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Ad i-egarcls the hccoikI of Key's new species, viz., JJ.JlacicolUs, I 

 feel pretty certain that it is the £. lunulata of Erichsou and Kraatz, 

 Avliile B. lunulata, Key, is the same as B. hella, Kraatz. I have re- 

 ceived specimens of B. hella from M. Ch. Brisout de Barneville, under 

 the name of B. lunulata, and M. Faiivel formerly named individuals 

 of B. hella as B. lunulata for Mr. Crotch, while Key liiniself tells us 

 that a number of specimens of B. hella sent to him by Dr. Kraatz are 

 not distinct from B. lunulata. The descriptions of Key moreover 

 fully support this view. 



I consider the synonymy to run as follows : — 



1. BoUtochara lucida, Er., Kr., Key. 



2. BoUtochara Mulsanti. 



elongata, Muls. & Key. 



3. BoUtochara lunulata, Er., Kr. 



elongata, Heer. 

 JlavicolUs, Muls. & Key. 



4. BoUtochara hella, Maerk., Kr. 



lunulata, Muls. & Key. 



The following new species should be placed between B. Mulsanti 

 and B. lunulata. 



BOLITOCHAEA KeTI, n. sp. 



Bufescens, elytris versus angulos j^osteriores, ahdomineque ante 

 apicem,fuscis ; capite thoraceque suhtiliter punctatis, hoc elytris multo 

 angustiore ; elytris sat fort iter punctatis, fere cequalihus. 



Long. Corp. 2] line. 



Antennae fully f lin. in length, reddish, the three basal joints a little paler than 

 the following ones, and the eleventh also slightly paler than the preceding ones, the 

 fifth joint not at all transverse, and the tenth very ncai-ly as long as broad, the 

 terminal joint very long, almost as long as the three following together. Dead 

 reddisli, broad, much narrowed towards the neck, tlio eyes large, the surface rather 

 closely, but not very distinctly, punctured. Tliorax reddish, much rounded and 

 narrowed towards the front, in the middle in front of the base with a ratlicr largo 

 fovea, the surface on the disc distinctly, and rather closely, punctured, at the sides 

 very sparingly and indistinctly. Elytra broad, at the shoulders much broader than 

 the base of the thorax, reddish in colour, slightly darker behind the scutellum and 

 distinctly so towards the outside at the extremity, rather closely and roughly 

 punctured, only slightly sinuate at the outer angle of the hind margin, a little 

 depressed beliind tlie soutellura. Hind-body broad, reddisli, the penultimate seg- 

 ment infuscate, the surface rather coarsely and moderately closely punctured. 



I (jljtained the only specimen I have seen of this species from 

 Castelnau's collection ; it is a female, and was labelled " BoUtochara 

 lucida, P.," the "P " meaning Paris ; Casteluau, I believe, received the 

 specimen with Gautier des Cottc's collection. 



