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the country might expect sometimes to meet with many 

 individuals of this species together. 



T have now described the following species of the genus 

 Cimbex in the pages of this journal:* — C. connata, Schr. 

 (vol. vii. p. 59, pi. 1 and 2) ; C. axillaris, Panz. (vol. v. p. 49, 

 pi. 1) ; C. Lucorura, L. ; C. Vitellinae, L. (C. lateralis, Leach, 

 vol. vi. p. 65, pi. 4) ; C. Betuleti, Hart, (called by Zaddach, 

 C. Cralaegi, vol. ii. p. 63, pi. 3) ; C. Araerinae, L. (vol. iii. 

 p. 104, pi. 8) ; and, of the very nearly-ailed genus Abia, the 

 species A. aenea, Kl. (A. nigricornis of Leach, vol. i. p. 144, 

 pi. 5). There thus remain for me to describe Cimbex 

 Saliceti, Zadd., observed by Lyonet and Voet in the Nether- 

 lands ; Cimbex Sorbi, Hart., if the species, as I suspect, 

 occurs in this country; together with Abia fasciata, L., and 

 Abia sericea, L., of both of which the images have been 

 observed here. 



Tlie Classification of the Rhynchophorous Coleoptera. 

 By John L, Leconte, M.D. 



(Continued from vol. vii. p. 285.) 

 Series 2. Allogastea. 



Abdomen dissimilar in the two sexes ; dorsal segments, 

 1st to 6th, coriaceous or membranous, 7th large, corneous, 

 undivided in the female, divided into two in the male ; 

 ventral segments prolonged upwards, forming a sharp edge, 

 fitting into a corresponding groove on the inner face of the 

 elytra, which are without epipleuraj. The beak and oral 

 organs vary greatly in form, as do also the antennae, the 

 tarsi, the ungues, and the position of the coxae ; the 1st and 

 2nd ventral segments are most frequently connate, and the 

 3rd is always shorter than the 2nd ; the 5th is longer than 

 the 4th. The following families seem to be indicated by the 

 material I have examined : — 



A. Antennae with a solid anuulated club, 

 a. Tarsi narrow. 



Gular margin very prominent ; men- 

 tum retracted. 

 Presternum not excavated. - Amtcterid^. 



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