568 



Acanthomera. — Meracantha. 



Pars 28 



t. 122, f. 9. — Guer. Mag. Zool. 1834, M£las. 



p. 22, t, 112, f. 2. — Sol. Studi entom. 1848, 



p. 164 (18), 170 (24). — Fahrs. Öfv. Vet. Ak. 



Förh. XXVII, 1870, p. 308. 

 $ mamillata Herbst, Käf. VIII, 1799, p. 73, t. 122, 



I. 4. — Guer. 1. c. p. 22. 

 tuberculata F. Ent. Syst. I, 1792, p. 101; Syst. 



El. I, 1801, p. 131. 

 var. Boyeri Sol. Studi entom. 1848, p. 164 (18), 



171 (25). 

 var. Duponti Sol. 1. c. p. 164 (18), 172 (26). 

 echinata Sol. 1. c. p. 164 (18), 173 (27). Capland 



granosa Fahrs. Öfv. Vet. Ak. Förh. XXVII, 1870, p. 308. Caffrarien 

 gratilla Herbst, Käfer VHI, 1799, p. 75, t, 122, f. 5. — Capland 



Guer. Mag. Zool. Melas. 1834, p. 21, t. 112, f. 1. 



— Sol. Studi entom. 1848, p. 164 (18), 169 (23). 



— Cast. Hist. Nat. II, 1840, p. 205. 

 Dejeani Sol. 1. c. p. 164 (18), 174 (28). 



helopioides Guer. Mag. Zool. 1834, Melas. p. 24, t. 112, „ 



f. 5. — Lacord. Gen. Col. V, 1859, p. 450, nota 2; 



p. 466, nota 1. 

 capensis Sol. Studi entom. 1848, p. 161 (15), t. 4, 



f. 6. 

 hottentotta (scr. hottentota) Pering. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ,, 



I, 1899, p. 314. 

 lugens Fahrs. Öfv. Vet, Ak. Förh. XXVII, 1870, p. 309. Caffrarien 

 namaqua Pering. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. I, 1899, p. 313. Namaland 



trapezicollis Sol. Studi entom. 1848, p. 164 (18), 165 (19). Capland 

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Umslatus Pering. 

 Pering. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. I, 1899, p. 312. 

 agilis Pering. 1. c. p. 312. Capland 



Meracanthoides Linell. 



Linell, Proc. ü. S. Nat. Mus. XVIII, 1895, p. 698. 



cupreolineatus Linell, 1. c. p. 698. 



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Ostafrika 



Meracantha Kirby. 

 Kirby, Fn. Bor.-Am. IV, 1837, p. 237. — Lacord. Gen. Col. V, 1859, p. 466. 

 Falacer Cast, Hist, Nat, II, 1840, p. 233. 



contracta Beauv. Ins. Afr. et Amer. 1805, p. 121, t. 30, Vereinigte 

 f. 1, 2. — Hörn, Bovis. Tenebr. 1870, p. 398. Staaten, 



canadensis Kirby, Fn. Bor.-Amer. IV, 1837, p. 238. Canada 



cuprea Cast. Hist. Nat, II, 1840, p. 233. 



inflata Sol. Studi entom. 1848, p. 167 (21). 



tumida Melsh. Proc. Ac. Phil. III, 1846, p. 61. 



Biologie: Haldem. Proc. Ac. Phil. V, 1847, p. 5; 

 Proc. Am. Assoc. Adv. Sc. 1849, II, p. 347 (sub 

 inflata Sol.). — Wickham, Journ. N. York Ent, 

 Soc. IV, p. 119, t. 5, f. 2. 

 rugosa Cast. Hist, Nat. II, 1840, p. 233. Nordamerika 



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