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pacificus from Ceylon; P. Degeeri, P, Afzelii, P. Bohemani — all from 

 CafTraria. 2. " Description of a New Genus of Coleopterous Insects 

 inhabiting the interior of Ants' Nests in Brazil : " the insect is Gnostus 

 Formicicola, found by Mr. Bates. 3. " Descriptions of some New 

 Species of Lucanidae : " these are Colophon Westwoodii, G. R. Orai/, 

 C. Thunbergii supposed to come from CafFraria, Lucanus thibeticus 

 from Thibet, L. biplagiatus from Thibet, Odontolabris Evansii from 

 China, O. emarginatus, TV. IV. Saunders, Cladognathus piceipennis 

 from China, C. gracilis, W. W. Saunders, Sclerostomus hastatus from 

 Central South America, S. Neotragus from Brazil, S. ditomoides from 

 Brazil, S. costatus, Burmeister, from Brazil, S. femoralis, Guerin- 

 Meneville, Scorzinus raaculatus, King, Cacostomus squamosus from 

 New Holland, Sclerostomus caviceps from New Zealand, Lissotes 

 Menalcas from New Holland, L. cancroides, Olivier, from Van Die- 

 men's Land, L. subtuberculatus from New Holland, L. crenatus from 

 New Holland, L. obtusatus from Van Diemen's Land, L. reticulatus 

 from New Zealand, Dorcus luteus from New Holland, Figulus lilli- 

 putanus from Adelaide, and Dorcas pelorides from Moreton Bay. 

 The paper is accompanied by uncoloured figures of nineteen species 

 and numerous anatomical details. 



Mr. Baly's paper is a " Monograph of the Australian Species of 

 Chrysomela, Phyllocharis and Allied Genera." It contains the cha- 

 racters of five genera, two of which ai*e new, and twenty species, 

 eleven of which are new : the new genera are — Lamprolina, separated 

 from Phyllocharis of Dalman, and Eulina, allied to but never united 

 with the same genus: the new species are — Phyllocharis Leoparda 

 from Moreton Bay, P. cyanipennis from Port Essington, P. flexuosa 

 from Moreton Bay and Melbourne, Lamprolina grandis and L. simil- 

 lima — habitat unrecorded, and L, puncticollis from Richmond River, 

 Eulina Curtisii — habitat vmknown, Chalcolampra pustulata from Mel- 

 bourne, C. thoracica from Adelaide, C. chalybeata from Van Diemen's 

 Land, and C. simillima from Swan River. The paper is accompanied 

 by coloured representations of nine of the species. 



Mr. Janson's paper has this title — " Observations on the Species of 

 Elateridae described by Mr. Curtis in the First Part of the Third 

 Volume of the New Series of the Transactions of the Entomological 

 Society of London." This paper is, as its title implies, of a critical 

 character: it points out that the Ectinus ? gagates of Curtis is the 

 Ampedus lugcns of Rcdtcnbacher ; Elater nigrinus of Curtis is Am- 

 pedus nigrinus of all Continental authors; Aplotarsus maritimus of 

 Curtis is not an Aplotarsus at all, but probably referrible to the genus 



