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  Mr. 
  G. 
  C. 
  Champion's 
  list 
  of 
  

  

  and 
  one 
  female) 
  have 
  the 
  entire 
  upper 
  surface 
  very 
  

   opaque 
  ; 
  they 
  were 
  collected 
  at 
  Benzus 
  Bay 
  with 
  others 
  

   which 
  have 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  slightly 
  shining, 
  and 
  I 
  

   have 
  very 
  little 
  doubt 
  they 
  are 
  merel}^ 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  

   same 
  species. 
  The 
  males 
  of 
  both 
  forms 
  are 
  without 
  the 
  

   characteristic 
  tuft 
  of 
  fulvous 
  hairs 
  between 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  

   second 
  ventral 
  segments 
  ; 
  the 
  only 
  other 
  large 
  species 
  

   mentioned 
  by 
  Allard 
  in 
  his 
  monograph 
  (Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  

   Fr., 
  1880 
  — 
  1882) 
  as 
  possessing 
  this 
  character 
  being 
  

   B. 
  caudigero, 
  Gemm., 
  which, 
  however, 
  is 
  a 
  larger 
  and 
  

   broader 
  insect. 
  The 
  caudal 
  appendages 
  are 
  formed 
  

   exactly 
  as 
  in 
  B. 
  hisitanica, 
  long 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  shorter 
  m 
  

   the 
  female, 
  and 
  scarcely 
  dehiscent 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  The 
  

   posterior 
  femora 
  are 
  denticulate 
  and 
  the 
  tibiae 
  of 
  the 
  

   same 
  pair 
  of 
  legs 
  are 
  slightly 
  sinuous 
  in 
  the 
  male. 
  

   M. 
  Allard 
  has 
  examined 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  opaque 
  females, 
  and 
  

   states 
  that 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  unknown 
  to 
  him. 
  

  

  Blaps 
  gages, 
  Linn. 
  

   Tangier 
  ; 
  one 
  male 
  example. 
  

  

  Blaps 
  armeniaca, 
  Fald. 
  {plana, 
  Sol.). 
  

  

  Gibraltar 
  ; 
  not 
  uncommon. 
  To 
  judge 
  from 
  Allard's 
  

   description 
  and 
  figure 
  (Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  Fr., 
  1881, 
  p. 
  171, 
  

   fig. 
  48), 
  and 
  from 
  comparison 
  with 
  numerous 
  specimens 
  

   so 
  named 
  by 
  him, 
  the 
  commonest 
  Blaps 
  at 
  Gibraltar 
  is 
  

   referable 
  to 
  B. 
  armeniaca, 
  Fald., 
  and 
  not 
  to 
  B. 
  gages, 
  

   Linn. 
  

  

  Blaps 
  hispanica, 
  Sol. 
  

  

  Gibraltar 
  ; 
  North 
  Front 
  ; 
  not 
  uncommon. 
  All 
  the 
  

   specimens 
  are 
  comparatively 
  small 
  in 
  size. 
  

  

  Blaps 
  hrachyura, 
  Kiist. 
  

  

  Gibraltar; 
  North 
  Front. 
  Female 
  examples 
  only 
  

   obtained, 
  two 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  thus 
  determined 
  by 
  

   M. 
  Allard. 
  

  

  Blaps 
  siinilis,'L2iix. 
  {fatidica, 
  St.). 
  

  

  Gibraltar 
  ; 
  one 
  example. 
  

  

  Asida 
  holosericea, 
  Germ. 
  {Ramhun, 
  Sol.). 
  

  

  Malaga. 
  

  

  Asida 
  lucUiosa, 
  Eosenli, 
  

  

  Gibraltar; 
  occasionally 
  found 
  on 
  paths 
  in 
  the 
  spring. 
  

  

  