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low country the most plentiful coprophagous 

 beetles are OntJiophagi. An Onitis, allied to O. 

 menalcas, a Russian species, occurred. Among the 

 weevils we met with species of Cleonus, Li^us, 

 and Sitona ; but they are scarce insects in Asia 

 Minor as compared with the members of some 

 other tribes, the Longicorn beetles for example, 

 of which there are numerous and beautiful forms, 

 as might indeed be expected in a country so 

 belted with forests. The great Hamatigeros heros 

 was the largest we observed. The variety taken 

 was that named miles, and known as an inhabit- 

 ant of Corfu. Numerous species of Lepturidce, 

 Purpuriceni and Saperdce, of the divisions Aga- 

 pathea and Oberia, swarmed towards the end of 

 spring ; and during the summer the entomologists 

 who would brave the risks of fever might, doubt- 

 less, reap a rich harvest in the maritime parts of 

 Lycia. At the same season numerous Hopliadce 

 abounded; species of Anomala, Anisoplia, and 

 other genera. Among the more conspicuous 

 coleoptera was a large Buprestis, of the genus 

 Capnodes. Very abundant in autumn, among the 

 groves of great reeds which border the marshes, 

 is a large green mantis, of the genus Empusa 

 (E. purpurata). Its colour is so like that of the 



