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REPORT ON ZOOLOGY, MDCCCXLII : 
A. amcenus, from Avignon {tenellus, Hoffg., Dej.) ; No. 18. A. melana- 
rius, from Marseilles (same with plimiheus^ Dej.) ; No. 19. A. unicolor, 
from Styria, Hungary, and France ; No. 20. A. hrevis, from Marseilles ; 
No. 21. A. callosus, ibid, (same with A. hrmineus, Ferte Sen.) ; No. 22. 
A. fenestratus, Dej., from Italy and the South of France; No. 25. A. 
instabilis, Hoffg., from the South of France and Spain; No. 26. A. 
axillaris, from Hungary and Italy ; No. 27. A. luteicornis, from Upper 
Bavaria; and No. 30. A. pulchellus, Dej., from the South of France and 
Spain. The genus Ochthenomus contains one new species, 0. dnuatus, 
Kunze, from Italy and the South of France, with the 0. tenuicollis, 
widely distributed in the South of Europe {Notox. ten., Rossi, 0. angus- 
tatus, Dej.) ; to the latter also belongs Laporte’s A. elongatissimus, for 
which he prefers the generic name Endomia, which is not a whit more 
correct than that of Dejean, and deserves no more attention. 
The Marquis de la Ferte Senectere has furnished another contribu- 
tion to the knowledge of the species of Anthicus (Ann. de le Soc. Ent. 
de Fr. xi. p. 24:7). He has described and partly figured fourteen species, 
found at a single spot at Perpignan: A. guttatus, Hoffg., Dej. (this 
delineation is founded on one furnished by Dejean ; in the Hoffmannsegg 
Collection the species is named by Alters, the 4:-guttatus, Rossi ; it is 
therefore not new) ; A. ajinis (is a variety of A. cinctus, Rossi, and 
certainly A. monogrammus var. y, Schmidt) ; A. brunneus (same with 
callosus, Schm.) ; A. antonice (doubtful, perhaps a variety of the A. ter- 
minatus, Dej.); A. plumbeus, Dej. (same with melanarius, Schm.); A. 
tenellus, Hoffg., Dej. (same with A. amoenus, Schm.) ; A. Bremei, a 
species very nearly allied to the humilis. Germ., and riparius, Dej., 
which, however, appears to differ by slenderer legs, shining underside, 
&c. (it is the same with inquisitor, Gene) ; A. minutus, allied to the 
preceding, but the vertex is not pointed posteriorly (same with cwrsor, 
Gen^, salinus, Helf.) ; A. melanophthalmus, a very distinct species 
(like several of the others it is found also in Italy, but especially in 
Sicily); A. pulchellus, Dej.; lastly, the author gives a description of 
the A. instabilis, Hoffg. There are several, as may be inferred from 
the remarks appended, which have been also described by Dr. Schmidt, 
partly under the same, partly under other names. 
Two new species have been described by the reporter, from Van 
Diemen’s Land, Anthicus strictus and vinctus (Arch. 1842, i. p. 182). 
Xylophilus nigrinus, Germar, Faun. Ins. Europ. 22, 7, 8 and $)> 
is a new German species, which has received from the reporter the same 
name in the BerKn collection. 
Yesicantia. — The genus Meloe has received an addition of three new 
species from Guerin (Rev. Zool. p. 338) : M. foveolata from Tripoli, is 
distinguished from M. cicatricosus and coriarius, by the pitted elytra ; 
it must, therefore, perhaps stand next to M. erythrocnemus ; M. hume- 
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