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CHELISOCHIDAE 
CHELISOCHINAE 
Sparattina nigrorufa (Burr) (Plate xxvi, 8 and 9.) 
1902. Slpongiphora] nigrorufa Burr, Termes. Fuzet., XXV, 
p. 4, pl. XX, fig. 3. [$,92; Stephansort, Astrolabe Bay 
and Simbang, Gulf of Huon, New Guinea. ] 
ilo tlawan, Villar, 1912s (OO: Hos Swezey; Hilo Sugar 
Company Plantation), id, 1.9 50) ES: PP Aal. 
Weeaeakea, blawan, LM 21, 19o16,- (©. H “Swezey ), 16193 
[Elebard” Coll-].. 
Careful consideration of the species of several large genera 
was necessary before we could place this insect. The specimens 
examined agree closely with the description and comments by 
Burr on his Spongiphora nigrorufa that he assigned later to 
Spongovostox,”* though the evidence indicates that Burr assigned 
other congeneric species to Chaetospania. We have strong evi- 
dence to show further that Sparattina, placed by Burr in synonymy 
under Chaetospania, is valid, including Papuan and Malayan 
species that he referred to Chaetospania and other genera. 
Further study of papers by Burr shows plainly that his con- 
cepts of the genera involved were decidedly confused. The ma- 
terial here recorded belongs to the Chelisochinae, as does another 
Sumatran specimen before us apparently representing a different 
species of the same genus. Material of two Malagasy species 
in the Philadelphia Collections, belonging to Chaetospania,”’ are, 
on the other hand, referable to the Labiinae. Thus the species 
placed by Burr in the genus Chaetospania are evidently referable 
to at least two distinct genera, belonging to different families. 
The species may be readily recognized by the figures here 
** Since writing the above we find that Burr, in 1915, referred his 
nigrorufa, without comment, to his Chelisochid genus Hamaxas, Tidschr. 
voor Ent., LVIII, p. 118. It appears very possible that Hamaxas may prove 
to be a synonym of Sparattina. Genus monotypic. Genotype.—Sparattina 
flavicollis Verhoeff, from Java. 
Genus monotypic. Genotype—Chaetospania inornata Karsch, from 
Madagascar. 
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