Aeretes melanopterus (Milne-Edwards, 1867) . Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool., 8:375.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Les forĂȘts qui couvrent la chaine montagneuse du Tscheli" [= Chihli; old name for Hebei Prov., China] .

DISTRIBUTION: Hebei and Sichuan (China).

SYNONYMS: sulcatus (Howell, 1927); szechuanensis Wang, Tu, and Wang, 1966.

COMMENTS: Known only from two widely separated areas.