described by Mr. F. Walker now in British Museum. 273 
16. Alphitobius longipennis (Crypticus), op. cit. 1, 284. 
17. Alphitobius rufipes (Phaleria), loc. cit. 
A. DIAPERINUS Panz. 
It is possible that there has at some time been an error 
in labelling, otherwise it is difficult to understand how 
Walker could describe next to one another two individuals, 
so obviously of the same species, not only as different 
species, but in different genera. Yet each type is labelled 
in Walker’s handwriting. | 
18. Eneyalesthus impressus (Upis), op. cit. 11, 283. 
Is correctly placed by Gebien in Encyalesthus. It most 
resembles HL. sinensis Hope (= foveolatus Mars.), but is 
larger, has the thorax only feebly transverse and the 
anterior and intermediate tibiae in the ¢ thickened within 
just beyond the middle. 
It appears to be confined to Ceylon. 
19. Anthraeias oppugnans Walk. (Toxicum), op. cit. 11, 284. 
A. CURVICORNIS Chevr. 
The Catalogues indicate considerable confusion in the 
synonymy of this and allied species. A. (Loxicwm) curvi- 
corms Chevr., a Ceylon species, is placed as a synonym of 
A, (Toxicum) taurus F., an African species. A. gazella F., 
from “India Orientali,” is also placed as a synonym of 
the same. 
I have not seen the type of A. gazella, but have no hesi- 
tation in identifying it with the Indo-Malayan species 
usually known as A. elongatus Schauf., with which A. 
sumatrensis Fairm., must be closely allied, if not identical. 
A. curvicorms Chevr. (oppugnans Walk.) is very similar 
and probably only a form of the same species. The 
cephalic horns of the ¢ are usually much longer and more 
strongly curved, and the prothorax, even in _ poorly 
developed 9, is more quadrate, the sides almost 
parallel until close behind the anterior angles, whereas in 
A. gazella F., they are feebly convergent almost from the 
base. 
A. curvicormis appears to be peculiar to Ceylon and 
S. India. 
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