and Species of Eumolpide. 381 
sion of any one of these from a mere nominis umbra to a sub- 
stantial reality will be a step in the right direction. 
The following list will show which of Dejean’s or Chevrolat’s 
genera have been described; an asterisk prefixed denotes that 
they are only described imperfectly. We have also prepared a 
catalogue of described species of the entire group of the Eumol- 
pide, which is far too long for insertion here; but, as it is ne- 
cessarily in a state of progressive improvement, its publication 
may well be delayed to a future occasion. In the following list, 
small capital letters indicate the name now adopted: references to 
the descriptions are added, as their insertion may be of some 
utility. 
*Coxaspis, Fab.—Laporte, Silb. Rev. i. 21. 
*Pleuraulaca, Chevr., now CoLaspoipEs.—Laporte, 7bid. 
. Nova, Chevr.—Blanchard, in Gay’s Hist. de Chile, t. v. p. 546. 
*Acis, Chevr., now CoLasposoma.— Laporte, Silb. Rev. 
Dia, Dej., now Cotasp1pEa.—Laporte, 2b¢d., and Redt. Fn. Austr. 
Fipia, Dej.—Baly, Journ. Ent. vol. ii. (1863) p. 153. 
*Metacuroma, Chevr.—Leconte, Proc. Acad. Philad. 1858, p. 85. 
*Typoruorvus, Chevr.—Erichs. Archiv, Consp. Fn. Peruv. (1847), 
p- 163. 
Bromivs, Chevr.—Redt. Fu. Austr.—Partly Apoxus, Kby. Fn. 
B. Am. p. 209, and Baly, Journ. Ent. ii. (1863) p. 149. 
Evumo.rvs, Kugelan.—Weber, Obs. Entom. p. 28. 
Platycorynus, Chevr., now Corynopes, Hope, Manual, pt. 3. 
p- 162, and Gerstacker in Peters’s Reise nach Mossambique, 
p. 335. 
Curysocuvs, Chevr.—Redt. Fn. Austr. 
Euryorr, Dalman, Ephem. Entom. p. 17. 
*Heteraspis, Chevr.—Leconte, Coleopt. of Kansas and East New 
Mexico, p. 23, in Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, 
vol. xi. 1860. 
*GiyPrTosce.is, Chevr.—Leconte, Proc. Acad. Philad. 1859, p. 81. 
Eubrachys, Dej., now Psrupocotaspis, Laporte, Silb. Rev. i. 23. 
Myocurovus, Chevr.—Blanchard, in Gay’s Hist. de Chile, t. v. 
p- 943. 
Pacunepuorus, Chevr.—Redt. Fn. Austr. 
Colaphus is omitted, as not belonging to the Eumolpide. 
Bromius will probably have to be retained (as only partly syno- 
nymous with Adoxus of Kirby and Baly) for the reception of 
B. hirtus, Fab., and its allies, which are excluded by Mr. Baly 
from the genus Adoxus. Bromius (one of the names of the god 
of wine) was adopted with special reference to the habits of B. 
vitis, Fab., which destroys the vines in Southern Europe. It 
would have been better therefore to have preserved the name 
Bromius than Kirby’s Adoxus. That writer proposed, it would 
seem, to discard Eumolpus altogether, inventing the two names 
