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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [April, 



Monocrepidius peninsularis. Compared by Candeze with ves- 

 periimis, and from the series in my cabinet, certainly a variety 

 of it. F'lorida. 



Heteroderes lantus. The species of Heteroderes were included 

 by LeConte in Monocrepidius. From the description lantus is 

 about the size of vespertimis, and of the color of sordidus. It is 

 of the type {^fide Cdz) of certain East Indian species, and I sus- 

 pect requires further confirmation as a member of our fauna. 

 Florida. 



Dr. Candeze, in passing, speaks of the revision of Drasterius 

 by LeConte in 1884 (posthumous), and says that the union of 

 several under the name elegans seems " rigoreuse." It is prob- 

 able that sufficient cause determined such action on LeConte' s 

 part. 



Melanotus peninszdaris . This is the species determined by 

 LeConte as clayidestinus Er. and distributed as such in all our col- 

 lections. Florida. 



Corymbites trunculeyittis . Black, thorax with ferruginous side 

 margin; elytra ferruginous brown. Allied to volitans and sagit- 

 ticollis. Long. 14 mm. California. 



Corymbites urostigma. Brown, elytra with apical testaceous 

 spot; third joint of antennae long. Long. 13 mm. California. 



Corymbites gracilis. yEneo-piceous, third joint of antennae 

 shorter than the fourth. This is, without doubt, C. monticola 

 Horn, from the same region, N. California and Oregon. 



C floridanus. Closely allied to divaricatus, and differing in 

 having the hind angles shorter and not divaricate. My examina- 

 tion of a specimen sent me led me to believe it merely a variety 

 of that species. Long. 9 mm. Florida. 



Asaphes Lecontei. This is a species which has long been in 

 our cabinets unnamed, as I have never been able to satisfy my- 

 self as to the proper genus. It is of piceous color, elytra yellow- 

 ish testaceous, the suture and border darker. , 



Sericus Behrensi. This is Sericosomus incongruus Lee, which 

 Candeze seems to have lost sight of The name is in his index 

 as Atradopterus incongruus^ but no mention of it occurs in the 

 volume. 



In addition to the above I desire to make known two interesting 

 items furnished me by correspondents : 



