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P. io8. — Change Pseudocisiela Cr. to Cistela Fabr. 



P. 115. — Cantharis Z/;/;/. should read Geoffr. The table of synonyms 

 of Geoffroy's genera will show that by adhering to the received code of 

 laws of nomenclature, the name Cantharis Linn, should be restored to 

 some genus of Telephoridae which contains Linnaean species. Of these 

 perhaps Podabnis would be the most convenient, w^iile for the blistering 

 flies, a dismemberment of Meloe Linn., the name proposed by Fabricius,, 

 Lytta, must be adopted. 



Remarks of Mr. Crotch on the Genera of Geoffroy, Trans. Ent. Soc. 

 London, iSyo, 4j : 



'' 1762. Geoftroy, in his Histoire Abregee, divides the Coleoptera 

 into 50 genera, displaying a degree of acumen far in advance of his age^. 

 which was but little appreciated by his contemporaries ; the ill-concealed 

 jealousy of Linnaeus is only too evident in his 12th edition ; Olivier and 

 Latreille succeeded in restoring the majority of Geoffroy's names, but 

 there are still several which must be adopted. . . . Platycerus and 

 Peltis, often attributed to Geoffroy, must either be rejected as synonyms, 

 or, if allowed to remain, be quoted from Latreille and Illiger, who revived 

 them. The others ought to be all retained."' 



Table of Synonyms of Geoffrofs Genera. 



