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  CucujiD^ 
  AND 
  ALLTEn 
  Families. 
  — 
  A 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  families 
  Cucujida;, 
  Brontida?, 
  

   Tiictenotoniidfe, 
  and 
  Passandridae, 
  with 
  notices 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  Bvitish-Museuni 
  

   collection, 
  and 
  descriptions 
  of 
  new 
  species, 
  has 
  been 
  published 
  by 
  the 
  Trustees 
  of 
  that 
  

   establishment. 
  In 
  the 
  Preface, 
  dated 
  November 
  30, 
  1851, 
  it 
  is 
  slated 
  that 
  this 
  list 
  has 
  

   been 
  prepared 
  and 
  the 
  descriptions 
  made 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Frederick 
  Smith.* 
  

  

  Paussid^e. 
  — 
  Descriptions 
  by 
  myself 
  of 
  six 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Paussidse, 
  together 
  with 
  ! 
  

   a 
  synopsis 
  of 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  species, 
  now 
  amounting 
  to 
  85 
  in 
  number, 
  have 
  been 
  pub- 
  

   lished 
  in 
  the 
  Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  n. 
  s. 
  ii. 
  84. 
  

  

  A 
  note 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Thwaites, 
  confirming 
  the 
  crepitating 
  powers 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  

   family 
  in 
  Ceylon, 
  as 
  observed 
  in 
  Cerapterus 
  Westermanni, 
  is 
  published 
  in 
  our 
  ' 
  Pro- 
  

   ceedings,' 
  July, 
  1852. 
  

  

  BosTRiCHinvE. 
  — 
  A 
  notice 
  of 
  the 
  attacks 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  species 
  of 
  Bostrichus 
  upon 
  a 
  

   Chinese 
  carved 
  vase 
  made 
  of 
  bamboo, 
  was 
  communicated 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  A. 
  Bowring 
  to 
  

   Mr. 
  Spence 
  (Proc. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Feb. 
  1852), 
  who 
  proposed 
  for 
  the 
  insect 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  B. 
  

   Bambusce. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Douglas 
  also 
  informed 
  us 
  that 
  the 
  same 
  insect 
  has 
  destroyed 
  a 
  case 
  of 
  fans 
  

   made 
  of 
  bamboo, 
  imported 
  from 
  China 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  years 
  since, 
  (Proc. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  July, 
  

   1852).t 
  

  

  PTiNiDiE. 
  — 
  M. 
  Guerin-Meneville 
  has 
  described 
  two 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Ca- 
  

   torama, 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  which 
  infests 
  preserved 
  tobacco. 
  These 
  are 
  C. 
  palmarum, 
  a 
  species 
  

   observed 
  at 
  St. 
  Domingo 
  by 
  M. 
  Salle 
  in 
  all 
  its 
  states, 
  and 
  the 
  other, 
  C. 
  Sallei, 
  found 
  

   by 
  the 
  same 
  traveller 
  in 
  the 
  pods 
  of 
  a 
  plant 
  allied 
  to 
  the 
  Caroubes, 
  (Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  

   France, 
  1851, 
  cxv.) 
  

  

  The 
  curious 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  Anobium 
  are 
  able 
  to 
  eat 
  materials 
  which 
  have 
  

   been 
  saturated 
  with 
  a 
  solution 
  of 
  corrosive 
  sublimate, 
  has 
  been 
  communicated 
  to 
  the 
  

   Entomological 
  Society 
  of 
  France 
  by 
  M. 
  Amyot, 
  (Annales, 
  1851, 
  cxv.) 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W. 
  W. 
  Saunders 
  has 
  communicated 
  to 
  the 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Lend, 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  

   some 
  fancy 
  articles 
  made 
  of 
  macaroni 
  by 
  Anobium 
  paniceura, 
  (Proceed. 
  Nov. 
  1851). 
  

  

  Mr. 
  S. 
  Stevens 
  has 
  reared 
  for 
  several 
  successive 
  seasons 
  Dryophila 
  Anobioides 
  from 
  

   a 
  broom-stump 
  ; 
  and 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  Smith 
  has 
  bred 
  Ochina 
  Plinoides 
  from 
  an 
  ivy-stump, 
  

   <Proc. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  March, 
  1852). 
  

  

  The 
  natural 
  history 
  of 
  Dorcatoma 
  rubens 
  is 
  given 
  by 
  Giraud, 
  in 
  the 
  Verhandl. 
  

   Zool. 
  Bot. 
  Ver. 
  Vienna, 
  Bd. 
  1. 
  

  

  Lampyrid^ 
  and 
  Telepiioiud^. 
  — 
  Dr. 
  Leconte's 
  "Synopsis 
  of 
  the 
  Larapyrides 
  [in- 
  

   cluding 
  the 
  Telephoridffi] 
  of 
  Temperate 
  North 
  America,'' 
  has 
  appeared 
  in 
  the 
  Proceed- 
  

   ings 
  of 
  the 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sciences 
  Philadelphia, 
  v. 
  331. 
  58 
  species 
  are 
  described 
  as 
  new. 
  

  

  * 
  In 
  the 
  Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  France, 
  January 
  20, 
  1852, 
  it 
  is 
  stated 
  that 
  "M. 
  Chevrolat 
  

   montre 
  le 
  Catalogue 
  des 
  Cucujus 
  et 
  genres 
  voisins 
  du 
  British 
  Museum, 
  Catalogue 
  

   qu'il 
  a 
  redige, 
  et 
  qui 
  vient 
  de 
  paraitre 
  a 
  Londres.'' 
  

  

  t 
  This 
  insect 
  is 
  very 
  closely 
  allied 
  to, 
  if 
  not 
  identical 
  with, 
  Bostrichus 
  minutus, 
  

   Fah. 
  Oliv., 
  v. 
  4, 
  Bostrich. 
  pi. 
  2, 
  f. 
  12. 
  

  

  