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  Mr. 
  H. 
  E. 
  Andrewes 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  Ross. 
  XXXV, 
  1901, 
  246 
  note 
  (77) 
  ) 
  considered 
  Bates' 
  S. 
  chalceus 
  

   identical 
  with 
  Redtenbacher's 
  S. 
  iridicolor 
  (Reis. 
  Novar. 
  

   Zool. 
  ii, 
  Col. 
  1867, 
  16). 
  The 
  species, 
  which 
  must 
  bear 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  S. 
  difficilis, 
  occurs 
  in 
  China 
  and 
  Japan. 
  Mr. 
  Lesne 
  

   (Miss. 
  Pavie 
  1904, 
  Col. 
  76) 
  records 
  it 
  from 
  Siam. 
  

  

  5. 
  Stenolophus 
  (Harpalus) 
  trechoides. 
  An 
  immature 
  ex- 
  

   ample, 
  which 
  I 
  think 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  identified 
  with 
  the 
  very 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  and 
  very 
  variable 
  S. 
  smaragdulus 
  Fab. 
  (Suppl. 
  Ent. 
  

   Syst. 
  1798, 
  60). 
  I 
  consider 
  S. 
  quinquepustidatus 
  Wied. 
  

   (Zool. 
  Mag. 
  ii, 
  1, 
  1823, 
  58) 
  and 
  >S. 
  cyanellus, 
  Bates 
  (Ann. 
  Mus, 
  

   Civ. 
  Gen. 
  1889, 
  103) 
  to 
  be 
  respectively 
  5-spotted 
  and 
  

   spotless 
  forms 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  which 
  is 
  extremely 
  common 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  S.E. 
  Asia, 
  including 
  the 
  Malay 
  

   Islands 
  and 
  New 
  Guinea, 
  and 
  extends 
  southwards 
  into 
  

   Queensland. 
  

  

  6. 
  Somotrichus 
  (Coptodera) 
  bicinctus. 
  This 
  species 
  has 
  

   had 
  a 
  curious 
  history. 
  Fabricius 
  (Mant. 
  Ins. 
  i, 
  1787, 
  198) 
  

   described 
  a 
  Carabus 
  elevatus, 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  

   Hunterian 
  Collection 
  at 
  GlasgoM^ 
  This 
  is 
  an 
  American 
  

   insect, 
  now 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  genus 
  Scaphinotus. 
  A 
  little 
  later 
  

   (Ent. 
  Syst, 
  i, 
  1792, 
  162) 
  he 
  described 
  quite 
  another 
  species 
  

   under 
  the 
  same 
  name 
  of 
  Carabus 
  elevatus, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  this 
  

   description 
  which 
  was 
  reproduced 
  subsequently 
  (Syst. 
  

   Eleuth. 
  i, 
  1801, 
  204). 
  The 
  locality 
  of 
  this 
  second 
  species 
  is 
  

   indicated 
  as 
  Paris, 
  and 
  Hope's 
  Coptodera 
  bicincta 
  from 
  

   Canton 
  is 
  identical 
  with 
  it. 
  Dejean 
  (Spec. 
  Gen. 
  v, 
  1831, 
  

   389) 
  next 
  described 
  if 
  from 
  Mauritius 
  mider 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  

   Lebia 
  unifasciata, 
  and 
  two 
  years 
  later 
  Brulle 
  (Silb. 
  Rev. 
  ii, 
  

   1834, 
  108) 
  identified 
  this 
  with 
  Fabricius' 
  species. 
  In 
  1845 
  

   came 
  Hope's 
  Coptodera 
  bicincta 
  from 
  Canton, 
  and 
  a 
  year 
  

   later 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  recorded 
  by 
  Schmidt-Goebel 
  (Faun. 
  Col. 
  

   Birm. 
  1846, 
  43) 
  from 
  Calcutta. 
  Three 
  years 
  later 
  Fairmaire 
  

   (Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  Fr. 
  1849, 
  419) 
  redescribed 
  it 
  from 
  Marseilles 
  

   as 
  Coptodera 
  massiliensis. 
  Mr. 
  Bedel 
  (Faune 
  Seine, 
  i, 
  1879, 
  

   114 
  note 
  (1) 
  ) 
  recorded 
  it 
  from 
  Rouen 
  and 
  referred 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  

   genus 
  Somoplatus; 
  later 
  (Cat. 
  rais. 
  Col. 
  N. 
  Afr. 
  1905, 
  243 
  

   note 
  (3), 
  and 
  244) 
  he 
  tells 
  us 
  it 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  taken 
  at 
  Algiers. 
  

  

  The 
  genus 
  Somotrichus 
  was 
  formed 
  for 
  the 
  species 
  by 
  Seid- 
  

   litz 
  (Faun. 
  Bait. 
  Ed. 
  ii, 
  1888, 
  7), 
  and, 
  in 
  view 
  of 
  Fabricius' 
  

   double 
  use 
  of 
  Carabus 
  elevatus, 
  the 
  species 
  should 
  be 
  known 
  

   as 
  Somotrichus 
  iinifasciatus 
  Dej 
  . 
  As 
  will 
  have 
  been 
  inferred 
  

   from 
  the 
  above 
  remarks, 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  a 
  Cosmopolitan 
  

   species, 
  being 
  carried 
  from 
  port 
  to 
  port 
  by 
  vessels 
  trading 
  

   in 
  ground-nuts, 
  etc. 
  My 
  records, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  localities 
  

  

  