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and C. distinctus Bates, have been described from females only, 

 while C. valgipes Bates, and C. politicollis Bates, were apparently- 

 described from a single male. In Mr. Bates' table he classifies 

 35 species, including 0. Behri Germ., since referred to the genus 

 Otrintus. Mr. Masters' Catalogue contains the names of 39 

 species, of which six are probably synonymous — C. Kirbyi Sol. = 

 C. dilaticollis Guer. = C. Walckenaerii Hope; C. licinoides Redt. 

 = C. Macleayi Ya.sc.; C. simulans H. Rut. = C Mastersi Macl.; 

 (?) G . f rater nalis Bates = (?) C. valgipes Bates = C. pithecius Pasc. = 

 G. errans Pasc. 



The identity of C. Kirbyi with G. dilaticollis and G. Walckenaerii 

 was pointed out by Pascoe;* the former two were consequently 

 omitted in Bates' tabulation, but reappear in Masters' Catalogue. 

 The synonymy of C.simtdans and G. Mastersi is proposed by Bates, 

 as also of C. pithecius with C. errans. The last name holds the 

 prior date in each case. Of the identity of C. licinoides with G. 

 Macleayi, proposed by Bates, with a query, there can be little 

 doubt. Mr. Pascoe's specimens were described from insects sent 

 by Mr. Masters, whose co-types I have examined. Redtenbacher's 

 excellent plate of C. licinoides and description in the ' Reise der 

 Novara' exactly point to the identity, but there seems some doubt 

 as to the priority of publication. Pascoe's G. Macleayi appears in 

 the.Journ. of Ent. 1866, while the 'Reise der Novara' came out in 

 parts between 1866-8. The evidence is therefore in favour of 

 Pascoe's name. There is nothing in Bates' description of G. 

 fraternalis and of G. valgipes that sufficiently differentiates them 

 from C. errans except the spines on the inner edge of the anterior 

 tibiae of the latter. Bearing in mind the variations in size, etc., 

 noted above and the fact that only a <J specimen was available, 

 a slight variation in convexity noted by Bates could be well 

 accounted for sexually. 



Excluding these synonyms we have 32 species. Of these, four, 

 as pointed out above, have been described from a single £, and 

 are, as Bates says, "of doubtful specific value" until the other 

 sexes are known. C. politicollis, however, is readily identified by 



* Journ. of Ent. 1866, p. 37. 



