140 DOLICHOPROSOPUS MACULATUS VAU. 



NOTE XVlIl. 



FINAL REMARK ON 

 DOLICHOPROSOPUS MACULATUS, RITS. 



J. R. H. NEERVOORT van de POLL. 



Shortly after having published my observations on the 

 grey colored rf specimen of Dolichoprosopus maculatus 

 Rits. from Batjan [vide Notes from the Leyden Museum , 

 vol. XI (1889j, p. 222 1)], I obtained a few male and 

 female specimens of the typical colour from Halmaheira , 

 which showed at once that the different colour of the co- 

 vering pile is independent on the sexes and must be ascribed 

 to a local variety. 



Moreover a second specimen from Batjan strengthened 

 this opinion , for although being in a pitiable rubbed con- 

 dition , it showed just enough of the pile to state that it 

 was of the same greyish colour. 



I now propose to designate the local form from Batjan , 

 under the name of 



var. canescens v. d. Poll. 



1) lu this Note the generic name was erroneousl}' written Bolichoprosopis. 



Notes troEu tlie Leydeii IMuseuiu, Vol. !XII. 



