Heteromera in the Banks Collection. 157 



11. Melandrya serrata {caraboules, L,). 

 Helops serratus, Fab. Syst. Ent. p. 257. Aoglia. 



No collection is specified as containing the type, bnt this 

 individual may provisionally be taken as such. Its identity 

 ■with " Chrysomela " caraboides, L., was recognised by 

 Fabricius in his later works. 



Family (Edemeridae. 



12. Thelyphassa lineata. 



Lagria lineata, Fab. Syst. Ent. p. 124. Nova Zelandia. 

 Dryops lineata, Fab. Syst. Eleuth. ii. p. 68. 

 Selenopselaphus lineatus. Fab., Gemm. &; TIar. Cat. p. 2168. 

 Sestinia lineata, Fab., Scheuklin iu Junk's Coleopt. Cat. pars 65, 1915, 

 p. 33. 



The type is a ? . It is curious that Pascoe, when charac- 

 terising the genus Thelyphassa, should not have recognised 

 the close affinity between this species and his T. diaphana. 

 He had himself, only six mouths previously, removed it 

 from Selenopalpiis [Selenopselaphus) to Sessinia. 



It may be noted that S. longicornis, Broun, and S. strigi- 

 pennis, White, should also be placed in Thelyphassa. 



13. Selenopalpus cyaneus. 



Lagria cyanea, Fab. Syst. Ent. p. 125. Nova Hollandia. 

 Drt/ops cyanea. Fab. Syst. Eleuth. ii. p. 68. 

 Selenopse/aphiit ej/aneus, Fab., Gemui. & liar. Cat. p. 2168. 

 Selenopalpus chalybeus. White (cJ), Vov. 'Erebus' & 'Terror,'' Ins. 



1846, p. 13. New Zealand. 

 SeUnopaljms aicbviridis, White ( 2 ), ^^c. cit. 



The type of S. cyaneus, Fab., is a (J and is identical with 

 S. chalybeus, Whit^, the type of which is also in the British 

 Museum. -S, subvirid'is, AVhite, is nothing but the ? of the 

 same species. The locality given by Fabricius is evidently 

 erroneous. 



14. Sessinia livida. 



Lagria livida, Fab. Syst. Ent. p. 124. Otalieiti. 



The species is well known in collections, and is the type 

 of Pascoes genus Sessinia 



