8 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
the country might expect sometimes to meet with many 
individuals of this species together. 
I have now described the following species of the genus 
Cimbex in the pages of this journal :*—C. connata, Schr. 
(vol. vil. p. 59, pl. 1 and 2); C. axillaris, Panz. (vol. v. p. 49, 
pl. 1); C. Lucorum, £.; C. Vitelline, Z. (C. lateralis, Leach, 
vol. vi. p. 65, pl. 4); C. Betuleti, Hart. (called by Zaddach, 
C. Crategi, vol. ii. p. 63, pl. 8); C. Amerine, Z. (vol. iii. 
p- 104, pl. 8); and, of the very nearly-alled genus Abia, the 
species A. zenea, K/. (A. nigricornis of Leach, vol. i. p. 144, 
pl. 5). There thus remain for me to describe Cimbex 
Saliceti, Zadd., observed by Lyonet and Voet in the Nether- 
lands; Cimbex Sorbi, Hart., if the species, as I suspect, 
occurs in this country; together with Abia fasciata, Z., and 
Abia sericea, Z., of both of which the imagos have been 
observed here. 
The Classification of the Rhynchophorous Coleoptera. 
By Joun L. Leconte, M.D. 
(Continued from vol. vii. p. 285.) 
Series 2, ALLOGASTRA. 
Abdomen dissimilar in the two sexes; dorsal segments, 
Ist to 6th, coriaceous or membranous, 7th large, corneous, 
undivided in the female, divided into two in the male; 
ventral segments prolonged upwards, forming a sharp edge, 
fitting into a corresponding groove on the inner face of the 
elytra, which are without epipleure. The beak and oral 
organs vary greatly in form, as do also the antenne, the 
tarsi, the ungues, and the position of the coxe; the Ist and 
2nd ventral segments are most frequently connate, and the 
3rd is always shorter than the 2nd; the Sth is longer than 
the 4th. The following families seem to be indicated by the 
material [ have examined :— 
A. Antenne with a solid annulated club. 
a. Tarsi narrow. 
Gular margin very prominent; men- 
tum retracted. 
Prosternum not excavated. - AMYCTERID&. 
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