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rails, from an elevated plain of the Cordilleras ; and M. andensis, from 
the top of the Andes ; both have the terminal spines of the posterior 
tibise simple, like M. cancellatus, but differ from it, the former by its 
cleft claws, the latter by its entire simple ones. The latter is decep- 
tively like the M. Klugii, but is distinguished from it by the terminal 
spines of the tibiae and the claws. 
Harris gives some information concerning the occurrence of the 
North American species of Lytta (Ins. of Massachus. p. 109). Most of 
the species seem to prefer the potato plant, especially the L. vittata and 
cinerea, which attack it in masses ; L. marginata prefers the Clematis 
virginiana, also Cl. viorna and crispa ; L. atrata, F., the Solidago 
altissima. The Meloe angusticollis, Say, which is common in autumn, 
and feeds on the leaves of the Ranunculi in preference, also attacks the 
potato plant. 
CuRCULioNiD^. — The second half of the sixth (second supplementary) 
volume of Schonherr’s great work, “ Genera et Species Curculionidum,” 
has appeared. It contains the groups Cleonides, Molytides, and Byrso- 
pides. In the first, the genus Cleonus is rightly extended by the sup- 
pression of Bothynoderus, as also that of Epiccerus by Graphorinus ; on 
the other hand, a number of new genera are added, viz., — Phastologus, 
nearly allied to Gronops, but differing in the form of its body; and 
Rhyparosomus, resembling Listroderus, both South African forms ; Byr- 
sopages, approaching Hylohius, native of Kamtschatka ; Strang aliodes, 
differing from Barynotus by the prothorax being lobed before the 
eyes (von Bar. vorziiglich durch das vor den Augen gelappte Halsschild 
unterschieden.), with a Chilian species; Catoptes, standing nearest 
Liophlceus, from New Zealand ; Catapionus, from Cashmere, allied to 
Liophlceus and Barynotus ; Amphidees, Mexican ; Odontorhinus, from 
Persia, very near Barynotus ; Tropiphorus, principally separated from 
Barynotus by the want of the scutellum, containing the B. mercurialis, 
carinatus, globatus, &c. ; Perperus, New HoUand, having the habit of 
Otiorhynchus ; Panscopus, formed from the Barynotus erinaceiis. Say ; 
Megalometis, Chilian; Rhydidophloeus, containing the Cure, alhipes, 
01., from Madagascar ; Bastactes, Brazilian. — Under the Molytides, the 
old genus Molytes is divided into Molytes {coronatus, &c.), Trysibius 
(tenehrioides, Pall., &c.), Anisorhynchus (hajidus, monachus, &c.), and 
Leiosomus {pvatulus, Clairv., &c.) Sotasmus, nearly allied to Plinthus, 
and Cylindrorhinus, Guer., both from New Holland ; Macrotarsus 
from anterior Asia, nearly approaching Phytonomus, are also newly 
characterized. Finally, by way of appendix, Procas, Steph., is added ; 
Erirhinus Steveni, Schonh. iii., placed in it, and its situation shown to 
be next Lepyrus. — To the Byrsopides, Synthocus, from Africa, Perieges, 
from the Caucasus, Borhorocoetes, from Persia, Ilypocolohus, from 
South Africa (one of the twenty species was previously joined with 
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