102 THE entomologist's HI'X'OKD. 



There appears to be a typographical error in Mulsant's description 

 of this aberration in Sec. (1846) under var. C.y. of " cinquieme " for 

 " sixieme " as his var. C./3 has already dealt with the "cinquieme" 

 spot. I need perhaps hardly remark that Mulsant reckons his spots 

 from suture to margin instead of from margin to suture. 



Formula : 6, ^. 



4. ab. obliipiepinutata, n.ab. 



This aberration is again wrongly grouped by Weise (1885) under 

 ab. 5-iiiocid(tta, Fabr. 

 Formula : 1,5,^. 



5. ab. binifieaqHipimctata, n.ab. 



The last observation applies also to this aberration. 

 Formula : 2, 8, h- 



6. ab. (•()))i)iiitciilata, n.ab. 



The same observation equally applies to this aberration, which- 

 differs from ah. 6-waculata, Fabr., in the contiueuce of spots 4 and 5. 

 Formula : 4 + 5, i. 



7. ab. latri'illci, n.ab. 



Latreille in his Hist. Nat. Crust, et Ins. t. 12. 57. 15. f. et g. (1802), 

 under ( '. iinitahilis describes this aberration as follows: — 



" f. Corselet de meme ; elytres ;\ neuf points, un ;\ la base, le 

 deux repondant aux deux de la seconde ligne des variet6s 

 qui en ont treize, manquant. 

 " g. Elytres de la precedente : corselet de la var. C." 

 The reference to the corselet (Thorax) in (f.) is: 



" Bord jaune et exterieur du corselet jetant dans son milieu 

 et posterieurement un petit rameau ou dent jaune." 

 and that of (g) : 



"Bordure jaune et anterieure du corselet trifide." 

 It will be noLed that Latreille attempts to make two aberrations of 

 a specimen with the same elytral formula of spots based on minor 

 variations of the thorax. Other authors in this species have done the 

 same, but fortunately for the most part, as in LatreiUe's case, without 

 assigning to such thoracic variations any specific name. I do not con- 

 sider these minor variations of the thoracic markings justify separation 

 for purposes of nomenclature, and I propose to bracket LatreiUe's vars. 

 (f) and (g) under the above name with 

 Formula; 1, 2, 3, 6, ^. 



(8) ab. beard, n.ab. 



This aberration with 9 spots has the three posterior spots 4, 5 and 

 6 confluent. The isolate spot is No. 1 and the common scutellar spot 

 is pies^nt. 



Costa in his Faitn. Beij. Nap. fasc. 65. 15. 1 (f) (1849), under A. 

 jinitabiliK describes without name an aberration which appears to have 

 some affinity to my aberration : — 



" (/) elitre comme nella varieta precedente— (/.<'. (e) = type 

 form)- — coi tre punti posteriori dilatati e ligato insieme, 

 ora il solo quarto col quinto, ora anelie il quinto col 

 sexto." 



