Mr. 0. G. Lamb on Exotic ChloropidfiB. 3*7 



Melanoch^ta, Beck. 



M, /albescens, Thalh. 



There i.s a long range of specimens from Durban (F. Muir) 

 and a few from the Chirinda Forest, Mashonaland, which 

 cannot be separated from this cosmopolitan species, although 

 there is a certain amount of variation in the intensity and 

 extent of the dark suffusions. 



M. flavofronlala, Beck. 



There are three specimens that agree with tho description 



of this species, even in the presence of the small femoral 

 spot (see III. p. 165). Tliey are a light form, and the rows 

 of punctures are very nearly obsolete, as is the case in many 

 specimens of M. pubescens. It is just possible they are speci- 

 fically distinct from Becker's species. 



S. India : Yerkand, Shevaroy Hills, 4500 ft. 



Hippelates, Loew. 



//. longiseta, Lamb. 



This species was first described by the author from the 

 Seychelles (Proc. Linn. Soc, Zool. xv. pt. 3, p. 334). There 

 are specimens in the Camb. Coll. from Mozambique (F. 



Muir). 



H. nigricornis, Thorns., var. bilineata, Meij. 

 Ceylon : Peradeniya [A. Rutherford). 



If. minor, Meij.? 



There are a few specimens which are probably a light form 

 of this species. According to the description, it has two 

 thoracic lines merging into a big spot. These specimens 

 have a large black thoracic spot just before the scutellum, 

 but practically no sign of the lines. They possess all the 

 other characters, including the peculiar mesopleural spot 

 and the non-terminal tibial spur. In the absence of more 

 material, and bearing in mind the considerable colour 

 variation that occius in species of this genus, there is no 

 valid reason for separating the specimens under another 

 name. 



Ceylon : Peradeniya (.1. Rutherford). 



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