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INSECTAj COLEOPTERA. 
Rhyssemus rubeolus, id. ibid. p. 26, N. Abyssinia j R. californicuSj Cali- 
fornia, riparius, Arizona, Horn, 1. c. p, 290. 
Atcenius horticola^ Harold, L’Ab. v. p. 429, Constantinople (but see ob- 
servations at p. 430 as to its probably American origin) ; spinicollis, id. C. H. 
viii. p. 23, N. Abyssinia. A. robustus, p. 286, Missouri, oblongus, California, 
ovatidus, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, p. 286, lobatus, California, soeialis, Georgia, 
Louisiana, p. 287, hirsutusy Arizona, lucanus, L, California, p. 288, cylindrus, 
S. Carolina, desertusy California, p. 289 : Horn, 1. c. 
Psammodius poricollis, Fairmaire, 1. c. (4) x. p. 374, Boussada j P. {Platy- 
tomus) laticepsy id. 1. c. (6) i. p. 34, Madagascar; P. scabrifronSy Walker, l.c. 
p. 12, Cairo ; P. foveicollisy Ballion, 1. c. p. 333, Turkestan j P. quinyueplioatusy 
p. 292, ? Arizona, bidensy p. 293, Southern States, Horn, 1. c. 
Psammobius basalia, Mulsant & Bey, Ann. Soc. Agric. Lyon (4) ii. p. 630, 
Provence. 
uEyialia marmottaniy Fairmaire, l.c. (4) x. p. 374, Biskra; AE. confertUy 
Horn, 1. c. p. 294, M. & S. States and Illinois. 
Orphnides. 
Hybalus thufitanuSy Fairm.,=£?orcos, F. ; dorcaSy auct., must resume the 
name of cornifronSy Gu6r. ; barbarusy Cast., probably Luc., but 
should be disregarded for insufficiency of description : Fairmaire, 1. c. (4) x. 
p. 376. 
• Hybalus subeornutusy sp. n., id. ibid.y Tangiers. 
Hybosorides. 
Phceochrous (Silphodes) indicusy Westw., = emarginataSy Casteln., $ ; IS. 
gambiensisy Westw., ?=senegalensisy Cast. : Harold, C. H. viii. p. 28. 
Phceochrous beccariiy sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 26, N. Abyssinia. 
Geotrupides. 
- Rolboceras nigricepSy Westw., nec Wied., requires renaming : Ballion, Bull. 
Mosc. xliv. p. 164. 
Geotrupes polyceros, Pall. (1771), is to stand for ammon, Harold, C. H. vii. 
p. 116 ; G. boasy F., daldorji, Gmel., = F., id. 1. c. viii. p. 120. 
Geotrupes vernalis and its allies are discussed by Sharp (Ent. M. M. viii. 
pp. 8-11), according to whom Icevisy St., autumnalisy Er., alpinusy Hag., o6- 
scurusy violaceuSy varians, and splendens, Muls., and probably piirpureusy Kiist., 
and amedeiy Fairm., are to be referred to that sp., and vernaUs, Steph., poUtuSy 
Muls., coruscansy Chevr., and probably Zieg., to pyrenceuSy Charp., 
characters being given for these 2 spp. 
Geotrupes stercoi'arius : diagnostic characters for this and mesoleiusy Thoms. 
(stercorariusy Er., nec L.), are recapitulated by Bye, Ent. M. M. viii. p. 108. 
Lethrus cephaloteSy Kiinstler (Verb. z.-b. Wien, xxi. Beih. p. 87) discusses 
injuries to cultivated plants from this sp. 
AmechanuSy g. n., Horn, 1. c. p. 48, figs. 1 & 2 : to receive the 3 American 
spp. of Aihyretis (JerrugineuSy Beauv., /o5sai{2<s, Hald., & serratusy Lee.), which 
have a broad triangular scutellum with rounded sides, not depressed 
below the level of the elytra. The generic name, being preoccupied in Ceram- 
bycidcCy is clianged to Bradyemetus, Horn, 1. c. 1871, p. 334. 
