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CJCINDELID/E. 



elytra more broadly 

 apical joint of the 



the Oxford 

 bat almost 



abruptly narrowed in front, the 

 truncate, and the 

 antennae shorter. 



Length 22-27 millim. 

 Assam : Naga Hills ; Burma: Karen-ni,. 

 Momeit ; Laos ; Malacca ; Jata (?) ; 

 Borneo. 



There is a specimen in 

 Museum labelled Mysore, 

 certainly in error. 



The sculpture and colour of this ex- 

 tremely scarce species appears to vary very 

 considerably. The two specimens from 

 Momeit and the JNTaga Hills, which were 

 taken by Doherty and are in the Pry 

 collection, have the front part violaceous, 

 and the elytra, especially behind, with a 

 bright crimson-copper reflection ; the 

 antennae, except the basal joint, are almost 

 entirely red. 



Fig. 101. In an article entitled " Die Arclii- 



CottyrismniszecM. coll yris-Arten " (Deutsche Ent. Zeitsehr. 



1907, p. 421) kindly sent me by the author, 

 Dr. Horn, he briefly discusses the question of the synonymy and 

 locality of C. mniszeclii, and alludes to his determination of the 

 specimen in rather bad condition in the Hope Museum, Oxford, 

 labelled C. grandis, as a male of that species : there appear to be 

 two races of 0. mniszeclii, one formerly named by Dr. Horn as 

 C. dormeri, and the other the typical form ; the former, which 

 must now be known as subsp. or var. dormeri, is distinguished by 

 the longer and narrower elytra, the longer and more conical 

 prothorax, the upper surface of which is less convex and usually 

 more thickly striate transversely, and the (as a rule) more 

 strongly pronounced transverse fold in the centre of the elytra. 

 Dr. Horn, however, believes that there is a mistake as to the 

 locality of Hope's insect, as no other specimen of C. mniszeclii 

 appears to have been recorded from Peninsular India. He 

 further remarks that the sculpture of the elytra in both races 

 of 0. mniszeclii can easily prove misleading, and we may add that 

 this is true of other species as well. 



The following is the list of the species and localities of Collyris 

 (Arcliicollyris) as at present finally settled by Dr. Horn : — 



Coll dohrni, Chaud , Ceylon. 



„ brevipennis Horn, et subsp. 1 p eninsular Iudia . 



subtilesculpta, Horn J 



longicollis, P Bengal. 



, mniszechi, Chaud., et subsp. \ f Assam, Burma, Laos, 

 dormeri, Horn J \ Borneo, Java? 



In the "Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift," 1898, p. 196, 



