126 Dr. M. Burr — Notes on the Forficularia. 



Meg., as congeneric, the name Sphingolahis, Bonn., must 

 fall in favour of Apte7't/gida, Westw., and consequently the 

 latter name was adopted by de Bormans in his monograph 

 (1900^). 



In (1902) p. 197, the now dormant name of Sphingolahis 

 was revived by VerhoefF for satisibarica, Karsch, but in- 

 correctly, as by this very definition of the genus he excludes 

 furcifera, Borm., whicli de Bormans named as the type ! 



In (1884^) p. 183, de Bormans described a Sumatran species 

 under the name Sparatta semifulva, which lie removed in 

 (1900) p. 75 to Chc^tospatita. In (1905^) p. 495, I showed 

 that Sparatta semifuha was nothing else than the female of 

 Sphingolahis furcifera, which is described a few pages further 

 on in the same paper. An examination of the types in the 

 Leyden Museum later fully confirmed this view. 



We consequently find that Sphingolahis furcifera is un- 

 consciously recognized by de Bormans as being related to 

 Sparatta and Chcetuspania — that is, as having no connection 

 with Forjicula or Apttrygida ; in fact, the second tarsal 

 segment is simple and cylindrical. 



But in tiie meantime Karsch had established the genus 

 Chcetospania, (1886) p. 87, for a Madagascan species, Gh. 

 inornata, which I am unable to discriminate generically 

 from Sphingolahis — that is to say, I can fiud no good generic 

 character on which to separate Ch. inornata, Karsch, from 

 Sph. furcifera, Borm.; the genus Chcetospania accordingly 

 falls as a synonym of Sphingolahis, which includes, in 

 addition to its type S. furcifera, most of those species which 

 have since been ranged in Chcetospania, 



New Synonymy. 



Careinophora robusta, ^cuddeTf = Psalis gagatina (Klug). 



No one has ever entertained a very decided opinion as to 

 what Fs. gagatina really is. A consideration of the brief 

 description given by Burmeister, (1838) p. 753, shows no 

 distinction from Carcinophora rohusta, Scudd. (1876) p. 305, 

 excejit that the wings are abbreviated in tiie latter : this is a 

 valueless feature. Borelli's specimens from Ecuador, (1903) 

 p. 1, show the intermediate stage. Tiie specimen figured by 

 de Bormans, (1893) pi. i. fig. 5, has spots on the elytra ; 

 this is probably referable to P. americana, Beauv., or 

 P. pulchra, Rehn. The largest specimens recorded by 

 Borelli from Costa Rica, (1906^) p. 3, have a small yellow 

 sjjot on the edge of the elytra ; this represents the transition 

 to P, americana. 



