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two B. laena Th., two B. WaUacei Th., four B. armata 

 Oliv. (a specimen with white-spotted elytra bears the ma- 

 nuscript name duhia Kaup) , one Abatocera leonina Th., 

 one Apriona punctatissima Kaup, one A. spec. («), one 

 A. spec. (/3) , and a Lamiid not belonging to the group 

 of the Batoceridae. 



A careful comparison of Kaup's descriptions and figures 

 with my own notes and remarks convinced me that Kaup 

 undoubtedly has described a 9 of jB. armata as B. Whitei 

 and a cT of ^. humeridens as B. Wieneckei. The descrip- 

 tion of Wieneckei does not well agree with humeridens, hut 

 this is only due to the very bad condition of Kaup's type- 

 specimen, which is strongly rubbed and almost entirely 

 destitute of the white pubescence on the elytra. The Apriona 

 which I marked a proved to be A. Dêyrollei Kaup from 

 Sylhet, that marked /3 A. flavescens Kaup from Sumatra; 

 both species are closely allied. A. fiavesceiis is a larger 

 and rather broad species , showing a thorax with nume- 

 rous irregular wrinkles on the disk , and elytra with nu- 

 merous granules at the base, which become more distant 

 at the shoulders; A. Deyrollei is a smaller and slender 

 species, having the thorax covered with a few wrinkles, 

 forming a triangle which is placed with its base on the 

 frontmargin , and the basal portion of the elytra sparingly 

 covered with granules which become very closely set at 

 the shoulder-region. 



Last not least the Lamiid which I indicated as not be- 

 longing to the group of the Batocerids , and which has 

 proved to be lothocera tomentosa Buq., is Kaup's Apriona 

 humeralis '). 



My inquiries about Newman's types , which may be found 



1) Mr. Snellen van VoUenhoven and Mr. Ritsema have both published a 

 notice on the Batocerids of the Leyden Museum, wherein mentiou is made 

 of a specimen oi Apriona humeralis Kaup from Bouru; as the Museum specimen 

 is a true Apriona it has of course nothing to do with the misplaced insect 

 described by Kaup under that name. 



Notes from the Leyden üMuseura , Vol. IX. 



