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NOTE XXXIV. 

 ON HABROPOGÖN JUCUNDUS v. d. W. 



BY 



P. M. van der WULP. 



At the time, now a good while ago, I described the meu- 

 tioned Javanese Asilid (Tijdschr. voor Eutomol. XV, p. 148), 

 I had at my disposal only some defective specimens from the 

 Leyden Museum , the antennae being incomplete : the third 

 joint of them being wanting. At that time I overlooked 

 an essential character of the genus Habropogon , viz. the 

 unusual shortness of the first tarsal joint. Latterly having 

 become acquainted with some true species of that genus, I 

 am aware of my error in referring the above species to it. 



The examination of well preserved specimens in the 

 collection of Mr. Neervoort van de Poll has taught me, 

 that my Habropogon jucundus belongs to the genus Scy- 

 laticus Low, and that it is identical with Sc. vertebratus 

 Bigot (Ann. de la Soc. Entom. de France, 1878, p. 435), 

 likewise from Java. The third anteuual joint is indeed 

 very slender, and longer than the two basal joints together; 

 moreover the basal joint of the tarsi is of the usual shape. 



Although the specific name jucundus , according to strict 

 rules of priority , should have the preference , I think it 

 cannot be maintained in this case, the species having been 

 described in a genus, where it was absolutely misplaced 

 and in which it never will be searched. 



I observe, that the black pattern of the abdomen varies 

 in its extension. Frequently there is only a black dorsal spot 



]Notes from tlie Leyden IMuseuixi, Vol. XX, 



