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Agetocera, Hope. 



From ayrjTos mirandus, and /cepa?. This remark- 

 able insect I have separated from Galleruca, on 

 account of the difference of the antennae of the 

 different sexes. Olivier in his work, figures in the 

 second plate of Gallerucidae, at number 25 ab ano- 

 ther extraordinary species, belonging probably to 

 a new and distinct genus. " Corpus galleruciforme 

 Antennae 12 articulatae, articulus primus, duobus 

 sequentibus aequalis, secundus brevissimus, quartus 

 elongatus et dilatatus ; articuli 4, 5, 6, 7, fere 

 aequales, octonus elongatus et inflatus, nonus diffor- 

 mis, duobus proximis longitudine aequalis, ultimoque 

 breviori. Habitat in Agro Nepalensi." In Gray's 

 Miscellany this insect was misprinted Agelocerus ; 

 how to account for a double blunder in one word 

 I know not : there are several other errors in that 

 brochure which have never been corrected. I have 

 not detailed the characters of the sub-genus named 

 by me Phyllotrupes. I consider the typical species 

 C. cyanipennis of Fabricius, and if I am not mis- 

 taken, this genus answers to that which Monsieur 

 Chevrolat has named Diabrotica. He appears how- 

 ever to have thrown together several species, which 

 cannot well be arranged under one head ; instead 

 therefore of attempting to publish the characters of 

 a single genus, where twenty others at least might 

 be added, it is better to leave the task for a future 

 Entomologist, who is bold enough to attempt a new 



