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INSECTA, COLEOPTERA. 
p. 427 [wlio nevertheless does not himself hesitate to describe as a new 
species an insect which he is constrained to query as var. 2 of westrinc/i !] 
Tanj/mecus femoralis, Deshr. ,=metallmus, Fairm. ; T. congener^ Desbr., 
? =ipersulcatus, Fairm. ; T. araneiformis and insidiosus are distinct : Fairmaire, 
Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) ii. p. 48. 
Psalidium pactolum, Rche., = forcipatum, Kche., 5 • Desbrochers, I. c. 
p. 427. 
Leptolepiirus [rectius -porus], g. n., id. I, c. p. 424. Follows Cneorhitms. 
L. olivien, sp. n., id. I. c. p. 425, Bone. 
Ottistira, g. n., Pascoe, J. L. S. xi. p. 440. Near Sciaphilm scrobes 
transverse, running far beneath the eyes, with a longitudinal abbreviated 
furrow in front ; elytra much wider than thorax at base ; anterior coxae not 
contiguous (^Pachijrhynchides, Lac). O. bispinosa, ibid. pi. x. fig. 6, Dorey, 
bicornis, New Guinea, plamdot^sis, Batchian, ocidaris, Singapore, pulchella, 
Morty, p. 441, leucogenys, Sula, gibbosa, Malacca, naso, Flores, punctata, 
Tondano, p. 442 : id. I. c, spp. nn. 
Cneorliinus spinipes, sp. n., Perez Areas, I. c. p. 112, pi. 2. fig. 1, Salamanca. 
Sti-oi^hosomiis paleariuSy id. /. c. p. 132, pi. 3. fig. 1, Arragon ; S. pubertdtis, 
p. 409, aureohs, canus, p. 410, Chevrolat, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) ii., Spain j 
S. (^Neliocarus) seidlitzi, Reitter, B. E. Z. xvi. p. 183, Frendah : spp. nn. 
Poly drosus juniper i, sp. n., Desbrochers, I. c. p. 421, Ajaccio. 
Thylacites emarginatus, id. /. c. p. 422, Portugal ; T. planicollis, p. 114, pi. 2. 
fig. 2, elongatus, p. 117, fig. 4, Cordova : Perez Areas, c, spp. nn. 
Amo7npIms dissimilis, sp. n,, Desbrochers, /. c. p. 422, Carthagena (?=wes- 
tringi, Sch., $ var. sec. Desbr.). 
Tanymecus zuberi, sp. n., id. ibid., Astracan. 
ChloropJianus crotchi, Imeritia, nitidulus, Sarepta, p. 423, separandus, 
p. 424, Russia, id. I. c. : spp. nn. 
Otiorhynchides. 
De Marseul (L'Ab. vnii. pp. 1-104, separate pagination) has commenced 
a monograph of this group, founded on the works of Seidlitz and Stierlin. 
The part published discusses the genera Holcorhinus, Cyclomaurus, Mylacus, 
Cyclopterus, Peritelus, Coenopsis, and the commencement of Otiorhynchus. 
The following observations occur (the changes of nomenclature being appa- 
rently based on the grounds stated in Zool, Rec. viii. p. 299) : — Ifolcor/nmfs 
jyilosnlus, Chevr., ex. typ., = gueruhis. Boh., with which species jff. albi- 
marginatus, Luc, is probably identical ; Cyclomaurus pmictatus. All., ? = 
IT. parvicollis, Seidl. (renamed imrvulicollis) C. vehdinus, Fairm., is re- 
named /«w-w2arn; C. piceus, All. , = metallescens, Luc. ; Mylacus murinus, Boh., 
is renamed soricinus; M. pubendus, Sch.,=rotundatus, F. ; M. hcematopus\ 
Rosenh., is renamed ridjripes; M.armatus, Seidl., is renamed «rw^^)?o^e«s; Myln 
locerus hispanus, Chevr., =Pe?'itclus gougeleti, Seidl. ; P. kiesenwetteri, Seidl., ' 
is renamed hispalensis ; P. prolixus is renamed proinissus ; P. siculus, Seidl., 
= siibdfpressus, Muls., var.; P. rudis, 'Boh.,=brucki, Seidl., (S [which latter 
name should therefore apparently sink] ; P.parvulus, Seidl., is renamed italicus-f 
P. (Cathormiocerus) squamulatus, Rche., is renamed squamans; P. crassi- 
cornis, Duv., is ven?imcd c7'assulicornis ; Meira clongattda, Fairm., and ?Otiorh. 
minimtis, Stierl., = P. sidurellus, Fairm. ; P. aquilus, Seidl., nec Chevr., = 
