160 Mr. K. G. Blair on the Fabrician Types of 
him by Hiibner-(vide Naturforscher, xxiv. 1789, pp. 47-48). 
This he described as the ¢ of his earlier L. testacewm (1781), 
of whose country of origin he was ignorant, but as Dr. Gahan 
points out (loc. cit.) in this synonymy he was at fault. 
Dr. Gahan contends that the name festacea, Fab., for the 
type of Horia is invalid, but I think it may be fairly argued 
that the type of Horia testacea (1787) was the ¢ insect from 
Tranquebar, not the Banksian insect, and that, the types 
being distinct, the validity of the name is not affected by 
their supposed specific identity. 
Olivier’s figure of the ¢ of Horia testacea, Fab., in reality 
represents the 2 of Cissites testacea, and is probably taken 
from the Banksian type. Singularly enough, he describes 
and figures next to it the g of the same species as new 
(H. cephalotes). 
The references to the literature of these two species, given 
by Borchmann in Junk’s Coleopt. Catal. pars 69, 1917, are 
much confused; they should be distributed as follows :— 
Horta testacea, Fab. Mant. Ins. i. 1787, p. 164; Ent. Syst. i. 2, 1792, p. 91; 
Syst. Eleuth. ii. 1801, p. 86.—Hiibner, Naturforsch. xxiv. 1789, 
p. 47, t. 2. ff. 14-17.—Oliv. Ent. iii. 1795, no. 53 dis, p. 4, t. i. 
f. 2.6.—Guér. Icon. régne amin. Ins. 1829-44, t. 34. f. 10.—Sturm, 
Katal. 1826, p. 71, t. iii. f. 25.—Lap. Hist. Nat. Ins. ii. 1840, 
P 280.—Gahan, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) ii. 1908, p. 203,.— 
WVellm. Canad. Ent. xlii. 1910, p. 392. ? sanguinolenta *, Schroter, 
Abhandl. i. 1776, p. 364, t. 3, f. 6. Tranquebar. 
Cissites testacea, Fab. Spec. Ins. i. 1781, p. 256.—Oliv. Ent. iii. 1795, 
no. 53 bis, t. i. f.2a(Q).—De Borre, C. Rend. Soc. Ent. Belge, 
1888, pp. 186-188, fig. (¢ ).—Gahan, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) ii. 
1908, p. 204. Africa. 
Family Mordellide. 
23. Mordella octopunctata. 
M. 8-punctata, Fab. Syst. Ent. p. 263. In America septentrionali. 
* sanguinolenta, Schréter, given by Borchmann as a synonym of 
Cissites testacea, has nothing to do with this species. The insect intended 
is evidently a species of Horia, said to originate from Surinam. What- 
ever be the species described, the name has no standing, as the author 
was merely comparing his insect with Cantharis sanguinolenta, Linn., 
and deliberately refrained from giving it a name (see Schroter, loc. cit. 
p- 828). 
