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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Casstda kcechUni (Mars.) is described from the Algerian Sahara by Fair- 
maire, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® s^r. viii. p. 500. 
Cassida pellegrini, sp. n., Marseul, L’ Abeillc; v. p. 213, and C. cornea^ sp. n., 
Mars. 1. c. p. 214, Beyrouth. 
Erotylid^. 
L. Bedel publishes (L'^Abeille, v. pp. 1-50) a monograph of 
the species of this family inhabiting Europe, Western Asia, and 
the north of Africa. He divides the group into 2 sections : — 
1. EngideSj having the first joint of the maxillary palpi shorter 
than the following 2 combined, and the fourth joint oval ; and 
2. TViplacides, ha\mg tlie first joint of the maxillary palpi longer 
than the second and third together, and the fourth joint trans- 
verse. The former include two genera, namely, Engis of au- 
thors and a new genus, Combocerus. The Triplacides form 3 
genera, namely, Triplax, Tritoma^ and Aulacocheilus. The au- 
thor adds some notes on the structure of Aulacocheilus and on 
some points of synonymy {1. c. p. 136). 
Combocerus, g. n., Bedel, L’Abeille, v. p. 12. Funiculus of antennae stout, 
joints 1-8 moniliform, equal, club elongate, perfoliate ; joint 4 of tarsi veiy 
small, partly enveloped by 3 ; elytra with 8 rows of points. Sp. Mycet. san- 
guinicollis (Fab.). 
JEhigis pontica, Bedel, L’ Abeille, v. p. 9, Batoum. 
Triplax hreviscutata, Fairmaire, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® s4r. viii. p. 502, 
Morocco. 
Triplax marseuli, Bedel, 1. c. p. 24, South of Fi-ance and Algeria; T. cya- 
nescens, Bedel, Z. c. p. '2Q=melanocephala (Lac.), Algeria, Spain, Portugal. 
Aulacocheilus algei'inus (lleiche, MS.), Bedel, Z. c. p. 47, Algeria. . 
Languria convexicollis, Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 140, California. 
ENDOMYCHIDiE. 
He Marseul has published (HAbeille, v. pp. 51-138) a mo- 
nograph of the species of this family inhabiting Europe and its 
confines, in which, as in his previous monographic papers, he 
commences with a general account of the structure and trans- 
formations of the insects composing the family and of what may 
be termed its literary history. He gives (l. c. pp. 66-68) a 
table of the genera, from which the following is slightly 
abridged : — 
I. Tarsi with joint 3 very small, enclosed in the preceding (Endom. peo- 
phes). 
A. Prosternum not visible between the coxae. 
1. Antennae elongate, joint 2 much shorter than 3, the rest long, club 
thin. 
a. Shining; pronotum subparallel; last joint of antennae elongate, 
acuminate 1. Ancylopus (Costa). 
h. Punctured and pubescent; pronotum subcordifom ; last joint of 
antennae obtuse 5. Dapsa (Lat.). 
