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NOTE VII. 

 ON EROTYLIDAE OE THE LEYDEN MUSEUM. 



BY 



the Rev. H. S. GORHAM. 



(Plate 7). 



Among a number of species of Erotylidae , sent to me 

 by Mr. Ritsema for determination , there are a great many 

 of the very highest interest. About seventeen are new , 

 including four for which it is necessary to make new ge- 

 nera, while others were up to this time only known by 

 the unique types in the late Mr. Crotch's or my own col- 

 lection. 



I have had unusual facilities for this work, the Cam- 

 bridge collection , formed by the late Mr. Crotch , being 

 at present in my hand for the purposes of the description 

 of the Erotylidae for the Biologia Centrali-Americana. This 

 collection contains the types from Chevrolat's , Guerin Mé- 

 neville's, E. Sheppard's, Reiche's and other collections ; my 

 own possesses the West African species from the late Mr. 

 A. Murray's collection , and I am indebted to Dr. D. Sharp 

 for the opportunity of examining, among other little known 

 species, a type of Jritomidea translucida received from 

 Motschulsky , also Tritomidea rubripes Reitter , Euxestus mi- 

 nor Sharp, Hypodacne punctata Lee. etc. This has been a very 

 great aid to me, for it enables me to say certainly that 

 some species referred by Crotch doubtfully to Tritomidea , 

 and others so referred by myself, have no connection with 

 that genus, and that Tritomidea and some allied genera 



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