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  Mr. 
  H. 
  E. 
  Andre 
  wes 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  G. 
  J. 
  Arrow. 
  

  

  1. 
  Pheropsophus 
  nigricollis 
  (Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  1901, 
  203, 
  

   t. 
  9, 
  f. 
  2). 
  S. 
  India 
  (Bangalore). 
  

  

  2. 
  Pheropsophus 
  bimactilatus 
  L. 
  var. 
  posticalis 
  (I.e. 
  203). 
  

   S. 
  India 
  (Mt. 
  Kodeicanel). 
  

  

  3. 
  Pheropsophus 
  curtus 
  (I.e. 
  204, 
  t. 
  9, 
  f. 
  3). 
  S. 
  India 
  

   (Malabar, 
  Kanara). 
  

  

  4. 
  Pheropsophus 
  heathi 
  (I.e. 
  205, 
  t. 
  9, 
  f. 
  1). 
  Burma 
  

   (Maulmein). 
  

  

  MOTCHULSKY. 
  

  

  Motchulsky's 
  eolleetion, 
  formerly 
  in 
  Moscow, 
  is 
  under- 
  

   stood 
  to 
  have 
  perished 
  as 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  neglect 
  — 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  

   special 
  regret 
  in 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  numerous 
  and 
  very 
  imperfect 
  

   descriptions 
  of 
  this 
  author. 
  Some 
  reputed 
  " 
  typical 
  " 
  

   specimens, 
  however, 
  are 
  in 
  existence 
  in 
  foreign 
  Museums 
  

   and 
  private 
  collections. 
  A 
  few 
  such 
  specimens, 
  all 
  from 
  

   Ceylon, 
  found 
  their 
  way 
  into 
  F. 
  Walker's 
  Collection, 
  now 
  

   incorporated 
  in 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum; 
  Motchulsky 
  

   and 
  Walker 
  were 
  describing 
  Ceylonese 
  insects 
  at 
  about 
  

   the 
  same 
  time, 
  and 
  no 
  doubt 
  some 
  exchanges 
  were 
  made 
  

   between 
  them. 
  The 
  specimens 
  in 
  question, 
  according 
  to 
  

   the 
  British 
  Museum 
  Kegister, 
  were 
  typical 
  examples 
  from 
  

   Motchulsky's 
  Collection, 
  so 
  that 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  regarded 
  

   as 
  cotypes, 
  and 
  have 
  consequently 
  considerable 
  importance. 
  

   Unfortunately 
  they 
  are 
  few 
  in 
  number 
  and 
  poor 
  in 
  quality. 
  

   They 
  are 
  all 
  small 
  species, 
  mounted 
  on 
  shiny 
  cardboard, 
  

   generally 
  much 
  blackened 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  surface. 
  The 
  

   species 
  are 
  as 
  under 
  :— 
  

  

  Amblystomus 
  (Hispalis) 
  fuscescens 
  (Et. 
  Ent. 
  1858, 
  23). 
  

   1 
  ex. 
  

  

  Tachys 
  flaviculus 
  (I.e. 
  1859, 
  39). 
  1 
  ex. 
  

  

  This 
  example 
  exactly 
  resembles 
  T. 
  infans 
  Bates 
  (Ann. 
  

   and 
  Mag. 
  of 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  5, 
  xvii, 
  1886, 
  154), 
  and 
  no 
  doubt 
  they 
  

   are 
  the 
  same 
  species, 
  though 
  there 
  are 
  only 
  three 
  juxta- 
  

   sutural 
  striae 
  on 
  each 
  elytron 
  instead 
  of 
  four, 
  as 
  in 
  Mot- 
  

   chulsky's 
  description. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  examples 
  from 
  Perak, 
  

   Penang, 
  Philippine 
  Is., 
  and 
  Hong-Kong. 
  Bates 
  records 
  it 
  

   also 
  from 
  various 
  parts 
  of 
  Burma 
  (Ann. 
  Mus. 
  Civ. 
  Gen. 
  

   1892, 
  294). 
  

  

  Tachys 
  suturalis 
  (Bull. 
  Mosc. 
  1861, 
  iv, 
  508). 
  2 
  ex. 
  

  

  Tachys 
  (Lopha) 
  ovatus 
  (I.e. 
  509). 
  1 
  ex. 
  

  

  