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Aldabra. — Two specimens from Picard Island are unusually large, but I do not notice 

 any points of specific distinction. In Ceylon the individuals of this species are very 

 variable in size. 



Disfribiaion.— Southern United States ; West Indies ; Peru ; West, South, aad East 

 Africa ; Mauritius ; Farquhar Island ; Amirantes ; Coetivy ; Chagos Islands ; Ceylon ; 

 India ; China ; New Guinea ; N.E. Australia ; Hawaii. 



(3) Buckleria loahlbergi, Zell. 

 Pterophorus wahlbergi, Zell. Linn. Ent. vi. p. 346 (1852). 

 Trichoptilus wahlbergi, Fletcher, Spol. Zeylan. vi. 27, t. A. fig. 10 (1909). 



Seychelles.— Two specimens from Mahe (Cascade Estate and Morne Blanc). 



Distribution. — This species is widely distributed, being known from South Africa, 

 St. Helena (? introduced), India, Ceylon, and Queensland. 



Observation. — The long tuft on the second palpal joint of this species is quite 

 characteristic and is very similar to the structure of the palpi seen in the distans group 



Fig. 2. — Bxickleria wahlbergi, Zell. Side view of head, showing peculiar tuft on second palpal joint. 



of the genus Oxyptilus. On account of this character B. loahlbergi will probably have 

 to be removed from the genus Buckleria, but it seems premature to do so before the 

 early stages are known. 



(4) Sphenarckes caffer, Zell. 



Oxyptilus caffer, Zell. Linn. Ent. vi. p. 348 (1852). 



Sphenarckes caffer, Fletcher, Trans. Linn. Soc., ser. 2, Zool. xiii. (1909) p. 313. 



Seychelles. — Two specimens from Mahe : Morne Blanc and Cascade Estate. 

 Distribution. — West and South Africa ; Seychelles ; Maldives ; Ceylon ; India ; Burma ; 

 Japan ; Sumatra ; Queensland ; North Australia. 



(5) Platyptilia pusillidaciyla, Wlk. 



Oxyptilus pusillidactylus. Walker, Cat. xxx. p. 933 (1864). 



Platyptilia pusillidactyla, Fletcher, Trans. Linn. Soc, ser. 2, Zool. xiii. (1909) p. 313. 



Seychelles. — This species is not represented in the present collection, but I took a 



