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FERRIS (E.) 



Annales de la Societe Eiitoinolof,'iqii-- de France, 1852, p. 587. 



Md-moires de lu Societe Koyiilc- des Sciences de Liege, t. x.p. 270, &c. (1855). 



Li tbe former of these publiciuions M. Perris describes iu an exlinustive manner the 



various stages of "/t/iii/'c/'io /;ic<;m4- i /<;k»i>h'/«'.<, Gyll.), and in the latter those of Aitlnolips 



pici-iu. 



These uriginal observations of a naturalist so well known and so distinguished as 

 M. Perris form an invaluable record of the life-history of the ' 'o)i/lo/Jiiil<r : and, since it has 

 never been in my power to mal;e any similar inve.sii<;alions, I have availed myself of the 

 re.searche.s of M. Perris, and in their pioi]er plaee have transcribed at great length his 

 descriptions, and have carefully copied his figures of the larva and pupa of both species. 

 From the strong resemblance which these two extreme forms bear to each other, it may 

 well be concluded that the intervening genera would not differ much from their type. 



PHILIPPI (R. A., iuul F.) 

 Stettin. Eut. Zeitung, IBGi, p. 404. 



Clypeaster variegatus. — " L. c. li lin. Ovatus, pubescens ; prothorace sordide 

 cameo, punctis maculisque fuscis plus minusve picto ; elytris sordide carneis, maculis 

 punctis(jue fuscis et nigris marmoratis ; corpore subtus. pedibiisque rufi> fuscis. Hab. 

 Valdivia." 



I have copied Dr. Philippi's description verbatim, because it is not sufficiently definite 

 to justify any positive conclusion ; but I am much inclined to believe that probably both 

 Sttciiim Oberthiiri, Keitter, and .*>. hunt u in, Matthews, will prove to be identical with 

 ^'. vaiicyatuni , Philippi, although the fact can be ascertained only by comparison with the 

 type-specimens in the collection of Dr. Philippi. 



In extensive genera, like Saciiim or Tiiclm/iteiiix, it must inevitably happen that many 

 species of science will prove to be merely local forms of more comprehensive species of 

 nature. But it is far preferable to consider as distinct species those forms which exhibit 

 distinctive specific characters, such as shape of outline, sculpture, convexity, &c., than to 

 amalgamate indiscriminately diverse forms under one specific name, which would thereby 

 lose its identity, or to have recourse to the objectionable habit of creating subspecies or 

 subgenera. 



REDTENBACHER (L.) 

 Fauna Austriaca, ed. ii. p. 299 (iSoS); ed. iii. p. 327. 

 Orthoperus corticalis. — The only copy of the Faun. Aust. to which 1 have had 

 access was one of ed. iii. ; but the short description of .1. cortiailis given on p. 327 agrees 

 perfectly with types of that species in the collections of Herr Keitter and other continental 

 entomologists. On p. 543 of the s.ame edition Herr Redtenbacher appears to consider that 

 his genus Oiypkinus is identical with Seiicodenix. 



REY (C.) 

 L'llchange, Revue Liuueen (Lyon), No. 50, February 15tli, 1889. 



In this periodical M. Key has published some critical notes on various species of 

 Coryla/ihida:. Of many of these notes I am unable to form any trustworthy opinion, and in 

 all such cases must be content to transcribe his observations, confining my own remarks to 

 those species with which I possess a more perfect acquaintance. 



Sacium Rhenanum, Reitter. — "This species corresponds with Clypeaster nanus, 

 JIulsant anil Itey. The latter is distinguished by the obsolete punctation of the elytra, and 

 an oblong sutnral impression situated behind the middle." 



Clypeaster lividus, Dejean. — " This is a testaceous variety of C. hrunneus, Brisout." 



