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Weevil-tribe, Rhynchophora (especially the genus Apion), which are phy- 

 taphagous. The one represented by fig. 14 in the peculiar character of 

 its puncta especially reminds us of the markings on some insects of the 

 subfemDy Entimides, to which the Diamond-Beetle belongs. 



Plate XV. 



Fig. 1. Finus Plutonis^ n. sp. : a, cone of a Pine with large scales, allied to 

 Pivms Saturni, Mass., op. cit. pi. 5. fig. 34 j J, a detached scale ; c, 

 a leaf, most probably of the same species. 



2. Finus. Section of a cone, probably identical with the preceding species 



(fig. 1). 



3. Coniferous wood, highly magnified : a, longitudinal section, hgneous 



tissue, showing the punctated character of a conifer ; h, portion of 

 the same, still more highly magnified ; c, transverse section of the 

 same wood, showing medullary rays and intermediate cellular tissue. 



4. Sequoia Du Noyeri^ n. s. : a, diverging branch with close- set linear- 



lanceolate leaves ; J, enlarged portion. Allied to Sequoia Stern- 

 hergiy Goepp., sp., in Heer's ' Flora Fossilis Arctica,' pi. 24. figs. 7-10. 



5. Cupressites MacSenrii, n. s. : a, portion of a small branch with im- 



bricated leaves ; J, enlarged portion. Allied to Cupressites pychno- 

 phylloides, Mass. ibid. pi. 5. figs. 17, 18, 19. 



All the figures are of the natural size, except where otherwise stated. 



