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1896. C. pygmaea var. accensa Mont. 1. c., 447 (,accensita*). 
1896. C. pygmaea var. paradoxa Mont. 1 c., 448. 
1899. C. pygmaea Bredd. Mitt. Nat. Mus. Hamburg, XVI, 159. 
1900. C. accensa Mont. Ann. Mus. Genova, XL, 535 (,accensita“). 
1900. С. accensa var. notaticeps Mont. 1. c., 536. 
1900. C. paradoxa Mont. 1. c., 536. 
1900. C. implicticollis Mont. l. c., 537. 
1900. C. implicticollis var. aberrata Mon +. |. c., 537. 
1901. C. pygmaea Kuhlg. Arch. f. Ма, Beih., 221 et 242, tab. IX, 
10—14. 
1901. C. pygmaea var. paradoxa Kuhlg. 1. c., 224. 
1901. C. variegata Kuhlg. 1. c., 226. 
1902. C, siamica Dist. Rhynch. Brit. Ind., I, 30. 
1902. C. siamica var. orbiculus Dist. 1. c., 31 (,orbicula“). 
Motschulsky's three type-specimens from Nura-Ellia in 
Ceylon (two oi which are males) are in good condition and agree 
perfectly with Herrich-Schäffer’s description and figure, save 
that they are smaller, their dimensions being: ¢ length 2,2 mm., width 
2 mm.; 9 length 2,5 mm., width 24 mm. This widely dispersed spe- 
cies, which is common in Ceylon, is somewhat variable in the mark- 
ings ot the pronotum and much more so in size; the width of the mal- 
genital segment compared with its height is also variable. No spe 
cimens attain the somewhat exaggerated length given by Herrich- 
Schaffer, and the specimens in the Berlin Museum determined by 
Herrich-Schäffer himself as variegata are considerably smaller. 
No definite variety of the species can be maintained, the transitions 
between the different forms being quite gradual. The Walkerian spe- 
cies queried by me above are regarded by Distant as forming 
together with Walker's other species cited above, one species which 
he says is the same as minima and pygmaea, but the descriptions 
do not in the points mentioned below agree with this species, and 
considering the many closely allied species a renewed examination of 
the types will be necessary. C. siamica has according to the description 
no humeral spots to the pronotum; C. orbiculus is said to have the 
abdomen beneath yellow, with a line of black streaks along each side“ 
in C. concinnula ,there are no markings on the thorax except the lateral 
lines“; C. bellula is described as „much longer than broad‘, and the 
head has ,some yellow points on each side of the hind border.* 
The name C. e/lia Walk. was proposed as a substitute for the 
preoccupied name ceylonica Mots ch.; neither of these two names is 
mentioned in Distant's Indian Fauna, in which the Indian C. cir- 
cumscripta Germ. has also been omitted. 
Русск. Энтом.. Обозр. XVII. 1917. 7 
