130 Mr. B. P. Uvarov's Notes on 



1910. C[aloptenopsis] tibialis Kirby, Syn. Cat. Ortli., iii, 



p. 550, no. 7 {syn. excl. !). 

 1910. C[aloptenopsis] 7nossamhicus Kirby, I.e., p. 550, 



no. 10. 

 1910. C[aloptenopsis'\ angusticosta Kirby, I.e., p. 550, no. 13. 



Though the above synonymy is based almost entirely 

 on the descriptions, as I had no types before me besides 

 the species described by Kirby, I feel quite sure that it 

 is correct, and the different " species " represent only 

 colour forms. There are two principal forms, correspond- 

 ing to those of Calliptamus it aliens L. : the one is rather 

 pale, spotted with grey, and the other is much darker, with 

 very distinct pale lateral longitudinal fasciae on the upper- 

 side {angusticosta Karsch, which corresponds to C. italicus 

 var. marginellus Serv.). The hind tibiae in the spotted 

 form are red or yellowish, in the fasciate form they are 

 wax-yellow. 



British Museum specimens : Pretoria {W. L. Distant), 

 6 ??, 1 (^; Africa {W . L. Distant), 1 ?; Pemba Island, 1 $; 

 Warm Baths, Waterberg, 1 $; Zomba, Brit. Centr. Afr. 

 (P. Rendall), 1 ?; Zomba, Feb.-March 1896 {A. Whyte) {all 

 these are Kirby' s types of C. tibialis) ; Salisbury, Mashona- 

 iand (6^. A. K. Marshall), 1 $; Mt. Chirinda, Gazaland 

 (6^. A. K. Marshall), 2 c^c^, 1 $; Zimbiti, E. Africa (P. A. 

 Sheppard), 1 (^, 1 ?. 



7. Caloptenopsis ferrifer (Walk.). 



1870. Caloptenus ferrifer Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. B. M., 



iv, pp. 690, 698, no. 46. 

 1889. C[aloptenus] nigrovariegatus I. Bolivar, Jorn. Sci. 



Lisboa, seg. ser., i, p. 171, no. 174. 

 1896. Caloptenopsis laticosta Karsch, Stett. Ent. Zeit., 



Ivii, p. 322, no. 87. 

 1902. C[aloptenopsis] nigrovariegatus M. Fernandez, An. 



Soc. Esp. Hist. Natur., xxx, pp. 282, 289. 

 1902. C[aloptenopsis] laticosta M. Fernandez, I.e., pp. 282, 



294. 

 1902. Caloptenopsis johnstoni Kirby, Proc. Zool. Soc. 



London, p. 101, no 23. 



1909. Caloptenopsis laticosta Sjostedt, Wiss. Erg. KiUm.- 

 Meru Exped., 17. Orth., 7. Acrid., pp. 185, 194. 



1910. C[aloptenopsis] ferrifer Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., 

 iii, p. 549, no. 4 {syn. excl.). 



