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Another close ally of this insect was also described by 

 Newman as a Popillia under the name of P. varia. It has 

 since been named Spilota iiopiliopsia by Candeze, but must 

 be called Anomala, {Spilota) varia, Newm. 



A. microccflrala, Burni., is synonymous with A. sulci- 

 picnnis, Lap., and two related species described by Bates 

 from Costa Rica in the Biologia Central!- Americana are 

 old species. His A. costaricv- is the same as A. testacei- 

 pennis, Blanch., described from Bolivia, and A. vanp)atteni 

 is A. marginata, Fab, Bates was in both cases misled by 

 the localities of his insects, which will no doubt ultimately 

 prove to have a wide range. That of A. marginata, as at 

 present known, is very peculiar. The British Museum 

 collection contains specimens from Canada. Dr, Horn 

 mentions it as belonging to the Southern States, and in 

 Central America it has apparently only been found in 

 Costa Rica. As it is very abundant where it is found, 

 these apparent gaps in its habitat are remarkable. 



Burmeister's Phyllopertha 8-costata, a Japanese insect 

 which from the similarity of the names has been confused 

 with Hope's Anomala costata, seems, as well as the latter, 

 to be most fitly placed in the genus, Anomala. It is a very 

 closely related form to A. sieversi, Heyden, from Corea. 

 Another Japanese species, Anomala jyuhicollis, Waterh., on 

 the contrary has its nearest allies in Phyllopertha, and 

 should be transferred to that genus. 



In the genus Mimela, the types of similis and hicolor of 

 Hope belong to the same species ; hojjei, Burm., is the 

 same as heterochropus, Blanch. ; and chryseis, Bates, is 

 testaceoviridis, Blanch. Mimela. gaschJcevitchi, Motsch., is 

 M. lathami, Hope. Hope mentions Singapore as a locality 

 for this insect, but this is almost certainly due to a mistake, 

 as it appears to be restricted to the northern part of China, 

 Corea, and Japan. A variety occurring in the last is 

 wholly crimson in colour, and there are also specimens 

 entirely black. 



Three allied species of Mimela have been the subjects of 

 much confusion. M. leei, Swed., M. fulgidivittata, Bl., and 

 M. hoi'sfieldi, Hope, are insects of similar appearance, 

 characterised by rainbow-like bands of red, gold and blue. 

 In the Munich catalogue there is a species, M. vittata, 

 Redt., of which fulgidivittata stands as a synonym, while 

 sapphirina, Parry, occurs as the name of a variety of it. 

 The three names thus brought together really belong to 



