2ü4 C. R. Osten Sacken: On the f/enus Apiocera. 



sbowD abovc, thcre are a californian and a mexican spccies, in wliicli the 

 course of that second vein is like that of the australiau species. 

 More than that, those two species diflPer from all the known species 

 of Apiocera and Anypenus in having both branches of the fork of the 

 the third vein ending in tho niargin of the wing (and not the anterior 

 of them in the first vein). If therefore we adopt tho genus Anypenus, 

 on account of its venation, therc is no reason why we should not form 

 a third genus for those two species, and for every change in the 

 venation which raay occur. The species are not numerous cnough for 

 such a process, and moreover they agree too much in all the other 

 characters, It will be better therefore to drop Anypenus for the present. 

 Synopsis of the known species of Apiocera. 



Mr. Westwood (1. c.) described three species from Australia, Ajnocera 

 moerens, asilica, fuscicoUis. He observes however (Arcana p. 56) : 

 „I am by no means satisfied of the specific diversity of these thrce 

 insects, my specimen of A. asilica being in a very mutilated State." 



Mr. Walker (List etc. VI, p. 376) quotes A. asilica Westw. but 

 inadvertently (?) reproduces verbatim the description not ofthat species, 

 but of moerens Westw. Pomacera Bigott Macq. D. E. Suppl. II, 19 

 is quoted as a synonym. The synonymy may perhaps be correct, as to 

 moerens; observe however that Macquart's specimen was from Tasmania 

 and that the design on the thorax is diflferent from that of Mr. West- 

 wood's species; the figure in Macquart represents the antennae as con- 

 cave; the palpi likewise are peculiar. — Dr. Schiner's Statement (No- 

 vara 12) that Pom. Bigoti is a synonym of a A. asilica is raerely a 

 repetition of Walker's. — Wiedemann's A. (Laphria) brevicornis is 

 not sufficiently described for an opinion of any kind about it. — A 

 gray australian Apiocera before me is certainly different from moerens 

 Westw. and from Bigoti Macq. ; but the insufficiency of the other 

 (lescriptions does not enable me to place it elsewhere. Thus we have 

 five specific names, although we cannot teil how many species they 

 may represent, The whole subject requires a revision, based upon more 

 abundant materials. It is evident at the same time that the genus is 

 quite common in Australia and that it is represented by good many 

 species. I have seen four diff'erent species in collections. 



Philippi described two chilian species in bis new genus Anypenus. 

 As I said above they slightly dififer from the australian species in their 

 venation. The californian species (A. haruspeoc) described by me and 

 the new mexican species in my possession have a difi'erent venation 

 again, although they share all the other characters of the genus. 



Thus all in all there are at least eight species of Apiocera in 

 the collections. 



