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MAGAZINE OF NATURAL RISTO HY.
[SIXTH SERIES.]
No. G2. FEBRUARY 1803.
Ann. & Mag. N. His . Se . 6. Vol. xi. 6
186 M . 0. Thon ns on lie Genus Chi ode ma.
XXVII.-Fu lu:'1' No es on lie Genus Chi ode ma.
By OLDFIELD THOMAS.
T - n ollowing poin s wi h ega d o he Chi op e ous genus
Chi ode na ha e a isen ou o he publica ion o D . H.
Vinge's ' Ba s o Lagoa San a ' * and o D . H. A 11en's
ema ks on he genus in connexion wi h he desc ip ion o
his Vamp,IJ ops za lzi'nz s .
In he i s place, my own ema ks on he genus i sel seem
o ha e been unaccoun ably misunde s ood by he la e
au ho , o , o om "claiming ha Ol i ode ma is no
dis inc om Vampy ops," I main ained, in he pape c i icized
by him , ha i was a pe ec ly dis inc genus, and ga e i a.
place in he synopsis o gene a on p. 170, al hough a he
same ime wo species e e ed by D . Dobson o Ohi odenna
we e ans e ed o Vampy ops. No do I by any means
'' acknowledge ha he nasal cle disappea s in old indi i
duals," as Pe e s's s a emen o his e ec was no accep ed in
my pape and was explained away in he las pa ag aph o
p. 1G9.
One mis ake in my pape , howe e , I should like o co ec
mo e p ominen ly han I ha e hi he o done, namely.as o he
spelling o he new species he e desc ibed. This should be
Vampy ops Ca acciolz·, ins ead o V. Oa1·acciolce, he mis ake
ha ing been clue o a mi::;concep ion as o he name o he
disco e e , 2il . Ca acciolo, whose p ope name is now well
*'J
o d undne og nule,·ende Flage mus a Lagoa San a, l Iinas Ge aes
-E l Ius. Lundii,' 1892.
P oc. Ac. Philad. 1891, p. 400.
+Ann. & :i ng. Na . His . (G) i,·. p. 1G7 (1889).
M . 0. Thomas on l e Genus Chi ocle ma. 187
l nown o zoologis s in connexion wi h he ounda ion o he
T inidad Field Na u alis s' Club, o which he is p esiden .
Again, in 1S91 I had he oppo uni y o desc ibing* a
S enocle ma ons La , his ime o he genus Ol i ode ma i sel .
Tha desc ip ion was based on he :Minas Gen es specimen
called in Dobso11,s Ca alogue Cl ode ma illos11,1n, Pe e s;
and easons we e shown why i should be looked upon as
dis inc , and he name 0/1. Do i o was gi en o i . In he
con as ed desc ip ions o he ee h o he wo o ms on p. 882
wo impo an misp in s ha e c ep in, which, al hough hey
migh be de ec ed on a ca e ul eading o he whole pape ,
ye , placed in so p omiuen a posi ion, migh easily decei e
any one wo king on he su�jec . The mi::i ake consis s o he
ansposi ion o he dimensions o he pos e io ee h o
Oh. Do ia! and 0/i. illosum, so ha each is made ou o ha e
he dimensions o he o he . The e oneous lines should
he e o e ead :- G/1. Do ice.
Pos e io uppe p emola l La ge , combined
and wo mola s ...... leng h 7·4 llllll.
Pos e io lowe p emola l Combined leng h
and wo mola s ...... 8-2 mm.
Ch. 1•illosum.
Smalle , combined
leng h O·O mm.
Combined leng h
(}3 mm.
Th2nks o he kindness o D . II. Vinge, he Na ional
Collec ion l as now ob ained om he Copenhagen Jlu;-;enm a
numbe o he specimens om Lagoa San a do3c ibecl by him
in he aluable pape quo eJ abo e. Among hese he e is a
specimen called by him Cl1i ode ma uillosum, appa en ly in
igno ance o my pape , o on examina ion his p o es, as
migh be expec ed om i s locali y, o be an example o
0/i. Do i o, ag eeing in e e y espec wi h he ype, excep
ha i s ou e inciso s a c a he sho e , pe hap:1 owing o
g ea e wea . This e y species, acco ding o D . Vinge,
was he one e med by LunJ "Phyllos oma do sale," bu
wi hou desc ip ion; so ha my own much la e name will s ill
ha e o s and o i .
The ull synonymy o he l Iinas Gemes species will
he e o e be:-
012£,·ode ma Do im.
Phyllos o u do sale, Lund, lllik Il as. Dy e ., Dansk. A h. ix. p. 200
(1842) (nom. nudum).
Clii ode ma ·cillosum, Dobs. Oa . Chi . D. l I. p. 53.J, pl. xxix. ig. 2
(den i ion) (1878); Winge, E l lus. Lundii, 1892, p. 9, pl. i. ig. 12
(skull and ee h) (nee Pe e s).
Chi ode mc Do ice, Thos. Ann. Mus. Geno . (2) x. p. 8.:31 (1801).
•Ann. �1 us. Geno . (:!) x. p. i81.
