20 E. W, Ferguson. 



A specimen of Acaniholophus aurcolus, Bohem., in the 

 museum, was marked as the type of Acantholoplms echinatus,. 

 but whether it is the type of Guerin's or Boiscluval's species o£ 

 that name I am uncertain. The question is fully discussed else- 

 where ; it is to be noted, however, that none of the types of other 

 species described by Guerin are in the Museum. 



At the time I could get no certain information in regard to- 

 the types from the Dupont collection, but later received a letter 

 from M. Lesne, of the Museum, from which the following; 

 passage is qucTted: — 



" Pour ce qui est de la collection Dupont, mes souvenirs 

 etaient inexacts. Les Curculionides de cette collection avaient 

 ete cedes a Jekel. lis sont passes ensuite dans la collection. 

 Bowring qui est conserve aujourd'hui au British Museum." 



On receipt of this information I wrote to Mr. G. F. Arrow,, 

 of the British Museum, and received the following reply : '' We 

 had no idea any of Boisduval's weevils were in our collection,, 

 but have found specimens with " Dup." in Jekel's writing, so* 

 no doubt Lesne is right. Jekel seems to have systematically- 

 removed all original labels, replacing them only with a number,, 

 of which we have no explanation. There are Bowring speci- 

 mens of riigifcr, basalis, etc., which are very likely types, but 

 I can find no positive evidence in any case. As it is more: 

 than 50 years since the Bowring collection came here it is likely 

 that some specimens have been parted with, or even destroyed 

 as worthless." 



The species affected are as follow, placed in their proper 

 genera: Talaiirimis riigifer, Sclcroriniis tristis, M acr amy cter its' 

 hoisdiivalii, Mythites basalis, and the species described as- 

 Amycterus posticus, which I am not able to place generically. 

 With the exception of the last, the names of these species have 

 been attached to well known species, which agree very well^ 

 with the original descriptions. 



• 

 Types of Amycterides in the British Museum. 



While iif London I was able to examine the types of 

 Amycterides contained in the British Museum collection. Notes- 

 on some of these have already been given, or they will be dealt 

 with in their places in the revision of the subfamily, this in par- 

 ticular applying to the Euomid genera. 



The following notes may be recorded here : — 



