246 Address of John L. LeConte. 
Nyctoporis, a California genus, established many years before, 
and in fact barely specifically distinct from NN. galeata. ‘I'wo 
other examples are Othnius and Eupleurida, United States 
Toposcopus, are represented by scarcely different forms in 
Australia. All these belong to the second series (/eteromera), 
and the number of examples might be greatly increased with 
less labor on my part than patience on yours. 
A single example from the Rhynocophora, and I will pass to 
another subject. 
On the sea-coast of California, extending to Alaska, is a very 
anomalous insect whose affinities are difficult to discern, called 
Emphyastes fucicola, from its occurrence under the sea-wee 
east up by the waves. It is represented in Australia by several 
species of a nearly allied genus Aphela, found in similar situa- 
there are from 80,000 to 100.000 in collections. Under these 
circumstances it is quite impossible for one person to command 
either the time or the material to master the whole subject, 
and, from the laudable zeal of collectors to make known 
The two closely allied genera of Rhynchophora mentioned 
above are separated by no less than 168 pages. It is, there- 
fore, plain that, before much progress can be made in the line 
apparent that descriptions of heterogeneous material are rather 
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