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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Mordella annulata, sp. n., Redtenbaclier, Reise der Novara^ Zool. ii. Col. 
p. 140; Nicobar (Sambelong) j M. lepicla, sp. n., Redt. 1. c. p. 141, Sidney. 
RniFIPHOIlIDiE. 
F. Bates states that Acosmus capensis (Dej.) is identical with Geoscopus 
murinus (Gerst.). Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1808, p. 325. 
Toposcopus, g\ n., Leconte, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 64. Allied to 
jBvaniocera ) eyes divided; joint 3 of antennae longer, with a process four- 
fifths as long as those of following joints; claws bifid at tip, and with 3 
slight teeth. Sp. T, ivnyhlii^ sp. n., Leconte, 1. c. p. 64, New Mexico. 
Meloid^. 
Horn, in characteiizing a new genus of this group (Trans. Amer. Ent. 
Soc. ii. p. 130), tabulates as follows the Mcloiforni genera represented in the 
United States : — 
I. Elytra imbricated ; claws cleft Meloe (Linn.). 
II. Elytra divergent from scutellum ; claws toothed Mcgetra 
HI. Elytral margins contiguous at anterior third. 
A. Claws equally cleft Nomaspis (Lee.). 
B. Claws with lower portion much shorter .... Poreospasta, g. n. 
IV. Elytra contiguous along entire margin. 
A. Claws cleft; elytra subconnate iZenows (llald.). 
B. Claws toothed ; elytra connate and inflated. . Cysteodemus (Lee.). 
Stierlin maintains the distinctness of Epicauta JlahelUconiis (Germ.) 
and E. sibirica (Gebl.). Mitth. Schw. entorn. Gesellsch. ii. p. 312. 
Lytta vittata, cinet'ea, atrata, and marginata. On the habits of these species 
see Walsh, Bract. Entom. ii. p. 26. 
Labouldene and Girard notice Epicauta adspersa (Klug) and its vesi- 
catory action. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1868, pp. xlvii-xlviii. 
Poreospasta, g. n., Horn, I c. p. 139 (vide supra). Sp. P. polita, sp. n., 
Horn, ibid., California. 
New species : — 
Megetra opaca, Horn, 1. c. p. 139, California. 
Nomaspis suhlccvis, Horn, 1. c. p. 140, California. 
Lytta immcnta, W alker. Lord’s Naturalist in Vancouver’s Island &c. ii. 
p. 830, Vancouver’s Island. 
Nemognatha hicolor, Walker, 1. c. p. 331, Vancouver’s UXsiwA—Nemognatha 
sparsa, Leconte, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 63, Raton Mountain. 
Epicauta stuarti, Leconte, I c. p. 54, New Mexico. 
Zonitis ceneiventris, Redtenbacher, Reise der Novara, Zool. ii. Col. p. 144, 
Sidney.' 
QEdemerid^. 
Rhinoplatia, g. n., Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 137. Allied to 
Chitona] mandibles entire, acute ; mentum subquadrate ; eyes oblique, dis- 
tant from prothorax. Sp. P. rupcollis, sp. n., Horn, 1. c. p. 138, California. 
• Mycterusjlavipennis, sp. n., Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 136, Oregon; 
North-American species tabulated. 
