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Pseudorgyia, Dyspyralis, Hypciia, 



Gahra (Eucalyptra) , Mclalectra (Homopyralis), 

 Par or a, Hypcnopsis, 



W. T. M. Forbes. 



Liophlceus tessulatus Miiller. — A specimen of this European in- 

 sect was received in December, 1917, from New Rochelle, accom- 

 panied by the statement that: "In winter it eats the roots (green- 

 houses) and in summer the leaves of Rhododendron and Taxus." 

 Only one specimen was obtained and the recorded food habits lead us 

 to suspect that most of the damage in this greenhouse may have been 

 caused by the somewhat similar appearing black vine weevil, Otio- 

 rhynchus sulcatiis Fabr., another European species which has been 

 received from several New York State localities. Fowler, in his 

 " Coleoptera of the British Islands," 5: 198, states that Liophloriis 

 occurs on hedges, young trees, nettles, etc., and may be obtained by 

 beating ivy which seems to be the special food plant. — E. P. Felt. 



Nemobius. — The name of the genus Ah^mobiits, Chapuis 1869 in 

 Scolytidse has been altered to Nomchius by Longinos Navas because 

 Nemobius was first used in Orthoptera (Serville, 1839). The altera- 

 tion appears in Boletin de la Soc. Aragonesa de ciencias nat., XIV, 

 1915, p. 34, and is liable to be overlooked. — John D. Sherman, Jr. 



Extract from Letter of Dr. David Sharp re Rhynchophonis pal- 

 marum. — Just now I am giving much attention to Calandridx. I see 

 that in your nice book you have been unable to give information 

 about Rhynchophonis palmarnm in North America. I can give in- 

 formation about this and will do so as it involves several points of 

 considerable importance. Upwards of fifty years ago, the late Edwin 

 Brown, G. R. Crotch and myself contributed to sending a young col- 

 lector, J. R. Hardy, to California to get beetles for our collections; 

 and it fell to me to arrange and name what we received. I could 

 only do this by sending a set to Dr. Leconte, which I did, giving him 

 permission to keep whatever he liked. Among them was a unique 

 specimen of a large black Rhynchophonis which he said was R. 

 palmarnm, but expressed the opinion to me that it was not N. Amer- 

 ican but had got into the lot by some error. 



