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of the elytra and the more strongly arcuate forder tibiae, 

 will be sufficient to separate both species without much 

 difficulty. 



Batocera laena Thoms. 



The unspotted variety Sappho Thoms. of this species , 

 has been considered peculiar to Northern Australia , being 

 hitherto recorded from that locality only ; however , I re- 

 cently got a Q specimen from the Kei-Islands. 



Batocera Woodlarkiana Montr. 



Not having seen this species when writing my list of the 

 Batocera's, and judging from the insufficient description, 

 I expressed my opinion that it might prove to be refera- 

 ble to the variety Prosgr/^ma Thoms., of jB. WallaceiTh.om^., 

 but since several specimens having come under my notice , 

 1 may state that it is a perfectly distinct species. I think 

 it will be best located near B. laena Thoms., but may be 

 easily distinguished from that species by the following 

 particularities , viz. : the elytral spots are larger , much more 

 numerous and irregular ; below the granules the elytra are 

 but shallowly and distantly punctured and there are no 

 lateral spines; moreover in the male sex the antennary 

 scape and the 3''*^ joint are not so rough and the first 

 joint of the forder tarsi has no dentiform prolongation. B. 

 Woodlarkiana Montr, is not confined to the Island of 

 Woodlark, but occurs also in the Island of New-Ireland 

 and of course probably in many of the adjacent islands. 



Batocera nehulosa Bates. 



Hitherto only recorded from Duke of York Isl. and the 

 Fidgi Isl. (the latter locality I consider somewhat doubt- 

 ful, and may likely prove to be a » dealer's locality"), also 

 occurs at New-Guinea, I just got a specimen from Emperor 

 William's Land (German New-Guinea). 



Notes from the Leyden Mluseum , Vol. XII. 



