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INSECTA,, COLEOPTERA. 
M0NOMMATID.E. 
Monomma. Table of tlie 21 known species, with localities &c., by Gestro, 
Ann. Mus. Genov. iii. p. 52. 
Mo?iom?na abi/ssinicum, p. 50, antinorii, p. 51, Bogos, dorm, p. 51, Sarawak : 
id. I. c, spp. nn. 
MELANDRYIDiE. 
Serropalpus striatus. A. Miiller, P. E. Soc. 1872, p. x, notices the occur- 
rence and habits of this insect at Basle, in connexion with timber-rafts. He 
quotes and confirms the Recorder's opinion that the name barbatus, Schall., 
should stand for it. Bremi-Wolf & Stierlin adopt this, though Schaum did 
not. From an editorial note in C. H. x., it would appear that the last-named 
author had no other ground for his opinion but his inveterate dislike to 
alter any received name. 
J. Erne, MT. schw. ent. Ges. iii. pp. 525-530, pL, describes the economy 
of this species, giving rough figures of its various stages. It appears to be 
a destructive insect, its larva attacking growing or recently dead fir trees, 
and being commonly known at Miilhausen as the " black worm." 
Dcemon, g. n., Motschoulsky, Bull. Mosc. xlv. 2, p. 44. Anterior coxse con- 
tiguous, hooks of tarsi simple. D. testaceus and suturalis, spp. nn., id. I. c. 
p. 45, Cape of G. Hope. 
Etistrophus ocliraceus, sp. n., id. I. c. p. 42, Brazil. 
Orchesia gravida, id. ibid., Atlanta, American Georgia ; O. elongata, W. 
Macleay, Tr. Ent. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 304, Gayndah : spp. nn. 
Hallomenus variegatus, p. 42, Caucasian Alps, reticularis, p. 43, Atlanta : 
Motschoulsky, I. c, spp. nn. 
Xylita umbrata, Pennsylvania, robusta, E. Siberia : id. I. c. p. 43, spp. nn. 
Dirccea fusca, sp. n., id. I. c. p. 44, California. 
Emmesa calif ornica, sp. n., id. I. c. p. 45, pi. 2. fig. 10, California. 
Melandrya alternans, sp. n., id. ibid., E. Siberia. 
Scotodes uniformis, sp. n., id. I. c. p. 46, Kamschatka. 
Lagriid^. 
Ommatophorus \_Om7natop1iora, Brandt, Myriopoda'], g. n., W. Macleay, Tr. 
Ent. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 304 ; ? rightly placed here, according to the author, 
who gives no differential characters. O. mastersi, sp. n., id. I. c, p. 305, 
Gayndah. 
Lagria cyanea, sp. n., id. I. c. p. 304, Gayndah. 
Pedilid^e. 
Anidorus, Muls. & K. The elytra of the S have a small spine on the pos- 
terior discal declivity: Abeille, Etud. Col. Cav. p. 37. 
Xylophilus patricius, sp. n., id. ibid., Sos. 
Anthicid^. 
Anthicus. Sexual characters used by Thomson referred to, and an un- 
