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thfit it seems more probable our species is that described by Morawitz 

 — possibly, however, simiJlimus and albopicfm may eventually prove 

 to be synonymous. 



The new species belongs to the " Hoplopus'' section of the genus, 

 and in general appearance closely resembles melanocepJialus, Gmel., 

 but the coxal spines of the intermediate pair of legs and the simple 

 femora at once distinguish its ^, and the yellow line on the post- 

 scutelhim and the tubercles on the metapleura? serve to distinguish 

 the ? . 



Structurally it is allied by the ^ characters to reniformis, Q-mel., 

 but the genal spine at the base of the mandibles is black, and not 

 yellow, as in reniformis, the coxal spines of the intermediate legs are 

 finer and shorter, pale, with their widened bases black, whereas in 

 reniformis the whole spine is yellow anteriorly ; besides these 

 characters, the pale, almost white markings, the narrow abdominal 

 bands and the tubercles of the metapleura? will distinguish it at once. 

 Long. 11. mm. This species may possibly have been mixed in 

 collections, especially the $ , with either melanocepJialus or levipes, 

 but as mentioned above, the form of the metathorax, and the pale line 

 on the postscutellum will at once establish its identity. I am much 

 indebted to Mr. Harwood for kindly presenting me with the (J and 

 ? from which I have drawn up the above remarks. 



St. Ann's, Woking : 



December Ist, 1902. 



AN ANNOTATED LIST OF DON AT A COLLECTED IN WEST 



CENTRAL SPAIN, BY DR. T. A. CHAPMAN AND MR. Q. C. CHAMPION 



IN JUNE AND JULY, 1902. 



BY ROBERT McLACHLAN, P.R.S., &c. 



In this Magazine for July, 1902 (Eiit. Mo. Mag., 2nd series, xiii, 

 pp. 14S — 150), I gave an enumeration of the species of Oclonnta taken 

 by Messrs. Chapman and Champion in July and August, 1901, in a 

 district of Central Spain of which the town of Cuenca and the 

 Sierra de Aibarracin may be cited as representative localities. In 

 1902 they explored a district much further to the west, which may be 

 brii'fly iiulicatod almost in Dr. Chapman's own words, as follows : — 

 " Arrived at Bejar about 100 miles west of Madrid, in the extreme 

 south-eastern corner of the Province of Leon, and close to Estre- 

 madura, on June 2Gth. Bcjar is close under the Sierra de Bejar 

 (8000 ft.), a small hill-mass lying between the Sierras de Gredos and 



