Aulacophora and allied genera. 301 



Sp. 32. marginicollis, Allard. 

 A black variety of luteicornis, Fabr., in which the 

 antennaB and sides of the thorax are fiavous. 



Sp. 37. ioptera, Wied. 



Boisduvali, Baly. 



It is difficult to understand on what grounds M. Allard 

 united my species with that of Wiedeman ; that author 

 describes the elytra as subnitidous and deep violaceous ; 

 in Boisduvali they are shining black. I omitted to 

 mention in my description of this insect that the apex 

 of the pygidium is distinctly emarginate in both sexes ; 

 the apex of the anal segment is also faintly sinuate 

 in the ? . 



Sp. 32. nigrivestis, Boisd. 

 ? Lewisii, Baly. 



In my first paper on Aulacophora I suggested that 

 Lewisii might possibly be the ? of nigrivestis,- since then 

 I have received both sexes of my species, and have 

 characterised the S' in my second paper, p. 179. 



Sp. 40. cyanoptera, Boisd. 



antennata, Baly. 



I did not adopt Boisduval's name for my species for 

 the following reasons : in the first place, the author's 

 diagnosis, " D'un rouge jaune, avec les elytres d'tm noir 

 profond et luisant : pattes noires," would apply equally 

 well to half-a-dozen other species of the genus ; secondly, 

 no mention is made of the dilated apical joint of the 

 antennae in the ^ ; lastly, the name cyanoptera is mis- 

 leading, the colour of the elytra in my insect, and also 

 (from the description) in that of Boisduval's, being jet- 

 black. 



Sp. 45. luteicornis, Fabr. 



simplicipennis, Clark. 



? apicalis, Jac. ? 



A. simplicipennis is a pale variety of luteicornis; 

 apicalis, Jac, has jet-black antennae and appendiculated 

 claws ; it must be placed in Paridea.* 



■'' This genus, although characterised in the foroaer of my 

 papers on Aulacophora, I. c, xx., p. 27, is not noticed in Allard's 

 Synopsis. 



