^^ THE EXTOMOLOGISt's RECORD. 



>..fw<f^''l'l*^'i '"^ ^'f ^''''^ descriptions, marks the chief difference 

 between the larvae of Criocephalus and Asemum as follows - 



Cnoi.iit"""'^ ""^ ^'^""^ *"^^^ ^^ broad as the eighth segn.ent of abdomen- 



abdoLn-?Z:;r'"' ^'^^^ °""*'"'^ ^^■«-^"- *^- «- eighth segment of 



The first mention of C. polonicns is made by Mulsant {('oUomh-e. 



C ^S t'^rr' '.'Kf'^'-' P- 6i), wLn he ineludr^^ 

 c »^^^iic».s, L., var. feru.«, m the year 1839. The first descrintion in 

 which It IS given specific rank is as follows :- description in 



e. ru.s«ic»wdecouJeurDresQuenoirrptc,lf r ,"'°"* P^"'^ convexe que le 



marquees. Le corselet est rmhYr.?'^ "^'"^"^ !"' ^^'^ ^^^'^-^^ t^'^^Pe" 



B^aietin .U U Sor. I^^i:!' ^^'S^^i^J^J^ J^^^^^ (Motschoulsky, 



The same author again describes it 15 years' later as follows •- 

 _ tnocephalum pohmiciim, Motsch., "Bull, de Mosc " 184=i Sft o^a \- 

 piceum opacum, subconvexum postice attenn«tm.. \f 1«45 88, 2.58.— ^18T0- 

 postice distincte attenuatis, n^S'olSS'' Long'l^nT "at't^°^^?^^ 



Peter^^hourg, lsmX%.fu) I^' Academe L„p. ,le. Science, de Saint 



" Vdsfn^de°not?e %'^^'' r'^'^^'^'. ^^^ .^^^^de in the above paper :- 

 r. J.A ^ ? u ^V '■"'^'- "' "^^is ordmairement de coiileur nlu^, 

 noiratre, de taille plus grande, avec le corselet plus allonoiet e 

 elytres proportions llement plus courtes. II est rare en PoWne e 

 plus commun dans les steppes des Kirguises " i^ologne et 



read^:-' ''''* '^''''''^'' '' "^ ''• ^'"'' ^" 1863. His description ||| 



tatis:p^e;;^";;S;SSrnum:' ^e^Ss^^eS^rf^^' ''''^' -"fertissime punc I 



minus validis quam in Se sequLte ^ Ir" ^"Air'-''°"''"^ ^'' femoribus 1 

 .tilissimeque p.?nctato, se^-.cTon'iSe Fe" ^ AbdZIrnV'^nif r""" '"f^" 



perspieue punctato, fere opaco. CriocepJuauslVns Dei C.f.Ttr'''T^ r'^ . 



Criocephalus rusticus, Muls., var D /v«v J > tA.. ''■' ^^^t^^- holier," t,t Z?,«. HI 



GalHa meridional], Andalusia Insuk CoSr-'^l) ' ^^''^'T''''' ,P- ^^- "^"^^^^^ i" II 



1863, p. 107). "-i'^^ia, insula Loisica {Lerltner I.ntomologisrhe Zeitschrift, "' 



Denmaiii'^'as^^r" '^Tf""^ V' ^" '^^'' ^^'°^^ ^ ^^^^""^^ taken in 

 i^enmaik, as C. epibata. It is remarkable that none of these 



authors pointed out the chief characteristics of r.n^LfJ^i 



^oW». ,vhich he in the clavation of the 3rd join o he tar i' 



until Bedel (i-«... ./. Ba.sin <U la Seine, 1889) quoted them - ' 



1. ieux larges a peine echancres, a faeettes grossieres-r;-Jo<-f»;;«Z». 



2. Yeux etroits nettement echancres, a faeettes tines-i.^'Z!'"'"" 



(a) de art des tarses posterieurs divise en deux lobes des sa base Ypu^ 



(l>) 3 ait des tarses posterieurs bilobe a partir du milieu. Yeux dabres 

 Coloration souvent noiratre—( '. fenis. itux flames. 



The synonymy of C. polonicns is therefore •— 



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