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rather earlier than the others, so as to gain two days in 4 moults, in 

 moulting the 4th time did not assume the adult livery, but was 

 still in the "bird-dirt" stage, though larger than its fellows in that 

 stage, and possessing the full complement of clubbed hairs, although 

 they were pale and slender. It moulted an additional or 5th time, and 

 then assumed the adult livery, and was larger than the others were, 

 and had the clubbed hairs 1 mm. longer than theirs, and remained 

 feeding 4 days longer. 



Binghill, Hereford : 



February 2nd, 1887. 



ON THE PRIORITY OF VARIOUS GENERIC NAMES IN USE IN 

 BRITISH COLEOPTERA. 



BY Q. C. CHAMPION, F.E.S. 



Now that a new Manual of British Coleoptera is in course of pub- 

 lication, it seems to me worth while to call attention to certain generic 

 names which are employed not only in this, but also in other sections of 

 zoology. The following list, compiled chietiy from the works of 

 Agassiz, Marschall, and Scudder, shows the year of publication, &c., 

 of the most important of these : — 



AcaJyptus, Schonh., Col., 1836 ; id., Dum., Rept., 1853 {Acalypta, Westw., 



Hem., 1840). Acrognathus, Er., Col., 1839; zrf., Agass., Pisces, 1843. Alexia, 



Leach, Moll., 1818 ; id., Steph., Col., 1835 (= Sphcerosoma, Leach, 1819, = ^y^ro- 

 tophila, Chevr., in Dej. Cat., 1834). This name being pre-occupied in Mollusca, 

 a new one is required in Coleoptera : Spharosoma is not available, it being already 

 in use in Crustacea (Leyd., 1851) and in IlisteridcB (Mars., 1855) ; Hygrotophila 



could, however, be used. ^?iowaZa, Steph., Col., 1830 ; ici., Schmidt, Moll., 1832. 



Anoplus, Schonh., Col., 1826 ; id.. Gray, Rept., 1840 j id., Schl., Pisces, 1842. 



Atomaria, Kirby, Col., 1830 ; id.. Bigot, Dipt., 1854. 



Barynotus, Germ., Col., 1817; id., Giinther, Pisces, 1868. Bostrichus, Geoffr., 



Col., 1764 ; id., Fabr., ib., 1775 ; (Bostryckus, Lacep., Pisces, 1800). This name 

 is generally written Bostryckus in Coleoptera, thus clashing with that of Lacepede. 



Brachonyx,Schbnh., Col., 1826; id., Swainson, Aves, 1837. Brachypterus, 



Kug., Col., 1794 ; id., Grav., Hymen., 1829 ; id.. Less., Aves, 1837 ; {B r achy pt era, 



Newp., Neur., 1851; id., Feld., Lep., 1874). Brontes, Fabr., Col., 1801; id., 



Montf., Moll., 1810; id., Goldf., Crust., 1839 ; id., Val., Pisces, 1840. 



Calandra, Clairv., Col., 1798; id., Less., Aves, 1837. Calodera, Mann., Col., 



1830 ; id., Gould, Aves, 1836. Cantharis, Linn., Col., 1735 ; id., Geoffr., ib., 



1764; id., Fer., Moll., 1821. Claviger, Preyssl, Coh, 1790; id., Hald., Moll., 



1842. Colymbetes,C\B.\r\. ,Co\.,\SOQ; ici.,Hiibn.,Moll.,1810. Cowipora, Blainv., 



Pol., 1834; td., Sharp, Cat. Brit. Col., 2nd edit., p. 27 (1883), {= Aspidiphorus, 

 Ziegl., 1821) ; {Coniporus, Thorns., Col., 1859). Aspidiphorus, sometimes written 



