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position, but this line can hardly be, and certainly does not 

 appear to me to be, a true suture. It is more likely to be a 

 secondarily acquired character, having no such significance as 

 that which Kolbe assigns to it, namely, that it is in the Passan- 

 drini, as in the Adephaga, a primitive character in which both 

 resemble the Urcoleopteron. 



The most noteworthy points in which Kolbe's classification 

 differs from that of Gauglbauer are : (1) the inclusion of the 

 Gupedidae as a group in the suborder Polyphaga; (2) the division 

 of the Polyphaga into the Haplogastra and Symphyogastra (dis- 

 tinguished chiefly by the separation in the one, and the fusion 

 in the other, of the sternites and pleurae of the second and third 

 abdominal segments), and the inclusion of the Synteliidae and 

 Lamellicornia in the division Haplogastra ; (3) the recognition, 

 as separate family-groups of the Malacodermata, Trichodermata, 

 Dascylloidea, Sternoxia, Bostrychoidea, and Clavicornia ; (4) the 

 placing of the Clavicornia in the same subdivision as the Phyto- 

 phaga and Ehynchophora, with the Heteromera coming between 

 the Clavicornia and the other groups which Ganglbauer included 

 with them in his single family- series Diversicornia. 



We have already discussed Kolbe's reasons for adopting the 

 course indicated by points 1 and 2. The splitting up of the 

 Diversicornia into a number of separate groups is, no doubt, 

 desirable, and would be a great convenience if it could be attained 

 with any great success. Kolbe and Lameere have both attempted 

 it, but not with the same results ; and I am inclined to think 

 that, in the present state of our knowledge, Ganglbauer was wise 

 to wait before going any further in that direction. 



(To be continued.) 



NEW SPECIES OF BOARMIINiE FROM FORMOSA. 

 By a. E. Wileman, F.E.S. 



(Continued from p. 297.) 



Alcis tripartaria, sp. n. 

 $ . Fore wings whitish, basal and outer thirds suffused with 

 greyish and clouded with tawny ; a short black subbasal line, and a 

 black mark below it on dorsum ; antemedial line black, indented 

 below middle ; postmedial line black, angled below costa and again 

 above dorsum ; a black shade-like, irregular line before the post- 

 medial, angled and expanding on costal area ; subterminal line of the 

 ground colour inwardly edged and shaded with black ; a large black 

 spot extending from postmedial line to subterminal line, placed just 

 under upper angle of the former ; two black spots in a blackish 

 cloud on termen below apex ; fringes greyish, chequered with 

 blackish, an interrupted black line at their base. Hind wings 



