160 Mr. K. G. Blnir on the Fabrlcion Types of 



him by Iliibner (yirfe Naturforscher, xxiv. 1789, pp. 4'7-48). 

 This he described as the (^ of his earlier L. testoceum (\7Sl), 

 of whose country of orio;in he was ignorant, but as Dr. Gahau 

 points out {loc. clt.) in this synonymy he was at fault. 

 Dr. Gahati contends that the name testacea, Fab., for the 

 type of Horia is invalid, but I think it may be fairly argued 

 that the type of Horia testacea (1787) was the ^ insect from 

 Tranquebar, not the lianksian insect, and that, the types 

 being distinct, the validity of the name is not affected by 

 their supposed specific identity. 



Olivier's figui'e of the ? of Horia testacea, Fab., in reality 

 represents the ? of Cissites testacea, and is probably taken 

 from the Banksian type. Singularly enough, he describes 

 and figures next to it the ^ of the same species as new 

 (//. cephalotes). 



Tlie references to the literature of these two s])ecies, given 

 by Borchmann in Junk's Coleopt. Catal. pars G9, 1917, are 

 much confused; they should be distributed as follows : — 



Horia testacea, Fab. Mant. Ins. i. 1787, p. 164 ; Ent. Syst. i. 2, 1792, p. 91 ; 

 Syst. Eleuth. ii. 1801, p. 86.— Hiibner, Naturforsch. xxiv. 1789, 

 p. 47, t. 2. ff. 14-17.— Oliv. Ent. iii. 179-5, uo. 53 hh, p. 4, t. i. 

 f. 2 6.— Gu6r. Icon, rogue amin. Ins. 1829-44, t. 34. f. 10.— Sturm, 

 Katal. 182G, p. 71, t. iii.- f. 25.— Lap. Ilist. Nat. Ins. ii. 1840, 

 p. 280.— Gahan, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) ii. 1908, p. 203.— 

 Wellm. Canad. Ent. xlii. 1910, p. 392. ? safifftiiuoletita *, Schroter, 

 Abliandl. i. 1770, p. 364, t. 3, f. 6. Trnnquebar. 



Cissites testacea, Fab. Spec. Ins. i. 1781, p. 266. — Oliv. Ent. iii. 179."), 

 no. .53 bis, t. i. f. 2a ($).— De Hoitp, C. Rend. Soc. F.ut. Belgo, 

 1883, pp. 136-138, fig. (J ).— Galiau, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Ilist. (8) ii. 

 1908, p. 204. Africa. 



Family Mordellidae. 



23. Mordella octopunctata. 



M. ^.punctata, Fab. Syst. Ent. p. 263. In America soptentrionali. 



* mnquinnlenta, Sclniiter, given by Borchmann as a aynoiiyni of 

 Cissites testacea, bas notbing to do witb tbis species. The in.'ect intended 

 is evidently a 8pecie.s of Horia, said to originate from Surinam. W bat- 

 ever be tbe specio.s described, tbe name ba.s no .standing, ns the autbor 

 was merely comparing Jiis insect with CanDuins satifjtiiuolettta, Linn., 

 and deliberately refrained from giving it a name (see ScbriJter, loc. cit. 

 p. 323). 



