56 Mr. G. C. Champion's notes on 



TJhler), is incorrectly referred to the Tingitidse : it belongs 

 to the Aradidae. The name Alyattes being preoccupied, 

 Dr. Bergroth [Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxxvi, p. 59 

 (1886)] has substituted Phyllocraspedum for it ; Walker's 

 name, published in 1873, must however be retained.* His 

 species will stand as Phyllotingis eximia, Haglund's name 

 having five years' priority. Two others are now known. 



SoLENOSTOMA, Signoret. 



Coleopferodes, Philippi, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxv, p. 306 

 (1864). 



This genus includes a single species, S. liliputianum, 

 Sign. (= Goleopterodes fuscescens, Philippi), from Chili. 

 There are two specimens of it in the Oxford Museum. 



DoLiCHOCYSTA, gen. n. 



Kostrum extending to the meso-metasternal suture. Rostral groove 

 uninterrupted, narrow and parallel on the pro- and mesosternum, 

 ■closed in front, the buccal laminae long and very prominent. Intercoxal 

 portion of the metasternum broad and transverse. Antennae slender, 

 widely separated at the base. Head without spines, the eyes small. 

 Pronotum tricarinate, with broad, rounded, closely reticulated mem- 

 hranoua margins, and a long decurved, anteriorly prominent hood, 

 the triangular posterior portion largely developed, acute at the tip. 

 Elytra short, broad oval, a little longer than the abdomen ; dis- 

 coidal area large, occupying more than two-thirds of the length of 

 the elytra, raised externally, and surrounded by prominent nervures, 

 the outer (median) nervure subfoliaceous ; subcostal area about as 

 wide as the costal ; costal area of uniform width from the base to 

 near the apex, biseriate almost to the tip. Orifice not visible. Legs 

 very slender. 



This genus bears a general resemblance to Acalypta, 

 Westw. ( = Orthostira, Fieb.) ; but differs from it in the 

 very prominent buccal laminae, which close the rostral 

 groove in front, the long, anteriorly prominent, decurved 

 pronotal hood, &c. It is perhaps best placed near Corythaica, 

 Stal. The specimens described may perhaps belong to 

 a brachypterous form; they are from the northern part of 

 Lower California. 



* The antennse are incorrectly described by Walker, the type 

 having a very elongate basal joint 



