REPORT UPON TWO COLLECTIONS OF MYETOPODA. 145 



Not Sijhceropceus inermis, Karscli, Arch. Naturg., 1881, p. 29, pi. ii^, 

 G. and g. 



Also obtained at Punduloya by Mr. Green. 



It is needless to describe this species, for, as Mons. Humbert 

 pointed out, it can only be distinguished from Z. brandtihy the absence 

 of the teeth on the head. I very much doubt the value of this 

 character by itself, and am disposed to think that further researches 

 will show that it cannot be considered as of specific importance. 



Although in his original descriptions Mr. Butler points out the 

 resemblance existing between Z. eorrugata, Z. leopardina, and Z. inermis, 

 in his later revision of this group, he refers these three species to 

 distinct sections of the genus. The rugosity upon which corrugata 

 was based and the colours of leopardina are not, in my opinion, of 

 specific importance. 



Dr. Karsch's specimen of Z. inermis differs from those in the British 

 Museum in the form of the copulatory forceps ; and, since Mons. 

 Humbert asserts that in the shape of this organ Z. inermis resembles 

 Z. hrandtiy I have no doubt that the specimens in the Berlin Museum 

 have been wrongly identified. The copxdatory foot of Dr. Karsch's 

 Z. inermis appears to bear some resemblance to that of Z. versicolor. 

 Zephronia heterosticatica, Newport. 

 (PI. i, fig. 10 



Syn. Zeph. heterosticatica, Newport, Ann. Nat. Hist. (1), xiii, 



p. 265 (1844). 

 V^ „ /e^^eseews, Butler, Ann. Nat. Hist. (4), x, p. 356 (1872). 



„ „ „ id., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1873, p. 179, pi. xix, 



fig. 5. 

 „ „ atrisparsa, id.. Trans. Ent. Soo., 1878, p. 302. 

 Colour, varying from testaceous to olivaceous, tergites generally 

 ornamented with more or fewer irregularly arranged black spots ; 

 dull or slightly polished ; without punctures or sparsely punctured. 



Head like that of Z. inermis ; nuchal plate like that of Z, inermis 

 in having a nearly straight inferior border, and in not being marked 

 with a faint sulcus or ridge ; a row of punctures along the superior 

 and along the inferior border. 



1st tei-gite with scarcely developed lamina and evenly arched 

 anterior border; the upper surface evenly sloped from behind 



