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Sp. 12. Ltevigatus. — This insect in the Banksian 

 cabinet is an immature specimen. I regard it as 

 an Upis of Fabricius. 



Sp. 14. Abbreviates. — This insect is compared 

 by Olivier with Ten. Atratus. From the descrip- 

 tion given by Fabricius I am inclined to consider 

 it as a female of a species of Toxicum. The loca- 

 lities mentioned by Olivier are East Indies and the 

 South of France ; if belonging to the former it is a 

 Toxicum, if to the latter, it is probably a Pandarus. 



Sp. 16. Cornutus. — I have thought proper to 

 constitute this insect the type of a distinct genus, 

 wjiich I have denominated Tauroceras, from Tavpos 

 and h-epas. The following brief characters will 

 separate it from Tenebrio or Upis. 



Tauroceras, Hope. 



Caput bicorne antennis moniliformibus. Thorax 

 marginibus crenatis, antice angulis prominentibus, 

 ultimis articulis subrotundatis, seu subcornutis, late- 

 ribus serratis. Femora antica crassiora, posticis 

 sequalibus tibiisq: subincurvis, Fsemina difFert capite 

 inarmato, thorace angulis anticis fortiter dentatis. 

 The species is already described by Fabricius under 

 the name of Cornutus. 



Sp. 18. JEruginosus. — Still a Tenebrio. iErugi- 

 neus and Cyanipes of Weber are merely synonyms 

 of this species. 



Sp. 22. Brunneus. — The figure of this insect in 

 Herbst would lead one to imagine it a species of 



