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Tegarded as synonymous, and he believes were announced to be 

 so by Faust. '10) Erom two specimens of M. compositus (Lea) 

 received from you, I think it most likely that that is a 

 synonym of B. calidris." 



Beeosiris calidris, Pasc. (now Mechistocerus). 

 Mechlstoce.rus composifits, Lea, 

 31. compositus, Faust (?). 

 This is a very variable species, and is common in many 

 parts of Northern Queensland and New Guinea. I redescribed 

 it under the name of compositus in 1907.(ii) Subse- 

 quently (^2) the late Herr J. Faust also named a species com- 

 positus, and quite probably his species is the same as calidris; 

 the description is but little more than a comparison with 

 M . nigrostriatKS. 



Dystropicus . (13) 



(Berosiris, Lea, in error. )(!'*) 



I received from Dr. Gestro seven specimens as co-types 

 •of Dystropicus squalidus, and as coming from the type locality 

 (Yule Island). They agree fairly well with the generic and 

 specific descriptions, but differ in the rostrum being decidedly 

 long, certainly not **modice elongatum" and the second joint 

 of the funicle at most twice the length of the first, certainly 

 not ''triplo." These discrepancies, however, are but on a 

 par with others in Pascoe's descriptions, and I believe the 

 specimens to be correctly named. 



Deceived by these and other inaccuracies I redescribed 

 the genus as the Berosiris of Pascoe. Dystropicus was re- 

 ferred to another section ( SophrorhininceJ of the subfamily, to 

 the one fCryptorhynchinceJ in which he placed Berosiris. 



Dystropicus squalidus, Pasc. (is) 



Berosiris mixtus, Lea. 



The types of B. mixtus agree with the co-types above 

 Tioted of D. squalidus. 



Berosiris tanyrhynchus, Lea (now Dystropicus). 

 This species must now be transferred to Dystropicus. 



(10) Stett. Ent. Zeit., liii., p. 46. I have not seen the reference, 

 iowever. 



(ii)Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S.W., p. 409. 



(12) Stett. Ent. Zeit., 1898, p. 143. 



(13) Pascoe, Ann. Miis. Civ. Gen., 1885, p. 252. 

 (i4)Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S.W., 1907, p. 415. 



(15) Pascoe, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen., 1885, p. 252. 



