﻿ilie 
  Family 
  Pyrochroidse. 
  323 
  

  

  102. 
  (101) 
  Elytra 
  separately 
  rounded 
  at 
  tips, 
  

  

  marp-in 
  of 
  black 
  suffused 
  103. 
  

  

  108. 
  (104) 
  Legs 
  black 
  malaccnna, 
  Pic. 
  

  

  104. 
  (10.3) 
  Legs 
  reddish 
  kmmegieteri, 
  Pic. 
  

  

  P. 
  antennalis, 
  Blr., 
  is 
  remarkably 
  similar 
  in 
  its 
  antennal 
  

   structure, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  colour 
  and 
  general 
  facies, 
  to 
  Phyllo- 
  

   cladvs 
  magnificus 
  , 
  Blr., 
  but 
  the 
  structure 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  

   distance 
  apart 
  of 
  the 
  eyes 
  preclude 
  its 
  inclusion 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  

   genus. 
  

  

  P. 
  ruhricollis^ 
  Lew., 
  is 
  probably 
  only 
  a 
  small 
  colour- 
  

   variety 
  of 
  P. 
  laticoUis, 
  Lew. 
  (see 
  below, 
  p. 
  324). 
  

  

  P. 
  fascialis, 
  Fairm. 
  — 
  The 
  type 
  is 
  a 
  cJ 
  stated 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  

   Coll. 
  Rothschild, 
  and 
  should 
  he 
  now 
  in 
  Coll. 
  Oberthiir. 
  A 
  

   ? 
  so 
  named 
  in 
  Fairmaire^s 
  Collection 
  at 
  Paris 
  has 
  the 
  head 
  

   red, 
  with 
  the 
  eyes 
  small 
  and 
  far 
  apart, 
  and 
  the 
  last 
  joint 
  of 
  

   the 
  palpi 
  short, 
  suboval. 
  It 
  is 
  probably 
  correctly 
  identified, 
  

   and 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  related 
  to 
  a 
  Japanese 
  type 
  like 
  laticoUis, 
  

   Lew, 
  

  

  Another 
  specimen, 
  referred 
  to 
  by 
  Pic 
  in 
  Bull. 
  Mus. 
  d'Hist. 
  

   Nat. 
  1912, 
  no. 
  3, 
  ]). 
  143, 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  different 
  species. 
  It 
  is 
  

   larger, 
  and 
  has 
  the 
  head 
  fuscous, 
  with 
  ' 
  the 
  eyes 
  larger 
  and 
  

   not 
  so 
  far 
  apart, 
  and 
  the 
  last 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  palpi 
  much 
  longer. 
  

  

  P. 
  deplanata, 
  Pic. 
  — 
  The 
  two 
  specimens 
  upon 
  which 
  the 
  

   species 
  was 
  described 
  are 
  certainly 
  very 
  strongly 
  flattened. 
  

   By 
  the 
  courtesy 
  of 
  M. 
  Pic 
  I 
  have 
  carefully 
  examined 
  them, 
  

   and 
  am 
  of 
  opinion 
  that 
  this 
  flattening 
  is 
  mechanical 
  in 
  origin. 
  

   The 
  insects 
  are 
  not 
  in 
  any 
  way 
  crushed, 
  but 
  look 
  as 
  though 
  

   the 
  pupa 
  or 
  the 
  newly 
  emerged 
  Ijeetic 
  had 
  been 
  subjected 
  to 
  

   pressure. 
  A 
  third 
  specimen 
  in 
  M. 
  Pic's 
  collection 
  and 
  

   another 
  in 
  that 
  of 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  E. 
  Andrewes 
  are 
  of 
  quite 
  normal 
  

   form. 
  

  

  P. 
  donckieri, 
  Pic, 
  and 
  P. 
  hjciformis. 
  Pic. 
  — 
  I 
  am 
  strongly 
  

   of 
  opinion 
  that 
  these 
  are 
  but 
  the 
  sexes 
  of 
  one 
  species. 
  Tlie 
  

   colour 
  is 
  a 
  peculiar 
  tawny, 
  quite 
  unusual 
  in 
  the 
  genus. 
  The 
  

   elytra 
  of 
  the 
  single 
  P. 
  lyciformifi 
  have 
  a 
  dark 
  median 
  stripe, 
  

   which 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  due, 
  at 
  least 
  in 
  part, 
  to 
  the 
  al)rasion 
  of 
  

   the 
  pubescence, 
  and 
  are 
  rather 
  more 
  explanate 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  

   the 
  single 
  P. 
  donckieri. 
  I 
  may 
  say 
  that 
  M. 
  Pic 
  is 
  so 
  far 
  in 
  

   agreement 
  with 
  me 
  as 
  to 
  admit 
  o, 
  possible 
  identity, 
  though, 
  

   in 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  differences 
  between 
  them 
  (which 
  I 
  consider 
  

   largely 
  individual), 
  he 
  prefers 
  to 
  keep 
  them 
  distinct. 
  

  

  