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iSOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Lep(^rina faseiculata^ sp. n., Redtenbaclier, 1. c. p. 37; pi. 2. fig. 3, Sidney. 
Nemosoma fa&ciata^ sp. ii.; Fainnaire; Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4“ s6i\ viii. p. 776, 
Madagascar. ' 
Poltis oolohicoiiles, sp. n., Fairmairo, 1. c. p. 777, Madagascar. 
CoLYUIIDAi. 
Mioropriudf g. ii., Fairmairo, Ann. Soc. l'a»t. Fr. 4« scr. Yiii. p. 770. Allied 
to Cox'dwi) narrow, nearly parallel; head projecting; antennal club of 2 
largo joints ; protliorax transverse quadrate, sides iinely creniilato, disk with 
2 ribs on each side ; elytra not dilated; tibice unarmed, slender; segment 1 
of abdomen scarcely longer than 2. Sp. M. terrciius, sp. n., Fairm, 1. c. p. 779, 
Simon’s Bay. 
Pyenomerus crihricollis, sp. n., Fairmairo, 1. c. p, 780, Madagascar. 
Brontes cinnamomeus and B. quaclraticolliSf sp. n., Fairmaire, 1. c. p. 781, 
Madagascar. 
Bechodes coquerelii and B. funyosus, sp. n,, Fairmaire, 1. c. p. 778, Mada-^ 
gascar. 
Cerylon fayi, 0. Brisout de Barneville, INIat. pour la Faune des Ool. de 
Fr. p. 176, Fontainebleau, Compiegne. 
lllIYSODIDiE. 
Bhyzodes (sic) parum-costatus andii. tuhericeysj sp. n., Fairmaire, Ann. Soc. 
Ent. Fr. 4® s6r. viii. p. 782, Madagascar. 
CuCUJID^. 
Dryocora, g. n., Pascoe, Proc. Ent. Soc. Loud. 1808, p. xi. Allied to 
Cucujua ; palpi acute ; prothorax narrowed in front, its sides entire ; pro- 
sternum broad ; metasternum elongate ; tarsi 4-jointed. Sp. D. hoxoitiit, sp.n., 
Pasc. ibid.. New Zealand. 
Paralrontcs, g. n., Bedtonbacher, Beiso der Novara, Zool. ii. Col. p. 40. 
Allied to Brontes. Sp. P. silvanoides, sp. n., Bedt. /. c. p. 40, New Zealand. 
Telephanus fasciatiiSy sp. n., Bedtenbacher, I, c. p. 41, Tahiti. 
Cryptophagidae. 
Atomaria zetterstedti (Zett. ?, Thoms.) = (Kraatz). Crotch, Berl. 
ent. Zeitschr. 1868, p. 404. 
Cryptophagus capensis, sp. n., Bedtenbacher, Beise der Novara, Zool. ii. Col, 
p. 41, Cape of Good Hope ; C, mistralis, sp. n., Bedt. 1. c. p. 42, New Zealand. 
Othnius lugubris, sp. n., Horn, Trans. iVnier. Ent. Soc. ii. p, 132, Oregon ; (), 
mexicemusj sp. n., Horn, 1. c. p. 133, Mexico. 
DERMESTIDiE. 
Mulsant and Bey have published the monogTaph of tlie 
jPrench species of this family, tlieir tribe Scuticolles (Aimales 
Soc. Linn. Lyon, xv. pp. 1 - 188 ). As usual tliey describe the 
general structure and mode of development of the insects com- 
posing the group, and indicate its bibliography, and tlien proceed 
io the clas^iheatiou apd description of the species. They divide 
the family into two branches,'^ as follows: — . . 
