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“ Herr A. Kuwert in giving analytical tables and descrip- 
‘‘tions of 44 species, presumed to be new, of this most 
“difficult genus, labours under the disadvantage of not 
‘having consulted the records of previous workers in the 
‘family of the Cleride., 
‘‘Had he done so he could hardly have failed to discover 
‘that I published in 1876 (Cistula Entomologica, p. 57), 
““¢ Notes on the Coleopterous family Cleride,’ with critical 
‘remarks, at pages 92 and 101, on this genus and on Stig- 
‘“matium, with descriptions of eleven new species of Omadius, 
‘and many of Stiymatium, and with some synonymy founded 
‘‘on the examination of typical specimens from the collec- 
‘tions of Guérin Meneville, Chevrolat, W. W. Saunders, 
‘‘ Wallace, Semper, and others mentioned at p. 58 of the 
‘‘ work mentioned. 
“These will all be found recapitulated in the ‘ Zoological 
‘¢ Record,’ for 1876, at pp. G0—62. 
“Tf Herr Kuwert had done thus, and had he, also, looked 
‘Cup his references, he would not have fallen into the error 
‘‘of referring the type of the genus O. indicus to Spinola, and 
‘‘of substituting for that name prolicus, Klug, whereas it 
‘“«(O. indicus) is referable to Laporte, and was published in 
‘‘Silberman’s Revue (1833—39). Nor would he refer 
‘««Chevrolat’s species to Guérin,’ they having been expressly 
‘‘ published in M. A. Chevrolat’s name. 
‘One species of mine, O. notatus, has apparently somehow 
‘‘come under Herr Kuwert’s notice. It is briefly placed as a 
‘synonym of kamelianus, White, thus (? notatus, Gerb.) sic. 
‘‘ Beyond the fact that both are described as from the Philip- 
“pine Islands, no reason is given for thus conjoining 
‘«¢ them. 
‘Some names such as Cramensis for an insect for Ceram, 
‘‘ which is corrected in the description, may be overlooked as 
‘‘ misprints, and it is a little remarkable that Herr Kuwert 
‘‘has escaped colliding with any of my names, either in 
‘‘ this genus or in Stigmatium ; although ‘ angustifrons,’ No. 26, 
“ig very suggestive of some relation with ‘angusticeps,’ Gorh., 
‘one being from Sumatra, the other from Borneo. 
‘© O. nigropunctatus, Cheyr., has been, by comparison of 
