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Apion cerdo (Gerst.). Sharp records its occurrence in Britain, Ent. M. 
Mag. V, p. 124. See also Bold, 1. c. p. 442. 
Kmscii states that the genus Panddeterius belongs to the Tanymecides and 
not to the Naupactides (Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1868, p. 177, note). 
Conoproctus quadriplagiatiis (Lac.)= Calandra quadripustulata (Fab.) ac- 
cording to C. A. Dohrn (Stett. ent. Zeit. 18G8, p. 104). 
Polydrusus gentilis (Bertolini) = P. kahrii (Kirsch). Kraatz, Berl. ent. 
Zeitschr. 1808, p. 299. 
Mccinus longiusculus (Schdnh.) and terctiiiscidiis (Schonh.) are the 5 
of the same species, M. Jiliformis (Aube), according to Grenier, Bull. Soc* 
Ent. Fr. 1808, p. Ixxiii. 
Orchestes qninqucmaculatus (Chevr.) = 5mm^Ms(Gyll.), according toBrisout 
de Barneville, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1808, p. vi. 
Mahseul maintains the distinctness of Orchestes h-maculatus (Chevr.) from 
semirufm. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1868, pp. Ixxvi-lxxvii. 
Orchestes pratensis (Germ.). Frauenfeld (Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. in Wien, 
xviii. p. 900) notices the metamorphosis of this species. He says that the 
larvm live together to the number of ten or twelve, in discoloured patches in 
the leaves of Ccntaurea scahiosa. 
Jlypera rogenhoferi (Ferr.) is a distinct species, according to Kraatz, Berl. 
ent. Zeitsch. 1808, p. 299. 
Gerstacker’s descriptions of the species of Bradyhatus (Germ.) are 
translated and republished by De Marseul, L’Abeille, v. pp. 201-266. Also 
descriptions of Hypoglyptus pictus (Gerst.) and gracilis (Kies.), 1. c. pp. 267- 
270. 
Gredler describes (Col. Ilefte, iii. p. 74), as a variety (gohanzi) of Otio- 
rhynchus maurus, a Tyrolese form which he thinks may prove to be a dis- 
tinct species. 
Bhynchites megacephalus (Germ.). According to W. Tylden (Ent M. 
Mag. V. p. 169) this species occurs in Japan. 
Magdaliniis duplicatus (Germ.). R. Hislop records the occurrence of this 
species in Morayshire, and describes its characters. Ent. M. Mag. v. p. 168. 
Catliormiocerus socius (Schdnh.). Rye refers to the capture of a specimen 
of this species in the Isle of Wight. Ent. M. Mag. v. pp. 68, 69. 
Mesites tardii. Wilkinson records the occurrence of this species in great 
abundance north of Scarborough. Ent. M. Mag. v. p. 71. J. Sidehotham 
indicates the localities where he has met with this species (1. c. p. 99). 
Omias peUucidus (Schdnh.) is recorded as British by W. G. Pelerin, Ent. 
M. Mag. V. p. 44. 
Clconiis. A species of this genus has done much injury to the beet-cropS 
about Moscow. Doumerc, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1868, p. Ixxxv. 
Barypithes stdeifrons feeds on Festvea ovina, according to Hislop, Ent. M, 
Mag. iv. p. 231. 
Oonotrachdm nenuphar (Herbst). On the habits of this as an injurious 
species see Walsh, Pract. Entom. ii. pp. 75-81, where other species, espe- 
cially Anthonomus prunicida, are referred to. 
Sitones lineeUus feeds on the bird’s-foot trefoil, or white clover, according 
to Hislop, Ent. M. Mag. iv. p. 231. 
Pissodes strohi is figured with its larva and pupa in Amer. Natural, ii. 
p. 164, figs. 2, 2«, 2b. Jlylohius pales is also figured, I, c. p. 165, fig. 4. 
