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175. A. PULCHELLTJS Bland; I saw a specimen of this species 

 from Texas, in tlie collection of Mr. Perroud, at Lyons ; and in 

 the same collection I saw two new species: 1, larger than acuti- 

 PENNis, bronzed, coarsely punctured, hind angles of prothorax 

 acutel}^ carinated ; 2, larger and stouter than mutigus Lee, more 

 shining, bright green. 



176. A. Couesii Lee. is aureus Chevr. and perlucidus Gory. 



177. A. ZEMES Gory % is quadriguttatus Gory 9. 



178. Brachys corvina Gory is lugubris Lee. 



179. B. TESSELATA Fabr. is l^vicauda Lee, according to Gory. 



180. B. PRiETEXTA Gory is the small black species resembling 



TESSELATA. 



181. Phlegon herculeanus Lacordaire is South American, and 

 must therefore be stricken from the List. 



182. Adelocera sparsa Cand., quite distinct; not uncommon 

 in California. 



183. A. PROFUSA Cand., is cavicoUis Lee. 



184. Meristhus scobinula Cand. The Chinese specimens have 

 the scutellum very strongly and acutely carinate; in the Mexican 

 it is finely carinate, and in both the sides of the prothorax and 

 the basal edge are 7iot serrate. 



185. Alaus gorgops Lee. is El. lusciosus Hope, Griff. An. Kingd., 

 363, pi. 31. 



186. Perimecus similis Kirby, size of M. communis, but a little 

 narrower ; prothorax more coarsely and sparsely punctured, 

 scarcely impressed behind ; third joint of antennae nari'ower and 

 shorter than fourth, about twice as long, but scarcely wider than 

 Second ; hind angles of prothorax bicarinate. 



187. Melanactes piceus. In the Oxford Museum I saw two 

 specimens from the Lee collection labelled E. aterrimus Fabr. and 

 one E. lacunosus Fabr. 



188. Odontonyx. There is a beautiful species of this genus 

 from China in the Oxford Museum, in which the % has the anten- 

 nse ramose. 



189. Telepiiorus mandibularis Kirby, is the smaller black 

 species, with the prothorax more convex and feebly channelled, 

 and the lustre obscured by very fine hairs. T. fraxini Say is 

 larger and has the prothorax more polished, and more deeply' 

 impressed. 



190. Dasytes foveicollis Kirby belongs to Psilothrix. 



