148 8=Mr. H. E. Pe rfeadt Notes on Synonymy 
Mus. Civ. Gen. 1892, 332 (note); Andr., Ann. Mag. Nat. 
Hist. (9), m, 1919, 473). I think that Bates has quite 
deceived himself in regard to this species. In his deserip- 
tion he says “ $ tarsi 4 antici anguste dilatati, plantis 
lateribus longe pilosis, medio transverse squamulatis.” 
Unless I also am the subject of an optical illusion, all the 
specimens which were in his collection are female examples 
of Gnathaphanus punctilabris Macl. 
Abacetus atratus Bates (not Dej.) (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5), 
xvii, 1886, 143) = A. cordicollis Chaud. (Mon. 357). Bates 
was singularly unsuccessful with the six species of Abacetus 
taken by Mr. George Lewis in Ceylon. Of the four identified 
with pre-existing species three were wrong, and of the two 
described one had already been described three times before. 
Abacetus aeneus Nietn. (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3), ui, 
1858, 177). This species proves to be identical with 
A. placidulus Walk. = A. infizus Walk. = A. carinifrons 
Bates (1919, 189). The name of aeneus being preoccupied 
in the genus, Chaudoir changed it to metneri, but the 
species must retain the older name of A. placidulus Walk. 
A. nietneri Bates (not Chaud.) (Ann, Mag. Nat. Hist. (5), 
xvii, 1886, 145) and A. maculipes Bates (not Chaud) (Ann. 
Mus. Civ. Gen. 1892, 361) are species which I am not at 
present in a position to determine. 
Abacetus antiquus Bates (not Dej.) (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 
(5), xvii, 1886, 144) = A. dejeant Nietn. (Ann. Mag. Nat. 
Hist. (3), ii, 1858, 178). It follows from this, A. relinquens 
Walk. = A. dejeana Nietn. (1919, 189), but Nietner’s 
_ description appeared a few pages before Walker’s in the 
same journal. 
Abacetus hirmococlus Chaud. (Mon. 372). This name 
has been quoted by Bates, but it is clearly a typographical 
error for hirmocoelus. It is so printed in the index to the 
Monograph, and also appears in this form on a written label 
in the Chaudoir collection. 
Pristonychus kashmirensis Bates (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1889, 
214; Andr., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9), ii, 1919, 475). I 
identified this species with P. spinifer Schauf. (Sitz. Ges. 
Isis. 1862, 66), but having now compared the two types | 
have convinced myself that the species are different, and 
I desire therefore to withdraw this synonymy. 
Colpodes ischioxanthus Bates (Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1892, 
376) = C. cruralis Chaud. (Révision des Colpodides 376). 
Pogonoglossus validicornis Bates (not Chaud.) (Ann, Mus 
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