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very short and thick parallel rostrum, stout antennae (of which the funi- 
culus is short, and the club extremely large rounded and abrupt), and legs 
sub-equally distant at the base. S. lewisianus, p. 39. 
Pentarthnim (re-characterized) angustissimum^ p. 14. 
Hexarthnun (re-characterized) brevicorne, p. 38. 
Stenoscelis (re-characterized) gracilitarsis^ p. 42. 
T. Y. WoLLASTON. ' On the genera of the Cossonidae.' Tom. cit. 
pp. 427-657. 
An exhaustive analysis of the genera now known (122 in number, 75 
of which are new), comprising 253 species (139 described as new), and 
arranged as follows : — 1, a tabulated hst of the groups; 2, full generic 
diagnoses ; 3, observations (diagnostic and geographical) on each genus ; 
4, descriptions of the new species ; 5, a list of all the species examined. 
Five sub-famihes are adopted : — Notiomimetichs, Dryojjhtho rides, Pentar- 
thrides, Onf/cholijndes, and Cossonides ; Lacordaire's Lijriiantides being re- 
jected, on account of the instability of its supposed distinguishing feature 
of shortness in the metasternum, and Fhcenomerus considered as not 
related to the Cossonidce but to the Sphadasmides and Mecopus. Cheer or- 
rhinus, Fairm., having 5 joints (not 4) to the funiculus, is not a Dry- 
ophthorid, but a Pentarthrid. Rhjncolus [!] hervcei, AUard, = Pentar thrum 
huttoni, WoU. The species are principally of insular habits, and peculiar 
for the instability in the number of the joints of the funiculus, and the 
occasionally whole or partial obliteration of the eyes. Mesoxenus, WoU., 
= Amaurorhinus, Fairm. (imperfectly diagnosed). Georhynchus, Roe- 
lofs, is placed (with some reservation) near Onycholips, the type of a 
new sub-family, as there are other undoubted Cossonids in which the 1st 
and 2nd segments of the abdomen are not absolutely confluent, and 
others in which the intermediate cox£e are almost completely in contact : 
Lacordaire is wrong in assigning a 7-jointed funiculus to the latter genus. 
Rayraondia, Aube, nec Frauenfeld {Dipt.), is re-named Raymondi- 
onymm (p. 531). R. delarouzii, Bris., is an Alaocyha. Caulotrupis, WoU., 
is generically distinct from PhUeophagus ; Mesites is restricted io pallidi- 
'pennis and cwn?2ve.s-,Boh.,and aquitanus, Fairm., — convex, cylindrical, shining 
species. Rhyncolus ater, Mots., nec Linn., is removed to Ilacrorhyncolus, 
WoU., and re-named ci^assitamis [apparently unnecessarily]. The name 
Syntomocerus, proposed by the author for his Eremotes, on account of 
Eretmotes, Mars., is withdrawn ; it is characterized by the 2nd funicular 
joint being almost hidden in the apex of the enlarged basal joint, and 
R. strangulatus, Perris, is referred to it. Hexarthrum capitidum, WoU., 
= Rhyncolus culinaris, Germ. ; R. suhmuricatus, Boh., is to be referred 
to this genus. 
The following new genera and species are characterized : — 
Notiomimetides (subf. n.). 
Notiomimetes, pp. 440 & 504. Agrees with Dryophthorus in having a 
4-jointed funiculus, fusiform outline, and obsolete scutellum ; but with no 
terminal hook to the tibiae, widely separated coxae (more so than anj'- other 
Cossonid), pseudo-tetramerous tarsi, an immersed head, obsolete eyes, 
and bald surface. N.pascoii, p. 594, S. Australia. 
