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succincta, JA\n\.,plu7nipes, Panz., nnd pi/rofrichia, Forst., are enumerated 

 and described by Schletterer ; its simple antennse separate it from 

 succincta, Linn., the absence of the adpressed apical bands of pu- 

 bescence on the abdominal segments iromplumipes, Panz. (our Jiirtiprs), 

 so that there only remains pyrotricJiia, Forst., to which it could belong ; 

 the colours of the pubescence, however, do not seem to agree with 

 Scbletterer's description, and the 2nd joint of the flagellum is dis- 

 tinctly shorter in proportion to its length than in his representation of 

 it in plate I, fig. 8 ; but as I have never seen an exponent of pyrotrichia, 

 I do not like to speak for certain as to its distinctness. 



My cingulatn, Schletterer places as a synonym oi plumipcs, Panz. ; 

 in this reference he is possibly right, but if so, my specimens belong 

 to a very extreme variety of the species, the hairs on the disc of the 

 mesonotum are black, all the abdominal segments (except the basal 

 one) have black hairs at the base, the 2nd has no apical band of ad- 

 pressed pale hairs, that of the 3rd is very widely interrupted, and that 

 of the 4th very narrowly ; the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th segments are 

 densely clothed (except at the apex of the first three) with black 

 bristly hairs ; the genital armature is built much on the same plan as 

 that of phimipps, but the sagittae are narrower and have longer points, 

 and the stipites on their inner margin, near their greatest width, are 

 dilated, and the dilatation is densely clothed with short, brown, erect 

 pubescence ; I can see no trace of this character in plumipes. I am, 

 therefore, disinclined to believe that they are identical, at any rate 

 without seeing females from the same locality from which my males 

 of cingulata were obtained. 



27, Granville Park, Lewisham, S.E. : 

 May \Zth, 1895. 



"SERICORIS IXORATANA" CUM CETERIS PARIBUS. 

 BY THE RIGRT HON. LORD WALSINGH.XM, M..\., IJ.n., F.R.S., cfcc. 



All entomologists who possess good collections, or an intimate 

 acquaintance with our native species, and more especially those who 

 combine some knowledge of European and exotic forms, have probably 

 a somewhat extensive correspondence, and are frequently called upon 

 to assist in identifying obscure specimens which have puzzled their 

 less fortunate or less experienced friends. Such specimens as are 



