AMENDMENTS OF NOMENCLATURE. 



The following alterations of generic and specific names have become neces- 

 sary : 



No. 291, Platysoma cognatum, Sharp, is the Australian P. bakewelli, Mar- 

 seul. 



No. 298, Saprinus pedator, Sharp, belongs to the genus Pachylopus. 



No. 1162, Saprinus lepidulus, Broun, is a Pachylopus. No. 1163, Saprinus 

 latipes, Broun, must stand, as the <S. latipes, Bon., 1872, is a Dendrophilus. 



Mr. G. Lewis was kind enough, unasked, to send the above information on 

 the HisteridcB. 



No. 482, Buprestis enysi, Sharp, is, according to Mr. C. O. Waterhouse, a 

 Nascio. 



No. 492, Thoramus obscurus, Sharp, is the same as T. wakefieldi. 



No. 541, Geranus crassus, Sharp, is the female of G. lineicollis, White. 



No. 136, Hydroporus wakefieldi, Sharp, and No. 137, Hydroporus duplex, 

 Sharp, belong to the genus Antiporus. 



ERRATA AND AUTHOR'S AMENDMENTS. 



PAGE. 



977. Line 14 from bottom" Castlenau's is " should read " Castelnau's description is." 



981. D. ovipenne, 7th line Before " the thorax " read " base of." 



985. Line 4 from bottom After " deeply " read " grooved." 



987. Line 16 For " freely " read " feebly." 



988. Line 5 from foot For " no general swelling " read " no genal swelling." 



989. Line 9 from foot For " nitideis " read " nitidis." 

 992. The number 1872, P. ovatellus, should be " 82." 



999. P. insidiosus, line 3 from end of description For " fine setse " read " five setae." 



1003. At end of Nos. 1797 and 1798 insert habitat" Mount Arthur. Cheeseinau." 



1005. At end of No. 1801 insert, " Length, 2| lines ; breadth, 1 lines. Mount Arthur. 



Cheeseman." 



1006. Line 14 For " basal organs " read " basal angles." 

 1025. Line 5 from foot For " apex " read " base." 



1045. Line 5 from foot For " between " read " towards." 



1100. Line 2 For " unctate " read " punctate." 



1111. No. 1969, line 2 from end For " set " read " sex." 



1112. No. 1993, line 3 For " angustate " read " angustato." 



1157. Line 15 For " convexly transverse " read "transversely convex." 



1175. Cecyropa, line 1 After " Rostrum breve," insert " crassuni." 



1179. Line 9 For " variegatis " read " variegatus." 



1204. Line 9 from bottom For " hind margin " read " front margin." 



1232. Line 8 For " generally " read " gradually." 



1246. No. 2194, line 20 For " groove " read " grooves." 



1256. Line 10 For " pubescent " read " rufescent." 



1262. Line 2 For " brands " read " bands." 



1308. Line 10 For " Palpi articulo " read " Palpi maxillares articulo." 



1324. Line 4 For " setigerous seta " read " setigerous puncture." 



iaS5. No. 2342, line 7 For " point " read " front." 



1337. No. 2391, line 5 For " intersection " read " insertion." 



1369. Line 1 For " point " read " front." 



1393. Vericobius, line 2 For " within " read " with a." 



