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Germar and Chevrolat differ from the males of this insect in ha- 
ving the basal joints of the antennz rufous ; the club of a very 
different form, being narrower, considerably longer, and densely 
clothed with erect rigid hairs ; the thorax very finely punctured ; 
the elytra glossy, deeply sulcate, the sulci famtly punctured, and 
the interstices convex and finely coriaceous: although I have ex- 
amined many collections of this family of insects, I have never 
seen a British example of Magd. barbicornis. 
Occasionally found upon the black-thorn (Prunus spinosa) in 
hedges in July. 
5. M. Pruni, Linn., Mus. Linn., Marsh., Gyll., Germ., Curt., 
Schonh. 
Curc. ruficorne, Linn., Mus. Linn. 
Rhinodes Pruni, Steph. 
Cure. Pruni, Mus. Kirb. 
Mr. Stephens has separated this and the preceding species from 
Magdalis under the name of Rhinodes, but they are closely linked 
in general habit and in affinity to M. carbonaria and M. aterrima, 
especially in the sexual disparities in the form of the rostrum ; 
and as no other writer that I am aware of, excepting Mr. West- 
wood in his ‘ Generic Synopsis,’ has concurred in this subdivision, 
I have no hesitation in following those authors who have retained 
them in the genus Magdalis. 
I have always found this insect (but not plentifully) upon the 
same plant as the foregoing in July. 
The following observations on genera, on which I have nothing 
further to remark, may be as well introduced here. 
Phloéobius griseus, Steph., is, according to Schéuherr, Arece- 
rus Coffee, Fab., a native of the East Indies, &e. 
Rhinobatus planus, Steph.: British specimens sent to Schén- 
herr were named Larinus Carline, Oliv. 
Lizus productus, Marsh., Steph., is, accordmg to the Linnzan 
museum, Livus paraplecticus of Linn. 
Bothynoderes, Schouh. olim, albidus, Fab.; now Cleonus, Schonh., 
albidus, Fab. . 
XXIV.—Descriptions of some apparently new species of Birds from 
Malacca. By T. C. Eyton, Esq., F.L.S. 
Tue collection of birds from which the followmg have been 
selected was brought to this country by Capt. Andrew Charlton 
of the East India Service, the discoverer of the tea-plant in As- 
sam, and collected by him on the Malay Peninsula. 
Astur barbatus. A. brunneus, gula alba linea atra longitudinali 
