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parum carinato, elytris parum convexis, fere rotundatis, medio 

 nigris areolatis ; lateribus late luteo-fulvis, intus irregularibus, 

 maculis 5 vel 6 rotundatis nigris in utroque, margineque tenui 

 nigro. Long. corp. lin. 10. Habitat Mexico. Mus. Melly. 

 Obs. Hsec duo insecta sese mutuo singulariter repr8esentant. 



9. T^NODEMA, Laporte., Erichs. ; T. eiwc/a, W. Cseruleo-nigra, pro- 



noto 3-carinato, abdomine nigro segmentis 1 — 4 fascia lata in 

 margine postico rufa (in medio interrupta) segmentoque apicali 

 rufo, labro in medio fisso, scutello elongato-triangulari articulo- 

 que 4'°, tarsorum posticorum magno. Long. corp. lin. 10|. 

 Habitat Brasilia. Mus. Melly. 



10. AMPEDUs.Meg.; A.perpulcher,W . Fulvo-rufus, leviter punctatus, 



scutello et elytris la;te ca?ruleis tenuissime punctatis, tarsis an- 

 tennis (articulo basali fulvo excepto) abdomineque nigris tarso- 

 rum articulis 3"* basalibus subtus laminiferis, antennis articulis 

 2 et 3 minutis. Long. corp. lin. 10. Habitat Africa tropicali. 

 Mus. Melly. 



XXVI. — On the names Promecoderus, Cnemacanthiis and 

 Odontoscelis, as applied to certain genera of Carabideous 

 Insects. By G. R. Waterhouse, Esq., Curator to the 

 Zoological Society of London. 



To the Editors of the Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 



Gentlemen, 

 You will oblige me by inserting in the ^Annals' the follow- 

 ing observations upon some remarks contained in the ' Revue 

 Zoologique.^ In that periodical I am accused of adopting a 

 generic name given by one of my own countrymen in prefer- 

 ence to one p^'e^•iously given to the same group by a French 

 entomologist. It is stated that " M. Waterhouse, par un 

 esprit national que nous devons respecter, a adopte le nom de 

 Odontoscelis, Curtis, de preference a celui de Cnemacanthus, 

 Brulle, quoique ce dernier fut bien anterieur." 



This is the first time I have been accused of this esprit 

 national, which M. Reiche considers ne serait rien moins 

 que respectable^. These remarks I should not have noticed, 

 but the editor of the 'Revue' has inserted a kind of defence 

 of my proceedings, giving me an opening for escape on the 

 score of ignorance of certain facts, which facts however, 

 strange to say, were first pointed out by myself in the very 

 paper in which I am supposed to have committed myself. 



It would be supposed from what has been stated, that the 

 name Cnemacanthus originated with M. Brulle; it so happens 



* M. Reiche endeavours to exonerate me from tlie charge, for which I 

 owe him many thanks, though I do not consider he has succeeded in the 

 attempt. 



