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  On, 
  new 
  Species 
  of 
  Diploptera. 
  

  

  Nectarina 
  azteca. 
  

  

  Nectarina 
  azteca, 
  Sauss. 
  Revue 
  et 
  Magazin 
  de 
  Zoologie, 
  ix. 
  p. 
  280 
  

  

  (1857) 
  (Mexico). 
  

   Chartergus 
  mexicanus, 
  Cam. 
  Invert. 
  Pacif. 
  i. 
  p. 
  154 
  (Acapulco, 
  Mexico). 
  

  

  Nectarina 
  cameroni, 
  nom. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Chartergus 
  aztecus, 
  Cam. 
  Invert. 
  Pacif. 
  i. 
  p. 
  155 
  (Mexico). 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  has 
  to 
  be 
  renamed, 
  as 
  the 
  name 
  azteca 
  already 
  

   occurs 
  in 
  the 
  genus. 
  

  

  The 
  four 
  species 
  described 
  by 
  Cameron 
  as 
  Chartergus 
  are 
  

   thus 
  all 
  referable 
  to 
  Nectarina 
  ; 
  the 
  types 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  

   Mnseum. 
  It 
  is 
  quite 
  possible 
  that 
  N. 
  amazonica 
  and 
  N. 
  

   cameroni 
  belong 
  to 
  known 
  species 
  ; 
  but 
  as 
  the 
  types 
  are 
  the 
  

   only 
  specimens, 
  and 
  in 
  bad 
  condition, 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  thought 
  

   advisable 
  to 
  let 
  them 
  stand 
  as 
  distinct 
  species. 
  

  

  Masaridae, 
  Latr. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  fine 
  collection 
  of 
  these 
  insects, 
  usually 
  taken 
  so 
  

   sparingly, 
  has 
  recently 
  been 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  collection. 
  They 
  

   were 
  collected 
  in 
  the 
  Mogador 
  district 
  of 
  S.W. 
  Morocco 
  by 
  

   Senor 
  Manuel 
  de 
  la 
  Escalera, 
  and 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  E. 
  Turner. 
  They 
  are 
  worth 
  recording 
  as 
  a 
  

   whole, 
  since 
  the 
  locality 
  is 
  an 
  interesting 
  one. 
  

  

  There 
  do 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  any 
  new 
  species, 
  although 
  the 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  Ceramius 
  fonscolombei 
  seem 
  almost 
  worthy 
  of 
  

   subspecific 
  rank. 
  

  

  Ceramius, 
  Latr. 
  

  

  1. 
  lusitanicus, 
  Klug. 
  — 
  Mogador, 
  xii. 
  1906 
  {Escalera). 
  8 
  ? 
  ? 
  , 
  

  

  7 
  <?<?. 
  

  

  2. 
  spiricornis, 
  Sauss. 
  — 
  Mogador, 
  xii. 
  1906 
  ; 
  El 
  Kurimat, 
  

  

  v. 
  1907 
  {Escalera). 
  9 
  ? 
  ? 
  , 
  9 
  <? 
  $ 
  • 
  

  

  3. 
  fonscolombei, 
  Latr.— 
  Marrakesh, 
  iv. 
  1907 
  {Escalera). 
  14 
  

  

  ? 
  ?,i2 
  <r<?. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  specimens 
  the 
  second 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  

   is 
  almost 
  entirely 
  ferruginous 
  red, 
  though 
  in 
  some 
  specimens 
  

   the 
  red 
  markings 
  are 
  more 
  reduced 
  than 
  in 
  others. 
  

  

  