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Helops tomentosus, Munnerh., Gebler (Bull. Acad. Petersb i, p. 38), from 

 the sandy shores of the Balchasch Lake, appears necessarily to constitute a 

 new genus ; at all events it differs strikingly from Helops, in the form of the 

 body, &c. 



MORDELLONES. New species axc,Anaspis sericea, M., andpallesceas, Esch., 

 Mannerheim (Bull. Mosc. p. 288), from Sitka. 



PYROCHROIDES. A new species from the same locality, is Pytlw Sahlbergii. 

 Manuerheim (Bull. Mosc. p. 285). 



ANTHICIDES. The following new species from French Barbary (but whe- 

 ther they are really new, or not, remains still to be proved, as it may easily 

 be the case that they correspond with those of Southern Em-ope), have been 

 characterized by Lucas (Rev. Zool. p. 145) : Monocerus numidicits, Anthicus 

 vittatus, insiynis, bicolor,fumosus, mauritanicus, ^-maculatus. The author also 

 enumerates among these, Psamnuecus, and describes as a new species, 

 Ps. Boudieri ; this Beetle occurs also in Sicily, and appears to be only a 

 southern variety of Ps. bipunctatus, from which it does not importantly differ, 

 except in the lighter colour. 



Maunerheim (Bull. Mosc. p. 97) has found hi Finland Anthieus nigriccps, 

 resembling A. rufipes, but smaller ; the prothorax narrower posteriorly, the 

 elytra more distinctly punctated, wrinkled, the hair longer, rusty yellow, 

 head, thorax, and abdomen black ; and Euglenes fennicus, nearly related to 

 E. oculatus, but larger, more strongly punctated, and differing in the pro- 

 portions of the auteruial joints. 



VESICANTIA. New species are, Mylaltris cteruleomaculata, and Q-notata, 

 Redteubacher (Russegg. Reis. i, p. 987), from Syria; M. lic/uida, tincta, 

 plialerata, tortuosa, \^-guttata, decorata, jucunda, chri/somelina, ; Lytta cha- 

 lylea, vellicata, thorucica ; (Enas melanura, Erichson (I.e.), from Angola; 

 Epicauta puncticollis, Mannerheim (Bull. Mosc. p. 288), from California; 

 Tetraonyx Jlavipennis, Guerin (Rev. Zool. p. 22), from New Granada. 



(EDEMERIDES. Guerin (ib. p. 21) has described a new species, (Ed. (Na- 

 cerdes) maryinata, from New Granada. 



CUKCULIONES. Of Schouherr's great work, ' Genera et species Curculioni- 

 clum,' the seventh (third supplementary) volume has to be reported upon. It 

 includes the Brevirostres with straight grooves for the antennae (Phyllolides, 

 Cyi'lomides, Otiorlii/nchides), and the first great division of the Lougirostres 

 (Erirhinides.} The number of genera has been considerably enlarged, chiefly 

 by recent discoveries. To the group Phyllobides there have been added, 

 Aptolemus, with one new species from Brazil; Aphrastus, formed from 

 Pliyllob. teeniatus, Say ; ~Eustylus } with two Columbian species ; Hormotro- 

 phus, with one new species from St. Domingo ; Styliscus, including Cure, 

 armatus, Thuu., from the Cape ; Platijtraclielus, with one new species from 

 Siam ; Macrops, Kirby (Faun. Bor. Am.), is also placed here. 



