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shed a note (Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1921, 157) on S. depressa F„ 

 which is quite a different insect, and in the same volume (p. 163) 

 I referred to S. plana F. , proposing, as this name was thus 

 preoccupied in the genus, the new one of S. pumilus for 

 Bonelli' s species. 



It is not a common insect, but occurs throughout India. An 

 example in the Prague Museum taken by Heifer is labelled 

 Moulmein, but I have seen no other Burmese examples, and 

 think it probably came from Bengal. Another specimen , in 

 Mr. M. Bànninger's collection, is labelled « Tonkin, Laos » ; this 

 is a little ambiguous and in any case requires confirmation. 



Scarites orientalis (p. 469). No. 7015. The label reads 

 « Scarites orientalis Bon. , Ind. Orient. , specim. unic. , coll. 

 Dejean No. 1256 ». This proves to be an example of S. Indus 

 Oliv., which does not claim to be and evidently is not the type, 

 as it does not agree with the description. Bonelli concludes his 

 description with the words « Des Indes Orientales. Museum 

 d' Histoire Naturelle de Paris » , and makes no mention of this 

 specimen, which must have been added later on to his collection. 

 Chaudoir, is his Monographie des Scaritides, tells us that he 

 examined the two specimens of S. orientalis in the Paris 

 Museum, and found them to be identical with Dislichus octo- 

 punclalus Dej. from South America. I also examined these types 

 when in Paris, though I have not seen Dejean's, and there seems 

 no reason to doubt the correctness of the identification. 



Scarites planus (p. 470). This insect is missing. It may be 

 noted that neither Dejean nor Chaudoir professes to have seen 

 the type, which may have been lost many years ago, though, 

 as Bonelli says « Je dois un individu de cette espèce à Mr. le 

 Capitaine Bert », he evidently had an example in his collection 

 at the time. 



Bonelli also says « D' Egypte et de Syrie ; communique par 

 M. Savigny » , so that the type might be in the Savigny collection, 

 of which I have no knowledge. 



Scarites terricola (p. 471). No. 7017. The label reads 

 « Scarites terricola Bon. Pedem. » , and I presume therefore 



