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I took two specimens on May 1st, 1913, in flood rubbish gathered 

 from the River Truini at Dalwhinuie, luveriiess-sbire, at an elevation of 

 1,100 feet, and sent to me in a bag. It came from exactly the same spot 

 at which I took T hicolor, Joy, in 1910. T. lorigipemiis, Heer, Atheta 

 exiinia, Shp., and A. subtilissima, Shp., were also present in the same 

 rubbish. 



1. jEdeagiis of Atheta debilis. 



2. J^deagus of Atheta britteni. 



3. Head of TrogojMceus hemerinus 



4. Antenna of Thinobius longicornis. 



Bradfield, Berks : 



June nth. 1913. 



EEMAEKS ON SOME OF HEEE'S TYPES IN THE BEITISH 



MUSEUM. 



BY MALCOLM CAMEEON, M.B., R.N., F.E.S. 



Having recently examined some of the above types of the genus 

 Atheta (Homalota) it may be of interest from the point of view of 

 synonymy to record what they really are, as it will be obvious that Heer's 

 names in some cases cannot stand. Each specimen (or group of speci- 

 mens, for in some cases more than one individual is mounted on a 

 card) bears a name-ticket, presumably in the writing of either Heer or 

 Chevrolat, and some also bear labels written by Dr. Sharp merely 

 copying the name and also marked " ? type," so that it may be argued 

 that the specimens are not types at all, Dr. Sharp being doubtful of 

 their antecedents. Be this as it may, and in view of the fact that 

 many of Heer's species have not since been recorded, and if they are 

 not the real types the probability of them being in existence is very 

 doubtful, I give the results of their examination, marking with an 

 asterisk those species which bear a label "? type" in Dr. Sharp's 

 handwriting. Heer's species are in the left hand column. 



