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"No. 11, Ckloanges suralis, occurs in Amboina, in the Mar- 

 shalls, and Mr. Matthew took it in the Ellice Group. Its food 

 plant occurs commonly in Fiji, but I never noticed the insect 

 there, nor is it recorded among the extensive collection made 

 there by Mr. Matthew. I did not notice it in the Solomons. 



"It would appear probable, therefore, that the three last-named 

 species have reached the Gilberts via, the Marshall Group." 



In the Gilbert Group, Dr. O. Finch collected the following 

 moths : Sesia mylas, Sphinx urotus, and Utetheria pulchella.* 



While upon the subject of the Heterocera, it will be of interest 

 to point out that Deiopeia pulchella was recorded by Butler, in 

 "Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London," 1878, among 

 a small collection of Lepidoptera obtained by the Rev. J. S. 

 Whitmee at the Ellice Islands ; also a worn example of a widely 

 distributed moth, Achcea melicerte. Amongst those moths ob- 

 tained by Mr. Woodford as having been obtained by him at the 

 Gilberts in 1884, and recorded by Butler in "Annals and Maga- 

 zine of Natural History," 5th Series, Vol. xv., pp. 239-242, the 

 following were also taken at Nukufetau, in the Ellice Group : 

 Deiopeia pulchella, Amyna octo, Remigia translata, Erilita modes- 

 talis, Rinecera mirabilis, and Harpagoneura complexa. 



COLEOPTERA. 



Obs. Seven species of Coleoptera, which, with the exception of 

 two, were referable to known species, were obtained by Mr. 

 Hedley, and are enumerated below. I am indebted to Mr. 

 George Masters, Curator of the Macleay Museum, and to Mr. 

 T. G. Sloane, for much valuable assistance and information. 

 The following are the known species of Coleoptera obtained 

 from Funafuti : 



FAMILY ELATERID^E. 



Monocrepidius ferrugineus, Montrouz One specimen . 



Monocrepidius umbraculatus, Cand One specimen. 



FAMILY TENEBRIONID^. 



Uloma camcollis, Fairm One specimen. 



UloDia insularia, Guer One specimen. 



FAMILY CALANDRID^E. 



Sphenophorus sulcipes, Karsch Four specimens. 



* Ann. K.K. Naturhist. Hofmus., viii., 1893, p. 22. 



