XXY. TEBMÉSZETEA.TZI FTtZETEK. 1902. 



ON THE FOEFICUIAlilA 



OF THE HUNGAKIAN NATIONAL MUSEUiM OF BUDAPEST, 



Ijy Malcolm Buku. 

 (Tab. XX.) 



The eollectioii of Fortieularia of the Hungarian National Museum 

 kindly submitted to me for determination by my friend M. G. Hokváth, 

 excluding a small number of immature specimens & solitary females, 

 which I have been unable to name correctly, contains seventy three spe- 

 cies, of which six are new to science, representing twenty genera. 



They are mainly Oriental forms, mostly from New Guinea, the per- 

 centage of American, African & palaearctic sjjecies being small. Apart 

 from the six new species, the most interesting specimens in the collec- 

 tion are the little known, and apparently rare, Tagalina grandiventris 

 (Blanch.) from New Guinea. 



The collection works out as follows : 



Genus I. DIPLATYS Serv. 



1. D. niijrirej}s (Kirb.). Borneo (Xántusi. 



Genus 11. APACHY8 Sekv. 



2. /1. cliarfaceioi (Haan). - Borneo (Xantus). 



Genus HI. TAGALINA Duhkn. 



'A. T. (/ramlivcnlri^ (Blanch.I (Fig. 1. cf.) - New Guinea: Ste- 

 l)hansort (Astrolabe Bay); Sattelberg and Simbang (Huon Golf), 1891); 

 Ins. Deslacs (Biro). 



This is a rare & little known genus. De Bormans sugests that the 

 two species, which only differ in colour, should be united. Of these spe- 

 cimens before me, some have the elytra plain yellow, some striped with 

 brown, & some show a middle form. I regard them therefore, as mere 

 varieties of one & the same species. No description if the male has been 

 published. In the largest male before me, the last dorsal abdominal seg- 

 ment is large, nearly square, very finely granulated, with a fine yellow 



