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THE WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST. 
Grambi remains very large. As I 
have been unable to discover differ- 
ences sufficiently marked to warrant 
the formation of new genera, I have 
endeavoured to divide the genus into 
appropriate sections. Had I chosen 
to follow Gaenee, I might have 
separated one species Gerussellus, 
from all the rest, under a generic 
name ; but, having compared it with 
others, and having found it agree, 
even in the minutest details, I can- 
not imagine how any one in his 
senses could invent a plausible rea- 
son for removing it. The same 
author in his anxiety to manufacture 
genera and new names in his book, 
which has only just come into my 
possession, has placed Boisduval’s 
genus Sindris next to Scirpophaga, 
and has formed a new genus, which 
he represents as allied to Schcenobius , 
and which he has graced with the 
barbarous appellation of Borer. As 
however, I have never seen Boisdu- 
val’s book containing Sindris, nor 
any example of the genus Borer, I 
thought it better to pass over these 
genera, than to run the risk of 
mistake, by describing them from 
the accounts of others. If they turn 
out satisfactory, I shall mention 
them again in a future work, which 
will soon be needed in any case, 
along with the Endorsee, which the 
limits of this pamphlet forbid my 
discussing at present. 
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COLEOI'TERA. 
General Notes. — Tlie remarkable 
silence that lias of late prevailed in 
