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NOTE XLV. 

 REMARKS ON GYMNETIS KERREMANSI, V. D. POLL. 



BY 



J. R. H. NEERVOORT van de POLL. 



(Plate 10, fig. 5). 



In volume VIII (p. 231) of the » Notes", I have des- 

 cribed a Cetonid from Panama , under the name of Gi/m- 

 netis Kerremansi. This species belongs to the Central- 

 American fauna and of course Mr. Bates has had to deal 

 with it in the »Biologia Centrali- Americana". As I had 

 recently the pleasure of visiting my distinguished friend , 

 he told me that my G. Kerremansi had given him much 

 trouble and that he was not at all sure , the species he 

 had mentioned and figured in the above quoted work, 

 was really referable to my Kerremansi. In as much as I 

 could judge from memory, the specimens he showed me 

 did not agree with my species , but not having looked at 

 my Gymnetis for several months, I would not risk a de- 

 cided opinion. However, I promised Mr. Bates to study 

 the question as soon as I should be back at home, in 

 order to make it possible to insert eventual corrections in 

 the Supplement of the Scarabaeidae of Messrs Godman and 

 Salvin's work. 



Now , after having carefully studied and compared my 

 insect and description with the figures and remarks pu- 

 blished by Mr. Bates , I have not the least hesitation in 

 considering my G. Kerremansi perfectly distinct. It is evi- 

 dent that Mr. Bates has endeavoured to make my descrip- 

 tion fit for the species that had come under his notice, 



Notes from the Leyden Museum , Vol. XI. 



