568 MR. S. MAULIK ON 



AMERICAN HISPIN^. 



Genus Oepualoleia Chevrolat. 



Clievrolat, Charles d'Orbigny's Diet. Universal d'Hist. ISTaturelle, 

 iii. 1843, p. 272; Blanehard, Hist. Ins. ii. 1845, p. 182; Baly, 

 Cat. Hisp. 1858, p. 39, t. L f. 12; Chapuis, Gen. Col. xi. 1875, 

 p. 277; VVeise, Arch. f. Naturg. 1910, p. 82. 



Baly, in his ' Catalogue of Hispidee,' refers to Cephcdoleia as 

 a manuscript name of Chevrolat's. This statement has been 

 accepted by Weise, who ascribes the authorship to Blanehard, 

 whose characterization of Cejjhaloleia was published in 1845. 

 Chapuis ascribes the authorship to Chevrolat, but gives a 

 reference to Dejean's Catalogue, 3rd ed. 1836, p. 390, where 

 the genus is not characterized. This reference naturally leads 

 one to think that Chevrolat did not characterize the genus. 

 As a matter of fact, Chevrolat first characterized the genus in 

 d'Orbigny's ' Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle,' iii. 

 January 1843, p. 272, in these words : — "Ces insectes ont un pen 

 du facies des Cassidaires, mais ils sont etroits, quelquefois allonges 

 carrement, enti^rement lisses, sans epines ; leur corselet est ou 

 arrondi en avant et sur ies cotes, ou en carre transverse. Les 

 Hispa metallica, nigricornis, Fabr., VHisp. nigricornis d'Olivier, 

 esp^ce distincte de la premiere, et VAlurmts ci/anipennis de Perty 

 rentrent dans ce genre." This description is signed C. There 

 are various dates on the title-pages of d'Orbigny's ' Diction- 

 naire.' The question of these dates has been gone into by 

 Sherborn and Palmer (Ann. Mag. IST. H. (7) iii. April 1899, 

 pp. 350-2). Accoixling to them the third volume of d'Orbigny's 

 ' Dictionnaire,' in which the description of Cephaloleia occurs, 

 was first published as a completed volume in January 1843. 

 I have consulted the copy belonging to the Zoological Society 

 of London, the title-page of which bears the same date. 



Weise has changed the spelling of the name of the genus by 

 omitting the " e " between the " 1 " and " i." I prefer to adhere 

 to Chevrolat's original spelling, because this custom of latinising 

 the names has led to great confusion in many cases. 



Cephaloleia nigricornis Fab. 



Cephaloleia nigricornis Fabricius, Ent. Syst. i. 1792, pt. 2, p. 73 ; 

 Olivier. Encycl. Meth. vii. 1792, p. 99, Ent. vi. 1808, p. 773, 

 t. 2. f. 25 ; Baly, Cat. Hisp. 1858, p. 47. 



3 examples. 



Locality. — Amazons (Goodman, 1879). 



Cephaloleia pboxima Baly. 



Cephaloleia proxima Baly, Cat. Hisp. 1858, p. 47. 



1 example. 



Locality. — Amazons (Goodman, 1879). 



Balj' reports it from Ciiyenne, Gviiiina. 



