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  Mr. 
  H. 
  E. 
  Andrewes 
  07i 
  the 
  

  

  I 
  read 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  I 
  was 
  not 
  aware 
  that 
  

   there 
  was 
  a 
  single 
  type 
  of 
  Chaudoir 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Mnseum. 
  

   However, 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  his 
  description 
  Chaudoir 
  remarks 
  : 
  

   " 
  Cette 
  interessante 
  espece, 
  qui 
  habite 
  le 
  nord 
  de 
  I'Inde, 
  

   fait 
  partie 
  de 
  la 
  collection 
  du 
  Musee 
  britannique, 
  ou 
  elle 
  

   n'est 
  representee 
  que 
  par 
  un 
  individu 
  unique." 
  This 
  

   individual, 
  unique 
  no 
  longer, 
  was 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  

   alongside 
  another 
  example 
  labelled 
  in 
  Mr. 
  Rene 
  Oberthiir's 
  

   handwriting, 
  " 
  Compare 
  au 
  type." 
  It 
  would 
  appear, 
  

   therefore, 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  another 
  " 
  type 
  " 
  in 
  his 
  collection, 
  

   but 
  the 
  description 
  leaves 
  no 
  doubt 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  authenticity 
  

   of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  example. 
  This 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  very 
  

   few 
  Chaudoir 
  types 
  not 
  in 
  Mr. 
  Oberthiir's 
  Collection. 
  

  

  This 
  genus 
  has 
  been 
  dealt 
  with 
  by 
  Commandant 
  Dupuis 
  

   (Gen. 
  Ins. 
  Opisthiinae 
  1912, 
  2), 
  and 
  0. 
  indicus 
  appears 
  

   on 
  the 
  plate, 
  figs. 
  1 
  and 
  8-10. 
  The 
  species 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  

   common 
  where 
  it 
  occurs 
  ; 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  Stevens 
  has 
  taken 
  it 
  in 
  

   considerable 
  numbers 
  at 
  Nagri 
  Spur, 
  near 
  Darjiling 
  (Sik- 
  

   kim), 
  and 
  once 
  at 
  9000 
  ft. 
  at 
  Kalapokri 
  in 
  Eastern 
  Nepal. 
  

   The 
  type 
  came 
  from 
  " 
  N. 
  India," 
  and 
  other 
  examples 
  in 
  

   the 
  British 
  Museum 
  come 
  from 
  Mmigphu 
  and 
  Khamba 
  

   Jong, 
  both 
  in 
  Sikkim 
  (the 
  latter 
  at 
  15,000-16,000 
  ft.), 
  and 
  

   Guentok. 
  

  

  H. 
  W. 
  Bates. 
  

  

  When 
  Bates 
  was 
  describing 
  a 
  new 
  species 
  he 
  did 
  not 
  

   make 
  a 
  practice 
  of 
  designating 
  a 
  particular 
  insect 
  as 
  the 
  

   " 
  type," 
  so 
  that, 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  unique 
  specimens, 
  

   there 
  is 
  only 
  a 
  typical 
  series. 
  In 
  such 
  cases 
  it 
  is 
  I 
  beheve 
  

   the 
  practice, 
  and 
  I 
  think 
  rightly 
  so, 
  of 
  indicating 
  as 
  the 
  

   type 
  the 
  specimen 
  labelled 
  by 
  the 
  author 
  in 
  his 
  own 
  hand- 
  

   writing 
  ; 
  if 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  specimen 
  is 
  so 
  labelled, 
  the 
  one 
  

   most 
  nearly 
  agreeing 
  with 
  the 
  description 
  will 
  be 
  chosen. 
  

   I 
  mention 
  this 
  matter 
  because 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  important 
  

   collections 
  of 
  Oriental 
  Carabidae 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museimi, 
  

   both 
  made 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  Lewis, 
  one 
  in 
  Ceylon, 
  the 
  other 
  

   in 
  Japan, 
  the 
  new 
  species 
  in 
  which 
  were 
  described 
  by 
  Bates, 
  

   the 
  Ceylon 
  collection 
  in 
  Ann. 
  and 
  Mag. 
  of 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  5, 
  xvii, 
  

   1886, 
  and 
  the 
  Japanese 
  collection 
  in 
  Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Lond. 
  

   1873, 
  1876, 
  and 
  1883. 
  The 
  new 
  species 
  are 
  numerous, 
  

   and 
  specimens 
  labelled 
  by 
  Bates 
  are 
  indicated 
  as 
  the 
  

   types. 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  quite 
  unnecessary 
  to 
  go 
  through 
  the 
  

   long 
  list. 
  

  

  The 
  types 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  new 
  genera 
  and 
  species 
  of 
  Geode- 
  

  

  