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Difficulty of making a natural classification; geographical distribution 

 and the modification of typical forms in accordance therewith; notice of 

 Ed. Janson's collection, upon which this work is based; nomenclature resp. 

 priority and orthograi:)hy ; variations within specific limits. Proposes the 

 generic name Acrocryptus in place of Cryptotarsus [Philippi, 1873] pre- 

 occupied; describes " 158 " (Adeloccra coeca and A. acbpersa from Guate- 

 mala, DUobitnrsiis inopiniin, Chalcolepid'ms Jansoni and Semiotus chontalenns 

 from Nicaragua, D. Eloini from Central America, C/?. Jekeli from ? C^- 

 tral America, Lacon calamilosns, L. Truquii, Ck. Boucardi from Mexico, 

 and Ch. aurulentus from Southern California zr: 11 N. A.) n. spp. and enu- 

 merates respectively 36, 14, 34 and N. A. spp. of Agrypnites, Alaites, 

 Chalcolepidiites and Oxynopterites. 



* 848. Aug. Chevrolat. Memoire sur les Cleonides. 

 8vo. pg. viii, 118. [Aug., 1874.] 



Acknowledgments; synonyms. Cleonidae distinguished from Lixidae ; 

 some characters and probable food-plants of Cleonidae. Describes 41 (Ex- 

 ochus, Plagiographus, Stephanophorus, Temnorbinus, Cossinoderus, Pycno- 

 dactylus, Cylindropterus, Trachydemus, Centrocleonus, Tetragonothorax, 

 Gonocleonus, Neocleonus, Apleurus, Pseudocleonus, Priorhinus, Cnemo- 

 dontus, Xanthochelus :^ 17 new) genera and 114 (3 N. A.) spp., of which 

 7 7 (Apleurus fnssuf! and y\. Boucardi from Mexico and A. quadriUnealus 

 from Texas = 3 N. A.) spp. are said to be new. Enumerates, in an ap- 

 pended catalogue, 306 ["305"] (4 N. A.) spp., distributed in 41 (1 N. A.) 

 genera, and 50 (5 N. A.) spp. of genera unknown. Recapitulates the 

 genera geographically. 



* 849. J. A. Lintner. Tlie New Carpet Bug Pest. The 

 [Albauy, N. Y.] Argus, vol. 1, No. 18,760, Oct. 21, 1876. 



Anthrenus scropTiulariae now first detected in the U. S. ; its ravages. 



The Bull. U. S. G-eol. and G-eogr. Surv. Terr., [see 

 Rec., Nos. 564-573], vol ii, from p. 279, contains nothing en- 

 tomological ; vol. iii contains Nos. 850 to 860. 



* 850. A. R. Grote. Notes on a Collection of Noctuid 

 Moths made in Colorado in 1875 by Dr. A. S. Packard, Jr. 

 p. 115-120. [April, 1877.] 



Geographical distribution and synonymy of the 11 N. A. species of On- 

 cocnemis ; describes 0. o5//ta n. sp. from Nevada. Enumerates about 15 

 species from Colorado; describes Zfaf/ewa diversilineata, Heliophila pergraci- 

 lis r= 2 n. spp. 



* 851. V. T. Chambers. The Tineina of Colorado, p. 

 121-142. [April, 1877.] 



" A compendium of all that has been published upon the subject to this 

 time" [see Rec, Nos. 341, 343, 441, 449]. Describes Anexychia dlscostrig- 

 ella, Nothris f bimaculella, Gelechia serratlpalpella, G. pedniontella, G. gbj- 



