CURCULIONID^. 
305 
Balaninus hrassiccE : parasitic habits in connection with galls of Ne- 
matus gallicola described by P. Cameron, Scot. Nat. ii. p. 117. The larva 
spins a thread to assist itself in dropping to the ground : A. Midler, Ent. 
M. M. ix. p. 192. 
Balaninus sericus, Desbr., ? = pellitus, Boh., var., and occurs in 
Switzerland, on oak ; Tournier, MT. schw. ent. Ges. iv. p. 178. 
Balaninus quercus, p. 458, Texas, N. York, carya;, p. 460, Brooklyn, 
Horn, I. c. ; B. cleijrollii, Tournier, MT. schw. ent. Ges. iv. p. 177, 
Imerithia : spp. nn. 
Anthonomides . 
Orchestes 5-maculatus, Che^'T., = semirufus, Gyll., var. ; Des Loges, 
Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) iii. p. cxxi. : De Marseul, ibid., affirms its dis- 
tinctness : H. Brisout, I. c. p. cxxvii., supports Des Loges's view. 0. 
5-maculatus, Chevr., is a var. of pubescens, Stev., with which possibly 0. 
semirufus, Gyll., is identical : H. Tournier, MT. schw. ent. Ges. iv. p. 181. 
Orchestes 5-maculatus, Chevr., = cenipontanus, Gredler, = semirufus, 
Gyll., var. ; Kirsch, B. E. Z. xvii. p. 216. 0. semirufus, Gyll., = scutel- 
laris, var., from England; 0. melanocephalus, 01., = aim, L., var.; 
E. C. Rye, Ent. M. M. x. p. 18. 
Anthonomus discoidalis, sp. n., Tournier, I. c. p. 179, Upper Egypt. 
Aubceus strangulatus, sp. n., id. I. c. p. 180, Upper Egypt. 
Bradybatus sharpi, sp. n., id. ibid. E. Siberia. 
Orchestes niger, Nova Scotia, Illinois, subhirtus, Illinois, p. 462, Horn, 
/. c; 0. sericeus, Taurus, astracanicus, Astracan, Tournier, c. p. 183 : 
spp. nn. 
Coryssomerides. 
Zygopsides berytensis, Mars., should probably be referred to Euryom- 
matus ; Kirsch, B. E. Z. xvii. p. 217. 
Tychiides. 
J. Desbrochers des Loges, C. R. Ent. Belg. xvi. pp. v.-ix., publishes 
short diagnoses of 25 new species, subsequently fully described by him 
(Ann. Ent. Belg. vi. pp. 97-126), with various synonymical remarks, &c. 
The group is nearer Balaninus than Orchestes; Sibynes and Miccotrogus 
are treated as subgenera of Tychius ; T. decoratus, Ros., = fuscilineatus, 
Luc, which should follow striatulus; Sibynes schaumi, Stierl., = Tychius 
(Miccotrogus) nigricollis, Chevr. ; T. clohrni, Stierl., = zebrasch, Strl. ; 
T. obesus, Sch., = sparsutus, 01., var.* ; T. pernix, Gyll., ? = hmmato- 
cephalus, Gyll. ; T. genistce. Boh., and genisticola, Chevr., = venustus, ¥., 
var. ; T. flavicollis, Bris., = squamulatus, Sch.* ; T. curtus, Bris., = 
flavicollis, Gyll. ; T. schneidleri [sic], Bris., = lineatulus, Sch.* ; T. 
lineatulus, Bris., = schneidleri [sic], Sch.* ; T. elephas, Ktz., = struma- 
rius, Gyll.* ; T. curvirostris, Bris., and pygmceus, Wat., are not to be 
referred to Barytychius ; Miccotrogus monachus, Chevr., ex. typ., = 
capucinus, Sch. ; T. sublineatus, Chevr., nec Schon., is re-described as a 
new species (pp. viii. & 111) under the name niveivittis, Mars., ined. [so 
named by De Marseul, Cat. 1863] ; T. glycyrrhizce. Beck., is re-described ; 
T. staticis, Beck, is a Sibynes, and, as it confused two species, is proposed to 
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