432 R. OSTEN SACKEN 



Wlaira speclabilis Guér. Voy. de la Coquille , Zool. II , 292 ; 

 Tab. 20, f. 7 {Laphria splendida on the plate); New Guinea. 



Syn. Hiaplu'ia congrua Walk. J. Pr. Lin. Soc. V, 277 (Batchian) (a couple of 

 other of M.r Walker's species apparently coincide 

 witli this). 



One 0^, one 9 ; Andai, N. Guinea (Coll. Bruijn). 



I consider tliis determination as certain , the more so as it 

 agrees with M.^ v. d. Wulps. — There is a specimen from 

 Salwatti and another from Ternate , which are more greenish , 

 but may nevertheless belong here. 



Wlaira spec. One 9, Ramoi, N. Guinea, Febr. 1875 (Beccari). 



Wlaira spec. One </", Korido, N. Guinea, 1875 (Beccari). 



NB. Besides the above named species of Maira, there are, in 

 the collection some 36 specimens of different species , which I 

 am unable to unravel, nor to identify with the existing descrip- 

 tions. They may remain untouched for the present and afford 

 the material for a future worker. 



Before closing with this genus I must explain that I have 

 called Maira all the metallic green and blue species. This ge- 

 nus is not at all well defined by Schiner and its boundary 

 with Laphria is still very vague. More attention should be paid 

 to the macrochetae of the abdomen, but especially those on the 

 femora ; they may perhaps afford a good character for a closer 

 definition. Some of the species quoted above as Laphriae possess 

 such macrochetae on the hind femora and should be better re- 

 ferred to Maira. 



BOMBYLIDAE. 



Argyramoeba semiscila Wk. J. Pr. Lin. Soc. I, 118 (Borneo). 

 One 9, Kandari, Celebes, April 1874 (Beccari). 

 Doleschall (3^'' Bijdr., 21) observes that this species is proba- 

 bly the same as his A. argyropyga. 



