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ClSID£. 



M. L. Dufour (Ann. Sou. Ent. Fr. viii. p. 549) has described and figured the larva 

 and pupa of Xylographus Bostrichoides (one of the Cisidee), the larva of which resides 

 in Boletus igniarius ; the terminal joint of the body is only slightly emarginate, but 

 the angles "durcissent en line pointe epineuse, quand la larve prelude a sa metamor- 

 phose," thus differing from the larva of Cis Boleti, Alni, <Scc. 



Lamellicornia. 



The second part of the ' Catalogue de la Collection Entomologique du Mus. d'Hist. 

 Nat. de Paris,' containing the continuation of the lamellicorn beetles, described by M. 

 Blanchard, has appeared. 



Von Heyden has communicated a note of the discovery of a number of specimens 

 of Propomacrus (Euchirus) bimucronatus, in a hollow oak near Constantinople, (Ent. 

 Zeit. Stettin, p. 243). 



A paper by myself on the South American genus Athyreus, with descriptions of 13 

 new species (all of which are figured), has appeared in the Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xx. pt. iii. 



The earthen balls formed by a new species of Heterogomphus inhabiting the Andes, 

 have been described, together with the insect itself, by M. Guerin-Meneville, in the 

 Rev. Zool. 1851, p. 160. 



The genus Dasysterna, Dej. Cat., allied to Elaphocera, Gene, and Artia, Ramb., 

 has received the addition of three new species, natives of Algeria, described by M. Lu- 

 cas, (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. viii. 515). 



A series of experiments on the relative weight of various specimens of Melolontha 

 vulgaris, of both sexes, has been made by Mr. W. W. Saunders, (Proc. Ent. Soc. 99). 



A note by Mr. Rich on the habits of a living specimen of Goliathus Cacicus, ap- 

 pears in our ' Proceedings,' p. 85. 



The parasitism of the larva of Cetonia aurata in ants' nests has been confirmed by 

 Mr. Weaver, (Proc. Ent. Soc. p. 106). 



The distinctive characters of Cetonia stictica and funesta, have been pointed out 

 by Cornelius, (Ent. Zeit. Stet. 1851, p. 22). 



The employment in Southern Russia of dried specimens of Cetonia aurata, redu- 

 ced to powder, as a remedy against madness arising from hydrophobia, has been re- 

 corded by M. Motschoulsky, (Rev. Zool. 1851, p. 60 ; Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. ix. p. xlv.) 



Melandryid^e. 



A paper by Braselmann, on the habits and transformations of Orchesiamicans, has 

 appeared in the ' Verhandlungen of the Prussian Rhenish Natural History Society.' 



B0STRICHID.SE. 



The habits and transformations of Apate capucina, Fabr., A. 6-dentata, Oliv., A. 

 sinuata, Fabr., and A. Dufourii, Latr., have been described and figured by M. Perris 

 (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. viii. 555), followed by some observations on the affinities of these 

 insects, and the necessity of breaking up the Latreillian group of Xylophaga, and pla- 

 cing Apate near Anobium, a position it has long held in the English lists. See also 

 my article on the first-named species in Gavd. Chron., referred to above in p. 144. 



A note by Kollar on the injuries committed by Apate bispinosa, Oliv., on vine- 

 stocks in Austria, has been published in the ' Proceedings of the Royal Society of 

 Sciences of Vienna.' 



