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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Rhynchcenus strohi. Bassett remarks on the habits of this species (Pract. 
Entoni. i. p. 20). 
Kirsch notices the habits of Cossonus ferrugineiis (Olairv.), found by him 
in all stages in a damaged wooden water-pipe. Sitzungsber. Isis, 1866, p. 9. 
Coniatm Icetm (Mill.). Frauenfeld describes the larva of this species, 
which ho obtained in the Bukowina, and fed on Myrioana. Verb, zool.- 
bot. Ges. in Wien, xviii. p. 887. 
Ceidorhynchus trimaculata (Fab.). Larva noticed by Frauenfeld, Verb, 
zool.-bot. Ges. in Wien, xviii. p. 161. 
New genera : — 
Hypsosternusj g. n., Kirsch, Berl. ent. Zeitsch. 1868, p. 194. Allied to 
Rhytiduderes and Leucomigus. Sp. H. setipes^ sp. n., Kirsch, 1. c. p. 195, 
Bogota. 
Taractes, g. n., Kirsch, 1. c. p. 196. Allied to Peribleptus and Paipalesomm. 
Sp. T. chelido7i, sp. n., Kirsch, 1. c. p, 197, Bogota. 
Episti'ophus, g. n., Kirsch, 1. c. p. 200. Allied to Heilipus. Sp. E. tumidus, 
sp. n., Kirsch, 1. c. p. 201, Bogota. 
Hypogymnius, g. n., Kirsch, 1. c. p. 211. Allied to Cot'yssomerus. Sp. 
H. smaragdinus, sp. n., Kirsch, 1. c. p. 212, Bogota. 
Prodotes, g. n., Kirsch, I, c. p. 212. Sp. P. cionoides, sp. n., Kirsch, 1. c. 
p. 213, Bogota. 
Cyriaspisj g. n., Kirsch, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1868, p. 177. Sp. C. i'uji- 
rostris, sp. n., Kirsch, 1. c. p. 179, Bogota. 
Typaci'uSf g. n., Kirsch, 1. c. p. 179. Sp. 2\ iniriis, sp. n., Kirsch, 1. c. 
p. 180, Bogota. 
Mitrasthetus, g. n., Bedtenbacher, Reise der Novara, Zool. ii. Col. p. 167. 
Allied to Cryptorhynchus. Sp. M. haridioides, sp. n., Redt. 1. c. p. 168, 
pi. 4. fig. 13, New Zealand. 
Pseudorobitis, g. n., Redtenbacher, /. c, p. 162. Allied to Orobitis, but 
with the anterior and intermediate coxae closely approximated, the fla- 
gellum 6-jointed, and no scutellum. Sp. P. gibbus, sp. n., Redt. 1. c. p. 163, 
Shanghai. 
Paranomocei'us, g. n., Redtenbacher, 1. c. p. 168. Allied to Mecistostylus, 
but scape very slightly passing the eyes, prothorax straightly truncate at 
base, femora unarmed. Sp. P. spictdus, sp. n., Redt. 1. c. p. 169, New 
Zealand. 
Crypharis, g. n., Fairmaire, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® sdr. viii. p. 498. Allied 
to Cryptorhynchus \ eyes 0 j body flattened above ; rostrum very large, in- 
flexed j prosternum with a deep channel with raised margins ; scape ascend- 
ing nearly to base of rostrum, funiculus of 7 joints, 1 longer and stouter 
than 2, club oval-acuminate. Sp. C, planidoi'sis, sp. n., Fairm. 1. c. p. 498, 
Algeria and Sicily. 
Zygopsides, g. n., Marseul, L'Abeille, v. p. 203. Allied to Coryssomerus, 
but with the eyes large, oval, and contiguous, and the head more immersed 
in the prothorax, which is not constricted. Sp. Z, bcrytensis, sp. n.. Mars. 
I. c. p. 201, Beyrouth. 
Parameira, g. n., Seidlitz, 1. c. p. 26. (See table, p. 260.) Sp. Stomodes 
rudis (Sch.)=0. hispidus (Stierl.)j P. setosa, sp. n., Seidlitz, /. c. p. 27, 
Turkey. 
