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avoid collision with Trachynotus Latr. (Eegne Anim. 

 V. 14, Tenebrionicla3), both names being of the same date, 

 1829; p. 63. Colhjria Schiodte is preferred to i^«cA?/??zey?a^ 

 Gr., the latter being preoccupied in Hemiptera ; p. 84. 

 Accenitus is Latreille's own spelling, corrupted by Graven- 

 horst to Acoenites, whom subsequent writers have followed ; 

 p. 85. Ephialtes imperator and rex Kriechb. divide be- 

 tween them E. manifestator of the older writers. As it is 

 impossible now to give the name manifestator Avith cer- 

 tainty to either of the above species without introducing 

 a fresh element of confusion, Kriechbaumer's names have 

 been suffered to pass, though his method of discarding so 

 well known a name as the Linna?an manifestator cannot 

 be approved; p. 91. Lissonota Gr. (1829) too nearly 

 resembles Lissonotus Dalm. in Schonh. Synon. Ins. iii. 

 App. (1817), a genus of Longicornia, but as they are not 

 quite identical, the compiler did not think himself at 

 liberty to force in a fresh name ; p. 94. Phytodietus Gr. 

 is corrected to Phytodicetus ; p. 100. Royas Nees, to 

 Rhoyas ; and p. 103. Rliitiyastcr Wesm. to Rhytidoy aster, 

 in accordance with the rules of Greek. This is the place 

 to observe that in the Braconidas many changes are pro- 

 posed by Forster in his synopsis of the group (Verb. pr. 

 Rheinl., 1862), some being in their turn liable to fresh 

 objections. He discards Microdus Nees on the ground of 

 its being only a collateral form of Microdon, a genus of 

 Fishes, and substitutes for it Eumicrodus and Diatmetus. 

 In the Catalogue, p. 108, the older names Earinus and 

 Theropliilus Wesm. are restored. Hyhrizon, p. 109, 

 sufficiently indicated by Fallen, takes precedence of the 

 ill-spelt Paxylomma of the Enc. Meth. ; and Aspidoyonus, 

 p. 120, is corrected for Aspiyojius. Some incorrectly 

 formed compounds {Phcsnolyfa, Phcenocarpa, and Pliceno- 

 Icxis ) have been left, as the radical fault of their structure 

 admits of no simple remedy. The occasional slight changes 

 of specific names are either necessitated by the gender of 

 the generic appellation, or they are such plain cases as 

 pallidipes for the abortive pallipes, Bassus' athaliiperdus 

 for athaliceperda, and so forth. The compiler thinks him- 

 self well rid of this trifling part of the subject ; but as a 

 Catalogue in Natural History is a thing made up of, or at 

 least wholly dressed in, such shreds and patches, it seems 

 requisite to state to Avhat extent trimming and paring have 

 been resorted to, in order to produce neatness and uni- 



