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54 specimens. 53 belong to var. d [ = variegata Fabricius, or luctuosa Gory et 

 Percheron), that is, they are entirely black and opaque, with white markings. The 

 remaining 1 specimen (from Chagos Islands) belongs to var. h { = cruenta Pall.), being 

 opaque, and with the black replaced by red on the thorax (except for a pair of black 

 discoidal spots) and over all the middle part of each elytron. 



Loc. Chagos Islands: Peros Banhos Atoll, 1905, many var. d and one var. b. 

 Amirantes : Desroches and Polvre Islands, 1905. Coetivy, 1905. Farquhar Atoll, 1905. 

 Seychelles : Mahe, 1905 and 1908 — 9. This species was found over the whole area 

 visited by the Expedition, the Aldabra group excepted. In the Seychelles it is not 

 found in the endemic mountain-forests. Well-known from India, Madagascar, and the 

 Mascarene Islands ; var. d is apparently confined to Ceylon and the Madagascar area. 



Prot^tia Burmeister, Handb. Ent., iii. 1842, p. 472. 



23. ProtcBtia aurichalcea (Fabricius). 



Cetonia aurichalcea Fabricius, Syst. Ent., 1775, p. 49. 



Cetonia maculata Fabricius, Spec. Ins., i. 1781, p. 58; Alluaud, Liste Coleopt., p. 294. 



ProtcBtia maculata Kolbe, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, v. 1910, p. 23. 



ProtcBtia aurichalcea Arrow, Fauna Brit. India, Lamellicornia, part I, 1910, p. 143, 

 PL 1, fig. 7. 



Loc. Amirantes: Desroches and Eagle Islands, large numbers, 1905. Seychelles: 

 Mahe, 1905 and 1909 ; Dennis Island, 1908 (Fryer) ; Praslin, 1 specimen, 1905 ; Frigate 

 Island, 1 specimen, 1905 ; Marie Anne Island, from plantation, several specimens, 2. XII. 

 1908 (Dupont). Not found in the endemic mountain-forests. Previously collected 

 in the Seychelles by AUuaud and Brauer. India, Mauritius, Reunion. 



OxYTHYREA Mulsant, Coldopt. de France, Lamell., 1842, p. 572. 



Leucocelis Burmeister, Handb. Ent., iii. 1842, p. 421. 



It is pointed out by Arrow, in a footnote to p. 175 of the volume (1910) on 

 Cetoniinse and Dynastinse in the Fauna of British India Series, that Mulsant's name for 

 this genus was published earlier in the year 1842 than that proposed by Burmeister. 



24. Oxythyrea aldahrensis, Linell. 



Oxythyrea cddabrensis Linell, Proc. U. S. Mus., xix. 1897, p. 700; Alluaud, Liste 

 Coleopt., p. 293. 



Leucocelis aldahrensis Kolbe, Abh. Senckenb. Ges., xxvi. 1902, p. 575. 



Linell states that this species is allied to the S. African 0. marginalis Swartz. It 

 was discovered in Aldabra by Abbott, and subsequently found there by Voeltzkow. We 

 have a large series. 



Loc. Aldabra: Picard Island, I. 1909 (Fryer); 1907 (Thomasset). Cosmoledo ; 

 several specimens, 1907 (Thomasset). 



It is of interest to note that a quite distinct species, Oxythyrea abhotti Linell {op. 

 cit. p. 703), was discovered by Abbott in Glorioso Island. 



