VIAGGIO DI LEONARDO FEA 



IN BIRMANIA E REGIONI VICINE 



LXIX. 



LANGURIIDAE, EROTYLIDAE AND ENDOMYCHIDAE 

 Bv H. S. GOKHAM F. Z. S. 



The collections of Languriidae ^ Erotylidae and Endomychidae 

 formed by Signor L. Fea in Burma, Tenasserim and Pegu are 

 in no way inferior in interest or completeness to those of the 

 Cleridae and Coccinellidae of which I have already treated in 

 these Annals ; and the general remarks made by Signor Gestro 

 in his introduction to the description of the Hispidae (Vol. XXX, 

 1890, p. 2:^0), and by myself to the papers mentioned, will 

 apply equally to the present series and need not therefore be 

 repeated here. 



The series of the Languriidrie have however a special interest 

 as being perhaps the most complete collection of that family made 

 in a limited })art of Asia, since those made by Mr. A. R. Wallace, 

 and which latter though partially worked out by Mr. G. R. Crotch, 

 with too brief descriptions, have never to this day been properly 

 systematized. 



In 1887 I found it necessary in studying the family for the 

 Central American species (which I was then describing), to pro- 

 pose a large number of New Genera, and I could hardly do 

 more than indicate the characters which I then thought would 

 aid in bringing the Oriental species into a natural classification. 

 I have not seen any reason to modify to any extent the views 



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