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Show 82 ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS MADE DURING [Jan. 4, with the Fabrician type of Melolonlha glacialis now in the British Museum from the Banksian Collection. 9. LISTRONYX TESTACEUS, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 35. Melolontha testacea, Fabr. I. c, § . Listronyx nigriceps, Guerin, Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 302, 3- A male example from Sandy Point. It agrees perfectly with Guerin's type specimen of Listronyx nigriceps now in the Britisfh- Museum collection, which is undoubtedly the male of Melolontha testacea, Fabr., the type of which is also in the Museum. 10. CYPHON PATAGONICA, Curtis, Trans. Linn. Soc. xviii. p. 199. The single specimen found at Sandy Point by Dr. Coppinger differs from Curtis's type in being uniform in colour, without the fuscous mark on the thorax ; it is, however, undoutebdly the same species. II. PHOTINUS, sp. A single example taken at T o m Bay. I am unable to determine the species; it is broader than P. obscurus, Fabr., from Terra del Fuego, which it resembles in colour, and is more like P. coruscus, Linn. T E N E B R I O N I D ^ E. 12. E M A L O D E R A OBESA, Guerin, Rev. Zool. 1841, p. 215. A single specimen, marked "Elizabeth Island, Jan. 1879." CURCULIONID^E. 13. CYLINDRORRHINUS ANGULATUS, Guerin, Rev. Zool. 1841, p. 217. Two specimens from Elizabeth Island, Jan. 6, 1879. 14. LOPHOTUS NODIPENNIS, Hope, Trans. Ent. Soc. i. p. 15, pi. i. f. 5. One specimen only, found at Port Gallant, " on board." CERAMBYCID^E. 15. CALLISPHYRIS SCHYTHEI, Philippi, Stet. Zeit. 1864, p. 380. The specimen brought by Dr. Coppinger agrees very well with the description of this species. Another specimen was received almost simultaneously at the Museum from Peru. VIII. LEPIDOPTERA, ORTHOPTERA AND HEMIPTERA. By A. G. BUTLER. A. L E P I D O P T E R A. Of the nine species of Lepidoptera obtained by Dr. Coppinger, two appear to be new to science; and four others may be new, but are too much worn for identification ; of the remaining three, one has previously been recorded from the Straits, and two from Chili. |