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housii are recorded from old roots of Lotus corniculatus ; and observations 
are made on the food plants of S. regeiisteinensis, tibialis, cambricus, griseus, 
and gressorius : id. I. c. pp. ccxxviii. & ccxxix. 
Thylacites congener, Desbr., has nothing to do persulcatus, Fairm. ; 
Desbrochers, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) iii. p. ccxvi. 
Amonijphus dissimilis, Desbr., = westringi, Kiist. {nec Schon., which is 
concinnus, Kiist.) ; Harold, C. H. xi. p. 135. 
Syntapoplus cervhius, Gerst., fig. 2, Siderodactylus falciger, G., fig. 3 ; 
V. d. Decken's Reisen, iii. pt. 2, pi. xi. 
Ottistira, Pasc, should be placed near Fsalidium, but is still more 
aberrant. Its members are very variable. H. Jekel, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 
(5) iii. p. 272. 
Rhinognathus, g. n., (? Fairmaire) R. Z. (3) i. p. 343. Very near 
Strophcsomus, but with highly developed mandibles, the joints of the 
funiculus short, compact, almost merging in the club, the suture of 
1st abdominal segment slightly angulated, scrobes shorter, and eyes less 
round and less prominent. R. glohulatus, sp. n., Fairmaire, I. c. p. 344, 
Bone. 
Scepticus, g. n., Roelofs, I. c. p. 158. True BracJiyderides : near Eury- 
metopus and Prosayleus. S. insulcm.^, sp. n., id. I. c. p. 159, pi. ii. figs. 1, la, 
Japan. 
Amystax, g. n., id. I. c. p. 159. Facies of Fiazomias ; n.ex.t Prosayleus. 
A. fasciatiis, sp. n., id. I. c. p. 160, pi. ii. figs. 2, 2 a & b, Japan. 
Catapionus modestus, p. 156, clathratus and gracilicornis, p. 157, id. I. c. 
Japan, spp. nn. 
Strophosomus (Neliocarus) elongatus, sp. n., Martinez y Saez, An. Soc. 
Esp. ii. p. 414, pi. xiii. fig. 5, La Palma. 
Sitones japonicus, sp. n,, Roelofs, /. c. p. 160, Japan. 
Piazomias tigrinus, p. 161, Japan and Formosa, griseus, p. 162, Japan, 
id. I. c. spp. nn. (possibly forming a new genus). 
Chlorophanus grandis, sp. n., id. I. c. p. 162, Japan. 
Geonomus olcesii, sp. n., Tournier, MT. schw. ent. Ges. iv. p. 170, 
Tangiers. 
Evas lineatus, sp. n., Pascoe, Ann. N. H. (4) xi. p. 179, Queensland. 
Otiorhynchides. 
De Marseul, L'Ab. pp. 105-452 (separate pagination), continues his 
compiled monograph of this group [Zool. Rec. ix. p. 286], completing the 
first part, including all the genus OtiorhyncJius. This first part is sup- 
posed to form vol. x.of ' L'Abeille ' (vol. iv. of the 2nd series), which bears 
1 872 on the title and separate sheets, the concluding one of which was 
issued in 1874. 0. montanus, Chevr., nec Schon., is re-named montigena 
(p. 173) ; 0. affinis, Stierl., nec Dej., is re-named assimilis (p. 201) ; 0. 
rudis, Stierl., nec Sch., is re-named rodus (p. 220) ; 0. squamifer, Boh., 
nec ¥., is re-named squamulifer (p. 244) ; and other changes in nomen- 
clature are made, which^are not noticed here for the reason stated in Zool. 
Rec. viii. p. 299. 
Didtmetus prnimorsus, Gerst., fig. 4, Chaunoderus stupidus, G., fig. 5, 
^Sphr/godes margnrifareus, G., fig. 6, Systates pollinosus, G., fig. 7, S. 
