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are so variable that many of them have been de- 
scribed under a great variety of names.” Mr. Curtis, 
without alluding to sexual distinctions, brings toge- 
ther the following synonyms under the specific name 
dispar :—“ pantherina and annulata, Linn., Don. 
7. 248. 2; dipunctata and 6-pustulata, Linn., Don. 
2. 39. 3; unifascia and 4-pustulata, Fab., Don. 
7. 243. 3; perforata and 7-pustulata, Mar. ; 4-punc- 
tata, Don. 16. 542.” Subsequent researches induced 
Mr. Hobson to coincide with me in the opinion that 
the distribution of colour affords no criterion which 
will serve to distinguish the sexes of C. dispar. 
