No. 2.] Notes. 93 



The name abdominalis is adopted by Gemminger and Harold, in 

 their Catalogue Coleopterorum, foveicollis, testacea, &c, being given as 

 synonyms ; the following is their synonymy :— 



Aulacoplwra abdominalis, Fabr. Spec. Ins. I, p. 151.— Hiibn. Naturf. XXIV, 

 p. 43, t. 2, fig. 9.— Oliv. Eat. VI, p. 623, t. 2, f. 22.— 

 Gerstack, Peters. Reis.Zool., 1862, p. 342.— India Or. 

 flavicans, Dej. Cat., 3. ed., p. 402. Java. 



$ foveicollis, Kiist. Kaf. Eur. 28, 100.— Luc. Expl. 

 Alg. Ent., p. 542, t. 44, f. 9.— Fairm., Gen. Col. Eur., 

 IV, t. 69, fig. 327. Dej. Cat. 1. c —Africa. 

 $ crioceroides, Dufour in Litt., — Europe Mer. 

 ? nigriventris, Eedtenb. Denkschr. Ac. Wien., I, 

 p. 50 (1850). Persia. 



testacea, Fabr. Mant., I, p. 87, (1787). India Or. 

 indica, Geml., Ed. Linn., 1, 4, p. 1720. India Or. 

 melanog aster, Latreille in litt. India Or 



It must be noted, however, that Baly, in his paper published in the 

 Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Vol. XX, 1886, gives three 

 distinct species, viz. — " 



(a) Aulacophoea testacea, Fabr., Mant. Ins. i, p. 87. (1787). 



Habitat, India (Fabr.) ; Assam (Chennel— Collection Baly). 



(b) Aulacophoea abdominalis, Fabr., Spec. Ins. i, p. 151. 



Habitat, Islands of tbe Pacific Ocean (Fabr.) : Westeru Australia (Collec* 

 Hon Baly), 



(c) Aulacophoea foveicollis, Kiister. Kaf. Eur. xxviii, p. 100. 



Habitat, Soutbero Europe, Northern Africa, India. 



According to Baly's description the insect in question belongs to the 

 species foveicollis, but it seems only necessary to indicate the fact, as 

 the sole object of this note is to direct attention to the pest with a view 

 of collecting reliable information as to its life history, the injury it 

 occasions, and the most promising methods of dealing with it. 



VI.— PAPILIO ERITHONIUS. 



[ PI. VI, Fig. 1 ; a, imago ; b, pupcB ; c, larva ; all nat. size. ] 

 Caterpillars of the butterfly Papilio erithonius, Cramer, were sent to 

 the Indian Museum in the early part of 1888 by "Mr. J. Cameron of 

 Bangalore, with the information that they attacked lemon trees. Ex- 

 cellent models of the same caterpillars have this year (1889) been received 

 from the Botanical Gardens, Saharanpur. In sending them Mr. Gollan 

 notices that the insect does much damage to young budded oranges, not 

 a plant of which could be raised if boys were not kept to pick off the 

 caterpillars. Mr. Gollan subsequently experimented with London purple 

 insecticide upon the caterpillars and his remarks on the subject (for which 

 see also page 112) are here quoted to facilitate reference : — 



" Tbe last experiment tried was upon the caterpillar I previously wrote to you 

 about and which has proved so destructive to our young budded oranges. I do not 



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