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the original name takes priority in Aves or Coleoptera. Metwcus, Dej. Cat. Col., 



1833 ; id., Gerst., ib., 1855 ; td.,Kr6y., Crust., 1839. This genus was not described 

 in Coleoptera till 1855, the earlier being a mere catalogue name ; it is thus pre- 

 occupied in Orustacea ; if llefcBcus be retained as generically distinct from Rhipidi- 



phoncs, a new name is required. Microglossa (^Microglotta) , Eraatz, Col., 1862 



{nee Microglossa, Fauvel, 1866, ^= Nanoglossa, Fauvel, 1867) ; id.. Sharp, Cat. Brit. 

 Col., 2nd edit., p. 7 (1883) ; {Microglossum, Geoffr., Aves, 1809 ; Microglossus, 

 Wagl., ib., 18 — ). To avoid confusion, it seems to me preferable to adopt Kraatz's 

 original name, as is done in the Munich Catalogue ; Microglossa, Fauvel (= Nano- 

 glossa, Fauvel), was founded upon two Chilian species.— — Mniophila, Steph., Col., 



1831 ; id., Boisd., Lep., 1840. Mononychus, Germ., Col., 1824 ; id., Guer., Hem., 



1843. 3Iysia, Brown, Moll., 1827 ; id., Gray, Moll., 1840 ; id., Muls., Col., 1846. 



This name cannot possibly be retained in Coleoptera ; if Mysia is to be treated as 

 generically distinct from Coccinella, a new name is required ; it has as yet no 

 synonym in Coleoptera. 



Nitidula, Fabr., Col., 1775; id., Jerd., Blyth, Aves, 1861. Notiophilus, 



Dum., Col., 1806 ; id., Schonh., ib., 1836. 



Ocalea, Er., Col., 1837; id., Desv., Dipt., 1863. OcUhehius,'Lea.c\\, Co\., 



1817 ; id., Montr., Hem., 1864. Octotemnus, MelL, Col., 1847 ; {Octotemna, 



Blanch., ib., 1850). Ocyptis, Kirby, Col., 1819; tU, Montr., Hem., 1861. 



Odontaiis, Meg., in Dej. Cat. Col., 1821 ; lU, Klug, ii., 1843 ; {Odonteus, Ag&ss., 

 Pisces, 1839). This genus was not described in Coleoptera till 1843, a new name, it 



seems to me, is required for it. Orchestes, 111., Col., 1807 ; id., Tschudi, Eept., 



1838. 



Pachyta, Meg., in Dej. Cat. Col., 1821 ; id., Serv., ib., 1835; id., Menke, Moll., 

 1830. This genus was not described in Coleoptera till 1835, the name being then 

 already pre-occupied in Mollusca; Argaleus, Lee. (1850), or Brachyta, Fairm. 



(Gen. Col. Eui-.), 1868, might, perhaps, be adopted. Felobius, Schonh., Col. 1808; 



id., Fitz., Kept., 1843; id., Greef, Prot., 1870. PelopMla, Dej., Col., 1826 ; id., 



Dum., Eept., 1853 ; {Pelophilus, Tschudi, Rept., 1838). Phlceoblum, Dej. Cat. 



Col., 1833; id., Erichs., ib., 1840; {Phlceobius, Steph., ib.. Cure, 1831 ; Phloeobia, 



Montr., Hem., 1864). Phyllobius, Schonh., Col., 1824; id., Fitz., Kept., 1843. 



Platypus, Herbst, Col., 1793; id., Shaw, Mamm., 1799; id., Brehm, Aves, 



1831. Platyrhinus, Clairv., Col., 1798 ; id., Sauss., Mamm., 1860. Platystethus, 



Mann., Col., 1830; {Platysthetus, Er., ib., 1840 ; id., Giinther, Pisces, 1860). The 



name should stand as written by Mannerheim. Platytarsus, Schonh., Col., Cure, 



1840 ; id., Fairm., ib., Carab., 1850. Polydrusus, Germ., Col., 1817 ; {Polydrosus, 



Schonh., ib., 1826). This name should stand as Polydrusus in Coleoptera. 



Mhinosimus, Latr., Col., 1802 ; id., Dum., Rept., 1853. EMzobius {Rhyzo- 



hius). Staph., Col., 1832 ; id., Burm., Hem., 1835 ; {Rhizobia, Dej. Cat. Col., 1833). 

 This name if written as originally adopted by Stephens, Rhyzobiiis, would be less 

 likely to clash with that of Burmeister. 



Scymnus, Kug., Col., 1794 ; id., Cuv., Pisces, 1817. Soronia, Er., Col., 1843 ; 



td., Moore, Lep., 1877. Symbiotes, Gerl., Arachn., 1857; id., Redt., Col., 1858 



(= Clemmus, Hampc, 1850 ; = Michochondrus, WoU., 1854). This name having 

 priority in Arachnida, Clemmus (Stctt. ent. Zeit., 1850, p. 353), not Clemnus, as- 

 given in the Munich Catalogue, could be adopted. 



