213 



with the head more extended than it is at present would 

 quite equal the length (29 mm.) of the type. 



The specimen agrees well with Butler's figure of S. 

 ebenina (given as from an unknown locality in Oceania), 

 except as to the front tibiae, which are figured as tridentate 

 (but they are almost certainly sexually variable). But ebenina 

 is described as being much larger (18 lines, or 38 mm.) and 

 entirely black. 



The question as to whether ebenina and duboulayi are 

 synonymous ( 52 > could not, of course, be decided from a speci- 

 men which does not agree exactly with the description of either. 

 Moreover, it seems doubtful if the species really occurs in 

 Australia. Mr. French obtained the specimen from the late 

 Mr. F. H. du Boulay, and the latter certainly had specimens 

 of it from the Solomons. 



SCHIZORRHINA EBENINA, Butler.< 53) 



I cannot find that this species has been recorded as Aus- 

 tralian, although it is so noted in the late Rev. T. Blackburn's 

 copy of Masters' Catalogue. See notes under preceding 

 species. • 



Diceros ( 54) plagiatus, Latr. (55 ) 



This species was wrongly recorded as from New Holland. 

 In Gemminger and Harold's Catalogue (p. 1281) it is recorded 

 from Timor, and placed as a synonym of Heterorrhina 

 bicornis, Latr. 



Cetonia felina, G. and P. (56) 



Originally recorded as from New Holland, but Burmeister 

 stated that it was from Amboina. The figure is evidently of 

 a Glycyphana, but I have seen nothing at all approaching 

 it from Australia. 



Gnathocera dorsalis, G. and P. (5?) 

 Originally recorded as from New Holland, but Burmeister 

 stated that it was from Nepaul .• 



LOMAPTERA AURATA, Gestro. 



Described by Gestro as from Cornwallis or Tawan Island, 

 in Torres Straits, and in Masters' Catalogue recorded as Aus- 

 tralian. I was unable to find the island marked on any 



(52) If synonymous, ebenina has priority. 



(53)Proc. Zool. Soc, 1865, 729, cum. fig. 



(54) Sometimes written Dicheros. 



(55)Dej. Cat. Col. (2nd edit.), p. 169. 



(56)Mon. Cet., pp. 63 and 270, pi. lii., fig. 4; Burm., Handbk 

 iii., p. 795. 



(57) i.e., pp. 47 and 80, pi. xxii., fig. 4; Burm., I.e., p. 226 



