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mani; and I do not see the propriety of removing Patrohus 

 from a near connection with Calatlms and Platyyius, to place it 

 where Kirby has put it, near to Blethisa, etc. 



Dejean was not acquainted witli the male of his 3Ietrms con- 

 tractus, the only species he had examined. I think he was 

 wrong in putting it with his division of Simplicijiedes. The 

 tarsi of the males in this genus show that they should go among 

 the PateUimani. The palpi are almost exactly like those of 

 Diccelus ; the short antenmc remind you of those of Panagceus ; 

 the emargination of the tibia also removes the insect even 

 from the neighborhood of Nehria, etc. It is, in fact, one of 

 those insects which serve beautifully to connect the PateUimani 

 with the Grandipalpi. Artificially, it will come between Ewry- 

 soma and Panagceus, for it has- a bifid tooth in the emargination 

 of the mentum, two dilated joints (the second much smaller 

 than the first, but covered beneath with the same kind of 

 brush) to. the first pair of tarsi in the males, and the last joint 

 of the palpi subsecuriform (as in Diccelus, Clilcenius, etc.). 

 Artificially I say it will come between these genera, but I con- 

 ceive its natural place to be near to Oocles, Remhus and Diccelus, 

 and especially near the latter. 



HARRIS TO LECONTE. 



Cambridge, Nov. 29, 1852. 



Are you aware that our big Buprestis virginica is the true 

 B. Mariana of Linnjeus ? Such is the fact, as you will discover 

 on consulting Linneeus' Museum Ludovica Ulrica Reginae, 

 where it was first described. 



I am glad to be able to set you right in one instance where 

 you regret having changed one of Say's names, — that of Pcecilus 

 cJialcites. The change was unnecessary ; and Germar's Pcecilus 

 chalcitis (not chalcites) is of later date than Say's chalcites. 



