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rostri insertas 1 l-articulatas articulis basalibus sub-aequalibus, elytra 
oblonga abdomen tegentia : M. testaceus, from Chiloe ; and Metopon ; 
antennae tenues ad basin rostri insertae 11-articulatae articulis basalibus 
sub-aequalibus tribus ultimis clavam sub-solidam formantibus: M. su- 
turalis, a new species from Van Diemen’s Land. To this latter genus 
the Rhynchites {Auletes) melanocephalus, described by the reporter 
(Arch. 1842, i. 185, n. 112), appears to belong. 
Guerin has given an excellent iconographical arrangement of the 
species of EupJiolus, in the Magas, de Zool. (1842, Ins. pi. 96, 97). 
Waterhouse (Ann. Nat. Hist. ix. p. 302) began a monograph on the 
Philippine species of Apocyrtus. 
Several new species from Austria have been described by Redten- 
bacher (Col. Austr. p. 19-21) : — Phytonomus maculatus, Dahl, living on 
the Ve^'hascum phlotnoides ; Otiorhynchus mandihularis, Hylesinus 
suturalis. 
Germar has made some very valuable observations on the synonymes 
of different European CurcuUonidce (Entom. Zeit. p. 2 and 98). A 
present from Mr. Walton, of English CurcuUonidce, very exactly de- 
fined according to Marsham, Kirby, and Stephens, gave rise to this 
treatise ; an account is, therefore, given principally of the English 
species hitherto imperfectly known on the continent. Schmidt (ibid, 
p. 110) has shown, that the Swedish authors, under Otiorhynchus ater 
and niger, have not meant the Fabrician species of the same name 
iyilloso-punctatus, Sch.), which is not found in Sweden, but a variety of 
the 0. tenebricosus. Junker (ibid. p. 63) has pointed out, that by Rh. 
viminalis, F., recently developed yellow individuals of the Orchestes 
quercus, as they appear in summer, are meant, whilst the completely 
coloured individuals show themselves in spring as soon as the oaks bud. 
Goureau has published a long essay on the natural history of the 
Pissodes pini (Ann. de le Soc. Ent. de Fr. xi. p. 53). Dr. Schmidt 
(Entom. Zeit. p. 273, fig. 3-7) has described the metamorphosis of the 
Lixus gemellatus, Sch., which lives in the stalks of Cicuta virosa. 
Leunis (ibid. p. 190) has made known his experience, that the larva of 
Brachytarsus scabrosus, lives in the coccus of the Carpinus betulus, 
in which also the metamorphosis goes on, so that the beetle proceeds 
from the coccus pustule. 
Schiddte has investigated the internal structure of the Otiorhynchus 
atro-apterus (Kroyer, Naturh. Tidsskr. iv. p. 212). 
Harris has imparted much information on the different Rhyncho- 
phorous Beetles of North America (Ins. of Massachusetts, p. 53-76). 
Bruchus pisi is so injurious to the growth of peas, that in many dis- 
tricts they cannot be cultivated. Attelabus analis and bipustulatus 
are found upon oak leaves. Several species of Rhynchites are hurtful 
to the vine, particularly Rh, bicolor. Pandeleteius hilaris lives on 
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