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upper surface and thorax stronger and sparser. Tlio 

 differences here described are clearly indicated in the 

 somewhat extensive series of examples of both yE. hin- 

 dlcnsis and yE. philipirinensis in my own collection, but 

 whether they are of specific value^ or merely local varia- 

 tion, is doubtful. 



Qnaphaloryx dilaticolUs, Parry. 



A single ^ specimen was described at p. 51 of my 

 former Catalogue; in examining recently the Hopeiau 

 collection at Oxford, I detected an insect which I have 

 every reason to believe is the $ of the same species. 

 There being no locality stated, I can only reiterate the 

 opinion that its habitat will prove to be the Indian Ar- 

 chipelago. 



Fseudodorcus (n. g.) hydropMloldcs. 



Dorcus hydrophiloides, S , Hope, Cat. Lucan. p. 23. 



Dorcus carhonanus, ? , Westw. Tr. Ent. Soc. ser. 3, i. 

 515, pi. xxi. fig. 3. 



Of this interesting insect single specimens exist in the 

 Hopeian collection at Oxfoi-d ( c? from Melville Island), 

 in the British Museum ( ? ) , find in my own collection 

 ( 9 ) . Having recently compared my own specimen 

 with that in the Hopeian collection, I am fully convinced 

 of the propriety of uniting them as the same species. I 

 may further add, that by a typographical error, D. hydro- 

 philoides was stated in my former Catalogue to be a $ , 

 whereas it is indubitably a $ , and is described as such 

 by the author. 



Professor Westwood in his description of D. carhona- 

 Hus, ? {loc. cit.) , fully appreciating the difficulty of 

 properly locating the insect, concludes thus : 



''The general structure of this female insect removes 

 it generically from all the other groups with the females 

 of which we are acquainted. The rounded pro thorax and 

 spinose tibia) separate it from the true Liirani. In Odon- 

 tolnhis {Alecs, etc.) the hind tibia) are simple. In L. 

 Hajjiesii, nepalensis, and Chcvrolatii, the form of the pro- 

 thorax and broad fore-tibia of this nevv insect are not 

 found. It is, however, much closer to some of the larger 



