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gebiete zu liegen (Mupe)." Moupin, however, is well known through 

 the researches of the late Pere David," and is one of the most interesting 

 districts of the world, at a great elevation, on the other side of the 

 Snowy Mountains of China (31° N., 101° E.j, near Makiu on the 

 Yalong source of the Yang-tse-Kiaug. 



Pp. 58 & 107. — Cohjar, Mel., is not equivalent to Cohjar, Kirk. In 

 founding this genus, I made it homofcypical with the preoccupied genus 

 Atella, Still, stating the type to be C. peracnta (Walker). As this was 

 one of Stal's original species (1866, Berlin. Ent. Zeit. p. 394), and as 

 the genotype had not been fixed previously, my application of it cannot 

 rightly be disputed. Walker's peracnta does not figure, however, in 

 Melichar's idea of Colgar, but in his application of Cromna, Walker. 

 Cromna, Walk., however, does not equal, in a restricted sense, Cromna, 

 Mel., for the only species, originally included by Walker, is not found 

 in Melichar's genus. The following synonymy will illuminate the 

 puzzle : — 



1. Phijlli/phanta, Am. (*k Serv., 1843 = Cromna, Walker, 1857. 



Type of the former, P. producta (Spiuola). Type of the latter, 

 C. acutipennis, Walker. 



2. Colgar, Kirk., 1900 = Atella, Stal., 1866 (preocc.) = Cromna, 



Melich., 1902. Type, peracnta (Walker). 



3. Neomelicharia, n. n. = Colgar, Mel., 1902, nee Kirk., 1900. 



Type, cruentata (Fabr.). 



P. 113.— Elidiptera, Spin., 1839 = Flatoides, 1843 = Helicoptera, 

 Am. & Serv., 1843. 



P. 173. — Cerfennia, Stal. (not Cerfenia). The original reference to 

 Spinola's 1839 genera is Kevue Zool. pp. 199-206. 



The genus Hansenia should be credited to me (as it is in the 

 index), and not to Melichar. My manuscript was sent in to the 

 Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. early in 1900 (not at the end of 1901, as 

 printed), but was not published till January 24th, 1902. Melichar's 

 monograph was issued subsequently to this. Melichar has, however, 

 unfortunately followed my mistake of identifying the Pceciloptera glauca 

 of Kirby with P. pulverulenta of Guerin. The two have nothing in 

 common, and while the former is from Ceylon, the latter is from 

 Mexico, and is rightly placed in Ormenis elsewhere in the monograph. 

 The synonymy of Hansenia glauca will be as follows : — 



Genus Hansenia, Kirk., 1902, Journ. Bombay Soc. p. 53 ; Melich., 

 1902, Ann. Wien. Bd. xvi. pp. 195 & 228. 



Type, H. glauca (Kirby). 



Pceciloptera glauca, Kirby, 1891, J. L. S. xxiv. p. 154. Hansenia 

 pulverulenta, Kirk., p. 54; Mel., p. 229 (nee Pceciloptera pul- 

 verulenta, Guerin). 



These discrepancies are, however, comparatively slight, and the 

 fact remains that for the first time Ave have lucid descriptions of all 

 the species — except some of the Walkerian — of which about one-half 

 are described as new. It is hoped that a considerable stimulus will 

 thus be given to the study of these beautiful insects. 



G. W. KiRKALDY. 



* I am indebted to Dr. Sharp for refreshing my memory ou this point. 



