﻿Tenebrionidse 
  in 
  the 
  Banks 
  Collection. 
  483 
  

  

  2. 
  Zophosis 
  tentudinaria, 
  Spec. 
  Ins. 
  i. 
  p. 
  326 
  (Erodius). 
  

   IS. 
  Africa. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  the 
  insect 
  generally 
  known 
  as 
  Z. 
  mun'cata, 
  F. 
  The 
  

   above 
  reference 
  is 
  not 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  Catalogues, 
  where 
  the 
  name 
  

   appears 
  as 
  Z. 
  testudinaria, 
  F. 
  (Mant. 
  Ins. 
  i. 
  1787, 
  p. 
  215), 
  

   tliougli 
  this 
  reference 
  is, 
  in 
  fact, 
  merely 
  a 
  quotation 
  of 
  the 
  

   earlier 
  description. 
  The 
  confusion 
  of 
  species 
  originated 
  with 
  

   Solier 
  (Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  Fr. 
  iii. 
  1834, 
  p. 
  620), 
  who 
  was 
  unable 
  to 
  

   accept 
  the 
  identity 
  of 
  testudinaria, 
  01., 
  with 
  testudinaria, 
  F., 
  

   preferring 
  to 
  regard 
  it 
  as 
  synonymous 
  with 
  muricata, 
  F. 
  

   But 
  Olivier 
  again 
  merely 
  follows 
  Fabricius 
  in 
  his 
  descrip- 
  

   tion, 
  and 
  figures 
  the 
  right 
  insect 
  ; 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  muricata, 
  

   F., 
  is 
  in 
  Copenhagen, 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  by 
  Gebien 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  

   Ad<'S7nia. 
  

  

  The 
  synonymy 
  of 
  tiiis 
  species 
  is 
  therefore 
  

  

  Z. 
  testudinaria, 
  F., 
  0\. 
  = 
  viuricata, 
  Sol., 
  Deyr. 
  (nee 
  F.). 
  

  

  The 
  Arabian 
  species 
  known 
  to 
  Solier 
  as 
  testudinaria 
  I 
  

   have 
  not 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  identify 
  with 
  certainty; 
  Deyrolle, 
  in 
  

   his 
  later 
  monograph 
  (Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  Fr. 
  (4) 
  vii. 
  1867, 
  

   p. 
  168), 
  follows 
  Solier. 
  The 
  species 
  may 
  be 
  known 
  as 
  

   farinosa, 
  nom. 
  nov., 
  an 
  unpublished 
  name 
  of 
  Olivier's 
  quoted 
  

   as 
  a 
  synonym 
  by 
  Deyrolle 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Z.farinosa, 
  nom. 
  nov. 
  (Oliv., 
  M.^.) 
  =^testudinaria, 
  Sol., 
  

   Deyr. 
  (nee 
  F.j. 
  

  

  3. 
  Pachycera 
  buprestoides, 
  Spec. 
  Ins. 
  i. 
  p. 
  323 
  [Tenehrio), 
  

  

  S. 
  Africa. 
  

  

  ^atra, 
  Herbst. 
  

  

  The 
  locality 
  noted 
  by 
  Fabricius 
  is 
  evidently 
  erroneous. 
  

   The 
  species 
  appears 
  in 
  the 
  Catalogues 
  as 
  Hejeter 
  hupres- 
  

   toides, 
  with 
  habitat 
  Cape 
  Verde, 
  but 
  on 
  what 
  authority 
  is 
  not 
  

   clear. 
  

  

  4. 
  Stenocara 
  serrata, 
  Spec. 
  Ins. 
  i. 
  p. 
  317 
  (Pimelia). 
  S. 
  Africa. 
  

  

  5. 
  Sttnocara 
  jyorcafa,]. 
  c, 
  {Pimelia). 
  S. 
  Africa. 
  

   = 
  7)iorhitlosa, 
  ¥., 
  var. 
  bonellii, 
  Sol. 
  (Haag-Rut.). 
  

  

  Tiie 
  type 
  of 
  ?nor^>i//osa, 
  F., 
  is 
  stated 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  Mus. 
  Dom. 
  

   Helwig. 
  From 
  the 
  description 
  Pimelia 
  porcata, 
  Herbst, 
  

   agrees 
  with 
  porca^a, 
  F. 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  Adesmia 
  porcata 
  of 
  Solier 
  

   and 
  Allard, 
  and 
  now 
  generally 
  known 
  in 
  collections 
  as 
  

  

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