4 ANNULOSA JAVANICA. 



and Dejean, it has at least been as closely attended to as I judged either consistent with nature 

 or convenient for use.* 



Some of the new subgenera here proposed being founded on external characters, it may be 

 necessary to premise, that where the specimen was unique or very rare in the collection, I had 

 not, of course, the permission to dissect it. I hope, therefore, that this circumstance will be 

 taken particularly into consideration, by those who may have occasion to refer to the following 

 descriptions, which I shall now proceed with. 



* I have not, for instance, thought it advisable to lay so much stress on the form of the external joint of the 

 palpi as these gentlemen have done. The validity of my reasons for differing from them in this respect may be 

 judged on a perusal of P. i. p. 4, Horae Entomologicae. As to the general distribution of M. Latreille, it is confessed by 

 himself to be artificial, and therefore I need offer no apology for abandoning it. 



