ALBERT

Description: In 1946, after the war, I had the opportunity again to visit my friend Mr. C. Willemse, and to study the Phyllophorinae in his collection. At the same time I could examine two specimens from the Rotterdam Museum, belonging to the subfamily, which had been sent to him for identification.\nEspecially these last mentioned two specimens are very interesting, the one being the still unknown \xe2\x99\x82 of Sasima areolata Bol., the second a somewhat aberrant \xe2\x99\x80 specimen of Phyllophora keyica Brunner v. Watt.\nFor the literature I may refer to Orthopterological Notes II (De Jong, 1946). The sequence of the species is according to Karny (1924) Sasima spinosa Brunner von Wattenwyl Mr. C. Willemse\'s Collection: New Guinea: 1 ? (abdomen damaged).\nSasima lactuca Bol\xc3\xadvar Mr. C. Willemse\'s Collection: New Guinea: 1 \xe2\x99\x82, Sattelberg, leg. H. Rolie.\nSasima areolata Bol\xc3\xadvar Mr. J. H. Jurriaanse\'s Collection, in Rotterdam Museum: New Guinea: 1 \xe2\x99\x82, Roon Island, N. of New Guinea (plesioallotype).\nIn the general characters the specimen belongs to Sasima. In Karny\'s key it runs to S. areolata Bol. of which the \xe2\x99\x80 was known in only one adult specimen (Bol\xc3\xadvar, 1903) and one immature specimen (Griffini, 1908).\nAccording to the shape and armament of the pronotum, the shape of the elytra, and the transverse wrinkles on the dorsal surface of the femora, the present \xe2\x99\x82 should undoubtedly be reckoned to areolata. However, there are some differences with the \xe2\x99\x80. In the \xe2\x99\x80 the armament of the pronotum

Description: In 1936 five specimens of the beautiful beetle Cicindela saetigera Horn (fig. 1) were collected by Prof. Dr. L. G. M. Baas Becking and Dr. J.\nReuter on their journey in Australia and kindly given to the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie at Leiden. As this rather uncommon species was new to the collections of the Museum I studied the literature on the species in more detail, especially after Prof. Baas Becking had told me a few details concerning its life conditions.\nOur specimens, all males, were caught at the following dates and localities: 4 specimens, March 27, 1936. Lake Bumbunga, N. from Bay St. Vincent, S. Australia. 1 specimen, April 15, 1936. Lake Crosbie, SW. from Mildura, N.W.Victoria.\nFirst of all I can state, that in most of the papers dealing with C. saetigera Horn there is an indication of the locality: Yorke\'s Peninsula, but no further details about the exact locality are communicated, except by Sloane (1906, p. 343) : "Wallaroo, on the shores of Spencer\'s Gulf".\nConcerning the above-mentioned localities of our specimens Prof. Baas Becking told me that he had found these beetles only on the saltlakes, where they were running and jumping on the bright white saltcrust which covers the greater part of those lakes. They prey on ants there, which live on and under the saltcrust; a rather strange habitat for insects.\nAfter Prof. Baas Becking, who investigated these saltlakes thoroughly, the beetles form an interesting link in the local food-cycle therein, which begins with the bacterial life beneath the salt-crust and ends with some lizards and birds of which no animal enemies seem to exist. More details on

Description: In the present paper I have brought together the results of my studies of material from various collections made in New Guinea.\nOne new genus and some new species are described and figured, viz., Microsasima gen. nov. related to Phyllophorina, with as type-species Microsasima stueberi spec. nov.; Phyllophora cheesmanae spec. nov., and Phyllophora similis spec. nov.\nFurther the paper gives new information concerning species previously described from one sex only, viz., Sasima bifurcate Bol\xc3\xadvar I., \xe2\x99\x80 plesioallotype; also information is presented on the infraspecific variability and geographical distribution of some other species.\nThe basis for the modern study of the subfamily is Karny\'s monograph (Karny, 1924), which gives considerable information on most species, as well as an extensive list of references. It also contains a great number of descriptions of new species. For the older literature I refer to that paper.\nThe few papers published after Karny completed his monograph can be found in the list of references. The sequence of genera and species in the present paper is nearly the same as Karny\'s.\nSasima Bol\xc3\xadvar I., 1903 Sasima bifurcata Karny, 1924 (fig. 1) New Gtiinea: 1 \xe2\x99\x80, Papua, Kokoda, 1200 ft, viii.1933, L. E. Cheesman (plesioallotype, in British Museum).\nKarny described the species from a single male specimen from Menado on the island of Celebes. The only difference from the closely allied S. Spinosa (Brunner von Wattenwyl) is the medial vein (M) of the tegmina, which

Description: After Mr. F. T. Valck Lucassen\'s decease in september 1939 his collections have been transported to the Leiden Museum for better preservation. In 1941 the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden, could acquire these considerable collections which also included those of Janson (London) and Girard (Geneva). These collections contain a great number of species, often represented by the types or series of types, many of which described by Valck Lucassen himself.\nIn an obituary Uyttenboogaart (1940: 1-2) gave an enumeration of all papers by Valck Lucassen, most of which are on Cetonids. The monograph on the genus Lomaptera, announced by Uyttenboogaart, had to be translated, illustrated and to be made ready for printing; it was published in 1961 by the Netherlands Entomological Society (Valck Lucassen, 1961). It is based for the greater part on specimens in Valck Lucassen\'s own collection, and other material from various collections in the world which was amiably lent to the author for study.\nIn the present paper I intend to give an enumeration of the full material now present in the Leiden and Amsterdam musea, with additional notes and descriptions of species new or insufficiently known.\nUnfortunately some misprints occur in the monograph which cause difficulties when using the identification tables. I give corrections in this catalogue. In this catalogue (V.L.) stands for: ex collection Valck Lucassen; (N.A.M.) for: ex collection Natura Artis Magistra. For the localities, which in many cases are not to be found on current atlases, I may refer to the map I added to Valck Lucassen\'s monograph, in which I tried to bring together all necessary data from expedition-reports, etc. A number of locali-

Description: Under the above title I intend to publish a number of short notes on Cerambycidae, including synonymies, descriptions of new species, etc. For the greater part the material on which these notes are based is from the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie at Leiden. In other cases the collections are always indicated. Each set of notes published together will be arranged according to Aurivillius in Coleopterorum Catalogus (JunkSchenkling), parts 52, 39, 73 and 74.\nI.\nADDITIONAL NOTE ON RHAPHIPODUS DRESCHERI\nDE JONG (PRIONINAE, PRIONINI) Rhaphipodus drescheri De Jong (fig. 1a and b) Rhaphipodus drescheri De Jong, 1936, Zool. Med., vol. 19, p. 77.\nWhen studying some Cerambycidae in the collections of the Amsterdam Zoological Museum I found three specimens, 2 \xe2\x99\x80\xe2\x99\x80 and 1 \xe2\x99\x82, of the herementioned species from the same locality, Noesa Kembangan, and apparently belonging to the original series of specimens, all collected by Mr. F.\nC. Drescher. I would not have mentioned this find had not the measurements been varying from those given in the original description. Especially the male is larger than those I saw before. The data are as follows: These measurements agree in their proportions with those given before.\nIn the \xe2\x99\x80\xe2\x99\x80 the antennae reach the middle of the length of the elytra, in the \xe2\x99\x82 they are longer and reach the base of the apical third.\nSome details which were not given in the original description may be added here.\nThe prosternum (fig. 1) is finely and evenly punctulated on its whole surface except on a narrow strip along the anterior and internal margins

Description: Besides the rather scanty material collected before 1900 the Phyllophorin\xd0\xb0\xd0\xb5 of the Leiden and the Amsterdam Museums consist of many of Karny\'s type specimens, and a number of specimens collected in New Guinea, especially by Van Kampen and by Versteeg.\nThough various authors (Kirby, 1899; Griffini, 1908) published papers of fundamental value concerning this subfamily of the Tettigoniidae, the general survey given by Caudell (1912) was little critical, in different genera even species are placed here of which the synonymy had already been established before (cf. Karny, 1924, pp. 19, 20). A modern revision of the subfamily was given by Karny (1924).\nThough Karny based his paper on a rather large number of specimens and a great deal of literature, it appears that there exist more species. The Leiden as well as the Amsterdam collections contain some specimens which could not be identified with the help of Karny\'s keys, and which did not fit in with the descriptions of the species already known. For that reason I feel justified to describe these as new species.\nAll specimens dealt with below, Karny\'s type specimens included, were carefully compared with the descriptions to avoid misinterpretations of Karny\'s view. In a few cases, however, I cannot agree with Karny\'s views concerning certain details in the keys as well as in the descriptions and I have given some additional notes when dealing with the genera or species under consideration.\nI abstained from giving a new key as that of Karny will do for the present when my remarks are taken into account.\nSasima Bol\xc3\xadvar

Description: A remark of one of my colleagues that the \xe2\x99\x80 of Gnathoclita vorax (Stoll) is still unknown, urged me to find out whether this was true, as I remembered to have seen both \xe2\x99\x82 and \xe2\x99\x80 specimens in the collections of the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden, and of the Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna. Furthermore, Beier ( 1960: 240) remarked recently of G. vorax that the type is lost (\'Typus verschollen"). Fortunately I can state now that the male type of Stoll\'s Gryllus Acheta vorax is still present, though slightly damaged. In the Leiden collection there are, apart from this type, more specimens of the species, one \xe2\x99\x82 and one \xe2\x99\x80; both bear a label in the handwriting of W. de Haan, who from 1822 to 1846 was curator of the invertebrate collections of the museum.\nDe Haan was the first to give a description of the female of G. vorax; unfortunately, however, this description is only partially valid as De Haan\'s specimen appears to have been repaired to give it a better appearance. This often was done in the old cabinets of natural curiosities like those which formed the beginning of the Leiden Museum. Although we cannot get any certainty on this point, I presume that the reparation was done before De Haan studied the specimens. In 1861, de Saussure (1861: 129) already noted something wrong with De Haan\'s diagnosis. Later authors either copied the old data or described fresh specimens. These last-mentioned descriptions differ from De Haan\'s data.\nI had the opportunity to study some recently caught specimens, as well as modern literature, and from these sources I will try to elucidate De Haan\'s diagnosis.\nI want to express my thanks to Dr. D. C. Geijskes, Leiden, and to the

Description: Im Dezember 1938 besuchte der eine Autor, Dr. Breuning das Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie in Leiden zum Studium mehrerer sich dort befindlichen Typen von Lamiinae f\xc3\xbcr seine \xe2\x80\x9e\xc3\x89tudes sur les Lamiaires" (1934\xe2\x80\x94 , Novitates Entomologicae, Suppl. 3). Er suchte dann auch eine Partie der interessantesten unbestimmten Cerambycidae zusammen, welche ihm zum weiteren Studium und Vergleichung an seiner Sammlung nach Wien zugesandt wurde. Einige Zeit sp\xc3\xa4ter sandte er sie zur\xc3\xbcck, die neuen Arten von kurzen Diagnosen versehen. Der andere Autor hatte auf sich genommen, diese Diagnosen auszuarbeiten, die St\xc3\xbccke nachzupr\xc3\xbcfen und die Abbildungen anzufertigen. Urspr\xc3\xbcnglich sollte vorliegende Arbeit im Sp\xc3\xa4tsommer 1939 ver\xc3\xb6ffentlicht werden. Die Herstellung der Figuren hat aber neben anderer Arbeit mehr Zeit in Anspruch genommen als erwartet worden war und als im August 1939 Dr. De Jong zum Milit\xc3\xa4rdienst eingerufen wurde war das Manuskript noch nicht druckfertig.\nErst nach seiner R\xc3\xbcckkehr im Sommer 1940 konnte er seine Arbeit fortsetzen.\nInzwischen hatte Dr. Breuning, in der Meinung dass die vorliegende Arbeit schon fr\xc3\xbcher zur Ver\xc3\xb6ffentlichung gekommen war, einige der damals neuen Arten angef\xc3\xbchrt in Novitates Entomologicae (Jahr 9, Dezember 1939, Supplement 3, Appendix, S. 516\xe2\x80\x94520).\nDie Anordnung der Genera ist nach Aurivillius (Coleopterorum Catalogus von Junk\xe2\x80\x94Schenkling, Pars 73, 1921 und Pars 74, 1923).\nDORCADIONINI Thoms.\nDolichostyrax basispinosus nov. spec. (Fig. 1) Holotypus: Sumatra, Palembang, Hoogvlakte van Liwa, 1000 m, leg. K. E. Keil.

Description: Only part of the very extensive entomological collections made in New Guinea during various expeditions by Dutch scientists has so far been studied, but this already yielded many new species.\nA first superficial survey of the Orthoptera in these collections provided a number of specimens of a species of Phyllophora, which proved distinct from any of the forms described before. As I believe the species to be new to science, it is described here as Phyllophora boschmai nov. spec., and named in honour of Professor Dr. H. Boschma, who for many years was my teacher and director at the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, and to whom I owe many thanks for his practical advices during my studies.\nThe greater part of the specimens mentioned here have been collected by Professor Boschma himself in his function of zoologist of the 1939-1940 expedition of the Koninklijk Nederlandsch Aardrijkskundig Genootschap (Royal Netherlands Geographic Society) to Central New Guinea.\nAll the material dealt with was obtained in the Wissel Lakes area in the Central Mountains range of New Guinea (roughly at 136\xc2\xba 20\' E 3\xc2\xba 55\' S); the localities are indicated on the map in Dr. Boschma\'s (1943, p. 506) general account of his activities as a zoologist of the just mentioned expedition.\nPhyllophora boschmai nov. spec.\nMaterial. \xe2\x80\x94 10 \xe2\x99\x80\xe2\x99\x80 and 13 \xe2\x99\x82 \xe2\x99\x82, Paniai Lake, 22 August-15 November 1939, H. Boschma; 1 \xe2\x99\x80 and 1 \xe2\x99\x82, Bivak Araboe, 1-5 October 1939, H.\nBoschma; 3 \xe2\x99\x80\xe2\x99\x80 and 1 \xe2\x99\x82, Enarotali, Paniai Lake, 13 July 1952, W. J.\nRoosdorp; 1 \xe2\x99\x80, Enarotali, Paniai Lake, 5 January 1955, L. D. Brongersma c.s. (all syntypes).