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ZOOLOGICAL LITEllATUllE. 
New species : — 
Dermestes 7 ioxius, Mulsant & Rey, Ana. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n. s. xv. p. 55 
(^=domesticus, Kiist.), Marseilles. 
Attayenus fulvipesj Mulsant & Rey, I c. p. 71, Geneva; A. styymlis, Mills. & 
Rey, /. c. p. 73, Provence, Corsica; A. distinctus, Muls. & Rey, 1. c. p. 85, 
Algeria, Greece, Italy ; A. xvachanrui, Muls. & Rt^y? e. p. 91 ; A. hivittatus^ 
Muls. & Rey, 1. c. p. 97, South Europe ; A, rujipennis, Muls. & Roy, 1. c. 
p. 100, Naples. 
Telopus coquei'di, Mulsant & Rey, 1. c. p. 102, Oran ; T. civetta^ Muls. & 
Rey, 1. c. p. 104, Algiers ; 2\ lynx, Muls. & Rey, 1. c. p. lOo, Judea. 
Iladroioma depressa, Mulsant Re)'^, 1. c. p. 118, Dalmatia. 
Troyodenna fusciconiis, Mulsant Rey, 1. c. p. 122, South of France ; '1\ 
(dho-notata (Reiche, MS.), Muls. & Rey, 1. c. p. 128, Pyrenees; '1\ hirmtula 
(Reiche, MS.), Muls. & Rey, I c. p. 134, Syria. 
Troyoderma hifascieda, sp. n., Redtenhacher, /. c. p. 44, Chili. 
Aiitkrenus funestus, Mulsant & Rey, 1. c. p. 145 (= ? cerhasci, 0\i\. = ? pictus, 
OQvm..=:^? delicatus, J.-Duv.), South of France, Spain, Algeria; A. yoliath 
(Saulcy, ]\fS.), Muls. & Rey, 1. c. p. 150, South of Fiance, Egypt, Algeria; 
A. cxilis, Muls. & Rey, 1. c. p. 158, Algeria, Egypt ; A. lilipiitianus, Muls. & 
Rey, 1. c. p. 159, Egypt; A. ochraccus (Reiche, MS.), Muls. Sc Rey, /. c. p. 101, 
Syria. 
ByiuiiiiDA-:. 
Cw'umts zeclandicus, sp. n., Redtenhacher, Reise der Novara, Zool. ii. Col. 
p. 45, New Zealand. 
Simplocaria injlata, sp. n., Leconte, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 02, Cali- 
fornia. 
Parnid^e. 
Sti'ina, g. n., Redtenhacher, Reise der Novara, Zool. ii. Col. p. 40. Allied 
to Fomatinus. Sp. S. aurichalcea, sp. n., Redt. 1. c. p. 40, Cape of Good Hope. 
lleterocerus macidosus, sp. n., Fairmaire, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4* ser. viii. 
p. 470, Constantine ; IL curtidiis, sp. n., Fairm. 1. c. p. 477, Tangier. 
LuCANIDiE. 
Kaup publishes (Coleopt. Hefte, iii. pp. 4-32 and iv. pp. 1-31) 
a monographic revision of the Passalides, wliich he regards as 
a distinct family and divides into five subfamilies and numerous 
genera. The following is a sketch of his classification : — 
(Eastern Hemisphere.) 
Subfamily!. Aulacocyclin-^ 3. Rrosternal peduncle immensed between 
the anterior coxie and not visible; margin of clypeus smooth, without a 
tooth ; prothorax surrounded by a sinuous furrow-margin. 
Genus 1. Aidacocyclus. 
Subfamily 2. . Rrosternal peduncle distinctly projecting as a sharp 
ridge between the anterior coxas ; maxillie (JKiefeni) extended at the end, 
with two notches. 
A. With three joints in the club. 
2. Solenocyclus. "With a narrow, not sinuous, furrow-margin round the 
whole prothorax. 
