tJie Family Pjrocliroicl.ie. 323 



102. (101) Elytra separately rounded at tips, 



marjrin of black suffused 103. 



103. (104) Lejro black mnlaccnno. Pic. 



104. (103) Legs reddisli kmincc/ieteri, Pic. 



P. antennalis, Blr., is remarkably similar in its antennal 

 structure, as Mell as in colour and general facies, to Phyllo- 

 cladns magn'tficiis, Blr., but tbe structure of the head and 

 distance apart of the eyes preclude its inclusion in the same 

 genus. 



P. rubricol/h, Lew., is probably only a small colour- 

 variety of P. laticoUis, Lew. (see below, p. 324). 



P. fascio/is, Fairm. — The type is a (^ stated to be in 

 Coll. Rothschild, and should he now in Coll. Oberthiir. A 

 ? so named in Fairmaire's Collection at Paris has the head 

 red, with the eyes small and far apart, and the last joint of 

 the palpi short, suboval. It is probably correctly identified, 

 and appears to be related to a Japanese type like laticoUis, 

 Lew. 



Another specimen, referred to by Pic in Bull. Mus. d'Hist. 

 Nat. 1912, no. 3, p. 143, is of a different species. It is 

 larger, and has the head fuscous, with the eyes larger and 

 not so far apart, and the last joint of the palpi much longer. 



P. deplannta, Pic. — The two specimens upon which the 

 species was descrihed are certainly very strongly flattened. 

 By the courtesy of M. Pic I have carefully examined them, 

 and am of ojiinion that tliis flattening is mechatiical in origin. 

 The insects are not in anv wav crushed, but look as thoujih 

 the |)upa or the newly emerged l)ectle had been subjected to 

 pressure. A third specimen in M. Pic's collection and 

 another in that of Mr. H. E. Andrewes are of quite normal 

 form. 



P. donckieri, Pic, and P. hjciforjins. Pic. — I am strongly 

 of opinion that these are but the sexes of one species. The 

 colour is a peculiar tawny, quite unusual in tiie genus. The 

 elytra of the single P. lycifurmis have a dark median stripe, 

 which seems to be due, at least in part, to the al)rasion of 

 the pnljcscence, and are rather more explanate than those of 

 the single P. donckieri. I may say that M. Pic is so far in 

 agreement with me as to admit 2l possible identity, though, 

 in view of the difPerences between them (which I consider 

 largely individual), he prefers to keep them distinct. 



