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Germar and Chevrolat differ from the males of this insect in ha- 

 ving the basal joints of the antennse rufous ; the club of a very 

 different form, being narrower, considerably longer, and densely 

 clothed with erect rigid hairs j the thorax very finely punctured ; 

 the elytra glossy, deeply sulcate, the sulci faintly punctured, and 

 the interstices convex and finely coriaceous : although I have ex- 

 amined many collections of this family of insects, I have never 

 seen a British example of Magd. barhicornis. 



Occasionally found upon the black-thorn (Prunus spinosa) in 

 hedges in July. 



5. M. Prunij Linn., Mus. Linn., Marsh., Gyll., Germ., Curt., 

 Schonh. 

 Cure, ruficorne, Linn., Mus. Linn. 

 Rhinodes Pruni, Steph. 

 Cure. Pruni, Mus. Kirb. 



Mr. Stephens has separated this and the preceding species from 

 Magdalis under the name of Rhinodes, but they are closely linked 

 in general habit and in affinity to M. carbonaria and M. aterrima, 

 especially in the sexual disparities in the form of the rostrum ; 

 and as no other writer that I am aware of, excepting Mr. West- 

 wood in his ' Generic Synopsis,' has concurred in this subdivision, 

 I have no hesitation in following those authors who have retained 

 them in the genus Magdalis. 



I have always found this insect (but not plentifully) upon the 

 same plant as the foregoing in July. 



The following observations on genera, on which I have nothing 

 further to remark, may be as well introduced here. 



Phlo'eobius griseus, Steph., is, according to Schonh err, Arcece- 

 rus CoffecBj Fab., a native of the East Indies, &c. 



Rhinobatus planiis, Steph. : British specimens sent to Schon- 

 herr were named Larinus Carlina, Oliv. 



Lixus productus, Marsh., Steph., is, according to the Linnaean 

 museum, Lixus paraplecticus of Linn. 



BothynodereSy Schonh. olim, albidus, Fab. ; now Cleonus, Schonh., 

 albiduSj Fab. 



XXIV. — Descriptions of some apparently new species of Birds from 

 Malacca. By T. C. Eyton, Esq., F.L.S. 



The collection of birds from which the following have been 

 selected was brought to this country by Capt. Andrew Charlton 

 of the East India Service, the discoverer of the tea-plant in As- 

 sam, and collected by him on the Malay Peninsula. 

 Astur barbatus. A. brunneus, gula alba linea atra longitudinali 



