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FURTHER REMARKS PRINGIPALLY ON SOME 

 SAGGHARIGOLOUS FULGOROIDEA [Hem.] 



by ii.-'W. Kirkaldy. 



M. Distant's reply (thèse Annales, p. 220), is not satisfactory 

 to me. 



1. DictyophorapallidaDon. — I am aware Ihat M. Distant 

 refrained in loords Irom citing tlie figures wlien reterring to p. 43 

 of vol. V of the « Indian Muséum Notes » in his synonymy of the 

 above species. Tliese figures are however cited on tliat page, and 

 as there is no description of tlie insect there, the figures must be 

 the only basis of identification. Furthermore later notes and des- 

 criptions (p. 166 etc.) refer only lo Zamila. 



I maintain therefore that Distant was wrong in citing « Ind. Mus. 

 Notes )) at ail in tlie synonymy of Diciyophora pallida, as ail the 

 figures and deseriplio7is in vol. V refer only to Zamila. 



As M. Distant lias the types before him, 1 shall not refuse his 

 spécifie déterminations. I did not however « confidently state » etc. 

 I identified the spécimens I had as Z. aberrans, at tlie same Urne 

 pointing out some discrepancies.The Sinhalese spécimens are [)osi- 

 tively ahcrrans. 



The fact that Maxwell-Lefroy ;i907, Mem. Agr. India, Ent. J, 240, 

 f. 80) includes thèse same figures under the heading of « Dic//yo- 

 phara pallida » shows how M. Distant's synonymy was regarded by 

 other workers. 



2. Phenice. — I now agrée wilh M. Distant is tins matter, 

 while not accepting his reasoning. 



If, as Distant asserts, Phenice had been founded in 1845 (T. Linn. 

 S. London), then fasciolata (not frilillaris) would be the type, as the 

 generic description is hased iipon fasciolata. As a matter of fact, 

 however, Phenice was erected in 1841, and as fritillaris is the first 

 species mentioned, under Wcstwood's own déclaration it must be 

 the type. The foUowing synonymy is then correct. 

 Phenice Westwood 1841 (not 1845 typ.), type fritillaris. 

 Assamia Jinckton 1896, type dentata (= moesta). 

 Proutista Kirkaldy 1904, type dentata {=^ moesta). 

 Sardis Kirkaldy 1906, type maculosa (= Lumholtzi). 

 M. Distant also makes my P. lumtioltzi a synonym of P. aiistralis 

 Distant; while, however, the large mesonotum in Lumholtzi is 



