On neiD West-Indian Lomjicorn Coleoptera. 23 



that Fcwkcs meant to cxjn'css liis belief in Liul\vig':3 liomolo«-y 

 between the adimhulncrals of a StaiH^ii and the anihulncrals 

 ot' the 8ea-iux'hin. Jiut if this be the ease the only phites in 

 the Urchin to which tlie name adanibuhicrals can piopcrly be 

 applied are those generally known as ambulacrals. Why, 

 then, docs Fewkes repeatedly use it for the interainbulacrals? 

 lie im])lies that other authors have done so before him, but 

 gives no references ; and, so far as I can make out, there are 

 none to be found. 



Tiiis is not the first occasion on which I liave had to 

 comment on the looseness of Fewkes's Echinoderm termin- 

 ology and tlie confusion resulting therefrom. It is much to 

 be regretted that when he took up a branch of zoology diffe- 

 rent from that in which he has gained a well-merited reputa- 

 tion he did not make himself better acquainted with its 

 nomenclature, and thus enable his readers properly to appre- 

 ciate the value of his observations and of the conclusions 

 whicii he has drawn from them *. As it is, however, one is 

 constantly perplexed by his vague and inaccurate use of 

 terms which were clearly defined by Miiller and have since 

 had a very definite meaning for nearly all students of Ecliino- 

 derms. 



II. — Notes on some West-Indian Longicorn Coleoptera, 

 with Descriptions of new Genera and Species. By C. J. 

 Gaiian, M.A. 



These notes chiefly refer to genera and species of Lacordaire's 

 group Solenopteriuffi, and may, to some extent, be regarded 

 as a revision of that group. Outside of the Solenopterinse 

 the following genera and species are referred to or described : — 



Stenodontes Chevrolati, sp. u. ElapLidion mutatuin, sp. n. 



damicoruis, Linn. tomentosum, Chevr. 



exsertus, Oliv. Ilormathus, g-. n. (Ibidioniniie). 



capra, Dej. cinctellus, sp. n. 



Ia3vi^atus, Bemiv. Phiyueta verrucosa, Drunj = P. 



Mallodoa bituberculatura, Tieauv. melanoptera, Thorns. 



Stenodontes Chevrolati^ sp. n. 

 S. damicorni verisimilis, sed differt capite subtus valdo rugoso-puuc- 

 tato ; elytria nitidis, vix puuctulatis. 



Ilab. Cuba. 



* Compare Ilerouard, loc. clt. 



