Promecido (Fahr.) proxime affinis, differt epistomate a
fronte suturai impressi transvers’ separato; antennis scapo apice
extus acute spinoso, sulcis ab apice articuli 4ti tantum in-
cipientibus, articulo 4to precedenti longiori, ambobus asperatis.
Femora omnia apice abrupte et fortiter clavata. Antenne ¢
setacee ]2-articulate; Q 11-articulate articulis 6-11 incrassatis
sed non ut in Hypocrite clavam formantibus.

Mombasius frontalis.

Pr. chalybeato (White) paulo brevior. Saturate cyaneus,
antennis pedibusque nitidis: epistomate transversim depresso a
fronte linea impressa transversa separato: thorace medio dilatato
tumido, basi paulo constricto, dorso nitido, punctis vix impressis
consperso, base et ¢ apice transversim plicato: elytris passim aequa-
liter discrete punctatis: antennis scapo rugoso apice extus spinoso:
corpore subtus polito, lateribus maculatim eriseo-sericeo. Lone.
52-65 lin. g, 9.

Ribé, near Mombasa, 13. Africa (Rev. Thos. Wakefield),

Lupceras liobasis.

Hu. strangulato (Serv.) similis. Viridi-cyaneus nitidus, ver-
tice, thoracis parte anteriori, elytrisque basi et apice violaceis:
thorace postice tantum grosse punctato: elytris subtilissime et
ereberrime strigulosis, plaga magna basali glabra: anteniis pedi-
busque violaceis. Long. 9 lin.

Sierra Leone and R. Ogowé,

In the Sierra Leone specimen the smooth part of the base of

elytra extends across as a broad fascia; in the R. Ogowé example
it is interrupted at the suture.

Phrosyne poriferus.

Linearis, viridi-wneus; occipite, thoracis parte antica, anten-
nis, femorum clavi, tibiis et tarsis posticis, lete violaceis: anten-
nis Q quamin Ph. brevicorni paullo gracilioribus : thorace

418 Mr. H. W. Bares’s descriptions of

medio parum dilatato levi, postice foveolis dispersis rotundis
perforato: elytris subtilissime punctulatis subopacis, sutura
nitida, vitta laterali obscura violacea : femoribus omnibus basi,
tibiis 4 anticis, posticisque medio, flavis. Long. 6 lin,

Lagos, Guinea

Apparently allied to Huporus amnabilis, (Hope)., 11 which,
however, the femora are described as “ cyancis,” and no mention
is made of the yellow colour of the greater part of the length.
His species, moreover, may be a true Huporus.

Prosyne tenellus.

Gracillimus, viridi-eneus, pedibus posticis antennisque chaly-
beis, femorum quatuor anteriorum clavis rufis: capite antice
elongato-angustato, grossissime confertim, occipite sparsim, punc-
tato: thorace valde elongato, fere cylindrico, antice et postice
modice constricto, supra sparsissime (antice subtilius postice
grossius) punctato: scutello aurato, levi: elytris subtiliter creber-
rime punctulato basi sublevi nitido: antennis ( @ ) gracilibus sed
corpore brevioribus, articulis 7-11 tantum multo abbreviatis.
Long. 5 lin. 2.

Lagos, Guinea.

[pothalia esmeralda.

Saturate viridis, haud nitida, subtus lete argenteo-sericea,
pedibus rufis nitidis, femorum posticorum clavis, tibiis posticis et
antennis, chalybeo-violaceis: capite thoraceque crebre subrugoso-
punctatis, hoc medio spatio sublevi, marginibus anticis et posticis
transversim plicatis : scutello lateribus arcuatis apice producto :
elytris confertim intricato- rugulosis. Long. 8 ln. ¢.

¢ Segmentis ventralibus sex, 6to parvo, 5to apice arcuato-
subemarginato,
North West Borneo (from Mr. Low’s collection.

Closteropus argentatus.

C. specioso (Klug) gracilior. Subeyaneo-viridis, metallicus,
antennis chalybeis: elytris velutinis vitta utrmque viridi-argentea;
femoribus eneis, tibiis chalybeis, tarsis argenteo-sericeis: corpore
subtus argenteo-pubescenti: thorace antice et postice acute
suleato-constricto, dorso valde tuberculato, partibus concavis
subtiliter striatis. Long. 64-74 lin. ¢.

Cordillera of Venezuela (Goring).

new genera and species of Callichromine. 419

The genus Closteropus belongs but imperfectly to the Calli-
chromine, connecting the group with Cosmisoma in the Rhopalo-
phorine. The absence of the tuft of hairs on the fifth antennal
joint is all that separates C. argentatus from Cosmisoma martyrus
(Thoms.). Closteropus lineatus (Kirsch) on this view must be
considered a Cosmisoma,

Corrections to be made in the Munich Catalogue.

Tonthodes clavipes, White, = Promeces nitens, F, Ol. (Rhopal-
izus, id.) = Rhopalizus Chevrolati, Thoms.

Callichroma assimile, Hope, = afrum, L.
By calcaratum, Chevr., = Philematium id.
s chalybeatum, White, = Mecaspis id.
‘s Currori, White, = Philematium id.
5 Fabricit, Schénh., = Oxyprosopus id.
i Gory, White, = speciosum, Gory, = Callichroma

Hottentotta, Buq.
Guenzii, White, = Phyllocnema id.

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f letum, Hope, = Mecaspis id.

= neoxenum, White, = Aphrodisium id., India.

- scitalum, Pascoe, == rugicolle, Gueér.

oF speciosum, Dalm., == Oxyprosopus id.

oF virens, L., = Philematium id., West Africa.
Philematium fragrans, Dalm., = Callichroma id.

hottentottum, Buq., = Cullichroma id.
Rhopalizus Chevrolati, Thoms., = Promeces nitens, F.

(genus Rhopalizus).

Polyzonus. venereus, Thoms., = Leontiwm id.

Litopus glabricollis, Murray, = Eulitopus id.
Promeces nitens, F., = Rhopalizus id.
FEutactus lineatus, Fahr., = Zosterius letus, Thoms.

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Descriptions of new CoLrorTera from Medellin, Colombia,
recently added to the British Museum Collection; by Cuas.
O. WATERHOUSE.

Anu interesting series of Coleoptera, selected for the British
Museum from a collection made by Mr. Salmon, at Medellin in
Colombia, has been found to contain numerous undescribed
species. The present paper only contains descriptions of the
more interesting novelties.

XANTHOLINIDA.
Sterculia simplicicollis, n. sp.

Cerulea, nitida; capite lato, creberrime fortiter punctato;
thorace capite bene angustiori, convexo, antice angustato, lateri-
bus parce punctulatis postice haud impressis, margine posteriori
haud elevato; elytris discrete subtiliter punctatis; antennarum
basi pedibus abdomineque virescentibus. Long. 12 ln.

Head a little longer than broad, very strongly and densely
punctured, the posterior angles and the base moderately rounded,
the sides very slightly arcuate. Thorax one-third narrower than
the head, one-third longer than broad, sparingly and obscurely
punctured at the sides, parallel at the sides for two-thirds its
leneth, narrowed in front, rounded at the base, at each side near
the base there is a shght indication of an impression, but not an
oblique impression as in most of the species of the genus, and
the lateral and posterior margins are deflexed (not expanded as
is very usual). The elytra are as long as broad, sparingly, finely
but distinctly punctured, blue with slight green reflections.
Abdomen green with blue reflections, finely and sparingly punc-
tured. The head below has large punctures scattered over the
sides and base; the longitudinal gular channel is short but well
defined.

MELOLONTHID/.
Faula lineata.

Bene convexa, lata, nigra, nitidissima; thorace marginibus
lineique obliqua laterali punctatis, punctis squamiferis ; elytris

K K

422 Mr. WaternHouse’s descriptions of

latitudine paulo longioribus, gibbosis, lateribus apiceque rotun-
datis, singulis lincis tribus marginibusque igisleredus punctis
squamiferis; pedibus flavo-piceis. Long. 7 lin., lat. 3? lin,

Although of quite a different form, this species by its colora-
tion calls Ancistrosoma Klugii at once to mind. Head strongly
and rather thickly punctured. Thorax about one-third broader
than long, very convex, glabrous, strongly angular in the middle
of the sides, the anterior angles slightly prominent, acute; the
region of the anterior angles, the lateral margins, as well as an
irregular oblique line at the sides’ are rather thickly and
strongly punctured, the punctures each having an elongate
narrow yellow scale. Elytra at the base not broader than the
base of the thorax, very convex, glabrous, the margins and three
rather broad stripes on each elytron closely and distinctly punc-
tured, each puncture bearing a narrow elongate yellow scale, the
second and third lines abbreviated behind. Legs pitchy-yellow,
rather short for this group; tarsi rather short and stout, claws
simple.

DYNASTIDA.
Lycomedes Burmeisteri, n. sp. Pl. UX, f. 1.

Niger, dense sabuloso-tomentosus, fusco-variegatus. Long.
13-17 lin.

é var. max. Head with a long flat curved shining horn,
narrow at the extreme base, rather broad and parallel (when seen
from the front) to near the apex, the apex divided into two
rather long slender diverging points. Thorax one-third broader
than long, obliquely narrowed in front and behind, the disc very
much raised and surmounted by an erect broad horn, which rises
perpendicularly from the anterior margin; the horn is broad
(seen from the front), slightly narrowed at the apex, concave and
tomentose in front, the apex is obtuse and slightly bends forward,
and has a small notch in the middle, the horn behind is deeply
channelled, the channel reaching nearly to the base of the thorax.
Elytra rather broader than the thorax, as broad as long, impres-
sed at the sides below the shoulders, the subapical callosity small
and not prominent, there is a well marked line of punctures near
the suture, the surface is mottled with sandy-grey and yellowish
brown. ‘The underside of the prothorax, the margins of the
abdominal segments and the tarsi are not covered with tomentum.
Long. 17 lin.

@ var. minor. This has the cephalic horn only 24 lines long,
bifid at the apex. The thoracic horn is as in the larger variety,
but is only one line above the level of the disc,

new Coleoptera from Medellin. 423

Q Head without any horn, clypeus densely and strongly
punctured. Thorax gently convex, very thickly and strongly
punctured, the punctures only filled with tomentum, the sides
are less angular at the sides than in the male. The underside
and legs are almost destitute of tomentum, but the sternum is .
pubescent. Pl. IX, f. 10.

This species differs from L. Retched in being of a shorter
broader form, and the cephalic horn has no tooth abdéve at the
base, and the thoracic horn is broader and rises more directly
perpendicular to the anterior margin. The canthus of the eye
is much narrower and in the male especially is curved forward
like a small horn.

Chauliognathus excellens, C. Waterh. Pl. IX, f. 2.
C. excellens, Waterh., Trans. Ent. Soc. p. 327, Dec. 1878.

Niger, nitidus, thorace flavo, Long. 144 lin.

CYPHID.
Prepodes annulonotatus, n. sp. Pl. IX, f. 3.

Statura P. sphacelati, niger, dense squamis pallide viridibus
tectus; thorace dorsim lineis duabus viridi-albis notato; elytro-
rum dorso littera O maendé flava-alb& notato. Long. 11 lin.

Black, more or less densely clothed with minute pale green
scales which vary somewhat in tint. Rostrum with a mesial
shining carina, Thorax with a pale greenish-white line on each
side of the disc. Elytra very strongly striate-punctate; with
a well marked circle of yellowish-white scales on the back ;
there is also a yellow stripe on the underside of the thorax and
along the margin of the elytra.

ZYGOPIDA.
Copturus pulcher, n. sp.

Niger, supra dense nigro-squamosus, thorace lineis_ tribus,
elytris maculis sat magnis novem lexte ochraceis, maculique
mediani fere albi ornatis; corpore subtus plus minusve flavo-
squamoso. Long. 34 lin, lat. 14 lin.

Rather elongate. Rostrum stout, shining, sparingly and very
delicately punctured, rather closely and more strongly punctured

Nene

424 Mr. Warernouse’s descriptions of

on each side of the base. Head with an ochreous line sur-
rounding each eye. Thorax a little broader than long, regularly
narrowed anteriorly, scarcely constricted in front, with an
ochreous stripe in the middle, interrupted, with the whole of the
sides ochreous with a denuted spot on the flank. LElytra at
the base distinctly broader than the thorax, one-quarter longer
than broad, regularly narrowed towards the apex, which is
obtuse, rather flat on the back, very strongly punctate-striate,
the interstices nearly flat; there is a nearly white spot on the
middle of the suture, and nine rather large ochreous spots, viz.,
one in the middle of the base of each elytron, one below the
shoulder joined to a lateral subapical one, one sublateral spot
rather behind the middle, and an apical spot at the apex common
to both elytra. The leos and body beneath are here and there
clothed with very pale yellow scales; the posterior femora have
a strong tooth beneath, rather beyond the middle; the apical
angles of the posterior femora are rather acute. The prosternal
channel is very deep.

Copturus brevis, n. sp.

Brevis, piceus, miniato-syuamosus; thorace transverso, medio
maculi transversi nigri notato; elytris thorace latioribus,
latitudine haud longioribus, apicem versus parum arcuatim-
angustatis, apice obtuse, sutura basi bene impressa, punctato-
striatis, interstitiis parum convexis, nigro-squamosis, fasciis
duabus, gutta suturali, annulique apicali miniato-squamosis.
Long. 8 lin., lat. 12 lin.

Rostrum black, shining, punctured closely at the sides of the
base. Antenne not very long, reddish. Thorax considerably
broader than long, convex, thickly and strongly punctured,
moderately narrowed anter iorly, clothed above with bright red
scales, with a transverse lunate spot on the disc of black scales.
Klytra much broader than the thorax, as long as broad, slightly
narrowed towards the apex which is very obtuse; pitchy, clothed
with black scales, with a-quadrate red spot on the suture behind
the middle, und on each elytron a small red spot in front of
the shoulder, an oblique stripe reaching from the scutellum
to below the shoulder, another more oblique stripe from the
suture (rather above the middle) to the margin, and a broad
ring of the same bright red surrounding the subapical callosity.
The sides of the prosternum are denuded of scales and are rather
thickly and moderately strongly punctured. ‘he apical angles

new Coleoptera from Medellin. 425

of the femora are somewhat spiniform; with no distinct tooth
below. The prosternal channel is very deep: metasternum with
a slight shallow impression in front.

The metasternum in this species is slightly different from that
of typical Copturus, it is more perpendicular in front and slightly
impressed, but the impressed part is equally clothed with red
scales as the rest. The metasternum is also not quite so flat,
it is slightly impressed longitudinally, but not channelled.

SIPALIDA.
Mesocordylus gracilicornis, 0. sp.

Elongatus, ater, opacus; antennis gracilibus; thorace latitudine
paulo longiore, crebre fortiter rugoso; elytris thorace paulo
latioribus, obsolete striatis, guttis parvis flavo-tomentosis irregu-
lariter dispositis. Long. 10 lin.

Somewhat the form of JZ. subulatus, but narrower, altogether
of more slender make, thorax strongly rugose, elytra nearly
parallel to near the apex, and at once distinguished from its
allies by the slender and longer antenna. Rostrum compara-
tively slender, strongly and thickly punctured, finely punctured
beyond the insertion of the antenne; head distinctly and
moderately thickly punctured; antenne a little longer than the
length of the thorax, the scape slender, the second joint of the
funiculus elongate, narrowed at the base, the third joint one-
third shorter, the fifth and sixth scarcely as broad as long,
narrowed a little at their bases, the club ovate, the apical half
spongy. Thorax narrowed in front, broadest rather before the
middle, a little narrowed towards the base, very strongly rugose,
impressed on the disc. Elytra subparallel, narrowed at the
apex, the striz only distinct near the suture, the interstices
nearly flat, with small round spots of yellowish tomentum
irregularly placed at intervals.

CALANDRID.
Sphenophorus costatus, n. sp.

Niger, nitidus; rostro piceo; thorace elongato, ante medium
angustato, postice parallelo, fere levi, medio longitudinaliter
impresso; scutello angusto, levi; elytris thorace } longioribus,
apicem versus angustatis, striatis, interstitiis lavibus, 2 et 4
convexis costiformibus, piceo-rufo guttatis, interstitis 1, 3, 5, 6,

426 Mr. Warernovse’s descriptions of

et 7 hic et illic furfurosis; corpore subtus levi; abdominis seg-

mento ultimo pygidioque fortiter punctatis, Long. rostr. excl.
10 lin.

Rostrum about two-thirds the length of the thorax, rather
stout, with a fine mesial line above at the base terminating
posteriorly in a deep puncture between the eyes; antenne
inserted at the extreme base, club oblong-ovate, about as long
as the five previous joints of the funiculus. Thorax rather less
than one-third longer than broad, narrowed in front, nearly
parallel at the sides for more than half its length, coustagied
within the apex, not visibly punctured, with a Ghrond shallow
dull longitudinal impression which extends from the base nearly
to the apex. Scutellum very narrow. Elytra considerably
narrowed towards the apex, striated, the striae obscurely punc-
tured, the suture shining, impressed at the base and pitchy, black
and slightly convex posteriorly. First interstice slightly convex
and shining at the base, flat and velvety posteriorly; second
interstice convex and shining, with a reddish spot at the base
and apex, and one a little behind the middle; third interstice
dull, flat, rather narrower, with two obscure reddish spots, one
before and one behind the middle; fourth similar to the second;
the fifth, sixth and seventh flat and velvety, the two latter
shining at the shoulder; the eighth gently convex, shining,
pitchy-red. The whole of the underside of the body shining
and impunctate, the apical segment of the abdomen strongly
punctured, the pygidium still more strongly and more closely
punctured, Tibia pitchy-red, black at the apex.

Sphenophorus tibialis, n. sp.

Robustus, convexus, obscure rufus, opacus sicut velutinus;
thorace maculis quinque nigris; elytris striatis, striis punctatis,
interstitiis vixX convexis, maculis octo nigris; corpore subtus
nigro, nitido, piceo-maculato, metasterno lateribus fortiter punc-
tatis, medio cum abdominis segmentis lo et 20 late impressis;
pedibus plus minusve rufo-piceis, tibiis intus dimidio apicali
leviter sinuatis ciliatis, quatuor posterioribus medio imtus peni-
cillatis. Long. rostr. excl, 13 lin.

In general form this species somewhat approaches S. sene-
galensis, but it is more robust and more convex. Rostrum
stout, dull red, shining, with a deep channel above at the base,
commencing between the eyes and terminating a little beyond
the insertion of the antennx, there are a few extremely fine
punctures on each side of the line, the antennal pit is deep, the

new Coleoptera from Medellin. 427

anterior part of its inner margin is marked by a well developed
obtuse triangular tooth.* Thorax a very little (one-seventh)
longer than broad, very slightly convex, constricted at the apex,
narrowed before the middle, gently arcuate at the sides, the
broadest part a little before the base, with a few large punctures
in the middle near the base, red, with five large black spots, one
discoidal anterior, one at each anterior angle, and a triangular
one on each side of the base. Hlytra at the shoulders very ‘little
broader than the thorax, gradually (but not much) narrowed
towards the apex, rather deeply striated, the striz distinctly but
not very closely punctured, interstices very slightly convex, dull
red, with a black spot common to both elytra at the scutellum
and another at the apex, each elytron has also three rather large
black spots, one just within the shoulder, another in the middle
near the suture, and a third near the apex extending from the
fourth stria to the margin. There are a few rather large punc-
tures scattered on the middle and sides of the prosternum; the
metasternum is very strongly punctured at the sides, the middle
portion as well as the middle of the first and second abdominal
segments are broadly and rather strongly impressed; the sides of
the abdomen and the apical segment are strongly punctured.
Legs smooth, the middle of the femora and tibiw pitchy-red;
the tibie have the inner apical half sinuate, especially the four
posterior in which the commencement of the sinuation is marked
by a tuft of stiff hair,

HISPID.
Arescus levicollis, n. sp.

Flavus, nitidus; capite levi, fronte canaliculata, antennis
nigris, articulis tribus basalibus subtus flavis; thorace paulo
transverso, levi, angulis anticis extus leviter sinuatis, lateribus
rectis, posticis acutis; scutello cyaneo-nigro ; elytris striato-
punctatis macula humerali dimidioque apicali cyaneo-nigris;
tarsis tiblisque anticis nigris. Long. 54 lin.

Close to A. labiatus, which it resembles in form, but, besides a
coloration which I have not met with in any varieties of that
species, it differs in having the thorax entirely destitute of punc-
tures, the inter-antennal production of the head is broader and
truncate at the apex. The sutural angle of the elytra has a
small oblique truncature without any tooth at the suture.

*Something similar is seen in some other species of this genus, but
I have not seen any in which it is so pronounced.

428 Mr. Waternouse’s descriptions of

Prosopodonta costata, n. sp.

Elongata, niger; thorace postice crebre sat fortiter punctato
basi fovet i impresso, lateribus post medium dente parvo instructo;

elytris flavo-piceis, fortiter striato punctatis, interstitiis alternatis
subcostiformibus. Long. 6 lin.

General form nearly that of P. limbata, Baly (Cat. Hip. p. 69,
t. vi, f. 2.), but the elytra are very parallel, and the thorax
is very slightly constricted before the base. ‘Thorax is little
shorter than broad, considerably narrower than the elytra,
arcuately narrowed in front, not very shining, smooth in the
middle in front, moderately thickly and rather strongly punc-
tured behind, with a large fovea in the middle at the base.
Elytra light brown, strongly striate-punctate, very strongly
towards the sides, the second, fourth, sixth and eighth inter-
stices somewhat costiform, the asgonil broader than “the others,
the fifth and seventh very narrow and lost towards the shoulders.

Prosopodonta punctata, n. sp. Pl. IX, f. 4.

Klongata, depressiuscula, atra; thorace antice angulatim
angustato, dorso punctis nounullis notato; elytris piceo-flavis,

parallelis, punctis distantibus nigris subseriatim dispositis. Long.
6 lin.

Thorax a little narrower than the elytra, one-fifth broader
than long, obliquely narrowed in front, angular at the sides, a
little narrowed towards the base, rather dull in front, with a few
punctures on each side of the disc behind. Elytra pitchy-yellow,
with very distinct black rather distant punctures, which appear
irregular but are in lines on the back.

EROTYLID“.
Cyclomorphus glabratus, n. sp. Pl. IX, f£. 5

Glabratus, per convexus, nitidissimus, niger; thorace lateribus
vittaque mediani, elytris lineis quatuor rufo-sanguineis ; corpore
subtus rufo-piceo, abdominis segmentis nigro-notatis. Long.
5 lin., lat. 4 lin.

Thorax not quite twice as broad as long, gently narrowed
anteriorly, deeply emarginate in front, moderately rounded at
the sides, impunctate, dull red, with a longitudinal black stripe
on each side of the disc, anterior angles rather obtuse, base
sinuate on each side with a slight impression above each sinua~

new Coleoptera from Medellin. 429

tion. Scutellum dull red. Elytra two-fifths broader than the
thorax, as broad as long, extremely convex, almost globular,
impunctate, eazh elytron with four dull red str ipes, the first and
third abbreviated, the fourth lateral. Each segment of the
abdomen has a black spot on each side,

COCCINELLID %,
Ejmilachna bituberculata, n. sp.

Cyaneo-nigra, subnitida; elytris creberrime evidenter punc-
tulatis, reflexo-marginatis, dorsim tuberculis duobus approximatis
obtusis piceis instructis. Long. 33 lin.

This species although presenting nothing remarkable in form
when compared to /. peltata, Er., and its allies, is at once dis-
tinguished by its having two round obtuse pitchy tubercles on
the dorsal region, one on each elytron close to the suture.
Thorax very transverse, distinctly but finely and very closely
punctured; the sides slightly reflexed anteriorly, Hlytra densely
and distinctly punctured (larger and smaller punctures inter-
mixed), rather broad at the shoulders, arcuately acuminate
towards the apex, very gibbous, broadly reflexed at the shoulders,
more narrowly posteriorly,

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Descriptions of new Burrerriivs of the Indian Region; by
Artnuur G. Burver, F.L.S., F.Z.S.

Tas ansignis, wasp. bl. VIL. £. LV.

Pale sulphur-yellow, base of the wings broadly greenish-grey ;
a very large, almost triangular, orange patch, from the centre of
the cell to the centre of the disc, crossed by black veins, limited
by the first median branch, its outer margin oblique above the
lower or true radial, and zigzag below it; apical area, outer
border, and the inner half of the interno-median area, dark
chocolate-brown ; a pale centred black spot on the lower disco-
cellular ; secondaries with a rather broad and slightly sinuated
external border; wings below sulphur-yellow, irrorated with
brown ; secondaries with a squamose subcostal spot and three or
four across the disc. Expanse of wings 2 inches 7 lines.

Tai-wan-foo, Formosa (Rev. W. Campbell).

Nearest to J, balice, much larger, rather paler, and with a
considerably larger orange patch on the primaries; base of
wings darker.

Nepherona lutescens, nu. sp.

g Allied to N. Valeria but larger; above rather greener in
tint, with slightly narrower black external borders: on the under
surface the external border and apical area of primaries and the
whole ground-colour of secondaries suffused with butter-yellow;
veins dark brown as in V, Valeria, Vixpanse of wings 3 inches
5 lines.

Borneo (Low).

I labelled this species with the above name some years since,
but by some oversight omitted to describe it. Mr. Moore having
found the species in a Collection which he was determining from
Tenasserim, was unable to discover that any description had been
published and called my attention to the fact. I can only
account for this by the supposition that I wrote out an isolated
description of the species, and it consequently got mislaid.

432 Mr. Butter on Butterflies from India.
Hypolimnas charybdis, 1. sp.

Nearly allied to H. bolina, rather larger ; the white fascioles
on the bright ultramarine patches of the upper surface narrower
and more elongated: the white discal spots on the female reduced
to dots (excepting two near the costa of primaries); the sub-
marginal notched spots and the crescents close to the margin
narrower and suffused with brown; below intermediate in
character between H. bolina and HH. jacintha, the oblique white
belt beyond the cell of primaries being distinct, but broken up
into spots; the belt beyond the middle of the secondaries sordid
whitish, with a brownish tint in the male, and a creamy tint in
the female, corresponding with the submarginal belt in colour;
the latter, the undulated whitish mar ginal stripe and the discal
series of pearly white spots quite as in H. jacintha. Tixpanse of
wings ¢ 3 inches 7 lines; @ 4 inches 2 lines.

Bombay (Dr. Leith).

Nearest to D. incommoda in general appearance.

Hypolimnas Labuana, n. sp.

@ Dark chocolate brown, the wings with the sinuations of the
fringes white; a nearly marginal slender squamose series of
whitish crescent-like markings; a submarginal series of more or
less semicircular white spots, small at apex and anal angle of
secondaries, very small towards apex of primaries; a discal
series of white spots, beginning with a large trifid patch near the
costa of primaries, on the secondaries decreasing in size towards
the abdominal margin; primaries with the usual bluish costal
spots; a broad brilliantly shot oblique ultramarine belt beyond
the discoidal cell; under surface slightly paler, sericeous; the
usual black-edged white discoidal spots; belts beyond the middle
of all the wings narrow, squamose, sordid whitish; discal spots
as above; submarginal markings whiter and broader than above.
Expanse of wings 4 inches 1 line.

Labuan, Borneo (Low).

I have seen several examples of this species, it is most nearly
allied to H, philippensis.

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Descriptions of two new Eastern species of the genus PAPILi1o;
by Oriver EH. JANSON.

Papilio Butleri, n. sp. Pl. VIII, f. 3.

Primaries above deep black, velvety, two spots in the cell,
three near the apex and six longitudinal stripes between the
nervures on the outer disc deep metallic blue, there is also an
obscure spot of the same colour at the costa, just beyond the
cell, and a very small one at the anal angle; secondaries dark
brown, blackish at the base with a marginal series of darker
stripes between the nervures, the four outer ones with a small
pale blue spot, the fringe spotted with white between the ner-
vures; beneath dark brown, both wings with a marginal row of
seven bluish white spots, those on the primaries small and round
but on secondaries large and sublunate; body black, head, under-
side and sides of the abdomen spotted with white. Hxpanse of
wings 38 inches 8 lines.

Malacca.

I have only seen a solitary male of this species, which was
recently received in a small collection of East Indian insects from
Malacca, without indication of its precise habitat, it appears to
be most nearly allied to P. Slateri, Hew., although more like
P. kerosa, Butler, in some respects.

Papilio Walkeri, n. sp. Pl. VIII, f£. 2.

Above black-brown, the fringes of both wings spotted with
white between the nervures; primaries with four faint lines in
the cell at the base, and two rather indistinct longitudinal stripes
on the outer disc between each of the nervures, of rather sparse
pale ochreous scales; secondaries with a broad ill defined trans-
verse band about the middle, deeply emarginate between the
nervures on its outer edge pale slate-blue, a submarginal series
of seven irregular spots and the usual lunule on the abdominal
margin cinerous, tails short and broad, not contracted at the

434 Mr. O. E. Janson’s descriptions of Papilio.

base; primaries beneath not so- dark as above, the markings
similar but rather more pronounced; secondaries with four ochre-
ous spots in a transverse row about the middle on the abdominal
half, broadly margined with pale blue on their outer sides (these
spots are also slightly indicated on the costal half of the wing),
the submarginal spots and abdominal lunule similar to those
above, but larger and of a pale ochreous colour; head and body
black-brown, several small spots on the former, the breast and
the outer side of the legs white. Hxpanse of wings 44 inches,

S. India.

This species is very unlike any with which I am acquainted,
it evidently belongs to the polytes group, and in some respects
resembles P. Schmeltizi, H. Sch. I have dedicated it to the
Rev. F. A. Walker, M.A., F.L.S., whose fine collection of this
tribe of insects is well known to Entomologists. The male here
described and figured is the only specimen I have seen.

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List of the Puyropnacous Cotxrorrera collected in Assam by
A. W. Chennell, Esq., with notes and descriptions of the
uncharacterized Genera and Species; by Joseru 8. Baty,
1th) Fete

The insects brought over by Mr. Chennell are all large or of
medium size, the smaller species having apparently been over-
looked or neglected ; thus Cryptocephalus, Hispa proper, and the
smaller genera of Humolpide and Halticine (known to be spread
over the whole Indian continent), are unrepresented, The
collection as it stands includes a great number of Asiatic
forms, and probably contains the great majority of the most
common and salient Assamese species. Many of the larger
kinds have been previously described from various parts of
India, by Hope, Redtenbacher and others; amongst the most
noticeable must be mentioned the genus Pentamesa, recently
characterized by Von Harold, and also a specimen (unfortu-
nately very imperfect) of the rare genus Macrispa.

The new forms include several striking genera and species of
Gallerucine, many of the latter remarkable for the peculiar
sculpture of the lower face in the ¢ sex; the occurence of the
genus Mntomoscelis for the first time in India is also worthy of
note.

Genus saGra, Fab.
1. Sagra carbunculus, Hope.*

Hab. The Upper Hills, 4,500 to 6,000 feet.

Genus LEMA, Fab.

1. Lema russula, Boh.

Hab. The Lower Hills, 1,500 to 2,500 feet.

* References to the original descriptions, unless published since the
appearance of Gemminger and Von Harold’s Catalogue, or for some
other special reason are omitted,

°

436 Mr. Baty’s descriptions of

Two specimens of this species from Assam agree in every
particular with one in my Cabinet from Hong Kong.
2. Lema rufotestacea, Clark.
Hab. The Lower Hills.

Genus crioceris, Geoff.
1. Crioceris quadripustulata, Fab.

Hab. The Hills.

2. Crioceris locuples, Clark.
Hab. The Upper Hills, 4,000 to 6,000 feet.

3. Crioceris semipunctata, Fab.

Hab. The Lower Hills.

4. Crioceris impressa, Fab.

Hab. The Plains, Sibsagar, and Hills, 200 feet.

Genus DIAPROMORPHA, Lac.
1. Diapromorpha pallens, Oliv. (melanopus, Lac.).
Hab. The Hills, and Plains, 250 feet.

Diupromorpha bemg now characterized as a distinct genus,
Olivier’s name, originally given to the above species, must be
restored,

2. Diapromorpha turcica, Fab.
The Plains.
Genus AGASTA, Hope.
1. Agasta formosa, Hope.
Hab, The Hills, and Plains.

Var. A. Elytrorum maculis intermedis obsoletis.

Specimens both of the typical form and also of the variety A
are in the collection,

Phytophagous Coleoptera. 437

Genus MELASOMA, Stephens.
1. Melasoma longicollis, Saffr.

Hab. The Lower Hills.

The specimens of this species, which is spread over Hastern
Siberia and Mongolia, are more deeply punctured than the
European ones, in other respects they agree with the type.

Genus PARALINA, Baly.

1. Paralina indica, Hope.

Hab. The Hills.

Genus EUMELA, Baly.
(Trans. Ent. Soc. 1875, p. 23).
1. Kumela cyanicollis, Mope, (Chrysomela*).

Hab. The Hills and Plains.

Genus CHRYSOMELA, Linn.
1. Chrysomela Grutii, Baly.
Hab. The Plains and Lower Hills.

Genus CHALCOLAMPRA, Blanchard.
p)
1. Chalcolampra octoguttata, Fab.

TIab. Assam.

Genus ENTOMOSCELIS, Chevr.
1. Entomoscelis Assamensis, n. sp.
Anguste ovata, convexa, picea, nitida, cupreo micans, supra
rufo-picea, thorace sparse tenuiter punctato; elytris tenuiter
punctatis, punctis sub-striatim dispositis. Long. 3-4 lin.

Hab. Plains and Hills.

* Gemminger and Von Harold's Catalogue.

LL

438 Mr. Baty’s descriptions of

Head shining, sparingly impressed with fine punctures ;
antenne rather slender, filiform, more than three fourths the
leneth of the body. Thorax nearly twice as broad as long, sides
rounded, nearly straight and parallel behind the middle ; the
hinder angles acute, the anterior ones sub-acute ; above convex,
smooth and shining, impressed on either side near the anterior
angle with a shallow fovea, disc rather sparingly impressed with
minute punctures. Hlytra broadly oblong-ovate, convex, impres-
sed with very fine punctures irregularly arrang ed in longitudinal
strie; interstices shining impunctate.

The genus Entomoscelis, although containing few species, is
remarkable for its wide geographical range, being found over the
whole of central and southern Europe, northern Africa and Asia
minor, in North America as far south as New York, in eastern
Siberia, and, as the present insect shews, in northern India. The
tropical and South African species placed by Dejean and Vogel
in Entomoscelis, belong to an entirely different generic group,
since characterized by myself, under the name of Aesoplatys.

Genus PARopsIs, Oliv.

1. Paropsis Chennelli, n. sp.

Late ovata, valde convexa, sordide fulva, nitida, thorace trans-
verso, sat crebre punctato, utrinque excavato et varioloso-
punctato ; elytris punctato-striatis. Long. 44 lin.

Hab. Plains of Assam, a single specimen.

Head coarsely punctured ; antenne slender, scarcely exceeding
the head and thorax in length. Thorax nearly three times as
broad as long; sides straight and nearly parallel from the base
to the middle, thence rounded and converging to the apex, the
anterior angles acute, submucronate; apical margin deeply
excavated ; upper surface rather coarsely and closely punctured,
broadly excavated on either side near the outer margin, surface
of the excavations very coarsely and irregularly, variolose-
punctate. Elytra broader than the thorax, very slightly dilated
posteriorly, broadly rounded at the apex, convex, regularly
punctate-striate, the interspaces minutely punctate, the fourth,
sixth, eight and tenth obsoletely thickened ; outer limb narrow,

slightly reflexed, its surface concave, strongly and coarsely
punctured,

2

Phytophagous Coleoptera. 439

Genus coryNopEs, Hope.
1. Corynodes Assamensis, n. sp.

Elongatus, subcylindricus, metallico-purpureus, nitidus, inter-
dum viridi micans; thorace disperse sat fortiter punctato ;
elytris infra basin fortiter transversim excavatis, Juxta marginem
lateralem longitudinaliter suleatis, subseriatim punctatis. Long.
4—5+ lin.

Mas. Antennis corporis dimidio multo longioribus, articulis
sex ultimis compressis, paullo dilatatis.

Fem. Antennis brevioribus, articulis sex ultimis sat valde
dilatatis ; elytris intra sulcum laterale costatis.

Hab. The Hills and Plains; Dibru.

Vertex strongly but not very ° closely punctured ; ; front
impressed with a longitudinal groove, which terminates just
above the apex of the clypeus i in a large ‘ill defined fovea; clypeus
rather broader than long, semi-ovate, separated from the front
on either side by a deep groove, its extreme apex transversely
depressed; surface closely punctured, clothed with fulvous
hairs; antenne nearly three fourths the length of the body in
the ¢, the six outer joints only slightly dilated, scarcely more
than half the length of the body in the 9, the six terminal
joints in this sex more broadly dilated. Thorax rather more
than one half broader than long ; sides straight and slightly
converging from the base to the middle, thence rounded and
converging to the apex; disc convex, subeylindrical, sparingly
punctured, impressed on either side, just behind the middle,
with an ill defined fovea. Elytra narrowly oblong, convex,
impressed below the basilar space with a deep transverse, slightly
curved sulcation ; just within the lateral margin in both sexes is
a broad ill defined longitudinal groove, within this in the 9 is a
narrow elevated longitudinal costa, which extends from the
humeral callus nearly to the apex of the elytra, claws appendi-
culated.

In habit closely resembling C. asphodelus, Marsh., separated
from that insect by its broader thorax, by the longitudinal costa
on the elytra in the Q, and by the six (not five) dilated outer
joints of the antenne.

; 2. Corynodes peregrinus, Fuessly.

Hab. Sadia; Dibru,
LL2

440 Mr. Baty’s descriptions of

Genus CHRYSOLAMPRA, Baly.
1. Chrysolampra piceipes, un. sp.

Oblongo-ovata, viridi-metallica, nitida, labro antennisque fulvis,
his apice nigro-piceis; pedibus nigro-piceis, «neo micantibus,
femoribus tibiisque basi rufo-piceis; thorace tenuiter minus
crebre punctato; elytris evidenter sat crebre punctatis.

Mas. Tarsorum anticorum quatuor articulo basali dilatato ;
femoribus anticis incrassatis, subtus angulatis. Long. 3 lin.

Hab. The Upper Hills.

Intermediate in size between C. splendens, mihi, and C. smarag-
dula, Boheman, distinguished from either species by its piceous
legs. Antenne slender, filiform, the two upper joints nigro-
piceous. Thorax finely punctured, the puncturing rather coarser
on the sides. Elytra much more strongly punctured than the
thorax, the punctures forming longitudinal strie at the apex
near the suture; the interspaces on the sides obsoletely wrinkled.

Genus coLAsposoMA, Laporte.
1. Colasposoma coeruleatum, n. sp.

Late oblongum, convexum, metallico-coeruleum, labro, man-
dibulis antennisque extrorsum nigris, capite crebre subrugoso-
punctato; thorace transverso, tenuiter punctato; elytris infra
basin leviter transversim depressis, tenuiter punctatis, punctis
prope suturam subseriatim dispositis apicem versus fere deletis,
interspatiis infra humeros transversim rugulosis. Long. 85-5 lin.

Hab. Dibru.

Head closely subrugose-punctate ; anterior margin of clypeus
concave-emarginate; antenne half the length of the body, the
five outer joints compressed, slightly dilated, opaque, black.
Thorax nearly three times as broad as long; sides rounded and
converging from base to apex, each of the angles armed with an
acute hone dise transversely convex, deflexed near the anterior
angles, faintly excavated on either side, minutely punctured, the
punctures rather more strongly impressed on the sides. Scutel-
lum scarcely longer than broad, its apex very obtuse, its disc
smooth and shining. Elytra much broader than the fares sub-
quadrate-oblong, broadly rounded at the apex, convex, faintly
but broadly depressed below the basilar space, finely punctured,
the punctures nearly obsolete below the middle, irregularly
arranged in longitudinal rows near the suture; on the outer

Phytophagous Coleoptera. 441

margin below the humeral callus are three or four short deeply
impressed, longitudinal rows of striw, the interspaces between
which are thickened and subcostate ; interspaces smooth, trans-
versely rugulose below the humeral callus. Hach of the thighs
armed beneath with a minute tooth.

2. Colasposoma pulcherrimum, Baly.

Hab. The Hills.

Genus HALTICA, Geoff.
1. Haltica cyanea, Weber.
Hab. Dibru.

Genus poponTIA, Dalm.

1. Podontia quatuor-decimpunctata, Linn.

Hab. The Hills.

2. Podontia affinis, Groendal.
Hab. Dibru.

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3. Podontia rufocastanea, Baly.

Hab. The Upper Hills.
Genus BLEPHARIDA, Rogers.

1. Blepharida flavopustulata, n. sp.

Ovata, postice paullo attenuata, convexa, pallide piceo-fulva,
nitida, labro flavo; thorace transverso, irregulariter excavato,
hic illic profunde punctato; elytris regulariter punctato-striatis,
sparse flavo pustulatis. Long. 44 lin.

Hab. The Hills; a single specimen.

Vertex sparingly impressed with round punctures; face
between the eyes impressed on either side with an ill defined,
coarsely punctured, oblique groove; the basal joint of antenna
rufo-fulvous (the rest wanting); clypeus coarsely punctured ;
labrum pale yellow, apices of the jaws nigro-piceous. Thorax
three times as broad as long; sides straight and parallel from the
base to just beyond the ane) thence Sb liquely rounded to the
apex, anterior angles produced, thickened, slightly excurved,

442 Mr. Baty’s descriptions of

obtuse, the hinder ones produced, acute; dise irregularly exca-
vated on the sides, impressed with large deep punctures, rather
crowded at the base, forming ‘irrerular rows on the sides, the
rest of the surface finely punctured, Seutellum trigonate, its
apex rounded. Elytra much broader than the thorax, slightly
narrowed towards the apex, convex, deeply and regularly punc-
tate-striate, the interspaces plane, distantly impressed with very
minute punctures; sparingly scattered over the surface are a
number of small irregular yellowish-white spots.

Genus SEBAETHE, Baly.
1. Sebaethe pallidipennis, n. sp.

Late ovata, modice convexa, nigro-picea, nitida, antennis
nigris, harum basi, scutello labroque piceis, thorace tenuissime
punctato, nigro, lateribus anguste piceis; elytris tenuiter puncta-
tis, fulvis. Long. 2 lin,

Hab. Assam.

Head trigonate; vertex shining, impunctate, encarpse well
defined, subquadrangular, contiguous; carima rather strongly
raised, narrow, linear, its apex dilated, narrowly ovate-lanceolate;
antenne less than two-thirds the length of the body, moderately
robust, slightly attenuated towards the apex; the three basal
joints pale piceous, the rest black. Thorax three times as broad
as long; sides narrowly reflexed, edged with piceous. Scutellum
trigonate. Hlytra much | sisorilat than the thorax, broadly ovate,
slightly narrowed towards the apex, finely punctured : outer
limb narrowly dilated, slightly reflexed, its surface obsoletely
thickened, impunctate; inflexed limb br onal obsoletely concave.
Tlinder thighs strongly thickened; outer edge of hinder tibie
emarginate near the apex.

Genus HyPHAsis, v. Harold.
(Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. xxi, 1877, p. 454)
1. Hyphasis indica, n. sp.

Ovata, modice convexa, pallide flava, nitida, antennis extror-
sum pallide piceis; thorace levi, lateribus late marginatis, rotun-
datis; elytris confuse punctatis, pallide castaneis, fulvo limbatis.
Long. 34 lin.

Hab. The Plains; a single specimen.

Phytophagous Coleoptera. 445

Head smooth, impunctate, face raised between the antennx;
carina narrow in front, dilated posteriorly, its apex lanceolate;
encarpe transverse, quadrangular, contiguous, separated from
the front by a transverse groove; antenne filiform, Thorax
three times as broad as long: sides bro adly margined, rounded,
emarginate just in front of the hinder angle, the latter acute, the
anterior angle mucronate, excurved; disc transversely convex,
sparingly impressed with very minute punctures, lateral margin
reflexed, its surface concave. Scutellum trigonate, its apex
obtuse. Hlytra broader than the thorax, moderately convex,
flattened on the suture, distinctly but not very closely punctured,
the outer margin moderately dilated, reflexed. Prosternum
twice as broad as long, its sides parallel, its apex truncate, its
disc longitudinally concave,

Genus EUPHITREA, Baly.
1. Huphitrea Assamensis, n. sp.

Rotundata, convexa, rufo-picea,’ nitida, thorace levi, elytris
piceis, eneo-micantibus, subfortiter sat crebre punctatis, limbo
laterali paullo reflexo, irregulariter incrassato, fere impunctato.
Long. 24 lin.

Hab. The Plains.

Nearly allied to KH. micans, Baly, much smaller, rather more
rotundate, the elytra more strongly and closely punctured, their
outer limb more distinctly reflexed: in the single specimen before
me the hinder legs are unfortunately broken off.

Genus PENTAMESA, Lac.

1. Pentamesa duodecimmaculata, v. Harold.

Hab, The Upper Hills.

Genus ompEs, Weber.
1. Oides indica, n, sp.

Late rotundato-ovata, ad apicem paullo attenuata, valde
convexa, flava, nitida, antennis extrorsum, oculis, metasterno,
abdominisque segmentorum singulorum maculis duabus nigris.
Long. 6 lin.

Hab. The Hills.

Vertex smooth, impunctate; face just above the encarpe deeply
impressed; encarpe transverse, subclavate, separated (the extreme

444 Mr. Baty’s descriptions of

apex excepted) by the triangular clypeus; eyes rather small,
shining black. Thorax nearly three times as broad as long; the
apical margin concave; sides converging from the base towards
the apex, slightly rounded, anterior angles produced, their apices
obtuse, hinder angles broadly rounded; disc shining, impunctate.
Scutellum trigonate. Hlytra much broader than the thorax, the
humeral ang Tes anteriorly produced, broadly rounded; sides
rounded and diverging from the shoulders nearly to the middle,
thence rounded and obliquely converging to the apex, the apex
itself regularly rounded; upper surface very minutely punctured,
the outer limb broadly dilated. Metasternum and a large patch
on either side of each of the abdominal seements black.

2. Vides inornata, n. sp.

Ovata, convexa, pallide flava, nitida, antennis apice, tibiis
tarsisque vix infuscatis, his unguiculis nigro-piceis; thorace
remote punctato; elytris tenuiter, subcrebre punctatis, interstitiis
punctis minutis impressis. Long. 4 lin.

Hab. Assam; Sibsagar, Kamrup.

Head trigonate; vertex smooth, impunctate; front impressed
with a longitudinal groove; encarpe thickened, well defined,
contiguous, subquadrangular ; carina obsolete; clypeus thickened,
trigonate; antenne filiform, concolorous with the body, the
terminal joint piceous, the two preceding ones slightly stained
with fuscous. Thorax three times as broad as long; sides broadly
rounded at the base, thence obliquely converging towards the
apex, sinuate and slightly excavated in front, the anterior angles
obtuse, the hinder ones obsolete; disc sparingly punctured, the
puncturing rather close on the sides. Scutellum scarcely longer
than broad, trigonate. Hlytra broader than the thorax, convex,
sinuate on the sides below the humeral callus, finely but distinctly
punctured, the interspaces impressed with very minute punctures;
outer limb reflexed.

3. Oides japonica, Hornst.

Hab. The Hills.

I have received this insect from northern China as well
Japan, | also possess it from northern India, but without precise
locality.

Phytophagous Coleoptera. 445

Genus AULACOPHORA, Chevr.

1. Aulacophora testacea, Fab. Mant. Ins. i, p. 87 (1789) =
abdominalis, var. Fab. Ent. Syst. u, p. 23 (1792).

Hab. The Hills of Assam.

This Aulacophora, specimens of both sexes of which are before
me, was originally described by Fabricius under the above
specific name, and was subsequently, both in the Hnt. Syst. and
Syst. El, reduced to a variety of abdominalis; an examina-
tion of these specimens has convinced me that it must be regarded
as a distinct species—the principal points of difference between
it and foveicollis, Kiist.* are as follows: the transverse groove
on the thorax is less deeply excavated, and the abdomen is
entirely black in both sexes, the anal segment in the ¢ is as
usual trilobate, but the medial lobe instead of being longer than
the lateral ones and longitudinally concave (as in A. fovedcollis)
is plane, quadrate, and of equal leneth with the other lobes; the
anal segment of the 9 also differs in form from that of the
same sex of foveicollis.

2. Aulacophora cornuta, nu. sp.

Oblonga postice paullo amphata, flava, nitida, pectore abdo-
mineque nigris, pube adpress’i argenteo-sericea sat dense vestitis;
thorace transverso, disco transversim impresso, fere impunctato,
lateribus distincte, subremote punctatis; elytris distincte punc-
tatis. Long. 4 lin.

Mas. Antennis articlo basali incrassato, subtus compresso;
clypeo utrinque infra antennas cornu lato compresso brevi, apice

*The name abdominalis, Fab. as far as relates to our European species
must fall—Fabricius in the Spec. Ins. p. 151, originally described this
insect from a specimen in Forster's Cabinet, brought from one of the
islands in the Pacific Ocean: subsequently some individuals from India
and the Cape of Good Hope (regarded by him as belonging to the same
species) came under his observation, thus in his later works, he gave
those localities as Habitats for the species. A. fovcicollis, Kiist, ranges
over Southern Europe, the north of Africa, and a considerable extent of
Continental Asia; but in the Malay Archipelago, Australia, and the
South Sea Islands it is replaced by closely allied but specifically distinct
forms, one or other of which doubtless must be regarded as the true
abdominalis, which of them unfortunately. from the type being no
longer extant, it will be next to impossible to determine.

446 Mr. Baty’s descriptions of

oblique truncato et mter cornua lamin’ compress’ nigra, pilis
erectis numerosis fulvis cireumdatis, armato.

Hab. The Plains.

Vertex and front shining, impunctate; encarpx transverse,
subtrigonate, contiguous; clypeus armed on either side with a
broad, compressed short horn, the apex of which is obliquely
truncate and forms a narrowly ovate flattened disc; between
these horns is a short transverse black plate, which is sur-
rounded, as well as the horns themselves, with numerous coarse
erect fulvous hairs, immediately above this plate is a tuft of
still coarser hairs, which curve obliquely to either side from the
medial line; antenne filiform, the basal joint thickened, com-
pressed beneath and forming a raised longitudinal ridge; eyes
large, prominent. Thorax more than twice as broad as long;
sides straight and parallel from the base to beyond the middle,
thence converging to the apex; basal margin sinuate in front of
the scutellum, faintly bisinuate on either side; disc sparingly
- impressed with round punctures on the sides, its central portion
impunctate, transversely sulcate just behind its middle, the sul-
cation rather more deeply excavated on either side. Scutellum
elongate-trigonate, shining, impunctate. Elytra broader than
the thorax, oblong, scarcely dilated posteriorly, moderately con-
vex, distinctly punctured. Apical abdominal segment in the ¢
deeply trilobate, the medial lobe subquadrate-oblong, its apex
truncate, faintly sinuate, its disc impressed with a large deep
fovea.

I only know the ¢ of this species.

3. Aulacophora pulchella, n. sp.

Ovata, postice ampliata, convexa, rufo-testacea, nitida, an-
tennis, tibiis tarsisque fuscis, oculis elytrisque nigris, his apice
rufo-testaceis. Long. 34 lin.

Hab. Assam, the Hills.

Head trigonate; vertex smooth, impunctate, front impressed
with a longitudinal groove; encarpe transverse, contiguous;
carina raised, narrow, linear, its apex acute; eyes very large,
prominent, shining black; antenne slender, filiform. Thorax
more than twice as broad as long; sides straight and slightly
converging from the base to beyond the middle, thence obliquely
converging and slightly rounded to the apex, the angles obtuse;
dise coarsely but closely punctured on the sides, nearly impune-
tate in the middle, transverse groove broad, rather more deeply

Phytophagous Coleoptera. 447

excavated on the sides than in the centre. Scutellum wedge
shaped, its apex obtuse. Hlytra broader than the thorax, some-
what dilated towards the apex, convex, excavated on the inner
disc below the basilar space, sinuate on the sides below the
humeral callus, distinctly punctured, the interspaces obsoletely
granulose. Apical segment of abdomen in the ¢ trilobate, the
medial lobe scarcely longer than the lateral ones, quadrate, its
dise concave.

4, Aulacophora perplexa, n. sp.

Ovata, postice paullo ampliata, convexa, flava, nitida, abdominis
segmentibus maculis bifariis (segmento ultimo excepto) pectore-
que nigris; thorace nitido, leviter transversim sulcato; scutello
piceo; elytris sat fortiter punctatis, utrisque maculis subrotun-
datis quatuor, 2 ante, 2 pone medium oblique positis nigris.
Long. 32 lin.

Hab. The Hills of Assam.

‘Vertex shining impunctate, front impressed on either side,
just above the encarp, with a deep round fovea, in the middle,
continuous with the sutural line separating the encarpe is a short
longitudinal groove; encarpex transverse, contiguous: carina short,
thickened, its apex acute; antenne filiform, about three-fourths
the lenoeh of the body. Thorax twice as broad as long; sides

rather broadly margined, straight and converging from the base
nearly to the middle, rounded and shghtly dilated in front of
the latter, the anterior angles excavated, obtuse; very sparingly
punctured above, the punctures irregularly scattered here and
there over the surface; middle disc impunctate; transverse
groove distinct on either side and extending to the lateral
margin, nearly obsolete on the medial lime. LElytra broader
than the thorax, rather closely punctured, each with four rather
large subrotundate spots; two placed on the inner disc near the
suture, one just below the base, the other at some distance just
below the middle, the two others near the lateral margin, the
first below the humeral callus, the second about half-way
between the middle and the apex; these spots taken conjointly
with those on the opposite elytron form two curved fascis, one
before, the other behind the middle. Body beneath with the
breast and two large spots placed transversely on each of the
abdominal segments (the anal one excepted) black. Claws
appendiculated.

Aulacophora perplexa differs from the other species in having
appendiculated, subbifid claws; im the absence of any other

448 Mr. Baxy’s descriptions of

essential character, I do not consider this peculiarity of sufficient
importance to remove it from its present position.

Genus AGETOCERA, Hope.
1. Agetocera lobicornis, Baly.
Hab. The Hills.

One specimen, a 2.

2. Agetocera pulchella, Baly.
Hab, The Upper Hills.

Genus CNEORANE, Baly.
1. Cneorane fulvicollis, Baly.

Mas, Antennarum articulis ultimis quatuor incrassatis, subtus
subcomplanatis, clavam elongatam ad apicem attenuatam sordide
flavam formantibus; tibiis, basi exceptis, tarsisque infuscatis.

Hab. The Hills, Sadia.

Genus MIMASTRA, Baly.
1. Mimastra quadripartita, u. sp.

Elongata, parallela, fulva, nitida, scutello, pectore antennisque
nigris, verticis macili, abdominis lateribus pedibusque (femori-
bus subtus, tibuisque anticis quatuor basi exceptis) nigro-piceis;
thorace transverso, late transversim excavato, impunctato, elytris
leviter rugulosis, nigris vel nigro-piceis, utrisque limbo fasciique
vix pone medium fulvis. Long. 34 lin.

Mas. Tarsis anticis articulo basali paullo incrassato, leviter
incurvato.

Var. A. Thoracis disco piceo tincto.

Hab. The Plains.

Face smooth, impunctate, clypeus large, concave on either
side, its apex produced into an acute tooth, which extends
upwards between the encarpx for nearly half their length; eyes
large, prominent, shining black; antenne much longer than the
body, very slender, filiform, the third joint twice the length of
the second, the two conjointly scarcely equal in length to the
fourth, the latter slightly curved. Thorax twice as broad as

Phytophagous Coleoptera. 449

long; sides straight and parallel, the hinder angle thickened,
setiferous; dise shining, impunctate, nearly covered with a broad
deep transverse excavation, which does not quite extend to the
lateral margin; in the medial line is a narrow longitudinal space
less deeply excavated than the rest of the surface. Scutellum
trigonate, shining black. Elytra broader than the thorax,
obsoletely dilated towards the apex, faintly excavated below
the basilar space, rugulose, rather closely punctured. Apex
of the last abdominal segment deeply concave-emarginate.

2. Mimastra limbata, n. sp.

Elongata, aneustata, parallela, nitida, nigra, femoribus anticis
quatuor (vitt’ dorsali except’) tibiisque anticis quatuor basi,
sordide fulvis; supra sordide fulva, antennis (basi pice’ excepta)
nigris; capitis vertice thoracisque maculis piceis; thorace levi,
utrinque late transversim excavato, lateribus rectis, parallelis;
elytris thorace latioribus, parallelis, infra basin leviter trans-
versim depressis, fortiter et sat crebre punctatis, interspatils,
transversim ruculosis, viridi-metallicis, utrisque, apice excepto,
fulvo limbatis. Long. 6 ln.

Var. A. Thoracis maculis intermediis piceis obsoletis.

Hab. The hills of Assam.

Vertex impressed with very fine transverse striw; encarpx
thickened, transverse, elongate-trigonate, contiguous, their sur-
faces finely granulose; carina ill defined; antenne slender,
filiform, nearly equal to the body in length, the second joint
very short, the third twice its length, the fourth equal in length
to the two preceding united; three basal joints obscure piceous,
the rest black; clypeus granulose; apices of jaws nigro-piceous.
Thorax nearly one-half broader than long; sides straight and
parallel, the anterior angles thickened, oblique; basal marein
obliquely sinuate at either end, transversely truncate in the
middle, faintly truncate just in front of the scutellum; dise
shining, impunctate, broadly excavated transversely on either
side, impressed just before the base with a round fovea; sur-
face marked with five black spots, two large placed one on
either side near the lateral border, two smaller situated trans-
versely just in front of the middle, and one very small placed
on the basal fovea. Scutellum trigonate, pale piceous. Elytra
coarsely punctured, their whole surfaces coyered with coarse
irrecular transverse rug.

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3. Mimastra Chennelli, n. sp.

Anegustata, parallela, flava, nitida, oculis, antennis extrorsum,
tarsis, tibiisque posticis quatuor, his basi exceptis, tibiis anticis
dorso, pectore abdomineque nigris; thorace nitido, disco trans-
versim excavato, elytris crebre punctatis. Long. gl_4t lin.

Mas. Tarsis anticis articulo basali intus curvato, articulo
secundo pone apicem articuli primi inserto,

Hab. Hills of Assam.

Encarpe raised, trigonate, contiguous; eyes large, prominent,
shining black; antenne slender, filiform, equal to the body in
leneth, the third joint twice the leneth of the second, the two
conjointly equal in length to the fourth; the four lower joints
fulvous, the fifth piceous, the rest black. Thorax one-half
broader than long; sides nearly straight and parallel, slightly
sinuate behind the middle; dise shining impunctate, broadly and
deeply excavated, the excavation not quite extending to the
lateral margin. Scutellum trigonate, its apex acute. Hlytra
rather broader than the thorax, parallel, closely punctured, the
interspaces subrugulose. Basal joint of the anterior tarsus in
the ¢ falcate, its apex obtuse, the second joint inserted on the
outer edge of the basal one, some distance behind its apex;
apical segment of abdomen in the same sex trilobate, the medial
lobe emarginate; its dise impressed with a smooth wedge shaped
fovea,

The Q is rather larger, less deeply depressed on the middle
of the thorax, and has the fourth and fifth joints of the antenne
piceous.

Genus CLITENA, Baly.
1. Clitena Vigorsii, Hope; (igneipennis, Baly.)
Var. A. cwrulans, Hope; cyanea, Clark.
Hab. The Hills, Sadia.

This insect, which has been described by Hope, Clark and
myself, under several distinct names, is very variable in tint,
and sometimes (the antenne excepted) entirely metallic green,
the specimens from Assam belong to var. A.

Genus poryxENA, Baly.
1. Doryxena grossa, Hope.
Hab. The Upper Hills,

Phytophagous Coleoptera. 451

2. Doryxena geniculata, n. sp.

Ovata, postice ampliata, convexa, flava, nitida, scutello, genu-
bus tarsisque nigris; thorace transverso, ene pone medium
sinuatis, disco pared punctato, utrinque transversim excavato;
elytris pallide castaneis, postice ampliatis, apice cbiases supra
convexis, sat crebre fortiter punctatis. Long. 6$—74 lin.

Var. A. Elytris flavis.
Hab. The Upper Hills.

Vertex and front with a longitudinal groove, sparingly im-
pressed with large round punctures; encarpe well defined, large,
subpyriform, contiguous, upper half of clypeus thickened, the
carina obsolete; antenne rather more than half the length of
the body, filiform, pale yellow. Thorax rather more than twice
as broad as long; sides nearly parallel, sinuate from the base
to the middle, thence obliquely converging to the apex, the
anterior angles produced, thickened, sub pacute; basal margin
faintly bisinuate on either side, obtusely emarginate in front of
the scutellum, the outer angle thickened, obtuse; disc trans-
versely excavated on either side, sparingly impressed with large
round punctures. Scutellum longer than broad, its sides straight
and converging from the base towards the apex, the latter broadly
obtuse. Elytra much broader than the thorax, broadly mar-
gined, increasing in width towards the apex, the apex itself
very obtuse; upper surface convex, coarsely and rather closely
punctured,

Genus GALERUCA, Geoff.

Galeruca submetallescens, n. sp.

Hlongata, nigra, nitida, pube adpressi grisei minus dense
vestita, supra sneo micans, minus nitida; thorace transverso,
lateribus rotundatis, medio obsolete angulatis; disco late sed
leviter transversim excavato, rude rugoso; elytris thorace
latioribus, anguste oblongis, p: arallelis, rude rugosis. Long. 4 lin,

Hab, Assam.

Whole upper surface, the antenne excepted, faintly tinged
with neous, and rather sparingly clothed with adpressed
eriseous hairs ; head coarsely rugose; antenne rather more than
half the ler igth of the body, the third joint about a third longer
than the second, equal in ‘lenoth to the fourth. Thorax twice
as broad as longs sides rounded, obsoletely angled in the middle;
dise transversely concave, only slightly depressed in the middle,

rather more deeply so on either side; whole surface very coarsely

452 Mr. Baty’s descriptions of

rugose-punctate. Elytra much broader than the thorax, nar-
rowly oblong, their sides parallel; upper surface faintly depressed
below the basilar space, coarsely rugose-punctate. Apex of anal
segment of abdomen obtusely truncate, edged with piceo-fulvous.

2. Galeruca tarsulis, n. sp.

Subelongata, postice vix ampliata, pallide fusca, sericea, oculis,
genubus, tibiis apice, tarsorumque articulis basalibus duobus
nigris; thorace transverso, lateribus angulatis, disco transversim
excavato, crebre punctato, utrinque puncto nigro instructo;
elytris crebre punctatis. Long. 4 lin.

Hab. Sadia.

Head strongly and coarsely punctured, antennx stained above
with piceous. Thorax twice as broad as long, disc transversely
concave, strongly and coarsely punctured, rugose on the sides,
Elytra closely but less coarsely punctured than the thorax.

Genus HAPLOSONYX, Chevr.

In Haplosonyx proper (as distinguished from Sphenoraia,
Clark) the antenne usually taper towards the apex, and the third
joint is always distinctly longer than the second; the punctures
are as a rule arranged without order on the disc of the elytra;
the basilar space is always bounded beneath and on the outer
side by a distinct depression.

1. LHaplosonyx chalybeus, Hope; (clongatus, Baly.)
Hab. The Plains.

I am indebted to Mr. Janson for the determination of this
species, he having in this as in several other instances compared
my specimen with the Hopean type.

Haplosonyx scutellatus, n. sp.

Oblongus, convexus, fulvus, nitidus, pectoris lateribus nigro-
pee seriall. antennis pedibusque nigris; thorace transverso,
lateribus parallelis, bisimuatis, disco transversim excavato; olytris
fortiter confuse punctatis. Long. 4—5 lin.

Var. A. Scutello femoribusque flavis,

Hab. Hills of Assam.

Phytophagous Coleoptera. 453

Vertex shining, nearly impunctate; encarpe pyriform, con-
tiguous; carina obsolete; eyes large, prominent; antenne
moderately robust, the third joimt nearly twice the length of
the second, the two conjointly shorter than the fourth. Thorax
twice as broad as long; sides parallel, deeply bisinuate, the
hinder angles produced, ‘subs cute, the anterior ones excurved,
acute; disc transversely excavated, more deeply depressed on
either side; the transverse depression, together with the apical
surface on either side near the anterior angles, impressed with
a few deep coarse punctures, the rest of the surface impunctate.
Scutellum longer than broad, trigonate. Hlytra broader than
the thorax, strongly and deeply punctured.

Genus SPHENORAIA, Clark.
(Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. October, 1865).

This generic group, unknown to Dr. Chapuis, and reduced by
Von Harold into a synonym of Galerucida, is quite distinct from
that genus, and is more allied to Haplosonyx; from the former
it may be known by the different form and sculpture of the
thorax, together with the different structure of the antenne;
from the latter by the short and equal second and third joints
of the antennx, these organs themselves being usually shorter
than in Haplosonyx; in addition, in Sphenoraia the transverse
depression below the basilar space is either obsolete or very
indistinct, the elytra are more deeply punctured, and the punc-
tures are arranged in irregular longitudinal strix.

1. Sphenoraia bicolor, Hope ( Galerucida, Cat.).

Oblonga, sordide fulva, thorace nigro bimaculato; elytris for-
titer punctatis, punctis disco interno in striis gemillatis, disco
externo confuse dispositis; utrisque maculis decem 2. 2.2.2.1
positis, nigris instructis.

Var. A. Elytrorum maculis nonnullis inter se confluentibus.
G. bicolor, Hope.

Var. B. Elytris totis ingris.* S. nigripennis, Clark, Le., p. 297.

Var. C. Elytrorum maculis fere totis obsoletis.
Hab. Assam.

*G@. nigrofasciata, mihi, quoted by Von Harold under this species
must be placed as a synonyin of (. bifasciata, Motsch.

M M

454 Mr. Baty’s descriptions of

As may be seen by the above diagnosis, in this species the
black markings on the elytra vary greatly; in the original
specimen of Hope (kindly examined for me by Mr. C. O.
Waterhouse) the four central spots are confluent and form a
large quadrate patch on the middle disc of each elytron.

2. Sphenoraia fulgida, Redt., Hiig. Kaschm. iv, 1848, p. 554
(Merista, Cat.).
Var. A. Corpus metallico purpureum, antennis nigris, elytris
viridi- aut cupreo-aureis.
Var. B. Corpus supra viridi-aureum.
Vawv. C. Corpus totum (antennis exceptis) metallico-purpureum.

Hab. The Hills of Assam.

Genus LEPTARTHRA, Baly.

Whilst engaged in working out the insects of the present
collection, I have had occasion to look into the distinctive
characters separating Dr. Chapuis’ genus Merista, from Lep-
tarthra, The two groups agree so closely, both in habit and
other essential points, that the armature of the claws, on which
Dr. Chapuis has alone divided them, must as in Corynodes, be
considered of secondary importance; in any case my original
definition “unguiculis unidentatis” will agree better with the
species placed by Chapuis in Merista than with that left by him
in the older genus. eptarthra as thus extended forms a very
natural genus, the species of which are separable as shewn below,
into two good sections.

Section I. (Merista, Chapuis).

Unguiculi bifid’, dente interno breviori.
L. trifasciata, Hope (Haplosonyx v. Har. Cat.)*
quadrifasciata, Hope.
interrupta, Redt.
seamaculata, Redt.
fraternalis, Baly.
5, Dohrni, Baly.

* L. trifasciata, Hope, is very nearly allied to L quadrifasciata,
Hope, it may be known by the narrower, smooth and immaculate
thorax, by the more strongly produced anterior angles of the latter
and by the more finely punctured elytra,

Phytophagous Coleoptera. 455

Section II. (Leptarthra, Chapuis).

Unguiculi appendiculate.
LL, abdominalis, Baly.

1. Leptarthra fraternalis, n. sp.

Ovata, postice ampliata, convexa, metallico-purpurea, nitida;
thorace trifoveolato; elytris sat fortiter punctatis, disco mterno
ante medium confuse gemellato-striatis; flavis, basi, fascii ante,
alter longe pone medium, utrinque abbreviatis, maculique
transversi subapicali, nigro-purpureis. Long. 6 lin.

Hab. The Plains.

Front impressed just above the encarpe with a deep fovea;
encarpe quadrangular, contiguous; carina raised, linear; antenne
slender, attenuated towards the apex, the third joint twice the
length of the second, the fourth to the ninth slightly compressed.
Thorax nearly twice as broad as long; sides nearly straight and
converging from base to apex, the anterior angles thickened,
anteriorly produced; anterior margin concave; disc impressed
transversely with three deep fovew, the middle one rotun-
date, the lateral ones transverse. Scutellum wedge-shaped, its
apex rounded. Elytra much broader than the thorax, dilated
posteriorly, convex, slightly excavated below the basilar space,
strongly punctured, the punctures irregularly arranged in double
rows on the inner dise before its middle, placed without order
over the rest of the surface, claws bifid.

Nearly allied to Z. sermaculata, Redt., less coarsely punc-
tured, the punctures being arranged on the inner disc of the
elytra in irregular double rows, the pattern of the elytra is also
different.

Genus ANTIPHA, Baly.
1. Antipha posticata, n. sp.

Ovata, postice ampliata, convexa, flava, nitida, elytris sat
erebre et sat fortiter punctatis, cyaneis, a basi fere ad medium
flavis. Long. 3 lin.

Hab. Assam, the Plains.

Vertex and front smooth, impunctate; clypeus thickened,
transversely trigonate, its apex acute, produced upwards between
the encarpe for half their length; encarpwe well defined, con-
tiguous; apices of jaws nigro-piceous; antenne nearly two-thirds

MM 2

456 Mr. Baty’s descriptions of

the length of the body, filiform, the second jomt very short, the
third more than twice its lenath, slightly longer than the fmt.
Thorax nearly three times as broad as long; sides straight and
parallel from the base to beyond the middle, obliquely converg-
ing in front, the anterior angles produced, slightly neeriiet
obtuse, hinder angles acute; disc very sparingly impressed here
and jhere with Fae punctures, the sides broadly margined, the
middle disc flattened, Seutellum trigonate. Hlytra paaeden
than the thorax, slightly dilated poster iorly, 1 rather closely punc-
tured, the puncturing denser and coarser towards the apex.

2. Antipha flavofasciata, n. sp.

Ovata, postice ampliata, nigra, nitida, femoribus anticis
quatuor, posticis apice, capite thoraceque flavis, antennis apice
infuscatis; tibiis anticis dorso, tarsis anticis quatuor, tarsisque
posticis articulo penultimo piceis; elytris tenuiter sed distincte
punctatis, fascia laté prope medium flava. Long. 24 lin.

Hab. The Plains of Assam.

Head impunctate; encarpe transverse, separated by the apex
of the triangular clypeus. Thorax nearly three times as broad
as long; sides straight and parallel, converging beyond the
middle, all the angles produced, acute; disc smooth, impunctate.
Scutellum trigonate. Elytra broader than the thorax, dilated
posteriorly, moderately convex, slightly excavated below the
basilar space, finely and distinctly but not very closely punc-

tured,

This and the preceding species have the facies and antenne
of Monolepta, with the structural characters of Antipha.

3. Antipha histrio, n. sp.

Anguste ovata, postice paullo- amplhiata, rufo-testacea, nitida,
mesosterno, scutello capiteque nigris, pedibus anticis, ae inter
oculos, antennis thoraceque flavis; pedibus posticis quatuor
nigro-piceis, genubus, tibiis apice tarsisque sordide fulvis;
elytris rufo-testaceis, fascia lat’ vix pone medium, antice sinuati
flava, basi anguste et utrisque fasciis irregularibus duabus uni
ante, alteré pone fasciam flavam positis, nigris. Long, 2 lin.

Hab. Assam.

Vertex shining, impunctate; encarpex transverse, slightly

curved, separated by the apex of the triangular clypeus; carina
obsolete; eyes large, prominent; antenne with the second joint

Phytophagous Coleoptera. 457

short, the third nearly twice the length of the second, the fourth
longer than the two preceding united; the eight lower joints
flavous (the rest broken off). Thorax three times as broad as
long; sides rounded, nearly parallel at the base, anterior angles
produced, excurved, obtuse, the hinder ones acute; dise shining
impunctate. Hlytra finely punctured, rufo-testaceous, a broad
common fascia scarcely below the middle, flavous; this band is
bordered both above and below by a broad somewhat irregular
black fascia, abbreviated at the extreme sutural and eral
margins, the base of each elytron also black.

Genus EUPHYMA, Baly, n. gen.

Corpus rotundato-ovatum, convexum. Caput modice exser-
tum, facie declivi; encarpis magnis, transversis, apice contiguis;
carind distincti; antennis Flicon mibus, corporis dimidio longiori-
bus, articulo primo clavato, secundo oval, tertio illo dimidio
longiori, ceteris cylindricis, magis noite: oculis rotundato-
ovatis, prominulis; palpis maxillaribus ovatis, articulo ultimo
acuto. Zhorax transversus, utrinque basi sulco brevi longitu-
dinali impressus. lytra convexa, substriatim punctata, limbo
inflexo fere ad apicem extenso. Pedes: cowis anticis transversis;
Jemoribus posticis non incrassatis; ¢tibiis apice muticis, dorso
carinatis; farsis posticis articulo basali sequentibus tribus con-
junctis breviori; wnguculis acute appendiculatis. Prosternum
inter coxas bene distinctum, illis fere wquialtnm, apice abrupte
dilatatum ; acetabulis anticis integris.

Somewhat similar in form to Amathea, but separated from
that genus by the cylindrical joimts of the antenne, the ovate
palpi and the longitudinal grooves at the base of the thorax.

1. Euphyma collaris, n. sp.

Rotundato-ovata, convexa, nitida, subtus piceo-rufa, tibtiis,
tarsis femoribusque posticis piceis, abdomine nigro; supra
obscure rufa, antennis, basi exceptis, nigris; thorace impunctato,
utrinque basi suleo brevi impresso; elytris ceruleatis, sat
fortiter substriatim punctatis. Long. 3 lin.

Hab. The Hills.

Vertex smooth, impunctate; encarpe separated from the front
by a transverse groove, transverse, thickened, their apices con--
tiguous; carina raised, narrowly oblong, its apex acute and
extending upwards Gaiieer the encarpe for half their length;

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458 Mr. Baty’s descriptions of

antenne with the three lower joints piceo-rufous, the rest black.
Thorax twice as broad as long, the anterior margin concave;
the sides distinctly margined, rounded, nearly Seen and
parallel at the base, all the angles produced, the hinder ones
acute, the anterior ones excurved, obtuse; dise transversely
“convex, impunctate, impressed on neh side on the basal margin
with a short perpendicular groove. Elytra much broader om

‘ the thorax, convex, rather strongly punctured,

This insect at first sight has quite the facies of Podagrica.

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Genus EuSTENA, Baly, n. gen.

Corpus elongatum, angustatum. Caput exsertum; oculis
rotundatis, integris; encarpis contiguis; carind elevati; antennis
eracilibus, filiformibus, articulo secundo brevi. Thorax trans-
versus, dorso non sulcatus. Hlytra thorace latiora, parallela,
confuse punctata, limbo inflexo longe pone medium producto.
Pedes elongati, gracilis; coxvis anticis elevatis, subconicis, non
contiguis; fomoribus simplicibus: tibiis inermibus; tarsis posticis
articulo hasali sequentibus paullo longiori; wnguiculis appendi-
culatis. Prosternum angustum, paullo elevatum, inter coxas

distinctum; acctabulis anticis integris. Type H. pretiosa.

Following the tabular arrangement of Dr. Chapuis, Hustena
would enter into his 22nd section, it has, however, but little
affinity in habit with the genera belonging to that group, from
either of which it is separated by its narrow elongate form.

1. Hustena pretiosa, n. sp.

Elongata, angustata, nigra, nitida, femoribus, capite (antennis
exceptis) thoraceque obscure rufis, facie inferiori piceo-fulva;
thorace levi, utrinque ctisoket excavato; elytris viridi-cyaneis,
crebre punctatis. Long. 3-34 lin.

Mas, Abdominis segmento anali trilobato; disco longitudinaliter
suleato, utrinque mamillosis et pube erecta ‘vestito,

an The Hills.

Vertex smooth, impunctate ; encarpe thickened, transversely
subtrigonate, contiguous; carina narrow, linear, strongly raised;
antenne pledder. rather longer than the ‘body i in the ¢, shontes
in the Q, the second joint short, the third nearly fine times
its length, and about a third longer than the fourth; face below
the antennx piceo-flavous, apex of jaws nigro-piceous. Thorax

Phytophagous Coleoptera. 459

twice as broad as long; sides rounded, narrowly margined,
straight and diverging eon the base to the middle, all the
angles produced, the hinder ones acute, the anterior ones
excurved, the apex obtuse; disc smooth and shining, faintly
excavated on either side near the middle. Scutellum black, tri-
gonate, Hlytra broader than the thorax, parallel, convex, not
impressed below the basilar space, rather closely and somewhat
strongly punctured.

Genus MONOLEPTA, Hrichs.
)

1. Monolepta cavipennis, n. sp.

Elongato-ovata, convexa, flava, nitida, pectore, scutello, femo-
ribus basi capitisque vertice nigris; thorace levi, tenuissime
punctato ; ely tris tenuissime punctatis, basi et apice, plagaque
irregulari vix pone medium transversim posita, nigris; utrisque
disco externo foved magni cuneiformi, a callo ines ath ad pattlo
pone medium extensi, extus et postice ad apicem, elevato-mar-
ginata, impressis. Long. 22 lin.

Mas. Antennis corpore multo longioribus; abdominis apice
trilobato.

Hab. The Hills.

Vertex shining, impunctate; encarpe separated from the front
by a transverse groove, thickened, subtrigonate, their upper
halves contiguous; carina raised, its apex “extending upwards
between the lower halves of the encarpe; antenne much longer
than the body, filiform; the third joint one-half longer than
the second, the fourth equal in length to the two preceding
united. Thorax twice as broad as long; sides sinuate near the
base and apex, rounded in the middle, the anterior angles
produced, slightly thickened, obtuse; basal margin sinuate-
emarginate just in front of the scutellum ; disc convex, minutely
punctured, the punctures only visible under a deep lens. Hlytra
broader than the thorax, narrowly oblong-ovate, convex, as
finely punctured as the thorax; each elytron with a large wedge
shaped excavation, which, commencing just below the shoulder
and increasing in depth and width towards the apex, runs down-
wards on the outer dise to just below its middle, the apex,
which is rounded, is surrounded by a strongly sete callosity,
which forms a transverse hump extending nearly across the
disc of the elytron, the outer edge of the Paeheet is also narrowly
thickened for the lower half of its course.

The above description is drawn up from a , in the 9 the
fovea and also the hump on the elytra are probably absent.

460 Mr. Baty’s descriptions of

Genus OCHRALEA, Clark.

1. Ochralea nigricornis, Clark.

Hab. The Lower Hills.

Genus HYLAsPEs, Baly.
1. Hylaspes Assamensis, n. sp.

Oblonga, convexa, pallide fulva, nitida, tibiis tarsis, culis
autennisque extrorsum nigris; thorace transverso, lateribus
rectis, disco levi, utrinque profunde transversim excavato ;
elytris tenuiter punctatis, utrisque plagd suffusa magna a vix
pone medium fere ad apicem extensi, fusc’i instructis. Lone.
41_5 lin.

Mas. Antenne corpore wequilonge.

Fem. is », breviores.

Var. A. (fwm.) elytris totis flavis.

Hab. The Plains.

Vertex smooth, nearly impunctate, being only impressed on
either side with a few fine punctures; encarpe transverse,
curved, not contiguous; carina thickened, trigonate, its apex
extending upwards between the encarpe; eyes large, prominent,
shining black; antenne equal in length to the body in the ¢,
rather shorter in the 9, the second and third joints very short
and equal in the former sex, slightly longer in the latter, the
third in this sex being nearly one-half longer than the cond)
the fourth to the ninth joints in both sexes compressed, very
narrowly dilated, narrowly elongate-trigonate, the upper internal
angles produced, acute, the ines upper noe together with
the apex of the preceding one, black. Thorax nearly three
times as broad as long; sides straight and parallel, the anterior
angles broadly and obliquely truncate, thickened, the outer end
in che g produced laterally into a small ees tooth ; dise
smooth and shining, impressed on either side on the medial line
with a deep transverse groove, which extends from just without
the middle disc nearly to the lateral margin. Scutellum longer
than broad, trigonate. Tlytra much -broader than the thorax,
broadly oblong; their sides parallel, their apices broadly rounded;
disc convex, cach elytron impressed just within the humer: il
callus with a short longitudinal row of deep punctures, the rest
of the surface minutely “punctured,

Phytophagous Coleoptera. 461

Genus FPARASTETHA, Baly, n. gen.

Corpus late oblongum, convexum. Caput exsertum, oculis
magnis, rotundato-ovatis, prominentibus, integris; encarpis trans-
versis, contiguis; antennis quam corpore multo brevioribus,
robustis, articulo primo subclavato, secundo et tertio brevioribus,
cylindricis, ceteris compressis, modice dilatatis. Thorax trans-
versus. lytra thorace longiora, confuse striatim punctata.
Pedes modice robusti, coxvis anticis conicis, paullo compressis;
Jfemoribus simplicibus; tebiis posticis quatuor apice spina acuta
armatis; wnguiculis appendiculatis, Prosternwn angustum,
inter coxas distinctum, apice abrupte dilatatum ; acetabulis
anticis apertis. JMesosternum occultum. Metasternum in spi-
num validum inter coxas intermedias productum. Type JP.
nigricornis.

This genus must stand very close to Hylaspes, it is chiefly
separated from that genus by its much shorter antenne, which
scarcely exceed half the body in length.

1. Parastetha nigricornis, n. sp.

Late oblonga, convexa, flava, nitida, pedibus nigro-piceis,
oculis antennisque (articulis basalibus tribus exceptis) nigris,
abdominis segmentibus utrinque fusco maculatis; thorace trans-
verso, utrinque leviter sed late foveolato; elytris distincte,
substriatim punctatis. Long. 3 lin.

Hab. Assam.

Head trigonate; vertex sparingly punctured; encarpe trans-
verse, arcuate, contiguous; labrum deeply notched; antenne
less than two-thirds the leneth of the body, robust, the basal
joint clavate, the second and third short, equal, obconic, the
fourth and following ones compressed, moderately dilated, the
fourth (which is nearly equal in length to the preceding anne
united) to the tenth elongate-trigonate, the eleventh ovate.
Thorax nearly three times as broad as lone: sides nearly parallel,
slightly rounded, the posterior and anterior angles thickened,
fhe latter produced, very obtuse ; dise sparingly punctured,
impressed on either side towards the lateral margin with a large
ill-defined shallow fovea, hinder portion of middle dise flattened.
Scutellum elongate-trigonate, its apex obtuse. Elytra much
broader than the thorax, parallel, rounded at the apex; above
convex, not depressed below the basilar space, distinctly punc-
tured, the punctures indistinctly arranged on each elytron in

462 Mr. Baty’s descriptions of

four or five double rows, interspaces impressed with punctures,
scarcely finer than those on the rows themselves, and so render-
ing them still less distinct.

Genus EUSTETHA, Baly.
1. Eustetha limbata, un. sp.

Oblongo-ovata, convexa, nigra, nitida, cyaneo vix tincta,
abdomine elytrisque flavo-fulvis, his substriatim punctatis,
utrisque limbo, apice dilatato, nigro-piceo: thorace transverso,
utrinque transversim suleato, disco sparse et tenuiter, lateribus
magis profunde punctatis. Long. 3-34 lin.

Hab. The Plains.

Vertex shining, nearly impunctate; encarpe transverse, quad-
rangular, contiguous, separated by a deep longitudinal groove,
which extends dome for a short deen on the clypeus:
the clypeus itself thickened, trigonate; antenne nearly three-
fourths the length of the body, the second and third joints very
short, equal, the fourth and following ones compressed, not
dilated, the fourth nearly equal in length to the preceding three
united. Thorax three times as broad as long; sides parallel,
very slightly curved, the hinder angles acute, the anterior ones
thickened, obliquely truncate, produced laterally into a short
acute tooth; upper surface transversely suleate on either side,
the sulcation terminating at some distance from the lateral
margin in a large deep fovea. Scutellum slightly longer than
broad, trigonate, its apex obtuse. Elytra broader ian the
thorax, the sides parallel, the apex rounded; above convex, each
elytron with the whole limb (dilated at the apeX) nigro-piceous;
on the dise of each are four ill-defined double rows of punctures,
the interspaces between which are impressed with punctures
rather finer than those on the rows themselves; inflexed limb

shining black.

Genus ACROXENA, Baly, n. gen.

Corpus elongatum. Caput exsertum; oculis rotundatis, pro-
“minentibus; antennis robustis, ad apicem attenuatis. Thorax
transversus, dorso non impressus. lytra thorace latiora,
parallela, modice convexa, infra basin non excavata, confuse
punctata; limbo reflexo fere ad apicem extenso. Pedes modice
robusti, simplices; covis anticis magnis, contiguis ; tbiis apice
muticis; wnaguiculis appendiculatis. Prosternum medio coxis

Phytophagous Coleoptera. 465

occultum, postice triangulariter ampliatum; acetabulis anticis
integris ; mesosternum cuneiforme; metasternum postice inter
coxas posticas spina bifida armatum. Type A. nasuta.

This genus falls into Dr. Chapuis’ 26th section, it is separated
from Platyxantha and Stenoplatys by the shape of its antennae,
from Doridea and Ainidea by its elongate form.

1. Acroxena nasuta, n. sp.

Elongata, parallela, modice convexa, fulva, nitida, subtus pube
erisea sat dense vestita, pectore nigro-piceo, abdomine, tibuis
posticis dorso antennisque linea dorsali nigris; thorace transverso,
levi; impunctato; elytri is sat crebre punctatis, inter spatiis g oranu-
losis; utrisque punctis duobus ante medium transversim positis
nigris. Long. 54 lin.

Mas. Capite magno, clypeo infra antennis in cretam trans-
versam elevato, margine antico profunde transversim excavato,
medio spindé acuta, antrorsum producti armato; antennarum
articulo tertio curvato, ad apicem incrassato.

Hab. The Hills.

$ Head broad; clypeus transversely concave, elevated below
the antenne into a strong transverse ridge, from the middle of
which the narrow lanceolate carina runs upwards to separate
the encarpx; anterior margin deeply and broadly excavated, the
middle of the excavated portion armed with a long acute,
flattened spine; on the disc immediately behind the base of the
latter are two very short acute erect teeth; labrum large,
transversely quadrate, the medial disc slightly concave and
furnished with a tuft of erect hairs; antenne robust, tapering
towards their extremity, the third to the fifth distinctly oe
ened, the third curved, clavate, the fourth and fifth each with
a longitudinal ridge on the upper surface, all the joints, with
the excep stion of mine apical ones, eeainedl above with nigro-
piceous ; encarpe transverse, separated’ from the front! by
a transverse groove. Thorax before the middle nearly twice
as broad as long; sides straight and diverging from the base
nearly to the apex, thence suddenly rounded and converging
to the apex, hinder angles produced, acute, the anterior ones
also produced, obsoletely excurved, aipase: disc shining, im-
punctate, the sides narrowly margined. Scutellum not longer
than broad, its apex emarginate. Elytra broader than the
thorax, subclongate, parallel, ‘moderately convex, rather coarsely
and somewhat closely punctured, the interspaces granulose

464 Mr. Batry’s descriptions of

Genus £NIDEA, Baly.
1. dinidea barbata, un. sp.

Subelongata, flava, nitida, pectore elytrisque nigris; his vage,
tenuissime punctatis; thorace transverso, utrinque sat profunde
foveolato. Long. 32 lin.

Mas. Capite lato, valde exserto, clypeo transversim excavato,
utrinque profunde foveolato, margine antico laminis duabus
curvatis suberectis armato, disco infra antennis, fascid trans-
versi tripartita pilis erectis nigro-griseis formata, instructo; labro
tumido.

Hab. Hills of Assam.

Head broad, strongly exserted; vertex shining, impunctate;
encarpe transverse, separated by « deep fovea; interocular
spaces swollen; clypeus very deeply transversely depressed,
excavated at either end into a very large deep fovea; on the
middle portion, just below the insertion of the antenna, is a
tripartite transverse band, formed of erect nigro-griseous hairs,
which spring from a black trilobate base; anterior margin armed
with two narrow, slightly curved, suberect, concave processes, at
the inner base of each of which is a eral acute tooth; labrum
swollen, its hinder margin notched, its anterior edge concealing
from aac the mandibles ; upper joints of maxillary palpi
swollen, obovate, the terminal one very short, obtuse, and nearly
buried in the preceding one; antenne slender, nearly equal to
the body in length, the basal joint curved, abruptly thickened
at its apex. Thorax twice as br oad as long, sides straight and
diverging from the base to beyond the middle, then obliquely
converging to the apex, all the angles thickened, obtuse; surface
sparingly impressed with very minute punctures, only visible
under a strong lens; on either side the middle disc is a large
fovea, the space between them depressed. Elytra broader than
the thorax, oblong, convex, excavated below and on the outer
border of the basilar space; shining black, impressed with minute
punctures, quite as fine as those on the thorax. Apical segment
of abdomen trilobate, the medial lobe truncate.

The above description is that of a male.

2. Ainidea eximia, n. sp.

Anguste oblonga, fulva, nitida, antennis flavis, oculis nigris;
thorace parce tenwiter punctato, disco transversim sulcato, sulco
utrinque magis fortiter impresso; elytris infra basin distincte
depressis, tenuiter punctatis. Long. 4 lin.

Phytophagous Coleoptera. 460

Mas. Antennis corpore longioribus; facie infra antennis creti
transversi elevati, medio leviter emarginata instructo; clypeo
antice profunde inciso, disco profunde excavato, utrinque fascia
e pilis longis instructo; palpis articulo penultimo incrassato,
compresso, ultimo brevi conico, apice obtuso,

Hab. The Plains of Assam.

Head large, vertex smooth, impunctate; encarpe transverse,
pyritorm, separated by a broad groove; on the face just below the
antenne is a broad obliquely elevated lamina, its apex sinuate
on either side, its middle angularly notched, a longitudinal groove
running dow nwards from this notch to its base; clypeus very
deeply excavated, its anterior margin very deeply incised, the
incision extending upwards nearly to the base of the transverse
ridge, and dividing the anterior portion of the clypeus into two
large lobes, each of which is armed within with a short recurved
tooth; dise on either side furnished with a transverse band of
very long fulvous hairs, the apices of which curl spirally out-
wards; ippear very ineee e, its apex obtuse. ‘Thorax nearly twice
as broad as long; sides straight and very shghtly diverging from
the base nearly to the apex, sinuate just behind the latter, the
anterior angles thickened, obtuse. Scutellum semiovate, EHlytra
oblong, convex, excavated helow the basilar space, finely
punctured.

A sinele specimen only, a is known to me.
gle Ss} y; )

Genus MACRISPA, Baly.
1. Macrispa Saundersi, Baly.
Hab. The Plains.

A single individual, unfortunately much broken, fixes he
habitat of this rare insect; the unique specimen (now in my
cabinet), on which the original diagnosis was made, beine with-

out a locality ticket.
Genus ANISODERA, Baly.
Anisodera Guerinii, Baly.

Hab. The Plains.

2, Anisodera excavata, Baly.

Hab, The Plains,

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Characters of the new genera and species of Wrerrromera col-
lected by Dr. Stoliczka during the Forsyth Hapedition to
Kashgar in 1873-4; by Frep. Bares.

SYACHIS, n. gen. ( Veutyriine).

Intermediate between Ascelosodis and Capnisa. From the
former at once distinguished by the outer apical angle of the
anterior tibie not dentiform. From Capnisa by the antennary
orbits more convex and more rounded in front; the prothorax
wider and more deeply emarginate in front, the sides rounded
and decidedly contracted behind; the elytra shining black and
distinctly punctured, the epipleure sometimes muricately punc-
tured: the prosternal process horizontal and pointed behind: and
the mesosternal declivous and concave in front.

Syachis Himalaicus, n. sp.

Black, shining, underside and legs reddish-brown, antenne
and palpi paler: labrum entire in front; head waatibled above
the eyes and along the base: epistoma strongly separated from
antennary orbits, sides shg¢htly emarginate, truncated at apex
shoulders of elytra rounded; epip eure rather strongly muri-
eately punctured, the fold alone feebly so. Length 3} to 4 lines.

Dras, Kargil and Leh.

Syachis picicornis, n. sp.

Black, a little shining, underside of body black; legs and
antenne piceous: labrum a little emarginate in front; head not
wrinkled above the eyes nor along the base; epistoma feebly
separated from antennary orbits, being almost continuous with
them, broadly rounded in front; shoulders of elytra distinct,
not rounded; epipleure not muricately punctured, the fold
smooth. Length 34 to 4 lines.

Dras, Kargil and ‘Leh,

465 Mr. F. Bares’s descriptions of

ASCELOsODIS, Redtenb. Reise Novara, p. 117.

Prothorax and elytra more or less ciliate at the sides.
Base of prothorax not lobed in the middle.
Elytra densely rugose punctate.
Head and prothorax with mixed punctures: ic., there are

minute punctures scattered between the regular punc-
tuation.

Antennary orbits feebly separated from
sides of epistoma: punctuation on
back of elytra not muricate - - - assimilis, n. sp.
Antennary orbits strongly separated
from sides of epistoma: punctuation
of back of elytra muricate - - - ciliatus,n. sp.
Head and prothorax simply punctured - scrvipes, Redt.
Elytra thinly and feebly rugose punctate.
Sides of epistoma well separated from

antennary orbits - - - - - - - concinnius,n. sp.
Sides of epistoma nearly continuous with
antennary orbits - - - - - - - Jluagi,n. sp.
Base of prothorax distinctly broadly lobed in
middley = 9 =) es or andis ans s
Prothorax and elytra not ciliate at the sides - intermedius, n.sp.

Ascelosodis assimilis, n. sp.

Very close to A. serripes, Redt., differs in having head dis-
tinctly wrinkled above the eyes, the punctuation on the head
and prothorax composed of larger punctures with minute ones
on the interspaces; hind angles of prothorax and humeral angles
of elytra distinct. Length 23 to 34 lines.

Dras, Kargil and Leh.

Ascelusodis ciliatis, i. sp.

Very near the preceding and perhaps only an extreme variety
of it: differs by its largcr size, epistcma more prominent and
strongly separated from antennary orbits; the elytra entirely
muricately punctured; and the hairs that fringe the sides of
prothorax and elytra much longer and fuller. Length 4 lines.

Dras, Kargil and Leh.

Ascelosodis concinnus, 1. sp.

Dark brown, shining, underside reddish-brown, legs, antenne,
palpi, labrum, and front half of epistoma, red: head feebly

wrinkled above the eyes; prothorax strongly transverse, front

new genera and species of Heteromera. 469

angles prominent, sides gradually expanding from apex to
behind the middle, thence rounded to the base almost obliter-
ating hind angles; elytra not closely and scarcely rugosely
punctured; epipleure muricately punctured. Length 8 to 34
lines.

Pamir, between Sirikol and Panga.

Ascelosodis grandis, n. sp.

Broadly ovate, convex, black and nitid, underside black, legs
piceous, tarsi and antenna paler: head strongly wrinkled above
the eyes; sides of prothorax gradually curvedly expanded to near
the base, hind angles obtuse, base broadly lobed in the middle;
elytra closely and slightly rugosely punctured, humeral angle
distinct; epipleure strongly muricately punctured. Length 54
lines.

Dras, Kargil and Leh.

Ascelosodis intermedius, n. sp.

Ovate, black, a little nitid, legs pitchy-brown, antenne and
palpi rufescent: labrum notched in front; head rugosely punc-
tured above the eyes; prothorax rounded at the sides, more
contracted in front than behind, base feebly sinuate, finely but not
closely punctured, a little rugulose at the sides: elytra broadest
behind the middle, not closely nor deeply punctured and but
faintly rugulose: sides not ciliate. Length 4 lines.

Dras, Kargil and Leh.

I avail myself of this opportunity to describe an allied species
not contained in Dr. Stoliczka’s collection.

Ascelosodis [aaq?.

Oblong, reddish-brown, legs, antenne and palpi, red: epistoma
very short, broadly rounded direct from the antennary orbits,
densely punctured: head sparsely punctured, not wrinkled above
the eyes: prothorax stromgly transverse, sides strongly rounded
behind, hind angles obsolete, finely and sparsely punctured on
the middle, the punctures larger and denser at the sides: elytra
oblong, subparallel, humeral angle distinct and somewhat pro-
minent; sides ciliated; very finely, indistinctly, and somewhat

NN

470) Mr. F. Bares’s descriptions of

muricately punctured, more distinctly so at the sides, and much
more strongly so on the epipleure: flanks of prothorax rugose,
and, together with the sterna, &c., minutely sparsely tuberculate:
abdomen rather uniformly but not closely punctured. Length
3% lines.

Ladakh (Schlagintwait).

In Dr. Haag’s collection.

Anatolica montivaga, 0. sp.

Habit of Colospeelis. Head and prothorax finely punctured :
epistoma prominent, hollowed out at the sides, broadly truncated
in front; mandibles without superior tooth: prothorax as long
as broad, widest in front, rather strongly but gradually contracted
behind, base subangularly rounded, front angles rounded; elytra
more or less. elongate, depressed down by the suture, minutely
and not closely punctulate; base strongly emarginate; the
basal fold entire, humeral angle strongly produced; prosternum
strongly thickened at each side between the coxe, and, together
with the flanks of prothorax, finely and not closely punctured:
base of metasternum and of first abdominal segment somewhat
coarsely but not closely punctured. Length 44—5# lines.

Yangi Hissar and Kogyar.

Microdera laticollis, n. sp.

Approaching gracilis, Esch. in habit but more robust. Head
moderately, prothorax closely, elytra sparsely and minutely
punctured: prothorax transverse, widest before the middle, sides
well rounded, strongly narrowed behind, base broadly margined,
rounded; front angles rounded, depressed: elytra elongate oval;
epipleural fold continued round the shoulders; parapleure and
sides of the sterna and abdomen coarsely, closely and confluently
punctured. Length 5 lines.

Kashgar, Yangi Iissar and Kogyar.

Microdera parvicollis, n. sp.

Approaching convera, Tausch., in habit, but prothorax more
rounded anteriorly, broadest before the middle, thence gradually
narrowed to the base, which is strongly margined. Head, pro-
thorax and elytra minutely and sparsely punctulate: prothorax |

new genera and species of Heteromera. 471

nearly as long as broad, the basal margin strongly convex; all
the angles depr essed sia obtuse: elytra oval; epipleural fold
continuous round the shoulders: inner side of females of prothorax,
and prosternum rugosely punctured; sides of metasternum, and
of the two first joints of abdomen with a few coarse punctures.
Length 42 lines.

Kog eyar.

Cyphogenia plana, n. sp.

Narrow, elongate, flat, black, more or less obscure: epistoma
widely and subtriangularly notched in front, the angles acute;
head behind the eyes prominent and coarsely rugosely punc-
tured: prothorax quadrate, apex wider than base, front angles
produced, subacute, sides sometimes a little angular, and with a
narrow flattened margin, base truncated; disc irregularly foveate,
finely sparsely punctured: elytra faintly minutely muricately
punctured; keeled from behind the shoulders to the apex: epi-
pleurz strongly inflexed. Length 7—94 lines.

Dras, Kargil, Leh and Pankong Valley.

Cyphogenia humeralis, n. sp.

Habit of aurita, Pall, but having a short carina at the
shoulders. Head and prothorax very finely dispersedly punc-
tured; epistoma widely emarginate in front in ¢, more strongly
and subangularly so in 9, the front angles broadly rounded:
prothorax transverse, disc convex, transv ‘ersely impressed near
the base; front angles not produced but slightly acute; hind
angles acute and outwardly directed; sides well rounded ante-
riorly, rather broadly margined, a little reflexed, and finel
transversely rugulose: elytra depressed, widest behind the
middle, obsoletely punctured, the shoulders alone showing a
short keel. The ¢ is smaller than 9 and has the abdomen
more distinctly punctured. Length 10-12 lines.

Yangi Hissar.

Blaps Stoliezkana, n. sp.

Approaching mortisaga, Linn., in habit: head more or less
coarsely punctured; epistoma widely and feebly emarginate in
front: prothorax slightly transverse, sides rounded anteriorly
and gradually contracted posteriorly; base wider than apex,
front angles rounded, hind angles obtuse, more or less coarsely
punctured, somewhat. confluently so at, the sides, with minute

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472 Mr. F. Bares’s descriptions of

punctures scattered between; sides feebly guttered: elytra
depressed, attenuated behind, sides feebly rounded, apex briefly
mucronate; confusedly and more or less densely rugose
granulose.

Length 83-10 lines.
Pamir, between Sirikol and Panga,

Blaps Indicola, n. sp.

Habit of 2 montisaga, Lin., dull black, underside and legs
shining black: head and prothorax very finely and not closely
punctured ; the latter subquadrate, feebly but regularly convex,
widest before the middle, strongly contracted in front, more
gradually behind; sides slightly sinuous near the base, narrowly
channelled; front angles narrowly rounded, the hind rectangular:
elytra not wider at base than base of prothorax, sides very
shghtly widest behind the middle, apex gradually produced into
a distinct but short mucro; uniformly minutely granulose punc-
tate, a little stronger on the epipleure and at the base. Length
12 lines.

Sind Valley.

Blaps perlonga, nu. sp.

Elongate, slender, acuminate behind, obscure black: head and
prothorax finely punctured; the latter gently convex, scarcely
wider than long, sides gently evenly rounded and finely mar-
gined, base but little wider than apex, both truncated, front
angles rounded, hind rectangular: elytra elongate, widest behind
the middle, attenuate behind, distinctly but not elongately
mucronate at apex, a short costa down the middle of apex;
finely, uniformly and not closely muricate punctate and trans-
versely rugulose: legs long and slender. Length 10 lines.

Tanktze to Chagra, Pankong Valley.

Blaps Ladakensis, n. sp.

Black, elytra a little shining; oblong ovate: head rather closely
punctured: prothorax decidedly broader at base than at apex,
transverse, sides well rounded anteriorly, a little sinuously con-
tracted posteriorly ; but little convex, finely and not densely
punctured ; front angles rounded, hind obtuse: elytra depressed
at the suture, not wider at base than base of prothorax, some-
what rapidly declivous behind, apex not mucronate; disc

new genera and species of Heteromera. 473

irregularly finely muricate punctate and intricately rugulose;
apex and epipleure imbricately tuberculose, the tubercles
flattened and pointed behind: legs and antenne rather short
and robust. Length 74-84 lines.

Tanktze to Chagra, Pankong Valley.

Blaps Kashgarensis, n. sp.

Elongate, black, elytra more or less nitid: head and prothorax

finely remotely punctured, sometimes obsoletely so on the latter:
prothorax regularly convex, sides well rounded in front, but
little contracted behind; base decidedly wider than apex, hind
angles obtuse, front hale: well rounded; median line faintly
impressed: elytra more or less elongate-ovate, somewhat rapidly
declivous behind, apex terminating, in the ¢, in a distinct,
moderately elongate mucro; convex, slightly depressed at the
suture; very finely, sometimes almost obsoletely, seriate-punctate,
the punctures simple, intervals finely punctured, and more or
less feebly convex: legs rather long: first ventral segment in ¢
emarginate at each side and with a villose tuft of rufous hairs 8,
more or less strongly transversely rugose, and with traces of a
callosity on the middle. Length 9-13 lines.

Kashgar, Yangi Hissar.

Prosodes trisulcata, nu. sp.

g Elongate, parallel, pitchy-brown, prothorax, legs and
antenne approaching castaneous: head and prothorax finely
sparsely punctate, a little stronger on the sides of the latter:
prothorax gently convex, uneven at the sides, a fovea near the
hind angle, and several faint depressions on the disc: lateral
margins finely rugulose; sides slightly rounded anteriorly, but
little narrowed posteriorly, widest before the middle; front
angles depressed and narrowly rounded, hind angles rectangular:
elytra not wider at base than base of prothorax, depressed on
the back, gradually attenuated and gently declivous behind,
margins reflexed at apex; trisulcate, the sulci broad and shallow
and somewhat densely irregularly granulous; intervals subcosti-
form, nearly smooth; both sulci and coste effaced at the base:
epipleure very broad, vertical, smooth, shining, the fold also
smooth and broad, oblique ly and sinuously narrowing from
humeral angle to apex: underside piceous, nitid, abdomen feebly
wrinkled at the sides: legs rather slender, hind tibia feebly
flexuous.

474 Mr. F. Bares’s descriptions of

Q Larger, more robust, punctuation, &c., stronger, sides of
prothorax slightly sinuate before the basal angle; hind tarsi
shorter. Length ¢ 84 lines, 2 10 lines; width of elytra across
the middle ¢ 23 lines, 94 test

Dras, Kargil ed Leh.

Prosodes vicina, n. sp.

Differs from preceding as follows:—form broader, prothorax,
underside, legs, &c., shining black: sides of prothorax more
contracted in front, the front angles more broadly rounded:
elytra still more gradually declivous behind, dorsal coste more
elevated, narrower, and rugose punctate: epipleure rugulose;
antenne and legs stouter, middle joints of the former submoni-
liform, Length ¢ 10 lines, 9 11 lines; width of elytra across
middle g 5} lines, 9 42 lines.

Sind Valley.

COELOCNEMODES, n, gen. (DBlaptides).

Habit of Coelocnemis, Mann. Differs from all the genera of
the group except Dila, by its toothed anterior femora: and from
Dila by its totally different habit, granulose surface, &c. Last
joint of maxillary palpi feebly securiform: antennz nearly as in
ae mortisaga, Linn.; joint 3 elongate, 4—7 equal, obconic,

-11 perfoliate, setose, and clothed with a fine silky- yellowish
De eh 8-10 faomibtoeny 11 larger, acuminate: 1-7 coarsely
punctured: head subquadrate, not prolonged behind the eyes;
antennary orbits subangularly prominent, epistoma short,
gradually narrowed to the front; labrum strongly transverse,
pilose, nearly entirely visible, angles rounded: eyes very narrow,
flat, obsoletely facetted, anterior margin entire: prothorax moder-
ately convex; sides well rounded, abruptly narrowed behind,
narrowly channelled: front angles rounded, hind angles distinct
but not prominent, and reposing on the shoulders of the elytra:
elytra oblong ovate, not wider at base than base of prothorax,
rapidly declivous behind, apex produced but not mucronate:
shoulders depressed, sides a little smuous near the base: epi-
pleure broad, the fold extending from the humeral angle to the
apex, gradually narrowed behind: legs moderate; four hind
femora a little compressed; all the tibiee rounded, the anterior
not denticulate at outer edge, and with a curved excision on the
inner edge near the base; first jomt of hind tarsi shorter than
the last.

new genera and species of Heteromera. 475

Coelocnemodes Stoliczkanus, n. sp.

Obscure brownish-black; head uneven, coarsely but not deeply
punctured, with smaller punctures between; labrum and _ palpi
rufescent, the former lightly punctate; prothorax with a trans-
verse impression near the base, and 2 or 3 foveate depressions on
the disc, granulose, the sides confluently granulose punctate;
elytra rather closely subseriately punctured, and faimtly trans-
versely rugulose and granulose. Length 10 lines.

Murree.

Trigonoscelis setosa, 0. sp.

Black, more or less broadly oblong-ovate: head remotely punc-
tured, setose ; epistoma and labrum more strongly and closely
punctured: prothorax transverse, quadrate, more or less gently
convex, sometimes depressed on the disc, front angles prominent,
acute; base scarcely wider than apex, strongly sinuate in the
middle, hind angles a little outwardly directed; sides a little
rounded before the middle: granulose, setose; scutellum small,
petiolate: elytra more or less depressed above, more or less
broadly oval; base wider than base of prothorax, shoulders more
or less strongly advanced; granulose, setose, the granules more
or less seriate, near the sides is a row of more distinct and closely
placed g oranules; margin closely subserrately g cranulose: a flexuous
elevated more or eee granulose line running obliquely down the
epipleurz: underside ane legs moderately closely 2 eranulose and
clothed with fine ashy pubescence: four hind tibie hispid and
fringed outwardly with long fuscous hairs; front tibie spinose
toon outer edge: four hind tarsi fringed eae long hairs,
Length 7-94 lines; width of elytra across taiddles 34-44 ives

Kashgar to Kogyar.

Trigonoscelis lacerta, n. sp.

Ovoid, black, thinly tomentose: head feebly remotely punc-
tured: prothorax transverse, quadrate, depressed on disc and
down median line, front angles a little prominent and acute;
sides moderately rounded in front, sinuately narrowed behind;
base not wider than apex, moderately sinuate at the middle;
hind angles slightly outwardly directed; irregularly covered
with largish flattened tubercles, with a few small pointed
tubercles between: elytra oval, regularly convex, on each elytron
five irregular rows of from seven to nine rather large rounded

476 Mr. F. Bares’s descriptions of

and flattened tubercles, with minute granules scattered between,
apex more closely tubercled; the margin closely set with small-
ish, oblique, pointed, setiferous, tubercles; the carina which
traverses the epipleure tubercled at base and apex, minutely
denticulate between: four hind tibie not fringed with long
hairs: hind tarsi not compressed, and with a few longish hairs
outwardly. Length 74 lines.
Yangi Hissar.

The following four species of Pterocoma form a distinct group
in the genus, distinguished by the third joint of antenne much
elongated; prosternum strongly protuberant in front, its process
being enormously produced: the elytra having each three (except
semicarinata) coste, besides the marginal; and the third unites
with the marginal just behind the shoulder.

Pterocoma tibialis, n. sp.

Black, somewhat nitid, four hind tibie distinctly rufescent:
antenne and legs slender: labrum notched im middle of front
margin: head feebly punctured and pilose: prothorax convex,
front angles acute and prominent; base strongly sinuate, the
angles small and outwardly directed: sides feebly rounded; finely
sparsely (especially on disc) tuberculate, the tubercles erect,
pointed, setiferous: elytra with a depression behind the scutel-
lum; first costa continued along the base to scutellum: intervals
minutely remotely granulose, and with a few long decumbent
hairs: epipleure finely rugose granulate, the hairs shorter and
denser: marginal costa closely set with long pointed teeth: pro-
sternal process coarsely corrugated. Length 43-64 lines.

Neighbourhood of Sanju.

Pterocoma serrimargo, 0. sp.

Smaller, dull brownish-black: four hind tibize not distinctly
rufescent ; labrum entire in front: elytra not depressed behind
scutellum, first costa not continued along the base; intervals
from near the base clothed with cinereous pubescence; prosternal
process sparsely granulose. Length 54 lines.

Kogyar,

Pterocoma convexa, a, sp.

More narrowly ovate and convex; black, a little nitid: thinly
clothed with fine cinerous pubescence, and setose: labrum entire

new genera and species of Heteromera. 477

in front: head and prothorax at bottom minutely, densely and
rugosely punctulate, and with scattered small setiferous tubercles:
intervals of elytra with scattered small punctures, mixed with
minute setiferous tubercles; first costa strongly continued along
the base: prosternal process rugosely tuberculate. Length 5
lines.

No locality given; probably Kogyar.

Pterocoma semicarinata, n. sp.

Very broadly ovate, elytra almost rotundate: black, a little
shining: labrum emarginate in front: head sparsely punctured,
and with small setiferous tubercles clustered above the eyes:
prothorax with a few flattened tubercles on the disc, which are
distinctly umbilicate; on each elytron a single costa composed
of flattened tubercles, placed half way between the suture and
shoulders, and not extending more than half down the elytra
from the base; between this and the side are indications of two
other costs, the outer one most distinct, these are composed of
very small distant setiferous tubercles, the marginal cara is com-
posed of a double row of closely set bluntish tubercles; no
trace of pubescence on the intervals, but they have a few very
minute setiferous tubercles near the base; prosternum coarsely,
deeply and confluently punctured, the process smooth and
polished. Length 6 lines.

Yangi Hissar.

Ocnera subleviguta, n. sp.

Habit of O. imbricata, Fisch. Black, more or less obscure, legs
fuscous, antenne and tarsi rufescent and clothed with ferrugin-
ous hairs, palpi and labrum reddish: head minutely sparsely
muricate punctate, with minute simple punctures mixed with
them: prothorax quadrate, front angles slightly prominent,
sparsely furnished with small round flattened umbilicate granules,
and with minute punctures scattered between: elytra regularly
oval and convex, on each three distinct rows of small tubercles,
with four others placed between, these latter more or less obscure;
intervals plane and with scattered. small granules; the marginal
costa is finely serrate: prosternal process horizontal, triangulate
behind: hind tibia feebly sinuous. Length 9-10 lines.

Kashgar, Yangi Hissar.

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BIORAMIX, n. gen. (Platyscelides).

Head strongly transverse: epistoma very short, broadly
rounded, or truncated, in front; prothorax variable, always trans-
verse, more or less convex, sometimes a little flattened at the
lateral margins, front angles generally depressed, subacute, or
rounded, hind angles variates sides usually rounded in front
and subpar allel behind : scutellum rather large, transversely
triangular: elytra variable, usually elongate oval, regularly
convex; diffusedly, or seriately punctured; more or less hispid
(generally only at the apex); epipleure usually continuous with
the sides, the fold generally broad, always attaining the humeral
angle sail gradually curvedly narrowed from the base to near
the apex: legs robust; front and middle tibie more or less
expanded outwardly, the outer apical angle of the front pair
not dentiform; the hind straight, or feebly curved. The mouth
organs and the tarsi do not “materially differ from Platyscelis,
The 9 have all the tarsi simple; and are generally more robust
and convex; and elytra more rounded at the sides.

Bioramix Pamirensis, n. sp.
3

Elliptic oval, black, a little nitid, underside and legs dark
brown: head finely punctured, closely so, and pubescent behind:
prothorax finely uniformly punctured, gently convex direct from
the side margins, not closely applied to base of elytra, sides
contracted in Bae subparallel behind, hind angles rectangular:
shoulders of elytra broadly rounded, sides feebly rounded,
gently declivous behind, moderately, but distinctly, punctured,
with traces of a longitudin: al seriate arrangement, faintly irregu-
larly rugulose and alutaceot us, thinly hispid at sides and apex;
epipleural fold punctured: underside finely corrugated and
appearing granulous, front tibize moderately expanded outwardly,
and friponal, outer edge sharp and sinuous. Length 5 lines.

Pamir, from Sirikol to Panga.

Bioramix ovalis, n. sp.

Oval, less elongate and relatively broader than preceding;
head more closely and slightly rugosely punctate, not pubescent
behind: prothorax more transverse, less convex, sides more
rounded, more contracted behind, slightly depressed at the
margins, foveolate at each side the middle, punctuation less
clean, the angles distinctly more obtuse: elytra more convex,

new genera and species of Heteromera. 479

more rounded at the sides, punctuation finer and less regular:
front tibia more compressed, not sinuate at outer edge. Length
4147 lines.

Dras, Kareil and Leh.

Bioramix puncticeps, nu. sp.

Differs from preceding in having the epistoma distinctly and
squarely truncated in front: prothorax still more strongly trans-
verse, front angles more obtuse, sides strongly rounded behind
effacing the hind angles: elytra much more faintly punctate,
shoulders more strongly rounded: epipleural fold not visibly
punctured: front tibiae more compressed, more triangular, the
outer apical angle a little produced; intermediate tarsi distinctly
narrower and more pilose. Length 4—44 lines.

Dras, Kargil and Leh.

Bioramix asidioides, nv. sp.

Very distinct from the three preceding by its larger size,
broader and more depressed form, distinctly seriately punctured
elytra, &c. Oblong oval, black: head subangular in front, coarsely
punctured, more finely and closely, and pubescent, behind; front
angles of epistoma distinct, almost rectangular: third joint of
antenne as long as 4 and 5 united: prothorax transverse, scarcely
convex, closely applied to base of elytra, moderately and seti-
ferously punctured, apex arcuately emarginate, base much wider
than apex, sinuate, hind angles subacute, a little outwardly
directed, reposing on shoulders of elytra; sides gradually ex-
panded rr apex to the middle, thence slightly and sinuately
contracted to base; the margins irregularly depressed and
transversely rugose: elytra a inal depressed, shoulders slightly
rounded, sides gradually feebly rounded to the middle, thence
gradually narrowed behind; on each elytron eight rows of
punctures, intervals finely punctured, transversely rugulose, the
alternate ones convex, except at base and apex; lateral margins
costiform ; epipleure distinct, the fold faintly rugulose punctate:
hind tibie a little curved: intercoxal process truncated in front,
Length 6 lines.

Sind Valley.

CHIANALUS, n. gen. (Platyscelides).

Near Biorumix. Head longer and narrower; epistoma dis-
tinctly larger: elytra strongly costate and densely hispid: anterior

480 Mr. F. Bares’s descriptions of

tibie finely denticulate at outer edge, the outer apical angle
strongly dentiform: intermediate tarsi feebly dilated, the joints
longer than broad: epipleural fold continued to the apex of elytra.

Chianalus costipennis, n. sp.

$ Oblong-ovate. dark brown; head rather strongly and closely
punctured; prothorax transverse, feebly convex, wider at base
than apex, sides well rounded, a little uneven, margins narrowly
depressed; finely punctured, foveate at each side of the disc, and
a depression at each side at the base; the angles obtuse: elytra
oval, suture costiform, and on each elytron four stout coste, 2-3
united before the apex and continued as but one; the intervals
also each with a fainter costa; finely granulose-punctate, rugulose
and hispid.

a the coste on elytra subequal. Length g 54 lines;
Q 54-6 lines.
Dras, Kargil and Leh.

MYATIS, n. gen. (Platyscelides).

Head very short and transverse, epistoma truncated nearly
level with base of antenne: prothorax variable, usually curvedly
narrowed in front, subparallel behind; front angles obtuse, hind
angles acute: elytra oblong, gently convex, shoulders more or
less oblique, humeral angle prominent, sometimes dentiform;
sides feebly rounded, narrowed and gently declivous behind; a
little hispid at the apex and sides: intermediate tarsi scarcely
at all dilated: intermediate tibie in ¢ thickened behind and,
as well as the hind tibiew, densely fringed within with silky
golden yellow hairs, the pro- and meso-sterna are not nearly so
convex, or bulged out, as in the other genera of the group: the
epipleural fold does not reach the apex of elytra.

Myatis humeralis, n. sp.

Oblong, pitchy-brown, head and prothorax nitid: head finely
punctured, pubescent at sides and behind: epistoma squarely
truncated in front and ciliated: prothorax gently convex, nearly
as long as broad, finely uniformly punctured, narrowed in front,
slightly incurved behind, hind angles prominent, subacute, out-
wardly directed: elytra a little expanded to behind the middle,

new genera and species of Weteromera. 481

minutely and not closely granulose punctate, with distinct indi-
cations of stris, intervals very faintly rugulose and delicately
subreticulately alutaceous, not perceptibly hispid; humeral
angle dentiform. Length 41-44 lines.

No locality given.

Myatis quadraticollis, v. sp.

Of ‘a paler brown than preceding, head more strongly punc-
tured, distinctly foveolated between the eyes: prothorax dull
reddish castaneous clouded with dark brown, less evenly convex,
foveolately depressed at each side near the margins, sides more
contracted behind, hind angles not produced, punctuation dis-
tinctly coarser at the sides: elytra a little less cleanly and
distinctly punctate, distinctly hispid at sides and apex; humeral
angle prominent but not dentiform, Length 4} lines.

Between Leh and Yarkand.

Myatis variabilis, n. sp.

Varying from light reddish to very dark brown: prothorax
distinctly less transverse than preceding, more uniformly brown,
punctuation stronger, median line distinctly smooth, more regu-
larly and evenly convex, more rounded at sides, hind angles
rectangular, or a little outwardly produced, elytra more parallel,
humeral angle distinct but never prominent, punctuation, &c.,
a little closer and stronger, more distinctly and uniformly hispid.
Length 34-44 lines.

Between Yangi Hissar and Sirikol, and Sirikol to Panga.

These three forms may probably constitute but one very
variable species.

Opatrum Kashgarense, 0. sp.

Belongs to the rusticum, Oliv., group of species. Oblong,
brown: head broadly and sinuately rounded in front; epistoma
not sharply angularly notched in the middle of fore margin;
studded with small black granules which emit a short scale-like
hair of a golden yellow colour: prothorax gently convex, deeply
emarginate in front, front angles subacute: sides gently regularly
rounded, margins a little reflexed, base a little wider than apex,
hind angles produced, acute, directed behind; the surface more

482 Mr. F. Bares’s descriptions of

distinctly and recularly granulose &c., than the head: scutellum
semicircular, finely granulose and pubescent : elytra oblong,
slightly widest behind the middle, shoulders distinct, very finely
transversely rugulose, punctate-striate, intervals slightly convex,
finely sranulose, each granule emitting a short scale-like hair as
on head and prothorax. Length 47 lines,

Kashgar.

Penthicus (Loboderus) gracilis, n. sp.

Near rufescens, Muls: larger, sides of prothorax subangular
in the middle, front angles more pointed; finely closely and
uniformly punctur ed on a minutely granulose ground; uneven at
each side the disc: elytra more eradually eed behind;
faintly sulcated, the intervals sparsely minutely granulose, and
showing a line of minute punctures: abdomen analy minutely

granulose, somewhat transversely arranged: joimts 8—7 of antenne
more elongate. Length 45 lines.
Kogyar.

Length of rufescens 22-3? lines.

Allecula (Dietupsis) costipennis, n. sp.

Elongate, narrow, chocolate-brown, head and prothorax a
little deeper in colour: underside rufescent and shining: head
closely and finely punctured and pubescent; epistoma long, con-
vex, expanding outwardly, apex truncated; labrum entire in
front, the angles rounded: last joint of maxillary palpi broadly
cultriform: antenne subfiliform, jomts 8-11 subequal, obconic,
11th narrowly rounded at tip: prothorax convex, transverse, sides
parallel, narrowed in front, the angles broadly rounded, hind angles
obtuse; finely uniformly punctured, a foveate depression cach
side median line: elytra crenate-striate, intervals convex, minutely
punctulate, each puncture carrying a fine minute pale decumbent
hair: sterna finely densely punctured and rugulose, flanks with
close well marked rounded punctures; abdomen and legs finely
uniformly punctured and pubescent, Length 5 lines.

Murree.

HYPOCISTELA, n. gen. (Cteniopides).

Near Cteniopus, but joint 3 of antenne much shorter than 4,
3-6 obliquely truncated at apex; palpi slender, last joint of all

q

new genera and species of Heteromera., 483

elongate-oval; eyes larger, more approximate beneath, more
coarsely facetted: prothorax narrower at base than base of
elytra, and not curvedly narrowed in front.

Hypocistela tenuipes, n. sp.

Pale testaceous, legs yellow, antenne palish brown, eyes and
tips of mandibles black, head fuscous behind. Entirely above
uniformly and very minutely punctulate and rugulose, and finely
pubescent: elytra delicately striated; flanks of prothorax, breasts,
and abdomen clouded with fuscous. Length 3} lines..

Kogyar.

Lagria Indicola, nu. sp.

Form, size and color of glabrata, Oliv. yes silvery-grey,
with a fuscous spot above: antenne filiform, last joint elongate
and straight: prothorax broader at base than at apex, somewhat
shining, piceous, front and hind margins reddish, feebly punctate,
and, as well as the head, clothed with a longish fuscous pile:
elytra delicately striated, distinctly uniformly punctured, irregu-
larly transversely wrinkled: underside, femora and antenne
pitchy-brown, tibia and tarsi paler. Length 4¢ lines.

Murree.

Meloé servulus, n. sp.

Small, black, a faint bluish tinge on elytra: antenne shining
black, compact, a little thickened outwardly, joints obconic, 5-7
shorter than 38-4 or 8-10; 10 a little cylindric, 11 elongate,
tapering: head large, convex, rather uniformly punctured : pro-
thorax small, quadrate, transverse, all the angles rounded, base
arcuately emarginate, punctured like the head, and with a foveate
impression at each side the disc: elytra faintly reticulately rugu-
lose, somewhat scrobiculate on the epipleure ; dehiscent from
one-third their length, base emarginate at each side, shoulders
rounded. Length 3# lines.

No locality; probably between Leh and Yarkand.

Epicauta Haagi, n, sp.

$ Head dull red, a blood red callosity at base of each antenna,
strongly, closely punctured, a short fine elevated line running

484 Mr. F. Bates’s descriptions of Heteromera.

down middle of c~own, scantily furnished with fine black hairs
at sides and behinu: epistoma broadly truncate in front, black in
the middle, labrum black, sinuate in front: antenne with two basal
joints red above, the rest black, strongly depressed, the joints
longitudinally excavated on their inner side, joint 3 long, tri-
angular, 4-6 much shorter, gradually narrower, 3-7 more or
less strongly obliquely emarginate at apex, the inner angle
produced, 8—9 nearly equal in length, but gradually narrower,
truncated at apex, 11 longer and narrower than 1(), cylindric,
and rounded at tip: prothorax black, convex, depressed in
middle of base, strongly contracted in front, feebly so behind;
closely and deeply punctured and pilose; sides, apex and median
line usually covered with a dull whitish pubescence: elytra dull
black, strongly divaricate, finely densely granulose and pubescent,
transversely rugulose, margins, and sometimes a dorsal stripe,
clothed with a dull whitish pubescence: underside black, and
clothed with dull whitish decumbent hairs: front tibie emar-
ginate in the middle within: tarsi simple.

Q Smaller, antenne shorter, narrower, 3-7 not emarginate
at apex. Length ¢ 9-10 lines, 9 74 lines.
Muree.

Sitaris (Criolis) pectoralis, n. sp.

Shining testaceous, tips of mandibles, eyes, scutellum, meso-
and meta-sterna and their flanks, black, middle and hind coxe
shining black: antennze filiform, last seven joints fuscous black,
last joint elongate, tapering: head convex, smooth, faintly punc-
tate; labrum notched in front: prothorax convex, transverse,
widest in the middle, more abruptly narrowed in front than
behind, faintly punctured: elytra pale cmnamon-brown, tapering
gradually behind, thinly clothed with a fine silky-greyish
pubescence, and with two or three slightly flexuous cost: upper
division of the tarsal claws finely pectinated. Length 4? lines.

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Note sur un Exarerme de Madagascar, du groupe des

ALLorrutes ; par le Dr. E. Canpnze,

Morostoma, n. gen.

Frons leviter couvexa immarginata; labrum productum,
inclinatum; palporum quatuor articulus ultimus maximus, anten-
nis longior,

Antenne breves, filiformes, undecim articulate.

Prosterni suture laterales recte, haud canaliculate.

Mesosterni fossula triangularis, marginibus declivibus.

Coxarum posticarum lamine parum dilatate, extus sensim
attenuate,

Pedes normales; tarsorum articuli 2—4 subtus dilatati, quarto
lobato.

En faisant connaitre, l’an dernier, le genre Parallotrius je
disais: “ Jusqwici le groupe des Allotriites n’était representé que
par des espéces de V’Inde. L’espece suivante (P. pallipes), qui
est américaine, vient ainsi combler une lacune.”

Aujourdhui, c’est Madagascar qui nous présente un type du
méme groupe, que l’on peut, a bon droit, considérer comme le
plus extraordinaire de la famille enticre des Elatérides.

L’espéce sur laquelle est établi le genre actuel se distingue, en
effet, par une particularité qui pourrait ¢tre prise pour une
monstruosité individuelle, si elle n’avait été constatée chez
plusieurs individus.

Cette particularité consiste dans le développement extraordin-
aire du quatriéme article des quatre palpes, qui dépasse les
antennes en longueur et en épaisseur, est cylindrique, arqué,
noir brillant (Pl. X, f. 1). Elle suffit 4 elle seule pour caractér-
iser le genre, i l’exclusion de tout autre.

Voici les caracteres de Vespece.

OO

CistuLa ENTrOMOLOGICA,
August 16th, 1879.

486 Note sur un Elatéride par le Dr. E. Candéze.

Morostoma palpale, n. sp.

Nigrum, nitidum, glabrum. Antennis palpisque basi rufis ;
8 ) »g it

prothorace subquadrato, parum convexo, crebre punctato, angu-
ie t ee Nae Gea eo
lis posticis brevibus, divaricatis, haud carinatis ; elytris striis
profundis fortiter punctatis; pedibus rufis. Long. 13 mill.,
lat-23 amill,

D’un noir assez profond et brillant, dépourvu de pubescence.
Palpes longs de trois millimétres, leurs articles basilaires courts,
rouges, Antennes un peu moins longues que les palpes, a articles
grenus, les deux premiers rouges, tous un peu pubescents.
Front légerement convexe, arrondi et non rebordé en avant,
trés ponctué. Prothorax carré, mediocrement convexe, densé-
ment ponctué, marqué d’un fin sillon longitudinal au milieu, ses
angles postérieurs petits, divergents, aigus, sans caréne. Ecusson
triangulaire. Elytres un peu plus larges que le prothorax,
paralléles, profondément sillonnées avec les intervalles convexes,
les sillons marqués de gros points. Dessous brunatre, pubescent ;
pattes rouges.

Madagascar.

Je ne puis préciser la localité exacte d’ot provient cet
Elatéride, Tout ce que je sais, a cet égard, c’est quwil est des
mémes eux que Ul’ Hexodon unicolor.

J’en ai vu autrefois plusieurs exemplaires au Musée de Berlin:
je n'ai pu le décrire alors. Je lai retrouvé récemment a
Jiondres. Le type détaillé ¢i-dessus fait partie de la collection

de M. E. Janson,

On a small Collection of Werrrocerous Lepmortera, from New
Zealand; by Artour G. Butter, F.L.S., PLS, &e,

The series of Moths recorded in the present Paper, has been
sent to me for identification, by Professor Hutton, of the Otago
Museum, Dunedin; it is a singularly interesting little consign-
ment, not only from the comparatively large number of novelties
which it contains, but also from the assistance which it has
rendered in correcting the synonymy of the known species, and
the light which it has shed upon the sexual differences of the
species of the genus Pseudocoremia.,

ARCTIID.
Phaos Huttonii, n. sp. (No. 1).

Nearly allied to P. interfiva of Tasmania; primaries pale
ochraceous, with the borders and veins rather broadly black, a
submarginal transverse black line or stripe, or these wings might
perhaps better be described as black, with an abbreviated basal
dash, a cuneiform discoidal dash, an interno-median longitudinal
streak, five subconfluent longitudinal discal dashes, and a sub-
aeeme rll series of small conical spots pale ochraceous ; a basal
Bapcostal carmine streak ; secondaries bright ochreous, greyish
on interno-median area ; ‘an oblique blac k spot on the discocel-
lulars ; outer border, to ‘beyond the first median branch, broadly
black, uniting with a large subanal marginal black spot, and
itersected by an interrupted macular ochreous line close to the
margin; fringe ochreous; body black, with sordid whitish
fringes to the tegul « ; abdomen with ochraceous borders ; wings
below ochreous with black discocellular spots; outer borders
black, intersected by a series of ochreous dots ; costal borders
dark orange, the primaries with an ill-defined een carmine
streak body black, pectus fringed with pale sericeous hair ;
tibie fa tarsi of legs ochreous ; anterior femora carmine in
front ; venter bordered and banded with ochreous. Hxpanse
of wings | inch 3 lines.

Queenstown (two examples).

Ono: 2

488 Mr. Butter on a small collection of

The Tasmanian species is larger, with more elongated prima-
ries, the latter best described as creamy-white clouded at the
end of the cell with ochreous; the veins, borders and three
transverse lines black ; a basi-costal scarlet streak ; the second-
aries are dark ochreous, with a broad external black border
interrupted by two marginal ochreous dots ; the imterno-median
area blackish; the body with whitish margins to collar and
teeule, the abdomen scarlet at the sides, indications of the same
colour appearing also on the margins of the segments; a lateral
series of black and whitish spots ; there are, therefore, plenty of
well-defined characters whereby to distinguish the New Zealand
form.

HEPIALIDZ.
2. Porina fuliginea, n. sp. (No. 79).

Allied to P. cervinata; smoky brown; primaries’ with
shghtly greyish outer border, limited by an interrupted blackish
line; a marginal series of small whitish-edged black spots
between the vems; an interrupted greyish-edged blackish
discal line, also two or three transverse black spots nearer to
the end of the cell, and crossing the subcostal interspaces ;
discoidal cell and base varied with unequal black-edged white
spots; secondaries with the basal area broadly clothed with
paler hair; abdomen with pale hair at the base ; under surface
immaculate. Hxpanse of wings 1 inch 5 lines.

Otago,

LEUCANIIDA.
3. Leucania atristriga (No. 5).

Xylina atristriga, Walker, Lep. Het. Supp. ii, p. 796 (186!
Bityla atristriga, Butler, jeu Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 887, n. 3
Otago.

a
(.

This species is evidently allied to Z. propria and ZL. dislocata;
I was therefore in error when I referred it to Bityla.

XYLOPHASIID 2%,
4, Xylophasia stipata,

Xylina stipata, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. i, p. 758, (1865).
Otago.

Heterocerous Lepidoptera from New Zealand. 489

5, Xylophasia rubescens, n. sp. (No. 18).

Allied to X. lithoxylea and X. lignicolora. Primaries sandy
pale brown, with the ordinary markings (including the cunel-
form external patch, and a diffused patch at external angle)
ferruginous ; reniform spot enclosing a blackish J-shaped mark-
ing, a bounded externally by oe black dots; orbicular
represented by a black dot, below which is an oblique ferrugi-
nous dash ; a discal arched series of minute black dots on the
veins ; secondaries smoky-brown, with rosy-cupreous reflections,
fringe and margin sandy-brown; body pale sandy-brown ;
thorax somewhat ferruginous down the centre; abdomen
whitish at the base, with four brown-banded dorsal tufts ;
under surface omen pale shining sandy-brown, with faint
rosy reflections ; discocellulars blackish. Expanse of wings
1 inch 7 lines.

Otago.

Most like the North American Y. lignicolora, but the prima-
ries decidedly paler, and the secondaries darker.

NOCTUID.
Agrotis ? moderata (No. 15).

Agrotis ? moderata, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. 1, p. 700
(1865).

Mamestra griseipennis, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. iv, pl. cix,
fig. 22.

Wairarapa.

This species would perhaps be better placed in the genus
Hapalia,

Agrotis mitis, var. ? (No. 13).

Agrotis mitis, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1877, p. 388, n. 19,
Pls xh, fig., 5.
Otago.

More heavily marked and of a much less bluish tint than the
type, still I believe it to be conspecific with it.

8. Chera virescens, n. sp. (No. 7).

Primaries above greyish-green, with black costal spots indi-
cating the origin of the usual lines ; all the lines and spots black

490 Mr. Butter on a small collection of

or blackish, margined either outwardly or inwardly with pale
ochraceous; the discoidal spots and a spot below the orbicular
indicated in outline ; an oblique zigzag line from the reniform
to the inner margin, followed by a subangulated series of lunate
markings from costa to inner margin, an extradiscal series of ill-
formed hastate subconfluent black spots parallel to the outer
margin; fringe blackish towards the apex; secondaries sericeous
grey with a feeble lilacine tint; a broad deep brownish grey
external border ; fringe yellowish at base, tipped with white and
intersected by a grey line ; thorax greyish-green, abdomen
sordid whitish, sericeous ; anus yellowish; under surface of
wings silvery-greyish, the primaries with the costal and external
borders finely white-speckled but not distinctly ; an ochraceous
tuft close to the base covering a bare and swollen space at the
base of the costal vein; a slightly arched grey discal line;
internal area white at base; secondaries paler than primaries,
the fringe yellowish at base ; an arched grey discal line ; disco-
cellulars greyish : body below sordid white. Hxpanse of wings
1 inch 10 lnes,
Otago.

This species is evidently nearly allied to the smaller and
ereyer species which I have hitherto considered to be Guénée’s
Xylocampa ? cucullina.

9. Chersotis sericea, n. sp. (No. 16).

g Shining grey; primaries tinted with brown, with indica-
tions of the discoidal spots, and of a third spot near the base of
interno-median area, they being slightly paler than the ground-
colour, and outlined in black ; fringe tipped with white; secon-
daries with white fringe; abdomen pale stramineous, clothed at
the base with pale grey hair; under surface pale silvery-grey.
Expanse of wings | inch 4 lines.

Wairarapa.

Excepting in the structure of its antenne this species has more
nearly the aspect of a Spelotis than of a Chersotis.

10. Graphiphora purpurea, n. sp. (No. 6).

Primaries above rich chocolate-brown shot with purple; the
central area limited by two undulated squamose lines of white
and fulvous scales, a third similar but less distinct line across the
base; a semicircular blackish spot edged with whitish near the

Heterocerous Lepidoptera from New Zealand. 491

end of the cell, its outer edge, together with a portion of the
outer undulated line, indicating the reniform spot, its inner edge
united at the extremity to an oblique black-edged whitish dash
which replaces the orbicular spot; an indistinct series of black
marginal dots; secondaries chocolate-brown becoming pale
brown towards the base; fringe pale brown intersected by a
darker line; head, collar, and centre of thorax rich chocolate-
brown edged with fulvous scales; first joint of palpi tipped with
fulvous ; “tegulee dark brown with a sericeous slaty-grey lustre;
adlganeh eheeolnre brown with pale basal tufts; under surface
pale sericeous red-brown with darker margins and fringe ;
primaries with whitish interno-basal area ; secondaries with a
lunule at the end of the cell and a bisinuated discal series of
spots black ; body below darker than the wings, chocolate-
brown, Expanse of wings 1 inch 7 lines.

Otago.

More nearly allied to G. tartarea than to any other described
species; the figure of G. tartarea is badly coloured, the black
spots being wholly omitted.

HADENIDA.
11. Hadena plena (No. 9).

Erana plena, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. ii, p. 744 (1865).
Otago, in July.

This species differs entirely from Hrana in the structure of
the primaries.

12. Hadena debilis (No. 11).

Hadena debilis, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 385, n. 26,
pl xin; tie.” 6.
Otago,
15. Hadena mutans (No. 12).

ITadena mutans, Walker, Lep. Het. xi, p. 602 (1857).
Aylina snurcata, Wal ker, Lep. Het. x1, p. 631 (1857).
pacer angusta, Fel ler, Reise der Nov. Lep. iv, pl. cix,
fig. 1
‘ Tras
It is possible, though scarcely probable, that J7, mutans,
insignis, debilis, lignifusca, and vexata may be all modifications
of one extremely variable species.

492 Mr. Butter on a@ small collection of

14, Hadena insignis (No. 14).
Euplexia insignis (part) Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. iii, p. 724
(1865).
Mamestra acceptrix, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. iv, pl. cix,
fies:
Otago.
15, Erana graminosa (No. 97).
Erana graminosa, Walker, Lep. Het. xi, p. 605 (1857).
Erana vigens, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. iti, p. 743 (1865).
Otago,
Walker says that his 2. vigens is ‘nearly allied to H. graminusa
but the abdomen is not crested,” it would have been more
strictly correct to say “but the dorsal tufts have been rubbed

off.”
XYLINIDZ.
16. Xylina ustistriga (Nos. 10 & 80).

NXylina ustistriga, Walker, Lep. Het. x1, p. 630, (1857).

Otago.

This species varies considerably in tint and in the distinctness
of the markings on the under surface; we however possess all
gradations between the extreme forms.

HERMINIID A.
17. Rhapsa scotinalis (Nos. 19 & 81).
Rhapsa_ scotinalis, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. iv, p. 1150
(1865).
Herminia lilacina, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 388,

n. 43; pl. xli, fig. 11.
Otago,

This species varies a little in size and tint, some examples
being very pale and without the liacine reflection typical of the
variety named by me.

BOTIDIDA.
18. Adena hybreasalis (No. 99).

Scopula ? hybreasalis, Walker, Lep. Het. xviii, p. 797, n. 51
(1859).

Heterocerous Lepidoptera from New Zealand. 493

Adena wanthialis, Walker, Lep. Het. xxvii, p. 198, n. 1
(1863).

Otago.

Differs in colour from Walker’s types, the primaries being
ochraceous instead of brick-red; I have no doubt, however, that
it is a mere variety.

19. Scopula flavidalis (Nos. 21 & 22).

Margaritia flavidalis, Doubleday, Dieff., New Zeal. 1, p. 287.
n. 125.
$, Y, Otago.

The female example is slightly larger and darker than usual.

20. Scopula notata. n. sp. (No. 20).

Primaries reddish clay-colour, slightly sericeous ; discoidal
area dusky; a black-edged white rhomboidal spot at the end of
the cell; a grey discal line, arched beyond the cell, zigzag from
first median branch to inner margin; fringe grey ; secondaries
pale creamy ochreous, speckled at apex and on interno-basal
area with grey scales; two black spots placed obliquely at the
end of the cell; a marginal series of black dots; thorax red-
brown ; abdomen greyish, white at base; primaries below
blackish as far as the discal line; costa and external area sordid
sandy-brown, tinted with a feeble rosy gloss ; white spot as
above; fringe grey; a marginal row of black dots; secondaries
silvery-white, slightly yellowish; black discocellular spots and
marginal dots as above; a discal irregular series of grey spots;
body below whitish, legs reddish. Hxpanse of wings 11 lines,

Otago.

1. Scoparia conifera, u. sp. (No. 92).

Primaries clay-coloured, speckled all over with snow-white
scales, and with a few black scales towards the inner margin ;
a blackish-brown band across the base; a zigzag (almost
M-shaped) fascia, dark brown edged with white, from near the
base to beyond the end of the discoidal cell, its superior angles
extending to the costal margin ; a broad Bae brown poder
edged internally by a pale ara line ; a marginal series of
Dickich dots; secondaries sericeous brassy-brown, very pale
with diffused dusky apical border ; frir.ge silvery-white ; body
silvery-whitish, the thorax longitudinally streaked with brown;

494 Mr. Burier on a small collection of

under surface pale sericeous brassy-brown, with dusky disco-
cellulars; fringe white; body below white. Expanse of wings
10 lines.

Otago.

The pale-edged triangular area in the centre of the M-shaped
marking is the first thing which catches the eye when examining
this species.

ENNOMMID.
22. Gargaphia haastiaria, (Nos. 98 & 82).

Zanclopteryx ? haastiaria, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. iv,
plscxxa, tio 3:

Otago.

In one example the wings are uniform rust-red without the
broad dark belt, this is doubtless nothing but variation.

G. muriferata (= Panagra ephyraria) is probably the species
figured by Felder, under the name of Zanclopteryx? cookaria.
The genus Gargaphia seems most nearly allied to Drepanodes,

23. Sestra flecata (No. 71).
Cidaria flerata, Walker, Lep. Het. xxv, p. 1421, n. 93 (1862).
Sestra fusiplagiata, Walker, l. c. p. 1751.
Wairarapa.

24. Sestra humeraria (Nos. 23 & 106).

Macaria ? humeraria, Walker, Lep. Het. xxii, p. 940 (1861).

Lozogramma obtusaria, Walker, |. c. p. 985.

Cidaria? obtruncata, Walker, Lep. Het. xxv, p. 1421 (1862).

Wairarapa.

I have now no hesitation in uniting the above synonymes, but
at present I have not sufficient evidence to prove S. flecata con-
clusively to be conspecific.

25. Hyperythra panagrata,
Scotosia panagrata, Walker, Lep. Het. xxv, p. 1860, n. 56
(1862).
Q Otago.

Heterocerous Lepidoptera from New Zealand, 495

The female example sent approaches most nearly to the
typical form of the species, it is, however, paler and has a greyish
lilacine tint, thus forming a more extreme contrast to the orange-
spotted form; the Angerona menanaria of Walker (which
certainly belongs to Hyperythra) may be a still more modified
variety of the latter type.

26. Hyperythra desiccata n. sp. (Nos. 29 & 31).

& Allied to the preceding species, the lines crossing the
wings of the same form; primaries sandy-ochraceous, with the
base, costa and external border laky-brown irrorated ll grey;
two widely-separated parallel transverse lines inarched towards
the costa, a discocellular spot and the inner margin of the
external border indistinctly grey; the outer or discal transverse
line dotted with black upon the veins; a marginal series of
blackish dots; secondaries paler than the primaries, sandy-
yellowish irrorated with grey, and crossed by two parallel
undulated dotted discal grey lines; a marginal series of blackish
dots; thorax laky-brown ; abdomen sandy-yellowish ; under
surface much paler, the whole surface irrorated with grey, the
transverse lines indistinct ; discocellular blackish spots on all the
wings; a marginal series of black dots. HExpanse of wings
1 inch 7 lines.

Q Duller and greyer than the male; otherwise similar,
excepting that the external area below is limited by a dusky
streak, and the primaries exhibit a whitish apical patch. Ex-
panse of wings 1 inch 8 lines.

Otago.

27. HHyperythra arenacea, n, sp. (No. 28).

Q Primaries above sandy-ochraceous speckled with black, and
with feebly indicated rusty lines as in the preceding species ;
an additional line or stripe (usually present in /7. panagrata)
immediately beyond the cell; a blackish discocellular spot ;
secondaries much paler, whitish on basi-costal area; irrorated
with black points ; a discal series of black dots; a grey spot at
the end of the cell, from which indications of a grey line extend
to the abdominal margin ; body pale sandy-yellowish ; under
surface considerably paler, irror: ated with black and grey atoms ;
all the wings with well-defined black discocellular spots; a
feebly indic: ated grey discal streak, and a diffused rusty-brownish
submarginal stripe; primaries with a clearly defined pale yellow
apical patch. Expanse of wings 2 inches.

Otago.

496 Mr. Burirr on a small collection of

28. Lyrcea alectoraria (No, 24).

Lyrcea alectoraria, Walker, Lep. Het. xx, p. 259 (1860).
Otago.

29. Lyrcea varians, nu. sp. (Nos. 25 & 26).

Olive-brown speckled with black, with more or less defined
cupreous reflections ; primaries crossed by two widely divergent
dusky stripes, and a number of short dusky striations; two
white dots on the lower discoidal interspace; interno-median
area, and an abbreviated fascia, bounding the outer dusky stripe
towards apex, golden-yellow mottled with laky-purplish; a
black discocellular dot; secondaries varied here and there with
fiery cupreous; two parallel grey discal lines; body testaceous;
under surface altogether greyer, the transverse lines obsolete;
black discocellular dots; primaries with yellow apical fascia
nearly as above, and white dots on lower discoidal interspace;
body below sandy ochraceous. Expanse of wings 1 inch
7 lines.

Wairarapa.

A dull variety occurs, in which the purplish-mottled yellow
areas are wanting. This species is allied to “ Amilapis?”
achroiaria, of Felder, but the genus Lyreea has nothing in
common with Amdlapis, bemg much more nearly related to
Azelina.

30, Polygona fortinata (No. not indicated).

Polygonia fortinata, Guénée, Ent. Month. Mag. v, p. 41
(1868).

Otago.

BOARMIIDA.
31. Boarmia dejectaria (No. 27).
Boarmia dejectaria, Walker, Lep. Het. xxi, p. 394 (1860).
Otago.
PSEUDOCOREMIA, Butler.

32. Pseudocoremia lupinata (Nos. 65 & 66).

$ Cidaria lupinata, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. v, pl. cxxxi,

fig. 19.

2 Primaries white, greyish towards apex; costa grey; outer
border }readly grey bounded internally by a blackish-edged zig-
zag white line; the inner edge widening into three blackish spots

Heterocerous Lepidoptera from New Zealand. 497

corresponding in position with the prominent markings of the
male; a sinuous grey central belt, wide upon the costa, where it
is bounded on both sides with black, tapering towards the
external angle, spotted internally with dark red-brown hastate
spots, limited externally by a whitish and a blackish line; a sub-
basal interrupted line formed of black spots; a black G-shaped
marking and a black dot at base; a longitudinal red-brown
streak through the interno-median area; secondaries creamy
yellowish becoming brownish at outer border, which is limited
internally by a dusky line ; body white with black tegule ;
under surface greyish, the markings ill-defined. Expanse of
wings | inch 6 lines,
Otago.

99

33. Pseudocoremia suavis, 1. sp.

¢ Primaries grey, base brownish ; two subangulated parallel
subbasal black-speckled brown lines; a nearly central sinuous
blackish line; two black-speckled parallel sigmoidal discal lines
just beyond the cell; discocellulars blackish; external border
limited internally by a dentate sinuate white line margined with
brown and black on both sides; a marginai series of black dots;
secondaries pale sericeous straw-colour, the external border
irrorated with brown; thorax brown; abdomen testaceous ;
under surface stramineous, the primaries clouded with grey and
with grey indications of the lines of the upper surface ; a
marginal series of black dots; secondaries as above; tibiw and
tarsi banded with black. Expanse of wings 1 inch 8 lines.

Q Altogether paler than the male, the ground-colour of the
primaries white. Expanse of wings 1 inch 8 lines,
Canterbury,

Somewhat allied to Selidosema pungata of Felder, but alto-
gether paler and less prominently marked, the limes across
primaries more sinuous and less parallel.

34. Pseudocoremia productata (No. 85).

Q Larentia productata, Walker, Lep. Het. xxiv, p. 1197,
n. 69 (1862).

g Much lke P. indistincta, but the ground-colour uniformly
ereamy whitish, the markings of the primaries much more
defined, the external border being bounded internally by a
complete series of blackish spots. Hxpanse of wings 1 inch 3
lines

Otaco,

498 Mr. Burter on a small collection of

39. Pseudocoremia indistincta (No. 60).

g Pseudocoremia indistincta, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877
p. 894, n. 78 ; pl. xl, fig. 8.
Otago.

’

I have little doubt but that the Larentia productata of my
last List (P. Z. S. 1877, p. 394) isthe 2 of this species, it differs
from Walker’s type much in the same way as the two males
from each other.

ZYLOBARA, 0. gen.

Allied to Pseudocoremia and Bylazora, but differing from both
in the outline of the secondaries, the margin being distinctly sub-
angulated, owing to the prominence of the area enclosed by the
deepal aad third median branches; abdomen much elongated;
head large ; antenne similar to those of Z'ephrosia and allies.
Type Z. fenerata,

36. Zylobara fenerata.
Rhyparia fenerata, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. v, pl. cxxxi, 7.
Wairarapa.

Felder’s figure fails to show the projecting character of the
secondaries, 1t was probably taken from an injured specimen.

ACIDALIIDZE.
37. Asthena ondinata (No. 32).
Asthena ondinata, Gueénée, Phal. i, p. 488, n. 724; pl. 19,
fio, 4,
Otago.
38. Asthena subpurpureata (No. 33).
Asthena subpurpureata, Walker, Lep. Het. xxvi, p. 1588
(1862).
Otago.
39. Acidalia schistaria (No. 35).
Acidalia schistaria, Walker, Lep. Het. xxiv, p. 782 (1861).
Otago,

40). Acidalia rubraria (No. 86).

Acidalia ? rubraria, Doubleday, Dieff., N. Zeal. App. p. 286
(1848).
Otago.

Heterocerous Lepidoptera from New Zealand. 499

41. Acidalia wndosata (No. 51).

Cidaria undosata, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. v, pl. exxviu,
fig. 2.
Otago,

FIDONIID.
42. Samana faleatella (No. 84).

Samana faleatella, Walker, Lep. Het. xxvii, p. 197, n. 1,
(1863).
Otago.

- The genus Samana is very closely allied to Panagra, but has
the aspect of Sterrha; M. Guénée’s Panagra scissaria may be
referred to it.

43. Selidosema wgrota, n. sp. (Nos. 89 & 54).

Whity-brown, wings with a marginal series of small blackish
spots in pairs; fringe white, spotted with blackish and intersected
by a dark grey line ; basal two-thirds of the primaries crossed
by about seven parallel dusky lines commencing upon the costal
margin in black dots; discocellulars black ; under surface of
primaries greyish-brown with pale grey borders, the costal border
erossed by four or five white-edged blackish dashes ; marginal
spots as above ; secondaries white, crossed by about eight strongly
arched parallel brown lines which become very indi tinct upon
.the costal area; disc from the radial to the abdominal margin
clouded with brown; marginal spots as above ; body white.
Expanse of wings 1 inch 2 lines.

Wairarapa.

44, Fidonia catocalaria (No. 37).
Larentia catocalaria, Guénée, Ent. Month. Mag. v, p. 26

(1868).
Otago.

LIGIID AL.
45, Declana floccosa (No. 3).

Declana floccosa, Walker, Lep. Het. xv, p. 1649 (1858).
Wairarapa,

500 Mr. ButLer on a small collection of

46. Declana nigrosparsa, n. sp. (No. 2).

Wings snow-white, the primaries slightly greyish upon the
borders, a black-mottled subquadrate grey patch on the basal
half from the median vein to the inner margin; an indication of
a belt just beyond the middle, represented by a diffused bisinu-
ated grey streak, and a series = ferruginous discal spots parallel
to it; a black marginal line; fringe traversed by a grey line;
secondaries crosse1 from the or igin “of subcostal. branches to the
abdominal margin by two subconfluent conical grey spots, a
darker lunule on upper discocellular ; a grey marginal line ;
body greyish, mottled with black and white, tegule testaceous in
the middle ; abdomen with a longitudinal dorsal series of small
clay-coloured projecting spots; tibie and tarsi white, banded
with black; antennee white with clay-coloured internal surface;
under surface snow-white ; wings with slender brown marginal
line; the primaries with transverse conical grey spots as in the
secondaries ; a bisinuated grey discal line; body greyish. Ex-
panse of wings 1 inch 6 lines.

Otago.

Nearest to D. jloccosa, but with all the markings considerably
less pronounced and with white secondaries.

47. Declana scabra (No. 4).
Argua scabra, Walker, Lep. Het. xxviii, p. 448, n. 1 (1868).
Wairarapa.

48. Declana niveata, n. sp. (No. 8).

Snow white, the primaries covered all over with embossed
mottling; costal and outer borders faintly speckled with grey,
an irregularly undulated band of which, hmited internally by a
blackish line, runs across the disc; external border limited in-
ternally by a very irregular interrupted line; traces of a blackish
oblique line across the basal third of the wing; costal margin
dotted with black ; secondaries immaculate; body with slightly
greyish tegule; sien clay-coloured internally: sides of palpi
and a tuft on each side of the pectus behind the eyes, blackish;
under surface of wings and body snow-white, immaculate. Ex-
panse of wings | inch 35 Jines.

Otago.

Readily separable from all the other species by the much more
closely approximated lines which cross the primaries and the
immaculate white secondaries,

Heterocerous Lepidoptera jrom New Zealand. 501

49, Pachycnemia usitata, vu. sp. (No. 67).

Very similar to P. hippocastanaria, of Europe, the same
colours; primaries grey with a slight lilacine ‘gloss; crossed by
one or ate ill-defined dusky sa Deel Imes; two slightly diver-
gent and nearly central lines, the outer one sigmoidal; a pale
zigzag line edged on both sie with blackish, limiting he eX-
feral border which is dusky ; discocellulars dusky: secondaries
sericeous whity-brown irrorated with grey on external border;
body grey; under surface sericeous grey. Hxpanse of wings |
inch 3 lines.

Otago.

LARENTIIDA.
Larentia ? punctilineata (No, 40).

Larentia punctilineata, Walker, Lep. Het. xxiv, p. 1202,
n. 79 (1862).
Otago.

D1. Larentia ? falcata, nu. sp, (No. 87).

Allied to ZL. punctilineata (which it much resembles in colour
and markings), but larger and with distinctly falcate primaries;
primaries reddish-brown, with the base and a broad central belt
dark brown traversed by blackish lines and margined by white
dots; a black discocellular dot; external bor der blackish, dif-
faced two or three whitish subapical dots; secondaries Bie y-
grey with a darker waved central belt Reed of parallel dark
grey lines, dotted with black upon the abdominal margin, white
bordered; a submarginal series of white-bordered grey spots; a
marginal "Retles of blackish dots in pairs; fringe pale reddish-
brown: abdomen with dorsal pairs of black dashes on each seg-
ment; primaries below grey with darker white-bordered central
belt ; costa cream-coloured between the markings; a zigzag
white-bordered subapical dusky stria; secondaries whitish with
a broad irregular central belt formed by two blackish limiting
lines and two grey intermediate lines; the outer black line dis-
tinctly undulated; a very il- deanadl blackish speckled sub-
marginal band; body below testaceous. Hxpanse of wings 1
inch 3 lines.

Otago.

This and the other forms with faleate primarics referred to
Lurentiu, Coremia, Camptogramma and Cidaria will probably
Pe

502 Mr. Butter on a small collection of

prove, upon careful examination, to be congeneric, and referable
to a distinet and hitherto uncharacterized genus ; at present I
cannot spare time to look into the matter critically, but I am
satisfied that there is some confusion in the above-mentioned

genera,

Larentia? rufescens, n. sp. (Nos. 52, 56 & 101).
« ? i d

Intermediate between the preceding species and LZ. megaspilata:
primaries pale lakey-brown, crossed by numerous undulated
brownish lines, with indications of a broad central belt, cunei-
form blackish subapical patch and black discocellular dot, all as
in L. megaspilata ; secondaries pale sericeous testaceous, crossed
in the middle by four parallel sinuous undulated grey lmes in
pairs; three similarly undulated grey lines upon the external
area and the commencement of a fourth between these and the
central ones; external border pale lakey-brown, with a marginal
series of black dots in pairs; fringe traversed by a grey ee a
black discocellular dot; head and thorax pale lakey-brown
speckled with blackish, abdomen pale testaceous banded with
blackish ; primaries below grey, costa pale ochraceous, a whitey-
brown discal band immediately followmg the limiting limes of
the central band, otherwise nearly as Above, but the central lines
rather darker; secondaries altogether darker than above, the
ground-colour sandy, the central lines blackish,, the lines on
external border ill-defined; body below pale lakey-brown, Ex-
panse of wings 1 inch | Ine,

Otago (four examples).

53. Larentia? megaspiluta (No. 38).
}

Larentia megaspilata, Walker, Lep. Het. xxiv, p..1198 (1862).
Cidaria assata, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. v, pl. cxxxi, fig. 4.
Otago,

In my former paper I followed Dr. Felder, in referring this
species to Cidaria, because of its apparent aflinity to the C. congre-
gata group; it agrees with this latter in neuration and coloration,
but differs in its longer palpi, so that until Larentia is broken
up into several genera it will have to be retained, with its allies,
in that genus.

Heterocerous Lepidoptera /rom New Zealand. 903

D4. Larentia? nehata ( ‘No. 4 49).

Cidaria nehata, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. v, pl. exxxi, fig. 6
Otago.

Alhed to the preceding species, but smaller; the primaries
much darker and more uniform in colouring, the secondaries
ochraceous,

55. Larentia ? inverata (No. 58).

Larentia invecata, Walker, Lep, Het. xxiv, p. 1199, n. 73
(1862).

Larentia inoperata, Walker, l.c., p. 1201, n. 77 (1862).

Otago,

The smallest species of this group.

56. Larentia? heliacaria (No. 88).

Coremia heliacaria, Guénée, Phal. u, p. 420, n. 15
Otago. :

This species seems to be far more nearly allied to the six pre-
ceding forms than to any section of the genus Coremia; it is
new to the New Zealand fauna, being hitherto known only from
Australia and Tasmania; the example now sent differs slightly
from the typical form in the width and angulation of the belt
on the primaries, but as this belt is not identical in any two
specimens of the species, it is probable that this is nothing more

than variation.

D7. Helastia indicataria (No, 41).

Eupithecia indicataria, Walker, Lep. Het. xxvi, p, 1708
(1862).
Otago,

58. Helastia charybdis, un. sp. (No, 44).

Allied to the preceding ; primaries above smoky-grey, crossed
by about eight zigzag blackish lines in pairs, forming indications
of four bands which are most strongly defined upon the costa;
a whitish-edged black lunule between the last two bands; the
last band partially filled in with sandy- Saas and brown;
fringe whitish flesh-coloured intersected by a grey line and

= i

dO Mr. Burter on a small collection of

interrupted at the terminations of the veins by blackish spots;
secondaries pale smoky-gre ey, the veims black spotted with
whitish; extreme outer margin black; fringe as in the primaries;
body Itc SB -grey, head | yellowish ; antenne smoky-grey,
strongly pectinated; under surface sericeous grey; markings
of upper surface ill-defined; discocellulars black; primaries
with pale reddish cupreous costal area; secondaries with a series
of short black dashes beyond the cell; fringe paler than the rest
of the wings, spotted with dark grey. Expanse of wings 104
lines,
Otago.

Helastia calida, n, sp. (No. 43).

Primaries above pale reddish-brown; base chocolate-brown,
crossed and margined by blackish lines; a subangulated undu-
lated black-edged chocolate-brown band across the basal two-
fifths; indications of a whitish-edged black discal line represented
above the third median branch by a strongly defined lunule and
a blackish costal spot; an undulated chocolate-brown submarginal
band edged externally with a white line which is zigzag from
the second median branch to the costal margin; a black marginal
line slightly imterrupted at the extremity of the veins ; es inge
whitish, intersected by a grey line and heavily spotted with
blackish; secondaries eek veins banded with black, margin and
fringe as in primaries; body reddish-brown, abdomen. with pale
dor eal tufts ; head ochreous; undersurface sericeous grey ; disco-
cellulars black ; primaries fou a faint reddish tint on costal
area; the bands of the upper surface indicated upon costal half
by darker grey with whitish interspaces; secondaries paler than
primaries, almost white; an angulated series of black dots
beyond the cell, also three dusky costal dots between the latter
and the base. Expanse of wings 114 lines.

Otago.

In this species the primaries are more elongated in appearance
than in the two preceding forms; in this respect it approaches
HH. inexpiata.

60. Tatosoma transitaria (No, 68).
Cidaria transitaria, Walker, Lep. Het. xxv, p. 1419, n. 90

(1862).
Wairarapa.

Heterocerous Lepidoptera from New Zealand. HOD

The genus Zatosoma should be placed near to Lobophora; it
was confounded with Sauwris by Dr. Felder, but may be readily
distinguished from that genus by the position of the lobate
excrescence from the male secondaries.

61. Melanthia arida, n, sp. (No. 57).

Primaries whity-brown, crossed by gravel-reddish irregularly
zigzag parallel lines; basal, apical and external angles broadly
black-brown, bordered and varied with red-brown ; discocellular
dot and several abbreviated costal lines indicating the commence-
ment of the zigzag reddish lines black; secondaries sordid
sericeous white, with the outer border and two or three very
indistinct lines across the abdominal area grevish; head and
thorax blackish, abdomen whity-brown, transversely barred
with black, basal segment above black with two pale spots;
under surface pale sericeous pinky-brown, the markings of the
upper surface very feebly represented. Expanse of wings
1 inch 1 line.

Otago.

This species is referable to the M. albicillata group of the

genus,
. Coremia rosearia (No. 47).
Cidaria rosearia, Doubleday, Dieff. N. Zeal. App. p. 285
(1843)
Otago.

Under this species Walker placed examples of C. cymaria,
relictata and acutata,

63. Coremia squalida, n. sp. (No. 48).

Silvery greyish-brown; primaries above with the usual irregu-
lar central belt very broad, its central area dark grey, its borders
broadly yellowish olivaceous, edged on both sides and inter-
sected with undulated black lines; a silvery-white line on each
side of the central belt; base olivaceous, traversed by blackish
lines and limited externally by a white line; a subbasal yellowish
belt occupying the space between the base and the central belt;
disc crossed immediately beyond the central belt by two
yellowish-brown lines on a white ground, and followed by

d06 Mr. Burner on a small collection of

white-2dged band of the same colour; outer border yellowish
olivaceous; a blackish marginal line; fringe whitish, traversed
by two dark brown parallel lines; secondaries with a black
undulated marginal line, fringe. traversed by a slender dusky
line; under surface greyish-brown; basal three-fourths of the
wings limited externally by a very irregular dark brown line,
followed by a white line; discocellulars dark brown; apical
borders irrorated with white; fringe whitish, spotted with
brown. Expanse of wings | inch 2 lines.
Otago.

Nearer to C. ferrugata than to any other species known to
me; its general aspect is pale greyish or silvery-brown, with
darker whit2-edged belt across the primaries.

Phibalapteryx gobiata (No. 85).
Cidarvia (Phibalapteryx) gobiata, Felder, Reise der Noy. Lep.

Vij) Pls CXXXI, fig, 2:
Otago.

The present example agrees closely with Felder’s figure, which
was by no means the case with those in the collections formed
by Dr. Hector and Mr. Enys, the latter probably represent a
distinct species, but the example retained for the Museum is
hardly sufficiently perfect to enable me to form a very decided
opinion respecting it,

65. Phibalupteryc simulans, 1. sp. (No, 86),

Closely allied’ to the preceding species, but the two lines
nearest to the base of primaries more arched and not duplicated;
the discal angulated line more oblique and distinctly more
sinuated towards the apex; secondaries with the outermost discal
blackish line distinctly zigzag and nearer to the outer margin,
the four lines between the latter and the base equidistant and
parallel; veins upon the disc alternately black and white; mar-
ginal line black; primaries below more lakey in tint than
P. gobiata; discocellular dots black. Expanse of wings 1 inch
4 lines,

Otago.

66. Phibalapteryx undulifera, n. sp. (No. 83).

Also allied to P. gobiata, but larger, of a more sandy tint;
the primaries with a strongly defined black discocellular dot ;

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the interno-median area crossed by three convergent dark brown
lines between the extrabasilar and the widely sinuated oblique
discal line; dise crossed by five or six indistinct undulated
parallel greyish lines ; fringe reddish brown; secondaries crossed
by nine or ten undulated parallel lines, the second, fourth and
seventh distinct, the last mentioned black with white external
edge; veins on the disc white dotted with black; a slender
undulated black marginal line; fringe reddish-brown; collar and
several interrupted lines across the abdomen black ; primaries
below distinctly darker and more lakey in tint than P. gobiata ;
secondaries whiter; all the wings with strongly defined black
discocellular dot. Expanse of wings | inch 5 lines.

Otago.

67. Phibalapterys anguligera un. sp. (No. 84).

Q More sandy in coloration than P. gobiata, with a distinct
oblique olivaceous brown central belt, limited by the discal
blackish line, which is widely zigzag, but diverging from this
line above the lower radial, whence it runs transversely but
iri egularly to the costal margin; a large dusky discocellular
spot; veins on the disc white dotted at black as usual; secon-
daries with the margin rather more strongly dentated than. in
P. gobiata, the inner blackish line represented by a grey band;
outer border limited by a dusky line; a slender black marginal
line; primaries below with a lakey tint; the discocellular dot
black; a transverse irregular discal line answering to that of
the upper surface ; sec ondenies pale sandy- Scie the basal
half crossed by five dusky lines; disc crossed by a darker
sandy nebula. Expanse of wings | inch 4 lines.

Otago.

Phibalapteryx anguligera & ? (No. 100). In this form, which
I take to be the male of the preceding, the markings of the
primaries are well-defined but do not form a belt as in the
female, the under surface of these wings is dull rose-red ;
the secondaries are smaller and more strongly dentated than in
the female, and on the under surface are marked with a discal
series of black dots; this species bears considerable resemblance
to the European P, tersata upon the upper surface, but differs
in its dentated secondaries.

68. Phibalapteryx rivularis, n. sp. (Nos. 45 & 50).

Alhed to P. verriculuta of Felder, but smaller, more sandy

D08 Mr. Burtier on a small collection of

n tint, with the lines of primaries transverse, instead of oblique
and undulated ; secondaries with all the lines undulated, as well
as the margin; discal veins of all the wings white, dotted with
black; discocellular spots black, more or less developed. Expanse
of wings 1 inch 3 lines,

Otago.

69. Cidaria? inclarata (No. 53).
Cidaria inclarata, Walker, Lep. Het. xxv, p. 1411, (1862).
Otago.
The specimen now sent shows none of the white irroration
common to the primaries of this species.

70. Cidaria? aggregata (No. 46).
Cidaria aggregata, Walker, Lep. Het. xxv, p. 1415 (1862).
Cidauria inopiata, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. v, pl. exxxi,
fiz. 3.
Otago.
The example now sent is a female, and agrees in all. respects
with Felder’s figure.

71. Cidaria beata (No. 55).
Cidaria beata, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 397, pl. xlin,
fig. 6.
Otago.
The specimens in the present collection are larger and rather
more distinctly marked than those obtained by Mr. Enys.

72. Cidaria similata (Nos. 61 & 91).

Cidaria similata, Walker, Lep. Het. xxv, p. 1413 (1862).
Cidaria timarata, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. v, pl. exxxi,
hig, 19.
Otago.
73. Cidaria muscosata (Nos. 69 & 89),

Eupithecia muscosata, Walker, Lep. Het. xxiv, p. 1246 (1862).
Helastia muscosata, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 395.
Cidaria spheriata? Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. v, pl. exxxi,
fio TAS

The is very similar to Felder’s figure of C. aquosata,
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74. Cidaria callichlora, n. sp. (Nos. 59, 70 & 90).

Nearly allied to the European C. miata, from which it differs
as follows: primaries above more densely green ; basal patch
smaller and darker, not so angular; central belt wider, its immer
edge not so sharply defined, its outer edge widely zigzag from
above the second median branch ; the white submarginal spots
replaced by a pale greenish festooned line ; the double marginal
black dots replaced by <-shaped markings; secondaries crossed
by two widely separated indistinct dentate-simuate grey discal
lines; no discocellular dot; abdomen pale brown with white
dorsal dots on each side of which are black dots ; below there
are similar differences, but here all the wings exhibit black
discocellular dots. Expanse of wings 1 inch 3 lines,

Wairarapa.

In one example (No. 90) the primaries above and the whole
under surface are more dusky than in the two others, giving it
a very different aspect.

75. EKlvia glaucata (No. 42).

Elvia glaucata, Walker, Lep, Het. xxv, p. 1481 (1862).
Otago.

CRAMBIDZ.
76. Crambus flecuosellus (No. 73).
Crambus flecuosellus, Doubleday, Dieff., New Zeal. App.
p. 289 (1843).
Otago.
77. Crambus sabulosellus (No. 102).
Crambus sabulosellus, Walker, Lep. Het. xxvii, p. 178, n. 139
(1863).
Otago.

78. Chilo leucanialis (No. 72).

Chilo leucanialis, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 401, n. 112.
Otago.

TORTRICIDA.
79. Heterognomon biguttanum (No. 95).

Teras biquttana, Walker, Lep. Het. xxviii, p. 305, n. 76 (1863).
Otago.

510 Mr. Butter on a small collection of

80. Heterognomon excessanum (Nos. 74, 95 & 94),

Teras excessana, Walker, Lep. Het. xxviii, p. 308, n.71 (1865).
) ) | ) I ’
Otago.

The female is larger than the male, and of a redder colour,

81. Heterognomon cuneiferanum (No. 75).

Teras cunetferana, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. v, p. 1780 (1866),
Otago,

82. Cacoecia herana? (No. 96).

Tortrix herana Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. v 1. CXXXVII
? ) ) r)

fio 52

Q. Je.

Otago.
83. Pedisca luciplagana (No. 108).

Peedisca luciplagana, Walker, Lep. Het. xxvii, p. 881, n. 88
(1863).
Otago.

Allied to “ Conchylis” plagiatana, of Walker.

TINEIDZ.
84. Tinea terranea n. sp. (No. 105).

Aspect of the genus Safra, sericeous earthy brown, the pri-
maries reticulated with greyish-brown, two spots in the cell, a
semicircular subconfluent series beyond the cell and a series
round the costal and outer margins black; secondaries tinted
with violet; head testaceous; wings below shining sepia-brown
with paler fringes ; body pale testaceous. Hxpanse of wings
1 inch.

Otago.

Resembles the genus Sa/fra in coloration.

GELECHIID.
85, Gicophora peroneanella (No. 77).

Gelechia peroneanella, Walker, Lep, Het, xxix, p. 658, n, 584
(1864).
Otago,

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86. Gcophora Huttonii, n. sp. (No. 76).

Allied to Q!. picarella; primaries above greyish-white ; a
short bifurcate black line lying along the base of costal margin,
a t-shaped black marking at base of median vein, and beyond
it an oblong spot, above the latter a zigzag line running to the
costal margin; an irregularly zigzag black line from the centre’
of costal margin to the first median branch; a ?-shaped black
character on the disc, and a series of black spots round the
margin of the wings, from the costa just behind the middle to
the inner margin near external angle ; secondaries shining-grey,
with darker subconfluent marginal spots; apical half of fringe
sordid white, intersected by a grey line; body white; wings below
shining brown, with whitish margins and white ae ; body
below ult the venter with black lateral patches ; lees white
externally with the tarsi black-banded, anterior pair black inter-
nally with white jomts. Expanse of wings 1 inch 1 line.

Otago.

A very distinct and pretty species.

87. Vingena bifaciella (No. 104).

Tingena bifaciella, Walker, Lep. Het. xxix, p. 810, n. 1
(1864).
Otago.

This species greatly resembles (Heophora parca and QQ),
apertella, but differs in the form of the secondaries and the dark
coloration of the under surface of the winys

88. Cryptolechia galactina (No, 78).

Cryptolechia galactina, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. v, pl. exi
fio. 3

Otago.

On Puyroruagous CoLeoprera collected by Mr. Thamm at
Chanchamayo, Peru; by Marvin Jacosy,

Mr. Thamm, who recently visited London, collected during
a great number of years in Peru; the Phytophaga in his collec-
tion are mostly those which have been already described by
Erichson, in his Fauna Peruana, the new species are, with a
few exceptions, described in this paper, and I have added a few
species which I had previously obtained from Peru.

CRIOCERIDZ.
Lema peruana, n. sp.

Hlongate, parallel, black ; thorax, margin of the elytra and
apex of abdomen flavous. Length 34 lines.

Head black, impunctate, shining, not constricted behind the
eyes, the lateral grooves very deep; antennz, second joint short,
third twice the length, the rest elongate, black, pubescent, the
first joint swollen, ‘entirely rufous, Thorax quadrate, deeply
constricted in the middle, surface smooth, with an obsolete
transverse depression, impunctate, shining, flavous, Elytra much
broader than the thorax, convex, punctate-striate, the punctures
almost disappearing towards the apex, with a short obsolete
transverse depression below the scutellum, where the punctuation
is more deeply impressed ; the suture towards the apex and the
lateral margins through their entire length distinctly raised and
thickened ; surface metallic aeneous, oho margins and apex, the
latter more broadly, flavous. Underside and legs black, sides of
the abdominal segments and the last two entirely flavous or
ferruginous,

Differs from Lema flavo-marginata, Clark, by the colour of
the head, of the underside and legs.
EUMOLPID.
Chalcoplacis rufiventris, Erich.

The specimen before me differs from Erichson’s description
in having only the sides of the abdominal segments red, and in

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being larger (measuring three lines), but as Hrichson says
nothing about the punctuation I can only consider it a variety.

Colaspis Haroldi, , sp.

Ovate, convex, cupreous; antenne testaceous, joints 6—7 and
10-11 fuscous; thorax 3-dentate, coarsely rugose; elytra with
five or six rows of interrupted cost, the interstices transversely
reticulate. Length 2 lines.

Head coarsely wrinkled; palpi testaceous, their apex fuscous;
antenne with the third joint longer than the fourth, and more
slender than the rest of the joimts. Thorax transverse, widened
in the middle, angles acute, surface coarsely rugose and irregu-
larly wrinkled, sides obtusely 3-dentate, of a dark ewneous or
copper colour intermixed with spaces, and a longitudinal central
line of brassy-green. Scutellum with a metallic tint, rounded.
Klytra shghtly depressed below the base and widened posteriorly,
very convex and rounded, each elytron with about six elevated
rows of costa, which are frequently interrupted, the interstices
transversely reticulate, of the same colour as the thorax, mixed
with a brassy tint, but rather opaque. Underside and legs
wneous with greenish reflections.

Although this insect bears some resemblance to a species of
the genus Lepronota, the angulated sides of the thorax and the
colour of the antenne show it to bea true species of Coluspis,
which ought to follow close to the C. interruptu, described by
von Harold in the Coleopt. Hefte.

Chalcophana gigas, a. sp.

Oblong ovate, fulvous; antenne, the first three jomts excepted,
tibie and tarsi black, Length 5 lines.

Head and clypeus distinctly punctate, the former impressed
with an oblong fovea; antenne more than half the length of the
body, the three basal joints fulvous, the rest black with a blush
eloss. Thorax short, the anterior angles produced into a distinct
tooth, surface sparingly punctate, more distinctly on the disc
than at the sides. Elytra convex, broader than the thorax,
deeply punctate-striate, the strie arranged irregularly in three
rows of punctures each, closely approached and interrupted by
three short raised coste, of which the middle one only is dis-
tinct, and commencing from the shoulder extends to a little
below the middle of the elytra; another distinct costa runs near

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the lateral margin, from below the middle to the apex, the
space below the base in front of the costw is depressed by a
short transverse fovea on each elytron. Underside and thighs
fulvous, tibie and tarsi shining black.

Hab. Chanchamayo, Peru.

This fine species bears a close resemblance to C. dimidiata,
Baly, but cannot be a mere variety of that species on account
of the different sculpture of its elytra, its uniform coloration
and its black tibie.

The elytral strie in dimidiatu are geminate, whereas in the
present species three parallel lines are placed together, the elytra
are unicolorous and the abdomen is fulvous.

Chalcophana unifasciata, n. sp.

Oblong ovate, rufous; last seven joints of the antennw and the
abdomen black, elytra punctate-striate, subcostate laterally,
metallic-green, the lateral margin anteriorly, a transverse fascia
in the middle and the extreme apex rufous. Length 4 lines.

Head elongate, finely punctured and grooved longitudinally,
labrum testaceous, apex of mandibles black ; antenne with the
first five joints shining, flavous, the rest opaque, black. Thorax
much wider at the base than at the apex, transversely convex,
surface with a few very minute punctures, shining rufous.
Scutellum black. Elytra without basal depression, deeply
geminate punctate-striate from base to the middle, thence to the
apex very finely punctate, the intervals, near the lateral margin,
raised into short coste commencing below the shoulder and
extending nearly to the apex. Underside and the legs rufous,
abdomen black with a violet tint.

Hab. Peru.

Easily distinguished from C, cincta, Harold, by its large size
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aud the colour of the underside.

Otilea* tarsalis, n. sp.
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a) . ’

Hlongate, glabrous, greenish wneous; antennae and tarsi
testaceous ; thorax sparsely punctate, elytra geminate punctate-
striate, apex deeply sulcate. Length 34 lines.

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Head deeply longitudinally sulcate in middle, widely but
deeply punctate, lower part of clypeus smooth, labrum fulvous;
antenne two-thirds the length of the body, filiform, second joint
short, the others elongate of nearly equal length, uniformly
testaceous. Thorax transverse, anterior angles acutely produced,
sides distinctly angulate in middle, thence to the base straight,
surface deeply punctate, the disc with only a few punctures, the
the sides a little more closely punctured. Scutellum smooth.
Elytra much wider than the thorax, much narrowed towards the
apex, deeply impressed below the base, shoulders very prominent
and obliquely truncate, produced outwards in the form of an
elongate tubercle ; distinctly geminate punctate, the interstices
near the lateral margin and at the apex raised into longitudinal
costw, very shining, greenish eneous. Underside of the same
colour, tibize piceous, tarsi testaceous, the anterior dilated.
Prosternum deeply bilobed.

CHRYSOMELID.
Doryphora opacicollis, n, sp.

Ovate, convex, greenish-black; thorax opaque, elytra viola-
ceous-blue, or greenish, shining, deeply geminate punctate-
striate, interstices aciculate. Length 6 lines.

Head minutely granulate, distinctly but not closely punctate;
labrum fulvous, stained with fuscous, the first five joits of the
antenne violaceous-blue, their tips fulvous, shining, the rest
opaque. Thorax with the sides anteriorly rounded, surface
punctured like the head, greenish-black, opaque and also finely
granulate. Scutellum smooth. Elytra a dittle wider at the
base than the thorax, convex and evenly rounded, conspicuously
deeply geminate punctate, interstices aciculate. Underside and
lees black, shining; mesosternal process long, slightly curved.

Doryphora fulvicollis, n. sp.

Ovate, very convex, fulvous; elytra confusedly punctate,
black, extreme apex fulvous, Length 53-6 lines.

Head finely punctured, fulvous, with a short longitudinal
groove at the base, labrum testaceous; apex of mandibles black;
antenne robust, the last joints much flattened, as broad as long,
black, with a bluish gloss, the basal joint fulvous beneath.
Thorax rather deeply sinuate behind the eyes, the sides nearly
parallel, anterior angles acutely produced; upper surface very

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widely punctured, the punctures more strongly impressed near
the sides and intermixed with minute punctures, of a bright
fulvous colour and very shining. Scutellum large, fulvous.
Elytra scarcely broader at the base than the’ thorax, very convex
and slightly widened posteriorly, covered with irregularly
arranged distinct punctures, the intervals aciculate and very
finely alutaceous, of a uniform black colour, with the extreme
apex narrowly fulvous. Underside and legs of the latter
colour, mesosternal process stout and straight.

Doryphora transversofasciata, n. sp.

Broadly ovate, very convex, flavo-testaceous ; four spots on
the head, four transversely placed spots on the thorax, and two
deeply dentate bands across the disc, together with two spots
near the apex of elytra piceous. Length 6 lines.

Face obsoletely depressed in the middle, rather closely and
deeply punctate, two transverse spots each side at the base, a
triangular shaped one in the middle and another on the clypeus
piceous; antenne flavo-testaceous, the last four joints black.
Thorax of the usual shape, broadly depressed near each side,
surface closely covered with large and smaller punctures, the
base at each side and four spots across the dise piceous or fulvous,
Scutellum fulvous. Hlytra wider than the thorax, very convex,
deeply but not regularly punctate-striate, the intervals minutely
punctured, testaceous, an oblique fascia from the shoulder to the
suture below the scutellum, consisting of four elongated connected
spots, another band behind the middle deeply dentate anteriorly
and posteriorly, extending from the margin to the suture, and
two quadrate spots near the apex piceous. Underside and legs
flavous, femora with an obsolete wneous spot in the middle ;
mesosternal process short and stout. :

Hab. Peru.

Doryphora elegantula, n. sp.

Oblong ovate, very convex, greenish «neous, elytra punctate-
striate, testaceous, suture and lateral margin dark green sub-
metallic. Length 4 lines.

Head broad, impressed with distinct punctures, which are
more strongly marked near the base, although nowhere crowded;
labrum fulvous, stained transversely with fuscous ; antenne a
little longer than the head and thorax, shining, dark green, the
apical joints opaque. Thorax transversely convex, the sides

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nearly straight at the base, thence rounded to the apex ; surface
irregularly and rather widely covered with minute and larger
punctures, dark metallic-green. Scutellum of the same colour,
smooth, shining. Elytra widened behind the middle, very regu-
larly punctate-striate, each elytron having ten rows of punctures,
of which the first is abbreviated, interstices impunctate, a common
sutural stripe from base to apex, widened anteriorly and limited
by the third stria, and the lateral margin joined at the apex with
the sutural stripe, dark green, shining. Underside and inflexed
limb of the elytra greenish wneous; claws dark fulvous; meso-
sternal process stout and slightly curved.

Doryphora glabrata, n. sp.

Ovate, convex, black, thorax glabrous; elytra obsoletely
punctate-striate, a subsutural and submarginal vitta joined at
the apex, flavous. Leneth 4 lines.

IIead black, semiopaque, almost impunctate, antenne longer
than the thorax, black, the first two joints flavous beneath.
Thorax narrowed at the base, thence to the apex much widened
and rounded, narrowly margined laterally, surface convex, black,
entirely impunctate. Scutellum black. Elytra slightly nar-
rower at the base than the thorax, widened towards the middle,
very obsoletely punctate, the punctures near the suture arranged
in rows and widely apart, black, opaque, a narrow stripe near
the suture from base to apex joined to another submarginal
stripe, dark flavous; margin and entire underside black; meso-
sternal process short and stout.

The almost entire absence of any punctuation (no punctures

being visible even under a strong lens), and the small size will
distinguish this species from others similarly coloured.

Doryphora euchalea, Stal.

One specimen of a uniform metallic-green agrees in general
form with the above species, but the elytra are more minutely
punctate, and the intervals are thoughout aciculate or scratched ;
it may possibly prove to be a different species.

Doryphora amabilis, Baly.

The single specimen before me agrees in every respect with
the descriptions given by Baly and Stal, but differs in the under-
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sides of the metathorax, the inner side of the tibiz, and the
margins of the abdominal segments. The surface of the elytra
is also finely punctate in semi-striate rows and the intervals are
aciculate; but as I have only a single specimen and have not
compared it with the type I am scarcely justified in describing it
as new.

Doryphora fulvonotata, n. sp.

Rotundate, subdepressed; above opaque, dark bluish-green;
elytra punctate, the punctures arranged in geminate rows on the
disc, confused externally, with four narrow transverse irregular
bands, and a spot below the base, fulvous. Length 6 lines.

Head minutely punctate, plane, labrum piceous, anterior mar-
cin testaceous; antenne not reaching farther than the base of
the thorax, the first five joimts shining blackish-green, the rest
opaque black; thorax narrow, sides nearly straight at the base,
much rounded towards the apex, the anterior angles acute and
slightly produced, surface more strongly punctured than the
head, but the punctures very irregularly distributed, a distinctly
raised central line extending from the base nearly 60 the apex;
scutellum impunctate; elytra very much rounded, very deflexed
from the middle towards the sides and only slightly convex at
the base, deeply geminate punctate-striate near the suture, the
rest of the surface less deeply confusedly punctate, dark bluish-
ereen, without gloss, each elytron with two small spots uear
the seutelhain and four very narrow tranverse zigzag bands
on the dise (not extending to the suture), fulvous, the last band
emitting more or less distinct vitte to the apex. Underside
rather shining.

This curiously shaped Doryphora is remarkable from its

general resemblance to some of the Cassidide, for one of which
I at first mistook it.

Stilodes fulvipennis, n. sp.

Oblong ovate, beneath ,piceous; thorax black; elytra reddish-
brown, the suture and the extreme lateral margin narrowly
eneous or black. Length 8 lines.

Head distinctly but not closely punctate, black, antennae a
little longer than the thorax, piceous, the four basal joints
flavous, shining. Thorax transverse, sides evenly rounded,

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anterior angles distinct but not produced, surface not very
closely punctate, the punctures deeper near the sides than on
the disc, the intervals covered with minute punctures. Scutel-
lum triangular, smooth. Elytra moderately convex, punctate-
striate, the first stria abbreviated, intervals minutely punctured,
shining, fulvous, suture narrowly, more broadly anteriorly,
extreme lateral margin, and base more or less nigro-sneous.
Underside and legs, with the exception of the coxe, which are
fulvous, black, shining.

HALTICIDZ.
Rhoicus trifasciatus, n. sp.

Elongate, parallel, flavous, shining; thorax broadly angulate
before the middle; elytra punctate-striate, with three transverse
piceous bands, one at the base, one at the middle, and the
third at the apex. Length 4 lines.

Head rather coarsely punctate on the vertex, with two highly
raised elongate tubercles above the insertion of the antennx, pro-
longed anteriorly into a short longitudinal ridge; antenne reaching
to about one-third of the length of the elytra, entirely flavous,
the third joint as long as the first, the second short, the rest
shorter than the third. Thorax as long as broad, elabrous! sides
before the middle produced into a broad rounded angle, surface
with three transverse depressions near the base, depressed also
along the anterior margin, thus giving the’ disc an elevated
appearance, the entire surface is covered with distinct punc-
tures, but rather irregularly distributed, of a uniform flavous
colour. Scutellum triangular, flavous. Hlytra much wider
than the thorax, about four times as long, deeply punctate-
striate, the intervals here and there impressed with single deep
punctures, and slightly raised on the disc, of a paler flavous tint
than the thorax, a band at the base narrowed at the shoulders,
a broad fascia across the middle with its posterior margin sinuate,
and another at the apex, convex at its anterior margin, piceous.
Underside flavous, thighs a little darker. Claws appendiculate.

The elongate palpi, broadly angulated thorax, 1-spined tibia,
and glabrous elytra agree very well with Clark’s definition of
his genus Rhvicus. The present species may be easily distin-
guished from that described by Clark, by its large size, and
its deeply punctate and three banded elytra,

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Hapalotrius flavofasciata, u. sp.

Broadly ovate, finely pubescent, black ; thorax, an almost
circular band on the elytra, the four anterior thighs, and the
three last joints of the antenne flavous. Length 24 lines.

Head black, coarsely rugose, punctate on the vertex, the space
between the antenne impunctate and deeply foveolate immediately
above it ; antenne filiform, the third joint distinctly longer than
the first, the following joints gradually decreasing in length,
black, the last three joints flavous; maxillary palpi much thick-
ened towards the apex, the apical joint not acute. Thorax
subquadrate, a little broader than long, sides nearly parallel, not
angulate, posterior margin distinctly sinuate at each side, surface
entirely covered with fine silky pubescence, flavous, the anterior
angles slightly stained with fuscous. Scutellum triangular,
flavous. Elytra much wider at the base than the thorax, wide-
ned behind the middle, punctate-striate, interstices distinctly
costate and extremely finely pubescent, black, with an almost
circular flavous band, which, commencing at the shoulder, ex-
tends to below the middle, and is common to both elytra, this
band is slightly narrower at the shoulder, increasing in width
posteriorly. Abdomen and all the tibie stained with fuscous;
posterior thighs black, the rest of the underside and legs flavous
or testaceous; claws appendiculate; posterior tibize with two
spurs.

Hab. Peru.

The shape of the thorax and other characters coinciding with
Clark’s genus: Apalotrius (subsequently altered to Hapalotrius),
have induced me to refer this species to his genus; while its
coloration is very similar to that of Allochroma lunatum, the
generic differences and the pubescence of the elytra will at once
distinguish it.

Omototus rufolimbatus, n. sp.

Elongate, robust, black; thorax ferruginous, clothed with
yellow pubescence,. elytra shining, violaceous-blue or green,
lateral margin and apex ferruginous, pubescent; abdomen ferru-
ginous.

Var. The blue colour of the elytra divided by a broad ferru-
ginous band across the disc.

Length 3 lines.

522 Mr. Martin Jacopy on

Head short, black, pubescent, with two indistinctly raised
tubercles above the insertion of the antenne of a flavous colour,
lower part of face fuscous; antenne black, closely covered with
hairs, the first and fourth joints of equal length, the third the
longest. Thorax narrow, transverse, the sides slightly widened
before the middle, ferruginous, closely and thickly covered with
golden pubescence. Scutellum black. Elytra subdepressed,
antemedially transversely depressed, finely punctate-striate, dark
violaceous-blue or green, nearly glabrous, a narrow marginal
vitta, greatly increasing in width at the apex, of a ferruginous
colour and closely yellowish pubescent. Underside and legs
black, pubescent, apex of abdomen ferruginous. Posterior tibie
with one spur, maxillary palpi incrassate.

In the variety, a broad ferruginous band extends across the
middle of the disc, and is also covered like the lateral vitta with
yellow pubescence, but agrees in all other respects with the
typical specimens.

Omototus rubripennis, n. sp.

Elongate, robust, flavous; antennw, apex of femora and tibix
black; elytra darkish red with a violet tint, very closely pubes-
cent, obsolétely punctate-striate. Length 3 lines.

Head deeply punctate on the vertex; antenne rather closely
approximate, second joint short, third joint longer than the first,
fourth and following joints decreasing in length, entirely black.
the apical joints pubescent, the others beset at anes apex with
bristle-like hairs; maxillary palpi incrassated. Thorax broader
than long, the sae widened and rounded in the middle, de-
pressed at each side near the base, closely rugose punctate, dark
reddish, slightly pubescent, Elytra very little widened poste-
riorly, punctate-striate, thickly covered with short yellowish
pubescence and single stiff long hairs, rendermg the punc-
tuation rather obscure, of a uniform opaque reddish colour with
a purplish or violet hue in certain lights. Underside flavous,
pubescent, femora darker, their apex and the four anterior
tibie black, posterior Ae, piceous or dark brown, with a single
spur.

Asphera octopunctata, 0D. sp.

Oblong ovate, beneath piceous; head, thorax, elytra and abdo-
men flavo-testaceous, each elytron with two spots near the
base and two behind the middle violaceous or green. Length
24 lines.

Phytophagous Coleoptera from Peru. 523

Head smooth, with only a few punctures near the eyes,
shining, flavous or fulvous, with a deep transverse groove ;
antennx fuscous, the two basal joints shining flavous. ‘Thorax
transverse, the sides rounded, anterior angles produced into a
short tubercle, surface impunctate, shining, testaceous. Hlytra
convex, narrowly margined, disc smooth, without punctures, of
the same colour as the thorax, each elytron with two oblong
spots, of which one is placed on the humeral callus, the other
near the scutellum, and two placed transversely behind the
middle, not touching either the margin or the suture, violaceous,
more or less tinted with green. Underside piceous, tibix lighter,
abdomen testaceous. Claws swollen.

Three specimens in my collection agree in every respect.
This species may be distinguished from limitata, Harold, by the
swollen (not simple) claw joint and the impunctate elytra:

Asphera maculipennis, n. sp.

Ovate, convex, black; thorax and elytra pale fuscous, the
latter covered with numerous irregularly shaped testaceous spots.
Length 4 lines.

Head shining, black, smooth on the vertex, with some punc-
tures near the eyes, the space between the latter deeply foveo-
late, with two distinct elongated tubercles in front; antennwe
as long as half the body,.entirely black, the basal joint obscure
fulvous beneath. Thorax with the posterior margin straight,
the anterior semicircular, anterior angles produced into a distinct
tooth, surface impunctate, obscure fuscous or dark flavous.
Scutellam black. Elytra widened behind the middle, convex at
their posterior half, fuscous, extremely finely punctured and
covered with numerous irregular small spots, of a light testa-
ceous colour, distributed over the entire surface. Underside
and legs black, basal joint of metatarsus as long as the two
following joints united, claws not swollen.

GALERUCID.
Diabrotica dorsalis, n. sp.

Klongate, flavous, the first seven joints of the antenne, two
submarginal stripes on the thorax, and the knees and tibiw black;
elytra rugose punctate, violaceous, the lateral margin and a dorsal
vitta flavous. Long. 24 lin.

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Head obsoletely punctured, with a medial fovea, flavous, labrum
piceous; antenne with the first seven joints black, the rest
flavous. Thorax transverse, obliquely depressed on the disc at
either side, surface minutely punctate, flavous, a longitudinal
black stripe near the lateral margins, dilated anteriorly. Scu-
tellum flavous. Elytra dilated posteriorly, closely rugose punc-
tate, of a dark violaceous-blue, the lateral margin and apex, and
a sutural stripe extending from the base to behind the middle,
slightly narrowed posteriorly, flavous. . Underside testaceous,
knees, tibia and tarsi black.

Diabrotica undecimpunctata, n. sp.

Pale green; head, middle joints of the antenne and tibie
black ; thorax dark green, shining; elytra olive-green, with a
broad longitudinal orange-coloured vitta, and 11 small black
spots. Length 3 lines.

Head with a cruciform impression in the middle, black,
shining, antenne with the first joint olive-green, the second and
third of almost equal length, fuscous, 4 to 8 black, 9 and 10
flavous, and the terminal black. Thorax rather convex, shining,
bright green, minutely punctured, deeply bifoveolate on the disc.
Scutellum black. Elytra convex, broadly margined, and closely
punctured, olive-green, with a broad orange-coloured vitta,
extending from immediately below the shoulder toa little dis-
tance before the apex, each elytron with a longitudinal stripe
at the shoulder, and a short sutural one from the base to
the end of the scutellum, two transversely placed small spots
in the middle and two others behind the middle, black. Under-
side and legs pale green, breast, tibie and tarsi black.

Diabrotica sanguinicollis, n. sp.

Elongate, widened behind; black, abdomen flavous; thorax
bifoveolate, dark red, shining; elytra finely punctate, black, the
lateral margin and the apex fulvous. Length 35 lines.

Head black, impunctate; antenne flavous or fulvous, the fifth
to the eighth joint black. Thorax transversely subquadrate,
surface rather convex near the sides, with two deep fovex on the
disc, the latter impunctate, very shining, dark red. Scutellum
black. Hlytra gradually increasing in width from base to apex,
closely but not coarsely punctured, the intervals slightly wrinkled
here and there, with an obsolete costa from below the shoulder
to the middle, black, shining, the lateral margin narrowly and

Phytophagous Coleoptera from Peru. 520

the apex broadly flavous. Underside flavous, breast and legs
black, claws and tarsi more or less piceous.

Diabrotica terminalis, n. sp.

Hlongate ovate, olive-green, underside, head, a spot on each
shoulder, and a hnbadd band near the apex of the elytra black.
Length q lines.

Head sparingly punctate between the eyes, with a short fovea
and a tubercular elevation between the antenne; lower part of
face olive-green ; palpi black; antenne flavous, the apical joints
darker. al ares transversely subquadrate, the sides margined
and slightly rounded, surface very minutely punctured, shinies
olive-green. Scutellum black. Elytra subdepressed, widened
posteriorly, very finely punctured, olive-green, with a slight
flavous tint, a spot on each shoulder, the suture near the base
and around the scutellum, and a large transverse band close to
the apex, the anterior margin of which is convex, the posterior
concave, of a black colour. Underside black, the upper part of
the breast and the legs light green, tarsi dark piceous.

Diabrotica abdominalis, n. sp.

Elongate, much widened behind, convex, thorax deeply longi-
tudinally and transversely sulcate; elytra finely punctate,
posterior half and abdomen black. Length 4 lines.

Head elongate, testaceous, with an elevated longitudinal ridge
from between the antenne to the clypeus, impunctate, antenne
rather robust, flavous. Thorax transverse, sides margined, all
the angles acute, surface very convex, divided longitudinally
and transversely into two halves, the transverse depression only
extending across half the disc, irregularly and rather obsoletely
punctured, flavous. Hlytra shghtly depressed below the base,
ventricose, the anterior portion distinctly, the posterior one
scarcely punctured, flavous, divided by deep black from the
middle to the apex. Underside and legs flavous, abdomen black.

Allied to D, Saundersi, Baly, but distinguished by the shining
(not opaque) elytra and the flavous legs and antenne.
Diabrotica Balyi, n. sp.

Elongate, black; abdomen, legs, antenne, margin and apex
of the elytra flavous, the latter elevate strigose, rugosely pune-
tate. Length 3 lines.

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Head impunctate, with a fovea in the middle, black ; palpi
flavous ; antenne pale flavous, basal joints rather darker, the
last two fuscous. Thorax broader than long, constricted near
the base, sides margined, deeply bifoveolate, scarcely punctate,
black. Elytra sculptured precisely as in D. viridipennis, black,
outer limb and apex, the latter dilated, flavous, the male has the
same excavation near the sutural angle as viridipennis. Breast
black, abdomen and legs flavous.

This species is closely allied to D. puncticollis, Baly, but differs
in the almost smooth thorax and head, and the colour of the
antenne, ‘

Diabrotica ‘viridipennis, n. sp.

Elongate, beneath flavous, head and middle joints of antenn
black; thorax bifoveolate; elytra transversely rugose punctate,
with several elevated vitte, light green, lateral margin and apex
flavous. Length 3 lines.

Mas. Lower part of face testaceous; elytra with a hollow
protuberance near the apex.

Head impunctate, with a fovea in the middle, black; palpi
flavous; antenne more than half the length of the body black,
the first two and the last four joints light flayvous, extreme apex
fuscous. ‘Thorax transverse, very narrow, constricted near the
base, deeply excavated on each side, impunctate, flavo-testa-
ceous. Scutellum black. Elytra widened posteriorly, with
four or five more or less distinct elevated vitte, the intervals
coarsely rugose punctate and transversely wrinkled, lighter or
darker green, subnitidous, lateral margins and apex flavous.
Underside and legs flavous, the femora with an indistinct longi-
tudinal fuscous streak.

In the male the lower part of the face is of a testaceous
colour, and near the apex of the elytra, close to the suture, is a
smooth longitudinal elevation, hollowed out near the sutural
margin.

Diabrotica minuta, n. sp.

Elongate, subovate, pale green, base of the head and the
antenne black; thorax bifoveolate; elytra obsoletely bicostate,
finely punctured, green, the suture, a longitudinal stripe from
the shoulder to the middle, and a round spot near the apex
fuscous, Length 2 lines.

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Phytophagous Coleoptera from Peru. D2

Head transversely impressed between the eyes, vertex smooth,
black, lower part of face testaceous, mouth piceous; antenne
nearly as long as the body, the second and third joints short, of
equal length, the first three joints flavous, the rest black, closely
pubescent. Thorax subquadrate, bifoveolate, impunctate, pale
green. Scutellum piceous. Elytra closely punctured, with an
obsolete short costa from the shoulder towards the suture, and
another longer one near the lateral margin; pale green, with an
irregular shaped longitudinal streak much widened posteriorly,
and hollowed out at its interior margin, and another large round
spot near the apex, fuscous, these two spots are obsoletely con-
nected at their outer margin; the suture is also narrowly
fuscous, slightly extending in width towards the apex. Under-
side very pale green, tibiz and tarsi piceous.

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New species of CLERIDE and other Coleoptera from Madagascar ;
by Cuas. O, WATERHOUSE.

The species described in this paper have recently been received
by the British Museum from Antananarivo, and were collected
by Mr. Kingdon, with the exception of Lissaulicus laevis, which
is from Fianarantsoa, and was brought by Mr. Shaw.

PARNIDA.
Potamophilus abdominalis.

Elongatus, parallelus, opacus, nigrescens; thorace trapezoidali,
subtiliter confertim punctato, antice limei impress’, angulis
posticis acutis, elytris sat fortiter punctato-striatis, ad apicem
arcuatim angustatis, apice ipso oblique truncato, pedibus basi
tarsisque plus minusve piceis, abdomine late concavo, sezmentis
piceo-marginatis, Long. 44 lin.

An elongate, narrow species, with very long legs, closely allied
to P. africanus, Bohem. The thorax is relatively less transverse
than in that species, about one-third broader than long, obliquely
narrowed in front, gently convex, the anterior impressed line is
more angular in the middle than in P. africanus, and there is
a cuneiform impression posteriorly, the anterior angles are a’
little greater than right angles, the posterior angles are acute,
but do not diverge as in africanus. The elytra are very long,
a little narrower in the middle than at the base, rather strongly
punctate-striate, the intervals moderately convex, irregularly and
extremely finely punctured, the apex of each elytron is obliquely
truncate, the angles not dentiform.

CLERID.
Cladiscus rugosus.

Niger, nitidus, rugosus, parce pilosus; elytris thorace fere
duplo latioribus, abdomine piceo, Long. 44 lin.

Head broad, with a transverse impression between the eyes,
the forehead raised in the middle, the neck with some small

530 Mr. WATERHOUSE on new species of

tubercles, eyes prominent. Anteane about three-quarters the
length of the elytra, pilose, the third to tenth joints each
with two long slender branches springing from the base below.
Thorax not so broad as the head with the eyes, one-third longer
than broad, subcylindrical, angularly widened in the middle,
moderately constricted between the middle and the base, the
surface tuberculoso-rugose. lytra parallel, nearly twice as
broad as the thorax, densely tuberculoso-rugose, the tubercles
having a tendency to form lines.

Pallenis bipenicillatus.

Elongatus, cylindricus, niger, nitidus; elytris basi bipeni-
cillatus, medio fascid angusta albé ornatis. Long. 4 lin.

Convex, cylindrical; shining, except the base of the elytra
which is somewhat dull. Head gently convex in front, not very
thickly and extremely delicately punctured and pubescent, the
eyes rather large. Antenne about the length of the elytra,
filiform, the joints elongate, the apical one one-half longer than
the preceding, the basal joint pitchy below. Thorax very con-
vex, enveloping the head in front, constricted at the base,
thickly and finely punctured and pilose. Elytra parallel, with
a narrow white band across the middle; each elytron with a
long fine pointed pencil of hair in the middle of the base, resem-
bling a spine, directed forwards, with seven lines of deep elongate
punctures which terminate just beyond the white band, the
apex coriaceous. The metasternum with an oblique white stripe
on each side. The legs with a fine white line in front and
behind. The palpi piceous.

The eyes in this species are proportionately large, and the
antennal pit is close to them.

This species, has a somewhat striking resemblance to the
Longicorn Ancylistes bicuspis, Chev., received in the same col-
lection, and is not unlikely to be parasitic upon that insect, the
spine on the base of the elytra in Ancylistes being represented
by a pencil of hair.

ACHLAMYS, n. gen.

Head (with the eyes) broader than the thorax, the eyes
prominent, coarsely granular, scarcely emarginate im _ front,
Antenne with the first joint thick, ovate, the second joint small,
the third elongate, subcylindrical, the fourth, fifth and sixth

Cleride, etc., from Madagascar. 531

becoming gradually stouter and shorter, the seventh as broad
as long, the eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh forming a distinct
club. Apical joint of the maxillary palpi elongate, a little nar-
rowed before the apex; the apical joimt of the labial palpi
securiform. Prothorax convex, strongly constricted before the
base. Elytra parallel, convex, obtuse at the apex. T'arsi with
five distinct joints, the claws with a single tooth at the base.

Closely allied to Pallenis, but with prominent eyes and distinct
club to the antenne.,

Achlamys wniformis.

Cylindricus, nitidus, ferrugineo-rufus, levis; antennarum clava,
tibiis tarsisque nigris, elytris striato-punctatis, apice levi. Long.
2 hi
» im,

IIead broader than the thorax, finely and moderately thickly
punctured, the eyes prominent. The apical joint of the palpi
blackish. Antennze as long as the head and thorax taken to-
gether, the club black. Thorax very convex, one-third longer
than broad: very slightly constricted before ihe front margin,
strongly constricted before the base, delicately and not very
thickly punctured. Elytra parallel, a little broader than the
thorax, each with seven lines of deep oblong punctures which
do not extend quite to the apex.

Stenocylidrus frontalis.

Elongatus, cylindricus, niger, griseo-pubescens; fronte ochra-
ced, thorace crebre punctato, scutello albo, elytris basi striato-
punctatis, apice crebre punctatis, singulis guttis tribus albis,
femorum basi flavo. Long. 8 lin.

Antenne with the basal and the two apical joints yellow; the
front of the head and the apex of the abdomen are also yellow.
Thorax densely and distinctly punctured. Elytra striate-pune-
tate, the apical third finely and densely punctured, the apex
clothed with grey pubescence. Hach elytron has three white
spots, one below the shoulder, one near the suture before the
middle, the third lateral, slightly elongate and oblique, at one-
third from the apex

This species closely resembles C. azureus, but is smaller and
nearly black, only the front of the head, and only the base of

the femora are yellow, and the thorax is a trifle more finely
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punctured,

532 Mr. WATERHOUSE on new species of

LISSAULICUS, n. gen.

Tarsi with only four joints visible above. Eyes emarginate in
front, widely separated. yes finely granular. Antenne with
a large club formed of three transverse joints. The apical joints
of all the palpi strongly securiform. Mesosternum horizontal.
Claws of the tarsi simple. Anterior coxee approximate. Thorax
nearly as broad as long semicircularly rounded posteriorly before
the basal constriction, with no anterior constriction. Hlytra
arcuately narrowed at the apex.

This genus appears to be closely allied to Aulicus, from which
it differs in not having any impressed lines on the thorax, in
having smooth elytra, in the large short-oblong club to the
antenne, and in the strongly securiform labial palpi.

Lissaulicus laevis.

Leviter convexus, rufo-piceus, nitidus, levis; antennarum
clava, femorum et tibiarum apice tarsisque nigris, elytris basi
punctis nonnullis juxta scutellum, sutura ad apicem albo-sericea.
Long. 34 lin.

Head smooth, with a few extremely fine indistinct punctures
on the vertex; the mandibles and part of the apical joint of the
palpi nearly black; antenne as long as the head and thorax
together, the third joint and the abrupt large club black.
Thorax gently convex and smooth, with a slight impression
above the anterior angles, very slightly narrowed in front, rounded
at the sides and posteriorly before the posterior constriction.
Elytra smooth, a little broader than the thorax and not quite
three times as long, arcuately narrowed towards the apex,
slightly impressed at the suture, with a few punctures near the
scutellum, the suture towards the apex is margined with white
pubescence. A spot at the apex of the femora, the apex of the
tibie and the tarsi are black, all beset with long hairs. There
are some long hairs on the head and thorax, and a few on the
elytra. i

Hab, Fianarantsoa (Mr. Shaw).

Eburifera tuberculicollis.

Parallela, angusta, depressa, obscure cyanea, nitida; capite
thoraceque crebre , asperato-punctatis, elytris tuberculis minutis
numerosis, guttisque quatuor pallide flavis ornatis, antennis pedi-
busque ferrugineo-testaceis, Long. 37 lin,

Cleride, ete., from Madagascar Dao

Head thickly and rather strongly punctured, the eyes moder-
ately prominent. Thorax somewhat flattened above, subparallel
for the anterior two-thirds, then strongly constricted within the
base, closely beset with small obtuse tubercles, with the extreme
anterior and posterior margins smooth. Scutellum yellow.
Elytra parallel, depressed, studded with minute obtuse tuber-
cles; each elytron with two round, raised, smooth whitish spots,
one before and the other behind the arash the latter is near
the margin.

Var. The base of the elytra pale pitchy, the pitchy colour
extending at the suture and at the sides as far as the second
yellow spot.

Eburifera levicollis.

Parallela, angusta, depressa, cerulea, nitida, pallide hirsuta;
thorace parce punctulato, elytris crebre rugoso-punctatis, guttis
quatuor albis notatis, antennis pedibusque flavis. Lone. 22 lin.

Of a brighter blue than #. tuberculicollis, but nearly of the
same form. The head and thorax have some small punctures
scattered over the surface, the latter has the sides more oblique.
Seutellum white. Elytra thickly and strongly punctured, the
punctures forming lines at the base, at the apex the punctures
are replaced by small btuse tubercles. Legs yellow; the hairs
on the posterior tibiw are very long.

Two examples received with the above are a little larger (3

lin.) and have not spots on the elytra, but they are evidently

conspecific,
Kburifera inclita.

Latior, picea, nitida, longe pubescens; thorace guttis duabus,
elytris regione scutellari plagAque subapicali nigris, his singulis
guttis duabus flavis ornatis, antennarum clava pedibusque nigris,
femoribus basi piceis. Long, 44 lin.

A somewhat broad depressed species. Head with minute
obtuse tubercles moderately thickly placed in front. Antenne
with the three apical joints slightly enlarged, pitchy-black.
Thorax as broad as long, nearly straight in front, semicircularly
rounded posteriorly before the basal constriction, with some
minute tubercles scattered over the surface, and with four black
spots, two large round ones on the disc and two small ones
before the posterior constriction. Elytra scarcely broader than
the thorax, with seven or eight lines of ane strong punctures,

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O84 Mr. WATERHOUSE on new species of

the first and second extend to one-third the length of the elytra,
the third, fourth and fifth are shorter, the sixth extends to the
posterior yellow line, the punctures on the sides are somewhat
contused; each elytron has an abbreviated black stripe near the
scutellum close to the suture, a small round yellow raised spot
at one-third from the base (with a small brown mark above it),
an oblique, curved, raised yellow streak rather behind the
middle, not reaching the suture, the region beyond this is chiefly
occupied by an ovate blackish patch, and is sparingly punctured.
Abdomen pitchy-black,

HYPERIDA.
Chloropholus bioculatus.

Niger ; capite, genubus, abdominis maculis nonnullis squamis
aureo-v ividil bus tectis, ae et elytris squamis cupreo- rufis densi
tectis, illo maculé mediani nigra viridi-cincta, singulo elytro
macula discoidali rotundatéi guttisque lateralibus nigris viridi-
einetis. Long. 44-5 lin.

Closely resembles C. rubrovittatus in form, but the thorax is
relatively narrower. Thorax and elytra densely clothed with
coppery-red scales, the former with a cordiform black mesial
spot, which is surrounded by green scales and connect it with
the anterior margin. LKach elytron has a round black discoidal
spot on the third and fourth interstices surrounded by green
scales; on the margin there are three black spots, which are
partly surrounded and connected to each other by green scales,
on the fifth interstice posteriorly there are two very small Hiner
dots. The sides of the metasternum are clothed with coppery
scales. The knees, the tarsi and eight spots on the abdomen are
covered with green scales.

TRAGOSOMINZ,
TERETICUS, n. gen.

Palpi short, stout, the apical joint a little swollen at its base.
Mandibles very short, vertical. Head as in Microplophorus;
the eyes a little more separated above. Antenne nearly half
the length of the elytra, stout, the first joint obconic, emarginate-
truncate at the apex, the second joimt small and transverse, the
third to tenth joints short, with the lower anterior angle pro-
duced into a long stout branch. Thorax transverse, with the
lateral ridge only traceable near the posterior angles, the anterior

Cleride, ete., from Madagascar. 535

angles effaced, with no lateral spines. Elytra scarcely covering
the abdomen, slightly dehiscent posteriorly, broader than the
ee at the shoulders. Legs short, the posterior femora
reaching a little beyond the second segment of the abdomen,
unarmed at the apex. The third joint of the tarsi not so
strongly bilobed as in Microplophorus. The metathoracic
episterna very broad at their base acuminate posteriorly. Head,
thorax, and body beneath pilose.

The species upon which I propose founding this new genus
has somewhat the appearance of a small Polyarthron, with short
antenne and short legs; its position, however, is evidently close
to Microplophorus.

Tereticus pectinicornis.

Obscure piceus; capite thoraceque crebre fortiter punctatis,
fulvo pilosis, elytris brunneis apicem versus angustatis, confertim

punctatis, tricostulatis, antennis pedibusque nigro-piceis. ¢.
Long. 9 lin.

Antenne as long as the head, thorax and scutellum taken
torether, strongly punctured above, the third to tenth joints
each with the anterior lower angle produced into a thick rather
broad branch, which is about three times as long as the joint
itself, Head densely punctured, pilose, slightly concave in
front, with a fine channel between the eyes. Thorax thickly
punctured, nearly twice as broad as long, obliquely narrowed in
front, very declivous at the sides, especially at the anterior
angles, the posterior angles distinct but obtuse, the base arcuate.
Scutellum strongly punctured. Elytra at their base one-third
broader than the thorax, narrowed towards the apex, pale
pitchy-brown, very densely and rather strongly punctured, each
elytron with three obtuse costw, the first distinct only in the
middle, the second extending from the shoulder to the apex,
the third lateral. Legs thickly punctured, The thorax ad
sterna with long fulvous pubescence,

rr?

Notices of new or little known Crrontuipa; by OLiver E.
Janson. No, 6.

Gymnetis Buckleyi, a. sp.

G. robusta, convexa, atra, supra opaca; capite vitta utrinque,
thorace lateribus (maculis duabus nigris includente), elytris
vittis humeralibus, maculis quatuor marginalibus, punctisque
nonnullis minutis coccineis; subtus nitida, metasterno abdomine-
que marginibus rufo-maculatis. Long. 25 mm,

Head coarsely but sparingly punctured on the dise, the punc-
tures much closer and confluent at the sides and apex of the
clypeus, the latter narrowed in front with the margins elevated;
black, the clypeus shining, the base dull with a short linear
spot on each side between the eyes red.

Thorax convex, the posterior lobe broad and obtusely rounded,
the sides slightly prominent about one-third from the base and
obsoletely punctured, the disc smooth; deep velvety black, with
a broad red lateral band on each side slightly branched inwardly
at its base and apex, and enclosing two black spots.

Elytra convex, slightly narrowed behind the middle, the
apical sutural angles not produced, the dise faintly punctured in
rows behind; deep velvety black, several very small spots on the
dise, a curved lateral stripe at the shoulder, two spots on the
lateral margin, two on the apical margin, and a smaller one just
within the apical callosity red; epimera large, shining black,
rather coarsely punctured with a smooth tubercle.

Pygidium coarsely and closely strigose; shining black, with
dense short black hairs.

Beneath shining black, with two large spots on the meta-
sternum and four spots on each side of the abdomen red; very
coarsely strigose and punctured at the sides and at the apex of
the abdomen; mesosternal process strong, bent downwards and
rounded at the apex, keeled in front; legs coarsely punctured,
anterior tibiz with three strong lateral teeth.

Keuador.

The only specimen I have seen of this fine species (recently
sent home by Mr. C. Buckley, after whom I have named it) has
been communicated to me for description by Mr. Higgins; it
belongs to Burmeister’s sect. 10, and although resembling several

538 Mr. O. E. Janson’s Notices of

species im general characters, its coloration is conspicuously
distinct and beautiful.

Cetonia impavida, n, sp.
C. late ovata, convexa, ceruleo-nigra, nitida; elytris albo-
maculatis, arcuato-striatis. Long. 19, ‘lat. 11 mm.

Blue-black, shining.

Head short, rather closely and coarsely punctured, clypeus
transverse, the anterior angles rounded, sides slightly elevated
and closely punctured, anterior margin elevated and slightly
sinuous; apex of yee reddish.

Thorax convex, basal margin strongly rounded and scarcely
emarginate above the scutellum, the dise very finely and sparsely
punctured, the punctures becoming coarser and confluent at the
sides, the base with two indistinct shallow depressions before the
scutellum.

Scutellum short, apex rounded, impunctate, with an indistinct
impression in the centre.

Elytra yvather convex and very finely and sparsely punctured
in the region of the scutellum, the sides and apical half with
rows of semicircular strie, each of which contains a small punc-
ture, the suture rather strongly elevated posteriorly, but not
produced at the apical angle, the disc with an indistinct longi-
tudinal ridge behind the middle; each elytron with about twelve
small white spots, of which six or seven are on the margin, two
very small near the base, two placed obliquely about the middle,
and a transverse linear one close to the suture, about one-fourth
from the apex.

Pygidium finely irregularly strigose, with sparse golden
pubescence,

Beneath strigose and pubescent at the sides; mesosternal pro-
cess short, apex dilated and rounded; abdomen with some fine
punctures at the base of the segments, the apical segment very
closely punctured; legs coarsely punctured, strigose and slightly
pubescent, anterior tibie with three small acute lateral teeth,
intermediate and posterior tibie with an acute tooth about the
middle and an indistinct one just above it, all the knees marked
with a white spot.

India.

A very distinct and apparently undescribed species; I have
seen several specimens but have not been able to ascertain its
precise habitat.

new or little known Cetoniide. D389

Cetonia famelica, n. sp.

C. subangustata, cupreo-brunnea, albo-variegata, nitida, clypeo
antice tarsisque shies, grosse profundeque punctata. Long.
17-18 mm.

Coppery-brown, tinged with green, shining, apex of clypeus,
knees, apex of tibie and tarsi bright green, elytra with irregular
white marks and spots.

Head short and broad, very closely and coarsely punctured,
the punctures confluent and forming strie at the sides, the
centre scarcely elevated; clypeus broadest at the apex, trans-
versely impressed in front, the sides elevated, apical margin
strongly elevated and emarginate, forming two small obtuse
points.

Thorax rather convex, regularly rounded at the sides, posterior
angles strongly rounded, the basal margin only shghtly emar-
ginate above the scutellum, very closely and coarsely punctured,
a longitudinal central line smooth, sides coarsely strigose, the
dise with three distinct impressions on each side, usually marked
with a white spot.

Scutellum triangular, apex obtuse, impunctate.

Elytra rather flat with the usual depression behind, com-
mencing rather abruptly before the middle, very closely covered
with semicircular striw, most of which contain a fine puncture,
at the sides and apex they become closer and more confused,
forming irregular wavy strie intermixed with punctures, in the

region of the scutellum they are more sparse and assume the
form of coarse irregular punctures, the suture elevated posteriorly
but not produced at the apex.

Pygidium convex, finely transversely strigose, with several
indistinct whitish spots.

Beneath sparsely pubescent and closely strigose; mesosternal
process short, strongly dilated, apex truncate; abdomen with
semicircular strie at the sides and scattered punctures in the
middle; legs coarsely strigose, the anterior tibiw with three
obtuse teeth.

The female is rather more coarsely sculptured, with the apical
segment of the abdomen very closely punctured, and a much
stronger tooth on the intermediate and posterior tibie.

Shantung, N. China.

Allied to C. intricata, Saund., submarmorea, Burm., and
confuciusana, Thoms,

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Lep. x, p. 188), argues in favour of its affinity with the latter
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On a collection of Lertporrera Hererocera from Marlborough
Province, New Zealand; by Artnuur G. Butier, F.L.S.,
E.Z.5.

The series of Lepidoptera enumerated here, represents the
greater part of a collection forwarded to me last year by
Mr. William Skellon, of Blenheim; unfortunately one of the
boxes, containing many of the smaller and some novelties of the
larger moths, was literally smashed into strips during transit;
whilst the other box, although whole, had evidently been
very roughly handled; so that the identification of several of
the species has been quite impossible, whereas in some izstances
nothing but the bare pins remained to show that the numbers
had represented something.

Notwithstanding the condition of many of the species the
collection is a very interesting one, the novelties which it con-
tains are sufficient evidence that there is still much to be done
before we can pretend to anything like a complete knowledge
of the Lepidopterous resources of New Zealand.

HEPIALID.
1. Porina fuliginea (No. 35).
Porina fuliginea, Butler, Cist. Ent. ii, p. 488, n. 2 (1879).

One specimen, in good condition; taken “in the bush at dusk.”

2. Porina wmbraculata (Nos. 33 & 34).
Pielus umbraculatus, Guenée, Ent. Month. Mag. v, p. 1 (1868).

“Common in the Phormium swamps at dusk.” Two exam-
ples, in good condition, differing slightly in tint.

Respecting the Noctuites, Mr. Skellon writes—“ the Noctua
for the most part have been taken on sugar; Nos. 10, 14, 15,

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20th September, 1880

542 Mr. Burier on a collection of

20, 21, 25, 26, 28 and 32 in January, February and March
(the best time for sugaring here) are rather rare, and I have
not been able to get many specimens of them.”

LEUCANIID.

Mr. Skellon has sent no less than nine species of this family,
four of which (all probably new to science) are so much broken
as to be unfit for description; of these, Nos. 25, 88 and 58
are typical Lewcanie, and No. 62 apparently an [pana, but too
much injured for satisfactory identification.

3. Leucania atristriga (No. 30).
Xylina atristriga, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. in, p. 756 (1865).

This seems to be a common species.

4, Leucania propria (No. 15).
Leucania propria, Walker, Lep. Het. ix, p. 111 (1856).

Also a common species.

5, Leucania dentigera, n. sp. (No. 4).

Primaries above greyish-white, the centre of the wing occupied
by a gradually expanding diffused brownish longitudinal streak
which, towards the base, encloses a slender curved blackish line;
slender brown longitudinal lines near the base of the median
interspaces, and black dots between them upon the veins, so as
almost to form a continuous zigzag line; external border formed
of two triangular brown patches with dentated inner edges, the
two together having a S-shaped imner margin; base of costal
border white, bounded on each side by a short slender blackish
line ; discoidal spots linear, brownish with white borders, the
orbicular modified into an elongated ¢-shaped marking and
transfixing the reniform, which is lunate; a series of black
marginal dots; fringes brown, intersected by white lines at the
extremities of the veins; secondaries greyish-brown with bronzy
reflections, the external border and a discocellular lunule rather
darker ; fringe white; body pale sandy-brown, thorax white
behind, abdomen sericeous; under surface sericeous white ;
wings with minute black marginal dots ; primaries with dusky

Lepidoptera Heterocera from New Zealand. 043

discoidal area; secondaries with a blackish discocellular dot; a
feebly indicated dusky discal belt. Expanse of wings 1 inch 4
lines.

Two specimens, one in good condition, the other slightly
broken; it resembles “ Mamestra maori” of Felder in pattern.

Leucania extranea, var.? (No. 39).
Leucania extranea, Guenée, Noct. i, p. 77, n. 104 (1852),

One singularly red example, with the basal half of the second-
aries unusually transparent ; otherwise differing in no respect
from Indian examples referred to this species.

7. Leucania unica (No, 5).
Leucania wnica, Walker, Lep. Het. ix, p. 112 (1856).

Two nearly perfect specimens.

XYLOPHASIIDA.
8. Xylophasia stipata (No. 61).
Xylina stipata, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. ii, p. 753 (1865).

A fragment of this well-marked species arrived.

9. Xylophasia morosa, n. sp. (No, 26).

Allied to XY. lignana, and referable to the X. rurea group,
smoky-brown, primaries with the internal area and disc paler;
ordinary spots greyish with black-edged white borders, the
reniform extending over the base of the second median inter-
space and streaked with blackish, a line of which colour runs
backwards from it along the median vein; a black-edged white
spot close to the base of the interno-median area and three at
equal distances on the costal margin; three white costal dots
beyond the cell; ordinary lines Boeoleioe a discal series of black
and white dots, on the veins followed by a series of externally
yellowish-edged ferruginous lunules between the veins; two
dusky, somewhat triangular, patches on outer border, with black
spots upon them at the extremities of the vems; fringe black
spotted and traversed by a central black line; secondaries shining

Sis

d44 Mr. ButLer on a collection of

smoky-brown; fringe with a grey-edged yellow basal line;
externally silvery- -white; head and thorax brown, traversed by
bisinuated darker ines 2 abdomen shining greyish- brown; anal
segment blackish at the base, with eral, ‘reddish-brown ay inge;
body below pinky-whitish, front of pectus pale purplish- -brown;
knees black, posterior tibize striped at the end with black; venter
with lateral black spots; primaries below shining grey, with
cupreous reflections, border whitish; costal borders crossed
towards the apex by grey lines; a marginal series of black
dots; fringe rather paler than above; secondaries whitish, with
cupreous reflections; a grey discocellular dot; a brown discal
line; a marginal series of black dots. Expanse of wings 1
inch 6 lines.

One specimen without antenne.

APAMIID A.
10. Apamea vitiosa (No. 14).

Apamea vitiosa, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 384, pl xl,
fig. 3.

Two specimens, but without antenne, January to March, on
sugar.

11. Agrotis admirationis (Nos. 18 & 27).

Agrotis admirationis, Guenée, Ent. Month, Mag. v, p. 38
(1868),

The two specimens sent by Mr. Skellon show considerable varia-
tion from one another in tint, and in the distinctness of the ordinary
dark lines on the primaries, still I believe them to be conspecific;
M. Guenée describes his species as having whitish fringes, but
states at the same time that he has only seen one specimen in
poor condition; the fringe of the primaries is pale sandy-yellow
traversed by a greyish band, immediately followed by a line of
the same colour, that of the secondaries is creamy-white tra-
versed by a grey line. If, as I believe, I have rightly identified
M. Guenée’s species, it should come near A. simplonia of Kurope

12. Spelotis cerulea.

ate tis (Spolotis) caerulea, Guenée, Ent. Month. Mag. v,
» 35 (1868).

Lepidoptera Heterocera from New Zealand. 545

Two specimens have come in a somewhat shattered condition
and the collector’s No. has been lost; but the species is easily
recognizable from its peculiar coloration; the thorax and p-im-
aries being bluish-grey with whitish markings, and the second-
aries pale sandy-yellowish with ill-defined greyish border and
whitish fringe; the abdomen has the general tint of the second-
aries, and the entire under surface is of a pale sandy- yellow
colour with the upper discocellular veinlet of the primaries black
and the anterior legs ashy-grey above.

13. Spelotis inconstans, nu. sp. (No. 23).

Primaries above greenish-grey, indistinctly speckled with
black; the ordinary lines ill- defined, formed by series of pale
inoetian or lunate markings edged internally with black, and
connected here and nena the innermost line replaced by three
oblique independent zigzag lines, the outermost of which is
interrupted by the “orbicular” spot, the latter beimg bounded
internally by the central of the three lnes; the dint ideal spots
large, whitish, separated from one another and from the post-
median line by black-edged dusky intervening spots; a marginal
series of black dots; fringe sordid white, traver ral by two slightly
undulated greyish- Tynowr lines; secondaries shining fuliginous
brown with faint pinky reflections and diffused dusky border;
fringe sordid white with very indistinct grey intersecting line;
fiers grey, abdomen greyish-brown; under surface ereyish-
white, speckled with grey scales towards the costal margins and
apices of the wings; the latter are also sericeous with blackish
discocellular >-shaped markings and indistinct traces of two
nearly parallel greyish discal lines; primaries with the discoidal
area slightly dusky; tarsi brown. Expanse of wings 1 inch
5 lines.

Var. Primaries above pale smoky-grey, with scarcely a trace
of the dusky intervening spots between the discoidal spots and
postmedian line, otherwise similar to the type.

Excepting in the loss of their antenne these specimens have
sustained no injury.
14. Chersotis inconspicua, n. sp. (No. 31).

Primaries above greyish-brown speckled with grey; the or-
dinary lines blackish, but ill-defined, with the exception of the
submarginal one which is black, internally diffused, dentated in

D46 Mr. Burier on a collection of

the middle; costal margin black-spotted, discoidal and interno-
median spots relieved by black margins, the interval between the
“orbicular” and ‘“reniform” spots black, the former pyriform
with grey centre, the latter of the typical shape enclosing an
outline grey crescent ; interno-median spot elliptical; basal third
of fringe sandy whitish, remainder grey, traversed by two closely
approximated pale limes; secondaries pale fuliginous brown,
sericeous with cupreous reflections ; fringe white traversed by
two slender grey lines; thorax grey with one or two transverse
slightly angulated dusky lines on the collar ; front margin of
head itia abdomen whitish slightly ‘avid with hinearan and
speckled with grey; under surface of wings pale sericeous grey
with dusky discocellular spots, basi-costal areas whitish ; body
below white, legs and sides of venter grey-speckled. Hxpanse
of wings | fae 5 lines.

One fairly perfect specimen; it is most nearly allied to C. rect-
angula, of Europe.

15. Mamestra griseipennis? (No. 60).

Mamestra griseipennis, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. 4, pl. cix,
fig. 22.

The specimen sent by Mr. Skellon agrees in pattern with
Felder’s figure, but in colour more nearly resembles I. brassicae,

whereas Felder’s colouring is rather what one would expect to
find in Spelotis than in Mamestra.

NOCTUID 2.
16. Nitocris plusiata (No. 24).
Hadena plusiata, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. ii, p. 742 (1865).

Although, in accordance with my previous lists, I here adopt
M. Guenée’s generic name, I much doubt the distinctness of his
genus from Graphiphora ; the three examples sent are in good
condition, and represent the extreme varieties of the species.

ORTHOSIID A.
17. Dasycampa innocua (No. 28).
Cerastis innocua, Walker, Lep. Het. 15, p. 1710 (1858).

Lepidoptera Heterocera /rom New Zealand, DAT

Orthosia communicata, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. i, p. 716,
(1865),

One specimen.
HADENID.

18. Dianthecia viridis, n. sp. (No. 32).

Primaries above sap-green spotted with brown, markings almost
as in D. carpophaga, but all the lines white Sich blac borders,
the submarginal line broadly bordered externally with black, and
not preceded by three hastate black spots as in D. carpophaga ;
a marginal series of white-edged black dots; the reniform spot
almost w holly white; secondari ies smoky- rea shining, purplish
in certain lights ; fringe sandy-yellowish at base, with grey
central line and white tips; thorax sap-green varied with black;
abdomen pale brown, whitish at base; under surface whitish,
wings sericeous, grey-speckled with blnceiah discocellular and
marginal dots ; eecen denies with an abbreviated blackish discal
tines pectus reddish-brown in front; tarsi black-banded, brown
below. Expanse of wings 1 inch 3 lines.

Two specimens in good condition.

19. Huplexia insignis.
Kuplexia insignis, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. i, p. 724 (1865).

One specimen, imperfect, no No, attached.

Euplexia mutans (No. 7).
Hadena mutans, Walker, Lep. Het. vi, p. 692 (1857).

A specimen without antenne.

21. Huplexia debilis (No. 56).
Hadena debilis, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 385, pl.
xn, 11016.
A fragment.

22. Hadenu Skelloni, n. sp. (No. 65).

Primaries above laky-brown; a broad longitudinal internal
sap-green streak, through which the submedian vein passes, and
which is interrupted near the base by an oblique B-shaped black
patch; an oblique abbreviated black dash near the base of

548 Mr. Burier on a collection of

interno-median area; discoidal and submedian spots bordered
with pale green edged with black; discoidal area dark brown,
“orbicular” spot of the same colour, slightly oblique and
almost reniform; “reniform” spot pale laky-brown with a
curved blackish internal stripe; submedian spot obtusely hexa-
gonal, laky-brown;, the two central lines slender, black, opposed,
dentate- sinuate, not distinctly traceable above the median vein;
submedian line black, with white inner border bounded within
by sap-green and dark brown spots or patches, irregularly
dentated as in 7, pist; the usual costal markings; secondaries
pinky-brown, with diffused dusky border, enclosing an ill-defined
abbreviated siiniad whitish streak; abdcsanal order broadly
fringed with pinky-whitish; fringe of outer margin narrow,
yellowish, tipped with dark pera body rufous- Deora varied
with pale greenish and whity-br own scales; collar with the
usual bisinuated blackish line; wings below pale sericeous pinky-
brown, with blackish discocellular spots and a brown discal line;
primaries with a pale submarginal line; secondaries with an
indistinct greyish submarginal streak; body below dull laky-
brown, pectus slightly greyish, elie with a lateral black
line, Expanse of wings | inch 6 lines.

One example, shghtly injured.

23. Meterana pictula.

Dianthecia pictula, White, in Taylor’s New Zealand, pl. 1,
fig. 8 (1855).

The only specimen of this beautiful green and rose-coloured
Noctuid was much broken and the No. knocked off the pin.

XYLINID.
24. Xylina inceptura (No. 11).
Xylina inceptura, Walker, Lep. Het. xv, p. 1786 (1858).

Two specimens, representing the extremes of variation.

25. Xylina ustistriga (No. 3),
Aylina ustistriga, Walker, Lep, Het. x1, p. 630 (1857).
A pair, in fairly good condition,

Lepidoptera Heterocera from New Zealand, 549

26. Xylina? sp. (No. 2).

The only specimen is too much damaged for certain identi-
fication, 1t may perhaps be a new species.

HELIOTHID A.
27. ITeliothis conferta (Nos. 36 and 37),

Heliothis conferta, Walker, Lep. Het. xi, p. 690 (1857).

Two specimens showing the extremes of colour, like most of
the other Noctwe they have lost their antenne but are otherwise
in good condition,

ERIOPID 4.
28. Cosmodes elegans (No. 61).

Phalena elegans, Donovan, Ins. New. Holl, pl. 36, fig. 3
(1805).

One damaged specimen.

PLUSIID.
29, Plusia verticillata (No. 9).
Plusia verticillata, Guenée, Noct. 1, p. 344 (1862).

Two specimens.

AMPHIPYRIDA.
30. Bityla thoracica (No. 22).
Bityla thoracica, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. in, p. 869 (1865).

One fairly good specimen.

TOXOCAMPIDA,
31. Toxocampa ? fortis, n. sp. (No. 20),
Greyish-brown; primaries with a slightly irregular L-shaped
black marking at the base; two widely separated black costal

dots commencing the ordinary lines, which are slender, black
and very irregularly angulated; external border pale, limited

550 Mr. Butter on « collection of

internally by an ill-defined irregular black lme; a marginal series
of little slender black lines; ceucnn ees anal eee than the
primaries and more decidedly sericeous, fringe white-spotted;
collar crossed by a bisinuated black stripe; abdomen dark grey
with brownish fringes and anal tuft; under surface pale brown;
wings sericeous, speckled with piece! and with blackish discal
stripe; primaries greyish excepting at the borders; secondaries
with a large black discocellular lunule; legs above dusky,
banded site whitish. Expanse of wings 1 mo 2 lines,

One specimen. I cannot be certain that it is a true Z'oxo-
campa, as its palpi are broken.

OMMOTOPHORID.
32. Dasypodia selenophora (No. 1).

Dasypodia selenophora, Guenée, Sp. Gen. Lep. Noct. im, p.
175 (1852).

One fine specimen. Mr. Skellon says of it ‘‘ Comes to sugar
in summer, also occasionally to light, and is very scarce some
summers; although I got four or five specimens last summer.
I think it comes from the Phorminm swamps, as I have not seen
it in the bush.”

ENNOMID.
33. Sestra huwmeraria (No. 87).
Macaria humeraria, Walker, Lep. Het. xxiii, p. 940 (1861).

One specimen somewhat injured. Taken in the bush.

BOARMIID Zt.
34. Boarmia dejectaria (No. 29).
Boarmia dejectaria, Walker, Lep. Het. xxi, p. 394 (1860).

One damaged example.

39. Pseudocoremia suavis, g.

Pseudocoremia suavis, Butler, Cist. Ent. u, p. 497, n. 33
1879).

A good example, but unfortunately without its No.

Lepidoptera Heterocera from New Zealand. 551

36. Pseudocoremia indistincta 6 (No. 85).
Pseudocoremia indistincta, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877,
p- 394, n. 78; pl. xl, fig. 8.

One example without antenne.

37. Pseudocoremia productata, n. sp.

$ Pseudocoremia productata g, Butler, Cist. Ent. ii, p. 497,
(1879).

Q Only differs from the male in the greyer and less defined
markings of the upper surface of the primaries; in the latter
character it more nearly resembles dull examples of the female
of P. productata, Expanse of wings | inch 4 lines.

One specimen without antenne, unnumbered ; possibly mis-
taken for the female of the preceding species, which its male
much resembles; indeed the species of this genus either run very
close to each other, or else are subject to strange and unusual
variations of pattern. P. productata proves to be the female of
P. fragosata of Felder.

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38. Pseudocoremia productata (No. 86).

Q Larentia productata, Walker, Lep. Het. xxiv, p. 1197,
n. 69 (1862).

g$ Selidosema? fragosata, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. v, pl.
exxxl, fig. 20.

One female example, a good deal injured.

ACIDALIID.
39. Asthenu subpurpureata (No. 89).
Asthena subpurpureata, Walker, Lep. Het. xxvi, p. 1588
(1862).
Three specimens, all more or less damaged.
40, Asthena risata (No. 83),
Asthena risata, Guenée, Phal. i, p. 488, n, 725.

One perfect and two broken specimens; this species is new to

New Zealand.

DD2 Mr. ButLer on a collection of

41. Acidalia wndosata (No. 45).

Cidaria undosata, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. 5, pl. exxvin,
Hg 2:

Two specimens, slightly broken. It is “ common in the bush.”

42, Acidalia rubraria (No. 82).

Ptychopoda? rubrariu, Doubleday, Dieff. New Zeal. App. p.
286, n. 12 (1843).

Three specimens, all more or less damaged.

FIDONIID 2.
43. Selidosema ogrota (No. 84).
Selidosema egrota, Butler, Cist. Ent. 1, p. 499, n. 48 (1879),
Two specimens.
LARENTIDZ.
44, Larentia? heliacaria (No. 81).
Coremia heliacaria, Guenée, Phal. i, p. 420, n, 1583 (1857).

Two broken examples.

45. Larentia subductata (No. 83).

Larentia subductata, Walker, Lep. Het. xxiv, p. 1198, n. 71
(1862).

Two fragments of specimens,

46. Larentia inverata (No. 64).

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Larentia inverata, Walker, Lep. Het. xxiv, p. 1199, n. 7
(1862).

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Part of a specimen. “Rare, at sugar.”

47. Larentia punctilineata ? 9 (No. 12).

Larentia punctilineata, Walker, Lep, Het. xxiv, p. 1202, n.
79 (1862).

One specimen, somewhat rubbed.

Lepidoptera Heterocera from New Zealand,

48. Larentia megaspilata (No. 69).

Larentia megaspilata, Walker, Lep. Het. xxiv, p. 1198, n.
70 (1862).

Two specimens without antennae.

49, Larentia nehata.

Cidaria nehata, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. v, pl. cxxm,
fig. 6.

A fraement, without a No.; probably taken for a variety of
the preceding species.

DU. Helastia charybdis (No. 53).
Helastia charybdis, Butler, Cist. Ent. ii, p. 503, n. 58 (1879).

Two fragments of specimens. It occurs ‘in Manuka scrub
oO
( Leptospermum scoparium).”

51. Coremia rosearia (No. 72).

Cidaria rosearia, Doubleday, Dieff. New Zeal. App., p. 289,
n. 119 (1843).

Two broken specimens.

52. Coremia sp. (No. 75).

Probably an undescribed species, but in too bad condition for
satisfactory recognition, ‘ Caught in the bush.”

53. Coremia squalida (No. 94).
Coremia squalida, Butler, Cist. Ent. ui, p. 505, n. 68 (1879).

One fairly good example.

54. Coremia casta, n. sp. (No. 90).

Allied to the preceding species, but in the pattern of the
primaries reminding one of Larentia (L. parallelaria) ; wines

above white, slightly yellowish on the veins; primaries with

554 Mr. Burier on a collection of

three narrow basal bands, a broad central belt and two narrow
external bands, all with more or less undulated, margins, dark
brown traversed by pale undulated lines ; a slender brown line
on each side of the central belt ; a black discocellular stigma ;
a marginal series of linear black dots in pairs; secondaries grey,
crossed in the middle by four externally white bordered dusky
lines in pairs, the third line dentate-simuate and dotted with
black ; a submarginal dentate-sinuate white line; body greyish-
brown, banded with white; under surface whity-brown, with
slightly yellowish veins; the markings of the upper surface
dimly visible and uniform on all the wings, so that the whole
basal area to the centre of the disc is greyish, and a band of
the same colour crosses the wings half-way between the latter
and the outer margin; discocellular and marginal dots black.
Expanse of wings 1 inch 1 line.

One specimen in recognizable condition, and a second much
shattered.

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55. Camptogramma subochraria (Nos. 44 and 84).

Aspilates ? subochraria, Doubleday, Dieff. New Zeal. App.,
p. 285, n. 114 (1848).

Three fair specimens, Common in the bush.

56. Phibalapteryx verriculata (No. 55).

Cidaria verriculata, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. v, pl. exxxi,
fig. 20.

Two fragments. ‘In the bush at dusk.”

a7. Phibalapteryx undulifera.

Phibalapteryx wndulifera, Butler, Cist. Ent. 11, p. 506, n. 66
(1879).

One fair example, not numbered.

58. Phibalapteryx gobiata (No. 42).

Cidaria (Phibalapterx) gobiata, Felder, Reise der Noy. Lep.
Nip) Plese Sx hie.

Two specimens,

Lepidoptera Heterocera from New Zealand. DDD

59. Cidaria beata (No. 47).

Cidaria beata, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877. p. 397; pl.
xliii, fig. 6.

A fragment only of this beautiful species arrived.

60. Cidaria ? inclarata (No. 46).

Cidaria inclarata, Walker, Lep. Het. xxv, p. 1411, n. 75
(1862).

Three good specimens. ‘* Common in the bush,” JW.S.
61. Elvia glaucata (No. 52).
Elvia glaucata, Walker, Lep. Het. xxv, p. 1431, n. 1 (1862).

Three examples, but all more or less injured. ‘In Manuka
scrub,” W.S.

The remaining Geometrites are all too much broken for
certain identification.
HYPENID.
62. Rhapsa scotosialis (No. 21),

Rhapsa scotosialis, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. iv, p. 1150,
(1850).

Two specimens, one of which is much damaged.

. PYRALID.

63. Pyralis farinalis (No. 121).
Phalena-Pyralis farinalis, Linneus, Syst. Nat. p. 880, n. 827
One fair specimen of this widely distributed Kuropean species.

M. Skellon says of it ‘No. 121 I think must be an English
naturalized one, it is caught im houses.”

64, Deana paronalis (No. 49).

Scopula ? paronalis, Walker, Lep. Het. xvii, p. 797, n. 52
(1859).

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One example, slightly injured, “‘ Common in the bush,” W.S,

5D6 Mr. Burier on a collection of

ASOPIIDZ.
65. Isopteryx nitidalis (No, 44).

[sopteryx nitidalis, Walker, Lep, Het. Suppl. iv, p. 1317
(1865).

One damaged example; it was previously only recorded from
Australia. ‘In the bush at dusk,” W.S.

STENIID.
66. Diasemia grammatlis (No. 9).

Diasemia grammalis, Doubleday, Dieff. New Zeal. App., p.
287, n. 124 (1848).

Two examples. ‘‘Came to light one sultry night in Decem-

ber,” W.S.
HYDROCAMPID.
67. Paraponyx nitens, n. sp. (No. 40).

Primaries above shining, bronzy-brown; a basal transverse
stripe, a broad belt before the middle, not reaching the costal
margin, a spot beyond the cell; an irregular elbowed discal
stripe, an irregular marginal line and a central hne through the
fringe silvery-white; fringe tipped with greyish-white; second-
aries snowy-white; a streak on the median vein, the extremities
of the subcostal and median branches, a curved submarginal
stripe and a slender marginal line bronzy-brown; body fuligmous
brown banded with white; under surface white, a feeble indica-
tion of the brown markings of the primaries. ®Expanse of wings
5 lines.

Two specimens, slightly broken. ‘Common in the bush,”
W.S., No. 124, probably belongs to the Hydrocampida, but
the two specimens are too much rubbed for certain definition,

BOTY DID A,
68. Scopula flavidalis (No. 123).

Margaritia flavidalis, Doubleday, Dieff. New Zeal. App., p.
288, n. 125 (1843).

One poor specimen,

Lepidoptera Heterocera from New Zealand. 557

69. Scopula quadralis (No, 48).

aca quadralis, Doubleday, Dieff. New Zeal. App., p.
288, n. 126 (18438).

One broken example. “ Common in the bush,” W.S.

70, Mecyna deprivalis (Nos. 71 and 80).

Mecyna deprivalis, Walker, Lep, Het. xix, p. 806, n. 7 (1859).
Mecyna ornithopteralis, var., Walker, l.c., p. 807, n. 8 (1859).

Three injured examples, each differing from the other and
from the specimens noted by Walker in tint, but all agreeing
in the main characters with the Indian species, and differing
but little from the European JV. polygonalis.

SCOPARHDZE.
71. Scoparia diptheralis (No. 106).

Scoparia diptheralis, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. iv, p. 1501
(1865).

Two damaged specimens.

There is a fragment of a species which looks like my S.
altivolans, and numbered (136), but I cannot be sure of its
identification, it may perhaps not even belong to the family,

72. Scoparia minusculalis (No, 108).

Scoparia minusculalis, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. iv, p. 1503
(1865).

Two fragments. I much regret the condition of these speci-
mens as the species appears to be rare, we have much necd of
specimens in good condition.

73. Scoparia indistinctalis (No. 120).

TTypochatcia indistinctalis, Walker, Lep. Het. xxvii, p. 45,
nm. 2o (1863).

Two specimens, This species is the S. ejuncida of Knages

zs pep

Dd8 Mr. ButLer on a collection of

PHYCIDA.
74. Nephopteryx subditella (No. 130).

Nephopteryx subditella, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. v, p. 1720
(1866).

A fragment.
75. Gadira acerella (No. 84).
Gadira acerella, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. v, p. 1742 (1866).

A fragment.

CRAMBIDZ.
76. Crambus flecuosellus (No. 105),

Crambus flecuosellus, Doubleday, Dieff. New Zeal. App., p.
289 (1848).

One broken specimen.

77. Crambus vulgaris (No. 103).

Crambus vulgaris, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 400, n.
1105 pl xl figs 7.

Two broken specimens.

78. Crambus trivirgatus (No. 8).
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Crambus trivirgatus, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. v, pl.
Cxxxvu, fig. 29.

One fairly good and one much injured specimen, ‘‘ Came
to light on a sultry night in December,” W.S.

79. Chilo simplex (No, 102).

Chilo simplex, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1877, p. 400, n. 111;
pl. xlui, fig. 12.

One fairly good and two broken specimens.

80. EHromene lepidella (No. 41).
Eromene lepidella, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. v, p. 1761 (1868).

Two broken specimens. ‘Common in the bush,” W.S., but
rare in Huropean collections,

Lepidoptera Heterocera from New Zealand. dd9

81. Hromene auriscriptella, (No. 109).
Eromene auriscriptella, Walker, Lep, Het. xxx, p. 976 (1864).

One broken specimen, ‘Caught in the bush,” W.S,

TORTRICID.
82. Pedisca excessana (No. 125).
Teras excessana, Walker, Lep. Het, xxviii, p. 808, n. 71 (1868).

Two fragments.

838. Pedisca biguttana (No. 118).

Teras biguttana, Walker, Lep. Het, xxviii, p. 305, n, 76
(1863).

Two fairly good specimens.

84. eras cuneigera, un. sp. (No. 16).

Primaries above whitish ash-colour, with a large cuneiform
costal patch occupying about a third of the wing, and extending
from basal third to apex, blackish, speckled upon the costal
margin with black, and indistinctly spotted with rust-brown;
external area slightly dusky and indistinctly striated with black-
ish dots; all the margins dotted with black; a subbasal angulated
grey line; secondaries pale sericeous brown spotted with grey,
fringe whitish; head and thorax grey, abdomen pale brown;
primaries below pale sericeous greyish-brown, with slight bronzy
reflections, costal border dotted with black; aecoaul aries whitish
with shght bronzy reflections, mottled with greyish-brown;
body below whitish. Expanse of wings 10 lines.

One fair specimen and a fragment of a second.

85. Cacecia vilis.

Cacecia vilis, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 402, n. 119:
d >] b] ] ’ >]
pl. xl, fig. 15.

One fairly good example, but without its No.

560 Mr. Burier on « collection of

TINEID.
86. Tinea rectella (No, 134).
Tinea rectella, Walker, Lep. Het. xxvii, p. 482 (1863).

Two specimens, of which one is broken.

GELECHIDZ.
87. Gelechia conspicuella,
Gelechia conspicuella, Walker, Lep. Het. xxix, p. 651 (1864).

One specimen, but without its No.

88. Gelechia seduta.

Primaries above pale brown, mottled with blackish ; a whitish
bordered blackish stigma; a series of black dots along the outer
margin; secondaries grey, changing in certain lights to silver,
fringes golden-brown; body pale sericeous brown; legs and
under surface of body whity-brown with silver reflections; wings
below greyish, silvery in certain lights and with golden-brown
fringes. Expanse of wings 74 lines.

One specimen without a No.

There are two fragments of what Lord Walsingham kindly
determined for me to be either an Ypsolophus or a Nothris ; it
seems nearer to the former, but as even the better example has
lost both palpi and antenne it is impossible to identify it with
any certainty.

89. Aecophora jflavidella (No. 101).

Gelechia flavidella, Walker, Lep. Het. xxix, p. 655, n. 377
(1564),

One specimen and a fragment. ‘In the bush,” W.S.

90. Aicophora limbata, n. sp. (No. 111).

Fuliginous brown, wings with pale golden-brown fringes;
primaries with bright crocus-yellow costal. border; head, collar
and tegule crocus-yellow; under surface Sericeous} primaries

Lepidoptera Heterocera /rom New Zealand. D6 1

brown, greyish towards the inner margin, costal margin stramine-
ous, fringe grey in certain lights; secondaries creamy-white,
slightly greyish towards the base; fringe white; body below
silvery, anterior tibie yellow. Hxpanse of wings 8 lines.

Two specimens, one nearly perfect.

91. Aeophora picarella (No. 13).
Aicophora picarella, Walker, Lep. Het. xxix, p. 699 (1864).

One example and a fragment of a second.

92. Tingena bifaciella (No. 93).
Tingena bijaciella, Walker, Lep. Het. xxix, p. 810 (1864).

One specimen and a fragment of another.

GLYPHIPTERYGID.
93. Glyphipteryx bifactella (No. 97).
Gelechia bifaciella, Walker, Lep. Het. xxix, p. 607 (1864).
'T'wo specimens.
GRACILARIID/.
94. Gracilaria rutilans, n. sp. (No. 92).

Primaries above with the costal two-thirds metallic brass-
yellow, slightly greenish in certain lights, internal or dorsal third,
a spot at basal third and the outer margin fiery cupreous, spotted
with deep ultramarine blue, these spots are partially confluent
along the internal border so as to produce a longitudinal irregular
streak ; fringe rosy on outer margin, rest of frmge and second-
aries greyish brown; frons and base of palpi opaline white,
remainder of palpi fiery cupreous internally but with the terminal
joint blue-black externally; top of head and thorax cupreous
flecked with purple; abdomen grey, with pale golden metallic hair
at the base; primaries below pale cupreous mottled: with gold,
which becomes dull brown in certain lights; apex minutely
tipped with blackish; fringe of outer margin rosy, changing
towards the apex to orange, remainder of fringe greyish-brewn;
costal margin cream coloured; secondaries greyish-brown; pectus
white, legs partly ferruginous, venter silvery. Hxpanse of wings ’
64 lines.

562 Mr. Butter on Lepidoptera.

One specimen of this beautiful little species has escaped with
only the loss of part of an antenna, and a slight abrasion towards
the base of the secondaries. ‘‘ Caught in the Bush,” W.S.

BOOCARA, 1. gen.

Allied to Gracilaria, wings of the same form and character;
head considerably broader, shorter, smooth and shining; palpi
unusually long, smooth, arched and standing on each side of the
head like the horns of an ox, their length is nearly twice that of

the depth of the head. Type B. Skellont.

95. Boocara Skelloni, n. sp. (No. 98).

Primaries above ochreous, fringe slightly greyish, costal mar-
gin slightly tinted with shining pink; secondaries silvery whitish,
with pale greyish-brown fringes; head, collar and thorax pearly
white, indistinctly banded with gold, abdomen silvery-white,
banded with gold; primaries below shining golden-brown, mi-
nutely speckled with grey; fringe as above; secondaries silvery,
slightly golden towards the apex; fringes pale greyish-brown;
body below wholly pearly-white. Hxpanse of wings 7} lines.

One example nearly perfect and two much broken; this
species, in general coloration, somewhat reminds one of Parasia.

ELACHISTID.
96. Laverna phragmitella (No, 126).
Laverna phragmitella, Stainton, Cat. Suppl. iv, 1 B, p. 238.

Two broken examples.

I have to thank Lord Walsingham for assistance in the loca-
tion of some of the Zinezna and Tortrices in this paper.

(563°)

Descriptions of new Coleoptera belonging to the families
PSEPHENIDE and CyPpHontp&; by Cas. O. WATERHOUSE.

Recently I have met with a new species of the genus
Psephenus, below described; and as the question of the relation-
ship between the Parnide and Cyphonide through Psephenus
and Hubria is very interesting, I take the opportunity of
describing three new genera, which I consider undoubtedly
belong the HEubriine, but which have much in common
with Zychepsephus, placed by myself in the Psephenide.
These three new genera, as well as most of the species of Sczrtes
here described, were received by the British Museum from
Mr. Bowring.

Psephenus Darwinii, n. sp.

Fuscus, sat nitidus, subtilissime pilosus; thoracis angulis
posticis acutis, pedibus sordide testaceis. Long. 24 lin.

Closely resembles P. Leconte?, but is at once distmguished by
the thorax being broadest at the posterior angles, which are
moreover very acute. The apical joint of the maxillary palpi
much smaller than in P. Lecontez. Thorax gently convex, very
finely and very closely punctured, bisinuate at the base. Hlytra
densely and finely punctured, with traces of three or four obtuse
cost on each.

Hab. Rio Janeiro.

A single example taken by Mr. Charles Darwin in May,
1832, during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle; it-has the following
note respecting it, “habits the same as Hlmis, living under
stones in running water.”

SCHINOSTETHUS, n. gen.

General form of Hubria. Lobes of the maxille slender,
acuminate, the outer one twice as long as the inner; the
inner lobe more penicillate; maxillary palpi rather large,
penultimate joint cylindrical, one-third longer than broad; the

o64 Mr. Warernousk’s descriptions of

apical joint not quite twice as long as the previous joint, tri-
angular, emarginate at the apex, the outer angle rather more
prominent than the inner one. Apical joint of the labial palpi
subparallel, truncate, or very slightly emarginate at the apex.
Basal joint of the antenne* obconic, the Second round, the
third elongate, the fourth joint one-third shorter than the third,
broader at its apex, the following joints of about the same
leneth as the fourth, but with the internal angle much more
angularly produced. Prosternum produced posteriorly between
the coxe, gradually acuminate. Mesosternum horizontal, a
little longer than broad, with an impression in front for, the
reception of the prosternal process. Abdomen with five seg-
ments, the margins of the first four segments straight, the
apical segment semicircular. Legs slender; tarsi long and
slender, the secona,*third and fourth joints subequal, about
half the length of the first, the fifth joint as long as the three
basal joints together; claws a little dilated at their base. Body
below finely pilose.

Very close to Hubria, but without impressed lines on the
elytra, with more simple palpi, &e

Schinostethus nigricornis, v. sp.

Ferrugineus, supra rufo-ferrugineus, opacus, convexus; an-
tennis nigris, fyoreee basi snbfiliter serrato-marginata. Long.
2? lin.

Very convex, rusty yellowish-red. Antenne black, except
the two basal come Forehead with a slight longitudinal im-
pressed line. Thorax very convex, semicwoulae in outline,
truncate in front, when seen from above, twice as broad at the
base as in front; arcuate at the sides, with a blunt oblique im-
pression at the base, on each side of the middle; the base is
nearly straight, only very slightly sinuate on each side; the
angles are nearly right angles; the whole basal margin is very
finely crenulate, and there is similar crenulation along the base
of the elytra and scutellum. The scutellum is nearly an equi-
lateral triangle. Elytra broadest rather behind the middle,
together obtusely rounded at the apex, the lateral margins near
the shoulder a little impressed above. ‘The metathoracic epis-
terna are rather strongly and moderately thickly punctured.
All the underside of the insect is exceedingly finely pilose,

* The specimens in the Museum may be females,

New Psephenide and Cyphonide. 565

The upper surface of the thorax, scutellum and elytra is clothed
with a dull film, somewhat of the nature of that which clothes
the species of Lexus, and to which the term /ur/yrosus is usually
applied,

Hab. N. China (J. C. Bowring, Esq.).

HOMG@OGENUS, Nn. gen.

Apical joint of the maxillary palpi elongate, subparallel,
flattened towards the apex, which is truncate or very slightly
arcuate, The apical joint of the labial palpi is rather longer
than broad, obliquly arcuate at the apex. Prosternum produced
between the coxe, very acute at the apex. Mesosternum sloping
down, almost Holiomed out between the coxe. Tarsi slender,
the fourth joint much smaller than the preceding jomt. Second
and third segments of the abdomen very slightly sinuous at the
sides.

Very close to Schinostethus, from which I have separated it,
on account of the apex of the apical joint of the maxillary
palpi being arcuate instead of emarginate; the mesosternum is
sloping and the fourth joint of the tarsi very small. The
specimen is possibly a female.

Homaogenus punctatum, v. sp.

Nigrum, convexum, nitidum, subtillissime pilosum; anten-
=) se ’ ) b]
narum basi, femoribusque plus minusve flavo-testaceis, thorace
elytrisque sat fortiter punctatis. Long. 14 lin.

General form of Kubria palustris; the antenne nearly the
same, but with the joints a little more elongate; the two basal
joints pale. Thorax as in that species, but strongly and rather
thickly punctured, less thickly on the disc; there is an im-
pression on each side of the middle of the base, and the anterior
angles, which are yellow, are also impressed above; the posterior
angles are more rounded than in /. palustris; all the basal
margin has the same fine crenulate appearance as in Schino-
stethus, but not so distinctly visible. Scutellum su bequilateral,
moderately thickly punctured. Elytra strongly and thickly
punctured, Anterior border of the prosternum, the coxe and
femora pale yellow; the posterior femora dusky yellow; tarsi
fuscous.

Hab. China (J. C. Bowring, Esq.).

566 Mr. WarTeErHouse’s descriptions of

COPHASTHETUS, n. gen.

General form of Hubria but a little more oblong. ¢ Antenne
with the fifth to tenth joints with the inner apical angle
produced into a long thick branch; the eleventh joint very long,
having the form of the branch of the tenth. Apical joint of
the maxillary palpi elongate, subparalled, the apex flattened, very
slightly arcuate, almost truncate, The apical joint of the labial
palpi is similar, but less elongate. Prosternal process a little
enlarged at its apex, obtuse. Mesosternum horizontal, emarginate
in front to receive the prosternal process. The rest as in
Schinostethus.

The form of the apical joint of the palpi, and the blunt
prosternal process are the characters upon which I separate this
from WSchinostethus; the difference in the structure of the
antenne may be only sexual.

Cophethetus opacus, n. sp.

Oblongus, convexus, opacus, fuscus; thoracis lateribus ferru-
gineis, prosterno pedibusque flavo-ferrugineis. Long. 1} lin.

Antenne with the two basal joints pitechy. All the upper
surface of the insect opaque, with very short close pubescence,
only visible with a high magnifying power. Thorax nearly as
in Eubria palustris, but with the sides rather more arcuate,
and more semicircularly emarginate in front; there is a slight
impression on each side of the middle of the base; the posterior
angles are a trifle less than right angles; the basal margin has
the same serrate appearance as in Schinostethus but in a less
marked manner. Scutellum nearly an equilateral triangle.
Elytra dark fuscous, the fine pubescence rather paler; the
surface posteriorly is finely vermiculate; the pubescence shows
itself particularly in two narrow curved lines on the back,
arising in the middle of the base, and turning towards the suture
of the elytra.

Hab. Java (J. C. Bowring, Hsq.).

A single example only, not in perfect condition. I have,
however, described it on account of its great interest, as having
the antenne branched as in some Cyphoniila, but undoubtedly
closely allied to Schinostethus, which closely approaches Tyche-
psephus, placed by me in the Psephenida. I cannot, however,
alter my opinion as to the position of Tychepsephus, which has
the prosternum produced anteriorly, so as partly to cover the
lower part of the head as in Parnus,—a character wanting in
Schinostethus.

New Psephenide and Cyphonide. 567

Scirtes nigricans, un. sp.

Fusco-niger, breviter ovalis, convexus, griseo-pubescens, cre-
berrime punctulatus, tibiis fuscis. Long. 14 lin.
s

This is very close to S. hemisphericus. It is the same blackish
colour, and is nearly the same form. It is, however, smaller and
shorter, and has the longer spur to the posterior tibia about
two-thirds the length of the basal joint of the tarsus. The
punctuation appears the same throughout. The antenne are
sordid testaceous, and the apex of the femora and the tibie
are the same colour or pale fuscous.

Hab. China (J. C. Bowring, Esq.).

A specimen marked “Java” has the legs nearly the same
colour as the rest of the insect.

Scirtes elegans, n. sp.

Flavo-testaceus, flavo-pilosus; capite piceo, elytris basi macu-
lisque sex piceo-nigris. Long. | lin.

Var. Fuscus; elytrorum disco sordide flavo.

Much flatter and rather narrower than S. hemisphericus.
Antenne dusky towards the apex. Thorax pale yellow, shining,
not quite so convex as in hemisphericus, rather more transverse,
the base regularly arcuate and not bowed out in the middle;
the punctuation as on the disc of hemisphericus, equally dis-
tributed throughout. The elytra are very finely, regularly
and delicately punctured; the punctures are perhaps not less
numerous than in hemisphoricus, but being finer they appear
a little less close; there is a fuscous band at the base; a trape-
zoidal spot on the margin, about the middle, whence the margin
is fuscous to the apex, where it dilates, the fuscous colour then
ascends the suture for a short distance and forms a triangular
spot, from the outer angle of which a fine line is emitted to joi
with the original lateral spot, the suture itself is pale. Abdomen
pitchy.

Hab. Penang (J. C. Bowring, Hsq.).

Var. With the two specimens above described is a third, which
at first sight appeared to be a distinct species, but which |
nevertheless believe only to be a variety. It differs in having
the whole upper surface dark fuscous, with the exception Of a
sordid yellow patch on the dise of the elytra.

568 Mr. WATERHOUSE’S descriptions of

Scirtes maculatus, n. sp.

Piceus, nitidus; elytris ochraceis, singulis maculis quinque
piceo-nigris. Long. 14 lin.

Form of S. hemisphericus, but a trifle broader across the
middle. Thorax the same as in that species, with not very close
but distinct punctuation. Elytra yellow, the punctuation like
that in hemisphericus but not quite so close. Hach elytron has
five rather large blackish-brown spots: one near the middle of the
base; an oblong one close to the suture, attached by one angle
to the basal spot, and united at its apical angle with a large
round spot on the margin; there is an ovate spot close to the
apex, more or less joined to a transverse spot at the apical
margin,

Hab. India.

Seirtes quadrimaculatus, nv. sp.

Oblongo-ovalis, nitidus, piceus, fulvo-flavo-pilosus ; _ elytris
rufo-piceis, maculis quatuor nigris notatis. Long. 24 lin.

Regularly oblong-ovate, moderately convex, dark pitchy.
Antenne black, a little pitehy at the base. iBone not quite
so transverse as in S. hemisphericus, the anterior angles a little
more directed forwards; the punctuation very close, but not
crowded, and although fine is very distinct when the pubescence
is removed. The elytra are pitchy-red, clothed with yellowish
fawn-coloured pubescence; the punctuation is like that on the
thorax, but rather stronger; rather behind the middle there is
a large quadrangular black spot, touching the margin, but not
reaching the suture; and at the apex there is another spot, more
rounded, also touching the margin but not the suture. The
hind femora are dark pitchy, the impressions above at the apex
are rather deep, and there is a deep incision near the apex at
the posterior margin ; the longer spur to the tibia is about two-
thirds the length of the basil joint of the tarsus.

Hab. Burmah (J. C. Bowring, Esq.).

Scirtes costulatus, n. sp.

Oblongo-ovalis, pallide piceus, griso-flavo-pubescens; antennis
nigris, elytris singulis costis tribus obtusis. Long. 24 lin.

This species has somewhat the appearance of Cypon coarctaius,
but is rather flatter and relatively a trifle broader. The antenne
are black with the three basal joints ferruginous. The thorax

\

New Psephenide and Cyphonide. 569

isas in S. hemisphericus, but rather less convex, very thickly
and moderately strongly punctured. The elytra are very
thickly and moderately strongly punctured towards the base ;
towards the apex the punctuation is finer ; and the subapical
region near the suture is highly polished and very sparingly
punctured; each elytron has four very obtuse, only slightly
raised ridges; the first terminates in the subapical smooth part;
the second and third are continued nearly to the apex, the space
between them slightly concave, the fourth, not very distinct near
the shoulder, becomes much stronger posteriorly, and again
diminishes at the apex.

Hab. Penang (J. C. Bowring, Esq. ).
\

Scirtes cequalis, n. sp.

Pallide piceus; antennis nigris, elytris sordide flavis, creber-
rime punctatis. Long. 22 lin,

This species resembles the last; the elytra, however, are paler
yellow, and the cost can scarcely be traced, the punctuation
is very close and rather strong, and is nei urly equal all over.
The antenne are black, with the three basal joints pale. The
larger spur to the hind tibia is strong, about two-thirds the
length of the first tarsal joint, curved at its apex.

Ilab. Borneo (Wallace):

Scirtes wniformis, D. sp.

Ovalis, nitidus, flavus, subtiliter pubescens. Long. 24 lin.

Very shining, uniform sordid yellow. Relatively narrower
than S. equalis, and more narrowed posteriorly. The thorax is
a little narrower, convex; the punctuation is moderately strong
moderately thick, “put not at all crowded, much less thick than in
awqualis. The aly tra are decidedly more attenuated posteriorly,
evenly convex, not costate; moderately strongly and thickly
punctured, the punctures not so crowded as in aqualis. The
longer spur to the hind tibia is more slender than in that species.

Hab. Borneo (Wallace).

Scirtes wrreqularis, 0. sp.

Sat depressus, flavus, nitidus, brevissime pilosus, guttis nu-
merosis piceis adspersus. Long. 1} lin., lat. 14.

a70 Mr. Wavernouse’s descriptions of

This species is of peculiar form. It is broadest behind the
middle of the elytra, narrowed anteriorly ; somewhat depressed,
but the elytra are rather more convex behind the middle. Head
with two pale brown spots between the eyes. Thorax very
transverse, not much convex, not nearly so much deflexed at the
sides and anterior angles as in S. hemisphericus; with some
dusky marks and spots; the punctuation is very fine and ex-~
tremely close; the sides are almost rectilinear, or only in the
slightest desrae arcuate; the base is nearly straight at the scu-
tellum, slightly oblique on each side of it. The scutellum is
punctured in the same way as the thorax. LHlytra each with
about five lmes of small, round, brown dots; the surface is
rather uneven, the scutellar region is impressed, and about the
middle of cach elytron may be traced two short obscure cost;
the punctuation is irregular, rather strong and moderately close,
but the punctures are uneven in form; the margin seen from
the side, is rather unusually sinuous about the middle, as if to
give freedom of action to the hind femora. The longer spur
to the hind tibia is about half the length of the basal joint of
the tarsi.

Hab. Java (J. C. Bowring, Esq.).

Scirtes sericeus, . sp.

Elliptico-ovalis, leviter convexus, pallide piceus, flavo-pubes-
cens: capite thoraceque piceis, elytris equalibus, creberrime
punctatis. Long. 2 ln.

Rather narrow and regularly elliptical ovate. Thorax as m
S. hemispericus, and the punctuation is similar except that it 1s
much stronger. The scutellum is thickly and finely punctured,
Klytra ie attenuated very gr adually towards the apex, evenly
convex; the punctuation is even, very close (but not crowded),
and moderately strong. The head and thorax are pitchy; the
elytra are pale pitchy- -brown, becoming yellowish towards the
apex. The longer spur of the hind tibia is about two-thirds
the length of the basal joint of the tarsi.

Hab. Siam (J. C. Bowring, Hsq.).

This species is allied most nearly to S. equals, but is much
more elliptical in form and narrower.

Scirtes marginatus, 0. sp.

Hlliptico-ovalis, depressus, nitidus, piceus, pubescehs; elytro-
rum disco, corpore subtus pedibusque sordide flavis, Lone.
13 in:

New Psephenidee and Cyphonide. 571

Most nearly resembles S. sericews in form, but is more de-
pressed and has the elytra more attenuated towards the apex.
Antenne blackish, with the three basal joimts yellow. Head
and thorax pitchy ; the latter paler at the lateral margins, rather
distinctly lobed in the middle of the base; anterior angles de-
flexed, not at all prominent, rather obtuse; the punctuation on the
disc is half as close again as in SN, hemisphericus, and distinctly
stronger; but towards the sides it is much more delicate, The
elytra are pale pitchy-yellow, with a broad margin of dark
brown; the punctuation is very close but not crowded, moder-
ately fine, and not well defined; as compared with that in
hemisphericus, the punctuation is a little less close and distinctly
less strong.

Hab. India.

Secirtes elongatus, n. sp.

Elongatus, fusco-piceus, nitidus, creberrime punctulatus; cor-
pore subtus pedibusque pallide piceis. Long. 1? lin.

More elongate, and more parallel at the sides than any other
species known to me, except the following new species. It is
perhaps most nearly allied to S. sertcews, but is narrower and
straighter at the sides. The punctuation of the thorax is very
similar to that of the elytra in S. hemisphericus, but is a trifle
less strong, and a little more clearly defined. The punctuation
of the elytra is a little stronger than that of the thorax, and
the punctures are not quite so close together, The pubescence
is grey.

Hab. Hong Kong (J. C. Bowring, Esq. ).

Scirtes difficilis, vn. sp.

Elongatus, flavescens, nitidus, creberrime punctulatus; elytro-
rum apice infuseato. Long. 1} lin.

This species closely resembles S. elongatus in form. It differs
in being pale pitchy-yellow, with the apex of the elytra fuscous;
in having the anterior angles of the thorax acute and _ less
turned down, the sides rather less strongly punctured, and the
base less distinctly lobed in the middle. The punctuation of
the elytra is the same. The antennez are dusky except at the
extreme base.

Hab, Penang (J. C. Bowring, Usq.).

572 Mr. Waternouse’s descriptions of

Scirtes pallidus, n. sp.

Pallide piceo-flavus, nitidus, griseo-pubescens, subtiliter crebre
punctulatus. Long. 14 lin.

Somewhat the form of S. hemisphericus, but with less pro-
minent shoulders, and with the elytra more attenuated towards
the apex. Pale pitchy-yellow, with fine yellowish-grey pubes-
cence. The anterior angles of the thorax are not so much
deflexed and are not at all prominent, and the base is more
regularly arcuate; the punctuation is fine and very delicate,
and distinctly closer. The punctuation of the elytra is the
same as that of the thorax.

Hab. Penang (J. C. Bowring, Esq.).
This species has much the appearance of Rhizobius litura.

There is a specimen from Siam which differs from the Penang
example above described, in being relatively a little shorter,
more rounded at the sides, and more obtuse at the apex of the
elytra. The punctuation of the elytra appears a little stronger. _
This may prove to be distinct from S. pallidus, but I consider
it better to regard it as a variety until I have more specimens
for examination.

Scirtes pellucidus, n. sp.
Flavo-testaceus, nitida, pallide pubescens. Long. 1% lin.

Very close to S. pallidus, but a little longer, and a little more
elongate. The punctuation of the thorax is like that on the disc
of the thorax of S. hemisphericus, (less distinct towards the .
sides), not so fine as in pallidus. The punctuation of the elytra
is closer and much stronger than in pallidus; it is less strong
and rather closer than in hemispharicus, but resembles it in
character.

Hab. Java (J. C. Bowring, Esq.).

Scirtes lutescens, n. sp.
Flavo-testaceus, pallide pubescens. Long. 1 lin.

Very pale yellow, depressed, rather broad elliptical-ovate;
the head, underside of the body, and posterior femora very pale
pitchy. The thorax is the same form as in S, pellucidus, but

New Psephenide and Cyphonide. 573

the punctuation is much closer (rather irregular), and much
stronger, close but not crowded, except here and there, and the
punctures are as if made with a blunt point. The elytra are
rather broad, but arcuately attenuated towards the apex; the
punctuation (not forgetting the different sizes of the insects) is
relatively the same as in S. hemisphericus.

Hab. Java (J. C. Bowring, Esq.).

Scirtes exoletus, n. sp.

Oblongo-ovalis, depr essus, nitidus piceo-flavus; thorace macu-
lis duabus basalibus piceis, scutello flavo. Long. 24 lin.

Rather depressed, sordid yellow. Head densely punctured,
forehead with a shallow oblique impression on each side between
the eyes, the vertex marked with pitchy. Thorax densely and

rather strongly punctured, with a triangular pitchy spot on each
side of the middle of the base, in front of each of which a small
shallow fovea is seen; anterior angles rounded, the posterior
angles also rounded but in a less degree. Hlytra rather strongly
and very thickly punctured, but the punctures are not crowded;
two fine obtuse costz may be traced on each elytron, and the
sutural margin is also slightly raised,

Hab. W. Australia (Du Boulay).

(575 )

Descriptions of new American Cerontpe; by Ouiver EB,
J ANSON.

Cotinis malinus, n. sp.

¢ Pale green, opaque, head, pygidium, underside and legs
shining green, pera margins of the thorax behind and the
elytra, except in the region of the scutellum and the suture,
pale luteous, tinged with green. Head finely and sparsely
punctured, with whitish pubescence, the outer margins of the
clypeus strigose, its sides strongly elevated, the frontal horn
curved inwardly and dilated towards the apex where it is
truncate, the apical horn slightly narrowed towards the apex.
Thorax impunctate, sides slightly prominent in the middle,
posterior lobe large and obtusely rounded, Hlytra impunctate,
separately rounded at the apex, the sutural angles slightly pro-
duced. Pygidium finely and closely strigose. Beneath punctate
and strigose at the sides and apex, with ‘oats whitish pubescence,
mesosternal process broad, rounded at the apex, centre of
abdomen with a broad shallow depression; anterior tibie with
one small tooth near the apex and an almost obsolete one above
it, the outer apical spine very long and acute. Length 25 mm,

Mexico.

Allied to C. nitida, L., but rather larger, the sides of the
thorax more prominent in the middle and the posterior lobe
much broader, the horn on the forehead more depressed and
widened towards the apex, the colour is also much paler than
in that species.

Cotinis senex, n. sp.

¢ Blue-black, with a greenish tinge, underside and legs with
black pubescence. Head very finely ae sparsely punctured,
with a short, strongly elevated longitudinal ridge between the
eyes ; clypeus dilated in front, the sides and apex strongly
elevated, the latter slightly rounded. Thorax narrow, the sides
slightly prominent in the middle, the posterior lobe short and
pointed, finely and epareen punctured on the dise, with scattered

Uwe

576 Mr. O. HE. JAnson’s descriptions of

coarser punctures at the sides and several large shallow impres-
sions. Scutellum almost concealed by the thoracic lobe, its
apex very acute. lilytra slightly transversely wrinkled and
finely punctured in longitudinal rows on the disc, the punctures
coarser and irregular at the sides and apex. Pygidium convex,
very finely strigose. Beneath punctured at the sides, meso-
sternal process very short, broad and rounded, abdomen
depressed; anterior tibiz with an obsolete tooth before the apex,
the intermediate and posterior tibiz with a strong tooth in the
middle. Length 16-19 mm.
Mexico.

Most nearly allied to C. smaragdina, G.P., but of a narrower
and more convex form, different colour, shorter head, the
clypeus wider in front, with the central ridge shorter and more
elevated, the thoracic lobe pointed, and the pygidium more
swollen.

Gymnetis spurca, 1. sp.

Above dull dusky, cinereous thorax dull pitchy black, the
sides broadly cinereous, elytra clouded with dusky black in the
region of the scutellum and suture, the humeral callosity, two
small spots placed obliquely in the middle, and a V-shaped mark
behind dusky black, underside and legs shining black, irrorated
with cinereous, Head coarsely punctured, clypeus rounded in
front, the apex slightly elevated and sinuous. ‘Thorax much
narrower than the elytra at the base, with sparse coarse punc-
tures on the disc, which become closer and crescent shaped at
the sides. Hlytra with the imner carina smooth and well
marked, the outer one obsolete, the disc with close rows of
coarse crescent shaped punctures, becoming confused and con-
fluent at the apex, the suture elevated and acutely produced at
the apex. Pygidium coarsely and closely strigose. Beneath
smooth in the middle, the sides with coarse crescent shaped
punctures, mesosternal process broad and obtusely rounded at
the apex; anterior tibie with a small obtuse tooth before the
apex, Length 17 mm.

Heuador (Buckley).

Allied to G. liturata, Oliv., but easily distinguished by its
broader and more robust form and very coarse sculpture.

Gymnetis fumata, n. sp.

Above dull smoky cinereous, elytra with a small rather ill-
defined pale luteous spot on the outer carina at about one-third

New American Cetoniide. 577

from the apex, the apical callosity obscure reddish-brown;
underside and legs shining reddish-brown, irrorated with
cinereous. Head rather closely punctured, clypeus slightly
rounded at the sides, the apex strongly elevated and sinuous.
Thorax sparsely and finely punctured on the disc, the punctures
coarser and closer at the sides and confluent at the anterior
angles, the posterior lobe smooth. Elytra with two well marked
carine, the dise with rows of crescent shaped punctures which
become confused at the apex, the sides with rows of very fine
punctures, suture strongly elevated and acutely produced at
the apex. Pygidium closely strigose and sparsely pubescent.
Beneath coarsely strigose and with sparse brown pubescence
at the sides, mesosternal process obtuse and rounded, not
divergent; anterior tibie with two teeth and the apical spine
rather obtuse. Length 20 mm.

Sarayaco, Heuador (Buckley).
Allied to G. margineguttata, G.P.

Gymnetis fabaria, n. sp.

Brownish luteous, opaque, with four very small red-brown
marginal spots on the elytra, apex of mesosternal process and
tarsi pitchy black, shining. Head very finely and obsoletely
punctured, clypeus slightly narrowed in front, not rounded,
apical margin slightly elevated and sinuous. Thorax impunc-
tate, the posterior angles acute. Hlytra narrowed behind,
impunctate, the disc slightly wrinkled, the carine almost
obsolete, suture scarcely elevated, the apical angles obtuse;
epimera large with a rather acute shining tubercle. Pygidium
strigose. Beneath very coarsely punctured on the mesosternum,
with sparse pubescence, sides and apex of the abdomen more
finely punctured, mesosternal process large, bent down and
obtuse; legs punctured, and fringed with brownish hairs,
anterior tibie without teeth, Length 15 mm.

Balzar Mountains, Ecuador (Illingworth).

Apparently belonging to section 8 of Burmeister, but with
the apical angles of elytra not produced. It resembles G.
cinerea, G.P., in colour, but in other respects is very distinct
from any species with which I am acquainted,

Gymnetis scapularis, n. sp.

Above obscure greenish cinereous, thorax and elytra with
numerous irregular obscure black spots and marks, apex of

578 Mr, O. E. Janson’s descriptions of

clypeus, pygidium, underside and legs shining black, the breast
and a small spot on each side of the abdominal segments greenish
cinereous, Head convex in the centre, finely and closely punc-
tured, the base more sparsely punctured, clypeus shghtly dilated
and) rotinded ‘atthe sides, the apical margin slightly elevated.
Thorax punctured at the sides, the posterior angles rather acute.
Elytra with several indistinct rows of fine punctures on the disc,
the cost distinct behind, the suture strongly produced at the
apical angles into an obtuse point; epimera large, sparsely punc-
tured with a prominent shining tubercle. Pygidium closely and
finely strigose, with a slightly raised longitudinal line. Beneath
coarsely punctured and strigose at the sides and apex, meso-
sternal process obtuse, with an acute point in front; legs coarsely
punctured, anterior tibie with two small teeth, the apical spine
rather blunt. Length 19 mm.
Sarayaco, Heuador (Buckley).

Allied to G. schistacea, Burm., but smaller, narrower, more
convex, of a different colour and with the elytra less punctured.

Gymnetis cupriventris, n. sp.

Above reddish-brown, opaque, with numerous ill-defined con-
fluent black marks on the thorax and elytra, the latter pale
luteous at the apex, with a small brown spot at the sutural
angle, the lateral margins behind the middle black, with several
luteous spots, beneath shining coppery, irrorated with brown,
the abdominal segments with a small brown spot on each side,
legs opaque brown, the inner sides, tarsi and punctures coppery.
Head convex, with sparse fine punctures, apex of the clypeus
slightly dlevated and sinuous. Thorax-with a few scattered
fine punctures at the sides, posterior angles rather acute, the
lobe broad and obtusely rounded, Elytra impunctate, rounded
at the apex, the suture feebly elevated behind, the apical angles
not produced; epimera almost impunctate, with a conspicuous
shining tubercle. Pygidium coarsely but not very closely
strigose. Beneath coarsely strigose, centre of the mesosternum |
smooth, with a deeply impressed line, the process obtuse at the
apex, with a prominent obtuse point in front, abdomen coarsely
punctured at the sides and apex; anterior coxe with long brown
hairs, anterior tibize with two small teeth, and the apical spine
obtuse. Length 21 mm.

Peru.

Allied to G. pardalis, G.P., but in colour more like chon-
talensis, O. Jans.

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Gymnetis dispersa, n. sp.

Dull fuscous black, head cinereous brown, apex of clypeus
coppery, thorax with obscure fuscous marks, elytra obscure
pitchy-red towards the sides, with irregular undulating con-
fluent marks, a large patch before the apex, and several small
spots at the sides and next the suture Iuteous, underside and
legs with a coppery tinge and slightly shining. Head closely
punctured, clypeus slightly rounded ut the sides, the apex
elevated and smuous. Thorax rather sparsely punctured at the
sides, the posterior angles prominent and acute. Elytra sparsely
and finely punctured at the apex, the inner carina well marked
and the apical callosity prominent, the suture only slightly
elevated at the apex; epimera punctured, with a distinct tubercle.
Pygidium very closely and finely strigose, with short pubescence.
Beneath with very coarse confluent punctures, centre of meso-
sternum smooth, with a deeply impressed line, the process
obliquely bent down, obtusely pointed at the apex and keeled
in front, sides and apex of the abdomen and the legs coarsely
punctured; anterior tibie with two teeth and the apical spine
rather obtuse. Length 25 mm.

Jima, Ecuador (Buckley).

Allied to G. hebraica, Drap., but broader, less punctured
above and differently coloured.

Gymnetis discolor, u. sp.

g Dull fuscous cinereous, thorax and elytra with obscuré
fuscous black spots and marks, lateral margins of the elytra
pitchy black, with small luteous spots, the apex luteous with
fuscous spots, a transverse spot in the centre of the abdominal
segments, mesosternal process and the tarsi shining black. Head
finely punctured, apex of the clypeus elevated and rounded.
Thorax punctured at the sides, the posterior angles acute, the
lobe short and broad. LElytra sparsely punctured at the apex
and between the carine, the suture obtusely produced at the
apex; epimera sparsely punctured, with an obtuse tubercle.
Pygidium strigose, the strize sparse and broken towards the
apex, the centre with a shghtly elevated longitudinal line.
3eneath punctured and strigose at the sides, mesosternum with
a deep central line, the process obliquely bent down and obtuse;
Jegs punctured, anterior tibie without teeth. Length 18-20
mm,

580 Mr. O. E. Janson on American Cetoniide.

The female has the dark markings on the upper side better
defined, the clypeus, underside and legs shining black, irrorated
with cinereous, is more strongly punctured beneath and has
two teeth on the anterior tibia.

Balzar Mountains, Ecuador (Illingworth).

Allied to G. hebraica, Drap., smaller, broader and less con-
vex, less punctured above and differently marked.

Gymnetis balzarica, nu. sp.

$ Deep black, opaque, elytra with the external margins and
numerous irregular, confluent, transverse marks pale yellow.
Head sparsely and finely punctured, clypeus quadrate, the apex
elevated and sinuous. Thorax with scattered fine punctures at
the sides, the posterior angles acute. Elytra with obsolete rows
of punctures on the disc, the suture elevated behind and slightly
produced at the apex; epimera large, with a shining tubercle.
Pygidium finely strigose with sparse short pubescence. Beneath
sparsely punctured at the sides, mesosternal process large, bent
down, obtuse at the apex and slightly prominent in front; anterior
coxe with brown hairs, the tibiz with two small teeth. Length
21-24 mm.

The female is shorter and broader, more strongly punctured,
with the clypeus, underside and legs shining and the teeth on
the anterior tibiz larger.

Balzar Mountains, Ecuador (Illingworth).

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Descriptions of new American CeTontiD£; by OLIvER KH, Janson.
Part II.

Gymnetis suilla, n. sp.

Above obscure smoky-black, the sides of the thorax and the
elytra obscure smoky cinereous, the latter clouded with black,
and with an ill-defined spot in the middle, a J-shaped mark
behind and the punctures black; apex of the scutellum covered
with pale yellow pubescence; underside and legs slrning black,
sparsely pubescent. Head sparsely but rather coarsely punc-
tured, apex of the clypeus slightly elevated and impressed in the
centre. Thorax with a central elevation in front, the sides
rounded, sparsely and finely punctured on the disc, with some
scattered coarser punctures at the sides. Hlytra with irregular
rows of very coarse punctures on the disc, and rows of fine
punctures at the sides, the apex strigose, the suture and inner
carina moderately elevated, apical angles acutely produced.
Pygidium and underside coarsely strigose; mesosternal process
rather short, rounded and slightly divergent. Iength 12-14 mm.

Venezuela (Coll. A. Fry).

Allied to G. Utwrata, Oliv., but differs in its narrower form,
more coarsely punctured elytra, dark colour, and in having the
thorax elevated in front.

Gymnetis ravida, n. sp.

Above fulvous-brown, opaque, slightly clouded with fuscous,
the punctuation, pygidium, underside and legs pitchy-black,
elytra with two small black spots near the lateral margin, the
first in the middle and the other about one-fourth from the
apex, pygidium, sides of the body and legs speckled with
fulvous. Head and thorax sparsely punctured; the lobe of
the latter smooth at the apex, apex of the clypeus slightly
emarginate. Hlytra with irregular rows of semicircular punc-
tures on the disc, a confluent mass of similar punctures at the
apex, and some fine punctures at the sides, the suture and the
inner carina slightly elevated and smooth, the apical angles

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582 Mr. O. E. Jansoy's descriptions of

Strongly produced. Pygidium, underside and legs coarsely
Strigose, m2sosternal process short, obtuse and somewhat oblique,
anterior tibie with a prominent angle before the middle.
Leneth 14 mm.

Venezuela (Coll. A. Fry.)

Allied to G. liturata, Oliv., but of a narrower and more

parallel form, different colour and with the mesosternal process
oblique.

Euphoria acerba, n. sp.

g Above dark green, opaque; head, underside and legs
shining green, with wipes: brown pubescence, antenne and tarsi
pitchy- black, elytra reddish at the sides, and marked with small
white spots. Head coarsely punctured, a small impression on
each side between the eyes, clypeus rounded at the sides and
narrowed in front, with the apex elevated and emarginate.
Thorax sparsely pubescent, coarsely punctured at the sides, the
punctures finer on the disc, smooth in front of the scutellum.
Scutellum elongate, acute at the apex, impunctate. Elytra
with somewhat-obsolete rows of punctures on the disc, the sides
coarsely punctured and sparsely pubescent, the apex strigose,
outer carina distinct, the inner one almost obsolete. Pygidium
closely and finely strigose and pubescent. Beneath strigose,
mesosternal process short, twice as broad as long, abdomen
deeply impressed in the centre, anterior tibie with two strong
lateral teeth, posterior tibie slightly curved.

The female is larger and more robust, with the punctuation
coarser, the sides of the thorax polished, the club of the antenne

shorter, and the centre of the abdomen with only a slight longi-
tudinal line. Length 17-19 mm.

Quito, Ecuador (Coll. A. Fry).

Allied to #. Lesuewri, G.P., but readily distinguished by its
shorter and broadly rounded clypeus, more obliquely narrowed
thorax, its short, broad mesosternal process, ete.; the colour
varies to reddish-olivaceous, and the number of white spots is
also variable as in that species.

Euphoria morosa, n. sp.

é Above dull greenish-black; head, underside and legs shining
ereenish-black ol sparsely pubescent, elytra sparsely and ir-
regular ly spotted with yellow, pygidium and the antenne piceous

New American Cetoniide. 583

red. Head closely punctured at the base, with a small, slightly
elevated space in the centre smooth, the clypeus somewhat more
coarsely punctured, convex in the centre, the sides rounded and
the apex strongly elevated and rounded; lamelle of the antenne
nearly as long as the head. Thorax obliquely narrowed from
the base, only slightly prominent in the middle, very closely
punctured at the sides, more sparsely so on the disc. Scutellum
impunctate, the apex acute. Elytra slightly narrowed behind,
the suture and both the carine strongly elevated and smooth,
the interstices with rows of fine punctures, the sides coarsely
punctured and the apex strigose. Pygidium very finely and
closely strigose. Leneath strigose at the sides, abdomen with
cvarse punctures at the sides and scattered fine punctures in the
middle, mesosternal process short, broad and punctured, anterior
tibia with one lateral tooth and the apex very obtuse. Leneth
15 mm.

Quito, Ecuador (Coll. A. Fry).

Allied to EH. abreona, O. Jans., but of a broader and more
quadrate form, less pubescent, with the thorax more obliquely
narrowed, the coste of the elytra more strongly elevated and
the colour and markings quite different.

Euphoria precaria, n. sp.

g Above dark olive green, opaque, with sparse, short
pubescence; head, underside and legs brassy-green and covered
with long pubescence, a fine median line on the thorax, and
some small obscure spots on the elytra yellow, pygidium with a
small chalky spot on each side. Head closely punctured, a
narrow longitudinal ridge at the base, clypeus shghtly rounded
at the sides, the apex elevated and slightly emarginate, lamelle
of the antenne about half as long as the head. Thorax sparsely
punctured on the disc, the sides closely and more coarsely
punctured. Scutellum impunctate. Elytra scarcely narrowed
behind, the apex somewhat truncate, the suture and carine
shghtly elevated, the interstices with rows of indistinct punctures,
the sides sparsely punctured and the apex strigose. Pygidium
finely strigose. Beneath coarsely strigose at the sides, abdomen
with sparse coarse punctures in the middle, mesosternal process
short and broad, punctured and pubescent, anterior tibiee with
one lateral tooth and the apical spine short but acute. Length
17 mm.

New Granada (Wallis).
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584 Mr. O. E. Janson’s descriptions of

Allied to EZ. morosa, O. Jans., but larger, more convex, less
punctured, more pubescent, with the antenne shorter, the legs
more robust and the colour different. Given to me by the late
Ed. Steinheil, with the MS. name of Jansoni.

Euphoria punicea, n. sp.

$ Dull red, varying to olivaceous, opaque and sparsely
pubescent, elytra with small irregular white spots, head,
pygidium, underside and legs shining, with long whitish hairs.
Head coarsely punctured, with a slight transverse ridge between
the eyes, clypeus rounded at the sides, narrowed in front, the
apex strongly elevated and emarginate. Thorax coarsely but
not very closely punctured, the punctures confluent near the
anterior angles, smooth and emarginate in front of the seutellum.
Elytra sparsely punctured in rows, the sides and apex strigose,
the discal carine and suture moderately elevated and smooth,
the apical angles shghtly produced. Pygidium convex, coarsely
strigose. Beneath strigose, mesosternal process short, very
broad and slightly rounded at the apex, abdomen with three
impressions on each side, deeply and broadly impressed in the
centre, anterior tibie with two large teeth before the apex.
Length 16-17 mm.

The female is broader, more coarsely sculptured, has the
thorax more rounded at the sides, the legs stouter and the
abdomen convex in the centre.

Balzar Mountains, Ecuador (Illingworth).

Allied to E. Steinheili, O. Jans., but narrower and more con-
vex, with the pygidium larger, the underside more pubescent,
the mesosternal process broader, and the colour different.

Euphoria avita, n. sp.

@ Dull greenish-black, sparsely pubescent, elytra with irregu-
lar yellowish undulating marks and spots, a central line, the
margins and a small spot on each side of the thorax, the clypeus
and base of the scutellum obscure red, beneath shining, sides
of the breast and legs pitchy-red. Head closely punctured,
clypeus elongate, the sides straight, the apex slightly elevated
and sinuous. Thorax coarsely punctured, the punctures con-
fluent at the sides, with a slightly raised median line, the base
shallowly emarginate before the scutellum, Scutellum acute at

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the apex, a few punctures at the base. Elytra with rows of
coarse shallow punctures, the sides and apex strigose, the carinz
rather strongly elevated. Pygidium finely strigose. Beneath
punctate and strigose at the sides, abdominal segments with a
transverse row of fine punctures, mesosternal process short, trans-
verse, anterior tibie with two strong obtuse teeth before the
apex. Length 12 mm.

Guatemala (from the collection of the late A. Murray ).

Allied to EL. vestita, G.P.

Huphoria limatula, vn. sp.

é Blackish blue, shining, tinged with green, a narrow
marginal line at the sides of the thorax, irregular transverse
impressed spots on the elytra, and some spots on the pygidium
silvery-white, underside and legs with sparse pale pubescence,
the second to fourth abdominal segments with a transverse white
spot on each side, Head with coarse confluent punctures,
clypeus rounded at the sides, the margins slightly elevated, the
apex sinuous. Thorax convex, rather coarsely punctured, with
a smooth central line, the base strongly emarginate before the
scutellum. Scutellum with a few punctures disposed in the
form of a V. Elytra with irregular coarse punctures on the
disc, the sides strigose, the carine and suture moderately
elevated and smooth. Pygidium convex and strigose. Beneath
strigose at the sides, sparsely punctured in the centre, meso-
sternal process short, transverse, anterior tibia with two teeth
and the apical spine acute. Length 13-14 mm.

Guatemala.

Allied to H. melancholica, G.P., but shorter, broader, and
more convex, with the punctuation more sparse, and the clypeus
breader and less elevated at the apex.

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Descriptions of CurcuLionip&£; by Francis P. Pascor, F.L.S.,
&e. Part I.

The Curculionide described in the following pages are selected
from a large number of unnamed species in my collection.
There are so many forms differentiated by characters so slight
and indefinite, that it is a matter of exceeding difficulty to
determine, in some cases, even the genera to which they respec-
tively belong, and, in other cases, to decide how far they may
lie within the range of individual variation. ‘There are, however,
a sufficient number of fairly well-marked forms to render their
publication desirable. Tropical America—so rich in species—
is excluded from these pages, as it furnishes the material of a
series of papers I am now publishing in the Annals and Maga-
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The following is a list of the species and their subfamilies
described in the present part.

BRACHYDERINE. DIETHICUS, h. gen.
Enaptorhinus granulatus. tumens.
Astycus flavovittatus, tenuicornis,
Eupholus cyphoides. PIOTYPUS, h. gen.

OTIORHYNCHINE. gravidus.
Llytrurus rusticus. ATTELABINE.

subvittatus, Apoderus tenuissimus,
APIROCALUS, n. gen. VErrUucosus.
cornutus, Auletes major.
Lsomerinthus asper. CRrYPTORHYNCHINE.
gramineus. IDASTES, Nn. gen.
decipiens. elevatus,
SCAPOSUS. Poropterus python.
Apocyrtus castaneus. lemur.
Nigrans. PANTOXYSTUS, n. gen., for
Siteutes graniger. Cleogunus rubricollis, Bo's.
ceruleatus. ZY GOPIN.E.

Chirozetes insignis.

588 Mr. Pascoe’s descriptions of Curculionide.

Enaptorhinus granulatus.

E. elongatus, niger, subnitidus; elytris striatis, interstitis
sranulatis; funiculo articulo ultimo obconico, Long. 44—5 lin.

Hab. North China,

Elongate, black, glossy, with mostly fine, hair-like scales, a
line on the prothorax, two basal lines on the elytra, their sides,
a short band at the apex, and the apex itself more or less covere1
with whitish scales; rostrum stout, with two raised lines above;
head coarsely punctured; last three joints of the funicle obconic;
prothorax closely granulate, each granule tipped with a minute
bristle; scutellum small, triangular; elytra not wider than the
prothorax at the base, striate, the interstices with a close-set
row of setiferous granules; body beneath covered with approxi-
mate whitish scales, mixed with long hairs; legs, especially the
posterior tibie, also with long hairs.

This species differs from £. Sinensis, Waterh., Senr., in the
sculpture of the prothorax and elytra, the form of the funicular
joints, and other characters.

Astycus flavovittatus.

A. oblongo-ovatus, aureo-viridi-squamosus; prothorace con-
fertim granulato; elytris vittis duabus flavo-aureis ornatis.
Long. 8 lin.

Hab. India.

Oblong-ovate, covered with small golden-green approximate
scales, on the elytra two golden-yellow stripes, united at the
base and near the apex; antenne slender, clothed with a delicate
glaucous pubescence; prothorax transverse, closely granulate,
the sides with a yellow patch anteriorly; elytra punctate-striate,
the interstices convex, apices acuminate; scales beneath a paler
green.

The other prominent characters are those of the type, A.
chrysochlorus, Wied., which is nearly uniform in colour, except
the head and legs.

Hupholus cyphoides.

KE. niger, omnino albido-squamosus; rostro modice robusto,
carinato, lateribus parallelis; prothorace supra planato; -elytris
breviusculis. Long. 11 lin. (rostr. incl.).

Hab. Aneiteum.

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Black, densely covered with white scales, with a slight tinge
of rose, especially beneath ; rostrum moderately robust, the sides
parallel, a well-marked ridge in the middle above, and a linear
impressed line on each side in front of the eye; antenne slender,
joints of the funicle obconic; prothorax transverse, distinctly
flattened on the dise; scutellum small, subecordiform; elytra short
and convex, with distinct punctures in scarcely impressed lines;
basal joint of the tarsi not transverse.

In form this species does not differ from the ordinary Kupholi,
except that the elytra is a little shorter and more convex.

Elytrurus rusticus.

E. subellipticus, fuscus, sparse griseo-squamulosus; rostro sat
elongato, late canaliculato; elytris in medio latioribus, ad latera
postice serrulatis. Long. 8 lin,

Hab. Fiji.

Subelliptic, dark brown, with small grey scattered scales;
head sparingly and finely punctured; rostrum rather long, some-
what deeply canaliculate, with a nearly obsolete line in the
middle; second joint of the funicle twice the length of the first;
prothorax punctured anteriorly, granulate behind; scutellum
minute, triangular; elytra broadest at above the middle; appar-
ently striated, the interstices minutely granulate ; abdomen
glossy black, the first two segments punctured; legs normal,
femora more or less granulate.

The nearest ally appears to be #. serrulatus, C. Waterh., but,
inter alia, the elytra are much more attenuated behind, the
rostrum longer and canaliculate. The apparent strie are due
to certain rows of punctures bearing each a greyish scale.

Elytrurus subvittatus.

EK. subellipticus, niger, sparse griseo-squamosus; rostro in
medio carinato; elytris ante medium latioribus, singulis vittis
duabus approximatis inconspicuis, ornatis. Long. 6 lin.

Hab. Fiji.

Subelliptic, shorter in proportion, dull black, with two incon-
spicuous greyish approximating stripes on each elytron ; rostrum
rather short, a raised line in the middle; prothorax finely granu-
late; scutellum very small, triangular; elytra broadest at “above

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the basal third, lineated with minute granules, the interstices
with obscure whitish scales—only seen through a strong lens—
apices slightly produced; abdomen glossy black; legs with
whitish scales mixed with bristles; femora granulate.

Shorter than any other species, except HZ. cinctus, and further
characterized by the two pale approximate stripes on the elytra.

APIROCALUS.,

Rostrum a capite separatum, robustum, apice modice de-
clivum. Antenne breviuscule, scapus incrassatus. lytra ad
latera haud angulata, apice integra. Coxe antice haud contigue;
femora incrassata; tibie arcuate. Abdomen segmentis duobus
basalibus ampliatis.

This genus differs from “/ytrurus in the elytra not forming
an angle at the sides, and not inflected at the apex so as to form
a cavernous, more or less elongate, process. The dilatation of
the elytra on each side posteriorly is found, although in not
so remarkable degree, in EH. alatus and E. expansus, and cannot
be considered a generic character. In Elytrogonus the rostrum
is not separated from the head by a grooved line, it has also a
well-marked naked triangular clypeus, and contiguous anterior
Coxe,

Apirocalus cornutus.

A. triangularis, niger, griseo-squamosus; elytris gradatim
latioribus, apicem versus truncatis, lateribus postice bicornutis.
Long. 5 lin.

Hab. Fiji.

Triangular, black, densely covered with pale grey scales;
rostrum with a well-marked ridge above, scaly to the base of
the mandibles; scrobes triangular, not quite reaching the eye;
funicle with the first and third joints equal, the second longest;
prothorax narrowed anteriorly, rounded at the sides; scutellum
very small, transversely triangular, black, scaleless; elytra not
broader than the prothorax at the base; gradually expanding
posteriorly and produced into a stout horizontal, slightly diverg-
ing and somewhat compressed process tipped with a short fascicle
of hairs, the elytra between the two processes abruptly declivous,
as if truncated, the apex itself rounded; third and fourth abdo-
minal segments very short.

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Tsomerinthus asper.

I. oblongo-ovatus, niger, supra granulatus, indumento fusco
parce vestitus; rostro basi carinato, Long. 43 lin.

Hab. Tondano.

Oblong-ovate, black, granulate above and clothed with a
brownish tomentum; rostrum raised between the insertion of
the antennex, the base with a well-marked carina; between the
eyes a sharp impressed line, continuous with a similar one on
the rostrum; antenne with the first and third joints of the
funicle subequal; prothorax longer than broad, rather closely
granulate; elytra shortly ovate, with several large scattered
granules, the intervals minutely granulate and clothed with a
brownish tomentum; body beneath sparsely scaly; legs some-
what slender,

The uniform colour and the granular surface will at once
distinguish this species.

Tsomerinthus gramineus.

I. oblongus, niger, squamulis viridi-ceruleis fere omnino
tectus; rostro supra rotundato, haud carinato; elytris utrinque
ante apicem nodoso; tibiis anticis denticulatis. Long. 3 lin.

Hab. Tondano.

Oblong, black, almost everywhere covered with approximate
greenish-blue scales; rostrum rounded above, scrobes oblong
foveiform; funicle brown, second and third joints longest ;
prothorax with scattered punctures, each bearing a pale bristle-
shaped scale; elytra rather shortly ovate, lineately punctured,
each with a gibbosity, tipped with a fascicle of pale brownish
hairs, posteriorly; abdomen with the first and second segments
with a black central spot, the other segments entirely black;
legs with scattered bluish scales; anterior tibie with six or

seven denticles on tne inner margin,

Dr. Kirsch has described another species from Jobi with
apparent similar gibbous elytra (J. bituberculatus) which, inter alia,
is clothed with whitish, very minute, scales,

Isomerinthus decipiens.

I, shinier -ovatus, minus convexus, niger, parce viridi-squa-
mosus} elytri is subdepr essis, apice constrictis, supra irregulariter
granulatis; tibiis anticis subdenticulatis, Long. 6 lin,

Hab. Tondano.

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Oblong-ovate, less convex above, black, partially clothed with
greenish scales, and speckled with black granules; rostrum
short, stout; scrobe large, extending nearly to the eye; antennx
moderate; third joint of the funicle a little longer than the others,
which are subequal in length; prothorax above equal in length
and breadth, punctured, the intervals granulate; elytra rather
depressed, broadest at the middle, suddenly compressed towards
the apex, irregularly granulate, each above the compressed por-
tion with an area of fewer granules—hence a pale spot, which,
in certain lights, has the appearance of a callosity ; beneath and
base of the femora closely covered with glaucous green scales,
anterior tibie slightly denticulated.

Allied to J. scabratus, from which, inter alia, the depressed
and irregularly granulate elytra will readily distinguish it.

Isomerinthus scaposus.

I. oblongo-ovatus, niger, albo-lineatus; prothorace rotundato;
scapo antennarum compresso, basi subito truncato. Long.
24-34 lin.

Hab. Dorey (New Guinea).

Oblong-ovate, black, varied with lmes of snow-white scales;
rostrum somewhat slender, white; scape of the antenne com-
pressed, suddenly contracted at the base; joints of the funicle
subequal; prothorax somewhat globose, coarsely granulate, four
stripes at the base and anterior border, white; elytra lmeately
punctured, the intervals finely granulate, two stripes on each
elytron, connected by a transverse band behind, and a stripe at
the apex, white; body beneath and legs with scattered white
scales.

The peculiar character of the scape will at once distinguish
this species; it is allied to £. albolineatus (Guér.).

Apocyrtus castaneus.

A. oblongo-ovatus, glaber, castaneus, geniculis tarsisque
infuscatis ; prothorace subcylindrico, subtilissime punctato; ely-
tris ampliatis, depressis, lateribus equaliter rotundatis. Long.
85 lin.

Hab. Philippine Islands.

Oblong-ovate, smooth, chesnut-coloured and slightly glossy;
rostrum flattish above, a lightly impressed line extending to the

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front; funicle with the first and second joints—first longest—
equal in length to the rest together; prothorax subcylindrical,
moderately convex, minutely punctured; elytra broad, depressed,
equally rounded at the sides from the base to the apex, finely
seriate-punctate, the suture smooth and glossy; beneath dark
brown; legs chesnut, the knees and tarsi dark brown; tibie,
particularly the hind pair, denticulate.

A slight approach to this species is made by A. conicus, Boh.,
but it is very slight indeed.

Apocyrtus nigrans.

A. oblongo-ovatus, glaber, niger, pedibus concoloribus; pro-
thorace punctis minutis, in medio plus minusve confluentibus,
munito; elytris depressis, medium versus latioribus. Long. 7 lin.

Hab. Philippine Islands.

Oblong-ovate, smooth, black, slightly glossy; rostrum flattish
above, with a median and a short lateral impressed lines; funicle
with the two basal joints equal, shorter than the rest together;
prothorax subcylindrical, minutely punctured, punctures in the
middle more or less confluent; elytra depressed, broadest and
somewhat angular at above the middle, finely seriate-punctate,
suture smooth and glossy; beneath black, the first three abdo-
minal segments fused together; fore tibie only denticulate.

Differentiated from the former, inter alia, by the punctuation
of the thorax, the form of the elytra, &c.; they are both very
distinct species, and but for A. conicus, and its allies, might
form a genus apart.

Siteutes graniger.

S. late subovatus; prothorace confertim granulato; elytris
eranulatis, squamulis albidis adspersis. Long. 54-64 lin.
Hab. Yule Island.

Broadly ovate, slightly convex above, black, the prothorax
occasionally tinged with chesnut, everywhere studded with small
white scales; head slightly punctate, a A-shaped impression
between the eye; rostrum witha fine impressed line at the base;
antenne stout, the club not thicker than the funicle; prothorax
scarcely longer than broad, closely granulate; elytra a little
longer than the breadth at the middle, closely and finely granu-
late; body beneath and legs with scattered bristle-shaped scales,

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Differs from S. lugubris in its broader outline, finer granu-
lations, and the prothorax granulate, not punctate.

Siteutes ceruleatus.

S. late subovatus; prothorace levi, nitide rufo-testaceo; elytris
subtiliter granulatis, ceruleo-squamulosis. Long, 5--6 lin.

Hab. Yule Island.

Broadly ovate, head, rostrum, and antenn as in the last, the
latter sprinkled with small blue scales; prothorax very smooth
and glossy, chesnut-red; elytra short, rather depressed, studded
with small granules, the intervals covered with small blue scales;
body beneath black; legs dark chesnut, with scattered bristle-
shaped scales,

Only traces of the blue scales sometimes remain; the highly
polished prothorax is distinctive. Sctewtes was founded by
Schénherr on an African form unknown to Lacordaire, who took
his description of the genus from S, lugubris—a Philippine
insect; it is possible that the two are not congeneric. My S,
glabratus, from its concave and somewhat bilobed mesosternum,
should probably represent a genus of its own.

DIETHICUS.

Rostrum capite paulo angustius, haud compressum, supra
utrinque elevatum, a capite separatum ; scrobes superiores, pro-
fundex, foveiformes. Antenne elongate ; scapus curvatus, apice
haud incrassata, elytrorum basi superans; funiculus tenuior,
articulo secundo primo vel tertio duplo longiore, ceteris sub-
eylindricis; clava parvula, Prothorax brevis, haud lobatus.
Scutellum nullum, Hlytra ampla, exhumerata, Pedes brevius-
euli; wagues basi connati. Abdomen segmento secundo duobus
sequentibus longiori.

Allied to EHllimenistes, Schin., but differs in form of the
rostrum, which is broader, and not compressed, the longer
antenne; and the scape not enlarged, or only at the extreme
point, at the apex.

Diethicus twmens.

D, dense cervino-squamulosus, maculatim fusco-variegatus;

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rostro supra modice excavato; scapo crassiusculo, apice hand
erassiore. Long. 22 lin,
Hab. Delagoa Bay.

Closely covered with fawn-coloured scales, varied with dark
spots, which on the elytra appear as two ill-defined bands;
rostrum with a shallow groove above; antenne reaching to the
apex of the elytra, the scape stout, not enlarged at the apex,
attaining to the base of the elytra; prothorax short, nearly twice
as broad as long, with few punctures, and a slightly raised. line
in the middle; elytra a little longer than broad, very convex,
striate, the striae limited to very narrow lines which do not
appear to be punctured, the interstices rather broad and convex;
legs with numerous setiferous scales; two basal joints of the
tarsi rather narrow.

Diethicus tenuicornis.
D. dense cervino-squamulosus, fusco maculatim subvariegatus;
rostro supra magis suleato, scapo tenuato, apice sat subito incras-
sato. Long. 23 lin.

Hab. Natal.

Closely resembling the preceding, but with more indefinite
and paler spots, the rostrum narrower, the ridge on each side
more marked, and inclosing a longer and deeper groove between
them; the scape of the antenne very much more attenuated
with the ordinary dilatation of the apex confined to the extreme
point, and the prothorax more nearly equal in length and
breadth.

PIOTYPUS.,

Caput et rostrum lata, hoe breve, a fronte separatum, margine
externa angulatum; scrobes laterales, arcuate. Ocul’ prominuli.
Antenne breviuscule; scapus curvatus, apicem versus dilatatus,
extus dente parvulo instructus; funiculus tenuatus; clava ovata
acuminata. Prothorax brevis, haud lobatus. Seutellum nul-
lum. lytra ampla, exhumerata. Pedes breves, tarsi lati,
ungues basi connati. Abdomen segmentis tribus intermediis
longitudine equalibus,

This genus belongs to Lacordaire’s “ groupe iii Oosomides” of
the Otierhynchine. From the many genera of that group it is

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differentiated by its remarkable scape. In outline it resembles
Sphrigodes, Gerst., which has a normal scape, and the second
abominal segment as long as the two next together.

Piotypus gravidus.

P. omnino griseo-squamulosus, funiculo piceo; elytris tenuiter
seriatim punctatis, interstitiis alternis basi pallidioribus. Long.

Dalam

Hab. Grahamstown.

Everywhere covered with small greyish or silver-grey scales;
head slightly convex above, with a well-marked prominence over
the eye; rostrum narrower towards the apex, a longitudinal
impression in the middle; first two joints of the funicle as long
as the rest together; prothorax nearly twice as broad as eae
rugulose; elytra a little longer than broad, truncated at the
shoulders, finely seriate-punctate; legs with scattered setiform
scales; tibie stout, the inner margin flexuous, apex of posterior
pair, externally, with two spines,

Apoderus tenuissimus.

A. (@) nigro-castaneus, nitidus; collo tenuissimo, recto, quam
corpore multo longiore; femoribus infra dentatis; apice anten-
narum mutico. Long. 5 lin. (corpore solo 1# lin.).

Hab. Philippine Islands.

Dark or blackish-brown, shining; rostrum very short, con-
stricted in the middle, where the antenne are ceed the
latter, except the basal joint, pale ferruginous, terminal joint
of the funicle obconic, club pubescent, not hooked at the tip;
head prolonged behind in a very long rugulose neck, tapering
gradually posteriorly and much longer than the thorax and
elytra together; prothorax scarcely longer than broad, irregu-
larly impressed, slightly prolonged anteriorly ; scutellum trans-
verse, bilobed behind, elytra subquadrate, broader behind,
punctate-substriate, the interstices flattish, the punctures sub-
foveiform; legs smooth; femora with a small distinct tooth
beneath.

A remarkable species on account of its very long perfectly
straight neck, to which the prothorax, not as in other long-
necked species, contributes nothing. It does not fit into any of
M, Jekel’s genera and manipuli !

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Apoderus verrucosius.

A. (@ ) rufo-brunneus; elytris tuberculis nitide flavidis nume-
rosis ornatis; femoribus muticis. Long. 3} lin.

Hab. Laos.

Reddish-brown, the elytra with numerous smooth yellowish or
amber-coloured tubercles; rostrum very short, broad; antennex
short, inserted nearer the base than the apex, rather widely
apart, the terminal joints of the funicle transverse, club stout,
pubescent, nearly obsoletely jointed; head sharply constricted
behind, but not prolonged; prothorax conical, broader than
long, strongly grooved both at the apex and base, the disc con-
vex and having a deep longitudinal groove; elytra subquadrate,
coarsely punctate-striate, the interstices strongly raised and
more or less spotted with yellow lines and tubercles, the inter-
vals between the punctures granuliform; legs smooth ; spurs of
the tibie and claws black.

For the tubercles on the elytra this species may be approxi-
mated to A. flavotuberosus, Jek., but they are more numerous
and differently placed; in form it is allied to A. Tranquebaricus.

Auletes major.

A. omnino rufo-castaneus, pilis tenuissimis griseis adspersus;
rostro elongato; clava antennarum laxe articulata. Long. 5-54
lin. (rostr. incl.), ;

Hab, Andaman Islands.

teddish-chesnut with numerous very slender grey hairs;
rostrum as long as the elytra, finely punctured, grooved at the
base behind the insertion of the antenne, the latter extending
to the apex of the rostrum, the club very loose, of three joints,
the first two obconic, the third ovate; prothorax rather longer
than broad, rounded at the sides, irregularly punctured, the
intervals slightly corrugated; scutellum small, triangular ; elytra
a little depressed, punctate-substriate; tibie slender, straight;
abdomen with the second segment longer than the first.

Except that the rostrum is nearly as long in proportion in
A. filicornis, this very distinct species is not to be compared to
any of its congeners.

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IDASTES.

Rostrum vix elongatum, gracile, rotundatum; scrobes sub-
apicales. Antenne graciles; scapus oculo attingens; funiculus
-articulis tribus basalibus elongatis, sed secundo longiori, ceteris
gradatim brevioribus; clava distincte articulata, ovata, pubescens,
Prothorax brevissimus, conicus, lobis ocularibus ciliatis. Scutellum
rotundatum. Elytra cuneiformia, compressa, humeris angulatis.
Rima pectoralis mesosterno terminata, apice fornicata. Pedes
tenuate; /emora sublinearia, infra dente valida armata; tibiae
flexuose, unguiculate, angulo anteriore fasciculato; tars? normales.

This genus belongs to Lacordaire’s third “ groupe Mecistosty-
lides” of his * subtribu Cryptorhynchides vrais”; it includes a
number of isolated forms confined to Australia and the neigh-
bouring islands. The specimen here described is probably a
female; the genus appears to have the nearest affinity to
Protopalus, although strikingly different in habit. The genera
of the group may be tabulated thus:—

Rostrum rounded.
Scape longer than the body - - - - - - - Mecomastizx.
Scape shorter than the body.
With a scutellum.
Elytra not broader than the prothorax at
the base - - - - - - = = = = = Hemideres.
Elytra broader.
Last five joints of the funicle transverse.
Club of the antenne distinctly jointed Aporotarus.
Club of the antennz unjointed.
Rostrum slender.

Sides of the prothorax straight at
the base - - - - - - - - Paranomocerus.

Sides of the prothorax expanded.
Pectoral canal open behind - - Mecistostylus.
Pectoral canal wanted behind - Blepiarda.
Rostrum stout.
Last five joints of the funicle gradually

shorter - - - - - - - - - = dmalthus.
Tibie straight - - - - - - - = Protopalus.
Tibiw flexuous - - - - - - - - IJdastes.
Witkout a scutellum~ - - - - - = - Anomocerus.

Rostrum depressed- - - - - - - - - - - Amydala.

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Idastes elevatus.

I. compressus, fuscus, squamulis pallidioribus adspersis ; pro-
thorace basi quam longitudine duplo latiore. Long. 5 lin.

Hab. New Hebrides.

Compressed—the elytra especially—dark brown, with paler
scattered scales, much smaller and less numerous (perhaps
partially abraded) on the elytra; head convex in front; eyes
rather widely apart; rostrum black, with scales only at the base;
antenne glossy ferruginous, the first and third joints of the
funicle of equal length, the second nearly twice as long, club
somewhat short, of four distinct joints; prothorax rounded
above, gradually broader towards the base, which is about twice
broader than long; scutellum rounded, velvety; elytra much
broader than the prothorax at the base, gradually narrowing
to the rounded apex, much compressed and raised into a sort of
crest at the middle portion of the suture; three intermediate
segments of the abdomen nearly equal in length ; anterior tibie
more flexuous than the others; penultimate joint of the tarsi
strongly bilobed; claws simple.

Poropterus python.

H. ellipticus, subdepressus, niger, opacus, parce pallide fusco-
squamosus; prothorace apice producto, bilobo; elytris remote
foveato-impressis, apice rotundatis. Long. 53-6 lin,

Hab. Port Bowen.

Elliptic, subdepressed, black, opaque, partially clothed with
pale brownish scales, which are more scattered on the middle
of the prothorax and elytra; rostrum rather broad, remotely
punctured; antenne ferruginous, the club with a blackish
pubesecence—pale in certain lights—second joint of the funicle
much longer than the first; prothorax about equal in length and
breadth, impunctate, the sides anteriorly a little incurved, the
apex projecting and bilobed; elytra half as long again as broad,
the shoulders with a projecting lobe directed forwards, the apex
rounded, above with a few irregular foveate impressions; femora
scarcely thickened; tibie at the apex black and without scales.

In outline this species resembles P. rubetra, Boh., a smaller
and shorter species, and, ‘nter alia, the shoulders not tuber-
culiferous.

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Poropterus lemur.

P. ellipticus, niger, opacus, supra leviter granulatus, inter-
stitiis squamulis pallidis instructis; prothorace apice producto,
integro; elytris postice abrupte declivis, bigibbosis, apice seipso
rotundato, Long. 43 lin.

Hab. Port Bowen.

Elliptic, black, opaque, finely granulated above, the intervals
with minute brownish dispersed scales; ; rostrum moderately long,
coarsely punctured, punctures crowded at the tip; ata
ferruginous, second joint of the funicle a little longer than the
first; prothorax about equal in length and breadth, incurved
anteriorly at the sides, the apex projecting, entire, impunctate,
granules flattish on the disc, smaller and more numerous at the
sides, many of them with a small glossy spot in the centre;
elytra half as long again as broad, not prominent at the
shoulders, abruptly. declivous behind, each elytron with a
stout compressed gibbosity behind; two basal-abdominal seg-
ments very large, the third and fourth very short.

This species is somewhat like P. fovepennis, which, inter
alia, has a smooth punctured prothorax and non-gibbous elytra,

PANTOXYSTUS.

Rostrum sat robustum, cylindricum, Antenne normales.
Oculi rotundati, infra remoti. Prothorax conicus, lobis oculari-
bus nullis, lytra subcordata, prothorace latiora, humeris
rotundatis, uma pectoralis obsoleta. Coww antice sub-
approximate, /emora infra dentata, haud canaliculata; tibiw
unguiculate ; ungues appendiculati. Abdomen segmentis duobus
basalibus ampliatis.

The type of this genus is Cleogonus rubricollis, Bois., a New
Guinea species. The ordinary Brazilian forms of Cleogonus
have oblong-ovate eyes nearly contiguous beneath, the prothorax
with ocular lobes, a deep pectoral canal, femora channeled

beneath, and the tibia with a short mucro only; these characters
are all opposed to those given above.

Chirozetes insignis,

(©,

C.( g ) fuscus , interrupte fulvo-squamosus; pedibus, presertim
anticis, elongatis ; tarsis anticis articulo primo quam ceteris

Mr. Pascor’s descriptions of Curculionide. 601

simul sumptis fere triplo longiore ; cornubus pectoralibus acutis.
Long. 8 lin.

Hab. Labuan.

Derm brown, with patches and spots of fulvous scales; rostrum
finely punctured, two indistinct lines on each side, the lower
boundary of the scrobe with four or five tubercles; first and
second joints of the funicle longer than the next four together;
prothorax equal in length and breadth, punctures shallow and
somewhat remote, four lines of scales—the two middle united at
the extremities—on the disc, the sides speckled; elytra punctate-
striate, the alternate interstices more elevated, each having a
line of punctures, behind the middle a brown sutural spot, and
another at the apex externally, rest of the elytra speckled;
pectoral cavity small, pectoral spines—or horns—tapering grad-
ually to a point; legs long, the anterior pair nearly twice the
length of the intermediate; basal joint of the anterior tarsi nearly
three times as long as the rest together, all, except the last
joint, fringed beneath,

In colour and general outline like C. spherops, Wied., but
larger, with proportionally longer anterior legs, prothorax less
closely and elytra more strongly punctured, the smaller pectoral
cavity and the tapering breast-spines. The female is unknown
to me.

Some of the more remarkable species here described will be
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Janson. No. 7.

Hematonotus lugens, nv. sp.

$ Dull black; head, underside and legs pitchy-black, shining;
‘lateral margins of the thorax, the epimera above, some spots
on the metasternum and sides of the abdomen chalky-white;
pygidium pitchy-red and shining in the centre, with a large
white spot on each side. Head coarsely punctured, with long
brownish pubescence at the base, clypeus widened in front,
the apical margin strongly reflexed, rounded and scarcely emar-
ginate. Thorax strongly and regularly rounded at the sides,
the base slightly produced, anterior margin with an elevated point
in the centre, somewhat coarsely punctured and with short erect
brownish hairs. Scutellum large, punctured at the base.
Elytra deeply and rather coarsely punctured, the punctures very
close at the sides, the suture and two curved carine slightly
elevated and smooth. Pygidium finely strigose. Beneath
sparsely punctured and pubescent, mesosternal process short and
broad, abdomen strongly and broadly impressed in the centre,
anterior tibie with a large apical spine and an obtuse lateral
angle. Length 17 mm.

Lake Nyassa (Cotterell).

Differs from H. Fritschii, Kraatz, which I have also received
in the same collection, in coloration, its more strongly reflexed
clypeus and deeply impressed abdomen.

Clinteria decora, n. sp.

g Above dull black; head, pygidium, underside and legs
shining black ; thorax with two elongate Annas confluent spots
on the lateral margins, and a transverse spot on each side at the
base near the posterior angles red ; elytra with five red spots on
each, the first in the centre and-close to the base, the second
near the suture just behind the middle, two on the lateral
margin, also behind the middle, and one close to the apical
angle; epimera with a red spot above; an ochreous spot on each

604 Mr. O. E. Janson’s Notices of

side of the pygidium; beneath with ochreous spots and marks at
the sides. Head closely punctured, clypeus slightly impressed at
the sides the apex rather strongly notched. Thorax sparsely and
finely punctured, the apical lobe large and obtuse. Elytra with
rows of coarse punctures which become almost obsolete in the
region of the scutellum and a strong sutural stria, the apex
and the pygidium strigose. Beneath strigose and with sparse
cimereous hairs at the sides, mesosteraal process obtuse, abdomen
lightly impressed in the middle, anterior tibie bi-dentate, the
lower tooth and the apical spine very long and acute, Length
11 mm.

India.

This -pretty species is apparently most nearly allied to G.
sexpustulata, G.P., but is smaller and flatter, has the thorax
narrower behind, the head closely punctured and the markings
quite different.

Macronota nigricollis, n. sp.

Head coppery-black; deeply and closely punctured, with an
elevated central longitudinal ridge between the eyes; clypeus
broad, rounded at the sides, the apex deeply end broadly emar-
ginate. Thorax dull black, coppery at the anterior angles, with
fine short brown pubescence; closely punctured at the sides, the
disc more sparsely punctured, slightly narrowed from the middle
to the base, the lobe broadly rounded. Scutellum dull black,
margined with cinereous at the apex, the base punctured and
shining. Elytra obscure yellowish-red with a greenish reflection,
an oblique line and a linear spot on the basal half and the apex
dull black, a common somewhat V-shaped mark about the
middle continued narrowly along the suture to the base
cinereous; depressed at the suture and sides, and with rows
of rather obsolete punctures. Pygidium dull black, finely
strigose. Beneath shining black, coppery in the centre, broadly
cinereous and pubescent at the sides, abdomen with four
cinereous marginal stripes at the sides; mesosternal process
short and round; legs coppery, pubescent, anterior tibia with
two acute lateral teeth. Length 17 mm.

Assam.

Allied to M. malabariensis, G.P. The specimen described is
from the late A. Murray’s collection and is said to have come
from Capt. Blackwood at Cherrapoongee.

new or little known Cetoniide. 605

Pyrrhopoda beryllina, n. sp.

$ Bright golden-green, with sparse long cinereous pubescence;
elytra bluish-green on the disc; median line of the thorax,
scutellum and shoulders golden-red; apex of the clypeus,
antenne and legs pitchy-red. Head rather closely punctured,
somewhat impressed and more closely punctured between
the eyes; clypeus widened in front and impressed on each
side, the apex slightly elevated and emarginate. Thorax
broadest in the middle, thence obliquely narrowed to the hase,
shehtly emarginate before the scutellum; coarsely punctured,
the punctures close and confluent on each side of the median
line which is broadly elevated and smooth. Scutellum smooth
and convex, the apex acute. HElytra prominent at the shoulders,
rounded at the apex, each with five deep, punctured strix, the
third and fourth being very close bees the interstices and
the suture convex. Py ygidium coarsely and sparsely punctured,
Beneath sparsely punctured; mesosternal process broad and
rounded; abdomen with a broad central impression ; anterior
tibiz with two lateral teeth, the lower one and the apex acute.
Length 9 mm.

Madagascar.

_A pretty little species allied to P. hirsuta, Waterh,, but of a
more elongate form and different colour, with the shoulders more
prominent, the thorax narrowed behind and with a smooth
elevated central line, the elytra differently sculptured, etc.

Platedelosis pinguis, n. sp. Pl. XI, f. 2.

Above dull brick-red; base of the head, thorax, base of the
scutellum, three spots on each of the elytra and the pygidium
dull black; the latter with a large central yellow spot; thorax
with a triangular spot in front, the posterior angles and two
spots before the scutellum brick-red; beneath shining black;
abdomen pitchy-red; mesosternal process, the epimera above,
legs and antenne shining red. Head sparsely punctured,
clypeus more coarsely punctured in front, the sides nearly
straight and slightly elevated, the apex deeply emarginate;
isacille (fig. 2a) with the inner lobe simple; mentum (fig. 2b)
broad and deeply emarginate in front. Thorax obsoletely punc-
tured, the base stongly trisinuous. Scutellum large, impunctate.
Elytra obliquely narrowed behind, leaving the sides and apex
of the abdomen exposed, with regular rows of coarse shallow
punctures and a strong sutural stria, apical angles slightly

606 Mr. O. E. Janson’s Notices of

produced. Pygidium transversely convex, sparsely strigose.
Beneath coarsely punctured at the sides, abdomen with two
deep fovere on each side; mesosternal process short, broad and
rounded, Length 19 mm.

New Guinea.

This interesting insect was recently received, together with
several other fine Cetoniide, from Goldie River, about 30 miles
inland from Port Moresby; it agrees in all the principal
characters with Platedelosis, a genus lately established by Kraatz
for the Diaphonia Bassi, White.

Celidota parvula, n. sp.

g Pale yellow, shining; base of head pitchy ; two small spots
at the apex of the clypeus, two large triangular spots on the
disc of the thorax, and a central spot on the scutellum dark
green; elytra with irregular, ill-defined, transverse greenish-
brown marks, the suture and base narrowly margined with
ereen; centre of the metasternum greenish-black; margins of
the abdominal segments, knees, apex of the tibiw, tarsi and
antenne pitchy-black. Head coarsely punctured, with long
brownish pubescence; clypeus rounded and slightly elevated at
the sides, widened in front, the apex strongly elevated and
entire. Thorax punctured and pubescent at the sides, the
median line smooth, the base rounded and emarginate before
the scutellum. Scutellum triangular, sparsely punctured, with
an impressed central line behind. Elytra uneven and with large
irregular punctures. Pygidium convex, sparsely strigose at the
sides. Beneath punctured and sparsely pubescent; metasternum
with a central impression in front; mesosternal process flat,
dilated and rounded at the apex; abdomen with a slight longi-
tudinal impression at the base; anterior tibiae with a sharp
lateral angle, the apex strongly produced. Length 8—9 mm,

Madagascar.

Smaller and much narrower than C. Stephensi, G.P., also
differs in colour, its coarser sculpture, pubescent head and
thorax, broader clypeus, ete.

Glycyphana pexata, n. sp.

Above dull black; head, underside and legs shining black;
basal half of the lateral margins of the thorax dull red; elytra

new or little known Cetoniide, 607

with a marginal line extending inwardly from the shoulders to
the apex of the scutellum, a transverse ovate lateral spot behind
the middle, and a small round one between it and the suture, two
transverse marks at the base of the pygidium, the outer edge of
the posterior cox, a spot at the side of the metasternum, one
on the epimera and three outer and two inner spots on each side
of the abdomen ochreous-white. Head finely punctured, apex
of the clypeus slightly notched. 'Thorax nearly half as broad
again as long, slightly emarginate before the scutellum, sparsely
punctured in front. Elytra with five discal strie, the second
from the suture and the outer one short, the interstices and sides
with scattered coarse punctures. Beneath coarsely strigose,
abdomen with transverse rows of coarse punctures, median line
of the metasternum deeply impressed, anterior tibia with two
obtuse teeth. Length 17 mm.
Leyte, Philippine Islands.

Apparently most nearly allied to G. rubromarginata, Mohn,

Glycyphana subcineta, n. sp.

Above dull velvety-black; clypeus, underside and legs shining
black; basal half of the thorax with a broad dull red margin
slightly interrupted before the scutellum; elytra with a large
chrome-yellow lateral spot just behind the middle; scutellum
with a fine white line at the sides. Head sparsely punctured,
clypeus rather closely punctured, the apex deeply impressed and
narrowly emarginate in the centre, the margins not elevated.
Thorax transvers2, strongly rounded at the sides and base, the
latter rather strongly emarginate before the scutellum, anterior
margin elevated and slig rhtly produced over the head. Scutellum
elongate, the apex obtuse, impunctate. Elytra with five discal
strie, the inner two abbreviated anteriorly, the outer one almost
obsolete behind the middle, the sides and apex and the pygidium
sparingly punctured. Beneath coarsely strigose, the abdomen
with coarse semicircular punctures at the sides, mesosternal
process short and dilated, anterior tibiz with a strong subapical
tooth and an almost obsolete one before the middle. Length
15-16 mm.

Andaman Islands.

Allied to G. torquata, Fab., but has the thorax more strongly
rounded and emarginate at the base, the clypeus more deeply
notched and impressed at the apex, the pygidium entirely black,
the spots on the elytra larger and of a different colour, the
thorax only partly margined with red, ete,

608 Mr. O. E. Janson’s Notices of

Glycyphana forticula, n. sp.

Above light green opaque; head, lateral margins of the thorax
and the epimera shining green; a narrow lateral border and two
small spots on the disc ‘of the thorax white; elytra with a small
spot on the inner carina about the middle, two transverse lateral
spots on the apical half, one near the suture about one-fourth
from the apex and one on the outer margin near the sutural
angle white; pygidium shining black, with brownish pubescence
and four small white spots; underside and legs shining green,
with a reddish tinge and long pubescence, tarsi ereenish- “pitehy.
Length 16 mm.

Japan.

Allied to G. albosetosa, Mots., but broader and more convex,
with the clypeus finely punctured, narrow in front and more
deeply emarginate, the scutellum shorter and broader and the
colour and markings different.

Glycyphana rutilans, n. sp.

Above light green, opaque; head, lateral margins of the
thorax, epimera, pygidium, underside and legs coppery-red,
with sparse pale pubescence, tarsi green; elytra with a narrow
transverse lateral spot, about two-thirds from the base, another
at the outer apical angle, and one next the suture about one-
fourth from the apex white. Length 15-18 mm.

India.

Allied to G. albosetosa, Mots., but much more coarsely punc-
tured, with the thorax broader at the base and more deeply
emarginate before the scutellum, the scutellum longer and the
markings different.

Glycyphana illusa, n. sp.

Euryomia rufovittata, Wallace, Trans. Ent, Soe, Lond.
p- 573 (1868) (nec Guérin).

Above dull green. Head reddish-green,. shining; closely
punctured, clypeus impressed and emarginate at the apex.
Thorax with the anterior margin and a transverse, curved,
discal band, more or less interrupted in the middle and dilated
at the sides dull red; rather coarsely and deeply punctured, the
base rounded and emarginate. Scutellum impunctate, obtusely

new or little known Cetoniide. 609

rounded at the apex. Elytra with a broad obscure reddish
discal stripe extending from the base to the apical callosity, the
sides and apex pitchy black, the former marked with two small
transverse white lines; punctured in regular rows on the disc
and with two strie near the suture behind, the sides and apex
sparsely punctured and hirsute, the discal carine evident.
Pygidium dull piceous, with an angulated white mark on each
side; strigose and hirsute. Beneath reddish- -green, shining,
thorax, margins of the metasternum, posterior coxe and four
transverse stripes at the sides of the abdomen white; mesosternal
process short and strongly dilated with an impressed hirsute
line; legs greenish-red. Length 11 mm.
Borneo.

Very distinct from G. rufovittata, Gueér., more nearly allied
to Bowringi, Wall.

Protetia nox, nu. sp., Pl. XI, f. 3.

$ Above dull black; thorax with a fine interrupted marginal
line in front and a basal marginal line interrupted in the middle
and on each side white; elytra with two large transverse spots
on the dise and two small marginal ones white; pygidium with
two large longitudinal white marks ; underside and legs shining
black with some large patches at the sides and the whole of the
abdomen, except the apex and several lateral spots, white. Head
smooth; clypeus subquadrate, with sparse punctures at the
sides, the apex elevated and emarginate in the centre. Thorax
impunctate, the base trisinuous, ‘Scutellum large, obtuse at the
apex. Elytra with the suture and lateral carina str ongly elevated,
the apical angles acutely produced. Beneath sparsely strigose ;
mesosternal process dilated and rounded. Length 26 mm.

Dinagat, Philippine Islands.

Allied to P. bifenestrata, Chev.

GOLIATHOPSIS, h. gen.

Body depressed, densely squamulose and finely hirsute. Head
rounded in front, the male with a strong erect furcate horn on
each side above the eyes, in the female with a small elevated
point; maxille (fig. 4b, ¢) with the inner lobe bidentate on one
side and with one tooth on the other, the galea long and obtuse ;
mentum (fig. 4d) broad and slightly rounded in frc ont. Thorax
almost hexagonal. Elytra prominent at the shoulders, rounded

610 Mr. O. E. Janson’s Notices of

at the apex. Pygidium slightly impressed on each side, promin-
ent at the apex. Abdomen somewhat compressed, the apical
lateral tubercles small. Legs moderately long, anterior tibe with
one tooth near the apex.

A remarkable new genus of the subfamily Cremastocheilides,
allied to Pilinurgus, but resembling the Goliathides in the extra-
ordinary armature of the head.

Goliathopsis cervus, n. sp. Pl. XI, f. 4 6, 5Q.

Above tawny-brown ; head, median line of the thorax, scutel-
and some small spots on the elytra paler; underside and legs
tawny-grey, with a pearly lustre; margin of the clypeus,
underside of the horns, penultimate and apical segments of the
abdomen, apex of the pygidium, upper side of the femora and
tibie, the tarsi and antenne shining black; the entire surface of
the body and the legs covered with fine hirsute punctures;
mesosternal process depressed and only slightly produced between
the coxe. Length 11 mm.

The female is of a darker pitchy colour, with the clypeus and
the centre of the abdomen shining black.

Siam.

The male of this interesting insect has the appearance of a
small Dicranocephalus, the female appears to scarcely differ from
a specimen which stands in the national collection as “ Pilinurgus
despectus, Westw. (type),” but as the present species differs so
conspicuously (especially in the head and maxille) from Mr.
Westwood’s figures, which were evidently not taken from that
specimen, I have not hesitated to regard them as distinct. The
male and female now described and figured are from the col-
lection of the late Andrew Murray.

PARATRICHIUS, Nn. gen.

Body elongate, moderately convex, sparsely pubescent beneath
Head broad; clypeus small, concave, the apex rounded and
strongly reflexed; antenne very large, the lamelle one third
longer than the head. Thorax transverse, slightly narrowed
behind, the posterior angles rounded. Scutellum almost semi-

circular. Elytra strongly rounded behind, Pygidium large,

new or little known Cetonids. 611

convex. Abdomen compressed. Legs long, anterior tibiw with
one small tooth close to the apex.

Allied to Trichius and T'rigonopeltastes.

Paratrichius longicornis, u. sp. Pl. XI, f. 1.

Head, thorax and disc of the elytra dull black; clypeus,
scutellum and the margins of the elytra testaceous-yellow; a
triangular spot in the centre and a small spot on each side of
the forehead, a fine marginal line, median line and two discal
sinuous lines on the thorax pale sulphur-yellow; the elytra with
a short transverse discal line before the middle, a longer curved
one behind the middle and a fine sutural line in front ochreous-
white; pygidium and underside pale sulphur-yellow; the anterior
COXR, ‘the margins of all the segments, the centre of the meta-
sternum and the apex of the abdomen shining black; legs and
and antenne testaceous-yellow, shining; the inner side of the
femora, the posterior tibie and tarsi and the apical joint of
the anterior ard intermediate tarsi pitchy-black. Head and
thorax sparsely punctured; the former with the margin elevated
in front of the eyes, clypeus narrow, rounded and _ strongly
turned up at the apex. Elytra with revular rows of fine punc-
tures. Pygidium sparsely and finely punctured and pubescent,
Beneath with sparse brownish pubescence, finely punctured,
centre of the metasternum closely punctured, apex of the
abdomen with two small impressed spots. Length 16 mm.

Jesso, N. Japan.

EXPLANATION OF PLATE XI.

. 1. Paratrichius longicornis, O. Sanson,

2. Platedelosis pinguis, O. Janson.
3. Protetia nox, O. Janson.
4. Goliathopsis cervus, O. Janson, g.

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ACHLAMYS, 530; uniformis, 531. |

Aconophora zeneosparsa, 348; coni-
fera, 350; gigantea, 352; hadina,
349; prunitia, 350; spathata, 347.

Acroxina, 462; nasuta, 463.

Actidium Crotchianum, 168; politum, |
168.

Adoretus albosetosus,
287; vittautus, 287.

Ainidea barbata, 464; eximia, 464.

Agelastica orientalis, 379.

Agrotis admirationis, 544.

Agyrta estiva, 113.

Alcmeone caseoscalpris, 344.

Allecula costipennis, 482.

Amalthus, 598

Amblyontium, 409; inerme, 410.

Amblyopinus Jansoni, 278.

Amphionthe, 395; Doris, 396.

Amydala, 598.

Anatolica montivaga, 470.

Anchirithra, 297; insignis, 298.

Anochilia fascicularis, 292.

Anomocerus, 598.

Anoplochilus indutus, 257.

Antipha flavofasciata, 456; histrio,
456; posticata, 455.

Anubis dissitus, 412; fimbriatus, 412;
rostratus. 412; unifasciatus, 412.

Apirocalas, 590; cornutus, 590.

Apocyrtus castaneus, 592; nigrans,
593.

Apoderus tenuissimus, 596; verru-
cosus, 597.

Apogonia senescens, 226; coriacea,
225; nana, 226; nigrescens, 223;
pallescens, 227; polita, 225; prox- |
ima, 223; rauca, 224.

Aporotaxus, 598.

Araschnia fallax, 271.

Ardices castaneus, 29.

Areas cardinalis, 22;
roseicostis, 23.

Arescus leevicollis, 427.

Argynnis fortuna, 154; lysippe, 154.

Arrhythmus, 289; rugosipennis, 289.

288; strigatus,

Moorei, 23;

Ascelosodis assimilis, 468; ciliatis, 468;
concinnus, 468; grandis, 469; Haagi,
469; intermedius, 469.

Asphera maculipennis, 523;
punctata, 522.

Astycus flavovittatus, 588.

Attacus Atbarinus 161.

Aulacophora cornuta, 445; perplexa,
447; pulchella, 446.

Auletes major, 597.

Aulicus affinis, 86; albofasciatus, 85;
imperialis, 8+; sculptus, $+; smarag-
dinus, 85.

octo-

Baly, J.S. Descriptions of hitherto
uncharacterized Australian Phyto-
phaga, 45; descriptions of new
species of Phytophagous Coleop-
tera, 123, 179; descriptions of some
uncharacterized species of Crio-
ceridz, 305; descriptions of the
Phytophagous Coleoptera collected
by the late Dr. F. Stoliczka during
Forsyth’s Expedition to Kashgar
in 1873-4, 369; list of the Phyto-
phagous Coleoptera collected in
Assam by A. W. Chennell, Hsq.,
with notes and descriptions of the
uncharacterized genera and species,
435,

Bates, F. Characters of the new
genera and species of Heteromera
collected by Dr. Stoliczka during
the Forsyth Expedition to Kashgar
in 1873-4, 467.

Bates, H.W. New genera and species
of Carabide from Tasmania, 317;
descriptions of Twenty-five new
species of Cicindelide, 329; new
genera and species of Callichrominz
(Coleoptera Longicornia), 395.

Belenois coniata, 391.

Bioramix, 478; asidioides, 479; ovalis,
478; pamirensis, 478; puncticeps,
479.

YY

614

Blaps indicola, 472; kashgarensis,
473; ladakensis, 472; perlonga, 472;
Stoliezkana, 471.

Blepharida flavopustulata, 441.

Blepiarda, 598.

Bolitophagus angulifer, 55,

Boocara, 562; Skelloni, 562.

Butler, A.G. Revision of the genus
Spilosoma and the allied groups of
the family Arctiide, 21; on the
Lepidoptera referred by Walker to
the genus Dioptis of Hiibner, 107;
on some Heliconoid Danainz in the
collection of the British Museum,
149; description of a new species
of Attacus, 161; descriptions of new
species of Cryptolechia from the
Amazons, 163, 187; notes on the
Lepidopterous genera Carama and
Trichetra, with descriptions of new
species, 203; on various genera of
the Homopterous family Membra-
cide, with descriptions of new
species, 205; on new species of
Catocala aud Sypna from Japan,
241; on some new Butterflies re-
cently sent home from Japan by
Mr. Montague Fenton, 281; des-
criptions of a new genus and three
new species of Lepidoptera from
Madagascar, 297; on various genera
of the Homopterous family Mem-
bracidz, with descriptions of new
species, and a new genus in the
collection of the British Museum,
337; on a collection of Lepidoptera
from Madagascar, 389; descriptions
of new Butterflies of the Indian
region, 431; on a small collection
of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from
New Zealand, 487; on a collection
of Lepidoptera Heterocera from
Marlborough Province, New Zea-
land, 541.

Callagra, 111; Callagra splendida, 112.

Callichroma Buckleyi, 404; chiri-
quina, 402; chloropus, 404; chrys-
aspis, 405; discoidalis, 406; euthalia,
403; gracilipes, 404; lamprodera,
405; longissima, 406; piliventris,
405; prolixa, 406; sapphira, 402;
trilineata, 403; viridipes, 404.

Callimerus, 64; amabilis, 66; gratio-
sus, 66; insolatus, 67; latifrons, 67:
mirandus, 65; pulchellus, 67.

INDEX.

Calochromus zmulus, 198; apicalis,
197; basalis, 196; dispar, 202; glau-
copterus, 195; Guerinii, 196; lepi-
dus, 201; longipennis, 201; melan-
urus, 196; orbatus, 197; ruber, 199;
rugatus, 199; scutellaris, 195; velu-
tinus, 199; vestitus, 200.

Camaria violaceipeunis, 365.

Candéze, E. Note sur un Etatéride
de Madagascar, du groupe des Al-
lotriites, 485.

Cantharolethrus Steinheili, 51, 52.

Carama ovina, 203; plumosa, 204;
virgo, 203.

Cataclysta bifurcalis, 232;
232.

Catocala bella, 242; ella, 242; esther,
243; Jonasii, 242; mirifica, 243;
nivea, 241; volcanica, 244; xarippe,
243; Zalmunna, 241.

Celidota parvula, 606.

Ceratorrhina loricata, 141.

Jeresa distans, 218; robusta, 216; ru-
fescens, 218; Stalii, 217.

Cetonia famelica, 539; impavida, 538.

Chalcophana gigas, 514; unifasciata,
615.

Chaleoplacis rufiventris, 513.

Chara, 376; flaviventre, 376.

Chauliognathus excellens, 423.

Chera virescens, 489.

Chersotis inconspicua, 545; sericea,
490.

Chianalus, 479; costipennis, 480.

Chirozetes insignis, 600.

Chloridolum Everetti,
gerum, 407.

Chloropholus bioculatus, 503.

Chrysolampron piceipes, 440.

Cicindela azureocincta, 333; Balucha,
3o2y) Cabinda, ols tligeray a2.
gabonica, 330; graphica, 330; Mil-
lingeni, 329; Monteiroi, 331; occul-
ta, 332; olivia, 330; ovas, 331; phos-
phora, 329; Rutherfordi, 329; Swin-
hoei, 332.

Cidaria callichlora, 509.

Cladiscus rugosus, 529.

Cleromorpha, 33.

Clerus atriceps, 82; Badeni, 80; bino-
dulus, 77; cuprascens, 81; deliciolus,
82; errans, 80; felix, 80; femoralis,
77; festivus, 78; gaudens, 79; hiero-
glyphicus, 79; melanocephalus, 83;
Salvini, 78; sigma, 77; vulpinus, 81.

Clinteria cariosa, 247; decora, 603,

sabrina,

408; vitti-

INDEX. 615

Closteropus argentatus, 418.

Cneorane fulvicollis, 448.

Ccelocnemodes, 474; Stoliczkanus, 475.

Colaspis Haroldi, 514.

Colasposoma czerulatum, 440.

Collyris andamana, 335; rhodopus,
335; rubens, 336.

Colobus fulvus, 395.

Comibzena stibolepida, 394.

Cophesthetus, 566; opacus, 566.

Coptocephala dubia, 370; dimidiati-
pennis, 371.

Copturus brevis, 424; pulcher, 423.

Coremia casta, 553; squalida, 505.

Corynodes assamensis, 439.

Cotinis malinus, 575; polita, 133;
senex, 57a.

Crioceris discrepens, 316.

Cryptocephalus interjectus, 372.

Cryptolechia erinotata, 190; alligans,
191; anceps, 163; annosa, 189; cur-
tipennis, 189; evanescens, 189: fal-
lax, 164; inflata, 187; Javarica. 192;
marcida, 120; nitens, 188; oblita,
163; peccans, 191; rosacea, 192;
salutans, 188; sericata, 163; stabilis,
164; strigivenata, 190; tabida, 164;
tinctipennis, 187; Trailii, 191; tri-
lineata, 192; urbana, 190; vaga, 187;
vapida, 188; virginalis, 192.

Cyclomorphus glabratus, 428.

Cyphogenia humeralis, 471; plana,
471.

Cyphonia fasciata, 214; formosa, 214.

Declana nigrosparsa, 500; niveata, 500.

Dectonura, 342: laticauda, 343.

Dermestes scaber, 55.

Desicasta Thomsoni, 302.

Diabaticus, 324: australis, 325.

Diabrotica abdominalis,525; Balyi,525;
dorsalis, 523; minuta, 527; sanguini-
collis, 524; terminalis, 525; undecim-
punctata, 524; viridipennis, 526.

Dianthecia viridis, 547.

Diaphonia notabilis, 391.

Dichthorrhinus, 293; bicornis, 294.

Diethicus, 594; tenuicornis, 595; tu-
mens, 594.

Dinophthalma consimilis, 180; fas-
ciata, 179; nigriceps, 179.

Diplognatha striata, 263 ;
146.

Discopeltis aberrans, 387.

Dolichoderus dimidiatus, 365.

Doryphora amabilis, 518; bilunata,

viridula,

183; elegantula, 517; euchalea, 518;
fulvicollis, 516; fulvonotata, 519;
glabrata, 518; Jansoni, 184; opaci-
collis, 516; transversofasciata, 517.

Doryxena geniculata, 451.

Dromica albicinctella, 334; simplex,
335.

Drymcea unimaculata, 110.

Drypta iris, 363.

Duboulaia flavescens, 45; fulva, 45;
rugosa, 46,

Eburifera inclita, 533; levicollis, 533,
tuberculicollis, 532.

Elaphnis levis, 256.

Eleale aulicodes, 90; brevis, 90; late-
fasciata, 90.

Elytrurus rusticus, 589; subvittatus,
58).

Enaptorrhinus granulatus, 588.

Enthora polita, 364.

Enthymius. 294; dubius, 295,

Entomoscelis Assamensis, 437.

Entylia inequalis, 211; mira, 211;
turrita,212.

Epicauta Haagi, 483.

Hpilachna bituberculata, 429,

Epilacydes, 27; simulans, 27.

Epistictia inornata, 229,

Erebia niphonieca, 153.

Euagra angelica, 110; interci-a, 111.

Euchilia puncticollis, 291.

Euchloris procumbaria, 232.

Euditopus, 407; glabricollis, 407.

Huphitrea assamensis, 443.

Eupholus cyphoides, 588.

Euphoria abreona, 304; acerba, 582:
avita, 584; limatula, 585; morosa.
582; precaria, 583; punicea, 584;
Steinheili, 303.

Euphyma, 457; collaris, 457.

Eupeecila Miskini, 136.

Euporus lobasis, 417.

Euryoda anosignata, 333.

Euschema militaris, 540.

Eusemia hypopyrrha, 297.

Eustena, 458; pretiosa, 458.

Eustetha limbata, 462.

Hyralpenus, 35; testaceus, 35.

Faula lineata, 421.

Galeruca indica, 381: submetallescens,
451; tarsalis, 452; vittatipennis, 380.

Galerucella placida, 381.

Gastrocentrum, 63; pauper, 62.

Neves

616

Gelechia sedata, 560.

Glycyphana andamanensis, 143; for-
ticula, 608; illusa, 608; incongrua,
388; nicobarica, 144; pexata, 606;
rutilans, 608: scutellata, 142; sub-
cincta, 607.

Gnathocera cruda, 253; gracilis, 252;
lurida, 251; rufipes, 250; villosa, 254.

Goliathopsis. 609; cervus, 610.

Gorham, H.S. Notes on the Coleop-
terous family Cleride, with descrip-
tions of new genera and species, 57.

Gracilaria rutilans, 561.

Graphiphora purpurea, 490.

Gymnetis alboscripta, 300; balzarica,
580; Buckleyi, 527; cupriventris,
578; discolor, 579; dispersa, 579;
fabaria, 577; fumata, 576; Goryi,
247; ravida, 581; scapularis, 577;
spurea, 576; suilla, 581.

Hadena Skelloni, 547.

Hematonotus lugens, 603.

Hapalotrius flavofasciata, 521.

Haplosonyx scutellatus, 452.

Hebetica cuneata, 341.

Helastia calida, 504; charybdis, 503.

Heliconius coralii, 151; lativitta, 150;
mutabilis, 151.

Hemerosia aurantiana, 235.

Hemideres, 598.

Hemitrachys, 22; bizonatus, 92.

Heniconotus belliger, 359; confusus,
360; parvinodis, 361; strigosus, 361.

Heteroclita scitula. 300.

Heteronotus trinodosus, 357.

Hille sulphurea, 206.

Homeogenus, 565; punctatum. 565.

Hoplia aurantiaca, 265; aurata, 266;
Bowringii, 265; fulgida, 266; scu-
tellaris, 268; squamacea, 267; squa-
migera, 267.

Hoplideres rugicollis, 289.

Hoplogonus, 131; Simsoni, 131.

Hydrocampa interruptalis, 233; nigro-
linealis, 233.

Hylaspes assamensis, 460.

Hyperythra desiccata, 495.

Hypharpax puncticanda, 320.

Hyphasis indica, 442.

Hyphinoé diabolica, 346.

Hypochroma Grandidieri, 394.

Hypocistela, 482; tenuipes, 483.

Hypocrites alveolatus, 416; cyanellus,
416; manicatus, 415; obtusipennis,
415; porphyris, 414; tenuis, 416.

INDEX.

Hypolymnas charybdis, 432; Labuana,
432,

Idastes, 598; elevatus, 599.

Inca Davisii, 228.

Tpothalia esmeralda, 418.

Ischnostoma rostrata, 299.

Isomerinthus asper, 591; decipiens,
591; gramineus, 591; scaposus, 592.

Isostola vicina, 115.

Txias insignis, 431.

Jacoby, M. On Phytophagous Cole-
optera collected by Mr. Thamm at
Chanchamayo, Peru, 513.

Janson, O. E. Notices of new or
little known Cetoniide, No. 1, 133;

No. 2, 141; No. 3, 247; No. 4; 299;

No. 5, 387; No. 6, 537; No. 7, 603;
notes on Japanese Rhopalocera,
with descriptions of five appar-
ently new species, 269; descrip-
tions of two Eastern species of
the genus Papilio, 433; on the
larva of Euschema, militaris, Linn.,
540; descriptions of new American
Cetoniide, 575, 581.

Kirby, W. F. Remarks on the Sy-
nonymy of Vanessa, C-aureum,
Linn., 385.

Lacydes arborifera, 26.

Lagria indicola 483.

Lampides filicaudis, 231.

Lamprolina impressicollis, 49; Jan-
soni, 48.

Larentia falcata, 501; heliacaria, 503;
megaspilata, 502; rufescens, 502.
Laurona domingonis, 120; panamen-

sis, 118.

Lema amazona, 311; Bouchardi, 307;
fraternalis, 312; Kirbyi, 305; linea-
tipennis, 3814; Livingstoni, 305;
Mouhoti, 311; Murrayi, 308; muta-
bilis, 308; nitidiceps, 315; ornatula,
306; peruana, 513; pulcherrima,
307; Salvini, 318; Steinheili, 312;
Stevensi, 309; subapicalis, 310; vit-
tatipennis, 315.

Leontium optimum, 409; robustum,
408; subtruncatum, 408.

Lepidotarphius, 235; splendens, 235.

Leptarthra collaris, 382; fraternalis,
455.

Lepyrodes bistigmalis, 234;
whanalis, 235.

Feng-

INDEX.

Lestignathus Simsoni, 323.

Leucaloa, 44; eugraphica, 44.

Leucania dentigera, 542.

Leucographus, 295; albovarius, 296;
variegatus, 368.

Leucophasia vibilia, 272.

Lissaulicus, 532; levis, 532.

Locha perspicua, 120.

Logisticus, 290: rostratus, 291.

Lomaptera nicobarica, 249; yorkiana,
248.

Luperodes erythrocephala, 380.

Lycna micrargus, 183.

Lychnus strangulatus, 317; striatulus,
318.

Lycomedes Burmeisteri, 422.

Lyrcea varians, 496.

Macrima, 377; armata, 377.

Macroglossa milvus, 392.

Macronota nigricollis, 604.

Malacosoma flaviventre, 379.

Mastodera lateralis, 367; nodicollis,367.

Mastostethus basalis, 127; Buckleyi,
124; fraternus, 128; Jansoni, 126;
pictico}lis, 123: pictus, 125; placi-
dus, 127; speciosus, 124.

Matthews, A. <A reply to criticisms
on the * Trichopterygia Illustrata,”
1; on the genus Amblyopinus, and
description of a new species from
Tasmania, 275; description of anew
species of Ptilium, discovered by
Mr. Aug Simson, in Tasmania, 327.

Mecaspis chrysina, 397: chrysogaster,
398; croesus. 399: explanata, 399;
fuscownea, 396; plutina, 397; sub-
vestita, 398.

Mechanitis obscura, 149; pannifera,
150; plagigera, 150; truncata, 150;
visenda, 150.

Mecistostylus, 598.

Mecomastix, 598.

Megalopus elongatus, 128: vittati-
collis, 129; cerulea, 183; generosa,
181; interruptofasciata, 182.

Melanthia arida, 505.

Melitza niphona, 281; scotosia, 282.

Meloé compressipes, 53; servulus, 483.

Merista interrupta, 382.

Mesocordylus gracilicornis, 425.

Metabasis, 75.

Metastatia, 115.

Micragyrta, 114.

Microdera laticollis, 470; parvicollis,
470,

617

Microsarus, 319; insularis, 319.
Mimastra Chennelli, 450; gracilis,
378; limbata, 449; quadripartita,
448.

Mombasius, 417; frontalis, 417.
Monolepta cavipennis, 459.
Morostoma, 485; palpale, 486.

Myatis, 480; humeralis, 480; quadra-
ticollis, 481; variabilis, 481.
Mydromera, 112.

Nepheronia lutescens, 431.

Neptis excellens, 282; intermedia,
231.

Nodostoma concinnicolle, 373; plagio-
sum, 573.

Notonomus tubericauda, 323.

Ochrolomia virescens, 338: zonifera,
339:

Ocnera sublevigata, 477.

(&cophora Huttoni, 511; limhata, 560.

Oides indica, 443; inornata, 444.

Olesterus gracilis, 87.

Oligostigma insectalis, 234; regularis,
234.

Omadius abscissus, 106; angusticeps,
106; aurifasciatus, 102; cylindricus,
105; femoralis, 104; filifrons, 104;
nimbifer, 102; notatus, 103; posti-
calis, 105; radulifer, 104; vespi-
formis, 103.

Omolon tridens, 354.

Omototus rubripennis, 522; rufolim-
batus, 521.

Oopterus tasmanicus, 321.

Opatrum Kashgarense, 481 ;
collis, 56,

Opilo Pascoii, 71: sinensis, 70,

Orthrius, 74; cylindricus, 7+.

Otilea tarsalis, 515.

Oxyprosopus angulicollis, 411; chlo-
reus, 410; comis, 411; cylindricus,
410; protractus, 411.

Oxythyrea lucens, 258.

serri-

Pachnoda Simonsi, 262.

Pachycnemia usitata, 501.

Pachycolus clypeatus, 364.

Pachyteria javana, 396.

Pallenis bipenicellatus, 530.

Pamphila florinda, 285; Jansonis, 284;
leonina, 286; mathias, 273; riku-
china, 285.

Pantolia polita, 293.

Pantoxystus, 600; rubricollis, 600,

618

Papilio Butleri, 433; Walkeri, 433.

Paranamocerus, 598.

Paraponyx nitens, 556.

Pararge actinoides, 283.

Parastetha, 461; nigricornis, 461.

Paratrizhius, 610; longicornis, 611.

Paria cuprescens, 374.

Paropsis Chennelli, 438.

Parry, J. F S. Description of a new
genus and species of Lucanoid
Coleoptera from the interior of
Tasmania, 131.

Pascoe, F. P. Descriptions of Cur-
culionide, Pt. I, 587.

Penthicus gracilis, 482.

Percosoma sulcipennis, 317,

Phaos Huttoni, 487.

Phibalapteryx anguligera, 507; rivu-
laris, 507; simulans, 506.
Philematium natalense, 402.

Phratora abdominalis, 375.

Phrosyne poriferus, 417 ;
418.

Phyllocnema semifulva, 396.

Pilcher, G. S. Remarks on certain
species of the Lepidopterous genus
Ophideres, and their capacity for
piercing the epicarp of fruits,
237.

Piotypus, 595; gravidus, 596.

Platedelosis pinguis, 605.

Polyglypta fusca, 208; hordeacea,
209; reflexa, 207; tricolor, 209.

Polyoptilus Lacordairei, 46; pachy-
toides, 47; Pascoei, 47; Water-
housei, 46.

Polyzonus meridionalis, 413; obtusus,
413; saigonensis, 413.

Porina fuliginea, 488.

Poropterus lemur, 600; python, 599.

Potamophilus abdominalis, 529.

Prepodes annulonotatus, 423.

Pristoderus scaber, 55.

Prosodes trisuleata, 473; vicina, 474.

Prosopodonta costata, 428; punctata,
428.

Protetia advena, 260; andamanarum,
145; conspersa, 261; niveoguttata,
137; nox, 609.

Protopalus, 598.

Protophana amazona, 180.

Pryer, W. B. Descriptions of new
species of Lepidoptera from North
China, 231.

Psephenus Darwinii, 563.

Pseuderbessa, 107.

tenellus.

INDEX,

Pseudocoremia lupinata, 496; pro-
ductata, 551; suavis, 497; ibitina,
389

Pseudonympha Wardii, 390.

Pterocoma convexa, 476; semicarin-
ata, 477; serrimargo, 476; tibialis,
476.

Ptilium columbianum, 169; humile,
170; obscurum. 171; Simsoni, 327.

Pygora costifer, 292; ornata, 135,

Pyrausta Minnehaha, 234.

Pyrrhopoda heryllana, 605.

Rhabdotus floridus, 322.

Rhexia bifasciata, 356; varicosa, 356.
Rhoicus trifasciatus, 520.

Rygmodus pedinoides, 56.

Sagridola flavicollis, 367.

Schincstethus, 563; nigricornis, 564.

Scirtes equalis, 569; costulatus, 568;
difficilis, 571; elegans, 567; elong-
atus, 571; exoletus, 573; singularis,
569; lutescens, 572; maculatus, 568;
marginatus, 570; nigricans, 567;
pallidus, 572; pellucidus, 572; quad-
rimaculatus, 568; sericeus, 570;
uniformis, 569.

Scoparia conifera, 493.

Scopodes tasmanicus, 324.

Scopula notata, 493.

Sebaethe pallidipennis, 442.

Selidosema wgrota, 499.

Sessinia Atkinsoni, 228; sublineata,
229.

Sitaris pectoralis, 48+.

Siteutes ceruleatus, 594; graniger,
593.

Speelotis inconstans, 545.

Sphenoraia bicolor, 453.

Sphenophorus costatus, 425; tibia-
lis, 426.

Spilarctia, 39; confusa, 42; ione, 41;
nydia, 41.

Stenispa attenuata, 185; vespertina,
184.

Stenocylidrus frontalis, 531.

Stenotarsia Scotti, 134.

Sterculia simplicicollis, 421.

Stethomela cornuta, 50; fraternalis,
49; limbata, 50.

Stictopelta fraterna, 340; polita, 339.

Stigmatium audax, 100; centrale, 94;
divisum, 99; egenum, 100; encaus-
tum, 93; ignobile, 99; inconspicu-
um, 99; inscriptum, 96; iodinum,

INDEX,

95; lineare, 99; obscuripenne, 97;
omadioides, 96; pallidiventre, 97;
philippinarum, 93; pusillum, 98;
scapulare, 96; subfuscum, 9+; tape-
tum, 95; tergo-cinctum, 98; versi-
pelle, 101; violaceum, 95; vitreum,
100.

Stigmatrachelus alternans, 366; hu-
meralis, 366.

Stilodes fulvipennis, 519.

Stretch, R. H. Remarks on the
synonymy of the Atlas of the
Heterocera Sphingida and Noc-
tuida, published as a portion of
the results of the voyage of the
* Frigate Novara,” November, 1874,
Wile

Syachis, 467; himalaicus, 467; pici-
cornis, 467.

Synaptola, 400: armipes, 400; brevi-
cornis, 400; chlorina, 401; obtusa,
401; rugulosa, 401.

Sypna achatina, 245; fuliginosa, 245;
fumosa, 245; picta, 244.

Tanychilus metallicus, 56.

Telamona molaris, 222; projecta, 221.

Tephraea rufo-ornata, 259.

Teras cuneigera, 559.

Tereticus, 534; pecticornis, 535.

Terias betheseba, 272; Jaegeri, 273.

Thanasimus rufimanus, 7+.

Thecla enthea, 157; fasciata, 272;
Jonasi, 157: macilentus, 158; mera,
156.

Thelia costigera, 353.

Themesia grandis, 181.

Thenarotes, 320; tasmanicus. 321.

Therates Everetti, 334; princeps, 335;
punctipennis, 334; versicolor, 334.

619

Tillus Semperanus, 62.

Tinea terranea, 510.

Toxocampa fortis, 549.

Tragocephala jucunda, 291.

Trechus diemenensis, 322.

Trichetra fraterna, 204; stibosoma,
204.

Trichopteryx californica, 174; casta-
nea, 173; cognata, 176; parallelopi-
peda, 175; vicina, 172; xanthocera,
174.

Trigonoscelis lacerta, 475; setosa, 475.

Trogodendron monstrosum, 87.

Vanessa Fentoni, 281; Pryeri, 269.

Waterhouse, C. O Descriptions of
new species of Heteromerous Cole-
optera, with synonymical notes,
53; monograph of the Coleopterous
genus Calochromus of the family
Lycide, 195; descriptions of new
or little known species of the
Coleopterous genus Hoplia, 265;
descriptions of new Coleoptera
from Madagascar recently added
to the British Museum Collection,
421; new species of Cleridz and
other Coleoptera from Madagascar,
529; descriptions of new Coleoptera
belonging to the families Psephen-
idee and Cyphonidee, 563.

Xylophasia morosa, 543; rubescens,
489,

Zonitis weneiventris, 55; flaviceps, 55;
nigripes, 54; pupureipennis, 54; tri-
color, 55; violaceipennis, 54.

Zylobara, 498; fenerata, 498.

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