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  Major 
  D'Aumont 
  has 
  recorded 
  the 
  curious 
  fact 
  of 
  the 
  pupa 
  of 
  Lampyris 
  noctiluca 
  

   having 
  the 
  power 
  of 
  emitting 
  light 
  at 
  will, 
  (Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  France, 
  1851, 
  cii.) 
  

  

  A 
  new 
  genus 
  allied 
  to 
  Phengodes, 
  remarkable 
  for 
  its 
  very 
  short 
  elytra 
  and 
  elon- 
  

   gated 
  intermediate 
  and 
  posterior 
  tarsi, 
  has 
  been 
  described 
  by 
  M. 
  Spinola, 
  under 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  Boeoscelis 
  Osculati, 
  in 
  the 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  voyage 
  of 
  M. 
  Osculati 
  on 
  the 
  banks 
  

   of 
  the 
  rivers 
  Amazons 
  and 
  Napo, 
  (Guerin's 
  Rev. 
  Zool. 
  1861, 
  613). 
  

  

  An 
  excellent 
  monograph 
  of 
  the 
  Malthinides 
  by 
  Kiesenwetter, 
  appears 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Lin- 
  

   nsea 
  Entomologica,' 
  v. 
  7. 
  The 
  species 
  are 
  divided 
  into 
  the 
  following 
  genera 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1. 
  Lobetus, 
  n. 
  g., 
  torticornis. 
  Venezuela.* 
  

  

  2. 
  Lygerus, 
  n. 
  g., 
  latipennis, 
  Germar. 
  Georgia, 
  N. 
  America. 
  

  

  3. 
  Malthinus, 
  14 
  species, 
  including 
  M. 
  fasciatus, 
  flaveolus, 
  biguttatus, 
  &c. 
  

  

  4. 
  Malthodes, 
  n. 
  g. 
  (with 
  simple 
  mandibles), 
  44 
  species. 
  M. 
  sanguinolentus, 
  L. 
  ; 
  

  

  flavo-guttatus 
  (minimus, 
  Steph. 
  F 
  nee 
  Linn.), 
  &c., 
  the 
  majority 
  being 
  new 
  

   species, 
  often 
  distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  remarkable 
  structure 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  organs 
  

   of 
  generation. 
  

  

  BupRESTiDfi. 
  — 
  An 
  article 
  on 
  the 
  metamorphoses 
  of 
  several 
  species 
  of 
  Agrilus, 
  has 
  

   been 
  published 
  by 
  M. 
  Perris, 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Transactions 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  of 
  Lyons.' 
  

  

  Clerid^. 
  — 
  M. 
  Lucas 
  has 
  communicated 
  to 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Society 
  of 
  France, 
  

   the 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  larva 
  ofThanasimus 
  lormicarius, 
  found 
  under 
  the 
  bark 
  of 
  Pinus 
  

   sylveslris, 
  attacked 
  by 
  Dendroctonus 
  piniperda 
  and 
  Pissodes 
  notalus, 
  upon 
  the 
  larvae 
  

   of 
  which 
  it 
  feeds, 
  (Aunales, 
  1852, 
  v.) 
  

  

  Passalid^.— 
  A 
  catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  Passalidae, 
  with 
  indications 
  of 
  those 
  

   contained 
  in 
  the 
  British-Museum 
  collection, 
  and 
  descriptions 
  of 
  several 
  new 
  species, 
  

   with 
  figures, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  Smith, 
  has 
  been 
  published 
  by 
  the 
  Trustees 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Mu- 
  

   seum, 
  (1852). 
  f 
  

  

  Lamellicobnia. 
  — 
  Two 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Dynastidse 
  have 
  been 
  described 
  by 
  M. 
  

   Reiche, 
  (Guer. 
  Rev. 
  Zool. 
  1852, 
  p. 
  21). 
  

  

  A 
  number 
  of 
  species 
  of 
  Lamellicorn 
  beetles 
  possessing 
  exserted 
  mandibles 
  and 
  la 
  ■• 
  

   brum 
  and 
  10-jointed 
  antennae 
  (fam. 
  Geotrupidas 
  and 
  Trogids), 
  are 
  described 
  by 
  myself 
  

   (Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Lond. 
  n. 
  s. 
  ii. 
  59). 
  

  

  A 
  memoir 
  by 
  an 
  anonymous 
  writer 
  on 
  the 
  speeds 
  of 
  Geotrupes 
  allied 
  to 
  G. 
  sterco- 
  

   rarius, 
  appears 
  in 
  the 
  Ent. 
  Zeit. 
  Stettin 
  for 
  September, 
  1852. 
  

  

  * 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  insect 
  known 
  in 
  the 
  French 
  cabinets 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Streptotoma 
  

   Sallei, 
  Gu^r. 
  

  

  1 
  1 
  take 
  this 
  opportunity 
  of 
  mentioning 
  that 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  P. 
  Goryi 
  (sp. 
  75) 
  

   was 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  Mr. 
  Melly, 
  being 
  as 
  I 
  believe 
  the 
  only 
  entomological 
  article 
  which 
  he 
  

   published. 
  This 
  escaped 
  my 
  memory 
  in 
  drawing 
  up 
  my 
  last 
  year's 
  Report. 
  I 
  must 
  

   also 
  mention 
  that 
  sp. 
  78, 
  P. 
  bihastatus, 
  was 
  published 
  by 
  Percherou 
  under 
  that 
  name 
  

   in 
  1844, 
  not 
  1834, 
  but 
  that 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  described 
  by 
  myself, 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Annals 
  of 
  Natu- 
  

   ral 
  History' 
  for 
  1841, 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  P. 
  fronticornis, 
  which 
  has 
  of 
  course 
  a 
  priority 
  

   of 
  several 
  years. 
  

  

  