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Lohopoda, by which two of the species are transferred to AUccula, 

 is unwarranted, and they should be restored to Lohopoda. 



The citation by Borchmann of " Mycetocliara rufipcs Lee. Bost. 

 Journ., I, 1866, p. 170" is however the most interesting of the errors 

 in that its investigation has led to the discovery of others. This 

 species was actually described by the elder Leconte in Ann. Lye. Nat. 

 Hist. N. Y., L 1824, p. 170, and was redescribed by the younger 

 Leconte in New Spec. Col., 1866, p. 136, as a Hymenorus. Accord- 

 ing to Casey, who saw the type, it is however a Mycetochara. Gem- 

 minger & Harold cite "Bost. Jour., L P- 170; New Spec. Col., 1866, 

 p. 136," thus starting an error, which Casey inadvertently followed 

 in Col. Not., HI, in substituting " Bost. Journ." for '' Ann. Lye. N. 

 Y." Borchmann apparently combined the Gemminger & Harold ref- 

 erences to produce his citation " Bost. Journ., I, 1866, p. 170," in 

 which nothing is correct but the page. Henshaw's Bibliography is 

 correct ; but his Check List is in error in citing both Mycetochara 

 nifipcs (7612) and Hymenorus riifipes (7596) ; the latter should be 

 erased. Seidlitz is also in error (Erichson's Insekten Deutschlands) 

 in citing a rufipcs in each genus. I am indebted to Col. Casey for 

 aid in unraveling this tangle, which makes it appear as if two species 

 were involved, instead of one described in 1824. 



All authors appear to agree in treating Ziegler's Pseudocistcla 

 erythroptcra as a synonym of hrevis, notwithstanding the striking 

 difference in appearance caused by the reddish color of its elytra. 

 While its description at this time might not be justifiable, I think it 

 would be more in accordance with the facts to retain Ziegler's name, 

 since it already stands in the literature, as a varietal name than to 

 sink it in synonymy, and thereby possibly provoke a redescription at 

 some future time of an insect that will always be noticeable in our 

 collections. 



