g [January, 



truncated apex. In the Fry collection at the British Museum, a 

 Brazilian Lagriid, identified by him as Lagria coUaris Olivier, an insect 

 roughly figured by that author, and no locality given, is placed under 

 the generic name Megalocera ; but it cannot be congeneric with Hope's 

 species, and the identification with that of Olivier is incorrect. 



3. — Calcar (?) inhumatus, pi. 89. There are two specimens of 

 this insect presei-ved in one piece of resin, placed on the same line, 

 whether viewed vertically or horizontally. One of them is in perfect 

 condition, and shows, when examined at a particular angle, the stout 

 triangular tooth at the apex of the anterior femur beneath, a character 

 overlooked by both Hope and Westwood. This structure, combined 

 with the form of the head, at once indicates the genus Gonocnemis 

 Thomson (1858), which is placed by Lacordaire in his section " Mega- 

 canthides " of the Tenehrionidae, numerous in species in Tropical 

 Africa, east and west. It is not improbable that C. inhumatus could be 

 identified amongst the material in the British Museum or elsewhere, 

 if removed from the resin and cleaned. 



From a study of these three beetles, it can be safely assumed that 

 they are all E. African. " Resin Anime " is a recently-formed product, 

 akin to gum copal, and the insects found in it may be referable to 

 existing forms. 



Horsell, Woking: 



December 11th, 1916. 



[The name " Gum Anime " was originally applied to the resin 

 of the Tropical American tree, Hymenaea courbaril (Nat. Order 

 Leguminosae) , and has been transferred to the product of the allied 

 African Trachylobhmi liornemanniamim. The latter resin is better 

 known under the title of " Copal," as a basis for the finest kinds of 

 varnish, and the most esteemed quality comes from East Africa, where 

 it is found in a sub-fossil state over a large extent of country, the 

 recent resin being of comparatively little value. At Zanzibar and 

 other ports on this coast, pieces of " Copal " enclosing Coleoptera and 

 other insects, often in a beautiful state of preservation, are commonly 

 sold as " curios." The resin in which the Hope specimens are con- 

 tained appears on examination to be true African "copal." — J. J. W.] 



