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Descriptions of new species of Herterocerous LeEpipopTEera
from Madagascar; by Artuur G. Butter, F.L.S., F.Z.S.

The following species have recently been added to the National
Collection, and were, with one exception, obtained by the Rev.
Deans Cowan, at Ankafana, Betsileo Country; among other
forms collected by this gentleman were specimens of a Pergesa,
nearly allied to P. humilis (described as a Charocampa), and
which I believe to represent the Cherocampa batschii, of
Keferstein ; it differs from P. humilis in its darker and much
redder coloration, the primaries show a distinct blackish shade,
extending from the end of the cell over the costal area, and
forming a large diffused cuneiform patch (this is very slightly
indicated in Keferstein’s figure), the secondaries, excepting at
base and along the costal border, where they are whity-brown,
and at anal angle, where there is a diffused reddish patch, are
almost black ; the insect is also slightly smaller than Keferstein
represents it, but this may be due to our possessing the male.

Specimens of Nephele charoba obtained by. Mr. Cowan, show
a remarkable variation from reddish clay colour to greyish
olivaceous in the colour of the primaries; they also differ (as
N. morpheus from N, hespera), in having a conspicuous, more or
less triangular, silver spot at the end of the cell.

CHALCOSIID.
HYPSOIDES, n. gen.

Form of the wings as in Hypsa; costal vein of primaries
extending to about the external sixth of the costal margin ;
subcostal three-branched, its first branch given off before the
end of the cell and not reaching the apex, the second and third
from a long footstalk emitted at the superior angle of the cell
and at the same point with the upper radial, discocellulars oblique
emitting the lower radial from their upper third; second and
third median branches emitted from one point at the inferior
angle of the cell; secondaries with the costal and subcostal veins

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apparently united for some distance from their origins, the sub-
costal emitting its two branches from a long footstalk; upper
discocellular short and transverse, lower discocellular long.
slightly arched and oblique; median branches normal, well
separated; submedian and internal veins both extending to outer
margin ; body moderately robust, extending slightly beyond the
secondaries, hairy ; antenne two-fifths the length of primaries,
broadly bipectinated, but compressed; palpi very short, not
extending in front of the head; legs thick, the tarsi rather long.

1. Hypsoides bipars, u. sp.

g Wings above cream coloured, slightly yellower at the
margins, the primaries with the costal margin and apical half
sericeous chocolate-brown; body ochreous, antenne black ;
under surface slightly paler, secondaries with a brown apical
costal dash; legs black above, ochreous below. Expanse of
wings 58 mm.

Forests of Ancaya (Robillard).

Although the style of coloration of this species somewhat
resembles that of the Liparide, I believe it structurally to be
allied to some of the genera of the Chalcosiide; from the
Hypsine, its short palpi at once distinguish it.

ZYGANIDZ.
2. Hydrusa Kefersteinii, n. sp.

Q Somewhat reminds one of the Glaucopis tollinii, of Kefer-
stein; blackish or dark greyish-brown; primaries with six large
oval cream coloured spots, the first three forming a triangle on
the basal half, the three others upon the last subcostal and the
median interspaces; a short pale yellow streak at base of inner
margin; secondaries with a large pyriform cream coloured patch
on abdominal area, and two unequal small spots on the second
median and radial interspaces; a spot on each side of the collar
and another on each shoulder yellow, abdomen with a row of
cream coloured spots on each side. Expanse of wings 36 mm.

Ankafana, in the forest.

ARCTIID.
CALLICEREON, n. gen.

Allied to Eucereon of tropical America, but the body less
robust; the discoidal cell of secondaries decidedly shorter.

Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Madagascar. 3

3. Callicereon affine, n. sp.

g Closely allied to C. heterochroa (Deiopeia heterochroa, of
Mabille), but differing in the coloration of the secondaries, which
are semitransparent pearly-white, with the costal border and
apex, a narrow external margin and the tips of the veins, dark
brown; a small black spot at the end of the cell. Expanse of
wings 34 mm.

Ankafana.
4. Daphenura minuscula, n. sp.

@ Primaries above greenish-black, crossed by six narrow
squamose ochreous bands, and with a spot of the same colour
at the end of the cell; secondaries orange-ochreous; the costal
and external borders anda spot at the end of the cell black;
head black; collar and thorax carmine; abdomen black, with
anal segment and tuft carmine; primaries below blackish, with
three subconfluent longitudinal costal dashes; secondaries ochre-
ous; a spot at the base, a subbasal transverse spot divided by
the costal vein, a spot at the end of the cell and the outer
margin, black; body below black-brown, anus carmine. Hxpanse
of wings 34 mm.

Ankafana.
5. Huchetes madagascariensis, n. sp.

¢ Primaries ochreous, becoming gradually paler towards
the outer margin, secondaries pale ochreous, darker along the
abdominal margin; body dark ochreous, with dorsal and lateral
series of black spots; antenne black; wings below pale creamy-
ochreous, with darker costal borders; body below dark ochreous,
tibie and tarsi black above. Expanse of wings 43 mm,

Ankafana.

Nearest to EH. aurata, from South America, but larger and
with comparatively narrower primaries.

LITHOSIIDA.
6. Bizone saalmuelleri, n. sp.

Q Snow-white; primaries above with a scarlet spot near the
base of the costal border and below it a black spot; a nearly
transverse scarlet stripe across the basal third, inangled upon
the costal border, and followed by a small black spot in the cell;
a second scarlet stripe oblique, and sometimes slightly sinuous

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4 Mr. Butier’s descriptions of new species of

just beyond the cell and preceded by a black discocellular lunule;
a subapical bisinuated slender squamose scarlet line; back of
collar, a band across each tegula, and a spot in the centre of the
thorax, scarlet; antenne and palpi ochreous; the anterior and
middle pairs of legs banded with ochreous, posterior legs with
ochreous tarsi; body and wings below white, almost without
markings, but the scarlet stripes of the primaries visible through
the wing as pink stripes; the costal margin ochreous towards
the base. Expanse of wings 43-48 mm.

Ankafana.
Allied to B. adita, of Moore, from Darjiling.

7. Coracia plumicornis, n. sp.

g Primaries much like those of C. ciliaris, of Europe, silvery-
grey, with darker mottling; a broad white band with zigzag
edges at basal third; a discal stripe formed of four irregularly
placed white lunules and an apical spot white; a marginal series
of black dots; fringe and entire surface of secondaries cream
coloured; body white, slightly sordid towards the posterior ex-
tremity ; antenne beautifully plumose, dark grey; primaries,
costa of secondaries and body below silvery-gr eyish ; remainder
of secondaries white. Expanse of wings 17 mm.

Ankafana, in the forest.

The genus Coracia is at present so small that it is impossible
to be certain that the more highly developed antennal pectina-
tion in this species entitles it to distinct generic rank; I therefore
prefer to regard it provisionally as a true Coracia.

The species of Sozuza described below, although in colouring
they differ much more than many of the genera in this family,
are so absolutely alike in neuration, both of the primaries and
secondaries, that it is impossible to separate them generically,

8. Sozuza punctistriata, n. sp.

2 Primaries deep golden-ochreous or cadmium-yellow, crossed
in the middle by an oblique series of four blue-black dashes,
the third >-shaped; secondaries paler ochreous; body pale
ochreous with the head collar and anus dark; under surface
ochreous, deepest at the borders of the wings; tibie and tarsi
of anterior and middle pairs of legs dark grey ; posterior legs
barred with grey at the joints. Expanse of wings 36 mm,

Ankafana.

Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Madagascar. 4)

This and the following species bear considerable resemblance
to the female of onistis quadra, though they differ entirely
in neuration.

9. Sozuza mabille?, n. sp.

@ Differs from the preceding species as follows—primaries
with four dark metallic green spots, two at basal third of inter-
nal area, placed obliquely one above the other and the two others
just beyond the middle of the costal area, the upper one which
rests upon the costa being much larger than the other; legs
below dark metallic green where they are grey in S. puneti-
striata. Hxpanse of wings 41 mm.

Ankafana.
10. Sozuza albicans, n. sp.

@ Nearly allied to S. kingdoni, but larger; the primaries
shining snow-white with fewer black spots, as follows, one near
the base, one in the cell, one just beyond the middle of the costa,
one on the lower radial interspace just above the forking of the
second and third median branches, and three in an oblique
increasing series from the median vein to the inner margin;
secondaries snow-white, the base and abdominal area broadl
suffused with ochreous; thorax snow-white, spotted with black,
the collar and tegule with ochreous margins; abdomen ochreous,
whitish on the anal segment; wings below white, the veins
touched with ochreous at the base; body white, the sides of the
pectus and margins of the abdominal segments ochreous; a series
of black spots along each side of the venter; tarsi tipped with
black, Expanse of wings 62 mm.

Ankafana.
11. Sozuza sordida, n. sp.

Q Whity-brown; primaries with the veins and a large central
costal spot white; the base of costal border, the discoidal cell,
the base of interno-median area, and the external half between
the veins darker brown than the remainder of the ground
colour; an irregular G-shaped discal series of black dashes
between the veins; secondaries with white abdominal border;
a spot on the head and the sides of the tegule black; abdomen
blackish towards the extremity ; primaries below whity-brown,
sparsely speckled with blackish towards outer margin; borders
white; secondaries white, sparsely speckled with blackish, es-
pecially towards the costa and outer margin; costal border

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slightly brownish; body below whity-brown, the anterior coxe
darker. Expanse of wings 47 mm.

Ankafana.

12. Sozuza aspersa, u. sp.

Q Allied to the preceding species, snow-white; the pri-
maries streaked with brown, and dotted with black between the
veins; the base of costal border more or less suffused with dark
brown; an irregular looped dark brown discal stripe almost
agreeing in outline with the series of black dashes on the pre-
ceding species; secondaries irrorated with grey and black;
body white, the collar and centre of abdomen more or less
suffused with greyish-brown; a spot on the head, a dorsal line
on the thorax, and the sides of the tegule, black; under surface
white, irrorated with grey and black; primaries with a brownish
discoidal streak, sometimes extending almost to apex; anterior
coxe and sides of venter more or less greyish; anterior tarsi and
a streak on each side of the venter in the male black. Expanse
of wings, ¢ 47 mm., 2 43 mm.

Ankafana.,

13. Prabhasa carnea, un, sp.

é Allied to P. venosa, of Moore, though more like Delgoma
reticulata; primaries above shining flesh-pink, irrorated with
black ; costal margin narrowly ferruginous; a blackish spot
beyond the middle of this margin, from which a very oblique
dark brown line runs outwards to the lower radial, where there
is a second blackish spot, it then bends suddenly backwards
obliquely to the inner margin just opposite to its commence-
ment, and runs along this margin almost to the base; secondaries
semitransparent creamy-white, with the outer half of the veins,
the outer margin and fringe, pale ferruginous; head and thorax
hrownish flesh colour; abdomen with the basal half ash- grey,
the anal half whity- brown: primaries below pale rosy-brown,
secondaries as above; body rosy-brown, distinctly deeper in
colour than the primaries. Expanse of wings 32 mm.

Ankafana.

14, Prabhasa ardens, n. sp.

g, 2 Allied to the preceding species, but decidedly smaller,
the primaries brownish flesh colour, distinctly darker and redder
than in 2. carnea, very sparsely irrorated with black scales

Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Madagascar. 7

beyond the middle; some examples also have a black dot beyond
the middle of the costa, a transverse abbreviated black line below
it, from the inner margin to the first median branch, and a
black <-shaped marking on the second median interspace at
about the middle of the disc; the secondaries, body and under
surface are similar to those of P. carnea, the females being a
little paler. Expanse of wings ¢ 20-21 mm., 9 24-25 mm.

Ankafana.

The specimens with black markings on the primaries are
slightly larger than those without them, but the similarity in
other respects is so complete that I am constrained to regard
both forms as referable to one species.

Lithosia notifera, of Saalmiiller, appears to me to be allied to
the two preceding species; if I have rightly identified it, we have
it from Ankafana.

15. Prabhasa nigrosparsa, n. sp.

Primaries above sericeous whity-brown or grey, densely irro-
rated with black; one or two black spots near the base; a black
spot at apical two-fifths of costal margin, a dot at the end of the
cell, two black spots on the radial interspaces near outer margin,
and a black spot on the inner margin opposite to the costal spot;
secondaries creamy-white, slightly flesh tinted at the borders;
thorax of the same colour as the primaries, abdomen with the
basal half ash-grey, the anal half pale flesh tinted; primaries
below smoky-brown, black speckled, greyish towards the outer
margin ; secondaries creamy-whitish, flesh tinted, and black
speckled on the costal area and external border; pectus brown,
the anterior legs blackish above, posterior legs and venter pale
pinky-brown. Expanse of wings 26-27 mm.

Ankafana.

16. Prabhasa flexistriata, n. sp.

General coloration of the preceding species, but with some-
what narrower primaries and different markings; primaries
above greyish-brown, with two ill-defined longitudinal streaks
and the external third whitish; the entire surface irrorated with
black, the costal margin and the veins upon the external area
blackish; a black costal spot just above the end of the cell, from
which a dark brown stripe runs to the lower radial vein, whence
to the second median branch it passes transversely behind two

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small black spots, then turns inwards longitudinally to above
the middle of the first median branch, and then again down-
wards to just beyond the middle of the inner margin; fringe
white, tipped with grey; secondaries cream coloured, slightly
sordid towards the costa; body greyish-brown, the abdomen
slightly paler than the thorax; primaries and pectus greyish;
secondaries and sides of venter cream coloured. Expanse of
wings 24 mm.

Ankafana.
17. Prabhasa jasciata, n. sp.

Creamy-whitish; primaries above sparsely speckled with
blackish, and with a broad irregular blackish streak from the
basal two-fifths of inner margin to the outer margin just below
apex; secondaries with greyish external area, narrowing towards
the anal angle; thorax with a black spot just behind the collar;
abdomen with slightly buff tinted anal segment; primaries below
grey, with creamy-whitish borders; secondaries creamy-white,
with the costal area greyish towards apex; body creamy-white,
the anterior legs greyish. Expanse of wings 25 mm.

Ankafana.

18. Prabhasa angustata, n. sp.

Primaries sienna-red, black speckled, changing to greyish-
brown towards the outer margin, and with brown costal margin;
a black costal spot beyond the middle, and three or four
increasing longitudinal black dashes on the median and interno-
median interspaces; a black spot just beyond the middle of the
inner margin; fringe grey, with a broad cream-coloured basal
stripe limited externally by a dark grey line; secondaries
creamy-Wwhitish with the basal third ochreous and the apical
area greyish; fringe pure white excepting at apex, where it is
dusky; body ochraceous; under surface cream coloured, slightly
buff tinted at the base of the wings; primaries slightly tinted
with greyish; legs greyish. Expanse of wings 24 mm.

Ankafana. :

19. Prabhasa insignis, n, sp.

Aspect of Macotasa tortriccides from Java; primaries above
ochreous, sprinkled with a few widely separated black scales,
the internal and external areas slightly redder than the rest of
the wing; basal third of costal margin narrowly edged with
black; a conspicuous cuneiform black spot just beyond the

Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Madagascar. 9

middle of the costal border, and a small black submarginal spot
on the lower radial interspace; secondaries cream coloured; the
fringe and outer margin slightly flesh tinted; thorax ‘pale buff,
a black dorsal line behind the collar; abdomen with the basal
half cream coloured, the anal half ochreous; primaries below
flesh tinted, changing to pale buff on the costal and external
borders; discoidal area slightly greyish; secondaries cream
coloured; body below dusky, cream coloured at the sides,
Expanse of wings 27 mm.

Ankafana.
20. Lysceia parvula, n. sp.

g Primaries above pale greyish-brown, darker and redder on
basal third, which is bounded externally by an irregularly angu-
lated dusky margined white stripe; a black dot at the end of the
cell, interrupting the white border of an angulated dusky brown
stripe; external border broadly dusky, traversed by an arched
submarginal white stripe; secondaries and body cream coloured;
primaries below greyish, the submarginal white stripe of the
upper surface faintly visible; internal border pale; secondaries
and body creamy-white; legs slightly yellower. Expanse of
wings 17 mm,

Q Larger than the male, the primaries more uniform and
paler, the dusky stripes indistinct, especially towards the costa,
and without white borders; three dusky spots, one in the cell,
the second at the end of the cell, the third subapical, arranged
in a nearly equidistant longitudinal series; primaries below
greyish-white, with cream coloured borders; secondaries, body
and legs uniformly cream coloured. Expanse of wings 20 mm.

Ankafana.

I believe that I am right in associating the above as opposite
sexes of one species.

21. Hugoa marmorea, n. sp.

$ Primaries above snow-white, with an irregularly cunei-
form brown patch, the anterior margin of which is black, and
extends to the centre of the costa, and the posterior margin
along the median vein to the origin of its first branch, where
it is immediately followed by a small black spot; a broad
irregular patch of reddish and ereyish-brown, filling in the
area around the external angle, which is occupied by a small
spot of snow-white; a short black costal dash, from which a
brownish streak runs transversely to the superior angle of the

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cell, and below which, at the end of the cell, are two minute
dusky dots; a black apical costal spot; secondaries cream
coloured; thorax greyish-brown, abdomen cream coloured,
snow-white at base; wings below whity-brown, almost cream
coloured, the primaries with the costa and discoidal area grey;
a cuneiform dark grey costal apical patch, from which a grey
streak runs indistinctly across the disc to the end of the cell of
secondaries; body pale creamy-buff. Expanse of wings 17 mm.

Ankafana.

22. Eugoa placida, n. sp.

¢@ Primaries above creamy-white, the costal border pale
reddish-brown, a band of the same colour at basal third pre-
ceded by an oblique black stripe, which is inangled upon the
costal border ; a second band or stripe at external third biangu-
lated or simply zigzag, its extremities blackish; a third band
with irregularly undulated outer edge half-way between the
second band and the external border, which like it is of a pale
reddish-brown colour; a small black dot in the cell and a second
at the end of the cell; secondaries cream coloured; thorax pale
flesh tinted, with a black streak on each tegula; abdomen flesh
tinted, white at base; primaries below greyish cream coloured,
with the basal half of the internal border purer in colour, and the
costal and external margins slightly yellowish; secondaries creamy-
white; body below flesh tinted. Expanse of wings 22 mm.

Ankafana.

23. Nola bryophiloides, n. sp.

Primaries white, irrorated with grey; costal margin spotted
with black; a sigmoidal black lie running from the second costal
spot (at basal fourth) to the inner margin; a second line running
from the fourth costal spot (at external third) in a regular arch
to the middle of the first median interspace, then abruptl
inwards, outwards and downwards to the outer third of the
inner margin; a trisinuate black submarginal stripe, followed
by three almost marginal blackish streaks; a marginal series of
minute black dots; fringe spotted with dark grey; secondaries
shining creamy-whitish, with greyish apical area and outer
margin; thorax white, grey speckled, abdomen cream coloured;
primaries below dark grey, with whitish internal border; second-
aries shining white, with greyish apical area and margin; body
below grey; legs barred with white. Hxpanse of wings 22 mm,

Ankafana.
Allied to NV. strigulalis of Europe.

Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Madagascar. ula

LIPARIDA.*
24. Cherotriche limonea, n. sp.

g Allied to C. ochrea, but lemon-yellow ; the primaries
mottled across the disc w ith cadmium-yellow ; the centre of the
wing from the discoidal cell to the inner margin crossed by a
band, formed by the approximation one below the other of three
oblong patches of coarse black scales; secondaries sulphur-
yellow, with lemon-yellow abdominal ar ea ; body lemon-yellow,
deeper i in front than behind, the tegule crossed upon the shoulders
by an oblique testaceous bar ; anal segment and a few scattered
hairs on the lateral segments black ; antenne whitish with
testaceous pectinations; wings below sericeous sulphur-yellow,
pale; the base of the wings and the costal margin of primaries
suffused with lemon-yellow ; body below leva yellow, legs
sulphur-yellow, venter silver y-whitish in the centre, anus black.
Expanse of wings 40 mm.

Ankafana.

Should be placed between C. ochrea and C. inconcisa, Walk.

25. Artaxa incommoda, n. sp.

¢ Primaries above creamy-white; costal margin ochreous
towards the base ; secondaries ochreous, with cream coloured
costal area; body cream coloured, anus ochreous ; antenne with
testaceous pectinations; under surface cream coloured; the costal
border of primaries ochraceous, most distinctly towards the base.
Expanse of wings 26 mm.

Ankafana.
PACHYCISPIA, n. gen.

Allied to Cispia, but the primaries more pointed at apex; sub-
costal four branched, the first branch emitted before the end
of the cell, the second and third forming a rather short and
narrow fork to apex, the fourth emitted from below the foot-
stalk of the second and third near its origin; the upper radial
emitted from the superior angle of the cell, the lower from the
centre of the discocellulars, which are angulated; three median
branches all well separated ; secondaries relative'y smaller than
in Cispia, narrower; the discoidal cell reaching to about the

* We have received both sexes of what appears to be Walker's Por-
thesia producta, the female only differing from his much broken type
in being rather smaller.

12 Mr. Buter’s descriptions of new species of

middle of the wing; the subcostals emitted together at the
superior angle of the cell, and the second and third medians
from the inferior angle, the radial from the middle of the disco-
cellulars which are arched; body very robust, with short and
broadly pectinated antenne, with filiform extremities, abdomen

without distinct anal tuft; legs short, woolly and moderately
thick.

26. Pachycispia picta, n. sp.

¢@ Primaries above red-brown, densely irrorated with grey
and black, the central belt represented by two opposed dentate-
sinuate blackish lines, angled above the middle, the inner one
bounded internally by four pale ochreous rounded spots from
the subcostal to the submedian vein, the outer one bounded
externally by an oblique series of four similar spots from the
third median to the submedian vein; the belt also encloses two
silvery-white spots upon the internal border; external border
broadly ochraceous, with deeply dentated inner edge, but the
fringe and outer margin of the ground colour; secondaries
ochreous; head white, the vertex densely sprinkled with
chocolate coloured scales; collar and sides of thorax flesh-pink,
sprinkled with ferruginous scales; tegule white, sprinkled with
black, tipped with chocolate and white, and bordered internally
with ochraceous; dorsal surface of thorax crested, ochreous;
abdomen bright ochreous, with the sides and anus white; under
surface sericeous-white; the primaries slightly ochraceous in the
middle, all the wings with the costal area finely irrorated with
chocolate, a ferruginous subapical spot on the outer margin; a
diffused ferruginous central band, a black dotted dentate-sinuate
discal line, a more or less defined subapical abbreviated choco-
late-brown band on the primaries, the fringe of the same colour
and a black discocellular dot on the secondaries; anterior tibie
black, sprinkled with white scales; tibie of other legs with a
black spot; venter irrorated with ferruginous. Expanse of
wings 52 mm.

Ankafana,

Not at all an uncommon species.

27. Lymantria dulcinea, n. sp.

Allied to Z. monacha, of the same form; both sexes with the
same pattern as the male of that species; primaries of the male
sericeous-white, with the dentate-sinuate lines and marginal dots
red-brown; secondaries pale rose-pink ; head, collar and tegule

Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Madagascar. 13

pale flesh colour, with red-brown markings, thorax white; abdo-
men cream colour, darker towards the anal extremity; antenne
with sandy-yellowish pectinations; under surface pinky-white;
primaries of the female sericeous creamy-white, tinted with
sulphur-yellow along the borders; the markings dark olive-
brown; secondaries with the basal two-thirds pale rose-pink,
fading into sericeous-white on the external area; the margin
spotted with brown (a character wanting in our male example);
fringe pale sulphur-yellow; thorax cream colour, yellowish in
front, the markings olive-brown; abdomen greyish-white; under
surface pale sulphur-yellow; wings with brown discocellular
lunule, three squamose arched dentated discal brown stripes
and a marginal series of black dots. Hxpanse of wings, ¢ 35
mm., 2 46 mm.

Ankafana.

There is also a female which seems to be a variety of this
species, in which the primaries and thorax above are entirely
pale sulphur-yellow, with the brown markings less defined
above, slightly less irregular and almost obliterated on the
under surface; the brown marginal spots of the secondaries are
also less numerous.

From JZ. rosea this species differs entirely in the shape of the
primaries; that insect being more like L. pusilla in shape.

28. Calliteara elegans, un. sp.

g Allied to C. abietis, of Europe; primaries above snow-
white, coarsely speckled with black scales, especially upon the
basal third, which is limited by an angulated brown stripe; veins,
excepting upon the centre of the costal area, brown; an oblique
post-median zigzag black line immediately followed by a costal
patch of black scales, and below this by an increasing irregular
brown band, its inner edge inarched; a dentate-sinuate black
discal stripe united at its upper extremity to the first angle of
the zigzag black line; the black speckling of the external border
indicating a marginal series of rounded white spots; fringe sandy-
brown, spotted with whitish; secondaries ochreous, deepest on
the abdominal border, greyish in the central longitudinal area,
and with an imperfect dusky external border; fringe tipped
with whitish; head whity-brown; palpi black, banded with
whity-brown at the extremities; antennz white, black speckled
and with brown pectinations; thorax tawny, white-speckled,

14 Mr. Burter’s descriptions of new species of

tegule almost wholly white black speckled, abdomen tawny-
ochreous; wings cream coloured, irrorated with black on the
costal area; the cells terminating in conspicuous whitish pupilled
black spots, beyond which, on the costal areas, are short trans-
verse black dashes; fringe of primaries spotted with brown at
the tips; body below testaceous; tibiw above white, barred with
black; tarsi black, Expanse of wings 51 mm.

Ankafana.
29. Calliteara grandidieri, n. sp.

g Also allied to C. abietis, but in the general coloration of
the primaries more like Direllomera fascellina; primaries seri-
ceous mouse-grey, sparsely sprinkled with black atoms, crossed
by four zigzag white stripes, more or less irrorated w ith large
black scales, and spotted with orange; the black scaling most
prominent on the two first stripes, which cross the wing close
to the base and just before the middle respectively, the two
others cross the disc, the outer one being interrupted upon the
radial interspaces; a marginal series of white edged orange spots
speckled with black, and a somewhat similar spot at the end of
the cell; secondaries white, the fringe spotted with grey; body
whity-brown, sandy-reddish behind the collar, which is white
and black speckled at the back; abdomen with blackish dorsal
spots; antenne white, black speckled and with dark brown
pectinations; under surface of primaries pale silver-grey, the
costal and discoidal areas to the middle of the disc washed with
dark grey; a diffused blackish spot at the end of the cell and a
transverse costal dash beyond it; fringe spotted externally with
dark brown; secondaries below + hite, a few black scales at the
end of the “cell, and a short streak of black scales beyond it
upon the costal area; body whity-brown, tibie and tarsi black,
banded with white. Expanse of wings 53 mm.

Ankafana,

Mardara complicata, of Darjiling, would be better located in
this genus,

30. Calliteara merens, n. sp.

¢ Allied to C. viola (Mardara viola, Butler*); primaries
above lilacine-grey, sericeous, the basal area sap-green, varied
with black and white scales ; the central belt indicated by two

* The species of Mardara are broader winged and altogether more
heavily built than C. viola which agrees with Callitearu.

Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Madagascar. 15

sap-green stripes enclosing irregularly undulated black lines,
these stripes are wide apart and enclose an almost circular area
in their upper half, but run nearly parallel below the median
vein and its first branch, and are almost obliterated by snow-
white scales towards the costa; a submarginal series of
sap-green spots, and a marginal series of similar spots but for
the most part enclosing black lunules; fringe indistinctly spotted
with grey ; secondaries pale greyish brown with whity-brown,
external border; thorax reddish olivaceous sprinkled with white ;
abdomen brown; antenne white, with brown pectinations; under
surface sandy-whitish ; blackish discocellular spots followed by
two indistinct dusky discal stripes; primaries with the discoidal
area and part of the disc smoky-brown; fringe externally
spotted with blackish ; secondaries with the fringe spotted at
‘apex. Hxpanse of wings 43 mm,

Q? Primaries above white irrorated with sap-green, and with
black scales indicating the male markings; the secondaries
slightly paler than in the male; the primaries below whiter
without the decidedly darker brown suffusion ; the markings
indistinct ; secondaries with the outer discal stripe alone distinct,
especially at anal angle. Hxpanse of wings 54 mm.

Ankafana.

Ihave very little doubt that the female above indicated
belongs to this species, but it is a good deal worn.

31. Calliteara pastor, n. sp.

g Primaries above bright emerald-green, spotted with seri-
ceous snow-white, irregularly and imperfectly striped with grey,
and crossed by three irregularly sinuated black lines, the first
subbasal, the two others representing the central band, and
formed nearly as in the preceding species; between the first
and second of these black lines is the first grey stripe, which
is spotted on costal margin and below the cell with black; a
S-shaped black discocellular spot; base and external border
white, the outer margin and fringe flecked with brown (appar-
ently with a marginal series of small black spots, but the type
is a little rubbed) ; secondaries pale greyish-brown ; body sandy-
yellow, flecked with white, abdomen brownish, with white edged
segments and white tipped yellow dorsal tufts; under surface
cream coloured ; wings with discocellular spots and an indistint
discal stripe grey. Expanse of wings 34 mm.

Ankafana.

16 Mr. Burier’s descriptions of new species of

Calliteara prasina.

g Primaries above pale sap-green, the costal area darker and
bluer-green, divided by oblique snow-white dashes; the fifth
dark-green costal patch from the base continued, as a sinuated
sap-green line darker than the ground colour, across the disc;
beyond this there is a very faint indication of the commencement
of a series of white bordered spots ; costal margin black edged
between the white dashes; a large blackish oval patch before the
middle of the inner margin; fringe creamy-white ; secondaries
white, the basi-aedmariaell half sordid ; a brown dash close to
anal angle ; thorax green; abdomen whity-brown with a dark
brown dorsal crest ; under surface white ; the primaries with a
discoidal streak and a subcostal streak expanding towards the
apex dark brown; costal border cream coloured ; submedian and
internal areas streaked with red-brown; secondaries with a
brown flecked arched purplish or laky-brown streak from the
base to the extremity of the second median branch, where it
joins a second straight longitudinal streak of the same colour ;
abdominal area flecked with laky-brown ; legs greenish above ;
venter with the posterior half flesh Gare at the (ies and black-
ish in the middle. Expanse of wings 30 mm,

Var. Paler than the typical form, rather smaller ; the prima-
ries with no blackish oval patch on the internal area; secondaries
and under surface snow-white; primaries with the discoidal and
subcostal streaks ill-defined, no other markings; secondaries
without the brown streaks ; venter without the blackish patch.
Expanse of wings 29 mm.

Ankafana.
38. Dasychira pumila, n. sp.

g Primaries above with the costal area snow-white, the
remainder of the wing chocolate-brown, interrupted by irregular
transverse white stripes; two irregularly sinuated black stripes
across the basal third and a third just beyond the cell, black ;
these stripes are formed nearly as in D. pudibunda ; a brown
>-shape marking at the end of the cell, external border white
with a slender brown line; fringe white tipped with grey ;
secondaries cream coloured, the apical area irrorated with
greyish-brown; thorax white, the collar and head sprinkled
with chocolate-brown ; metathorax with a large central blackish
patch ; abdomen cream coloured irrorated with brown; antenne
white with dark brown pectinations; primaries below dark
smoky-grey, costal margin spotted beyond the middle with black

Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Madagascar. 17

and white; internal border whitish; fringe snow-white ; second-
aries white, with a few scattered dark brown scales, a brown
spot at the end of the cell and another at apex; body below
white, legs brown above. Expanse of wings 25 mm.

Ankafana.

34. Dasychira pallida, vu, sp.

Q Primaries above white, densely irrorated with dark brown
so as to give them a greyish aspect ; the basal third crossed by
two ull- denned ireaule arly undulated blackish lines ; a third line,
much as in D. pudibunda, beyond the cell ; crsoawelliniers also
blackish ; secondaries grey; thorax white, densely irrorated with
brown, abdomen one white ; antenne red-brown; primaries
below pale smoky-brown with whitish internal area ; secondaries
white irrorated with smoky-brown ; body below coulis white;
legs brownish; the tarsi dark brown flecked here and there with
white. Expanse of wings 44 mm.

Ankafana,

Unfortunately the type isa little rubbed; in general colora-
tion it is not unhke D. punctatella of Motschoulsky.

35. Parorgyia phasiana, n. sp.

¢ Basal two-fifths of primaries brown, the lower third of this
area being extremely dark, almost black, the outer edge also
dark revat , oblique and biangulated in the middle ; ; immediately
following this is a broad belt with irregularly undulated blackish
outer edge, the upper two-thirds twice as broad as the lower and
of a dull steel-blue colour sprinkled with greenish scales, the
lower third whitish with pale greenish Beales in the centre;
external area whity-brown mottled with dark brown n, which
almost covers the central third ; secondaries pale greyish-brown ;
hody blackish-brown; the head a little paler ; antenne whitish
with dark brown pe Minations: wings below sordid whitish, with
dusky discocellular spots and a regular discal series of sub-
confluent small spots; body blackish im front whity-brown
behind. Expanse of wings 33 mm.

Ankafana.

36. Parorgyia maligna, 0. sp.

g Allied to the preceding species, although with a very dif-
ferent aspect; basal area whity-brown, with the internal third
black; a broad almost central dark brown irregular belt from

Ib

18 Mr. Burver’s descriptions of new species of

costa to inner margin; the costal border from base to the outer
edge of this belt fuliginous-brown barred with black, thus re-
ducing the pale portion of the basal area to a large oblique
patch ; external area brown, the apical portion (which occupies
nearly a third of the entire wing) whitish, with an oblique dark
brown costal spot, and the lower half traversed by a submarginal
series of pale edged black spots; a marginal series of smaller
black spots; fringe whity-brown, spotted with blackish; second-
aries whity-brown, with two indistinct arched dusky discal
stripes, the outer one, which is submarginal, rather broad
towards apex; thorax dark sandy-brown, touched here and
there with darker brown, the tegule crossed obliquely in the
centre by a blackish bar; antenne and abdomen dark purplish-
brown; under surface sericeous cream coloured; primaries with
an indistinct spot at the end of the cell and a stripe beyond it,
oreyish; a small costal spot towards apex; costal border sandy-
yellowish, secondaries with a small indistinct dusky spot at the
end of the cell and a second larger one close to apex; pectus
sandy-yellowish in front, anterior legs blackish above; venter
laky-brown. Expanse of wings 383 mm.

Ankafana.

SATURNIID.
d¢. Bunea plumicornis, 1. sp.

$ Form of B. alcinoe, but in pattern more lke b. asluuga
aud diospyri; wings deep purplish-brown; the disc crossed by
a narrow band of this colour, relieved by a broad diffused belt
of snow-white; the external border olivaceous shading into dull
yellowish- brown at the outer margins; primaries with the basal
two-thirds of the costal area broadly cream coloured, irrorated
(excepting at the base) with grey-brown scales; basal area
(excepting the costal border) dark laky-brown, bounded above
aud externally by an elbowed oblique white band; immediately
beyond the cell is a large subquadrate hyaline-white patch,
notched in front and almost touching the snow-white discal belt;
secondaries lake-red at base, this colour being beunded exter-
nally by a rather broad snow-white band; centre of costal area
rose colour, interno-median area with a few rose-red hairs mixed
with the brown ones; a very large golden-orange ocellus, with
hyaline-white pupil, black border and snow-white zone, over the
end of the cell; the white zone confluent with the white discal
belt ; head and thorax dark purplish-lake ; antenna very large,
strongly plumose, black ; abdomen sandy-brown, redder at the

Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Madagascar. 19

base; under surface of the wings brown; so densely speckled with
white as to give it a grey tint; external border dark chocolate-
brown, with dentate-sinuate internal edge; all the wings also
crossed beyond the middle by two convergent dark brown bands,
the outer one bounded internally by a widely diffused snow-
white border; primaries with the basal half of the discoidal cell
deep plum colour, the external half whitish ; the interno-median
area bright rose colour; the hyaline-white spot as above; second-
aries with sandy abdominal border; the ocellus of the upper
surface replaced by a dark brown patch crossed by an almost
cuneiform yellowish patch, with hyaline-white centre; pectus
dark purplish-lake; tibie and tarsi blackish; venter brown, with
two series of subconfluent black spots down each side; anus
yellowish, tipped with rose coloured hair, Expanse of wings
175 mm.
Ankafana.

In the dark ground colour of its wings this species agrees with
some examples of Stoll’s B. cafraria, the approximation of the
hyaline patch to the pale belt of primaries also reminds one of
this species, but the white colour of this belt brings it nearer to
B. diospyri, of which indeed I should have supposed it to be the
male were it not for the fact that this is the sex of M. Mabille’s
type: our example of B. diospyri is a female, and certainly
agrees more nearly with B. aslauga (except in its yellow colour)
than the beautiful species above described.

38. Ceranchia reticolens, n. sp.

¢ Allied to C. apollina, but the primaries densely irrorated
with black scales, the veins distinctly black; the ocellus black
with small dull orange oblique centre ; the bands indicating the
central belt more parallel, the outer one being straight from the
lower radial to the inner margin, its external white border taper-
ing toa point instead of being continued round to the costa ;
secondaries with black veins, blacker ocellus, straighter discal
stripe and black external border ; abdomen greyer with dark
brown anus. Expanse of wings 121 mm.

The venation agrees with that of the female of C. apollina;
the coccoon is very different, the true coccoon being placed in
the centre of a much larger and pyriform net of pale golden
wire-like silk, which is attached to the twigs of the food-plant;

B2

20 Mr. Buruer’s descriptions of new species of

the length of this outer envelope is 89 millimetres, and its great-
est width 48 millimetres ; in C. apollina the double character of
the coccoon is less readily seen.

Ceranchia cribrelli, a. sp.

Q Extremely pale smoky-brown, with slightly darker dentated
external borders; primaries with cream coloured woolly basal
area ; two subparallel blackish bands indicating the central belt;
the inner one slightly arched, the outer one arched ebowe
the lower radial ; Cecllee whity- brown with blackish margin ;
secondaries with a blackish band somewhat as in C. apollina,
but much further from the outer margin ; ocellus black, oval
with narrow dull ochreous centre; body whity-brown ; thorax
almost white, with the head, collar and tegule ochreous ;
antenne black ; wings below without bands; the secondaries
without ocellus; pectus brown; legs dull ochreous; venter
whity-brown. Expanse of wings 150 mm,

The pupa is quite unlike that of the other two species, being
single and formed like that of Cricula fenestrata of coarsely
woven shining silvery-whitish silk, pierced in all directions with
round holes, and especially towards the larger extremity.

40. Copaxa vulpina, n. sp.

2 Probably allied to C. dura,* foxy-red; wings with an ir-
regular submarginal series of unequal grey-clouded whitish
spots; a straight oblique grey stripe irom the costa of primaries
near the apex to just above the middle of the abdominal border
of secondaries; primaries with a second straight stripe, perpen-
dicular, running across the middle of the wing and joining the
oblique stripe upon the inner margin; half-way between these
two stripes, beyond the cell, is a small circular erey-bordered
hyaline-white spot; secondaries with a rounded grey spot with
minute hyaline pupil upon the lower discocellular ; costal area
rather paler than the rest of the wing ; abdomen rather paler
and more pink in colour than the thorax; under surface of wings
washed with flesh-pink, more sandy towards the base; external

*“M. Mabille refers this species to Perisumena, but P. cecigena (the
type of the genus) has enormous antennz; whereas in the allies of
LP’. dura they are very small: Walker's P. semicaca is Cirina forda, of
Westwood. .

Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Madagascar. 21

border broadly foxy-red, its inner edge slightly undulated on the
primaries and regularly zigzag on the secondaries; primaries
with a straight central brown stripe similar to the inner grey
one on the upper surface but apparently continued across the
secondaries, although the stripe on these wings represents the
lower half of the oblique stripe of the upper AIR EeO : ocelloid
spots darker than above and with narrow whitish margins; a
submarginal series of pinky-white spots, more or less conical in
shape ; tibia and tarsi above rose coloured ; venter mottled at
the sides with whitish. Expanse of wings 81 mm.

Ankafana.

LASIOCAMPID Ai.

The species which appears to me to be the Bombyx echinata,
of Saalmiiller, belongs apparently to the South American genus
Hydrusa.

41. Lasiocampa leonina, n. sp.

@ Wings above sandy-yellow, clouded with smoky-grey ;
crossed before the middle by a slightly irregular dusky line and
beyond the middle by a waved subangulated line enclosing a
ereyish area, representing the central belt and followed on the
primaries by a wavy narrower grey belt; at the end of the cell
and within the first belt is a cream coloured spot; the external
area is slightly clouded with grey on the primaries but on the
secondaries is dark reddish, and clouded with dark grey, it is
bounded internally on all ate wings by a series of grey bordered
whitish spots ; body saffron- yellow, the thorax dull reddish-
brown in front; wings below pale sandy- yellowish, shading into
reddish towards the external borders; a series of submarginal
erey-bordered white spots more distinct than above ; secondaries
crossed from the basal fourth to beyond the middle by three
parallel pale dentate-sinuate bands; body below bright gravel-
yellow, saffron-yellow at the sides. Expanse of wings 96 mm.

42, Lebeda cowani, n. sp.

@ Pale foxy-red; primaries crossed at basal fourth by
slightly arched oblique red-brown line and at external third by a
second similarly coloured line parallel to the outer margin,
between these lines and at the end of the cell is a small blackish
spot; external third sericeous, a little paler than the rest of the

22 Mr. Burwer’s descriptions of new species of

wing and traversed in the centre by a series of dusky lunules;
secondaries with whitish abdominal area, a broad nebulous dark
grey patch across the disc; abdomen slightly paler than the
thorax ; antenne black with ochreous pectinations; under surface
sandy-reddish, the wings crossed beyond the middle by a slightly
sinuous brown band, internal area sericeous and paler than the
ground colour. Expanse of wings 52 mm.

Q Slightly larger than the male, sandy-whitish; markings
rather less distinct. Hxpanse of wings 59 mm.

Apparently allied to Bombyx sordida, of Mabille.

43. Kutricha nitens, n. sp.

@ Primaries above dark castaneous, sericeous, the internal
area blotched with ochreous to beyond the mid lle and with
white towards external angle; a nearly straight blackish-edyved
pale line across the basal fourth, an oblique and angulated line
of the same character just beyond the middle and between them
a discoidal blackish edged ochreous spot; external area shining,
with a slight lilacine gloss which does not extend into the fringe;
a submarginal zigzag series of snow-white dots with blackish
inner edges; secondaries pale coffee-brown with the fringe much
paler, sericeous; crossed beyond the middle by a slightly arched
blackish stripe and with a dark red-brown marginal line; thorax
dark lilacine grey, the abdomen paler and slightly redder with
dull brown borders and a basal lateral flesh coloured patch* ;
antenne testaceous; wings below sandy-yellowish, crossed beyond
the middle by an arched diffused dusk <y band enclosing a dark
red-brown stripe; fringe of primaries tipped with dark “browne
pectus purplish, venter rosy brownish. Expanse of wings
50 mm.

Possibly allied to Lasiocampa tamatave, of Guénce,

44, Borocera arenicoloris, n. sp.

Form of both sexes similar to that of B. madagascariensis ;
sandy-ochraceous; primaries crossed just before the basal third
by an irregularly undulated transverse dusky stripe, and beyond
the middle by a second widely undulated stripe; between these

* Possibly rubbed,

ho
29

Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Madagascar,

the outer margin ; the area between these spots and the outer
stripe ones? eh ereyish brown, in the female from the inner
margin to above the fifth anos branch, this suffusion extend-
ing ‘outwards at its upper extremity across the spots to outer
margin; fringe dusky along the outer edge; secondaries of the

male dark fuliginous with pale buff costal area and whitish
tipped buff fringe; secondaries of the female paler, the basal
area, costal border and fringe whity-brown; antenne black, with
ferriginous pectinations ; der surface sordid sandy-ochraceous,
the basal areas of the male somewhat greyish, the internal area
of primaries sericeous creamy-whitish; the female altogether
greyer, especially on the disc of the primaries. Hxpanse of
wings ¢ 50 mm., 9 80 mm.

This appears to be a common species.

The B. cajani, of Vinson, is not a Borocera, as a glance at
the male should convince anyone; it is nearly allied to my
Leheda cowani.

45. Ocha hova, un. sp.

Aspect of Mesotages trilunula, of Herrich-Schiiffer, from Rio
Janeiro; primaries with the costal, discoidal and discal’ areas to
the second median branch dark ferruginous, crossed near the
base by an ochreous oblique line; a shining white spot at the end
of the cell, followed by a patch of ochreous crossed by a ferru-
ginous line; a subapical blackish patch ; internal area broadly
ochreous, crossed by four oblique zigzag ferruginous lines ;
external border pale pinky-brown, yellower at external angle,
its inner edge irregularly zigzag and partly black edged; fringe
dull brown; secondaries pale fuliginous brown, with pink
reflections and golden cupreous hairs on the abdominal reeion ;
body dark ferruginous ; tegule with a large lateral ochreous
patch ; an ill-detined spot of the same colour at the back of the
thorax ; wings below pale golden brown with greyish fringes,
costal margin of secondaries blackish ; body foxy- -red or dark
ferruginous. Expanse of wings 30 mm,

Some examples are darker on both surfaces,

LIMACODID A.
46. Miresa pyroscma, n. sp.

Primaries glossy reddish-chocolate with the costal and discoidal
areas darker; internal border ochreous at the base; a transverse

24 Mr. Burier’s descriptions of new species of

bracket-shaped dusky stripe across the middle followed by an
oblique subapical short dusky streak ; secondaries pale ochreous;
a marginal arched line and a patch on the lower half of the disc
pale pinky-brownish ; fringe broad, pale ochreous tipped with
reddish-brown ; body fiery-orange, the tegule and tips of anal
hairs brownish; primaries below pale coffee-brown with cream
coloured diffused internal area; secondaries ochreous; the costal
marein dark brown; discoidal cell outlined in pale brown; fringe
as above; body below deep ochreous, but the pectus almost
wholly concealed by the dark purplish-brown legs; palpi and
antenne dark brown. Expanse of wings 34 mm.

47. Miresa gracilis, n. sp.

g Primaries above pinky-brown, the basal half darker, limited
by an oblique series of unequal oblons spots, outlined in the
darker tint and occupying the inner half of the external area or
disc; fringe red-brown; secondaries sericeous cream colour,
yellower along the abdominal border; body bright reddish-orange,
the pr othorax slightly brownish behind the eel ae sides of Boe
men at base pale yellowish ; primaries below pale pinky-brown,
with diffused cream callous internal area; secondaries cream
coloured with pinky-brown costal border; body below ochreous ;
tibie and tarsi reddish-brown. Expanse of wings 26 mm.

48. Anzabe micacea, n. Bp.

@ Wings above pale flesh-brown; primaries sprinkled with
black scales and glossed with silver in certain lights; a few
rose-pink scales on fine basal area; a nearly central oblique dark
ferruginous stripe from the apex almost to the ner margin, and
above it on the costal area three dark brown abbreviated « stripes,
all radiating from the apex; a fifth, but sandy-brown, stripe
runs from apex almost to the middle of the disc, half-way
between the central stripe and the outer margin; fringe dark
brown, paler at the base and tipped with silvery-white ; seconda-
ries with the abdominal border and fringe creamy- -whitish; body
dull rose colour, the head, collar and tegule « pale brown n speckled
with black ; abdomen with the sides “whity- -brown; primaries
below with the costal and apical areas broadly purplish-brown,
the internal area sordid silvery-white; secondaries sordid silvery-
white sparsely black epee d, the costal margin purplish-brown
towards the apex; body be fee whity- brown, the collar and
palpi dull red, the legs partly purplish and ned: Expanse of
wines 82 mm,

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Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Madagascar. 5

This is a singularly beautiful species for the genus to which
it belongs.
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The [Heterogenea pinguis, of Saalmiiller, seems to me to bea
species of Semyra.

MACROSEMYRA, n. gen.

Allied to Semyra, size and form of Jiresa; it differs from both
genera in the structure of the male antennw which are simply
thickened, not pectinated.

49, Macrosemyra tenebrosa, n. sp.

Primaries above glossy black-brown; a rather broad oblique
stripe from the costa near the apex to the inner margin just
before the middle, the external border and two lines on the
fringe silvery-greyish; secondaries smoky-grey ; thorax glossy
dark brown; abdomen smoky-brown; wings below sericeous
grey, the secondaries and the costal border of primaries slightly
brownish ; body below blackish. Expanse of wings 32 mm.

The sexes are alike excepting that the antenne of the female
are finer.

Mr. Cowan obtained several moths having the general facies
of Drepana, but, upon examination, I find that they are Geome-
trites allied to Tanaorhinus.*

NOTODONTID.
ZELOMERA, n. gen.

Allied to MNotodonta (N. cziczac), but the antenne only pec-
tinated to about the middle, the inner margin of the primaries
without a trace of the projecting odontoid process, but angulated
nearer to the base, and the discoidal cells of all the wings much
shorter, not reaching to the middle, thus greatly lengthening the
subcostal, radial and median nervules.

* The Drepana rafiesi, of Moore, belongs to this genus, being identi-
cal with 7, luteoviridata, of Java,

26 Mr. Butver’s descriptions of new species of

Zelomera imitans, D. sp.

gé Aspect of Notodonta ziczac ; primaries with a basal snow-
white lunule from the costa to the median vein, followed by two
black dashes upon a diffused brown ground; base of internal
border pale buff; subbasal area grey ish crossed by a few red-
brown longitudinal dashes, and bounded by a deeply dentated
zigzag ferruginous and black line, which forms the inner limit of
a broad central snow-white belt, speckled with grey and buff ;
costal margin ferrugiaous; between the central belt and the disc
is an arched testaceous aiid white stripe with black margins, its
inferior extremity dentate-sinuate ; the mner border of the dise
is greyish, the centre sienna-red sie dark oblique red-brown
dashes between the ner vures, and the outer border irregularly
greyish and bounded within by a partly white deeply dentate-
sinuate stripe ; there is also a slender white marginal line, spotted
with ochreous and edged externally by a narrow red-brown line ;
fringe white, eae by two fairly well-defined red-brown
fice secondaries dull ferruginous shading into cream colour at
the base ; thorax white; the head, antenne and front of collar
and metathorax red brown ; aidomen red-brown, paler at the
side; wines below sericeous white, with nade brown costal
margins; primaries with a diffused subapical costal patch of
the same colour; body below red-brown, the abdomen very pale,
the tibie of the anterior and middle pairs of legs white.
Kxpanse of wings 44 mm.

COSSIDA.
51. Cossus fulvosparsus, n. sp.

Primaries greenish-white, varying in some examples to emerald -
ereen, str iated with bl: ackish, with a greyish patch below the cell,
enclosing a whitish spot just above the submedian vein ; central
three-fifths of internal border cupreous-brown ; the external
two-thirds spotted witn reddish-orange, some of the spots form-
ing a discal series and others a marginal series ; secondaries dark
smoky- brown, with bronze reflections ; apical ores more or less
flecked with aati or grey ; costal area white; fringe white,
spotted with black ; : head white : collar red-brown or purplish,
sometimes with white centre ; thorax greenish-white or brown,
sometimes ferruginous in front; the tegule greenish-white or
sericeous emerald-green ; abdomen brown, more or less varied
with white and orange ; antenne white with brown pectinations
or wholly brown ; wings below smoky greyish-brown, striated

Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Madagascar. 27

with black and more or less mottled with white and dull yellow ;
body below white or emerald-green, the legs banded with black.

Expanse of wines 33-52 mm.
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The pale and dark varieties are about equally common, the
dark or green type which I shall call var. smaragdinus, beng
nfore beautiful, but apparently more liable to become greasy
than the other.

52. Cossus pavidus, 1. sp.

Wings above dingy-grey, primaries finely striated and speckled
with Bick ; costal margin spotted with black ; a <- shaped black
marking before the middle of the imterno-median area and two
ill-defined blackish spots on the dise ; fringe flecked with black ;
secondaries whiter than the primaries, the apical half striated
with grey rather darker than the ground colour ; fringe imper-
feetly spotted with blackish ; head, collar and prothorax smoky
brown; antennew with reddish-brown pectinations ; under surface
of wings sordid er eyish- white striated with grey ; primaries
with sericeous whitish inner border, a blackish subcostal dash
beyond the middle; secondaries sericeous white at base and
abdominal border ; body sericeous white; abdomen and _ legs
sordid, Expanse of wings 387 mm.

53. Cossus senex, n. sp.

Snow-white; primaries finely striated with grey and black ;
with three costal spots, of which the central one is largest, almost
V-shaped, partly brown and partly black, situated at the basal
two-fifths of the costal area and extending across the cell; the
other two spots black, the outer one sometimes ill-defined ;
small square spot at about the centre of the lower radial inter-
space, from each corner of which an irregular fine black line is
emitted; a small sinuous black line more distinct than the ordin-
ary striw at external third of interno-median area, also a slender
subapical costal V-shaped character ; secondaries sericeous, the
apical half striated with grey; collar ash-grey, speckled with
black ; antennze with sandy-brown pectinations; wings below
white, the apical half striated with blackish ; primaries with the
costal border-towards the base spotted with black; a diffused
blackish patch before the end of the cell ; secondaries with an
oblique subbasal pinky-brown streak, obliterated in some exam-
ples; fringe of all the wings grey spotted ; tars: barred with
black. Expanse of wings 34-44 mm.

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Description of a new species of the genus Zephronia, froin

Borneo; by A. SipNey OLLIFE,

Zephronia butleri, n. sp.

Pitchy-black, with irregular obscure brownish markings at
the sides ; dor al surface dull, polished towards lateral margins ;
head, nuchal plate, antennw, lateral wings and legs highly
polished. Head sparsely punctured on the disc, the apex and
base densely punctured and pubescent, the latter with a deep
central impression; nuchal plate finely punctured; antenne
distinctly setose, somewhat strongly punctured, terminal joint
large, conspicuously transverse, apex very strongly punctured,
basal joint large and swollen, second to fifth joints broader than
long; lateral wings broad with a small marginal rim; dorsal
segments closely ane rather finely punctured, slightly stronger
and more sparsely so at the sides, anal segment closer and more
delicately punctured, all the segments except the first polished
and minutely tuberculate anteriorly, and all, save the first and
last, with a laterally abbreviated transverse band of golden-brown
pubescence contiguous to the polished portion ; lene sparsely but
strongly punctured, clothed with minute hairs. Length 45-49
mm, ; width 24-26 mm.; width of nuchal plate 12-13 mm.

In the series received of this species are two specimens of a
chestnut-brown colour, but they agree with the typical form in
every other respect.

Fig. |. Antenna of Zephronia ovalis.
Fig 2. Antenna of Z butleri.

30) Mr. A, Stpney Ouuire on a new species of Zephronia,

This interesting and very distinct species is most nearly allied
to Z. ovalis, Gray, but may be readily distinguished from it by
the pubescent bands, and the structure of its antennex, the tuber-
cles being larger and more numerous, its dissimilar punctuation,
much larger size, and by having the posterior margin of the anal
segment regularly rounded, whereas in Z. ovalis it is distinctly
thickened and angulated at the apex.

The specimens from which I have taken the above description
were captured by W. B. Pryer, Esq., at Sandakan, in N. KE
Borneo.

(SL )

On a new species of Provarricus from New Guinea; ly
D. SHARP.

When working out some of the minute and difficult forms of
Coleoptera found by Mr. Blackburn in the Hawaiian islands,
one of the species that cave me most trouble was the imsect I
named Propalticus oculatus (Tr. Ent. Soc., Lon., 1879, p. 83).
This little creature 1 found to be very different from any known
form, but nevertheless I believed it to be, like a great number of
other species, an introduction to the archipelago; my principal
reason for this being that it has no congeners or near allies in
the archipelago, whereas I believe it will be found that the truly
aboriginal species of the islands always form clusters, or as it
were, present us with a miniature fauna comparable in many
respects, 1f not in all, with the faune of larger regions, such as
New Zealand and Australia. I was not very surprised, there-
fore, when I received a few weeks since from my friend, the
Rev. A. Matthews, of Gumley, a little beetle that had much
puzzled him, and which I immediately recognized as a near ally
of Propalticus oculatus. Mr, Matthews’s specimen was captured
by Mr. Wallace in New Guinea, and its preservation is due to
Mr. Janson, who, at the time Mr. Matthews was preparing his
monograph of the Trichopterygide, forwarded this mite to hin,
thinking it might possibly have some connection with the family
I have just named; Mr. Janson probably being led to this
opinion by the minute size, and by the structure of the antenna,
and also by the fact that the creature had no special resemblance
to anything else. With a view of recording that this genus is
a Papuan one, I have briefly characterised the species and
adopted the trivial name of Jansoni, proposed for it by Mr.
Matthews. I will also take this opportunity of making an
additional remark as to the systematic position of Propalticus,

having the pleasure of recording the results of an examination

32 Dr. Suarr on a new species of Propalticus.

by Drs. Leconte and Horn of the P. oculutus. These distin-
guished savants quite agree with me in locating the genus in
the family Mycetophagidw near Litargus, but Dr. Leconte does
not think my opinion that the great saltatorial powers of the
species may be due to the peculiar form of the front legs is
likely to prove correct, but rather opines that as in other jump-
ing Coleoptera this act is more probably performed hy the
hinder limbs. He farther notes that in comparing the P.
veulatus with the most convex of the North American species of
L. balteatus—he found the peculiar tibial spur to be

Litargus
equally developed in each. As regards the tarsi there must
still remain some doubt. Dr. Horn considers them to be all
four-jointed; Mr. Matthews sees the four posterior feet to be
four-jointed, but queries the anterior as being only three-jointed,
I could not quite satisfy myself about them but thought them
to be all four-jointed, but that possibly there inight be a fifth
joint present. The probability is, therefore, that all are four-
jointed.

Propalticus Jansoni, n. sp. Pl. II, fig. 1.

Brevis, latiusculus depressus, opacus, subtilissime punctatus,
et pubescens, ferrugineus, pedibus pallide-testaceis, antennis
tenuibus, clava elongata, laxe articulata, fusca; prothorace utrin-
que versus latus lineis elevatis duabus munito; elytris subtiliter
trilineatis vel striatis. Long. 14, lat mm.

This little insect, though very similar to the Hawaiian P.
cculatus, is very distinct from it, being very much smaller in
size and of more depressed form, and having two linear mark-
ings on each side of the thorax parallel with its lateral margin;
the strie of the elytra are very fine and may be readily over-
looked, one is placed along the suture, one some little distance
within the shoulder, the third being placed equidistantly from
the other two. The peculiar head, eyes, antenne and front
legs seen in the Hawaiian species are here almost exactly re-
produced.

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Descriptions of six new species of KiaTeripe, collected by Mr.
Clarence Buckley during his second expedition to Ecuador:

by Epwarp W. JANSON.

1. Chalcolepidius Buckleyi, u. sp. Pl. I, fig. 4.

C. elongatus, rufo-brunneus, squamulis griseis dense: vestitus;
prothorace lateribus sinuatis, bimaculato; e'ytris valde costatis,
Long. 27 mm., lat, 10 mm.

Elongate, reddish-brown, densely clothed with silvery-grey
scales; prothorax with a central longitudinal denuded polished
space, and two small circular discoidal patches of reddish-brown
scales. Head with a deep, broad, triangular impression in front;
antenns with the third joint short, glabrous, scarcely exceeding
the second in length. Prothorax conspicuously longer than
wide, convex, rather finely and remotely punctate; emarginate
and with two prominent tubercles in front; anterior angles
salient and deflexed; lateral margins nearly straight, slightly
sinuate before the middle; posterior angles divergent, their
extreme apices inflexed and embracing the shoulders of the
elytra. Scutellum oblong, its basal two-thirds vertical. Elytra
elongate, two and one-third times the length of the prothorax,
at the base a trifle wider than it, thence gradually narrowed
to the summit, rounded at the apex, sutural angle unarmed;
the suture slightly elevated, each elytron with four strongly
raised longitudinal glabrous ridges, the intermediate interstices
faintly indicated at the base only. Underside and legs thickly
covered with silvery-grey scales, a denuded central longitudinal
space traverses its entire length.

Chiguinda, ‘T'wo specimens.

This remarkable and conspicuous species which, in its narrow
form and general aspect, closely resembles Chalcolepis Luczoti,
should be located at the head of the genus, and thus placed in
immediate proximity to that insect,

34 Mr. E. W. Janson’s descriptions of

2. Semiotus formosus,n. sp. Pl. I, fig

S. fere ellipticus, niger, glaber, nitidus; prothorace transverso,
quadriplagiato; elytris marginibus lateralibus maculisque duabus
aurantiacis. Long. 26-30 mm., lat. 8-9 mm.

Nearly elliptical, black, shining ; prothorax with four large
orange- yellow spots, one at each anterior angle, and one on each
side contiguous to the margin, behind the male ; elytra with
the later al margin and a rena se subbasal spot ponmeened with
it of the same colour. Head unarmed, rounded in front, with a
few deep irregularly disposed oblong punctu res, and a large deep
triangular anterior impression ; antenne exceeding the thorax in
length, black. Prothorax transverse, convex in the middle, with
remote oblong punctures vary ing in SIZ $ emarginate in front,
rounded at the sides, lateral m: urgins swollen and reflexed, especi-
ally before the middle; anterior angles prominent here apices
rounded ; posterior angles shghtly aie ergent, acute, deflexed ;
a short cence polished posterior ridge Reraee the oie,
Scutellum transverse, pentagonal, impunctate. Elytra conspicu-
ously wider at the shoulders Toe the thorax, nearly thrice its
length, gradually narrowed to the summit, extreme apex truncate,
ere angle unarmed ; finely punctate-striate, interstices flat,
transversely wrinkled. Beneath black, shining, the four pro-
thoracic spots and reflexed margin of the elytra orange-yellow.

Chiguinda. Two specimens.

According to the most 1ecent, but very artificial and unsatis-
factory, arrangement of the genus (Candeze, Revision de la
Monographie des Elatérides, fase. 1, p. 170, 1874), this beautiful
and conspicuous species must be referred to his seventh section
“AA Chaperon inerme; aa elytres biépineuses ou tronquées
au bout,” and placed at the head of the section, immediately
preceeding the Chilian S. lute‘pennis, but with which it appears
to me to have but little affinity.

3. Semiotus carus, n. sp. Pl. I, fig. 2.

S. elongatus, nitidus; capite nigro, antice bispinoso, antennis
apice flavis; prothorace sanguineo, immaculato; elytris luteis,
striato-punctatis, vitta sutur: ali marginibusque lateralibus nigris.
Long. 14-18 mm., lat. 34-44 mm.

Elongate, shining, head black, thorax blood-red, elytra ochre-
ous-yellow, with a sufiral vitta and the lateral margins black,

six new species of Hlateride. Bd

Head armed in front with two acute spines, coarsely and sparsely
punctate, antennx pitchy-black, the three basal joints rufous,
the three apical joints flavous. Prothorax nearly twice as long
as broad, the anterior angles slightly prominent, obtuse, sides
gently rounded to the posterior angles, which are obtuse. Scu-
tellum transverse, pentagonal, impunctate. Hlytra a trifle more
than twice the length of the prothorax, wider at the base than
it, roundly narrowed to the apex, where they are emarginate
at the sutural anele and terminate in an acute spine. Beneath
reddish- -yellow, head, anterior portion and base of prosternum,
reflexed margins of elytra, and a wide longitudinal stripe tra-
versing the entire length of the abdomen, black ; ; legs yellow.

Chiguinda. Hight specimens.
YL

These specimens are variable in size but offer no difference in
colouration; in seven of them the sixth abdominal segment has
the apex somewhat truncate, and is furnished with two large
elongate-ovate thickly punctate and sparsely pilose fovez, sepa-
rated at their basal four-fifths by an acute ridge, but confluent
at the apex; in the eighth specimen the sixth abdominal segment
is produced at the apex and is destitute of fovee.

Although differmg widely in colouration this pretty species
is evidently allied to S. zonatus and chentalenus, and will, at
present, be best placed after the latter, although not in accor-
dance with the scheme of arrangement adopted by Candéze.

4, EKudactylus prodigus, n. sp. Pl. I, fig. 8.

KH. e'ongatus, rufo-aurantiacus, glaber, nitidus; prothorace
quadri-punctato; elytris vitta lata suturali marginibusque later-
alibus nigris. Long. 21 mm., lat. 5 mm.

Elongate, reddish-orange, smooth, shining; eyes, antenne
(except the three basal joints, which are rufous), four oblong
spots on the disc of the prothorax, scutellum, a broad sutural
stripe and the lateral margins of the elytra, black. Head
rounded anteriorly, thickly and coarsely punctate, with a deep
narrow triangular fovea in front, antenne with the third joint
fully twice as long as the second. Prothorax conspicuously
longer than broad, narrowed from base to apex, the sides gently
rounded, anterior angles not prominent, deflexed ; posterior
angles produced and divergent, acutely carinated ; sparsely and

Hither coarsely punctate. Scutellum oblong, with large seattered

C2

36 Mr. I. W. Janson’s descriptions of

punctures. Elytra at the base a little wider than the prothorax
and a trifle more than twice as long, cradually narrowed to the
apex, dehiscent and acute at the tips; punctate-striate, interstices
slightly convex, minutely and sparsely punctate. Underside
and legs reddish-yellow.

Chiguinda, One specimen.

5. Eudactylus castus, n. sp. Pl. I, fig. 5.

E. luteo-rufescens, nitidus, glaber; prothorace punctato, antice
valde angustato, vittis duabus nigris; scutello nigro; elytris luteis,
vitta suturali alteraque marginali abbreviatis nigris. Long. 22
mm., lat. 6 mm.

Yellowish-red, shining; thorax with two discoidal black stripes;
seutellum black; elytra pale yellow, the suture and external
margin with es anteriorly abbreviated black stripe. Head
coar sely and sparsely punctate, with a large shallow triangular
fovea in front; antenne shorter than the prothorax, black, three
basal joints rufous, the third joint barely twice as long as the
second, Prothorax longer than broad, very much narrowed in
front, sides rounded; anterior angles rectangular ; posterior angles
long, diverpent and acute; coarsely and sp: arsely punctate ; with
two black stripes on the disc, reaching neither the anterior
nor the posterior margin. Scutellum oblong, convex, black.
Elytra twice as long as the prothorax, slightly dilated at the
sides towards the middle, thence somewhat abruptly narrowed
to the tip, apex acute; coarsely punctate-striate, interstices
convex, faintly coriaceous and very sparsely punctate; with a
sutural and marginal black vitta meeting at the apex and abbre-
viated at about a third from the base. Underside and legs
luteous. Long. 21 mm., lat. 6 mm.

Chiguinda. One specimen.

Allied to 2. Grendinii, Cand., from Mexico, but more robust
in habit, the punctuation of the head and thorax much coarser;
the elytral striae deeper and their punctures much larger, the
interstices convex; the prothorax with two vitte on the dise.

6. Ischius biplagiatus, n. sp. Pl. 1, fig. 6.

I. aurantiacus, breviter pubescens, subnitidus ; prothorace
convexo, nigro-biplagiato ; scutello nigro ; elytris dimidia parte
postica nigra, punctato-striatis, interstitiis planis. Long. 20 mm.,
iat, 6 mm,

six new species of Hlateride. 37

Bright orange, clothed with short golden pubescence, slightly
shining ; antenna, two oblong discoidal patches on the prothorax,
scutellum, apical half of the elytra, underside and legs black.
Head thickly and coarsely punctate, with a broad shallow frontal
impression and sparse short golden hairs. Prothorax conspicu-
ously longer than broad, convex, slightly dilated anteriorly, lateral
margin rounded, coarsely punctate and pubescent at the sides,
the punctures finer and sparser towards the disc ; a smooth
central longitudinal line terminating at the posterior margin in a
glabrous tubercle; posterior angles long and slightly divergent.
Scutellum oblong, rather thickly and coarsely punctate. Hlytra
twice as long as the prothorax, slightly dilated at the sides
towards the middle, thence gradually narrowed to the apex,
where they are conjointly rounded ; finely striate, the striae
finely punctate ; interstices flat, very finely and closely punctate
and with a sparse short pubescence of a golden hue on the
yellow portion, black on the black portion. Beneath black,
thickly punctate, with short scattered golden hairs; sides of
prothorax and parapleure fulvous, the former with an oblong
black dash; legs black.

Chiguinda. One example.

Differs from J. Gerstaeckeri, Cand., in the form and colouration

of the prothorax, the finer punctuation of the elytral stria and
their plane interstices.

NOTE.

Eudactylus discoidalis, Candeze, Bull, Soc. Ent. Belg. xxi,
lx (Elat nouv. fase. 2, 14, 1878), is certainly an inhabitant of
south-eastern Africa, and not of equatorial America as he erro-
neously assumes. I have possessed a specimen of this species
upwards of twenty years, taken by the late Mr. Guenzius in
Natal, and am utterly at a loss to comprehend how M. Candéze
can have overlooked the fact that on his last visit to me I called
his special attention to this specimen as affording an interesting
exception in the geographical distribution of the genus, all the
previously known species being inhabitants of Central and South
America, and the West Indian Islands.

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Descriptions of three new species of Tricnorreryata, found by
the Rev. T. Blackburn in the Sandwich Islands; by the Rev.
A. Martuews, M.A.

To receive Trichopterygia from the Sandwich Islands is a
great event in Entomology, and the present species would lead
one to suppose that the fauna of that region must be of an
abnormal and highly interesting type, since they are all more or
less aberrant from any previously known forms. They were all
found by Mr. Blackburn in the neighbourhood of Honolulu, and
were sent by him to Dr. Sharp, who very kindly presented them
to me.

Mr. Blackburn deserves much credit for the care with which
these insects had been mounted, their form and limbs being
clearly displayed. I hope that he mill persevere in his researches,
and soon send home a fresh and more numerous collection.

Actidium Sharpianum, n. sp. Pl. II, fig. 2.

L.c. ~, 1. = 63 mm. Elongatum valde convexum piceo-
brunneum ‘pilis brevibus argenteis vestitum ; capite modico
triangulare, oculis sat magnis prominentibus retro-positis ;
pronoto angusto cordiformi, antice latiori, confertim tuberculato,
leviter marginato, ad basim in disco levies transverse 1mpresso;
elytris oblongis lateribus vix rotundatis, capite atque pronoto
parum latioribus plus quam sesqui longioribus, confertim sat
leviter asperatis, apicibus latis fere rectis; pedibus atque antennis
plceis.

Head elongate triangular, closely tuberculate; eyes large and
prominent, placed far back ; antennx long, piceous,

Thorax small, heart amen widest before the middle, as long
and rather wider than the head, closely tuberculate, with a
faint oval transverse impression near the base, sides slightly
margined, basal margin rounded.

Scutellum elongate, triangular, closely asperate.

40 Rev. A. Marrnews’s descriptions of

Elytra elongate-oblong, rather wider and more than half as
long again as ‘the head and thorax, very convex, widest near
he middle, sides narrowly mar gined and very little rounded,
apex very broad and nearly Biiaipht.

Abdomen with the pygidium alone exposed.

Legs moderate, robust, piceous, with all the tibie strongly
dilated.

Under parts castaneous, the posterior coxe slightly laminate.

Dijjirs from its congeners in its elongate convex form, shining
surface, small size of the thorax, and abrupt truncation of the
elytra.

Of this very distinct species, which forms an obvious connec-
tion between the shining and the pubescent species of Actidium,
a single example was found by Mr. Blackburn on salt mud near
Honolulu,

Obs. 1 do not think that the truncated apex of the elytra is
suflicient to separate this species from the genus of Actidiwm.
The truncation itself is not a true truncation in the common
acceptation of the term, the elytra are not shortened, but merely
terminate in a straight apex.

PTILIODES, n. gen.

Corpus elongatum depressum.

Caput porrectum oculis magnis, antennis 11-articulatis arti-
culis duobus basalibus permagnis fere paribus, sex sequentibus
inter se paribus brevibus plus minusve linearibus, nono pre-
cedentibus longiori parum incrassato, decimo magno valde
incrassato antice truncato, undecimo magno valde incrassato
ovato sat obtuso, duobus his ultimis corona mediali setarum
perbrevium ornatis.

Prenotum plus minusve quadratum.

Scutellum triangulare.

Elytra valde abbreviata, dimidium abdominis vix tegentia.

Ale ample sub elytris vise.

Abdomen elongato-conicum longe exsertum.

Subtus—

Caput parte gulari magna convexa, oculis permagnis valde
prominentibus,

three new species of Trichopterygia. 41

Prothorax sat longus, prosterno modivo leviter faleato, recep-
taculis coxarum magnis circularibus contingentibus,

Pectus mesosterno modico, carinato carina antice producta,
episternis | sat magnis triangularibus; receptaculis coxarum
magnis carina divisis: metasterno magno : ad latera extenso, inter
coxas posteriores late producto margine apicali recta.

Venter conicus sat acuminatus segmentis sex compositus,
segmento apicali parvo dentato vel emarginato.

Pedes elongati graciles,

Coxe anteriores contingent; intermediw carindi divise ;
posteriores magne robustw longe distantes, vix aut non
laminate.

Ptiliodes Blackburni, n. sp. Pl. II, fig. 3.

Lic. 32; 1. = 683 mm. Oblongus sat elongatus, sat convexus
castaneus pilis argenteis densissime vestitus, haud nitidus; capite
brevi lato antice rotundato; pronoto tranverso, capite parum
longiori et latiori, confertim tuberculato, ad basim latiori, angulis
posterioribus fere rectis; elytris capite atque pronoto parum
longioribus haud latioribus modice asperatis, lateribus fere
parallelis, apicibus rotundatis; pedibus atque antennis bre-
vioribus late flavis.

Head broad, rather short, much rounded in front, closely
tuberculate, not shining; eyes moderate, scarcely prominent;
antenne Shon: robust, bright yellow.

Thorax transverse, quadrate, scarcely longer but rather wider
than the head, widest at the base, pubescent, not shining, closely
tuberculate, sides moderately rounded, posterior margin nearly
straight, with the angles right angles.

Scutellum small, triangular, closely asperate.

Elytra oblong, not wider and scarcely longer than the head
and thorax, with the sides nearly straight, finely and closely

asperate, each apex separately and strongly rounded, pale, with
the extreme edge white.

Abdomen moderately exserted.
Legs long, bright yellow.

Under parts castaneous, with the mouth and five apical seg-
ments of the abdomen yellow.

Dijers from other species in its truly oblong form, casta-
neous colour and dense silvery pubesence.

Habitat. A single specimen of this distinct and pretty species

42 Rev. A. Martuews’s descriptions of Trichopterygia.

was found by Mr. Blackburn under the bark of a tree near
Honolulu.

Obs. The genus Ptiliodes must be placed immediately before
Ptinella, from which it may be distinguished by its oblong
depressed form, quadrate thorax, and diverse formation of the
antenne. I have not been able to examine its anatomy any
farther than a superficial view of the underside would permit.

Ptinella Pacifica, n. sp. PI. II, fig. 4.

L.c. 657 1. = -75—87 mm. __ Elongato-ovalis, sat depressa
sat nitida, obscure-castanea pilis flavis sparse vestita ; capite
magno lato; pronoto capite sat latiori fere pariter longo, tuber-
culis parvis remotis equidistantibus interstiisque nitidis leviter
reticulatis per totum ornato, atque impressione indistincta m
disco notato, lateribus marginatis valde rotundatis, ad media
latioribus, angulis posterioribus sat obtusis; elytris capite atque
pronoto sat longioribus vix latioribus, pone media latioribus,
sat fortiter asperatis, apicibus latis valde rotundatis; pedibus
atque antennis longis robustis late flavis.

Head rather short, much rounded in front, shining, closely
reticulated, with a few distant minute tubercles; eyes small and
prominent, antennx long, robust, bright yellow,

Thorax moderate, as long but broader than the head, orna-
mented with minute remote and equidistant tubercles, with the
interstices shining, finely and closely reticulate, sides margined
and much rounded, with all the angles rather obtuse, there is a
faint impression on the disc, which may have been accidental.

Scutellum moderate, triangular, rather long, deeply asperate.

Elytra rather long, as long and as wide as the head and
thorax, widest behind the middle, rather deeply asperate in
irregular transverse rows, with the interstices shining and finely
reticulate, apices much rounded, with the extreme edge pale.

Abdomen with five seements exposed, apex obtuse and pale.

Legs long, bright yellow.

Under parts castaneous, with the mouth and apex of the
abdomen yellow.

Dijfers from all its congeners in the large size and rounded
form of the thorax.

Two examples of this species were found by Mr. Blackburn
under the bark of a tree on the mountains near Honolulu.

( 43 )

Descriptions of some new species of PuyroruaGous CoLEoPrers
by Martin Jacosy.

Doryphora amazona, n sp.

Very convex, fulvous ; head and thorax minutely punctured ;
elytra distinctly and closely punctate-striate, greenish-black, a
round spot near the scutellum, two, placed obliquely before the
middle and a large triangular patch near the apex, light flavous.
Length 4 lines.

Head extremely minutely punctured ; labrum testaceous ;
antenne very pale fulvous, the basal joints darker, terminal
joints much flattened, broader than long, subtriangular, the last
joint more elongate. Thorax four times as broad as long, of
nearly equal width, the sides much rounded near the apex, the
anterior angles pr Gaiced into a very short point and furnished
with a few stiff hairs, surface very finely and closely punctured
throughout, the punctuation a little more distinct than that of
the head, Scutellum broadly triangular, shining impunctate.
Elytra regularly rounded and very convex, the sides angulate
below the shoulder, closely and regularly punctate-striate, the
strie getting finer and more confused towards the apex, greenish
or brownish piceous, almost black, a large round spot near the
scutellum, another somewhat larger at the shoulder, a third
below the middle near the suture and a large triangular patch at
the apex of each elytron, bright flavous ; none of these spots
extend quite to the lateral or sutural margins. Mesosternal
process moderately long and robust.

Hab. Amazon, rio Maué (Dr. Staudinger). Collection Jacoby.

At first sight, this species seems almost identical in colouration
with the well known D. aestuans, Linn., from which it differs
however in many points; in the present species the thorax is
very broad and much more finely punctured, the flavous spot

at the shoulder, instead of being thin and narrowed towards the

it Mr. Martin Jacony’s descriptions of

base, is of almost equal width and does not quite extend to the
former, the punctuation of the elytra instead of consisting of
ten widely placed rows as in D. aestuans, is very close and

numerous. Lastly, the entire insect is of much larger size.

Doryphora flavoprustulata, n. sp.

Oblong, subdepressed, fulvous; head and thorax with four
black spots; elytra regularly punctate-striate, two spots below
the base, four placed transversely at the middle, and a crescent-
shaped dentate band near the apex, flavous margined with
piceous. Length 4 lines.

Head with a few very fine punctures, two spots at the base
and tio at the middle, black; antennz short, the last five joints
transverse, black, the rest fulvous. Thorax with the posterior
marvin rounded, the sides finely margimate and rounded towards
the anterior angles, surface shining, with a row of punctures
near the lateral margin and afew others near the base; four
small spots, placed transversely across the disc, the inner two
of which are more elongate, bluish-black; the finely raised
lateral margin of the same colour, Scutellum dark fulvous,
impunctate. Elytra depressed at the latter or posterior half,
each elytron with ten rows of regular and moderately deeply
impressed punctures, fulvous, two small spots jomed together,
below the base, and four others across the middle of which
the first and third are of only half the size of the other two,
flavous, surrounded with piceous; a semi-crescent dentate band,
consisting of several elongate spots joined together of the same
colour as the spots, is placed near the apex. Mesosternal
process robust and straight.

Hab. Brazils. Collection Jacoby.
Iam not acquainted with any species with which to compare
the present one, which on account of its small size and peculiar

markings of its elytra will not be difficult to recognize.

Doryphora quinquepunctata, n. sp.

Metallic greenish-blue ; elytra testaceous, semipunctate-striate,
the sutural margin and five small spots on cach elytron (2, 2, 1)
bluish-green. Length 44 lin.

some new species of Phytophagous Coleoptera. 45

Head very closely and finely punctured; antenne with the
four terminal joints but slightly thickened, distinctly longer
than broad, metallic dark blue, the three basal joints testaceous
below. Thorax slightly widened at the middle, the sides parallel
and straight, surface remotely punctured at the disc, but very
closely along the lateral and basal margins, each side with a
small round fovea. Scutellum elongate, smooth, metallic green
or blue. Elytra much wider than the thorax, parallel, mode-
rately convex, testaceous, the disc closely and rather regularly
punctate-striate near the suture, very irregularly and closely
punctured near the sides, a sutural band narrowed towards the
apex, a spot at the shoulder, another below the base near the
scutellum, two at the middle placed transversely, and a minute
spot near the apex, dark blue. Mesosternal process robust and
conical,

Hab. Colombia. Three specimens in my collection.

Diabrotica olivacea, n. sp.

Obscure fulvous below, finely pubescent ; above obscure dark
olive-green ; antenne fulvous, rather robust, second joint shorter
than the third. Thorax quadrate, impunctate, the sides narrowly
margined. Elytra minutely punctured and obsoletely costate,
the sides and apex more distinctly green than the disk. Length
4 lines,

Hab. Bogota. Collection Jacoby.

Diabrotica prolongata, un. sp.

Flavous, below ; breast black ; finely pubescent ; above olive-
green; eyes large, prominent ; antennie as long as the body,
obscure piceous, pubescent, the two terminal joints fulvous.
Thorax impunctate, subquadrate. Elytra very closely and finel
punctured, dark olive-green, the lateral margins bright fulvous,
the base, a longitudiual stripe from the shoulder to the middle,
a spot before and another behind the middle near the suture,
piceous. Length 44 lines.

Hab. Rio de Janeiro. Collection Jacoby.

Diabrotica venezuelensis, n. sp.

Bright green. Head and antennex black, the ninth and tenth
jomts of the latter whitish, Thorax subquadrate, impunctate,

46 Mr. Martin Jacory’s descriptions of

obscurely bifoveolate. Scutellum black. Elytra very closely and
finely punctured, obsoletely costate near the sides, bright green,
the sutural and basal margin, and a lateral narrow stripe from
the base to the apex, black; breast black; abdomen pale flavous;
legs green, tibie and tarsi black. Length 34 lines.

Hab, Merida (Venezuela). Collection Jacoby.

Diabrotica distincta, n. sp.

Elongate, widened behind; flavous; second and third joints
of the antenne very short, equal, basal joint and the ninth and
tenth flavous, the rest piceous. Head black. Thorax sub-
quadrate, imyunctate, flavous, shining. Elytra very finely
rugose-punctate, a triangular spot at the base joined at its end
to a transverse band at the middle, and another transverse band
before the apex, dark brown; neither of these bands extend to
the lateral or sutural margin. Breast and the tibixz piceous.
Length 2 lines.

Hab. Amazons (Dr. Staudinger),

Diabrotica centralis, n. sp.

Elongate, widened behind, fulvous or flavous; breast and
head black ; antenne nearly as long as the body, fulvous.
Thorax subquadrate, piccous, margined with flavous, surface
impunctate, obscurely bifoveolate, Scutellum fulvous. Elytra
finely punctured, a spot at the shoulder, another sutural one
at the scutellum, two before, two behind the middle placed
transversely, and a seventh at the apex, black; a narrow piceous
transverse band is placed between the first and second pair of
spots below the middle, Length 3 lines.

Hab. Venezuela (Carracas). Collection Jacoby.

Diabrotica oblongopunctata, n. sp. Klug. i. litt.

Elongate, flavous. Head with a triangular black spot at the
base. Thorax quadrate, transversely depressed near the base,
impunctate. Elytra widened behind, each elytron with six
elongate spots, placed in two longitudinal rows of three spots
‘ach, the outer ones somewhat larger than the others. Length
3 lines,

Hab. Carracas. Collection Jacoby.

some new specics of Phytophagous Coleoptera. 47

Diabrotica unipunctata, n. sp.

Black below; abdomen and thorax light, fulvous. Head
black; antenne with the three basal joints piceous, the three
terminal ones fulvous. Thorax slightly broader than long
impunctate, shining. Scutellum black. ‘Elytra flavous, closely
and finely punctured, the lateral and sutural margins, apex, a
spot at the shoulder and a smaller one before the middle of each
elytron, black; legs black, base of the femora fulvous. Length
4 lines.

Hab. Bogota. Collection Jacoby.

Diabrotica alboplagiata, n. sp.

Flavous below; breast black; antenne as long as the body,
black, the three terminal joints white, apex of the last joint
black. Head black. Thorax broader than long, fulvous,
impunctate. Scutellum black. Elytra closely and finely punc-
tured, the sides narrowly margined, black, two spots below the
base, the inner one round and large, a spot at the apex of the
same size, and a short transverse band below the middle, some-
what curved, yellowish-white; tibize and tarsi black. Length
4 lines,

Hab. Amazons (Dr. Staudinger). Collection Jacoby.

Allied to D. gencrosa, Baly, but differs in the non-foveolate

thorax and flayous abdomen.

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Essay on the Genus Myituxna; by the Rev. A. MATTHEws,
M.A.

The Genus Myllena has always held a special interest in my
mind, inasmuch as my first attempt at dissection was made upon
its species. As long ago as February, 1834, while yet a boy,
my attention was one day much excited by observing upon a
piece of bark, which I had removed from a Willow tree, grow-
ing at the edge of some water near Weston-on-the-green in
Oxfordshire, a multitude of small Brachelytrous insects, packed
close together side by side, and in a dormant condition ; there
were many hundreds all of one species, and, which appeared to
me very remarkable, each individual held his abdomen raised
perpendicularly from his body, without at any time altering its
position. When on the following morning I examined my
captures, I was yet more surprised by seeing that two long
slender spines proceeded from the mouth of every specimen.
I soon found by dissection that these spines arose from the
labium, but not knowing much of such matters I communicated
my discovery to Professor Westwood, who very kindly assisted
me in the investigation. My interest having been thus aroused,
[ hunted carefully for others of the same genus, and in the
course of two or three years had the good fortune to discover
five additional species, At length my Father determined to
publish the Essay on that genus, which appeared in the “ Ento-
mological Magazine” of January, 1838; in this Essay the genus
was called Centroglossa trom the styles of the mouth, and six
species were described, all of which are still recognized as distinct.
But the attention of Entomologists on the Continent had been
simultaneously turned in the same direction, Dr. Erichson in his
genus Myllena had already published descriptions of three of
the species contained in the Essay I have mentioned; these three,
M. dubia, intermedia, and minuta, retain the names assigned to
them by Dr. Erichson ; the other three, J. elongata, gracilis,
and brevicornis, are still known by my Father’s names.

CistuLA ENTOMOLOGICA,
ist Sept., 1883,

od Rev. A Marrnews’s Essay

The synonymy of the genus has since been much confused by
authors having almost simultaneously described the same species
under different names, and also by the distribution of type
specimens incorrectly labelled. I have lately endeavoured to
investigate this matter, and through the kind assistance of
M. Fauvel, Mr. P. B. Mason, and others, hope that I have made
some progress towards reducing the synonymy into a better
form.

Of the twelve species described in the following pages
M. gracilicornis, M. Fowler’, M. Greca, M. Masoni, and
M. infuscata are new to the British List.

M. gracilicornis was taken by my friend Mr. Fowler, in the
spring of 1881, near Ventnor, in the Isle of Wight.

M. Fowleri | have so named after the captor of AM. gracilicor-
nis. It isa fine and distinct species, found some years ago by
myself in Sherwood Forest, and easily distinguished from its
congeners by its rather short jet-black antenne.

JM. greca is introduced into our Fauna on the authority of two
specimens found in the collection of the late Mr. TT. Wilkinson,
of Scarborough; the mounting and setting of these insects
clearly prove that they had been taken by Mr. Wilkinson himself,
and probably on the sea shore.

M. Masoni is conspicuous even at first sight in life, from the
sooty appearance of every part of its body; our examples of
this species were found by my brother, Mr. H. Matthews, and
myself, many years ago in Oxfordshire; I have called it
“ Masont” in honour of Mr. P. B. Mason, whose zeal for
Kutomology is too well known to require any comment from
myself,

M. infuscata appears to be universally distributed ; we have
found it in Oxfordshire and elsewhere ; it is generally mixed up
in collections with MW. gracilis, but may be recognized by its
smaller size, more linear form, shorter elytra, and longer
antenne. It is very clearly described by Dr. Kraatz. 1 think
the A/. minima of that author must be referred to small and
pale coloured examples of this species. In a genus like Myllena,
where the greater part resemble each other so closely in colour,

on the Genus Myllena, 85

structural differences are absolutely necessary to separate the
species; a slight variation in size, although useful as an auxiliary,
cannot by itself be considered sufficient. I must however add
that I have not seen any authentic type of M. minima, though
many British specimens agree entirely with Dr. Kraatz’s
descriptions. In Mr. Mason’s collection there is a specimen of
M. intermedia, which differs from the normal type of that
species in characters precisely similar to those on which
Dr. Kraatz separates M. minima from JM. infuscata,

All, except one, of the British species of Myllwna, are very
similar in their habits of life; they may be found in damp moss,
or at the roots of herbage growing on the margins of either
pools or running water. The only exception to this rule, as far
as I know, exists in WM. elongata; the habits of that species
resemble those of the Bledii and Heteroceri, with whom I have
generally found it associated; like them, it conceals itself in
mud, especially that of a clayey nature, at the margin of stagnant
water, and may be obtained in the same way, by pressing lightly
the mud with your foot; it will then immediately emerge from
its hiding place, and running with extreme velocity for a short
distance, will eventually open its wings and fly away.

The dimensions of the various species of this genus, as given
by Dr. Kraatz and other authors, can only be used comparatively,
having generally been taken from dried specimens more or less
contracted, they can in no case be regarded as representing the
the true length of the insect. In the following descriptions the
measurements have been made from specimens restored to their
hfe form, and therefore very much excecd the length given in
previous descriptions.

Notwithstanding their similarity of colour, there is not much
difficulty in distinguishing the various species of Myllena, if due
attention is paid to the comparative developement of the parts of
the body, especially of the thorax and elytra. It is chiefly
among the smaller species that confusion exists; but even when
the abdomen is so much contracted that its true shape becomes
lost, they may still be distinguished by a careful comparison of
the antenne, thorax, and elytra. For this purpose the following
characters of the four smaller species will be found very useful.

G2

36 Rev. A. Matruews’s Hssay

M. minuta may be known by its longer and broader thorax
and elytra, and long slender antenne.

M. Masoni is the smallest of the known species, and easily
recognized by its sooty-black legs and antennx, and very short
elytra.

M. infuscata is distinguished by its very short and narrow
thorax and elytra, rather long and slender antenne, and usually
fuscescent appearance of all parts of its body.

M. gracilis is larger than either of the foregoing, and differs
from all in its robust and shorter anteane, which are distinctly
incrassated towards the apex.

It is difficult to determine whether an isolated specimen
belongs to JZ. minuta or M. infuscata; when the two species
are placed side by side, their difference is immediately apparent,
but owing to the rarity of J/. minuta this is not always possible,
and consequently, as 7. infuscata is much the most common of
the small species, the greater part of those usually labelled

‘“minuta” belong in truth to “ infuscata.”

SY NON Y MIC Lis:

STAPHYLINID. Fowleri, Matth.

(rYMNUSINA. Kraatzii, Sharp.

MYLLAINA, Erichson. glauca, Rye.
; 3 “OF 1OSS¢e Mé e
Centrogloss 1, Matth elongata, Matth.
dubia, Grav. glauca, Aubeé.
conuroides, Matth. ; .
? valida, Muls. Greca, Kr,
intermedia, Hr. gracilis, Matth.
attenuata, Matth. forticornis, Kr.

minuta, Grav.

infuseata, Kr.
minuta, Matth.

v. minima, Kr.

Masoni, Matth. : :
‘s brevicornis, Matth.

eracilicornis, Fairm. ? gracilis, Heer.
? elongata, Kr. ? rubescens, Rey.

? incisa, Rey. ? grandicollis, Kies.

SS)

on the Genus Myllexna. 7

I have not been able to verify the synonymus marked?, and
very much doubt whether any of them except ‘ grandicollis”
refer to the species to which they are assigned in the Catalogue
of H. H. Stein and Weise ; “gracilis, Heer” and ‘“ rubescens, Rey”
probably refer to “ IZ. Greca; * elongata, Kr.” and ‘‘incisa, Rey”
are more likely to refer to “.V/. elongata” than to “ M. gracili-

cornis,”

Myllena dubia, Grav.

L.c. 14-13 lin. = 3-350 mm. Fuscous black, clothed with
a fuscous pubescence, rather coarsely tuberculate, widest at the
apex of the elytra; head acutely attenuated in front, mouth
yellow, thorax widest at the base; elytra as long and rather
wider than the thorax ; abdomen as long as the anterior parts
of the body united, conic, acutely attenuated towards the apex,
penultimate segment edged with white, apical segment pale ;
legs and antennx pitchy-testaceous.

Differs from the rest of the genus in its larger size, much
broader thorax and elytra, and in the much greater dilatation of
the base of the thorax.

This species is not so generally distributed as the following.

Myllena intermedia, Ey.

L.c. 1-14 lin. = 2-250 mm. Fuscous black, clothed with
a very short fuscous pubescence, closely and finely tuberculate ;
head much attenuated in front, mouth yellow ; thorax slightly
dilated at the base; elytra scarcely wider than the thorax ;
abdomen scarcely as long as the anterior parts of the body, conic,
acutely attenuated towards the apex, apical segment and posterior
half of the penultimate pale, edge of the penultimate segment
white; legs and antennez pitchy-testaceous.

Differs from J/. dubia in its smaller size, narrow form, less
dilatation of the base of the thorax, paler apex of the abdomen,
and finer sculpture.

This is perhaps the most common of all the Myllene, and is
to be found in any marshy place.

38 Rev. A. Matruews’s Hssay
Myllena minuita, Grav.
L.c. 67 lin. = 1:50-1:75 mm. Fuscous black, clothed with

short grey pubescence, finely and closely tuberculate, head much
produced and attenuated in front; mouth yellow ; thorax slightly
dilated at the base; elytra not longer, but rather wider than the
thorax, abdomen shorter than the anterior parts united, obtusely
attenuated, apical and greater part of the penultimate segments
rufo-testaceous ; legs and antenne testaceous.

Differs from the foregoing species in its minute size, longer
thorax, and shorter and stouter antenne, From WM. Masoni it
may be known by its broader and longer thorax and elytra, and
by its more depressed form.

‘M. minuta seems to be in truth a rare insect. The greater
part of the supposed examples of this species prove on examina-
tion to belong to M. infuscata, but its long and dilated thorax
and long elytra, readily distinguish 7. minuta from M/, infuscata,
in which the same parts are unusually short and narrow.

Myllena Maseni, n. sp.

L.c. *56 lin. = 1:25-1:50 mm. Fuliginose aterrima, pube
densi nigrescenti vestita, sat leviter tuberculata ; capite magno

lato antice producto, ore concolori ; pronoto longo, postice parum
dilatato, ante basim latiori, lateribus rotundatis; elytris brevibus,
capite atque pronoto multo brevioribus, param angustioribus,
distincte tuberculatis, ad suturam valde obliquiter truncatis ;
abdomine partibus ceteris vix pariter longo, obtuse attenuato,
apice concolori; pedibus atque antennis sat brevibus fuliginose
nigro-picels.

Head rather large conic obtusely produced, distinctly tubercu-
late, mouth concolorous; eyes moderate not prominent ; antenne
rather short sooty-black with the apical joint acutely pointed ;
palpi sooty-black.

Thorax moderate rather longer and broader than the head,
distinctly tuberculate, widest before the base, sides rounded and
faintly margined, basal margin slightly rounded with the angles
nearly right angles.

Scutellum concealed by the thorax.

Llytra small rather narrower and much shorter than the

Sy)
ite)

on the Genus Myllena.

thorax, distinctly tuberculate, sides straight, basal margins very
obliquely truncate towards the suture, with a moderate emargina~
tion within the exterior angles.

Abdomen moderate obtusely conic, scarcely as long as the rest
of the body, with the apex obtuse, concolorous.

Legs rather short robust, sooty-black, with the tarsi short and
robust.

Underparts pitchy-black,

Differs from JW. m‘nuta in its smaller size, more robust forny
short and very obliquely truncate elytra, sooty-black colour, dark
pubescence, and short robust pitchy-black legs and antenne.

M. Mascni appears to be a very rare species; the only
examples I have seen are those taken by my brother and my-
self, near Weston-on-the-green, in Oxfordshire.

Myllena gracilicornis.

Lc. 14-14 lin. = 250-3 mm. Deep black clothed with
orey int eeasae very finely tuberculate or alutaceous, head
rather large; thorax long, widest before the base; elytra rather
shorter and narrower than the thorax ; abdomen long and much
attenuated, longer than half the entire length of the body, apex
concolorous; antenne deep black, very long and very slender ;

legs long pitchy-black.

Differs from all the other species in its very long and very
slender black antenne.

Two specimens of this species were found near Ventnor, in
the Isle of Wight, by the Rev. W. W. Fowler.

Myllena Fowleri, n. sp.

L.c. 14-14 lin. = 2.50-3 mm. Obconica sat lata et depressa,
aterrima “pube brevi nigrescenti vestita, distincte tuberculata :
capite magno lato, ore concolori; pronoto sat longo, capite
longiori et paulum latiori, ante basim latiori Jateribus leviter
rotundatis et leviter marginatis, margine basali valde rotundata ;
elytris perbrevibus pronoto multum brevioribus, pariter latis,
margine basali sinuata; abdomine lato conico, partibus ceteris
longiori, segmentis omnibus nigris, acie extrema penultimi albida,;
antennis sat brevibus aterrimis ; pedibus sat longis nigro-piceis,

40) Rev. A. Marruews’s Essay

Head large and broad, rather short, distinctly tuberculate,
mouth concolorous ; eyes rather large and prominent, antennx
rather short, deep black.

Thorax rather long, longer and rather broader than the head,
distinctly tuberculate, widest before the base, sides slightly
rounded and margined, basal margin very much rounded and
margined with the angles rather obtuse.

Scutellum concealed by the thorax.

Elytra very short, much shorter and not wider than the
thorax, distinctly tuberculate, sides nearly straight, deeply
notched within the posterior angles.

Abdomen broad and conic, rather longer than the anterior
parts of the body combined, all the segments black, with the
edge of the penultimate segment conspicuously white, apical
segment rather obtuse.

Legs moderate, pitchy-black, with all the tarsi yellow.
Underpaits deep black.

Differs from all its congeners in its purely conical form and
velvety black colour; from M. gracilicornis it may be known by
its much broader form, and short robust antenne.

Myllana Kraatzi.

L.c. 13-13 lin. = 3 = 3°50 mm. Elongate, fuscous black,
clothed with short fulvous pubescence, closely and rather finely
tuberculate throughout; head moderate, rather short with the
labrum alone rufo-fuscous; thorax rather large shining and very
convex, much rounded in front with two erect setw# near each
anterior angle, widest before the base, sides and basal margin
slightly rounded and margined, posterior angles rounded ; elytra
short, rather narrower and much shorter than the thorax, with
two erect sete near each shoulder, deeply notched within the
posterior angles and obliquely truncate towards the suture ;
abdomen longer than half the entire length of the body, very
obtusely attenuated, each segment furnished with a strong erect
seta near the hinder angles, apical segment rufous, penultimate
edged with white; antenne and palpi piceous more or less pale ;
hinder legs piceous, anterior leos and all the tarsi testaceous.

Differs from ./, elongata in its shorter and broader form,

on the Genus Myllena. 4]

much longer and broader thorax and elytra, and darker and
shorter legs and antenne.

M,. Kraatzii was found by Mr. Rye, near Wimbledon Common,
and subsequently by Mr. T. Wilkinson, near Scarborough, and
recently in some numbers near Chobham, by Mr. EH. A. Butler,
of Hastings ; it seems therefore to inhabit elevated and peaty
localities. I have also received this species from France.

I have been careful in describing this very distinct species,
because it has been unaccountably confounded with others of the
genus. By some it has been mistaken for 7. glauca, of Aube,
which is synonymous with J/, elongata; and in the Catalogue
of H. H. Stein, and Weise, its name is quoted as a synonymn of
M. gracilicornis, to which it bears no possible resemblance.
The erect setee mentioned in the above description are more or
less common to all Myllenx, but being naturally liable to
abrasion are very seldom found in perfect preservation, and
cannot therefore be relied upon as a differential character.

Myllena elongata.

L.c. 13-2 lin. = 8°50-4 mm. Very long and narrow, fus-
cous covered with a dense grey sericeous pubescence, closely and
rather strongly tuberculate ; head rather large, mouth yellow ;
thorax moderate not dilated posteriorly, elytra as long and as
wide as the thorax, abdomen very long, twice as long as the
anterior parts of the body, obtusely attenuated with the apical
and half the penultimate segments rufous; legs long rufo-
testaceous, antenne long, pitehy testaceous.

Differs from its congeners in its large size, narrow elongate
subparallel form, long legs and antennw, and shining silky
pubescence,

M. elongata is universally distributed, but not very abundant;
it differs from the usual habits of the genus, and, as far as my
own experience goes, is generally found on beds of mud devoid

of herbage.

Myllena greca.

L.c. 14-15 lin. = 250-3 mm. Elongate, very slender and

much eomiared posteriorly, rufo-fuscous with the thorax,

42 Rev. A. Matruews’s Mssay

elytra, and apical half of each segment of the abdomen rufous,
clothed with grey pubescence, very finely tuberculate, or place:
ous ; head moderate, thorax rather short, widest Belore the base;
elytra short, shorter and narrower fan the thorax ; abdomen
narrow, acutely attenuated, twice as long as the anterior parts of
the body ; legs and antennex short, robust rufo testaceous,

Differs from all the other species in its slender attenuated
form, and rufous colour.

I am much pleased to be able to add this very elegant species
to the British List. Among some unnamed Myllene collected
by the late Mr. T. Wilkinson, of Scarborough, and kindly sent
to me by Mr. P. B. Mason, I found two examples of J/. graca,
and, as particles of sea-sand were stiil adhering to both specimens,
I have every reason to conclude that they must have been taken
on the shore near Scarborough, Troma label attached to a type
specimen received from M. A. Fauvel, this rare species appears
to have occurred also in Corsicé

Myllena gracilis.

L. ec. 1-1} lin. = 2-250 mm. _ Long and narrow, fuscous-
black, clothed with grey pubescence, closely and strongly tuber-
culate ; head large and broad; thorax small almost quadrate ;
elytra longer and broader than the thorax ; abdomen longer than
the anterior parts of the body combined, much attenuated with
the apical and greater part of the penultimate segments rufous ;
legs and antenne rather short, robust, rufo-piceous ; antenne
distinctly incrassated towards the apex.

Differs from other species in its smaller size, short and robust
legs and antenne.

M. gracilis isthe most common of the smaller species.

Myllena infuscata.

L.c. #-llin. = 150-2 mm. Fuscous thickly clothed with
grey pubescence, closely and rather strongly tuberculate ;
head rather short cand broad, mouth yellow, thorax short slightly
dilated at the base; elytra shorter and narrower than the thorax;
abdomen long obtusely attenuated, half as long again as the Tet
of the body, with the terminal segments wholly rufous ; legs
and antenne moderate, slender rufo-testaceous,

on the Genus Myllena. 43

Differs from .J/. gracilis in its smaller size, narrow elongate
form, short elytra, longer and more slender antenne, and fuscous
colour.

This and the preceding are very often mistaken for .W/. minuta,
but may be distinguished from that species by their much shorter
thorax and elytra ; this difference although very conspicuous, 1s
difficult to determine without actual comparison, not always
easily attainable, as the true J/. minuta is somewhat rare.

Myllena brevicornis.

Le. 14-13 lin. = 2°50-3°50 mm. Rufo-testaceous, clothed
with flavescent pubescence, very convex and rather shining,
finely and closely tuberculate or alutaceous; head large; thorax
rather long, widest at the base ; elytra short, much shorter but
not broader than the thorax, very obliquely truncate towards the
suture; abdomen rather obtusely attenuated, longer than the
anterior parts of the body combined, sometimes rather dusky
with the apical half of each segment rufous; legs and antenne
yellow, the latter short and much incrassated.

Differs from all except .J/. graca in the rufo-testaceous colour
of the whole body, and from .J/. gr@ca in its much larger thorax,
broad and obtuse form, and very robust yellow antenne.

M. brevicornis is universally distributed, and appears to be of
a more wandering disposition than any of its congeners ; it is
the only species of Myllena which I have ol tained by sweeping
herbage, and is sometimes found in wooded and not marshy
localities.

Besides the two novelties described in this Essay, the British
List now comprises all the European species of Myllena ; since
I have been informed by M. A. Fauvel, that the insect intro-
duced into this genus in the Catalogue of H. H. Stein and Weise
under the name of JV. paradoxa is not a Myllena, but belongs
to Homeusa. It is therefore evident that this country is
peculiarly suited to the habits of the genus, and I have no doubt
but that fresh species remain to be discovered, if proper attention
be given to their pursuit. It may assist in accomplishing this
object, if I mention my own long experience in collecting these
insects. The localities which they frequent have heen already
mentioned, but as their proper preservation is on account of their

44 Rev. A. Marrnews’s Essay on the Genus Myllena.

fragile structure very important, a word or two on that matter
will not be out of place. I have found that the only way to
preserve in any degree their elegant life-form, is to immerse them
as soon as captured in small bottles filled with either Spirits of
Wine mixed with not more than one-third of water, or with
pure Gin; on the following day they should be taken singly
from the bottles, and laid for a few minutes only on Blotting
Paper, and then extended on Card with a strong solution of
Gum Tragacanth; in this condition they must remain undis-
turbed until perfectly dried, they can be set, if required, at any
subsequent period. If taken from the moist situations which
they always inhabit, and placed in dry bottles, they soon die,
and become irretrievably contracted, unsightly and irrecognizable
objects.

My best thanks are due to M. A. Fauvel, M. A. Fairmaire,
Dr. Power, Dr. Sharp, Mr. P. B. Mason, Mr. Fowler, Mr. Blatch,
and Mr. Butler, of Hastings, for the valuable assistance they

have so kindly given.

Note on Throscidium invisibile; by the Rev. A. Mattuews,
M.A.

When I made the figure of 7richopteryx ‘nvisibilis, (Trichop.
Illustr. pl. 24, fig. 10), I could not but perceive that it differed
very much from any of the species with which it was associated ;
but the fact of possessing at that time only two specimens,
(original types from H. Nietner, kindly presented to me by
Dr. Kraatz and Dr. Dohrn respectively), together with the
minute size, and extremely delicate and fragile structure of the
insect, deterred me from making any anatomical examination.
Since that period Mr. Wollaston met with this species in the
Cape de Verde Islands, and, as he always did, enriched any collec-
tion with a third type specimen. Mr. Wollaston’s protracted
absence from England, and his lamented death, occurring so
soon after his return to this country, again prevented my making
the desired investigation. I have however at last been enabled
to do this through the kindness of Mr. Dale, in whose hands
Mr. Wollaston’s collection is now placed. By a careful examina-
tion of its anatomy I am convinced that the species in question
belongs properly to the genus Throscidium, and not to Trichop-
teryx, and must in future be known as Throscidium invisibile.

I think that any one who will compare the figure of 7. invisi-
bilis, (Trichop. Illustr. pl. 24, fig. 10), with Zh. Germainti
(pl. 20, fig. 4), will feel quite satisfied that this change of genus
is correct.

T. invisibile seems to be distributed throughout the tropical
zone. It was first discovered in Ceylon, by H. Nietner, sub-
sequently by Mr. Wollaston in the Cape de Verde Islands, and
by Colonel Motschulsky, near Panama, and described by that
illustrious Entomologist as Acratrichis elongatula.

It has also more recently been taken by Mr. Champion in
Central America.

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Notes on the Genus Acripium; by the Rev. A. Martruews,
M.A.

Some of the rarest and most interesting Trichopterygide
belong to the genus Actidium, Although cosmopolitan in their
range, and much varied in their quaint and elegant forms, they
bear evident and unmistakable marks of affinity to each other.
In 1872, when the “ Zvichopterygia Illustrata”’ was published,
only three species were known, and all these were European ;
since that time five others have been discovered, America,
Australasia, and Oceania or Polynesia, have contributed their
own representatives; from Asia alone no species has been
hitherto received, though doubtless some might be found. In
consequence of this large increase in the number of the
species, I think that it will be useful to collect together the
scattered members of the genus, and to transcribe from various
publications in which they are recorded a few distinctive charac-
ters; so that they may be the more easily recognized,

A.tidium Boudierii, (Trichop. Hlustr. p. 89), the first dis-
covered, was described by M. Allibert from specimens taken on
the shores of the Lake of Geneva. Although rare, it has
occurred in other parts of Europe, but hitherto not on British
soil. It may easily be distinguished from all its congeners except
A. Crotchianum, by its ovate form, pitvhy-black colour, and
black legs and antenne.

Actidium Crotchianum, (Cist. Ent. 1, p. 168), in shape and
colour resembles the foregoing species, but may be known by its
larger size and inflated elytra. Several specimens of this insect
were found by my lamented friend, whose name it bears, in
British Columbia, but I regret to say that he left no note of the
exact locality.

Actidium politum, (Cist. Ent. i, p. 168), was also found by
Mr. Crotch, in British Columbia, and left without any further

Rev. A. Marruews’s Notes on the Genus Actidium. Aq

note. It belongs to the same ovate section of the genus as the
two preceding species, from which its minute size and shining
impunctate surface readily distinguish it.

Actidium Sharpianum, (Cist. Ent. ii, p. 89, Pl. H, f. 2); this
remarkable species was lately found in the Sandwich Islands, by
the Rey. T. Blackburn, on the margin of a stream near Honolulu.
In form and colour it resembles the four preceding species more
than any of the rest, and may be known by its narrow elongate
form, and abruptly truncate apex of the elytra.

Actidium concolor, (Trichop. Illustr. p. 89), was first found
by Dr. Sharp and Mr. Crotch, on the margin of a stream in
Northumberland, and subsequently in a similar locality near
Dumfries, by Dr. Sharp; a single example taken in Italy has
also been sent tome by H. E. v. Bruck. A. concolor formsa link
between the two sections of this genus, z.e., those whose surface
is shining and more or less glabrous, and those which are clothed
with pubescence ; from the former it differs in its lnear cylin-
dric form, and from the latter in its shining and naked surface.

Actidium Fowlerianum, a. sp. Several specimens of this very
small species have been sent by Mr. Champion, from Guatemala,
and as they are in the hands of Messrs. Godman and Salvin, |
will only say that they differ from all the other species in their
minute size (37-50 mm.), attenuated elytra, and silver-grey

colour.

Actidium lineare, (Cist. Mut. i, p. 296). This species found
in some numbers by Mr. Dawson, in New Zealand, may
be known by its elongate linear form, longer pubescence, and
brown colour. It resembles A. courctatum, more than any of
the rest, but differs from that species in its more truly linear
form, and especially in the sculpture of the head and thorax.

Actidium coarctatum, (Trichop. Illustr. p. 89), appears to be
distributed throughout the whole of Europe and the African
shore of the Mediterranean sea, I have received specimens
from various parts of England, and also from Ireland, Sweden,
Italy, the South of France,and Egypt. Its linear form, long
pubescence, and deeply punctured head and thorax, readily
distinguish A. coarctatum from its congeners,

48 Rev. A. Marruews’s Notes on the Genus Actidium.

As a rule the species of Actidium frequent exclusively the
margins of lakes and rivers, or the sea shore; but a notable
exception to this rule has sometimes occurred in the case of
A. coarctatum; many years ago Mr. Haliday stated in the
Dublin Nat. Hist. Review, that he had met with this insect in a
farmyard somewhere in Ireland ; and the fact that it occasionally
frequents such localities has been thoroughly established by
Mr. Fowler, who for the last two years has taken several
examples from a hotbed near the City of Gloucester. In all
other instances it has been found on the sea shore ; in England
by Mr. Crotch on the Chesil-bank, and on the Coast of Essex
by Mr. Champion.

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Descriptions of two larve and new genera and species of
CLavicorn Coteoprera, and a synopsis of the genus Hexora,
MacLeay; by Artuur Sipney O.utrr.

The species here described were, with one exception, received
from Mr. Edward W. Janson, who, with great liberality, has
permitted me to make what use of his collections I pleased, and
thus, I am able to make known, among other novelties, more
than one new species of the interesting genus /Helota. The
distribution of this genus seems, as far as our knowledge at
present extends, to be rather wide; for, although none of the
species extend beyond the limits of the Oriental region, if we
include Japan, one of them, /7. guerinz, is found in such widely
separated localities as Bombay, Travancore, Burmah and Java;
whilst, on the other hand, some of the species appear to have
a very limited range, either being confined to a group of islands,
or, as in the case of //. sinensis, to the higher altitudes of the
mainland. These insects are decidedly rare in collections, but
this is doubtless due to the fact that they are difficult to find,
and therefore, are not obtained by inexperienced collectors.

With regard to the named portion of the collection snbmitted
to me by Mr. Janson, it may be advisable to mention that besides
many rarities such as Colastus fervidus, Murray, from Villa
Nova, and other species described from single examples, I found
a perfect specimen of the curious, and I believe unique Ctilodes
bostrichoides, Murray. This example was taken by Mr, Wallace
at Gilolo, so this is an additional locality, as Murray’s type was
from the neighbouring small island of Morty. The specimen is
only 8 mm. long, and differs from the type in having the pygid-
ium rather more strongly punctured.

For the loan of the two larve, here described for the first
time, I have to thank Mr. George Lewis. That of Helota
gemmata is especially interesting, as it may throw some light on
the affinities of the genus,

D

50 Mr. A. Stpney Ouuirr’s descriptions of

NITIDULIDZ.
LIOSCHEMA.

Fairm. et Germ., Co]. Chil. ii, p. 1 (1861).
Aparomia, Redtenbacher, Reise Novar., Coleopt. 35 (1867).

The pamphlet in which the two following species were charac-
terised is so inaccessible that it may be useful to reproduce the
original descriptions here.

Lioschema nigricolle.
Lioschema nigricolle, Fairm. et Germ., Col. Chil. ii, p. 1

Nigrum, nitidum, subtiliter punctulatum, capite trifoveolato,
prothorace antice valde angustato, lateribus arcuatis, marginatis,
elytris postice parum angustatis, fulvo-castaneis, nigro-margin-
atis. Long. 8 mm.

Hab. Chil.

LInoschema rubrovarium, Pl. III, fig. é
Licschema rubrovarium, Fairm. et Germ., Col. Chil. ii, p. 1.

Oblongum, postice leviter attenuatum, parum convexum,
uitidum, nigrum, prothorace lateribus flavo anguste marginato,
hoc margine c: analiculato, elytris aut nigris rufo pictis, aut rarig
lateribus nigro maculatis: capite tenuiter punctato, prothorace
elytrisque vix perspicue tenuiter punctulatis. Long. 9-10 mm.

Hab. Valdivia, Chili.

Lioschema germaini, n. sp., Pl. II, fig. 4.

Shining-black, moderately convex, slightly narrowed behind.
Head longer than broad, extremely finely and rather closely
punctured; with a longitudinal impression on each side before
the eyes, and a transverse row of rather strong punctiwres near
the base; this row of punctures extends net wly across the head,
and is somewhat impressed in the centre. Pr othorax transv erse,
considerably narrowed in front, extremely finely punctured;
anterior margin slightly produced in the middle; margins
flavous, rather broad and finely punctured. Scutellum tri-
angular, extremely finely punctured. Elytra about twice as
long as the prothorax, slightly narrowed posteriorly, yellowish
red, with the suture dusky, extremely finely and closely punc-
tured; humeral angles nearly right angles; sides with a slight

new species of Clavicorn Coleoptera, &e. 51

sinuation just behind the middle, then gradually rounded to
the apex; inner apical angles rounded: each elytron with an
elongate spot near the shoulder, a much larger spot considerably
before the middle, a broad fascia behind the middle, and the
apex black, Length 7-10 mm.

Valdivia, Chili (Germain).

Besides the great dissimilarity in the pattern and coloration
of the elytra, this insect differs from Lioschema rubrovarium in
having the metasternum rather more strongly punctured, and
the prothorax rather more abruptly rounded at the sides. The
males of 1. germaini also appear to have the apex of the pygidium
more sharply pointed than those of the other species.

Although judging from the words “ elytris nigris rufo pictis”
in the description of LZ. rubrovarium, MM. Fairmaire and Germain
have considered this form as a variety, I cannot coincide in this
view. M. Germain himself seems to have been undecided on
this point, for I possess a specimen from his collection labelled
in his own handwriting “ Lios. sp. nov. aut rubrovarium var.?”
I have examined a considerable number of specimens of these
insects, and have come to the conclusion that they do not vary
materially in colour or markings, and have, therefore, dedicated
the form described above to M. Germain.

TROGOSITID.
IIELOTA.

MacLeay, Annulosa Javanica, p. 42 (1825).

Reitter has (Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. xx, p. 31), and I think
with reason, placed this genus in a separate subfamily at the
head of the Trogositide.

List OF SPECIES.
Flelota vigorsi.
Helota vigorsi, MacLeay, Ann. Javy., p. 48, pl. 1, fig. 9.

India, Java, Malacca.

TTelota servillet.
Helota serville’, Wope, Col. Man., vol. iii, p. 187, pl. ill, fig. 4.
Bengal, Poonah, Travancore.

DZ

52 Mr. A. Stoney Oxuire’s descriptions of

Flelota gemmata,

Helota gemmata, Gorham, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (1874),
p- 448; Reitter, Deutsche Hnt. Zeitschr. (1876) xx, pl. 1, fig.
1; Waterhouse, Aid ii, pl. exxxii, fig. 2.

Japan,

Harta, Pls It, tie. 8

Klongate, much depressed, pitchy black, shining, slightly attenu-
ated behind. Head transverse ; sides rounded, very sparingly
covered with fine bristly hairs; with a moderately strong semi-
circular impression on the disc, the concave side of which is
towards the base. Epistoma rather large, sides oblique, with two
rather strong longitudinal impressions extending from the base to
just behind the anterior margin. Antenne four-jointed ; the basal
large and transverse, second slightly shorter and much smaller, third
cylindrical as long as the first two together, with a very small
sharply pointed spine near the outer angle at the apex, fourth much
smaller and about ha’f as lorg as the third. Ocelli six on each
side of the head, in two transverse series, the first near the base
of the antenna; however, only five are visible when the head is
viewed laterally as in the plate (fiz. 8d). Labrum very short,
rounded in front, anterior margin clothed with a few bristly AEE.
Mandibles stout, strongly eared each provided on the inner
side with four small obtuse teeth, acutely bifid at the apex.
Maxille rather large, obliquely truncate at the apex, which is
covered with Snes and very strong bristle-like curved hairs;
maxillary palpi four jointed, basal moderately large and trans-
verse, second rather narrower, third decidedly longer and thick-
ening towards the apex, fourth longer than the third, narrowed
towards the extremity, and ter minated by a small, compact, ovate
club. Labium moderately large, rounded in front, deeply im-
pressed on each side; labial palpi three jointed, basal near ly as
broad as long, second rather narrower and longer, apical slightly
narrowed towards the extremity. First thoracic segment much
broader than long, slightly raised in front, then sloping down-
wards to the base, with a moderately long flexuous impression
on each side of the dise, and a strongly enleae medial line ; an-
terior margin somewhat thickened, sides finely punctured and
clothed with rather long bristle-like hairs. Abdominal and second
and third thoracic segments very short, finely wrinkled trans-
versely, delicately and sparingly punctured, covered, especially
near the sides, with very small tubercles and bristly hairs; each
segment with a strongly impressed central longitudinal line, and

new species of Clavicorn Coleoptera, &ce. 53

a fulvous patch on each side near the margin; sides with rather
long flesh-coloured protuberances, these protuberances are flat
and rather broad at the base, at about half their length they are
much narrowed and become nearly cylindrical: each of these
cylindrical portions is furnished near the middle with a few
moderately long bristly hairs, and at the apex with a much longer
and stouter one. The last abdominal segment much narrower
and shorter than the others, furnished with two long slightly
elevated spine-like appendages, which are narrowed towards the
apex: each of these appendages is slightly hooked at the tip and
provided with small spiny excrescences, of these one near the
base is decidedly the largest. Stigmata ‘of the normal number
and position. Legs rather short, unarmed; femora with a few
hairs near the apex; claws simple. Length 12 mm.; greatest
width 4 mm.; width of the head 24 mm.

This curious larva was obtained by Mr. George Lewis during
his last visit to Japan. It was found in company with the
perfect insect, feeding on sap exuding from the bores made by
the larva of a species of Cossus, a situation, in which Mr, Lewis
had often observed these insects.

Helota gorhami, un. sp.

Nearly allied to ZZ. gemmata; usually somewhat larger and
always more elongate, prothorax with the sides more strongly
serrulate especi ially in the male; elytra with the punctures
stronger and the interstices decidedly more raised: in the female
the apex much more produced and abruptly acumiaate. Beneath,
the first two, and often the third to fifth abdominal segments are
of a uniform dark pitchy-brown colour, occasionally the whole
underside is dark pitchy without a trace of rufous, but although
every intermediate occurs between these extremes, the two
first segments are invariably dark. Length 16-19 mm.; width

—65 mm.
Shantung, N. China.

I think this form is worthy of a name, for, although it is very
closely allied to J/. gemmata, it presents the apparently constant
differences given in the above description. In fact, it may be
considered a more vigorous form, as the characters in which it
differs from that species seem to point to a hizher state of
development.

54 Mr. A. Sipney Ouutrr’s descriptions of

Helota sinensis, n. sp., Pl. III, fig. 3.

Oblong, brownish-bronze, with purple reflection, shining,
rather strongly punctured. Head much longer than broad,
considerably produced in front of the eyes; closely and rather
strongly punctured, especially towards the sides; with two
feebly raised longitudinal elevations on the disc, the space
between the elevations narrow and less closely punctured.
Antenne pitchy, the club yellow, thickly covered with yel-
lowish grey pubescence. Prothorax broader than long, very
shghtly narrowed and emarginate in front, strongly and irregularly
punctured; with rather broad, almost impunctate raised patches on
the disc ; these patches are variable in form, but a large U-shaped
elevation on the anterior half, and two or three much smaller
ones near the base are very conspicuous. Scutellum small, trans-
verse and rounded behind. Elytra considerably longer than the
head and prothorax together, narrowed behind, rather strongly
and irregularly punctured at the sides; with rows of elongate
polished elevations on the disc: each elytron with two raised
flavous spots on the disc, one considerably before the middle, and
the other nearer the apex. Underside pitchy and shining ;
sterna strongly and not very closely punctured ; abdorninal
segments extremely finely punctured. Legs pitchy; femora
finely punctured and bronzy at the tips. Length 85 mm. ;
width 3 mm.

Shantung, N. China; found at considerable elevations only.

Allied to Helota gemmata, Gorham.

Helota thibetana.

Helota thibetana, Westw., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. viii, p. 123.
Helota mellyi, Westw., Cab. Orient. Ent., p. 86, pl. xli, fig. 8.

Thibet, Simlah.

This is the only species of the genus of which I have not seen
specimens. I have, however, found //. servilled under this name
in several collections.

Helota guerini, Pl. II, fig. 1

Helota gquerini, Hope, Col. Man., vol. iii, p. 188.
Helota ocellata, Ritsema, Notes Leyd. Mus. iii, p. 79,

Bombay, Travancore, Burmah, Java.

new species of Clavicorn Coleoptera, &c. 55

Felota cereopunctata.

Helota cereopunctata, Lewis, Ent. Mo. Mag, xvu, p. 255;
Waterhouse, Aid ii, pl. cxxxiii, fig. I.
Chiuzenji, Ontake and Oyayama, Japan,

Helota culta, n. sp., Pl. II, fig. 2.

Elongate, slightly narrowed both in front and behind, shining
brassy-green. Head slightly narrowed in front, nearly flat
paneer the eyes, rather finely and very closely punctured at
the apex, less closely punctured at the base. Epistoma as finely
and more closely punctured than the head. Antenne reddish
testaceous, Prothorax a little longer than broad, narrowed in
front, slightly constricted just behind the middle, moderately
convex, strongly and sparingly punctured on the disc, rather
more closely so at the sides; anterior angles rounded, posterior
sharply pointed and acute. Scutellum small, transverse, rounded
behind and impunctate. Elytra not quite twice the length of
the head and prothorax together, as broad as the prothorax at
the base, shghtly narrowed posteriorly; humeral angles not very
prominent; sides nearly parallel, rounded behind ; apical sutural
angles slightly rounded, without any tooth: each elytron with
eight rows of rather finely punctured strie, and two rather
lar ge, very slightly raised oval spots on the dis, one just before
the middle and the other near the apex. Underside fulvous;
head and under-margins of the prothorax brassy, very strongly
punctured ; pro- and metasternum fulvous and impunctate ;
abdominal segments extremely finely punctured. Legs reddish-
testaceous ; knees, tips of the tarsi, and the claws green.
Length 6 mm.

North India.

This very distinct and pretty species is the smallest of the
genus. It is allied to Helota guerini and H. cereopunctata, but
is easily distinguished from either by its proportionately longer
and narrower prothorax, more parallel form, smaller size, and
the different punctuation of the sterna and under-margins of the
prothorax. The specimen described is a female and is, as far as
I am aware, unique in Mr. Janson’s collection.

Felota semifulva.
Helota semifulva, Ritsema Notes Leyd. Mus. iii, p. 80.
Java, India.

There is one specimen of this curious species in the National
Collection, labelled ‘ India.”

56 Mr. A. Srpney Oxt.irr’s descriptions of

SYNOPSIS OF SPECIES.

Llytra with four more or less raised spots.

I. Head strongly produced in front of the eyes; pro-
thorax rugose, with raised impunctate patches,
sides serrulate.

A. Elytra regularly punctured in rows; legs ful-
vous, with the knees black.

a. The spots on the elytra very large and
very slightly raised, not interrupting
but only obscuring the striae - - -

b. The spots on the elytra strongly raised,
not very large, and completely hiding
the strie - - - - - - - - = -

B. Elytra punctured in rows near the suture,
irregularly punctured at the sides; legs
either black or pitchy-brown, with the
knees darker,

a. The sides of the prothorax finely ser-
rulate; abdominal segments rufous -

b. The sides of prothorax moderately
strongly serrulate; first two, and
sometimes the third to fifth abdomi-
nal segments black - - - - - -

C. Elytra irregularly punctured all over; pro-
thorax with the impunctate patches very
small; legs pitchy - - - - - - - = =

D. Elytra with “rows of elevated shining tuber-
cles”; legs with the femora fulvous, the
tips green; tibiz alternately fulvous and
pitchy; tarsi pitchy - - - - - - - -

II. Head only slightly produced in front of the eyes;
prothorax without elevations, sides regularly
rounded,

A. Prothorax transverse, sides regularly rounded;
under-margins of the prothorax and the
prosternum rufous, regularly punctured :
mesosternum only punctured at the sides.

a. The spots on the elytra between the
third and seventh strie - - - - -
b. The anterior spots on the elytra be-
tween the fourth and sixth striew, the
posterior between the third and sixth
B, Prothorax slightly longer than broad, sides

vigorsi.

servillei.

gemmata,

gorhami.

sinensis,

thibetana.

guerini.

cercopunctata.

new species of Clavicorn Coleoptera, &c. 57

slightly constricted in the middle; under-
margins of prothorax brassy, very strongly
punctured; prosternum and metasternum
rufous and impunctate - - - - - - - culta.

Elytra without spots.

I. Fulvous, head and knees brassy, apical half of elytra
greenish-black - - - - - - - - - - -.- semifulva.

PARALINDRIA, nh. gen,

Head large, transverse and nearly as broad as the prothorax.
Eyes lateral, prominent, rather smal! and finely granulated. An-
tennx moderately long, eleven-jointed ; the basal article somewhat
wedge-shaped and longer than the following ones, second to eighth
very short, the club rather elongate and composed of three
joints. Labrum rather large, very convex; anterior margin
rounded and clothed with very fine bristly hairs. Mandibles
large, prominent, shghtly curved and simple. Maxille rather
long; both lobes narrow, with the sides nearly parallel, and the
anterior margin clothed with short hairs;* the outer lobe rounded
in front, the inner oblique and armed at the internal angle with
a small sharply pointed spine. Maxillary palpi four-jointed, the
first very slightly longer than broad, second much longer, third
about as long as the first, the terminal joint nearly as long as the
second and third together and rounded at the extremity, Labium
slightly emarginate in front, sides of the emargination oblique ;
with a feeble longitudinal ridge extending from the anterior mar-
gin to just before the base. Labial palpi slender and rather long,
composed of three moderately long sab-equal joints, of which the
apical is much broader at the apex than at the base. Prothorax
transverse, rounded at the sides. Scutellum rounded posteriorly.
Elytra with the sides parallel, rounded behind. Legs rather long;
the femora comparatively short; tibiz dilated towards the apex,
and armed on their outer sides with prominent and acute spines ;
tarsi slender and moderately long, claws simple.

This genus is allied to Alindria, Erichs. In collections it
should, I think, be placed between that genus and Melambia.

Paralindria partita, n. sp. Pl. II, fie. 6.

Elongate, sub-parallel, bright reddish castaneous, rather con-

vex and shining. Head considerably broader than long, very

*These hairs have been omitted in the figure (6a) for the purpose of
showing the outlines of the lobes more correctly,

58 Mr. A. Srpney Oxuirr’s descriptions of

convex, rather finely and moderately closely punctured, rounded
in front, the sides nearly parallel behind the eyes. Clypeus
rather more finely pune tured than the head. Antenne reddish
testaceous. Eyes, labrum and tips of the mandibles blacixish.
Prothorax rather more finely and less closely punctured than the
head; anterior and posterior margins nearly parallel, angles
rounded, sides strongly arcuate. Scutellum shining and im-
punctate. Elytra considerably longer than the head and pro-
thorax together, the basal portion bright reddish castaneous, the
apical half black ; finely striate-punctate on the disc, irregularly
and closely punctured at the sides, the interstices broad and im-
punctate ; humeral angles rounded, very slightly produced ; sides
nearly parallel, rounded behind. Underside and legs rather
paler in colour than the upper surface; tibise flattened, strongly

dilated towards the apex; anterior tibia with four spines, two

being placed near the apex and two about the middle; inter-
mediate and posterior tibiw with five or six rather sharper spines,
placed in regular series. Length 9 mm.; width 3 mm.

Macas, Ecuador (Buckley).

This insect at first sight reminds one in its colouring of /7elota
semifulva, Rits.

LOPHOCATERES,
Olliff, Trans. Ent. Soe. Lond., 1883, p. 180

Since writing the description of this genus I have received
specimens of “ Ostoma” yvani, Allib, a small Peltid allied to my
Lophocatercs nanus. Previously yvani was only known to me
from descriptions, and, I had no idea from its association with
the European Ostoma grosswn, that it had any connection with
the small parallel-sided Bornean species which I had named
LL. nanus, Thomson in his “Skandinaviens Coleoptera” divided
Ostoma, or as it is generally called, Pelt/s, into several genera.
Ilcwever, no genus appears to have been made for yvan/, as it is
not included in Thomson's admirable work, and therefore, as it
is closely allied to Lophocateres nanus, 1 think that both these
insects should be associated in the same genus, and placed very
near Grynocharis, Th, (Skand. col. iv., p. 190), in which is
included oblonga, Linn., and the American quadrilineata, Mels.
I am at a loss to understand why Herr Reitter (Deutsche Ent,
Zeitschr, xx., p. 89), if he knew the insect, has referred yvani to

new species of Clavicorn Coleoptera, &c. 59

the genus Ostoma. The form, structure of the maxille and legs,
will easily separate Lophocateres from Grynocharis, Gawrambe
and Ostoma, the genera to which it is most nearly allied,

Lophocateres pilosus, a. sp.

Elongate, slightly broader behind than in front, dark reddish
brown, shining, clothed with long greyish- yellow pubescence
whieh is especi ally noticeable at the sides. Head fine ly and
indistinctly punctured, shghtly pubescent. Prothorax transverse,
a little narrowed in front, moderately strongly and rather sparingly
punctured on the disc, less sparingly so near the sides, pubescence
much more pronounced than that of the head. Scutellum as
finely punctured as the head. Elytra a little broader behind
than in front, rather fine ‘ly punctate-striate, the interstices rather
broad and without punctures, although aaa viewed from the
side, they present slight irregularities ; anterior angles rounded ;
sides very slightly diverging for two-thirds of their length, then
arcuately rounded to the apex. Underside, legs, and antennwe
reddish testaceous, the club of the latter covered with yellowish-
grey pubescence. Length 38 mm.; greatest width 14 mm.

Penang.

The three species of the genus Lophocateres may be distin-
guished thus:—

A. Each elytron with six raised costa.
a, Prothorax finely punctured; metasternum
impunctate and shining - - - - - - manus,

b. Prothorax much more strongly punctured;
metasternum finely but distinctly punc-
tured - - - - = - = - - = = = yrani.

B. Elytra without trace of coste- - - - - - - pilosus.

CUCUJID.
cucusus, Fabr.
Cucujus coccinatus, Lewis.
Larva. “PIT fps 7.

Klongate, rather narrow, strongly depressed, reddish-testa-
ceous and shining; thoracic and abdominal segments, except the
anal, with a clearly defined medial line. Head large, about
twice as broad as long, very slightly narrowed in front, broadly

60 Mr, A. Srpney Oxtire’s descriptions of

impressed in the centre; sides oblique; posterior angles rounded.
Epistoma with a slight emargination in front, sides oblique.
Antenne four-jointed; the basal very short, second much longer,
third as long as the first and second together, the apical much
narrower and about as long as the second. Ocelli, five on each
side; three placed in front, near the base of the antenna, and
two a short distance behind. Labrum rounded in front, with
a long bristly hair on each side, and a few smaller ones on the
disc. Mandibles strongly curved, acutely bifid at the apex.
Maxille narrow, curved, covered sean fine hairs at the apex;

maxillary palpi three-jointed, the basal transverse, second more
than twice as long the first, the apical rather shorter and nar-
rowed towards the extremity. Labium very small, rounded in
front, clothed with a few fine hairs; labial palpi composed of
three articles, the basal very short, the second rather longer, the
terminal narrowed towards the apex. ‘Thoracic segments de-
cidedly narrower than the head, sides arcuate, anterior and
posterior angles rounded. Abdominal segments of the normal
number; the first rather shorter than those of the thorax, the
second to sixth gradually increasing in length, the eighth longer
and narrower, the last very short and provided at the apex with
two rather long, elevated, incurved spines; each of these spines
has, near the base, a much shorter spine, which is bifid at the
extremity. Stigmata, nine in number, similar to those of the
larva of Cucujus eee Erichs.* Legs well developed,
very sparingly covered with fine hairs; claws curved and simple.
Length 17 mm.

Japan (Lewis).

PLATYCOTYLUS.

Olliff Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1883, p. 182.

Platycotylus nigripes, a. sp.

Black, with a_ steel-blue tinge, somewhat shining, much
depressed. Head finely and moderately closely punctured. Pro-
thorax nearly twice as broad as long, rather convex, finely and
closely punctured ; anterior and eos angles produced; sides
rounded and very slightly constricted before the b: ase ; posterior
margin with a slight central impression. Scutellum transverse,
rounded be hind, very finely and irregularly punctured. Elytra

* Described by Erichson (Naturg Insect. Deutsch. iii, p. 310) and
Chapuis and Candéze (Mem. Soc. Liége viii, p. 86, pl. ii, fig. 8).

3 x Fy i
new species of Clavicorn Coleoptera, Wc. 61

about twice as long as the head and prothorax together, moderately
strongly punctate-striate, the interstices scarcely raised, rather
broad, and impunctate ; each elytron with a rather large, oval,
reddish spot, before the apex. Underside pitchy-black, finely
and rather closely punctured. Length 35 mm.; greatest width,
1} mm,

Kaioa Islands (Wallace). B.M.

Allied to Platycotylus inusitatus, Olliff, (Trans. Ent. Soe.
Tond., 1888, p. 183; Aid ii, pl. cxxxiv, fig. 8), but much
smaller and flatter. It is easily recognised by the different
colour of its elytra and legs, as well as by its more finely punc-
tured prothorax.

FXXpLANATION OF PLate III.

1. LHelota guerini, 9; a, apex of elytra of ¢.
Fig. 2. /elota culta.
Helota sinensis, 9; a, apex of elytraof ¢.
Aparomia germaini.
Fig. 5. <Aparomia rubrovarium.
Fig. 6. Paralindria partita; a, maxilla and maxillary palpus; b,
labium and labial palpi.

Fig. 7. Larva of Cucujus coccinatus; a, maxilla and maxillary palpus;
b, labium and labial palpi; c, anal appendage; d, ocelli
viewed laterally.

Fig. 8. Larva of Z/elota gemmata ; a, maxilla and maxillary palpus ;

b, labium and labial palpi; c, anal appendage; d, ocelli
viewed laterally.

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Rhomborrhina olivacea, n. sp.

Dark olive-green, underside and legs golden-green, margins of
the aledlanirell seoments, outer edge ‘of the tibie sn the tarsi
black. Head slightly convex between the eyes, closely and
tinely rugulose, clypeus large, dilated in front and_ sparsely
pubescent, the apical margin strongly reflexed, slightly rounded.
Thorax very finely and closely punctured srl sparse coarser
punctures on the disc and confluent ones forming ruge at the
sides. Scutellum very finely punctured with a few larger pune-
tures. Ely tra closely covered with fine transverse Wavy striz,
the base in the region of the scutellum coarsely punctured,
the discal costa very slight. Pygidium closely strigose. Beneath
sparsely pubescent, punctate and strigose at the sides ; mesos-
ternal process narrow and rounded at the apex; anterior tibiw
narrow and without any lateral teeth in the male, in the female
very broad with a strong subapical tooth ; intermediate and
posterior tibie with a long fringe of yellow hairs, Length
25-26 mm.

North China.

Allied to R. nigra, Saund., and Rk. japonica, Hope, but easily
distinguished by its much narrower form, different colour,
closely strigose elytra, and narrow mesosternal process ; in the
last two characters it approaches 2. Fortune’, Saund., but its
broad acutely margined clypeus, fringed tibie, etc., will at once
separate it from that species,

Plectrone lugubris, a. sp.

2 Deep black, shining. Head coarsely and irregularly punc-
tured, the clypeus slightly widened in front, the apex shallowly
emarginate and shghtly impressed in the centre, the lateral
margins deflexed and strigose. Thorax much narrower than the
elytra, slightly depressed in the middle at the base, the lobe not
much produced, the sides with the basal two-thirds slightly emar-
ginate, thence obliquely narrowed to the front, forming an obtuse
lateral angle, at which point it is of the same width as at the
base, anterior margin slightly elevated in the middle, the disc
with an extremely fine punctuation with sparse larger punctures,
the sides closely strigose. Scutellum sulcate in the centre, the

64 Mr. O. E. Janson’s Notices of Cetoniide.

base strigose. Elytra with a strong discal depression, the apex
slightly rounded with the sutural angle acute, the sides, apex
and discal depression closely strigose, the other parts faintly
punctured Pygidium produced, narrow, finely transversely
strigose. Underside and legs sparsely strigose and punctured;
mesosternal process short, very broad and obtusely rounded,
anterior tibiw with the apical and two lateral teeth strong and
acute. Length 33 mm.

Borneo.

Allied to P. tristis, Westw., but larger, narrower, with the
clypeus less deeply emarginate, and the mesosternal process very
much broader.

Macronota sannio, 0. sp.

Head dull black, clypeus pitchy-red, shining, an oblique line
on each side between the eyes golden-fulvous; coarsely but
sparsely punctured, apex of the clypeus slightly emarginate, the
sides rounded and slightly elevated. Thorax dull black with a
slight coppery lustre, a large V-shaped discal mark, an oblique
line near the base on each side almost united before the scutel-
lum, and extending both anteriorly and posteriorly along the
lateral margin, and a small spot in the middle on each side of the
V-mark golden fulvous; the dise sparsely punctured, the punc-
tures setiferous, coarser at the sides and forming striz in front,
the sides with the basal two-thirds straight, thence abruptly and
obliquely narrowed to the front, posterior angles almost right
angles, the base broadly rounded. Scutellum dull black, sides
and apex fulvous, the base with a few punctures, Elytra dull
black, a longitudinal curved discal stripe, the apex, except a small
spot, and all the margins, except the sutural, red, two small spots
near the lateral margin, two near the suture, sometimes confluent
and forming a common U-shaped mark, and an apical marginal
line fulvous. Pygidium pitchy-red, strigose, with a large ful-
vous central spot. Beneath pitchy-black, shining, coarsely
punctured with fulvous marks, the abdomen with four golden-
fulvous spots on each side, the first and fourth large and
transverse; legs red, the femora pitchy. Length 16-18 mm.

Travancore.

Allied to M. picta, Guér., but with the clypeus less emarginate,
the thorax narrower with the posterior angles more acute and
the markings and colour different. In some specimens the discal
red stripe on the elytra is almost absent, and the spots on the

thorax are often larger and united to the V-mark on each side,

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Concerning Mr. FE. Meyrick’s views of certain New Zealand
and Australian forms of Wertporrera; by ArtTHuR G.
Butrer, Wass E:ZiS.,(&e.

In an article read before the Philosophical Institute of
Canterbury, New Zealand, on the 4th May, 1882 (a copy of
which has kindly been forwarded to me by the author), Mr.
Meyrick has turned his attention to the Crambidae and Tortricidae
of New Zealand; unfortunately, as a considerable number of
Walker’s types are unrecognized by him, there can be little
doubt that some of his new species will have to fall before them;
for, although his statement on page 67 that “the remaining
descriptions of Walker, not quoted here, are all unidentifiable in
themselves, and unrecognizable from the loss or original bad
condition of the types,” may be accepted as final by Lepidop-
terists in New Zealand, it will not hinder students in Europe
who have access to the British Museum collection from accepting
Walker’s names in preference to Meyrick’s.

In the second place it is hardly conceivable that the multi-
form variation ascribed in this paper to many of the known
species can be explained by any other supposition than that
Mr. Meyrick, during his sojourn in London, had not sufficient
time to note all the forms in the Museum collection so accurately
as to prevent his wrongly identifying them after the lapse of
years.

For an author thus standing upon unsafe ground, boldly to
attack every writer upon the Lepidoptera of New Zealand, and,
so far as concerns myself, without much regard for courtesy,
seems to me to be unwise; not only as confirming the assertion
made by some Naturalists that ‘ Lepidopterists as a rule are
illnatured in their treatment of each other,” but as rendering
his errors, which according to his own admission are by no
means light ones, the less likely to be passed over without
comment.

CistuLtA ENTOMOLOGICA,
25th February, 1884.

66 Mr. Burter on Mr, Meyrick’s views of certain

Mr. Meyrick states that my authority as regards the Micro-
Lepidoptera ‘7s as unreliable as that of Walker” and he bases
this statement upon almost the first paper published by me in
which Micro-Lepidoptera were described, a paper moreover
in which I tacitly declined the credit of the generic identification
of the species (see pp. 380 and 405, where I mention those who
kindly assisted me), the authority therefore was not mine, but
that of Hntomologists better known to science than Mr. Meyrick
himself, though [ cannot assert that their studies, like this
author’s, have been confined to the Micro-Lepidoptera, and,
therefore, it is possible that his identifications may be more
accurate than theirs; recently I have trusted much more to my
own examination of structural characters than I thought it
wise to do when just commencing the study of Micro-Lepidop-
tera, and, consequently, in his criticism on my more recent work
Mr. Meyrick has been obliged to confine himself to indignant
remonstrances with me for placing species in the Gelechiide
instead of the Depressariide, and vice versi, forgetting that,
until he defined these families in one of his latest memoirs,
“ Gelechiide” alone was generally recognised; he also contra-
dicts my statements as to neuration in certain species, forgetting
that I have had experience in the study of wing-veins, and
that constantly, for the last 17 years at least; and, therefore,
that my examination of a Micro-Lepidopteron may perchance
be accurate.

Returning to my paper in the Proceedings of the Zoological
Society for 1877, which is the memoir most vigorously attacked
by Mr. Meyrick, 1 may call attention to one point: Mr. Meyrick
says—‘‘ For example, as I have pointed out hereafter, he has
described three typical species of Crambus and referred them
separately to the Gallerida, Phycide, and Chilonida, three
groups which do not even, so far as is known, occur in New
Zealand at all”; in answer to which I must first of all deny the
last charge made against me, since I referred the third species
to the “Crambidae,” not to the Chilonidw, neither did I recognize
such a family, nor does every Lepidopterist at the present day;
indeed the views of Mr. Meyrick as to what constitutes a family
of Lepidoptera are, in my opinion, entirely erroneous; a family
should be based mainly upon characters offered by the larve and

New Zealand and Australian forms of Lepidoptera. 67

pupx; those of the imago being admitted; but as of secondary
value; if, on the other hand, we are to found families upon
differences in the structure of the wing-veins, the Zygwnid@ alone
may be subdivided almost without end. It is true that in some
groups, such as the Geometrites, families have been created by M.
Guénée and others which we do not possess evidence enough at
present to overthrow; but some of which mast eventually be
amalgamated; this fact, however, does not warrant an Ento-
mologist of the present day in uselessly adding to the structures
which his successors will be compelled to overthrow. In the
second place, as regards the typical character of the three
“Crambi” described by me—of the first, which I called Hypo-
chalcia corrupta, Mr. Meyrick says—‘ Very distinct through
the combination of the dark fuscous blotches and white median
streak,” but he does not mention that the secondaries are also
unusually large as compared with the primaries, that the dis-
coidal cell of the secondaries is unusually long and the median
branches, consequently, are extremely short (none of which
characters are typical); of my Aphemia strigosa, however, he
says that the forewings are “ broader than usual” showing that
the second species is not typical, whilst the third species, Ciilo
lencanialis, was also referred to Chilo by no less an authority
than Professor Zeller, and is admitted by Meyrick to be ** Very
distinct by its large size, narrow forewings, produced apex, and
the white suffusion of the forewings leaving only a narrow
longitudinal submedian band of the ochreous ground colour,”
thus the third of the three ‘‘typical” species is proved by
Meyrick himself to be anything but typical. Moreover, Mr.
Meyrick would have it appear, in his introduction, that I alone
have thus sinned against Entomological science, yet on page 33
I find that “ Crambus subulosellus, Walk., C. trivirgatus, Feld.,
and ©. rotuellus, Feld., do not belong to this family at all,”
perhaps it is to that our critic refers when he says ‘ Felder has
figured a small number of species, but as his figures are commonly
poor and hard to identify, and his classification wholly conjec-
tural, it would have been better if he had left them alone.”
This is another evidence to me of the disfavour with which
those Entomologists who never figure their own species look
upon the illustrations published by their contemporaries,

i 7

68 Mr, Butier on Mr. Meyrick’s views of certain

Furthermore, Mr. Meyrick states that I have “described the
sexes of one of the Zortricina as two distinct species, and placed
them in two distinct genera in different families”; this may be
so, but, if it is, there are two utterly dissimilar femaies to the
same species, one of which is not only unlike the male, but like
species of the genus Stenoptycha; in the second place, as we
only possess a pair of the first form described, and one specimen
of the second; as their expanse of wings (not from tip to tip of
primaries, as many Lepidopterists measure, but fairly, from tip
of wing to centre of thorax, doubled) is exactly 43 lines, and
therefore it would be impossible to make a critical examination
without breaking up the types, the question must for the

present remain an open one.

In some instances I am accused by Mr. Meyrick of giving
bad descriptions, at other times he remarks upon my having
altered my mind as to the location of the species; to the first
I reply by referring to p. 4 of his paper, where Mr. Meyrick
atter saying that Zeller’s descriptions are all easily recognizable,
immediately goes on to thank him for sending figures which en-
abled him to “ ensure their accurate determination”; it would,
therefore, seem that although the descriptions were so excellent
that Mr. Meyrick recognized them as representing something, it
was, nevertheless, necessary for him to have figures to enable
him to determine what they represented, As touching my failure
in omniscience, and the consequent growth of my knowledge
regarding the affinities of species, I should certainly apologize
to my critic but for the fact that he has virtually admitted his
own liability to err, even in such easily detected characters as
the cresting of the thorax; he says (p. 42) ‘*I was also wrong
in imagining the existence of a thoracic crest.” Surely when a
man has so lively an imagination as this, he can hardly claim
to be amore reliable authority than Walker; however, I shall
now pass on to examine more seriously Mr. Meyrick’s views as
exhibited in this paper.

In the introduction, Mr. Meyrick speaks of the terminology
generally in use on the Continent of Europe as siraple and
adaptable, and far superior to the awkward and confusing
nomenclature sometimes adopted. From what he subsequently

New Zealand and Australian forms of Lepidoptera, 69

says it appears that he prefers a nomenclature which gives
appropriate names to none of the veins, but numbers them all
backwards: in the same way if Mr. Meyrick wished to describe
the skeleton of a man, he would obviously begin with the bones
of the great toe— bone one, bone two,” and so on up to the top
of the skull. Though this plan has, as Mr. Meyrick observes
the merit of great simplicity, it has also the demerit of giving
different numbers to the same vein even in allied genera; it
exhibits the genus standing on its head instead of on its base,
as every properly constituted creation ought to stand. But, to
proceed—Is Mr. Meyrick a consistent follower of this system ?
If so, why should he speak of so “awkward and confusing” a
thing as “ the upper surface of the lower median vein*”’? Are
there two middles to the wing? If not, there cannot be two
median veins, and I do not wonder that Mr. Meyrick has to add
the caution ‘‘ Care must be taken to note the right vein.”

My critic proceeds to state, in the following page, that—*“ It
must also be especially borne in mind that the form of the
wings is in general almost valueless for generic distinction, and
should never be relied on,” and yet on turning to page 9, we
find that the only character not shared by the genera allied to
Scenoploca, Meyr., consists in ‘‘the abbreviated wings of the
female”; so that the male, in any key to these genera, could
not range alongside of its own female.

Turning now to the genera and species, I find on page 8 a
new genus described under the name of Cryptomima (a familiar
sounding name, but possibly not previously used; which I regret
to say is not always the case with this author’s generic appel-
lations), and as a synonym Walker’s genus Gadira is quoted,
without the slightest permissible explanationt as to why the
latter name is rejected, though doubtless good and sufficient
reasons may exist.

On page 15 some strange remarks are made respecting
Diptychophora metallifera, of which Mr, Meyrick admits that he

* To be consistent they should be vein 2 and 6 or 7 or 8; all depend-
ing upon the number of radials and subcostal branches.

+ That on p. 4 will only be admitted by Meyrick himeelf, it is alto-
gether revolutionary.

70 Mr. Butter on Mr. Meyrick’s views of certain

possesses no specimen for description, but nevertheless is quite
certain by intuition that my description is incorrect.

On page 27 is one of the most astounding triumphs of
synonymic science, no less than seven descriptions being re-
garded as representing Crambus vitellus, of Doubleday, the
excellence of whose descriptions does not appear to have
hindered Professor Zeller from describing the species over
again, and giving it three distinct names in the same paper;
as this synonymy is worth repeating I give it here, substituting,
however, the name of Meyrick for that of Doubleday for the
heading.

Crambus vitellus, Meyr.
Crambus vitellus, Dbld., Dieff. New Zeal., vol. ii, 289.
Crambus nexalis, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 173.
Crambus transcissalis, ibid, 173.
Crambus sublicellus, Z., Mon. Cr., 31.
Crambus bisectellus, ibid, 52.
Crambus incrassatellus, ibid, 32.
Crambus vapidus, Butl., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1877, 399.

No wonder the species is described as ‘ very variable” when
the forms associated above differ in form, colour, and pattern
as much as any two species of the same group in the genus; of
course Mr. Meyrick, before uniting them must have carefully
reared the whole from one batch of eggs; for, without such
evidence it would be the height of imprudence to dream of
regarding them as mere sports of nature.

The next compliment intended for me by my critic, is in
reality an attack upon the two artists, Edward Smith and C.
Geyer, who are both generally admitted to be admirable
delineators of insects, but who have, nevertheless, according to
Mr. Meyrick, figured two examples of the same species, so little
alike that I failed to recognise their identity, yet which the
ipse divit of my critic declares to be “hardly referable
to any other insect’? than one in his own possession ; it must
be very satisfactory for Mr. Meyrick to have before him a
complete Micro-Lepidopterous fauna of New Zealand.

I have my doubts about the correctness of the synonymy

New Zealand and Australian forms of Lepidoptera. 71

of Capua semiferana; Grapholita abnegatana, if the same, 1s
a red variety, and Tinea admotella has much more robust and
longer legs, so that I can hardly believe it to belong to the same
genus; still, toa man who holds the view that ‘“ the legs and
abdomen very rarely afford any characters worthy of notice,”
this difference may seem quite unimportant.

I do not accept the synonymy of Adowophyes eonditana ;
I hold that, although Pandemis gavisana and Conchylis mar-
ginana, are identical, they are distinct from A. conditana and
from 7’. flavescens; and I much doubt the identity of the two
latter; as to Pyrgotis! porphyreana and Capua! ! acristana,
of Meyrick, being not only congeneric, but conspecific, with
Walker’s Adowophyes conditana, I leave so reliable an authority
as a man who refers specimens of the same species to three
genera to decide.

Of Teras cuneigera, Mr. Meyrick has seen two examples,
and he has no doubt, consequently, of their identity with
Harmologa oblongana; yet they differ from it in a character
more pronounced than that used by Meyrick himself to dis-
tinguish Tortrix philopana from 7’ pictoriana (see page 50)—
‘Posterior costal spot distinct,” inasmuch as 7. cunzigera has
not a costal spot only, but a broad triangular patch of colour
and a different outline of wing; a character which I differ from
Mr. Meyrick in regarding as of some importance,

One of the most startling discoveries that I made in going
through Mr. Meyrick’s paper was on page 47, where I found
that this author at one time regarded a generic identification in
my paper as more correct than one of Zeller’s; indeed, he
actually agreed with me in referring a species to Cacoecia; still
more surprising is it, however, to find, on the next page, that
in the case of C. excessana, Mr. Meyrick is even now at amity
with me, I mean of course entomologically; for it would be
absurd for those whose views differ in matters of science to
be any the less friendly as men; as touching the synonymy of
C. excessana, 1 believe all the species Teras excessana, Walk.,
Teras biguttana, Walk., Tortrix taipana, Feld., and Cacoecia
inana, Butl., to be distinct, and not (as my excellent friend
believes) sports of “a very variable species,”

72 Mr. Butter on Mr. Meyrick’s views of certain

On page 51 Mr. Meyrick contradicts a statement, previously
made by himself apparently, as to the affinity of Tortrix
charactana, originally described by him as a Cacoecia, and
which he now says “ has no affinity with obliquana, Walk., as
suggested,” and on page 55 are two species described by this
author, in the same paper, as belonging to different genera, but
which he now refers to the same genus. Surely these instances
are a sufficient proof of the possibility of growth of knowledge
in the human mind.

My views of the synonomy of Pedisca obliquana are that
Teras obliquana, Walk., is allied to, but distinct from, 7. spur-
catana, and that Sviaphila transtrigana and turbulentana are
varieties of the latter; also that Veras congestana is identical
with 7. cuneiferana, but distinct from the foregoing species;
I also hold, as regards the synonymy of Stepsiceros ejectana,
that S. ejectana, servilisuna, and saxvana are identical, but that
S. absconditana and Conchylis ligniferana are distinct; and
these opinions of mine I hold to be of equal value to those
of any man, be he specialist or not, who has no actual proofs
to guide him in his decisions, and particularly in the case of one
who so often contradicts himself as my critic.

When Mr. Meyrick was last in England, he brought his
collection to the British Museum for comparison with Walker’s
and my types; and, since that time, he has not ceased attacking
us both, in every paper that he has published, with a vigour
worthy of a better cause: until recently, I took no notice what-
ever of these attacks, but at length they have become so personal
in their character that, inasmuch as Meyrick is now generally
regarded as a trustworthy exponent of the Micro-Lepidoptera,
I feel called upon to add to the above a few facts tending to
show that his testimony is not always to be accepted without
due consideration.

First, as regards the character of Meyrick’s descriptions, their
language seems to me to be vague, not to say obscure, such
terms as * forewings posteriorly dilated,” “‘abdomen moderate,”
are constantly used, with many others equally perplexing,
whilst the colours described are such as to convey no meaning
‘‘ whitish-ochreous-grey ” and ‘pale dull greyish crimson ”

New Zealand and Australian forms of Lepidoptera. 73

(being a modified form of yellowish blue in the first place, and
a dull grey form of a colour which only exists when brilliant in
the second place); such terms as these occur throughout the
the descriptions of species, but when we come to genera, it is
next to impossible to discover what the characters really are
which indicate them; some of the terms have a spectral sound,
as in the case of the following:—“the hindwings have eight
veins, four and five stalked, sometimes rising out of three, seven
and eight stalked,” from which it appears that veins three, four,
five, seven and eight are all stalked (whatever that may imply),
and that four and five rise out of three, seven and eight; the
meaning of such a riddle I ain not ashamed to admit my

inability to solve.

Where the diagnoses of genera are intelligible, the distinctive
characters appear to be often slight; at the same time they may
be sufficient, if strictly adhered to; in the case of Hulechria
however, the hindwings are described as *‘slightly narrower
than forewings, elongate-ovate, hindmargins rounded, cilia half
to one,” yet under this genus I notice Gelechia wylopterella, of
Walker, a species in which the apex of the hindwings is pro-
duced and very acute; it is possible that Meyrick failed in this,
as in some other instances, rightly to determine Walker’s species,
indeed this seems almost certain from the description which he
gives, and which by no means corresponds with the type in the
Museum.

Considering that Meyrick rejects Walker’s genera on the
ground of their being imperfectly described and, not content
with recharacterizing thein, gives them fresh names, it would
at least be supposed that his disregard for the law of priority
would not extend to the appellation, which he proposes to
employ, yet this is so far from being the case that such widely
known generic names as Hochroa (Saturniide), Euchetes
(Aretiide) and Eupsilia (Noctuina), are duplicated; though
in the two latter instances the slight changes of Huchetis and
Eupselia occur: there are doubtless other duplicate names, but
at present I have not time to look them up, I only quote the
above as being familiar to all workers in Exotic Macro-
Lepidoptera.

74 Mr. Burrer on Mr. Meyrich’s views of certain

Not only is Meyrick unorthodox in regard to genera, but also
in the matter of species: if Walker confounded two or more
species under a description, this author feels himself justified
in rejecting both description and name: thus, in the case of
Walker’s Palparia aurigena,* which he states to be referable
to three species (two of them forms previously named), he says
that Walker’s “var. B. is P. hesperidella, Meyrick; in which
case I should hold that Walker’s name would take priority, this
being the general usage amongst Lepidopterists: Meyrick’s note
on this species also shows that he has not examined the specimens
individually, since specimen a, from Sydney, is P. rectiorella g ,
specimen ¢c, from Tasmania, is /Teliocausta incarnatella; so that
the observation that one of Walker’s specimens of P. rectiorella
is from Tasmania is erroneous: if Meyrick supposes the order
of the specimen in the cabinet to correspond with that given in
the catalogue, and has worked all these years in that belief, he
must greatly have complicated the synonymy of the Micro-
Lepidoptera of Australia: I may, however, state my opinion
that, in the present instance, a synonym may be avoided, as
we have received from the Godeffroy Museum a specimen
answering to the description of P. hesperidella, but certainly
not identical with Walker’s P. aurigena; I fear, indeed, that
Meyrick had not time to examine a considerable number of
Walker’s types, since he passes them over in silence, and if so,
he has doubtless redescribed not a few; it 1s certain that his
decisions respecting some of them were over hasty, as in the
following stances :—

Acophora retractella is given as a synonym of Zonopetala
decisana; the species are apparently not congeneric, whereas
cophora ustella, which is identical with 4. decisana, must
have been the species intended.

Hoplitica absumptella, of Meyrick can hardly be Walker’s
species; the latter is decidedly more like Heliocausta triphena-
tella than appears from Meyrick’s description; the hindwings,
which Walker omitted to describe, are pale clear ochreous, with
greyish-fuscous abdominal border and fringe, the latter with a

* JT may remark that a/paria is a pre-occupied name,

c SE ans oy A
New Zealand and Australian forms of Lepidoptera, 79

darker basal line; it is indeed true that Walker’s description is
misleading, as the frontwings are pink, densely irrorated with
red-brown, with markings of the latter colour and the costal
margin bright rose-red.

Eulechria siccella and scopariella are described as distinct
species, whereas they are identical.

I recognized a pair of Meyrick’s Schenobius tmparellus in the
Godeffroy series, and a subsequent reference to the Zeller col-
lection confirmed the correctness of my identification, the female
seems to me to be structurally identical with Sceirpophaga
prelata, of Europe, excepting that the labial palpi are very
slightly longer.

Crambus hoplitellus, Meyr., seems to me indistinguishable
from C. relatalis, Walker, which, however, is regarded as
distinct.

Prionophora ruptella is referred to the Noctuina!, Walker
referred one of the Limacodida to the same tribe.

Judging from specimens of Kulechria griseola and Hoplitica
myodes, which I think I have recognized in the Godeftroy series,
it would appear that their author has laid too much stress upon
the banding of the palpi as a reliable character: I may, however,
have mistaken the species, owing to the vague description of
the upper surface; it is a singular fact that the under surface
(where frequently the most prominent distinctive characters are
to be found) is omitted from Meyrick’s deseriptions.

The genus Crunophila, Meyr., is a synonym of Ubida, Walk.

(77)

Trichopreryaipn found in Japan by My. G. Lewis; by the
Rev. A. Marrurews, M.A.

The species of Zrichopterygide found by Mr. Lewis in Japan
exhibit a curious combination of the European with the tropical
type. The former is represented by the common 7’. grandicollis
and 7. fuscula. To judge by the very numerous examples of
T. fuscula in Mr. Lewis’s collection, that species hitherto only
known only by a single specimen taken many years ago by
myself in Leicestershire, appears to be the most common of all
the Japunese Trichopterygide. The tropical type is exemplified
by 7’. cursitans, and especially by 7’. Lewisii, a large and very
fine species, which I have named in honour of its captor ; this
insect seems to be almost as abundant as 7. fuscula,

Besides those already mentioned 7. Japonica and Camptodium
adustipenne are very interesting. It is difficult to determine
whether 7. Japonica is a distinct species, or merely a race of the
Kuropean 7. variolosa, in colour and especially in their very
remarkable sculpture they are precisely alike, but the Japanese
insect is not one-half as large as the Huropean, and in outline
almost resembles a Ptilinm, being long and narrow, while the
other is short and broad. Since these differences are persistent
through the whole series of eight specimens, I have determined
to separate this form from 7. variolosa, for, even if they should
eventually prove to be merely varieties of the same species, the
name *‘ Japonica” will be demonstrative as well as applicable,

I cannot see how the trinomial system can be objected to im
such a case as this; it scems to be the only way to convey an
idea of individual peculiarity ; to call this insect 7. variolosu
would utterly bewilder any one conversant with the Huropean
form, and on the other hand any one acquainted only with the
Japanese would never recognise the European examples, for
witbout the aid of a compound power the superficial sculpture

can scarcely be seen.

78 Rev, A. Matruews on Trichopterygide

In Camptodium, Mr. Lewis has been fortunate enough to
recover one of Col. Motschulsky’s lost genera. The insect taken
by Mr. Lewis agrees entirely with the characters given in his
very short and ee description, and also with his
figure (Bull, Mose. vol. xli, tab. 8, fig. 4),

It is a curious and interesting species, in form much re-
sembling the Seydmenida, but in all its anatomy a true
Trichopterygian.

Ptinella Lewisiana, vu. sp.

L.c. 5% lin. = 1 mm. Elongata, sat depress a, parum nitida,
translucide castanea, pilis griseis parce vestita; capite magno
lato, antice valde rotundato, oculis parvis prominulis ; pronoto
magno, capite latiori haud hsctore ad medium latissimo, leviter
sed confertim tuberculato, sive spun impressione evi ovali
in medio disco utrinque notato, lateribus marginatis antice valde
rotundatis, postice contractis vix constrictis, margine basali fere
recta angulis acutis; elytris capite atque pronoto parum longi-
oribus et latioribus, pone media latissimis, ordinibus obliquis
remote sat profunde asperatis, lateribus parum rotundatis, apici-
bus valde rotundatis; abdomine sat obtuso dilutiori segmentis
duobus ultimis lete flavis; pedibus atque antennis longis robus-
tis late flavis.

Head large and broad, much rounded in front, closely tuber-
culate, or alutaceous; eyes small, slightly prominent; antenne
long, robust, bright yellow.

Thorax large, broader, but not longer than the head, widest
at the middle, lightly but closely tuberculate or alutaceous,
with a faint oval depression on each side near the middle of the
dise, sides margined, much rounded in front, contracted but
scarcely constricted towards the base, basal margin nearly
straight, with the angles acute.

Scutellum rather small, triangular, closely asperate.

Elytra rather longer and wider than the head and thorax,
widest behind the middle, remotely but rather deeply asperate
in oblique transverse rows, sides slightly rounded, apex much
rounded.

Abdcmen obtuse, pale, with the two apical segments bright
: =)

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found in Japan by Mr, G. Lewis. oe)

Legs long and robust, bright yellow.

Underparts castaneous, with the cox, mouth, and all the
ventral segments, bright yellow.

Differs from Péin. Fauvelii in its larger size and broader and
less constricted thorax.

A single specimen found near Yokohama.

Obs. This fine insect, the Jargest of its genus yet discovered,
may be a sex of Ptin, Mauveli’, of which species a single speci-
men was obtained from Tasmania by M. Fauvel.

Trichopteryx Lewisii, n. sp.

L.c. 971) lin. = 1:12-1:37 mm. __Latissima convexa_ postice
attenuata, capite atque pronoto nigro-piceis, elytris rufis, pilis
longis flavescentibus sat dense vestita; capite magno antice
rotundato, oculis modicis sat prominentibus; pronoto permagno
latissimo convexo, capite longiori et multum latiori, ad basim
latissimo, tuberculis minutis ordinibus densis sinuatis dispositis,
interstitiisque sat nitidis copfertim ornato, lateribus rotundatis
et late marginatis, margine ipsi rufa, marine basali profunde
sinuaté angulis latis acutis et longe productis rufis; elytris rufis
capite atque pronoto angustioribus, haud longioribus, ad hume-
ros latissimis, maribus valde attenuatis, ordinibus transversis
leviter, sed confertissime asperatis, lateribus fere rectis, apicibus
latis minime rotundatis; abdomine longius exserto; pedibus
longis lete flavis, antennis longis gracillimis obscure flavis.

Flead large and broad, rounded in front, ornamented with a
few minute remote tubercles; eyes moderate, scarcely pro-
minent; antenne long and very slender, dusky yellow.

Thorax very large and broad, convex, longer and much wider
than the head, widest at the base, ornamented with minute
tubercles in close wavy rows, with the interstices rather shining,
sides slightly rounded and broadly margined, the margin rufous,
basal margin very deeply sinuated, with the angles rufous,
broad, acute, and very much produced.

Scutellum large, triangular, closely and finely asperate.

Elytra rufous, rather small, not longer but much narrower
than the head and thorax, widest at the shoulders, much
attenuated posteriorly in the males, faintly but very closely

80 Rev, A. Marrurws on Trichopterygide

asperate in transverse rows, sides nearly straight, apex broad
and very little rounded.

Abdomen much exserted, conical, with the apex tridentate.
Legs long, bright yellow.

Underparts castaneous, with the mouth, cox, and apex of
the venter, paler.

Differs from 7. wmbricola in its larger size, broader and more
depressed form, rufous elytra, long pubescence, and general
sculpture.

Found, not uncommonly, in many parts of the islands by
Mr. Lewis, in honour of whom I have named this very fine
and distinct species.

Trichopteryx cursitans, Nietner.
7’. cursitans, Trich. Ilustr., p. 144.

This species, originally found by Herr. Nietner in Ceylon, was
met with by Mr. Lewis in various parts of Japan. It may be
distinguished from the other Japanese species by the rufous colour
and attenuated form of the elytra; but in some individuals the
colour of the elytra is much more obscure than in the specimens
taken by H. Nietner.

Trichopteryx grandicollis, Mannerheim.
7. grandicollis, Trich. Illustr., p. 135.

Some specimens taken by Mr. Lewis near Yokohama and
Ichiuchi agree entirely with the European 7. grandicollis.

Trichopteryx fuscula,
7’. fuscula, Matthews, Trich. Ilustr., p. 175.

L.c. 46 lin. = 68-75 mm. Oblongo-ovata, parum convexa,
fusca haud nitida, pilis griseis dense vestita; capite magno lato
sat prominent, oculis modicis prominulis; pronoto modico, capite
vix longiori parum latiori, prope basim latissimo, tuberculis
modicis, ordinibus densis dispositis interstitiisque nitidis reticu-
latis, confertini ornato, lateribus modice rotundatis, marginatis

found in Japan by Mr. G. Lewis. 81

margine flavescenti, margine hasali leviter sinuat’ angulis acutis
modice productis; elytris subquadratis, capite atque pronoto
vix longioribus aut latioribus, pone media latissimis, confertim
asperatis, lateribus leviter rotundatis, apicibus latis minime
rotundatis; antennis gracilibus flavis; pedibus longis lete flavis. ~

Head large and broad, slightly prominent, closely tuberculate;
eyes moderate, rather prominent; antenne slender, pale yellow.

Thorax moderate, rather wider but scarcely longer than the
head, widest near the base, ornamented with moderate tubercles
in close rows, interstices shining and reticulate, sides moderately
rounded and margined, with the margin yellow, basal margin
faintly sinuated, with the angles acute, slightly produced.

Scutellum rather large, triangular, elongate, closely asperate.

Elytra subquadrate, scarcely longer or wider than the head
and thorax, widest behind the middle, closely asperate, sides
faintly rounded, apex broad, scarcely rounded.

Abdomen moderately exserted, rather obtuse.
Legs long, bright yellow.

Underparts castaneous, sometimes testaceous, with the mouth,
cox, and apex of venter, yellow.

Differs from others in its small size, short ovate form, pale
brown colour, long grey pubescence, and in sculpture.

Found by Mr. Lewis in various parts of the Islands. -

Trichopteryx Japonica, n. sp.

L.c. 3%; lin. = 63 mm. Sat elongata angusta convexa nitida,
obscure castanea pilis flavis sparse vestita; capite permagno
lato, oculis modicis prominulis ; pronoto modico, capite paulum
longiori et latiori, prope medium latissmo, punctis profundis
foveolatis sat remotis impresso, interstitiis gMbris nitidis, lateri-
bus valde rotundatis et late marginatis, margine basali recta
angulis acutis sat prominentibus; elytris anguste ovatis rufo-
castaneis, capite atque pronoto fere pariter longis et latis, pone
media latissimis, punctis profundis remotis impressis, interstitiis
glabris nitidis, lateribus modice rotundatis, apicibus latis, minime
rotundatis, extremis albidis, pedibus sat longis lete flavis; an-
tennis longis obscure flavis.

Head large and broad, rounded in front, marked with

F

82 Rev. A. Marruews on Trichopterygide
moderate remote punctures; eyes rather large and prominent;
antenne long, robust, dusky yellow.

Thorax moderate, rather longer and wider than the head,
widest near the middle, marked with large, deep, and rather
distant foveolate punctures, with the interstices smooth and
shining, sides much rounded and broadly margined, basal margin
straight, with the angles acute and rather prominent.

Scutellum large, triangular, remotely punctured.

Elytra narrow, rufo-castaneous, about as long and as broad
as the head and thorax, widest behind the middle, deeply and
rather remotely punctate, with the interstices smooth and
shining, sides moderately rounded, apex broad, very little
rounded, with the edge white.

Abdomen considerably exposed.
Legs rather long, bright yellow.
Underparts castaneous, with the mouth and coxe yellow.

Taken in Kiushiu and South Yezo.

Camptodium. Pl. IV.
Camptodium, Motschulsky, Bull. Mose. vol. xl, p. 170.

Antenne undecim-articulate, duobus basalibus permagnus
pariter longis, secundo primo parum crassiori, ampulliformi, sex
sequentibus pariter longis, gracilibus ad bases parum constrictis,
non» valde incrassato, decimo nono plus quam duplo et longiori
et crassiori, e basi usque ad medium orbiculari, dehine in scapo
longo gracilliimo abrupte contracto, undecimo decimo pariter
longo et lato, ad medium fortiter et abrupte constricto, apicem
versus fusiformi.

Caput modicum sat angustum deflexum.

Pronotum angustum, basim versus leviter constrictum.
Scutellum triangulare, sat longum.

Elytra integra magna et turgide inflata.

Ale long lanceolate, scapo gracili, neuratione, atque setarum
prelongarum fimbrid 'Trichopterygidis typicis similes.

Prosternum sat magnum, falcatum, episternis exiguis, epimeris

found in Japan by Mr. G. Lewis. . 83

magnis, receptacula coxarum postice cingentibus, receptaculis
coxarum circularibus, prosterno processu divisis.

Mesosternum sat breve, sat late carinatum, epistern’s modicis
humeralibus, epimeris magnis latis, receptacula coxarum attin-
gentibus, receptaculis coxarum sat magnis circularibus, carina
divisis,

Metasternum magnum, transversum oblongum, lateri corporis
haud attingens; episternis permagnis latis, ad coxas extensis;
epimeris permagnis latis ultra metasternum prolongatis, ad apices
valde rotundatis ; coxis posterioribus sat parvis, per totas modice
laminatis, lamin triangulari.

Venter segmentis sex compositus, primo magno longo, quatuor
sequentibus primo multo brevioribus, inter se paribus, apicali
precedente longiori obtuso.

Pedes longi et graciles, tarsis triarticulatis, articulo secundo
primo duplo longiori, tertio longissimo ad medium leviter con-
stricto, unguibus modicis gracilibus.

Obs. I regret to say that, after I had finished the specific
description, and sketches of the outline, the whole underside,
antenne, and hind leg of this insect, by an unfortunate accident
I lost the head and thorax, which I had removed for dissection,
and am therefore unable to describe the organs of the mouth.

Camptodium adustipenne.

Campt. adustipenne, Motschulsky, Bull. Mon. vol, xli, tab. 8
fig. 4,

Lc. 7§ lin. ='63-—"75 mm. Capite atque pronoto angustatis
elytris turgide inflatis, castaneum nitidum, pilis perbrevibus
flavis parcissime indutum; eapite sat magno deflexo antice sat
elongato, oculis magnis valde prominentibus; pronoto angusto,
capite parum longiori et latiori, ante medium latissimo, nitido,
foveis, quatuor permagnis profundis fere contingentibus, quarum
exteriores duplices existunt, ad basim impresso, lateribus mar-
ginatis, basim versus leviter constrictis, margine basali fere
recta angulis acutis sat prominentibus; elytris rotundatis valde
inflatis, capite atque pronoto multum longioribus et latioribus,
prope media latissimis, punctis foveolatis profundis remotis im-
pressis, lateribus valde rotundatis, apice obtuso; pedibus atque
antennis longis gracillimis lete flavis.

EZ

84 Rev. A. Marruews on Trichopterygide found in Japan.

Head rather large, deflexed, rather produced in front; eyes
large and very -prominent; antenne long and slender, bright
yellow.

Thorax narrow, rather longer and broader than the head,
widest before the middle, shining, with four very large, deep,
longitudinal fovee at the base, of which the exterior are double,
sides margined and slightly constricted near the base, basal
margin nearly straight with the angles acute and rather pro-
minent.

Scutellum large, triangular, rather long, smooth and shining,

with an impressed line within the lateral margins.

Elytra rounded, exceedingly convex and inflated, much longer
and broader than the head and thorax, widest near the middle,
marked with deep and distant foveolate punctures, sides very
much rounded, apex obtuse.

Legs long and slender, bright yellow.

Underparts castaneous, with the terminal segments of the
venter bright yellow.

Nagasaki; found near the Suwa Temple, April 14th, 1881.

EXPLANATION OF PLATE.

Fig. 1. Camptodium adustipenne.
i) es Ditto (underside).
,» 3 Antenna.
» 4 Hind leg.
» 2a prosternum.
» 2b. episternum of. prothorax.

bo
fe)

epimeron of ditto
, 2d. mesosternum.
5» 2e. episcernum of mesosternum.
» 2f. epimeron of ditto.
» 2g. metasternum.

2h. episternum of metasternum.
» 2i. epimeron of ditto.

Notes on M. Fauvel’s observations on AMBLYOPINUS JANSONI,
with a figure and full dissections of AMBLYorINus JELSKII; by
the Rev. A. Matruews, M.A.

It seems incomprehensible that any one, who had ever seen a
live Staphylinide, should suppose that figures representing the
dried up and contracted specimens usually found in cabinets,
especially on the continent, do in any respect portray the living
form of the insect, which, in fact, they absurdly caricature. It
does not require much observation to discover that each segment
of the abdomen exhibits at the base, and sometimes for nearly
half its length, a smooth and shining surface, equally devoid of
hair or sculpture, while beyond this the remainder of the seg-
ment is punctured or otherwise sculptured, and often clothed
with a more or less dense pubescence; nor does it require much
thought to comprehend that the glabrous portion of the segment
distinctly defines the distance by which the segments mutually
overlap each other, and that the true form of the abdomen
cannot possibly be ascertained until the segments have been
restored to their proper relative position.

Nevertheless, on this very ground, in a late number of the
“Revue d’Entomologie” (vol. ii, pp. 39, &c.), M. Fauvel vio-
lently assails my figure of Amblyopinus Jansoni, published in the
Cist. Ent., vol. ii, pl. 6. Having, I suppose, formed his ideas of
the shape of this insect from a specimen which he received from
me, in the cramped and contracted condition in which it had been
transmitted to Mr. Janson, he asserts that my figure ‘‘ does not
give the short and broad form of the insect;” this is certainly
quite true, for this good reason, that the insect is long and com-
paratively narrow. He then says that I ‘“‘have made the head
as long as the thorax,” (this remark I shall have occasion to
notice farther on) and adds that “these two parts are the former
slightly and the latter strongly transverse.” I know that they
appeared to be so in the specimen which I sent, but even if they

86 Rev. A. Matruews’s Notes on M. Fauvel’s

are actually so in that example, it would by no means follow
that they must be equally broad in the one which I figured.
In such a case, I would suggest that the sex of the individual
might account for the difference. M. Fauvel next asserts that
“the head has not the series of four punctures on each side,
which Mr. Matthews has figured, Je ne sais pas pour quoi!”
I can tell him why, Because they are there. Can M. Fauvel
think it at all likely that I should figure sculpture which did
not exist? It would be at the least equally probable that he
himself had overlooked the fact. And if, indeed, these punc-
tures are not evident in the specimen which M, Fauvel has
examined, it is somewhat rash to assert boldly that they do not
exist in one which he has never seen. His remark as to the
size of the exposed part of the scutellum scarcely deserves
notice, since every one must know that in insects whose thorax
overlaps the shoulders of the elytra, the scutellum would be
more or less exposed, according to the position of the thorax for
the time being.

With regard to his observations on the punctuation of the
abdomen, it is quite possible that this may have been rendered
too strong in the engraving, though it can scarcely be considered
of paramount importance.

The last of M. Fauvel’s hypercritical remarks is, if not
actually untrue, calculated to produce a false idea of the ap-
pearance of the insect. He says “the number of lateral sete
given in the figure does not exist in the insect, which exhibits
simply one black seta on the outer edge of each segment.”
Knowing the importance of erect sete, I was very careful in
this matter, and took the precaution of counting how many
existed on each separate segment before I had touched the
specimen, lest any should become displaced by subsequent
manipulation. And the exact number is faithfully represented
in the figure. In the seements which exhibit more than one
erect seta, those farthest from the base do not indeed arise from
the outer edge, but from within the raised margin, nevertheless
all are equally visible beyond the sides of the abdomen.

Far be it for me to follow the example of M. Fauvel, and to
assert thaf the characters which he so dogmatically denies do

observations on Amblyopinus Jansoni, &c. 87

exist in the individual which he has examined, that they are
present in the type specimen in Mr, Janson’s collection I am
well aware; and this at least is clear, that M. Fauvel has com-
mitted a gross logical error in deducing an universal conclusion
from particular premises.

There is yet one observation I would make on this subject,
and one which I desire strongly to impress on the notice of
those who make objections to the length of abdomen in my
figures of Staphylinida, it is this, that if they will take the
trouble of looking at the figures of the Staphylinide in Dr.
Krichson’s great work on that family, they will find the length
of abdomen, which he has there given, at least equal to, if not
exceeding, the comparative length of the same part in any of
my own figures.

I have in my ornithological collection the first specimen of
the Glossy Ibis ever killed in Britain, the original example re-
corded in Pennant’s Natural History, and preserved in the style
of more than a century ago. Yet a portrait of this bird in its
present hideous condition would quite as much resemble the life
form of Jbis falcinellus, as many figures of Staphylintde do the
insects which they are intended to represent.

Since the publication of M. Fauvel’s remarks, I have care-
fully compared my figure of A. Janson? with the type specimen,
and find that I have made the head rather too long in proportion
to its breadth, and that in each segment of the abdomen, which
has two or three erect sete, the posterior sete should have been
placed nearer to the posterior angle; the other details of the
figure are accurately rendered. The head and thorax are in no
way transverse, their dimensions, by careful measurement, are
these, viz.: head 48; lin. long, and ,%, lin. broad; thorax +7, lin.
long. and 57, lin. broad, or respectively about equal to ‘75 mm.
by ‘75 mm. and ‘87 mm. by ‘87 mm.

It is true that this species must be separated from Amblyo-
pinus; but since the name proposed by M. Fauvel, “Myotyphlus,”
Anglice, ‘‘a blind mouse,” does not seem peculiarly applicable
to a Coleopterous insect with distinct and serviceable eyes, and
since no genus at all has ever yet been characterized, I shall

88 Rev. A. Mattuews’s Notes on M. Fauvel’s

take the present opportunity of giving a full generic description
of Mr. Janson’s insect under the name of

Cryptommatus = («puma concealed, opp.ara eyes.)

CRYPTOMMATUS, u. gen.

Antenne sub lamina frontali posite, 11l-articulate, primo et
tertio longioribus, apicali oblique truncato.

Palpi, Mavillares longi, 4-articulati, articulo primo parvo,
secundo atque tertio longis, apicali obtuse aciculato.
Labiales erecti, longi, triarticulati, articulo primo
robusto, secundo elongato, antice incrassato, apice trun-
cato, tertio sat longo, obtuse aciculato.
Labrum perbreve, antice coriaceum, et profunde emarginatum.
Mandibule inter se diverse, robuste, fortiter uncinnate, den-
tibus longis acutis armate, atque appendice coriacea, setosA ad
bases instructe.
Mazxille robust, bilobate, lobis coriaceis longe setosis.

Mentum corneum, perbreve, medium depressum, angulis ro-
tundatis.

Labium coriaceum, sat longum, apice dilatato, bilobato, para-
glossis permagnis lustructum.

Lingua exigua, bifida.

Caput lamina frontali prominenti triemarginata instructum,
oculis in recessu profundo sub lamina positis.

Elytris perbrevibus, apicibus rotundatis.

Prosternum antice membranaceum, postice corneum, inter
coxas productum; stigmata prothoracica aperta.

Mesosternum breve, medium eleyatum, inter coxas produc-
tum, epimeris coxis contingentibus.

Metasternum breve, transverse oblongum, lateribus corporis
non attingens, inter coxas productum, apice truncato angulis
salientibus; epimeris et episternis longis, angustis.

Abdomen segmentis septem dorsalibus, sex ventralibus com-
positum, marginatum, valde setosum, segmento apicali integro,
obtuso,

observations on Amblyopinus Jansoni, &c. 89

Pedes coxis prominentibus, tibiis spinosis, tarsis 5-articulatis,
articulo primo intermediorum valde elongato, subtus longe pec-
tinato, unguibus simplicibus.

Antenne 11-jointed, 1 long, 2 half as long as 1, 3 much
longer than 2, 4-10 gradually shorter, 11 twice as long as 10,
obliquely truncate.

Palpi, Mazxillary long, 4-jointed, 1 very small pyriform, 2
elongate pyriform, 38 as long as 2, rather slender, trun-
cate at the apex, 4 rather long obtusely acicular.

Labial erect, rather long, 3-jointed, 1 short, robust, 2
twice as long as 1, incrassate anteriorly, with the apex

truncate, 3 rather long, obtusely acicular.

Labrum very short, corneous at the base, coriaceous and
deeply emarginate in front, furnished with a transverse row of
incurved set near the middle.

Mandibles strong, very diverse in form, much curved and
sharply hooked, armed with long and very sharp teeth, fur-
nished at the base with long narrow coriaceous appendages
densely fringed with long sete.

Maaxille robust, bilobed, the exterior lobe arising from the
apex of the stipes, coriaceous, triangular, 2-jointed, 1 very
small, 2 triangular, furnished at the exterior apical angle with
one erect seta, and densely fringed anteriorly with long incurved
sete ; dner lobe arising from the base of the stipes, coriaceous,
very long and narrow, with the apex acute, densely fringed on
the inner side with very long sete; stipes robust, furnished on
the outer side with a very long and strong seta near the base,
and another near the apex.

Mentum corneous, very short, depressed in the middle, with
the anterior angles much rounded; swbmentum corneous, short,
transversely suboblong.

Labium coriaceous, rather long, dilated and bilobed anteriorly,
furnished with large pyriform paraglosse, somewhat truncate at
oO oO ?

the apex.
Lingua very small, bifid at the apex.

Head large, with three large setigerous punctures on each
side, of which one is before the middle, and two near the hinder

90 Rev. A. Marrnews’s Notes on M. Fauvel’s

angle, from each of these a strong erect scta arises, frontal plate
emarginate in front, and at the sides; below the frontal plate
the sides of the head form a deep longitudinal recess, in the
middle of which the eye is placed, the eye is oval, not distinctly
facetted, but certainly visual.”

Pronotum large, suboval, as broad as long, in the male rather
broader, furnished with three erect sets on each side, one near
each angle, and one near the middle, with a deep setigerous
puncture within the posterior angles.

Scutellum rather large, triangular.

Elytra very short, with the apices much rounded, with an
erect seta on each side near the shoulder, and a row of strong
setee round the apex.

Abdomen rather long, widest beyond the middle, with seven
dorsal and six ventral segments, 2-6 strongly margined, and
furnished on each side with from one to three long erect sete,
of which the posterior arise within the angle, and also with a
row of sete arising from punctures at the posterior margin of
each segment, apical segment entire, obtuse, furnished with
robust setose styles.

Prothorax with the inflexed margin divided by a suture on
each side, extending to the coxal cavities; stigmata oval, un-

covered (Pl. V, f. 10, 1).

Prosternum (Pl. V, f£. 10, A) anteriorly membranaceous, with
the episterna (Pl. V. f. 10, B) alone corneous; posteriorly cor-
neous, elevated in the middle, and produced into a point between
the coxee; epimera not apparent.

Mesosternum (P1. V, £. 10, c) short, elevated in the middle,
and produced into a point between the coxe; episterna (Pl. V,
f. 10, D) humeral, very large; epimera (Pl. V, f. 10, £) small,
rhomboidal, extending to the coxal cavities; the coxal cavities
are mere depressions.

Metasternum (Pl. V, f. 10, F) short, transversely oblong, not
extending to the sides of the body, produced between the coxe
into a truncate process, of which the angles are acute and
salient; episterna and epimera long and very narrow (PI. V, f.
LO. iG; Hh):

* Although unable, even under a high power, to recognize distinct
hexagonal facets, I think that there can be no doubt that the eyes are
truly optic.—E. W. J.

observations on Amblyopinus Jansoni, &c. 91

Legs— anterior with the cox prominent, subconical, tibée
dilated towards the apex, with a spur on each side at
the extremity; tars? 5-jomted, 1-4 dilated in the male,
5 long and slender; claws simple.

intermediate with the cox prominent, rounded and flat-
tened; trochanters pyriform, with an erect seta near the
apex; tébie short and much dilated at the apex, armed
with strong spurs on the outer edge and at the apex;
tarst long and robust, 5-jointed, 1 very long and deepl
pectinated on the lower surface, 2, 3, 4 small, bifid and
gradually decreasing in size, 5 long and slender; claws
simple.

posterior with the coxee prominent and rounded; trochanters
long and pyriform; tiie slightly dilated towards the
apex, spinose on the outer edge, and armed with a spur
on each side at the apex; tarsi rather long, 5-jointed,
1 long and robust, 2, 3, 4 bifid, gradually decreasing in
length, 5 long and slender; claws small and simple.

Cryptommatus Jansoni. Pl. V, fig. 10.
Amblyopinus Jansoni, Matth, Cist. Hnt. Vol. II, p. 278.

L.c. 24-8 lin. = 5-6 mm. Rufo-testaceous, setose, rather
elongate, and shining; /ead large, lightly and closely marked
with transverse sinuated wrinkles, with two large foveolate
punctures above the eyes, two smaller near the posterior angle,
and four very minute punctures on each side of the disk, and
also with four equidistant punctures near the base, of which
the exterior are much the largest; eyes small, oval; antenne
moderate; thorax large, as long and as broad, or rather broader
than the head, suboval, very shining, closely covered with fine
wavy transverse wrinkles, marked with minute and very dis-
tant punctures, two larger punctures near the middle of the
anterior margin, three near each anterior angle, and one near
each posterior angle the anterior angles obtuse and much
deflexed, sides rounded, with an impressed line within the
margin, basal margin and posterior angles much rounded; elytra
very short, rugosely punctured, and clothed with strong hair,
with an erect seta near each shoulder, each apex rounded, and
fringed with sete arising from punctures within the margin;
abdomen elongate, widest beyond the middle, with the six first
segments coarsely punctured, and clothed with long hair, seg-
ments 2 6 furnished on each side with either two or three long

92 Rev. A. Matruews’s Notes on M. Fauvel’s

erect sete, of which the posterior arise within the posterior
angle, sides deeply margined, apical segment more finely punc-
tured, obtuse; ventral segments six, deeply punctured, and
densely clothed with hair, with four erect sete on the posterior
margin of the fourth and fifth segments; anal styles large, fur-
nished with long sete; legs moderate, robust, anterior tarsi
dilated, intermediate with the first joint very long and robust,
subcylindric, with the lower edge deeply pectinated, 2, 3, 4
deeply bifid, furnished externally with long sete.

This remarkable species was found in Tasmania by Mr.
Simson, beneath the fur of rats.

M. Fauvel, in the paper previously alluded to, remarks that
“if Mr. Matthews had turned his attention to the simple margin
of the thorax, he would not have placed this insect in the neigh-
bourhood of Philonthus.” In reply to this, I would suggest the
same course of action to M. Fauvel, for he would then perceive
that there is a strongly impressed line within the margin, both
on the upper and under sides; this fact, coupled with the great
similarity of the organs of the mouth, and of the insertion of
the antennx, confirms my original idea of its affinity to Philon-
thus. And besides these there are other highly important
characters which point to the same conclusion. The number
and disposition of the large setigerous punctures on the head
and thorax, and the unusual number and distribution of the
erect sete on the elytra and abdomen, are almost precisely
similar in Cryptommatus and Philonthus. The natural posi-
tion of Cryptommatus would, therefore, seem to lie between
Philonthus and Xantholinus.

Amblyopinus Jelskit. Pl. V, fig. 1-9.

Mr, Janson has kindly permitted me to dissect a specimen of
Amb. Jelskii, which he received from M. Fauvel in exchange
for an example of Crypt. Jansoni; but I regret to say that it is
so sadly mutilated that one antenna and one leg are the only
perfect limbs which it possesses.

Although M. Solsky’s admirable description of Amblyopinus
leaves nothing to be desired, yet as his Memoir is scarce, and
difficult of access to many Hntomologists, I have appended to

observations on Amblyopinus Jansoni, &c. 93

this Essay figures and full descriptions of its whole anatomy,
made from my own dissections; the legs alone are copied from

Solsky’s plate.

AMBLYOPINUS, Solsky.

Antenne 11-articulate, modice, graciles, articulo primo
ceteris longiori 2—11 gradatim brevioribus, ultimo oblique
truncato,

Palpi Maxilares sat parvi, 4 articulati, articulo ultimo fere
subulato,

Labiales magni; divergentes, fere reflexi, 3-articulati,
articulo ultimo brevi obtuso.

Labrum coriaceum, breve, profunde emarginatum.

Mentum corneum, perbreve, antice rotundatum; swbmentum
sat magnum, transverse quadratum.

Labium coriaceum, oblongum, paraglossis permagnis, trans-
lucidis, pyriformibus instructum.

Lingua exigua, bifida.

Mandibule valid, fortiter incurvate, acute uncinnate, den-
tibus longis armatz, et appendicibus setosis ad bases instructe.

Maxille robust, bilobate, lobis longissime setosis.

Caput fere trigonale lamina frontali prominenti, sub qua oculi
in recessu profundo siti sunt.

Pronotum sat magnum linea laterali ad margines superne et
subtus impressum.

Scutellum triangulare.
Elytra perbrevia.

Abdomen segmentis septem compositum lateribus marginatis,
stylis apicalibus robustis instructum.

Prosternum perbreve, postice longius inter coxas productum,
Stigmata prothoracica aperta.

Mesosternum breve, medium elevatum ; episternis humeralibus
angustis; epimeris parvis quadratis, ad coxas extensis.

Metasternum breve, medium clevatum, corporis latcribus non

94 Rev. A. Marruews’s Notes on M. Fauvel’s
attingens, postice in processu truncato inter coxas productum;
episternis atque epimeris longis angustis.

Venter segmentis sex compositus.

Coxe omnes prominentes, anteriores atque intermediv rotun-
datz et deplanate; posteriores parum elongate; tibie setis et
calcaribus multis armate; tarsi omnes 5-ar ticulati.

Antenne 11-jointed, moderate, and slender, with the basal
. . . J ’ , ; - . .
Joint twice as long as the second, 2-11 gradually decreasing in
length, apical joint obliquely truncate.

Palpt Mazxillary (Pl. V, f. 7, 4) rather small, 4-jointed, first
joint short, second nearly three times as long as the first,
slightly incrassate, third as long as the second, slightly
incrassate, with the apex abruptly truncate, apical joint
short obtusely acicular.

Labial large, slightly reflexed, 3-jointed, first joint pyri-
form; second as long as the first, ovate, abruptly trun-
cate at the apex ; terminal joint pointed, very short and
obtuse, furnished with two short sete on the inner side,
and one on the outer side, near the apex (PI. V, f. 8, p).

Labrum (Pl. V, £. 5) coriaceous, short, rather deeply emar-
ginate in front, sides rounded, furnished with a row of incurved
sete near the anterior margin.

Mentum (Pl, V, f. 8, A) corneous, very short, rounded ante-
riorly. Submentum corneous, quadrate Gs; a).

Labium (Pl. V, £. 8, B) coriaceous, oblong, long and narrow,
with the anterior angles nearly right angles; paraglosse very
large and beautiful, pyriform analy transparent, extending for
more than half their length beyond the labium, strengthened by
an elevated longitudinal ‘costa, with the whole. of their interior
half broadly pectinated, or, more properly, divided into straight
imbricated lamine. (PI. V, f. 8, £).

Lingua (Pl. V, f. 8, c) very small, bifid at the apex.

Mandibles (Pl. V, £. 8) large and strong, slightly diverse in
shape, much curved and sharply hooked, with a long robust
tooth above the middle, and furnished at the base with a long
harrow membranous process densely fringed with long setae.

observations on Amblyopmus Jansoni, &e. 95

Mazille (Pl. V, £. 7) bilobed; exterior lobe coriaceous, very
broad and short, deeply embedded in the stipes, fan shaped,
two jointed with the basal joint short, and the terminal very
large and densely fringed with long sete at the apex; inner lobe
coriaceous, very small, trigonal, furnished on the inner edge
with a fence fringe of long sete, Stipes robust and short,
divided longitudinally into two parts, of which the exterior is
corneous, and the interior coriaceous.

Head rather triangular, obtuse in front, with the frontal
plate extending over the antenne and the eyes. Hyes rather
small, with the facets few and large, placed at the hinder ex-
tremity of a deep recess beneath the frontal plate.

Pronotum rather large, with an impressed line on the upper
and under sides of the margins.

Scutellum moderate, triangular,
Elytra very short.

Abdomen with seven dorsal and six ventral segments, fur-
nished at the extremity with robust setose styles.

Prosternum (Pl. V, £.9 A) membranaceous anteriorly, with
the episterna (Pl. V, f. 9 B) corneous, posteriorly corneous, pro-
duced into a long point between the cox; epimera not ap-
parent; prothorax posteriorly membranous with the stigmata
large and very conspicuous.

Mesosternum (Pl. V, f£. 9, c) short, elevated in the middle;
episterna (Pl. V, f. 9 p) humeral and narrow; epimera (Pl. V,
f. 9, £) very small, quadrate, extending to the coxal cavities,
connected at their extremity to a small triangular trochantin,
the coxal cavities are mere depressions formed anteriorly by
the mesosternum and posteriorly by the metasternum.

Metasternum (Pl. V, £. 9, F) short, elevated in the middle,
not extending to the sides of the body, produced posteriorly
ee a truncate process between the cox; episterna (Pl. V,
f. 9, G) narrow, reacliing the whole length of the metasternum;
epimera (1 V, fa OF 1) narrow, produced beyond the meta-
sternum.

Legs, anterior with the coxe prominent, rather rounded and

flattened, scarcely conical, tarsi five jointed, dilated and
densely pilose beneath in the male.

intermediate with the coxx prominent, large, rounded and

96 Rev. A. Marruews’s Notes on M. Fauvel’s

flattened ; femora inserted within the apex of the coxe,
robust, armed with a small tooth on the inner side near
the apex, trochanters large and fusiform; tibie rather
short and stout, spinose, armed with strong spurs on
the outer side and at the apex, tarsi five-jointed, 1 very
long, with an obscure division in the middle, 2, 3, 4
short bilobed, 5 long and slender; claws moderate, sim-

ple (ELV, £. 4).

posterior similar to the intermediate, but longer and more
slender.

Obs. The above description of the anterior and posterior legs
is copied from M, Solsky’s Memoir. M. Solsky says that the
ventral apical segment is emarginate, this is probably sexual,
as that segment is entire in Mr. Janson’s specimen,

Amblyopinus Jelskii, Solsky.

L.c. 4 lin. = 8 mm. Broad, rather depressed, dark casta-
neous, rather shining; ead rather small, obtusely triangular,
moderately punctured, with the interstices deeply reticulate,
eyes placed at the farther extremity of a deep longitudinal
recess beneath the frontal plate; thoraw subquadrate, narrowed
in front, with the angles obtuse, convex, much longer and
broader than the head, rather remotely and finely punctured,
with the interstices strongly reticulated, sides moderately round-
ed, with an impressed line within the margin, basal margin
rounded and sinuated; scutellum large, triangular; elytra very
short, rufous, rugosely punctured, much shorter and not wider
than the the thorax, obliquely truncate towards the suture;
abdomen rather broader and twice longer than the other parts
of the body, moderately and distantly punctured, each segment
broadly rufous at the extremity, rather deeply margined, es-
pecially on the four first segments, apical segment entire and
obtuse, styles short and robust; legs rufous, short, robust and
spinose; antenne short and slender, rufous.

M. Solsky informs us that this species was found by M.
Jelsky in the fur, and alr» in the nests, of mice in Peru. He
also describes, under the name of Amb. Mniszechi, a much
larger species from the same region, which M. Jelsky believes
to be an inquiline or parasite on a species of Cavia,

It is difficult to determine the systematic position of this

observations on Amblyopinus Jansoni, &c. I@

curious genus. Since I have had the opportunity of dissecting
and carefully examining its anatomy, I am inclined to think that
M. Solsky is right in placing it in the Tachyporina and that it
should stand at the end of that Tribe, immediately preceded
by Tachinus. But this arrangement must depend upon the
comparative value of these two characters, viz. the insertion
of the antennx, and the emargination of the labrum. If the
latter is the most important, the genus would belong to the
Staphylinina; if the former, to the Tachyporina, to which last
it also shows affinity in other important points, especially in
the form of the labium, with its immense paraglosse, and
in the maxille.

EXPLANATION OF PLATE.

Fig. 1. Amblyopinus Jelskii.

, 2. ———— — head in profile.
. 3 —————— —— underside.
. +. ———— —— middle leg.
. 2 ———— ~—— labrum.
, 6. ————— — mandibles.
7. ————. ——_ maxillw.—A. palpus.
, Ss. -————— —— A. mentum.—a. submentum.

B. labium.—C, lingua.—D. labial,
palpi.—E. paraglosse.
gy, —_—_—_ —_— A. prosternum.—B., episterna.
C. mesosternum.—D. episterna.—E. epimera.
F. metasternum.—G. episterna.—H. epimera.
10. Cryptommatus Jansoni.—A., prosternum —B. episterna.
C. Mesosternum.—D. episterna.—E. epimera.
F. Metasternum.—®. episterna.—H. epimera.
I. suture in the inflexed margin of the

pronotum,

(99 )

Additional Notes on the genus Hetota, MacLeay, und a Sy-
nonynic List of the described species; by A. SipNey OLLIFr.

Since the publication of my synopsis of the genus /elota in
the last part of this Journal (ante p. 51), I have received through
the kindness of M. René Oberthiir, an advance sheet of his
‘“‘Coleopterorum Novitates,” containing descriptions of three new
Indian species of Helota; two from Darjeeling, and one of
which the precise locality is not known. Upon receipt of this
paper I wrote to M. Oberthiir, asking if he could send me
specimens of his species for examination, and he has most
courteously replied to my request by forwarding the types of
the three species described by him, as well as typical examples
of Helota gemmata from Japan, H. gorhamit from China, col-
lected by M. David, and HZ. servilled and H. semifulva from
Darjeeling, for comparison with the series of those species in
my own possession. The result of the examination of these
specimens is recorded in the following notes,

I take this opportunity of thanking Mr. C. Ritsema, of
Leyden, for kindly communicating un example of the interest-
ing nondescript species characterized below, and a specimen of
his Helota ocellata, only known to me from description.

FHelota levigata and H, pusilla will be figured in the forth-
coming part of Mr. Waterhouse’s ‘ Aid to the Identification of
Insects,” and H. semifulva at some future date.

Helota scintillans, n. sp. g

Closely allied to Helota vigorsi, Macleay ; slightly more
convex ; the head broader between the eyes, much more closely
punctured especially near the sides; antennx entirely reddish-
testaceous; prothorax much more strongly punctured, the
punctures closer and more irregular near the sides, the elevations
not so highly polished, the posterior angles slightly more pro-
minent ; elytra more strongly punctate-striate, especially the
dorsal lines, the interstices more raised, the apical emargination

G2

100 Mr. A. Srpney Ouuirr’s Notes on Helota.

not quite so abrupt: the flavous spots are decidedly smaller and
rather more raised; the anterior pair are contained between the
second and sixth striw, and the posterior between the third and
sixth. Underside coloured as in /T. vigorsi, except that the
base of the prosternum is distinctly margined with green; the
under-margins of the elytra at the base are rather strongly
punctured, “the punctures gradually disappearing posteriorly; the
propygidium more finely and closely punctured. Length 18 mm ;

greatest width 53 mm.

Java? (v. Medenbach de Rooy.) Type in Leyden Museum.

As will be seen by the above comparative descriptior., this
species is very nearly allied to H. vigors’, but after carefully
examining a series of that insect I have come to the conclusion
that it must be regarded asa distinct species. The striae between
the spots in ZH. scintillans are strongly impressed and not obliter-
ated as in /T7. vigorsi.

Helota curvipes, Oberthiir (Coleopt. Novit. p. 60) is the male
of H. guerini, Hope; of this there can be no doubt as I have
carefully compared the types. /Zelota ocelluta, Rits., the type
of which is a female, and differs from the ordinary form in
being a more brilliant coppery colour, is also synonymous with
HT. querini, as quoted in my former paper.

Helota laevigata.

Helota levigata, Oberthiir, Coleopt. Novit., p. 59; Water-
house, Aid il, pl. exliv, fig. 1, ¢.

This is a very distinct species and most nearly allied to
IT. guerini, Hope; it is, however, somewhat smaller, decidedly
more attenuated behind, especially in the male, and slightly
more convex, Head regularly punctured. Prothorax com-
paratively shorter, the sides more rounded, and more strongly
and sparingly punctured. The anterior spots on the elytra are
transversely oval; the striz not so distinctly marked, and the
punctures stronger and more widely separated; the sides much less
closely punctured, The underside and legs are fulvous, whereas
in //. guerini the knees, tibie and tarsi are dark coppery-green.

A single specimen of what I believe to be the female of this
species is in the National Collection, labelled in the late Mr.
Adam White’s handwriting “1K. Indies.” It differs from the
male in being less attenuat sd posteriorly and rather broader. As

Mr. A. Sipney Ouuirr’s Notes on Helota. 101

in the other species of the genus the anterior tibia are nearly
straight and the apex of the elytra produced. Length ¢ 83
mm.; 2 9 mm.

Darjeeling, India.

-Helota culta, Olliff (Cist. Entgiii, p. 55, pl. 3, fig. 2). The
unique example of this species is a male, and not as was stated
by an unfortunate misprint, a female. This, however, will be
readily seen on reference to the plate.

Hlelota pusilla.

Helota pusilla, Oberthiir, Coleopt. Novit., p. 60; Water-
house, Aid ii, pl. exliv, fig. 2, 2.

Allied to H. culta, Olliff; longer and the sides slightly more
parallel. Head more finely punctured; eyes more prominent;
antenne testaceous, the club black. Prothorax longer, less
convex, much more finely and closely punctured. Underside
fulvous; under: margins of prothorax dark metallic green, mode-
rately strongly punctured. Legs testaceous, knees, tibia, and
tips of the tarsi of a metallic green colour. Length 65 mm.

Darjeeling.

Felota semifulva, Rits. (Notes Leyden Mus. ii, p. 80). In
M. Oberthiir’s collection from Darjeeling. The fact that this
species occurs so far north is worthy of note, as it was described
from East Java, and must, therefore, have a tolerably wide
range.

Synonymic List.
HELOTA, Macleay. guerini, Hope.
vigorsi, MacLeay.
scintillans, Olliff.
servillei, Hope.

ocellata, Rits.
curvipes, Oberth.

cemmata, Gorhin cereopunctata, Lewis.
g :

bowring?, Dorhn. (in litt.) leevigata, Oberth.
gorhami, Olliff. culta, Olliff.
sinensis, Olliff. ;
thibetana, Westw. pusilla, Oberth.

melly?. Westw, semifulva, Rits,

¢

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Notices of new or little known Crtonupe; by Ortver E.
Janson. No. 9.

Eudicella Trimeni, n. sp.

2 Bright golden-green, base of head, thorax and scutellum
with a coppery reflection in certain lights, elytra pale yellow,
with a slight greenish tinge, a broad sutural and basal border
(extending inwardly at the shoulder), a narrow external border
and a large round spot near the apex greenish-black, knees,
apex and inner edge of the tibie and the tarsi black, underside
of the clypeus red, antenne pitchy. Head rather sparsely but
coarsely punctured, the clypeus strongly concave on each side,
the apical margin strongly reflexed and slightly sinuous. Thorax
convex, broadly rounded at the sides, the base tri-sinuate, very
sparsely and _ finely punctured, with a short impressed line on
each side close to the anterior margin. Scutellum large, sparsely
punctured. EHlytra with a row of fine punctures next the
suture, the other parts irregularly and very sparsely punctured,
the sutural angles slightly produced. Pygidium coarsely stri-
gose. Beneath coarsely punctured and with sparse golden-brown
pubescence; mesosternal process rather broad and rounded at
the apex; abdomen almost impunctate in the centre, the apex
fringed with golden-brown hairs; legs coarsely punctured, an-
terior tibize with two strong lateral teeth. Length 32 mm.

Umvoti, Natal.

This beautiful species, of which, unfortunately, I only know
the female, appears, so far as I can judge by that sex alone, to
he allied to H. Smith, Macly., but, besides the difference in
colour, it is of a more parallel and convex form, with the
clypeus more quadrate and the margins more strongly elevated,
the punctuation, especially of the head and thorax, far more
remote, the underside and legs are also less strongly sculptured
and the mesosternal process broader and more rounded at its
apex,

The unique specimen which [ possess was taken about twenty
years since by R. Trimen, Esq., after whom I have named it,

104 Mr. O. E. Janson’s Notices of

The label attached to it by the captor states that it was
“taken on the wing, in dense damp forest at the base of
Kranz-Kop Mt. (Tunjumbili), Dist. Umvoti, Natal (the only
specimen seen).””

Genyodonta quadricornis, n. sp.

Pale reddish-testaceous, shining, two small spots at the
base of the head, four larger spots on the thorax, two on the
scutellum, and several on the underside black; the elytra with
a large yellow patch behind the middle, produced posteriorly
at the sides and narrowly margined with black. Head sparingly
punctured, the base with a flattened depressed horn dilated and
rounded at its apex; the sides, before the eyes, strongly elevated
and produced anteriorly into an obtuse flattened horn; the
clypeus dilated at the sides, its apex strongly produced and
elevated. Thorax coarsely punctured at the sides, the disc
sparsely and finely punctured. Scutellum impunctate, apex
acute. Hlytra finely punctured in rows, the apex finely stri-
gose. Beneath coarsely punctured, strigose and sparsely pu-
Bescene at the sides; mesosternal process long, narrow, incurved
and obtuse at its apex; anterior tibie slender and without
lateral teeth. The female has the head unarmed, strongly
punctured, with the apex of the clypeus slightly emarginate,
the elytra more strongly punctured, and the anterior tibiae
with two acute lateral teeth. Length 20-22 mm.

Zambesi (Bradshaw).

I have recently received several specimens of this very dis-
tinct species, which differs from all its described congeners in
having the lateral margins of the head produced into a distinct
horn in the male. It most nearly resembles G. flavo-maculata,
‘ab., as regards sculpture and the form of the yellow elytral
patch; but in its smaller size and much narrower and more
eraceful form it is more similar to G. leviplaga, Raff.

feterorrhina obesa, n. sp.

Shining green, more or less tinged with golden-brown, cop-
pery or bluish-purple, exposed portion of the meta-coxe red,
antenne piceous, knees, apex of tibie and tarsi, blue-black.
Head sparingly punctured, with a short, broad, and flattened
carina between the eyes; cly peus quadrate, concave and shghtly
pubescent, the apical margin with a short, broad, truncate

new or little known Cetoniide. 105

projection in the centre. Thorax very sparingly and finely
punctured on the disc, more coarsely but sparsely punctured
at the sides, the basal margin strongly trisinuate. Scu-
tellum large, almost triangular, sparsely and finely punc-
tured. Elytra convex, broad and rounded behind, rather
coarsely punctured, the punctures arranged in seven moderately
regular rows on the disc, the sides posteriorly, and the apex
coarsely strigose. Pygidium strigose and fringed with golden
hairs. Underside coarsely punctured, strigose and_ sparsely
pubescent; mesosternal process long, gradually narrowed to a
point, and slightly incurved at the apex; abdorsen longitu-
dinally impressed at the base; legs strigose and_ sparsely
pubescent, anterior tibie with an obtuse tooth one-third from
the apex, and the outer apical spine strongly produced. The
female is larger and altogether more robust, more strongly
and irregularly punctured, with the anterior tibiw very. broad
and the abdomen not impressed. Length 19-24 mm.

Khasia Hills, India.

Allied to H. nigritarsis, Hope, but of a broader and more
ovate form, with the anterior tibie dentate in both sexes, and
the carina on the head broader and flattened. The eight speci-
mens before me are from the collection of the late A. Murray,
and exhibit similar variation as regards colour to that found in
most of the allied species.

Gnathocera valida, n. sp.

@ Head shining black, with three white spots on each side;
closely aud finely punctured and sparsely pubescent, the clypeus
with the punctures very close and confluent, the apex slightly
prominent in the middle, the lateral points long and flattened;
antenne pitchy, palpi red. Thorax shining black, with three
broad white longitudinal bands, the central one narrowed ante-
riorly, the lateral ones marked with a small black spot and curved
inwardly behind; sparsely pubescent and closely punctured, the
punctures confluent towards the sides, the hase deeply emar-
ginate before the scutellum. Scutellum black, with a broad
white central vitta and scattered punctures. Elytra pale ful-
vous, shining, the outer margin and suture reddish, the former
with a line at the shoulder, followed by six or seven irrregular
white spots, increasing in size to the apex; closely and irregularly
punctured, the discal carine moderately elevated and smooth.
Pygidium pitchy-red, finely strigose and with a large white spot

106 Mr. O. E. Janson’s Notices of

on each side. Beneath pitchy-red, shining, the sides broadly
marked with white; mesosternal process long and bent down-
wards; legs red, outer sides of the femora with a large white
patch. Length 16 mm.

Zambesi (Bradshaw).

Very near to (@. trivittata, Swed., but differs in its broader
and shorter form, closely punctured thorax, in having the meso-
sternal process oblique and not incurved at its apex, and the
punctuation of the clypeus irregularly confluent instead of form-
ing longitudinal striz as in that species.

Scythropesthes tricolor, n. sp.

Black, shining, elytra pitchy-red, darker at the sides, the apex
black, sides of the thorax, a broad transverse band on the elytra,
behind the middle, narrowed and interrupted at the suture, a
central spot on the pygidium, and the exposed portions of the
meta-coxre, yellow. Head rather sparsely punctured; clypeus
slightly rounded at the sides, the margins elevated and slightly
emarginate at the apex. Thorax convex, obtusely angulated at
the sides, posterior angles rounded, the base slightly emarginate
before the scutellum, sides sparsely punctured, with a large
shallow fovea close to the margin, and a deep transverse impres-
sion on each side in front. Scutellum elongate, impunctate,
the sides impressed. Elytra depressed, rounded at the apex and
slightly produced at the sutural angles, sparsely and in regularly
punctured, the apex finely strigose. Pyvidium irregularly stri-
gose at the base and sides, fhe. centre almost smooth. Beneath
with the thoracic segments and coxe coarsely strigose and
sparsely pubescent, the outer margin of the meta-coxe swollen
and glabrous; mesosternal process short, naarowed but obtuse
at its apex; abdomen with coarse confluent punctures at the
sides, and a slight longitudinal central 1 Impression ; legs coarsely
punctured and “sparsely pubescent, anterior tibize with one dis-
tinct lateral tooth and the apex acute, intermediate and posterior
tibiz with one acute tooth in the middle, and a fringe of long
black hairs on the inner side. Length 20 mm.

S. Africa ?

The unique male of which I have given a description above,
is from the collection of the late A. Turner, and although it
is indicated as coming from Bengal I think, from its close

new or little known Cetoniide. 107

affinity to S. bicolor, Westw., there can be but little doubt that
it likewise is a native of South Africa.

Plectrone polita, n. sp.

Pitchy-black, shining, tarsi greenish. Head _ strigose, slightly
convex in the centre; clypeus much widened in front, the
deflexed lateral margins finely strigose, centre and apex sparsely
punctured, the apical margin reflexed and slightly emarginate.
Thorax much narrower than the elvtra, widest at the base, the
basal two-thirds strongly emarginate at the sides, thence rounded
and narrowed to the front, longitudinally sulcate in the centre,
sparsely punctured in front, and coarsely strigose at the sides.
Scutellum sulcate in the centre and strigose at the base. Hlytra
depressed at the suture and sides with a large shallow strigose
impression next the suture behind the middle, the sides and apex
coarsely strigose, sutural angles slightly produced. Pygidium
convex and transversely strigose. Beneath with the thoracic
seoments strigose at the sides, abdomen longitudinally impressed
in the centre and with scattered punctures at the sides; meso-
sternal process short, broad, and rounded at its apex; legs
strigose and punctured, anterior tibie without lateral teeth,
posterior tibize with a strong keel on the inner side produced
into an acute point at its apex. The female has the clypeus
narrower and not reflexed at the apex, the anterior tibie with
two strong lateral teeth and the posterior tibie without a keel.
Length 29 mm.

Nias Island, W. of Sumatra.

This species, of which I have seen several specimens from the
same locality in other collections, differs from P. tristis, Westw.,
in its colour, in having the thorax emarginate at the sides, the
elytra more strongly sculptured and in the absence of minute
punctuation, which gives it a much more polished appearance.
The shape of the keel or spur on the posterior tibia of the
male also differs from tristis, if the insect regarded by Wallace
(Trans. Ent. Soc. Ser. 3, Vol. 1V, p. 546, t. xii, f. 1) as such,
really is the male of that species.

P. lugubris, O. Jans. (ante p. 63), is more like this species
as regards colour but has a minute punctuation similar to that
of tristis. The mesosternal process in the type specimen of
tristis, which I have examined, is not so broad as it is repre-
sented ni Westwood’s figure (Arcana Ent. I, t. 28, f. 5b.).

108 Mr. O. E. Janson’s Notices of

Macronota alveata, n. sp.

Head bronze-green, the sides at the base golden-yellow and
pubescent; coarsely punctured, the centre longitudinally elevated
and smooth; clypeus widened and rounded in front, with the
apical margin shallowly emarginate; antenne and palpi red-
brown. Thorax bronze-green, the dise coppery ; rounded at
the sides, with the posterior angles produced and obtuse, the
basal lobe, strongly produced over the scutellum, lateral depres-
sions golden-yellow, pubescent and punctured, central depression
punctured and slightly pubescent in front. Scutellum nearly
concealed, punctured, with the sides narrowly margined with
yellow. Hlytra red-brown, shining, with five silvery-white spots
on each, two of them subquadrate and situate close to the
suture, two transverse and lateral, and one, also transverse, just
before the apex; sides and apex very coarsely strigose and
sparsely pubescent, depressed, and with four interrupted strive
next the suture behind the middle, apical margin rounded and
deeply serrate, the sutural spines short. Pygidium black, finely
strigose, with dense long golden pubesence and a large transverse
oval silvery- white central spot. Underside shining bronzy- -black
tinged with coppery, sparsely punctured, and with large trans-
verse silvery-white pubescent spots at the sides; mesosternal
process large and swollen, with an acute reflexed point at its
apex; legs bronzy-green, tarsi red-brown, anterior tibiw narrow,
the apical and two lateral teeth acute. Length 24 mm.

Sumatra.

Allied to AL. Diardi, G. P., but of a rather narrower and
more parallel form, with the clypeus less deeply emarginate,
the thorax shorter, more broadly rounded at the sides, with the
posterior lobe narrower and more produced, the elytra rounded
and deeply serrate at the apex, the mesosternal process of a
different form, the spots, both above and below, larger and of
a silvery-white colour, and the central thoracic vitta absent.
The only example I have seen of this handsome species is a
female, the habitat of which is indicated as “ Palembang.”

Coptomia ventralis, n. sp.

Bright green, more or less tinged with blue, apex of the
clypeus, antenne and legs pitchy-red with a bluish reflection,
femora greenish. Head with sparse coarse punctures between the
eyes, the clypeus more finely punctured, shghtly widened in front

new or little known Cetoniide. 109

and rounded at the apex, with a narrow and rather deep central
notch. Thorax coarsely and somewhat closely punctured at
the sides and base, the disc more finely and sparsely punctured,
the sides rather prominent in the middle, the base strongly
emarginate before the scutellum, and the posterior angles ob-
tuse. Scutellum impunctate, or with a few scattered punctures.
Elytra one-fourth longer than wide at the shoulders, rounded
at the apex, each with six deep stri, the interstices convex and
remotely punctured, the striz with coarse confluent punctures
bearing erect sete, the sides and apex sparsely punctured. Pygid-
ium very convex, with scattered punctures. Underside and
legs coarsely punctured, and with sparse long brownish hairs;
mesosternal process strongly dilated and rounded in front; ab-
domen deeply and broadly concave in the centre, pubescent and
closely and finely punctured, the apex nearly smooth; anterior
tibie with an almost obsolete tooth before the apex. The fe-
male is rather broader, less punctured, with the abdomen convex
and scarcely punctured in the centre, and the anterior tibiz with
two lateral teeth. Length 16-18 mm,

Madagascar.

This species is closely allied to C. marginata, Waterh.; the
male, however, may be readily distinguished by its more elon-
gate form, convex pygidium, in having the interstices and apex
of the elyire punctured, and by the large and densely punctured
depression of the abdomen; the female is more difficult to dis-
tinguish, but is larger, of a more elongate form, and has the
apex of the elytra very sparingly punctured, whereas in mar-
ginata they are strigose or coarsely punctured.

Pseudinca robusta, u. sp.

Dull olive-brown above, with obscure greenish markings on
the elytra, beneath green and slightly shining at the sides, the
centre of the body olive-brown; legs red-brown, shining, and
tinged with green. Head slightly convex and smooth, the con-
vexity terminating abruptly and forming a curved ridge near
the apex; clypeus very broad, subquadrate, sides and apex
punctured, the apical margin with two very slightly elevated
points in the centre. Thorax emarginate at the sides behind
the middle, the lateral margins raised, sightly punctured at the
sides in front. Scutellum impunetate, the apex rather acute.
Elytra moderately convex and rounded at the sides, with in-
distinct rows of punctures, the sutural angles produced and

110 Mr. O. E. Janson’s Notices of

obtuse. Pygidium impressed on each side, closely covered with
fine setiferous strix. Beneath punctured and sparsely pubescent
at the sides; mesosternal process obliquely narrowed and obtuse
at the apex; legs sparsely punctured, anterior tibie with one
strong lateral tooth, and the apex very acute. Length 25 mm.

West Africa, Gold Coast.

Allied to P. admixta, Hope, but broader, more convex, and
altogether more robust, with the carina on the head much more
dilated, flattened, and forming a longer but less elevated curved
ridge before the apex of the clypeus; it is also of a different
colour and without any of the white markings as in that species.

SYNONYMIA.

Heterorrhina levicauda, Bates, Ent. Mo. Mag. xviii, p. 509
(1881) = Genyodonta leviplaga, Raff. Rev. Zool., 1877, p.
O20. bs 25h. te

Heterorrhina gratiosa, Ancey, Le Nat., 1881, p. 509 = Smarag-
desthes alternata, Klug (1855).

Cetonia Dohrni, Harold, Compt. Rend. Soc. Belg., 1880, p. 38
= C. impavida, O. Jans., Cist. Ent. i, p. 558 (1879).

Cetonia mimula, Harold, |. ¢., p. 8 = C. famelica, O. Jans.,
IG. pa dou (Loi).

Pachnoda pygmea, Kraatz, Deuts. Ent. Zeit. xxiv., p. 157
(1880) = P. viridana (Parry), Blanch, (1850).

Diplognatha inceides, Thoms., Mus. Seient., p. 87 (1861) = D.
admiata, Hope (1842).

new or little knowu Cetoniide. ialil

The desirability, and often the necessity, of examining the
actual type specimen in order to identify a species with cer-
tainty, has induced me to draw up and publish a list of the
types in the collections of the late Messrs. E. Brown and A.
Turner (both of which have been broken up and sold by
auction), with an indication of the collections into which they

have passed.

TYPES IN THE COLLECTION or E. Brown.

Heterorrhina florensis, Wail., now in the possession of the British

Museum.

=F *nigrotestacea, Wall., _,, - me =

a borneensis, Wall., os », James Thomson

- modesta, Wall., es 5 5
Clinteria flora, Wall., Fe » . J. Horniman
Lomaptera striata, Wall., # » James Thomson

a timorensis, Wall., i 7 95

5 agni, Wall, 5 Pe *

ceramensis, Wall., F Fs y

3 concinna, Wall., a a4 _

z inermis, Wall., a a R. Oberthur
Macronota celebensis, Wall., i. ,, James Thomson

= castanea, Wall., mr 3 6

" variegata, Wall., re s -

5 cervina, Wall., 3 Fe 5

thoracica, Wall., 5 ‘, 53

x Mouhoti, Wall., 5 "

* marmorata, Wall., A - a

5 anne, Wall., 5 AF i
Schizorrhina arunana, Wall, - be -

5 bouruensis, Wall., 33 ‘ ”

* These cannot be regarded as the actual types, as specimens in other
collections are cited prior to those in Wallace's own collection.

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Mr. O. E. Janson’s Notices of Cetoniide.

Anacamptorrhina fulgida, Wall., now in the possession of James

Thomson

Euryomia rustica, Wall.,

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trivittata, Wall.,

*eincta, Wall.,

bella, Wall.,
celebensis, Wall.,
papua, Wall.,
lateralis, Wall.,

perviridis, Wall.,

*tenera, Wall.,

mollucarum, Wall.,

Bowring", Wall.,
sinvata, Wall.,
labecula, Wall.,
incerta, Wall.,
fulvipicta, Wall.,
cretata, Wall.,
aromatica, Wall.,

Cetonia ciocolatina, Wall.,

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Ceratorrhina frontalis, Westw., now in the

”

Asthenorrhina Turneri, Westw.,
Oxythyrea septicollis, Schaum,
Westwood’s type of Q C. polyphemus, Fab.,

celebica, Wall.,
solorensis, Wall.,

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collections are cited prior to those in Wallace’s own collection.

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Descriptions of Moths new to Japan, collected by Messrs. Lewis
and Pryer; by Artour G. Butter, F.L.S., F.Z.8., &e.

The species here described are the pick of Mr. George Lewis’s
collection of moths, combined with a fairly large series sent
home recently for identification by Mr. H. Pryer.

Although it is not considered a correct thing to look a gift-
horse in the mouth, I must express a wish that Mr. Pryer had
not sent me his most dilapidated specimens for identification;
the study of the /Heterocera is sufficiently difficult in the case of
good specimens, but when not merely half the pattern and
colouring is missing, but the head and sometimes also the legs
and abdomen, the chances against the identification of a moth
are greatly increased if not entirely annihilated.

SPHINGIDE,
1. Sphinx constricta, n. sp.

Allied to S. ligustri, of Europe, decidedly smaller, wings much
narrower and more elongated, so as to more nearly resemble
S. Kalmie of the United States; much darker than S. ligustrd,
the paler areas being of a deep copper-brown colour (excepting
the white sub-marginal lines), the darker area greyish-black,
traversed by velvet-black lines; secondaries agreeing with those
of S. Kalmie, in having no sub-basal band and the outer border
somewhat dark, but differing from it and S. légustri in the much
greater width of the central band towards the abdominal margin,
and from S. ligustr? im the much wider submarginal black band;
body and under-surface almost the same as in the latter species,
Expanse of wings 76 mm.

Kashiwagi, 22nd June, 1881 (G. Lewis).

2. Ambulyx ochracea, n. sp.

Allied to A. awripennis, of Ceylon; ochreous, with a faint pink
flush; primaries narrow and elongated, as in the American A.
strigilis; markings most like those of A. consanguis, but much

H

Cistuta ENTomo.ocica,
3oth November, 1885.

114 Mr. Butuer’s descriptions of

less distinct; on the costal borders of primaries a short olivaceous
dash near the base followed by a pale-edged almost semi-circular
spot upon the margin; a diffused spot or streak before the
middle and five oblique streaks crossing the sub-costal vein
beyond the cell; a blackish disco-cellular spot; extremely faint
and interrupted indications of two irregular central lines; a
blackish dot below the base of the cell; a large bilobed pale-
edged olivaceous spot upon the inner margin near the base; a
rounded olivaceous spot beyond the middle of first median inter-
space and resting upon the first median branch, and below this
a reddish-brown patch enclosing a crescent of the ground-
colour; external border dull chocolate-brown, tapering at the
extremities; secondaries with an abbreviated oblique grey central
stripe, from the radial to the sub-median vein; a darker sub-anal
stripe with a clavate streak of the same colour below it; apical
area speckled with dark rust-brown; outer border narrowly of
the same colour, excepting towards anal angle, where it 1s sandy-
yellowish; thorax with a golden-olivaceous cuneiform patch on
the tegule, apparently confluent with a quadrate patch on each
side of the metathorax, this patch is divided obliquely, the front
part being olivaceous and the back part rich olive-brown, with
a whitish crescent in front partly separating the two colours; a
broad band of chocolate-brown between the antenne; fifth
segment of abdomen with an olive-green spot on each side; anal
segment with a golden-olive dorsal spot and lateral testaceous
tufts; under-surface of wings, especially of the secondaries,
much paler than above, primaries with the external border ash-
grey, with brown inner edge; body below more golden than
above, the base of palpi and front of pectus reddish, Hxpanse
of wings 385 mm,

Nikko (H. Pryer).

ARCTIID®.

3. Hstigmene marens, n. sp.

Allied to FE. luctifera, of Europe, but the primaries narrower,
less opaque, blacker at the base; secondaries paler, smoky- brown,
without a trace of the orange anal spot or patch; abdomen with
all the black spots large, those of the dorsal series confluent.
Expanse of wings 91 mm.

Yokohama (H. Pryer),

vpatolmis japonica, of Walker from Japan, is the true F.
luctifera; it was unset when described,

Moths new to Japan. 115

4. Seirarctia lewisti, n. sp.

Wings above creamy-white; a black streak commencing at
the base, running above the median vein to the end of the cell
and thence forking to outer margin, the upper ramus being
oblique, extending to apex and divided by the yellowish veins;
a spot at the end of the cell divided by the upper discocellular
veinlet ; a costal patch towards apex divided by the sub-costal
branches; a broken streak divided by the first median branch,
an internal streak extending almost to the base and divided by
the sub-median vein; also two small acutely conical spots at
centre of outer margin; secondaries with blackish discocellulars;
head and tegulx creamy-white; collar and abdomen rose-red, the
latter with dorsal and lateral series of black spots; antennee and
palpi black; thorax dark brown; base of abdomen clothed with
whitish hair; markings of wings below paler than above; body
cream-coloured, legs brownish, venter with lateral black spots.
Expanse of wings 48 mm,

Japan (Lewis).
LirHosubDs.

5. Ghoria collitoides, n. sp.
@ Aspect of the species of Collita (C. gigantea, Oberth.), but

neuration of Ghoria; primaries fuliginous grey-brown, with
bronze reflections; costal border bright straw-yellow; secondaries
fuliginous grey; face fuliginous grey-brown; vertex of head
blackish; collar reddish-orange; thorax dark fuliginous grey-
brown; abdomen grey; under-surface dove-grey; primaries with
costal borders as above; pectus ochreous-yellow; legs and venter
grey; anus ochreous. Expanse of wings 41-45 mm.

8, Q Nikko (Lewis and Pryer).
The female is paler than the male.

6. Katha aprica, n. sp.

Near to K. brevipennis, of Ceylon; primaries above bright
clear ochreous; secondaries paler ochreous, less pale along the
external border than on the remainder of the wing; head, thorax
and anal segments of abdomen bright ochreous, remainder of
abdomen pale greyish-ochreous; under surface of wings pale
ochreous, the primaries very faintly tinted with greyish; interno-
median fold very prominent, so that it looks lke a dark grey
line when seen without a lens; body below and legs greyish-
testaceous, sides of venter ochreous. Expanse of wings 30 mm.

Ohoyama (H. Pryer).
H 2

116 Mr. Butier’s descriptions of

Mr. Pryer, judging solely by external facies, supposes this
to be Systropha aureola: contrary to the experience of all
Lepidopterists, he holds that in a butterfly or moth there are
other characters of equal importance to neuration; he does not
indeed attempt to point out what these characters are, nor does -
he explain upon what grounds he proposes to transfer genera
from the families to which their entire structure proves them to
belong, to others which they only vaguely resemble; he simply
hints that because in other orders (as Neuroptera) the veinlets
on opposite wings of the same individual differ in number and
shape, neuration should not be relied upon in Lepidoptera !

Judging, therefore, entirely by external facies, Mr. Pryer
naturally fails to recognize the species and even the genus of the
slightest varietal departure from the normal type, even of the
best known species; thus he sends me for identification a worn
specimen of a Xylophasia (probably a slightly dark variety of
X. polyodon, from which it barely differs on either surface)
and on referring to his list I find it placed in the family
Hadenide! and with the following note: —“ I am puzzled where
to place this, as it resembles, perhaps superficially, both Xylo-
phasia and Apamea;” guessing, apart from systematic study, is
generally a failure; nearly all the blunders made by describers
are due to it, and probably all of those made by field naturalists
like my excelient, but too confident, friend and correspondent,
who, without any knowledge of structural distinctions, disputes
the authority of such men as Felder, Guénée, Lederer, Moore
and others, under the flimsy pretence of correcting the errors of

Mr. Butler.

7. Miltochrista bivittata, n. sp.

Allied to MW. aberrans, much smaller ; primaries bright rose-
red; three elongated black dots near the base in an angular
series ; an interrupted angulated black line from costa to sub-
median vein just before the basal third, a black dot at the
inferior angle of the cell, an angulated and acutely dentated
black discal line before the external third, and beyond this a
series of seven small elongated black dots; fringe golden testa-
ceous ; secondaries pale rose-pink with fringe a little paler than
in the primaries; head and thorax ochreous, abdomen whity

Moths new to Japan. 17

brown; wings below rose-coloured ; primaries with three elong-
ated sub-apical black dots; fringes as above, body creamy-
yellowish. Expanse of wings 21 mm.

Nigata, 9th September, 1881 (G. Lewis).

This is readily distinguishable from J/. aberrans by the single
angulated line before basal third of primaries, instead of the two
crossed lines and the more slender denticulated discal line.

8. Nola microphasma, n. sp.

¢ Primaries pale silver-grey, with little longitudinal black
dashes along the costa and at the extremities of the veins; two
more on the costal vein towards the base; three black spots in an
oblique series just before basal third; a slightly arched post-
median oblique series of little black dashes on the veins, and a
second series about half way between the latter aud the outer
margin; fringe very long, its basal half white, with a series of
well defined grey spots; its external half pale grey, bounded
internally by a darker line; secondaries silvery-white, fringe
slightly spotted with greyish at apex; body grey; antennx white,
broadly, but delicately, pectinated; wings below silvery-white,
primaries, costa, and fringe of secondaries slightly greyish, with
faint golden reflections; body below whity-brown, sericeous.
Expanse of wings 16 mm.

Yokohama (H. Pryer).

I believe this to be the male of a somewhat rubbed Wola
which was in Mr. Jonas’s collection; the latter is, however,
greyer in colour.

LIPARID&.
9. Lelia gigantea, n. sp.

g Allied to Z. cenosa, but considerably larger, the primaries
cream-coloured, without smoky clouding or streaking, but with
the same irregularly angulated row of six black spots across the
disc; secondaries whiter; thorax cream-coloured; head ochreous
in front instead of sordid white; legs white instead of yellow
and grey; abdomen and under-surface white. Expanse of wings
52 mm.

Yokohama (H. Pryer).

10, Artaxa conspersa, n. sp.

Primaries above ochreous, the basal two-thirds sprinkled with

118 Mr. Butier’s descriptions of

black atoms, with the exceptions of a pale angular band just
before the basal third; the speckled area also bounded exter-
nally by a second band scarcely paler than the ground colour;
two black sub-apical spots as in A. digramma; secondaries of a
deeper ochreous tint than the primaries and slightly sordid,
excepting upon the external and costal borders; thorax pale
ochreous, abdomen slightly darker; under-surface pale creamy-
ochreous; primaries with white internal border, basal three-
fourths of the wing suffused with pale brownish. Expanse of
wings 36 mm.

Yokohama (H. Pryer).

11. Porthetria ewrydice, n. sp.

Primaries above olive-brown; basal two-fifths confusedly
banded with black; a dusky discocellur lunule; a black sub-
apical semicircle upon the costa, and an interrupted discal series
of seven black spots; secondaries black-brown, almost black;
body blackish, antenne and tegule olive-brown; wings below
blackish-brown, primaries with the apical third sandy testaceous,
showing some of the black spots of the upper surface; body
below sandy-brown. Expanse of wings 40 mm,

Ohoyama (H. Pryer).

About the most sombre species in the genus.

12. Calliteara pseudabietis, n. sp.

g Primaries above greyish-white, with faint indications of the
markings of C. abietis as follows:—base silvery-white, bounded
by a slightly zigzag abbreviated blackish line; no orbicular spot,
but an oblique reniform black-edged spot upon a grey irregular
central belt partly edged with blackish; a sub-apical black dot;
a sub-marginal series of black dots, and an imperfect series of
blackish spots on the fringe; secondaries sericeous greyish, with
whitish abdominal border and grey-spotted white fringe; body
above sordid white with dorsal blackish spots; antenne with
reddish pectinations; under-surface white; wings with black
discocellular spots; primaries with greyish discoidal area; palpi
black at the sides; legs spotted with black. Expanse of wings
50 mm.

Nikko, 16th August, 1881 (G. Lewis).

The form of the primaries in this species is that of C. abietis
Q, it is also nearly as pale as and much less distinctly marked
than that sex; it should follow C. argentata.

Moths new to Japan. 119

13. Dasychira pryeri, n. sp.

Q White, sericeous; primaries above rather closely irrorated
with black scales; a nearly straight black line across the basal
third and an abbreviated transverse sub-sigmoidal black line
nearly half way between the cell and apical margin; antenne
with testaceous pectinations; secondaries below with a conical
grey discocellular spot. Expanse of wings 53 mm,

Yokohama (H. Pryer).

14. Nerice bipartita, n. sp.

$ Allied to XN. bidentata and N. davidi; the colouring similar,
but the primaries equally divided into chocolate-brown and
whitish, the apical costal half being brown, darkest along its
posterior edge, the interno-basal half whity-brown towards inner
margin, but getting silvery-white along its anterior edge, inter-
rupted however beyond the middle by a nearly quadrangular
red-brown patch; secondaries greyish-brown; head and thorax
dark brown, tegule white; abdomen grey-brown; under-surface
pale pinky-brown, the body darker than the wings. Expanse of
wings 41 mm.

Sapporo (G. Lewis); Nikko and Yezo (H. Pryer).

LAStocAMPID&.
15. Chrostogastria brevivenis, n. sp.

é Structure of C. pruni, excepting that the sub-costal furca
of primaries is much shorter; the margins of the wings not
undulated ; upper-surface copper-red, more golden towards base
of primaries below the median vein; the disc somewhat paler
than the rest of the wing, bounded internally and traversed by
two slightly arched darker lines; a large oval silver-white spot
at the end of the cell, and therefore before the middle of the
wing; tegule golden-cupreous ; under surface paler than above,
with the exception of the head, palpi, antenne, front of pectus,
and anterior legs, which are dark red-brown; the inner discal
line of primaries widened and carried across the secondaries,
Expanse of wings 41 mm.

Nikko (H. Pryer).
PHALERIDA.
MICROPHALERA, 0. gen.

Aspect of Iypereschra, but with almost the neuration of
Phalera; it differs from the latter as follows:—primaries with

120 Mr. Burier’s descriptions of

five true sub-costal branches, the second (which forms the upper
ramus of the sub-costal furca) being again forked close to apex;
the upper radial emitted from the anterior angle of the cell
instead of from the posterior margin of the sub-costal vein; the
second and third median branches in all the wings well separated
at their origins instead of being emitted from one point; the
antennz also are shorter, are narrowly pectinated instead of
penicillate, and the palpi are very small and porrected; the legs
are very imperfect in the type, but they are clearly not covered
with the long woolly hair of a Phalera.

16. Microphalera grisea, n. sp.

Primaries white, varied with pale testaceous, and irrorated
with black scales, which give the wings a greyish appearance;
central area bounded upon the costa by two pairs of oblique
black dashes, the second and third, or two inner dashes forming
the commencement of two irregularly dentate-sinuate white-
bordered dusky lines, which approach one another below the
median vein; a longitudinal black dash in the cell and four
others placed in a zigzag arrangement upon the disc beyond the
cell; a very indistinct dusky third line parallel to the second
dentate-sinuate line and dotted upon the veins with black, across
the lower half of the disc; a marginal series of black dots
followed by dusky spots on the fringe; secondaries sordid white,
slightly pearly, and with a tolerably broad irregular pale
brownish-grey external border; fringe spotted with whitish;
thorax white, irrorated with black; abdomen brown; under-
surface pale brown; costa and external half of primaries and
bedy darker and of a more coppery colour; friges of wings
dark brown, spotted with white. Expanse of wings 41 mm.

Yezo (H. Pryer).

LIMACODID&.
17. Miresa inornata, ¢, Walk.

@ Allied to I/. bracteata, from Darjiling, but more ochra-
ceous throughout, especially upon the primaries, which are also
a little shorter and entirely destitute of all the brilliant metallic
silver markings of that species; the secondaries are more or less
suffused with brownish beyond the middle, and show no trace
of the dusky spot upon the fringe towards anal angle, which is
present in M/. bracteata. Expanse of wings 34 mm.

Yokohama, Yamato; feeds on the pear (H. Pryer).

Moths new to Japan. 121

A good figure of J/, bracteata will be found in the sixth part
of “Illustrations of typical Lepidoptera Heterocera,” part VI, pl.
CII, fig. 2.

The type of J, inornuta is a large female from N. China.

MICROLEON, n. gen.

Closely allied to Lithacodes, of Packard, but with longer and
more slender upcurved palpi; the secondaries differing in neu-
ration as follows:—sub-costal branches emitted from a short
foot-stalk; discocellulars much more angulated, so that the lower
half of the cell is produced forward much in advance of the
upper half; the second and third median branches emitted close
together; hind legs with four slender spines, two in the middle
and two at the end of the tibia,

18. JMicroleon longipalpis, nu. sp.

Primaries above bronze-brown; the basal fourth, a clavate
streak on inner margin extending from the basal patch to just
beyond the middle of the margin, a cuneiform costal patch at
apex, and a dot at the end of the cell, orange-ochreous; second-
aries sericeous grey-brown; fringes of all the wings whity-brown
traversed by two grey-brown stripes; thorax reddish-orange,
abdomen smoky-grey, with golden testaceous anal tuft, with a
few dark grey hairs in front; wings below grey, with faint rosy
and bronze reflections; fringes paler than above; body pale
sericeous golden-brown. Hxpanse of wings 16 mm,

Yokohama (H. Pryer).

Pryer’s note upon this species is incomprehensible to me; he
refers it to the genus Phrixolepia! and remarks:—“ only differs
from the former (i.e., P. sericea) by being considerably larger.”
Now, as P. sericea, measures 27 millimetres in expanse, and
therefore is nearly twice as large; and, as moreover it differs
wholly in colour, pattern and structure, I can hardly believe
that he has labelled the specimen with its right number, and
yet the only other Limacodid in the collection is Miresa inornata,
an insect even more absurdly unlike P. sericea than the species
before me; had Pryer suggested a resemblance to Monema
flavescens he would not have been so wide of the mark, as
although it differs considerably from that insect in neuration, it
has similar palpi and some notion of the colouring.

122 Mr. Burter’s descriptions of

DREPANULID.
19, Argyris superans, n. sp.

Allied to A. plagiata, of Japan, and A. deliaria, from Eastern
Siberia, but considerably larger, with the ocelloid patch on the
primaries perfectly round, enclosing an imperfect circle of un-
equal black spots separated by the nervures, and in the centre
a silver-grey patch, bounded internally by an angular white
line and behind by a streak of black scales, it is sprinkled ex-
ternally with metallic silver scales; sub-marginal rows of spots
as in A. plagiata, not confused together as in A. deliaria;
secondaries nearly as in A. plagiata, but owing to their greater
size the ocelloid patch is further from the outer margin. Hxpanse
of wings 60 mm.

'¥ioz0"( EL. Emer).

Some time since I discovered that the genus Argyris had been
wrongly located by Guénée in the Geometridae, it being not only
structurally closely allied to Cilix but even having the same colora-
tion and aspect; since then Mr. Moore has figured and described
the larva and imago of a nearly allied genus—Teldenia* from
Ceylon; the larva is similar to that of Ceruwra, but not so large
in front, and, in fact, is what one would expect to see in the
Drepanulide; Mr. Pryer, however, in a letter recently received,
says of ‘ Argyris’ superba :—‘ This, as you say, is undoubtedly
not a Geometra; I immediately captured a lot and hatched the
larva (sic), and they are very hairy Bombyciform larva (sic),
and do not elevate the last pair of claspers, and are, therefore,
not Drepanulide. I unfortunately could not get them to feed
up, as I do not know the right food plant, but I hope to find a
full fed larva before the season is over.”

In the above remarks Mr. Pryer shows that he has paid little
attention to recent labours in the rearing of Lepidoptera, or he
would have known that no decision respecting the location of a
genus can be founded upon the first stage of a larva; a cater-
pular when first excluded from the egg may be covered with
hair, but in its last stage may be almost smooth; the larva of
Drepana falcula, however, is hairy; then again with regard to
the habit of elevating the last pair of claspers, it is well known

* A second species referred to this genus by Moore occurs in Dar-
jiling, and so closely resembles a Corycia in appearance that I des-
cribed it as belonging to that genus, and even now am not convinced
that the resemblance in colour and pattern in the two species is more
than accidental; unfortunately I do not possess the Ceylon species.

Moths new to Japan. 123

that many of the larve of Noctwites commence life as semi-
loopers or as true loopers, losing the Geometrid character as they
advance towards the pupal stage; a character of this kind is of
far more importance than the mere elevation of the anal
claspers.

Once more I may here remark that Mr, Pryer, though an
excellent collector, and one to whom I am personally much
indebted, is not one in whose breeding experiments I have the
ereatest confidence; he is so given to jumping to hasty conclu-
clusions that it really is not safe to accept his statements as
proved facts; he assumes, from the flight of an insect, that it
must belong to such and such a tribe, and then, doubtless, he
begins to look for “a full fed larva”! Fancy recognizing at a
glance the larva of a moth which one has never reared! He
says of Seudyra subflava: “‘I think if you could see it alive,
particularly when at rest, you would not entertain a doubt
about its being allied to Plusia. I have, I believe, at last
succeeded in finding its larva, which is clearly that of a Plusia,
but strangely it has a resemblance to the larva of Cocytodes
modesta !” *

The extravagance of such a suggestion as the above, is not
apparent to a collector; he finds a Noctuiform larva, which,
after all, he only conjectures to be that of Seuwdyra, and he con-
cludes that the genera Seudyra and Plusia are one; whereas
any student of the Lepidoptera would assure him that, although
the Noctuiform larve of the Agaristide may prove them to have
some affinity to the Noctuites, their structure in the imago con-
dition shows that they are more nearly allied to the Castniide ;
I have long held the opinion that the arrangement of the
Heterocera should properly commence thus:—/Sphingide, Cos-
side, Zenzeridw, Hepialide, Castniide, Agaristide, Noctuites,
&e,

In thus publishing and commenting upon extracts from
Pryer’s letter, I do him no wrong; since he either has pub-
lished, or intends to publish, these views of his in his ‘* Catalogue

* Since the above was sent to press, I have received a second letter
from Pryer in which he speaks thus of S. noctwina— I took the larva
of this at Ammayama and have also bred Seudyra subflava taken near
my gardens; there is not the slightest doubt about its being a Noctua,
and I believe it to be a Plusia,’ he then concludes by proving its
relationship to other Agaristid@ thus—‘‘it feeds exposed and emits
a very strong smell, musky, when disturbed.” An outline sketch in his
letter represents the usual type of larva of the latter family.

124 Mr. Burver’s descriptions of

of Japanese Lepidoptera,” a work which (situated as Pryer is,
far away from all large libraries and collections) he would have
been wiser not to have attempted to produce.

I may mention here that ‘ Argyris’ superba should have been
referred to Walker’s genus Auzata; it only differs from the
type of that genus in the much longer sub-costal furca in the
primaries, the entire, instead of deeply sinuated, character of
the secondaries, and in its slightly thicker antennez, whereas it
differs from Argyris in both neuration and antenne; the fol-
lowing is a new genus:—

CALLICILIX, hh. gen.

Wing-form and neuration similar to Auzata; but the antenne
pectinated and tapering, and the palpi slender, erect, and
decidedly longer than in Auwzata; the position of the genus
therefore is between the latter and JJacrocilix.

20. Callicilix abraxata, un. sp.

Creamy-white, all the wings with a marginal series of large
oval grey-brown spots, and some partly confluent irregular
patches tending to form a sub-marginal band; primaries crossed
by a broad and somewhat irregular central belt, grey-brown
towards costa, and enclosing a spot of the ground-colour, but
below the sub-costal vein, dark golden-brown, crossed by pearl-
grey veins, with black extremities, and traversed internally by
a pale sinuated line; three grey-brown spots across the basal
area; two oval spots on the radial interspaces and a third near
apex pearl-white; secondaries with a large grey-brown patch
from centre of abdominal margin to the middle of the wing,
whence it is continued by two unequal spots to costa; a small
spot near base of interno-median area; four pearl-white spots
on the dise between the sub-median and radial veins; head
black, antenne brown; thorax cream-colour; abdomen yellowish,
with two dorsal series of grey-brown spots; wings below with
markings more confluent than above, costal area golden-brownish;
central belt paler than above, greyer, not broken by bicolored
veins or a pale line; body below ochreous, venter with small
blackish lateral spots. Expanse of wings 44 mm.

Yezo, Nikko (H. Pryer).

IIas somewhat the aspect and altogether the coloration of an
Abraxas.

Moths new to Japan. 125

BomBYciD&.
21. Prismosticta hyalinata, un. sp.

g Allied to P. fenestrata, from Darjiling (of which I only
know the female) but differing besides its small size and pec-
tinated antenns, in the uniform darker brown colour of the
primaries, in the oblique black spot at the end of the cell, in
the elongated hyaline sub-apical spot, rounded internally and
notched externally, and with a small hyaline dot obliquely
beyond it; the secondaries have the paler costal area replaced
by bright clear ochreous, and the diffused paler ochraceous anal
patch by bright golden ochreous, whilst the remainder of the
wing surface is darker and the lines are more oblique and black.
Expanse of wings 50 mm.

Nikko (H. Pryer).

This may, of course, turn out to be the male of P. fenestrata,
but it seems hardly probable considering the differences in
pattern; its general aspect is that of a gaily coloured Orgyia.

22. Andraca gracilis, n. sp.

Q Allied to A. trilochoides, from Darjiling; smaller, of a
narrower more elegant form; more uniformly coloured; pri-
maries pale foxy red-brown with a pink gloss, with the three
darker angular oblique lines and black discocellular dot of the
Indian species; a foxy red-brown external diffused border;
secondaries with costal half pale testaceous, shading into foxy
red-brown towards the abdominal border; fringe brown and
white; a minute brown discocellular spot; body dull reddish
testaceous; the back of the head and the antenne white; under-
surface glossy golden testaceous, with two reddish-brown discal
lines as in A. trilochoides but paler; discocellular dots also red-
brown. Expanse of wings 46 mm.

Nikko (H. Pryer).

The smaller size, paler colouring and absence of all pearly
shades and markings readily distinguish this from the Indian
species,

Noropontip&.
23. Drymonia circumscripta, n. sp.

¢ Unlike the known species of Drymonia in pattern, though
agreeing with them structurally ; primaries white, densely irro-
rated with red-brown and grey, which gives the whole ground

126 Mr. Borier’s descriptions of

colour a pale lilacine-brown appearance; basal third pale green,
bounded externally by a dentate-sinuate inwardly black-edged
white stripe; crossed from base of costa almost to sub-median
vein by a curved white band, intersected by a red-brown line;
reniform spot white, externally diffused ; a broad diffused olive-
green patch extending almost to the costal margin, beyond the
cell, continued as a very irregular stripe to the external angle;
two black dentate-sinuate lines, enclosing five more or less hastate
white spots, cross the outer half of the olivaceous patch, the
outer black line being continued as an inner boundary to the
irregular green stripe which runs to external angle; a widely
sinuated sub-marginal white stripe; external border a little
browner than the rest of the wing; a marginal series of sub-
confluent black spots, followed at the base of the fringe by
a whitish line; secondaries smoky-brown, crossed beyond the
middle by a paler stripe; antenne white, with grey-brown
pectinations ; thorax pale brownish, greenish in the centre, the
collar and tegule striped with black ; abdomen greyish-brown ;
primaries below smoky-brown; secondaries paler but with a
spot at the end of the cell and an arched discal band (broadly
bordered with white) of an equally dark tint; all the wings with
a dark brown marginal line, followed by a white line at the base
of the fringe ; pectus whitish ; venter pale brown. Expanse of
wings 38 mm.

Nikko (II, Pryer).

The pattern of the wings in this species reminds one rather
of Notodonta than Drymonia, but the short broadly pectinated
antenne, the neuration and the absence of the scaled prominence
near the base of the inner margins of primaries at once
distinguish it.

24. Lophopteryx ladislai, Oberthiir.

Allied to Z. cucullina, of Europe, considerably larger, the
primaries of a fleshy sienna tint; the costa grey, spotted through-
out with black and white; the interno-discal area rather redder
and darker than the sub-costal and discoidal areas, crossed
obliquely from inner margin just above the prominence to third
median branch by two parallel undulated lines, the outer one
widest, and commencing with a white lunule; a curved black
streak bounding the front of the third median branch, but inter-
rupted as it reaches the white border, which is of a pure chalk-
white colour, with black and blackish marking (not red-brown
and grey) ; fringe white, spotted with black ; secondaries greyer

Moths new to Japan. 127

than in Z. cucullina, fringe white, spotted with grey ; a wavy
white discal line; anal markings pure black ana white; head
black in front, snow-white behind; antenne red-brown, the
pectinations fringed with white pencils; thorax rufous, abdomen
pale tetsaceous; primaries below grey, secondaries cream-col-
oured; fringes white with dark-grey spots; costa of primaries
cream-coloured spotted with black, anal angle of secondaries
grey ; other markings very indistinct ; pectus blackish in front,
otherwise white, legs with white-banded black tarsi; anterior
legs black, white at all the joints, other legs smoky grey-brown ;
venter silvery whitish. Expanse of wings 43 mm.
Wada togé, 1st August, 1881 (G. Lewis).

The antenne are short and pectinated in the male, not long
and filiform as represented by M. Oberthtir; the inattention of
the artist to these important details in M. Oberthiir’s plates
renders the identification of his genera very difficult; if his
Pulodontis really has filiform antenne in the male the genus
may stand, whereas in my opinion this sole generic character
distinguishing it from Spatalia is due to the artist; we possess
very similar species belonging to the latter genus.

25. Rosama macrodonta, n. sp.

@ Allied to R. strigosa of Java, but larger and more nearly
of the form of Spatalia; primaries pearl-grey irrorated with
cupreous red which gives them a fleshy tint; costal area whitish
in front, brownish behind, and emitting a pointed brassy-yellow
sub-apical streak to outer margin; the whitish portion is also
interrupted at the end of the cell by a squamose rufous spot,
and does nct extend to apex; basi-internal and median areas
golden-yellow, densely irrorated with blood-red, and interrupted
by central and terminal patches of this colour; the large
quadrate internal prominence reddish; a discal abbreviated red-
dish streak or band divided in the centre by the sub-apical
longitudinal streak; a submarginal series of reddish lunules
forming the inner margins of cupreous rounded spots; fringe
of reddish mingled with white scales; secondaries pale greyish-
brown; head and thorax dark red-brown, collar grey, abdomen
grey-brown; under-surface of primaries greyish-brown, with
coloured borders; secondaries cream-coloured, with an indis-
tinct darker arched band beyond the middle; body below
cream-coloured, the upper-surface of the legs and the palpi
cupreous red. Hxpanse of wings 43 mm,

128 Mr. Butver’s descriptions of

Q@ Smaller and yellower in tint than the male. Expanse of
wings 37 mm.

¢ Japan (Lewis); Q Pekin.

This species is readily separable from Spatalia, apart from
the shorter broader form of its primaries, by the fact that both
sexes have pectinated antenne.

Owing to the inaccuracy of Bremer’s figures, which appear to
be taken, for the most part, from shockingly worn specimens, I
find that I have redescribed his so-called Harpyia ocypete as
Fentonia levis; since, however (as Staudinger evidently supposed),
the two species are types of widely distinct genera, the name
Fentonia will stand for Bremer’s species.

In addition to the above-mentioned Sphinges and Bombyces,
Mr. Pryer sent the following:—
Sphinges—Ampelophaga rubiginosa, Bremer.
Hyloicus davidis, Q, Oberthiir.
Clanis bilineata, Walker (a small pallid ¢ specimen).

Bombyces—Spilarctia bifasciata, 9, Butler (the black bands
wider and more widely separated than in the type).

Sinna fenton, Butler.

Herr Snellen, in a recent part of the Tijd. voor Ent., has
noted this asa synonym of 7'einopyga reticularis, Feld., but in
this my excellent friend has made a mistake, arising from the
fact that our series is not before him; the true synonymy is as
follows:—

1. Sinna calospila, Walk.
syn, Teinopyga haemacta, Snellen. Java.

Two specimens in the British Museum collected by Dr.

Horsfield.
2. Sinna extrema, Walk.
syn. Teinopyga reticularis, Feld. Shanghai.

Three specimens in the Museum collection,

Moths new to Japan. 129

3. Sinna fentont, Butler.

Tokei, Japan.

I have three specimens before me differing constantly from
the Chinese species in their more sulphur tinted primaries, the
markings on which are less orange and more slender, and all the
black spots considerably smaller; the secondaries instead of
being of a pure silvery-white colour are tarnished and the
borders and fringe decidedly brownish.

4. Sinna clara, Butler.
Tokei, Japan.
Although from the same locality as the preceding, this is so
dissimilar that I do not for a moment doubt its distinctness.

Cherotriche niphonis, Butler.

The specimen now sent isa fresh male, and shows that my
type is decidedly under-coloured; the yellow costal band ex-
tending only to just beyond the cell and of a bright chrome-
yellow, enclosing a black discocellular spot; the fringes of all
the wings straw-yellow; the abdomen blackish, with yellow
anal tuft,

Orgyia thyallina, g, Butler (a little redder than the type).
Plateumeta aurea, g¢, Butler (rather worn).
Gastropacha cerridifolia, Felder (much shattered).

Stauropus, sp. (too bad for positive identification).

This is probably the Harpyia taczanowskii, of Oberthiir.

Fentonia ocypete, Brem. (half a specimen),

Staudinger refers this species with hesitation to the genus
Uropus, and he is quite right in so doing, as it is perfectly
distinct from the type of that genus; the fact of the species
being thus displaced, however, led to my redescribing it under
the name of Fentonia levis (Bremer’s figure being barely re-
cognizable with the insect before you); my generic name there-
fore will stand,

150 Mr. Buter’s descriptions of

Pterostoma sinica, Moore (a rubbed male),
Notodonta ? monetaria, Oberthiir.
Platychasma virgo, Butler.

Hoplitis milhauseri ?, Fabricius.

The specimen is certainly a Hoplitis and either H. milhauseri,
or a Closely allied species; so far as the pattern can be followed,
upon the much worn specimen sent by Mr. Pryer, it corresponds
with that of the European species; the insect, however, is much
larger than ours and may prove to be distinct.

Callidrepana patrana, Moore (the male).
This species has hitherto only been recorded from Darjiling.

Theophila mandarina, Moore.
Previously only recorded from China.

Of the Noctuites forwarded to me by Mr. Pryer for identi-
fication, many are imperfect and some so hopelessly smashed
and rubbed that even their own relations could not recognize
them; nothing probably is harder to identify than a damaged
moth, especially if a Noctua, Hypena, Tortrix or Tinea; a moth
without antenne, palpi, or legs, or with the fringes of its wings
worn off and the colouring rubbed away, is disguised so that
only the most experienced Lepidopterist can hope to guess at its
natural position ; Mr, Pryer himself believes that some of what
he calls my errors have arisen ‘‘ from worn and single specimens
only having been sent to him to identify”; and I may add
(without admitting that they are errors) such specimens were
sent to him by Mr. Pryer, and by nobody else.

Amongst the unrecognizable specimens in the present series is
an insect with the abdomen crushed flat, the wings rubbed and
the fringes worn off; which, according to the neuration, must
come somewhere near Polytela, but differs in its small retracted
head; Mr. Pryer calls it a Nonagria, a genus with which it
neither agrees in colouring, form or structure; but, from such
a specimen, I cannot venture to assert that it is a new genus,
nor would it be possible to describe it as a new species, though
I have little doubt that it is both.

To those who undertake the serious task of identifying genera
and species; which is not, as Mr. Pryer imagines, decided by
guessing, but by careful and laborious examination of structure,

Moths new to Japan. 151

the most perfect specimens which can be procured, ought in all
fairness to be sent; by this, half one’s labour might be saved,
the new species would be represented by presentable types
instead of disfigurements to the cabinet, and the sender would
have the satisfaction of knowing that he had done to others as
he would that they should do to him.

CYMATOPHORID&.
Thyatira flavida, n. sp.

Primaries above brownish-grey, sericeous, with five unequal
yellowish: centred black-edged white patches, the largest at base,
the next largest at apex, two semi-circular, of about equal size,
one just beyond the centre of costa, the other at external angle,
the fifth narrow and elongated upon the inner margin; second-
aries sericeous straw-yellow, clouded with grey beyond the
middle; a tolerably broad dark grey sub-marginal band taper-
ing towards the anal angle; head and collar grey; thorax white,
the tegule aa ene slightly yellowish at their inferior
angles; abdomen whity-brown; under-surface pale sericeous
yellow, primaries clouded with grey, especially towards outer
margin, excepting a clear apical costal patch; all the wings with
dark grey disco-submarginal band. Expanse of wings 44 mm,

Hakodate, August 28th (G. Lewis).

Intermediate in the character of the primaries between 7’. batis
and 7. pryert.

Asphalia punctigera, n. sp.

Nearly allied to A. arctipennis (Xylina arctipennis, Butler) ;
wings a little broader and more pointed at apex; primar ies silvery-
grey, with a broad central darker belt occupying more than a
third of the costa but narrowing to half its width at inner mar-
gin, the inner edge of this belt oblique and angular, the outer
edge oblique, slightly inarched but ill-defined; “discoidal spots
small but stone- -whitish, with blackish margins; two parallel
zigzag pale discal stripes, the outer one limiting the dark
external border, which is rather narrow and tapers at the
extremities; secondaries pale greyish, slightly darker towards
outer margin; fringe whitish, traversed by a grey stripe; thorax
dark grey, abdomen paler ; under-surface silv ery-grey, the pri-
maries, especially within the cell, darker than the secondaries,
with four httle oblique black costal dashes beyond the cell;
pectus whitish. Expanse of wings 42 mm.

Hakodate (G. Lewis).
EZ

132 Mr. Buter’s descriptions of

APAMIIDE.
Xylophasia incognita, n. sp.

Nearly allied to X. lithorylea, of Europe, but smaller, with
slightly narrower wings; primaries ash-grey, with smoky-grey
markings; the zigzag arched post-median band rather wider
than in X, lithoxylea; the marginal border a little narrower and
partly bounded internally by <-shaped blackish markings;
secondaries uniform, pale greyish-brown; body greyish, espe-
cially in front; the collar with two converging black dashes at
the back; under-surface uniform greyish-white. HExpanse of
wings 41 mm.

Yesso, 1882 (H. Pryer).

In coloration this species corresponds more nearly with the
Chilian X. cauquenensis than with X. lithoxylea, but in pattern
it scarcely differs from the latter

Nephelodes datanidia, un. sp.

Primaries golden-brown; the basal area pale, crossed by a
pinky-white angular stripe and bounded externally by a nearly
straight transverse stripe of the same colour which borders the
central belt; a third narrower stripe borders the central belt
externally; the belt itself is of the ground-colour, but with
darker margins and a darker patch beyond the cell; external
border greyish, pink tinted, preceded by a series of ill-defined
dusky spots; fringe cupreous; secondaries pale golden-brown
with pink-tinted fringes; thorax dark rufous-brown; abdomen
sericeous greyish-brown; under-surface pale golden- brown, the
borders of the wings and the body tinted with pink; primaries
with the central area greyish, fringe tipped with blackish;
secondaries with a dusky lunate spot at the end of the cell,
followed by a slightly angulated grey discal stripe. Expanse of
wings 80 mm.

No exact locality given; probably Yokohama.

Miana falsa, n. sp.

At first sight much like a large example of the pale banded
form of MW. strigilis, but the central dark belt of primaries con-
siderably wider, commencing at basal fourth; enclosing the
discoidal spots which are white-edged, the reniform spot forming
the letter B in white; the outer edge of the central belt irregu-

larly zigzag, not denticulated, the white discal band narrow,

Moths new to Japan. 133

diffused and only extending above the median vein as a white
edging to the central belt; the external area brown with the
white sub-marginal line much more irregular; marginal dots and
fringe similar; secondaries much paler, of a silvery grey-brown
colour; under-surface much like that of J. strigilis, excepting
that the secondaries are crossed by one sharply defined deeply
deutate-sinuate line, instead of two narrow arched stripes.
Expanse of wings 27 mm.

Yokohama ?

The number on this insect (857) is evidently incorrect; the
ticket must have been placed on the wrong specimen by Mr.
Pryer.

Apamea repetita, n. sp.

Pattern of A. indocilis (Xylophasia indocilis, Wlk.), from New
York, and nearly that of A. conciliata, from Japan; but the
primaries differing from both in their red-brown colour, in the
whiter reniform spot and discal band; the secondaries in their
pale silvery-brownish colour (like that of A. ophiogramma, of
Kurope); under-surface pale silvery-brownish, or silvery-whitish,
with golden reflections; the secondaries with an indistinct dusky
disco-cellular spot. Expanse of wings 34 mm.

No exact locality recorded; probably Yokohama.

The arrangement of the markings on the upper surface of the
primaries is so like that in A. concdliata (Ill. Typ. Lep. Het. I.
pl. xxix, fig. 3) that I have not thought it worth while to des-
eribe it here, the coloration is, however, very different, and the
pale discal band, broader and clearer than in A. dumerilii, the
pale secondaries and the absence of markings on the under-
surface at once distinguish it.

NoctTuIpD&.
Triphenopsis cinerescens, 0. sp.

Primaries having precisely the appearance of those of J/ame-
stra arctica, of N. America, but in reality only differing from
those of 7. lucilla in their more triangular shape, in the pearl-
grey suffusion on the basal area, the stone-coloured discoidal
spots, the ash-grey discal belt and pale ash-grey speckled ex-
ternal border; secondaries paler throughout than in 7’, lucilla,

134 Mr. Burrer’s descriptions of

the orange central patch replaced by a smaller pale straw-
coloured patch; under-surface of primaries shining greyish bronze-
brown, with the basi-costal border, a diffused spot at the end of
the eel and the external border: whity-brown; secondaries
whity-brown, with golden reflections; a dot at the end of the
cell and a disco-submarginal belt blackish. Expanse of wings
46 mm.

Fujisan (H. Pryer).

CATOCALID”,
Catocala sancta, n. sp.

g Intermediate between C. dissimilis and C. actwa; primaries
above grey, tinted here and there with lilacine, the costal two-
thirds also irrorated with whitish, three oblique zigzag lines of
velvet-black across the basal Aniaols the second and third filled in
(so as to form an oblique black band) from costa to just below
median vein; an elongated oval snow-white spot in the cell
aud a broader white spot, only separated from it by the
median vein, at the base of the first median interspace; below
the latter again is a large elongated velvet-black patch, on
the interno-median area, extending to the discal line; two
ill-defined black irregular streaks extend downwards from
costa to end of cell; discal black line of the usual zigzag type
(as in C. dara) and bounded externally at centre of disc by a
large pyramidal white spot; several longitudinal black dashes
extending outwards to the white-edged black sub-marginal dots;
apex and fringe brownish; secondaries with the basi-abdominal
half brown but the apical half blackish; an abbreviated tapering
snow-white band from costa as in C. act@a, but shorter; a white
apical spot as in C. dissimilis; a whitish dot on interno-median
area not far from outer margin nearly as in C. actea; fringe
varied with white; body and under-surtace of wings nearly as in
the latter species excepting that both blackish and white bands
are more angular, and the base of the wings is not bluish. Ex-
panse of wings 55 mm.

Yesso, 1882 (H. Pryer).

This is one of Mr. Pryer’s most beautiful discoveries, and
really an important one, as tending to show how C. actea is
connected with the N. American types of black Catocala; a link
between C. actwa and the C. fraxini group still remains to be
discovered,

Moths new to Japan. 135

Catocala duplicata, n. sp.

Nearly allied to C. amasia, Sm. Abb., from Georgia,* larger;
primaries of the same general colour and pattern, of a pale ash-
grey, varied with greenish and pale buff; the basal two-sevenths
darker, with irregularly excavated outer edging partly bounded
by black lines; the central area little darker than in C. amasia,
but with the same annular arrangement of black dots round the
dusky reniform spot and with the same black spots on the costa
above it; the external area is wider than in C. amasia, and is
not bounded internally by a reddish clay-coloured band, but by
two less angular zigzag black lines upon a sordid background;
half-way between this pair of lines and the outer margin is a
deeply dentated black line; a marginal series of black and white
dots, alternating with dusky spots on the fringe; secondaries
orange-ochreous, with black markings differing from those of
C. amasia as follows: the abdominal area is less sordid, the
inner blackish streak being only represented by a short terminal
dash, and the external border gradually tapers from costa to
anal angle without interruption; the body is darker than in the
American species; below the differences are more marked, the
basal area of primaries being obliquely crossed by a broad black
band cut by the median vein; the black post-median band is
arched and broader, the external border is uniformly blackish,
excepting at apex, where it is browner; but there is not a white
apical spot either on primaries or secondaries, in fact the latter
wings are almost the same as above; the body below is altogether
yellow, the venter being of a pale sericeous golden-testaceous
colour. Expanse of wings 49 mm.

Japan (H. Pryer).

No exact locality is given for this species.

EREBIDa.
Sypna astrigera, 0. sp.
$, Q Above scarcely separable from S. punctosa, of Darji-
ling, but with a prominent creamy-whitish reniform spot; pri-
maries smoky-brown, with a purplish gloss; two whitish-edged
black dentate-simuate lines across the basal area; orbicular spot
minute, white, with black edge; a dusky dentate-sinuate stripe
crossing the wing between the two discoidal spots; reniform

* The species figured by Abbot is certainly that labelled C. cordelia,
H. Edw., in the Grote collection; that labelled C! amasia being a far
more beautiful species,

136 Mr. Burver’s descriptions of Moths.
2

spot D-shaped, surr ounded behind by a semicircle of white dots;
a lunulated angular black line beyond the middle, its outer edge
margined with white in the male; beyond this line the sround-
colour becomes paler, with the exception of a central sinuous
discal band, bounded externally by a very irregular black line,
the costal extremity of which is white-edged internally; external
border dark; a sub-marginal series of white-edged black dots;
fringe traversed by a dark stripe; secondaries paler, bronzy-
brown; similarly marked to S. achatina; wings below as in
S. fumosa, of Japan, but the blackish line beyond the cell much
more slender and strongly angulated. Expanse of wings
48-50 mm.

6, 2 Nikko, June, 1880; 9 Chiuzenji, 21st August, 1881
(G. Lewis).

A much shattered female from Nikko was also sent home by
Pryer, who mistook it for a Mania, in spite of its resemblance
to Sypna fuliginosa and S, fumosa; yet he wishes me to believe
that the two latter are varieties of S. picta and S. achatina; that
the same species should have four different types represented in
both sexes, and far more nearly resembling Indian species than
one another, that these four forms should also be produced
simultaneously in about equal numbers (as some of the collec-
tions which I have examined show that they must have been)
is to me one of the most extraordinary guesses ever made by
a collector; in the Museum we do not retain long series of a
species ales it is either variable or has a wide range, but
nevertheless we have two pairs of S. fuliginosa; five S. fumosa
(two ¢, three @); eight S. picta (five g, three 2); five S.
achatina (two g, three 2); these numbers, however, represent
only a tithe of the specimens which I have examined, and which
I suppose would amount to something like 500 in all; yet in no
single instance have J met with an intergrade between the four
Japanese types; that S. fumosa may be a variety of S. fuliginosa
I can believe, but that S. picta, and S. achatina have anything
to do with them, I consider quite out of the question and all of
a piece with the suggestion that the most distinct representative
types of Terias, such as 7. brenda, sari, sinensis and mandarina,
are varieties of 7. hecabe, a notion which, were it a fact, would
necessitate our regarding the entire genus as represented by
about two species, one from the Old and New Worlds and
the other from the New World only; indeed I am doubtful
whether these could be maintained for many years even if the
genus itself should remain,

Cis

Description of a new species of Scuizorruina (Cetoniide) from
West Australia; by A, Sipney Ouuirr, Assistant Zoologist,

Australian Museum.

Schizorrhina ( Diaphonia) Jansoni, n. sp.

Black, shining; prothorax somewhat broader than long, finely
and not very closely punctured, distinctly margined at the sides;
elytra rather strongly and sparingly punctured, with a moder-
ately large bright yellow spot on each side near the margin
considerably behind the middle; pygidium with a much smaller
yellow spot on each side.

Head finely and rather closely punctured; clypeus feebly
emarginate in front, the sides slightly rounded. Prothorax
moderately strongly and very sparingly punctured in front,
almost impunctate on the disc and about the middle of the
posterior margin; the sides clothed with fine black pubescence.
Scutellum large, triangular, slightly depressed behind, with a
few indistinct and irregular punctures. LElytra rather broad,
strongly and sparingly punctured on the disc, more closely and
irregularly punctured near the sides, the pubescence black,
short and erect; humeral angles moderately prominent; each
elytron with an elongate yellow spot near the lateral margin
considerably behind the middle. Pygidium finely aciculate
transversely, with a small elongate yellow spot and an indistinct
fovea on each side just below the anterior angle. Underside
shining black, clothed especially near the sides with long grey
pubescence, finely and not very closely punctured; the abdomen
with the disc almost impunctate; mesosternal process rather
strongly dilated in front. Legs finely punctured; all the tibie
with a small tooth on the outer margin, the intermediate and
posterior tibie thickly clothed with long black hair on their
inner margins, Length 20-22 mm; greatest width 10-11 mm.

Salt River, West Australia. Type in the collection of the
Australian Museum.

This very distinct species is allied to Schizorrhina frontalis,
Don., and S. viridisignata, Macl., but differs not only in the

183. Mr. Siwney Oxuirr on a new species of’ Schizorrhina.

absence of the characteristic markings of those species, but also
in having the elytra more strongly and closely punctured, the
sides of the prothorax more parallel and legs densely clothed
with long black pubescence.

A second specimen of this species, apparently a female, is
without the yellow spots on the elytra. I believe the absence
of these spots to be an individual variation and not a sexual
character.

Sydney; August 11th, 1885.

( 189 )

Notices of new or little known Ceronupae; by Oxiver EH.
Janson, F.E.S. No, 10.

MELINESTHES.
Kraatz, Ent. Monatsbl. 12, p. 24 (1880).

The presence of a long dense fringe on the inner side of the
four posterior tibiae of the male is given by Kraatz as one of
the distinctions between this genus and Genyodonta, but it is not
a character that can be relied upon, as I find these hairs are
vary liable to be more or less worn off in old specimens, more-
over, the species which [ have named calvipes has not any
indication whatever of hairs. Nor are the curved mesosternal
process, untoothed male and bi-dentate* female tibiae generic
characters, as exilis has a short straight mesosternal process,
hamula has a distinct tooth near the apex of the anterior tibiae
in the male, and the females of /flavipennis, hamula and elongata
have only one lateral tooth on the anterior tibiae, wnbonata alone,
so far as I am aware, having them bi-dentate.

M. umbonata, G. P.

This common species varies considerably in size and coloration,
the variety with the black thoracic patch divided has been named
vitticollis by Kraatz, and two males in my own collection from
Natal of a much more aberrant variety, for which I propose the
name of atricollis, differ in having the head, thorax and legs
entirely black, thus resembling the female of jlavipennis in
general aspect.

M. elongata, Bates.

This species has now been received in considerable numbers,
the black thoracic patch is liable to much variation as in

* Dr. Kraatz has fallen into a common but obvious error, which I
used frequently to commit myself, in describing the anterior tibiae of
the male, as “inermes” and those of the female as “ tridentatae,”
whereas the female has only two teeth, which are not present in the
male, the third tooth being merely the produced apex of the tibia,
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wmbonata; im some specimens it is large and extends to the base
and in others it is more or less abbreviated, and sometimes
divided posteriorly; the scutellum is often partly, or entirely
black, the emargination of the reflexed apex of the clypeus in
the male is also variable. This may be the same as M, simil-
lima, Kraatz, but the description of the latter is so vague and
imperfect that it will apply equally well to some varieties of
umbonata as it does to this species,

Heterorrhina picturata, Harold, is erroneously referred to this
genus by Kraatz. It has a central longitudinal ridge on the
head terminating in a small elevated point in front, a short
obtuse scutellum not impressed at the sides and a strongly in-
curved mesosternal process similar to abbreviata, Fab., and
should be placed with that species in the genus Chondrorrhina,
Kz.; the generic character “ elytra late fasciata”’ must, however,
be expunged in order to admit it.

Melinesthes calvipes, n. sp.

g Deep shining black; elytra ochreous-yellow, the suture,
apex and an almost obsolete humeral spot pitch-black. Head
with two stout porrect lateral horns, dilated and obliquely trun-
cate at the apex; the base impressed and punctured on each
side, the centre elevated and produced anteriorly into a short
acute deflexed spine. Thorax punctured at the sides, the base
rather strongly emarginate before the scutellum. Elytra with
rows of fine punctures and scattered punctures between them,
the discal costae slight but distinct. Beneath very coarsely
punctured and strigose at the sides; anterior tibiae strongly pro-
duced at the apex and without lateral teeth, posterior tibiae with
an acute tooth just beyond the middle. Length (excluding
horns) 21 mm.

Basuto Land, S. Africa.

Allied to M/. flavipennis, Westw., but rather larger, broader
and less convex; head less punctured, the lateral horns wider
apart and more strongly dilated at the apex, the clypeus sparsely
punctured, very concave and without the transverse ridge con-
necting the horns as in flavipennis; the basal spine is also longer
and more acute, the thorax more deeply emarginate at the base
before the scutellum, the elytra finely punctured, the pygidium
more finely rugulose and the intermediate and posterior tibiae
are not fringed with hairs on the inner side.

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Melinesthes hamula, n. sp.

$ Deep shining black; elytra ochreous yellow, the suture,
apical margin and a small humeral spot, black. Head with two
stout porrect lateral horns, abruptly narrowed and strongly re-
curved at the apex; clypeus concave, sparsely punctured with a
transverse carina connecting the lateral horns; forehead slightly
impressed and punctured at the sides, the centre slightly elevated
and smooth. Thorax very sparsely and finely punctured on the
disc, the sides more strongly punctured with a deep fovea close
to the margin, the base slightly emarginate before the scutellum.
Scutellum impunctate. Hlytra with several rows of fine punc-
tures on the disc, the interstices and sides very finely and
remotely punctured, the discal costae very slight. Underside
sparsely punctate and strigose at the sides; mesosternal process
long, pointed and incurved at the apex. Legs punctured, ante-
rior tibiae with a small lateral tooth and the apex acute, inter-
mediate and posterior tibiae fringed on the inner side with fine
black hairs, the outer side with an acute tooth just beyond the
middle. Length (excluding horns) 19 mm.

S.E. Africa,

Allied to the preceding but differs conspicuously from that
species, as well as from J/. flavipennis, Westw., in its longer
and recurved lateral horns, in having the transverse carina on
the clypeus much nearer the base and in the absence of the basal
spine on the head; the mesosternal process is also more incurved
at the apex, and the anterior tibiae have a distinct lateral tooth.
The specimen before me is from the collection of the late A.
Turner; its precise locality is not indicated. A female in my
collection, from Natal, differs from specimens of the same sex
of AZ. flavipennis, in being much more sparsely and finely punc-
tured, in having the clypeus more deeply emarginate and the
mesosternal process more incurved, and probably belongs to this
species.

Melinesthes exilis, n. sp.

¢ Head shining black, the base convex and smooth; clypeus
reddish-testaceous, with a small black spot on each side, the
outer margins elevated, the apex slightly emarginate. Thorax
reddish-testaceous, with two longitudinal black discal marks, a
small spot on each side and the anterior margin pitchy, very
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sparsely punctured. Scutellum with scattered coarse punctures,
black, the centre red. LElytra pale ochreous-yellow, the suture
and apex black, coarsely punctured, the disc with several
irregular rows of punctures. Pygidimm reddish-testaceous,
blackish at the base, finely strigose. Underside shining black,
the apical and the posterior margin of the penultimate segment
of the abdomen red; metasternum with very coarse confluent
punctures at the sides, the centre deeply impressed, mesosternal
process short and rather obtuse, coarsely punctured at its base;
legs red, knees and tarsi pitchy, anterior tibiae narrow and
without lateral teeth, intermediate and posterior tibiae strongly
constricted beyond the middle on the outer sides, and fringed
inwardly with yellow hair. Length 15 mm.

Natal.

Closely allied to MW. wnbonata, G.P., but of a much more
parallel form, more convex, with the scutellum coarsely punc-
tured, the thorax and elytra more strongly punctured, the
mesosternal process very much shorter and strongly punctured
at its base, and the intermediate and posterior tibiae, especially
the former, more constricted before the apex and with larger
lateral teeth.

Melinesthes serripes, n. sp.

Elongate, sub-parallel; reddish-testaceous, shining; two small
spots at the base of the head, two large discoidal, posteriorly
dilated, marks on the thorax anda small spot on each side of
the scutellum black ; elytra straw-yellow, the basal, sutural and
apical margins and humeral callosities chesnut-red. Head
slightly convex in the centre, closely punctured, the punctures
larger but less close towards the base; clypeus elongate, the
apical margin narrowly reflexed and slightly emarginate. Thorax
moderately rounded at the sides in the middle, the base oblique
on each side and shallowly emarginate in the centre before the
seutellum; closely and coarsely punctured, the punctures con-
fluent and forming striae at the sides in front. Scutellum large,
with coarse scattered punctures, the sides impressed and the
apex acute. LHlytra rather sparsely and finely punctured with
rows of large variolose punctures on the disc, the apex strigose,
the suture elevated behind and slightly produced at the apex.
Pygidium slightly convex, finely strigose. Beneath coarsely
strigose and punctate, with sparse grey pubescence; mesosternal
process short, broad and somewhat flattened, its apex very
obtuse; abdomen with a shallow longitudinal impression. Legs

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long and slender, very coarsely punctured and strigose, anterior
tibiae very narrow and without lateral teeth; intermediate and
posterior tibiae slightly curved, the outer side without any
distinct tooth, the inner side sparsely fringed with grey hairs;
the inner side of the posterior tibiae strongly serrate, the teeth
large and acute at the base but decreasing in size towards the
apex; tarsi long, the intermediate ones half as long again as the
tibiae. The female differs in being of a rather larger and
broader form, more strongly punctured, with the club of the
antennae a little shorter, and the abdomen convex in the centre,
the legs are shorter and stouter, the anterior tibiae broader and
furnished with two large lateral teeth, the intermediate and
posterior tibiae, with a strong tooth on the outer side just
beyond the middle, and the inner side of the latter are not
serrate. Legth 25-27 mm.
Inhambane, E. Africa.

This fine and distinct species differs from all other Cetoniidae
with which I am acquainted in the peculiar serration of the
posterior tibiae of the male, but as I do not consider it advisable
to increase the already too numerous genera which have recently
been made in some groups of this family, I have referred it to
Melinesthes, although the characters of this genus, as defined by
Dr. Kraatz, will have to be somewhat modified to admit it. In
coloration it is very similar to some varieties of 7, wnbonata,

Gales

Gnathocera hyacinthina, n, sp.

g Elongate; above greenish-biue, shining. Head coarsely
punctured between the eyes, the base and apex sparsely and
finely punctured; clypeus a little narrowed in front, the lateral
margins very strongly reflexed, apical margin slightly elevated in
the centre, apical points rather short and obtuse ; the margin
contiguous to the eyes and two elongate spots near the apex of
the clypeus, white; antennae and palpi pale fulvous, basal joint
of the former green. ‘Thorax broadly rounded at the sides, the
posterior angles strongly rounded, the base slightly emarginate
before the scutellum, the apex considerably produced over the
head, coarsely and deeply punctured, the lateral margins slightly
reflexed; a narrow and interrupted marginal band on each side
white. Scutellum with scattered punctures, the apex acute.
Elytra attenuate behind, the apex obliquely truncate and
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punctured and sparsely pubescent, strigose at the sides behind,
the sutural and two discal costae strongly elevated and smooth;
the basal half of the lateral margin, a small discal spot just
before the middle, a lateral interrupted fascia just behind the
middle, a spot near the outer angle, one next the suture about
one-fourth from the apex, and a large one close to the sutural
angle, white. Pygidium irregularly strigose; pitchy-red, with a
greenish tinge and a large white spot on each side at the base.
Beneath sparsely pubescent, broadly marked with white at the
sides, shining green in the centre; mesosternal process long
slightly i incurved and black at its apex; abdomen with a broad
white central impression, apical segment pitchy-red, with a small
white spot on each side. Legs shining green, sparsely pubescent,
all the femora and the anterior tibiae with a br oad white stripe
on the underside, the latter with a strong lateral tooth and the
produced apex reddish. Length 15 mm.

Semmio, Nyamnyams (Boéndorf),

I am indebted to M. Oberthiir for this very pretty and distinct
species; it belongs to the first section of the genus with the
“mesosternal process long and incurved,” although in coloration
and pubescent upper-surface, it more nearly resembles G. dirta,
Burm.

Since writing the above I have received a second specimen,
also a male, from Dr. Candéze, it was taken in the Upper Congo
district, and only differs from the type in having the white
markings somewhat effaced.

Gnathocera pubescens, n. sp.

Elongate, sub-parallel, with fine long grey pubescence. Head
very closely punctured, vertex smooth, clypeus slightly nar-
rowed in front, the apical margin elevated and slightly produced
in the centre ; shining green at the base, the clypeus greenish-
black, with a small spot on each side, and the outer side of the
lateral margins white, antennae and palpi pitchy-red. Thorax
very closely and irregularly punctured with a more or less
obsolete, smooth median line, the sides slightly rounded in front,
posterior angles strongly rounded, the base slightly emarginate
before the scutellum; shining green, margined with white at the
sides. Scutellum coarsely punctured, the margins and a small
space at the base smooth; shining green. Elytra closely covered
with coarse variolose punctures, the suture, two narrow discal
costae and the shoulders smooth; greenish fulvous, the apical

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portion, to a variable extent, and the suture green, an outer
marginal border dilated inwardly at the sutural angle, a large
spot sometimes preceded by one or two smaller ones next the
suture behind and several irregular spots between the discal
costae, white. Pygidium closely strigose; black, with an
oblique white spot on each side. Beneath greenish-black,
broadly white at the sides, metasternum green and punctured
in the centre, mesosternal process very short and obtuse, abdo-
men impressed and spotted with white in the centre. Legs
red-brown or pitchy, coarsely punctured, underside of the
anterior and posterior, and edge of the intermediate femora
white, anterior tibiae with two strong lateral teeth, the apex
strongly produced, intermediate and posterior tibiae with a slight
tooth on the outer side, apical spurs of the latter very long.
The female is rather broader, with the abdomen convex and
unspotted in the centre, the anterior tibiae broader and the teeth
on the intermediate and posterior tibiae much stronger. Length
11-12 mm.
Congo District, W. Africa.

I am indebted to Dr. B. Candéze for several specimens of this
pretty species, it is closely allied to G. hirta, Burm., but differs
in being of a smaller size, more closely punctured, in having the
thorax less rounded at the sides and not so deeply emarginate
before the scutellum, and the elytra bordered, not spotted, with
white on the outer margins. The white spots on the elytra are
liable to much variation both as regards their size and number, one
of the specimens before me having only two small ones between
the costae and one next the suture, whilst another specimen has
a row of six between the costae and two additional ones next the
suture, the number generally varying on the two elytra of the
same individual, the extent of green at the apex is alse variable,
some specimens having the apical callosity alone of that colour,
and in others it extends to the middle; the lateral white bands
on the thorax are sometimes dilated at the posterior angles and
extend along the basal margin nearly to the scutellum, and in
one specimen there are two minute white discal spots, and
another has a slight impressed white median line towards the
base.

Gnathocera marginata, n. sp.

Hlongate, sub-parallel, sparsely pubescent, above pale green,
shining, elytra fulvous-green, pygidium underside and _ legs
fulvous-red. Head coarsely punctured, vertex smooth, clypeus
narrowed in front, the apex slightly elevated; a small spot on
each side before the eyes and the outer side of the lateral

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margins white, margins and apical points of the clypeus black,
antennae and palpi fulvous-red. Thorax transverse, strongly
rounded at the sides in front, posterior angles rounded, the base
slightly emarginate before the scutellum, coarsely but not very
closely punctured, a narrow lateral border and sometimes two
small discal spots white. Scutellum coarsely punctured with
a smooth central line. Elytra with two broad discal costae and
the sutural margin smooth, the interstices with very coarse
irregular variolose punctures, the sides more finely punctured,
the outer margin with a narrow white border dilated inwardly
at the sutural angle. Pygidium very finely strigose, a large
spot on each side, sometimes united at the apex, white. Beneath
broadly white at the sides, centre of metasternum greenish,
mesosternal process short and obtuse; abdomen broadly im-
pressed and with large transverse white spots in the centre,
underside of the anterior and posterior femora and a marginal
band on the intermediate femora white, anterior tibiae with two
_ strong lateral teeth, the four posterior tibiae with one small
external tooth. The female has the legs stouter, the anterior
tibiae broader, the four posterior tibiae with a larger tooth and the
abdomen convex and with only two or three small basal spots
in the centre. Length 11-13 mm,

Congo District, W. Africa,

Received from Dr. Candéeze with the preceding species to
which it is closely allied, but differs in having the clypeus more
narrowed in front, the thorax broader and more strongly rounded
at the sides, the costae on the elytra much broader, the meso-
sternal process more prominent, the upper surface less closely
punctured, the pubescence more sparse, and no white spots on
the elytra. The lateral bands on the thorax are abbreviated
behind in some specimens and in others turned inwardly or
dilated at the posterior angles; the white spots on the head also
vary in size and are sometimes entirely absent ; one of the speci-
mens before me has all the markings of an ochreous or creamy
colour instead of white.

Gnathocera valida, Jans., Cist. Ent. iii., p. 105 (Feb. 1884),
is apparently the same as G. costata, Ancey. Nat. Sicil. ii, p. 95
(1883).

Desicasta metallica, n. sp.

Brassy, coppery or grecnish-black, elytra pitchy towards the
apex, pygidium, antennae, coxae and femora brownish red with
a metallic tinge, tibiae red or pitchy-black, tarsi black, two
round lateral spots on the pygidium, and three transverse spots

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on each side of the abdomen ochreous-white. Head coarsely
and irregularly punctured, longitudinally convex in the centre,
sides of the clypeus elevated and slightly narrowed in front,
the apex deeply emarginate in the centre, the apical points
elevated and obtuse. Thorax very deeply and _ coarsely
punctured at the sides, the punctures finer and more remote
on the disc, the basal lobe strongly produced and almost im-
punctate. Scutellum very acute at the apex. LElytra with
closely placed rows of very coarse deep punctures which become
irregular and confluent in places, almost obsolete in the region
of the scutellum, very close and confused at the apex, and finer
and irregular at the sides; the suture depressed anteriorly, but
moderately elevated behind and a little produced at the apex,
Pygidium transversely strigose with a slightly raised longitudinal
line towards the apex. Beneath coarsely punctured and strigose
at the sides, finely and sparsely punctured in the centre; meta-
sternum with large variolose punctures at the sides and a central
impressed line, mesosternal process broad and obtuse at the apex;
abdomen slightly impressed in the centre, apical segment strigose.
Legs somewhat slender, anterior tibiae with an acute tooth near
the apex, intermediate and posterior tibiae without lateral teeth,
the inner margin densely fringed with long hairs of the same
colour as the tibia. The female is broader, more coarsely and
closely punctured, with the thorax more broadly rounded at the
sides, the pygidium without an elevated line, the abdomen not
impressed in the centre, the legs shorter and stouter, with two
strong lateral teeth on the anterior tibiae and one acute tooth on
the outer side of the intermediate tibiae. Length 30-33 mm.

Costa Rica and Veragua.

This species, which I believe usually stands in collections as
haematopus, Schm., may be readily distinguished from that
species by its larger and more robust form, much coarser sculp-
ture, metallic colour and bi-maculate pygidium. The true
haematopus, of which I possess the original type specimen from
the collection of the late Major Parry, appears to be a much
scarcer species, it was described as coming from Columbia, which
is evidently an error, as the type is labelled ‘ Mexico,” from
which country I have also another specimen; its geographical
range, however, extends as far south as Nicaragua, as I have a
specimen which was captured by my late brother in the Province
of Chontales.

Anochilia incilis, n. sp.

9 Greenish-black, shining; antennae, tibiae and tarsi pitchy.
Head finely punctured, the punctures coarser and confluent near

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the eyes, centre of the forehead smooth; clypeus strongly im-
pressed on each side, convex and sparsely punctured in the
centre, very deeply emarginate in front, the apex and the tips of
the antennae reddish. Thorax short, transverse, strongly dilated
in the middle, the disc very sparsely and finely punctured, the
sides and apex with irregular coarse and fine punctures inter-
mixed, a shallow fovea on each side close to the margin, the
base slightly emarginate before the scutellum, anterior angles a
little produced, Scutellum elongate, almost impunctate, the
apex obtuse. Elytra strongly and abruptly constricted behind
the shoulders, rounded at the apex, the disc with four very deep
irregularly interrupted striae, the inner two nearest together,
the interstices convex and smooth; sides and apex very sparsely
and finely punctured, the base with a short deep longitudinal
impression near the scutellum, and a very strong oblique
impression just within the humeral prominence. Pygidium
somewhat produced, with coarse irregular setiferous punc-
tures; dorsal segments of the abdomen exposed at the sides and
apex, very finely and closely strigose. Beneath coarsely punc-
tured; mesosternal process short, broad and rounded at the
apex. Legs with very coarse setiferous punctures, anterior
tibiae somewhat constricted on the inner side near the apex, the
outer margin with two tolerably strong teeth; posterior tibiae
with one acute tooth. Length 21 mm.
Majunga, N.W. Madagascar.

Allied to A. republicana, Coq., but of a narrower and more
elongate form, with the head and thorax, especially the latter,
much more sparsely and finely punctured, the elytra flatter and
and more abruptly deflexed at the sides and apex, and differently
sculptured, the scutellum narrower, the mesosternal process
shorter, narrower and more rounded at the apex, and the ante-
rior tibiae more slender ; the thorax is also narrower at the base,
causing the lateral angles to be more prominent. The characters
given by Kraatz to distinguish his genus Coqguerelia from
Anochilia are evidently not of generic value, as they almost
entirely fail in this species.

Coptomia villosula, n. sp.

$ Deep black, shining, slightly opalescent above; head and
thorax thickly clothed with short erect black hairs, underside
and legs with fine grey pubescence. Head closely and finely
punctured on each side at the base, a central elevated longitu-
dinal line smooth, more sparsely punctured in front; clypeus
sub-quadrate, slightly widened in front, the apex rounded and
rather deeply emarginate in the centre. Thorax very closely,

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finely and evenly punctured, the punctures not quite so close in
the centre; regularly rounded at the sides, slightly narrowed at
the base, the posterior angles strongly rounded, the lateral
margins obsolete in front. Scutellum large, the sides depressed
at the base but slightly elevated towards the apex, coarsely
punctured, the apex rather obtuse. Elytra strongly constricted
behind the shoulders; very closely and finely punctured, the
sutural and two slightly curved discal costae moderately elevated
and with scattered punctures, humeral callosity smooth, the
lateral margin fringed with black hairs posteriorly, the apex
rounded and finely serrate; a small obscure red spot in the
centre of disc. Pygidium prominent, with coarse rugulose
punctures, smooth and slightly longitudinally impressed in the
centre, the apical margin fringed with long hairs. Beneath
closely punctured at the sides; mesosternal process short, strongly
dilated and slightly rounded at the apex; abdomen shallowly
impressed in the centre, the two basal segments with a white,
linear, marginal spot on each side.. Legs punctured and fringed
with long hairs, anterior tibiae with two small lateral teeth, tarsi
long. Length 17 mm.
Central Madagascar (Crossley).

This species is quite unlike any with which I am acquainted,
and will probably require a separate genus to be established for
its reception. The only specimen I have seen is from the col-
lection of the late Major Parry, and bears the name “ villosula,
Kunckle, M.S.”

Incala nubila, n. sp.

¢ Above dull tawny-brown, finely and irregularly variegated
with lighter and darker markings, the entire surface with short
erect setae. Head with large shallow circular impressions which
are separate and distinct in front, but become confluent and
confused towards the base, lateral margins elevated and acute,
apex of the clypeus strongly produced, semi-circular and re-
flexed; sides and front of the clypeus ochreous, the reflexed
portion red-brown and shining. Thorax rounded and prominent
in the middle at the sides, narrowed in front and behind, ante-
rior angles produced, posterior angles almost right angles; the
surface somewhat uneven and closely covered with semi-circular
punctures; a narrow median line dilated in the middle and at
the base, a very small discal spot on each side and several small
spots behind smooth, dull black. Scutellum narrow, rounded
behind, smooth in the centre and margined posteriorly with
ochreous-white. Elytra a little dilated im the middle, rounded at
the apex, closely covered with coarse oblong punctures; a common
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behind the middle, near the outer margin, ochreous-white; the
base with irregular ill-defined ochreous marks. Pygidium with
coarse confluent semi-circular punctures, a smooth slightly im-
pressed longitudinal mark at the base black. Underside pale
cinereous, with fine wavy confluent scratches; the apical and
posterior margin of the penultimate segments of the abdomen
shining brown. Legs very long, coarsely punctured, shining
brown, the femora and tibiae with ill-defined cinereous marks;
anterior tibiae with two small lateral teeth, the first before the
middle, the other about one-fifth from the apex; intermediate
tibiae strongly curved. Length 17 mm.
Camarooas, W. Africa.

Allied to J. gorilla, Thoms.

Incala resima, n. sp.

g Above dusky-cinereous, with irregular lighter markings
and minute brown dots, the entire surface with short erect setac.
Head closely covered with large circular impressions; clypeus
sub-quadrate, with a central longitudinal ridge in front anda
narrow obtuse reflexed point at the apex, lateral margins slightly
elevated, the apex shining brown. ‘Thorax hexagonal, the
median lateral angles obtuse, thence to the base slightly emar-
ginate, anterior angles produced, posterior angles acute right
angles; closely covered with coarse circular impressions, three
very small smooth discal spots and a central one at the base
dull black. Scutellum coarsely punctured each side, rounded
behind, the apex ochreous-white. LElytra coarsely and irregu-
larly punctured, with a large elongate black spot behind the
middle, and close to the suture, bounded anteriorly and posteri-
orly by a small ochreous spot. Pygidium coarsely punctured,
a smooth longitudinal mark at the base black. Underside ciner-
eous-brown, finely aciculate, apex of the abdomen shining brown,
Legs long, shining brown, with coarse cinereous punctures ;
anterior tibiae with two small lateral teeth, the first before the
middle, the other about one-fifth from the apex; intermediate
femora rather strongly constricted just before the apex, the
tibiae curved. Length 13 mm,

Camaroons, W. Africa.

Allied to J. calabarina, Westw., but larger, the thorax nar-
rower and the markings very different.

Stringophorus morulus, n. sp.

Pitchy-black, shining; antennae and palpi pale testaceous;
apex of the anterior tibiae, anterior tarsi and the ungues of the
four hinder tarsi, reddish-brown. Head coarsely punctured,
with three shallow foveae arranged in a triangle between the

new or little known Cetoniidae. 151

eyes, the punctures finer, confluent and forming transverse
striae in front; clypeus broad, rounded at the sides, the margins
slightly elevated, the apex strongly emarginate. Thorax rounded
at the sides, anterior angles obtuse, the base produced and
rounded; coarsely but not very closely punctured in front, more
finely punctured towards the base, a small fovea on each side
near the margin. Scutellum finely punctured, rounded at the
sides, the apex obtuse. Elytra depressed, somewhat dilated in
the middle, strongly rounded at the apex, the sutural and two
discal costae moderately elevated, the interstices and sides with
double rows of large confluent variolose punctures, the apex
irregularly strigose. Pygidium very finely and closely strigose,
a small fovea on each side near the base. Beneath strigose and
with sparse grey pubescence at the sides; anterior tibiae with
two acute lateral teeth. Length 15 mm.

Old Calabar.

Closely allied to S. zebra, var. niger, G.P., but with the elytra
flatter, broader and more rounded at the sides, the thorax less
prominent at the sides in the middle, the clypeus broader and
the sculpture altogether stronger.

Clastocnemis simulus, n. sp.

Q Dull pitchy-brown; head, centre of thorax, scutellum and
underside shining; sides of the thorax, the outer margin and a
small obscure spot in the middle of the elytra, and the pygidium,
pitchy-red; antennae and legs red-brown, knees pitchy. Head
flat, coarsely and deeply punctured, clypeus strongly dilated and
rounded at the sides, with a broad shallow central emargination
in front, the apical points very obtuse and slightly reflexed.
Thorax a little broader than long, slightly produced in front,
the sides prominent and forming an obtuse angle in the middle,
obliquely narrowed anteriorly and posteriorly, the base and apex
of about equal width, posterior angles and the base rounded;
coarsely and deeply punctured, the punctures very coarse and
confluent at the sides in front. Scutellum with a few coarse
punctures, rounded at the sides. Elytra with ten chain-like
rows of confluent semi-circular punctures, the first interstice
broad and with irregularly disposed semi-circular punctures, the
second to fifth interstices convex, the lateral margin somewhat
swollen and shining in the middle, rounded at the apex, the
sutural angles obtuse. Pygidium longitudinally impressed in
the centre, coarsely and irregularly strigose. Underside and legs
very coarsely punctured, and with sparse, short, brown setae;

152 Mr. O. E. Janson’s Notices of Cetoniidae.

sides of the prothorax and the posterior coxae finely strigose;
anterior tibiae with two small lateral teeth. Length 14 mm.
Camaroons, W. Africa.

Very similar to C. quadrimaculatus, Afz., but may be at once
distinguished from that species by its short, broad, and less
deeply notched clypeus.

Trichius japonicus, n. sp.

@ Black, dull above, underside and legs shining; thorax and
pygidium densely clothed with long yellow-grey pubescence;
elytra dull yellow, with three lateral black spots, the first on the
shoulder, the second, narrow and tranverse, in the middle, and
the third, large and nearly orbicular, at the apex, the suture,
apex and posterior half of the sides narrowly margined with
black, a spot at the apex of the scutellum white. Head sparsely
pubescent at the base, very closely punctured, the punctures
coarser and confluent in front; clypeus slightly elevated and
rounded at the sides, the apex slightly emarginate; antennae
pitchy-red, upper side of the basal joint black. Thorax widest
in the middle, rounded at the sides behind, obliquely narrowed
in front, produced and rounded at the base, the posterior angles
distinct, the entire upper surface densely covered with fine con-
fluent punctures. Scutellum oblong, a little narrowed behind,
the apex very obtuse, closely punctured, sparsely pubescent and
with an almost obsolete central line. Elytra sparsely pubescent,
with feeble discal striae and indistinct punctures, the humeral
and apical callosities shining and coarsely punctured, the sides
considerably dilated before the middle, strongly rounded at the
shoulders, and obliquely narrowed towards the apex, apex some-
what truncate, the sutural angles almost right angles. Pygidium
very closely punetured, the apex and a U-shaped central mark
without pubescence. Underside and legs strigose, punctured,
and with long yellow-grey pubescence; anterior tibiae with one
lateral tooth and the apex acute, the four posterior tibiae with
a small external tooth. Length 13 mm.

Japan.

The narrow oblong scutellum is quite sufficient to distinguish
this species from its European allies; it most nearly resembles’
T. abdominalis, Ménct., but the black spots on the elytra are
smaller than in any of the varieties which I possess of that
species. 7’. fasciata, L., has been recorded from Japan, but
whether that species really occurs there, or the one described
above has been mistaken for it, I have not had an opportunity
of ascertaining.

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