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which is given by de Bormans, is tlie size. In the description 

 of A. reichardi (Berl. ent. Zeit. xxx. p. ^6^ 1886) Karscli 

 distinguishes it from A. murrayi only by the greater size and 

 testaceous pronotum. Tliis is surely insufficient. The 

 colour of the pronotum is utterly untrustworthy, and conse- 

 quently I am convinced that the two are but size-varieties of 

 one and the same species. 



The dimensions of A. reichardi given by Karsch are 

 long. Corp. 2G'8 ram., ^. 



A male in my collection measures 23 mm. 



^. 7/2 Mr m^^i measures only 17 mm. in the male. I have 

 two males wliich measure 18 mm. including the forceps. 



We must, I maintain, therefore consider .4. murrayi as a 

 dwarfed race of A. reichardi until advanced knowledge 

 shows better reasons for discriminating them. 



Apachys beccarii and A.javanus. 



These two species appear to be very nearly allied, although 

 Verhoeff (Zool. Anz. no. 665, p. 200, 1902) calls A. javanus 

 a very well-characterized species. I have a pair of the latter 

 from Java which agree entirely in colour with the description 

 and figures of A. beccarii given by Dubrony (Ann. Mus. Civ. 

 Gen. xiv. p. 3-49, figs., 1879). The only points of distinc- 

 tion — apart from the fact that A. beccarii is a native of New 

 Guinea and the other species inhabits Java, and that the former 

 measures from 18-22 ram,, whereas the latter varies from 

 12"5 ram. to 17*5 mm. in total length — lie in the form of the 

 anal process. In A. beccarii ,$ this is distinctly pentagonal, 

 en)arginate at the sides. In A. javanus ($ the sides are 

 parallel ; the posterior border is similar in the two species. 

 In A. beccarii $ the anal process has the posterior border — 

 that is, the part beyond the lateral points — rounded; in 

 A. javanus ? it is triangular, so that the whole lobe is 

 lanceolate. Dubrony described the last dorsal segment as 

 " pointille" in A. beccarii; this is true also of the male of 

 A.javanut, but in the female it is strongly granulose in the 

 posterior half. 



Apachys chartaceus and ^i. deprcssus. 



There arc two other species which are almost indistinguish- 

 able in form. These hycA. chartaceus, Ilaan, and A. depressns, 

 Pal.-Beauv., but in this case the colour is diii'erent : tlic 

 iormcr S])ccies is a native of the Malay Archi[)elago and the 

 latter inhabits West Africa ; so they are not likely to he 

 confused, and must surely be spcciheally distinct. Probably 



