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Show 1 9 0 2 . ] SPIDERS FROM BORNEO AND SINGAPORE. 271 T a b l e Y I I . Convergent Group 3. (Melipona-\\]s.e pattern.) IIYMENOPTERA. Hfcffalocol us notator #. COLEOPTERA. JEpa n ia singaporensis. IIYMENOPTERA. --------M e l i p o n a ------- VIDUA and two species of PfiOTOANTHIDIUM. Toxophora sp. near Javana. sp. near liirsuta. LEPIDOPTERA. Plume-moth. Heduviid Jfonioplera. Genus nr. Jirixia. Capsid#. HEMIPTERA. A fourth group is characterized by the following combination of colours : black head, red thorax, and iridescent green elytra. This type of coloration is well illustrated by a Melyrid, Prionocerus cceruleipennis (Perty), a Longicorn, Erythrus viridipennis (Gahan), an Erotylid, a Hispid, Botryonopa cycinipennis (Baly), and a Clericl. It is probable that the whole of these species are synaposematic, as is indicated in the accompanying Table VIII. Group 4 (p. 272). Four of the species are represented on Plate X X III. figs. 58 to 61. A fifth group has a broad red band across the middle of the abdomen; into this will fall two common wasps, Vespa cincta and Polistes sagittarius, and their mimics, a Sesiid moth, a fly, and a Mantispa. There is at present no reason for considering any of the convergent species shown in Table VIII. Group 5 as other than pseudaposematic. The Mantispa and Polistes are shown in figs. 27 & 26 on Plate 3£IX., the Vespa and Milesia on fi^s. 13 O & 14 on Plate X X II. |