" Iviii ) 



Species 1. [58 c? : 52 ?] 92 plus 6 pairs in cop.—{Lycus 

 (Merolycus) Jenwralis, Bourg.] 



Species 2. [51 cJ : 26 ?] 79 plus 6 pairs. — [Lycus duvivieri, 

 Bourg.] 



Species 3. [4 (^ : 1 ?] 3, no pairs. — [Lycus ampliatus, F.] 



Species 4. [20 cJ : 1 ?] 13 plus 1 pair and an extra ^ 

 associated together with it. — [Lycus iraheaius, Guer.] 



Species 5. [5 <? : 3 ?] 3 plus 1 pair. — [Lycus sp. near tra- 

 heatus, Guer.] 



Species 6. [2 (J : 1 ?] 2, no pairs. — [Lycus {Merolycus) ros- 

 tratus, L.] 



Species 7. [3 c? : 3 ?] 5 plus 1 pair. — [Lycus {Merolycus) 

 podagricus, Bourg.] 



Species 8. [13 (^ : 5 ?] 15 plus 1 pair. — [Lycus marshalli, 

 Bourg.] 



Species 9. [20 cJ : 4 ?] 20 plus 1 pair. — [Lycus (Lopholycus) 

 amoenus, Bourg.] 



Totals [176 c? : 96 $] 232 plus 17 pairs plus 1 superfluous (!) 

 male. 



" I am not at all sure that Species 2 does not include 2 

 species, but apart from size I could make out no essential 

 difierence. Quite a pretty little exhibit for the Entomological 

 Society. But, alas, search as I would I could find no Lycoid 

 mimics : there were only a number of ' Blue-bottles ' and a 

 large Pompilid which rather frightened me, as she seemed to 

 resent my presence, and I was much afraid of her! There 

 was one wretched little brown Syntomid moth which (how- 

 ever ' enthusiastic ') one couldn't pretend was Lycoid ! How 

 different from Bugalla with its lovely Lycoid Fossors and 

 Longicorn ! I send a bit of the creeper, which you may like 

 to identify." 



The number of specimens was rather larger than that given 

 by the captor — 272 to 267. In the determination of these 

 difl&cult species kind help had been received from the Presi- 

 dent and also from Mr. H. Britten, who had prepared the 

 male genitalia of many specimens. The discrepancy between 

 Captain Carpenter's numbers and those in square brackets 

 under each of the nine species was in part due to difference 

 between the totals and in part to the fact that a more exact 



