30 BATOCERA CALANUS. 



(1881) p. 10) from Java and Sumatra. — I think it even 

 probable that having large series of both the species, the 

 intermediate forms to unite them may be found. — For the 

 present it will be useful to point out that B. Calanus 

 differs in having a general narrower shape, the basal por- 

 tion of the elytra covered with smaller granules , the scu- 

 tellum more triangular, the elytral spots larger, suboval 

 in a longitudinal direction. — (Plate 1 , fig. 2 and 3 , shows 

 a female of each of equal size). 



Batocera Por us, Parry. 



This is only a specimen of B. Roylei Hope with the spots 

 painted crimson. — In the Catalogus Coleopterorum of 

 Messrs. Gemminger and von Harold this species is wrongly 

 placed as a synonym of B. albofasciata de Geer. 



Batocera B rowni , Bates. 



This species, described from Duke of York Island, occurs 

 also on the mainland of Australia , my specimen being from 

 the head of the Daintree River in N. Australia. 



Batocera Frenchi, v. d. Poll. 

 (Plate 1, fig. 4). 



Nigra , supra tomento griseo tecta , scutello alho , elytris 

 decern maculis luteis ornatis , suhtics pubescentia fusca , ad la- 

 tera fascia lata alba induta.' — Caput fronte subrugosa, ver- 

 tice tenuiter punctato. — Thorax disco plicato. — Elytra 

 cuneiformia , humeris valde prominentibus , spina valida obli- 

 que posita armatis , parte basali fortiter granulata , ceteris 

 partibus crebre punctata . apice truncato , ad suturam spinosa. 



Length (ƒ 40 , 9 4:5 ram., breadth at the shoulders (ƒ 

 15, 9 16 mm. Length of the antennae (^ 72 , 9 60 mm. 

 — Black , entirely covered on the upper side with a whitish 

 tomentum , the fordermargin of the thorax bordered with 

 white hairs , the scutellum white , the elytra ornated with 

 ten orange tinged spots ; at the underside the pubescence is 

 fulvous with a large white stripe on each side extending from 



Notes from the Lieyden Afuseutu, Vol. VIII. 



