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Bolhoceras gayndahmse^ sp. n., Macleay, 1. c. p. 185, Gayndah. 
Athyreus Jlavohirtus, sp. n., Walker, List Col. Lord, p. 12, Arabia. 
Geotrupes {Sternotrupes) cawc^^s^cMS, Sharp, l.c. p. 10, Persatli (=molestuSf 
Paid., teste Deyrolle, Pet. nouv. p. 145); murrayi, Ballion, 1. c. xliii. p. 334, 
Kapal : spp. im. 
Lethrus IcevigatuSj p. 334, acutangulusy turkestanicus, p. 335, rosmarusy 
impressifronsy microhuccis, p. 336, pygmceuSy tuherculifrons, p. 337, hrevicepsy 
hituherculatnSy p. 338, Russia ; Ballion, /. c. spp. nn. 
Trogides. 
Trox alternanSy Lee., neo Mad., requires renaming : Ballion, Bull. Mosc. 
xliv. p. 154. 
Trox dohrniy Harold, 0. H. yii. p. 112, K. George’s Sound; crotchiy id. 1. c. 
viii. p. 116, Queensland; T madagascariensisy Fairmaire, Ann. Soc. Ent. 
Fr. (5) i. p. 34, Nossi-Be ; T. quadrimaculatusy Ballion, 1. c. xliii. p. 338, 
Turkestan ; T. squamosusy salebrosusy and semicostatusy Madeay, 1. c. p. 186, 
Gayndah ; spp. nn. 
Glaphy rides. 
Ampliicoma knsohakeioitschiy sp. n., Ballion I, c. p. 339, Turkestan. 
Lichnanthe edwardsiy sp. n., Horn, Tr. Am. Ent, Soc. 1870, p. 77, Oregon. 
Melolont hides. 
Jloplia peroniy Blanch, : Wollaston (Tr. E. Soc. 1871, p. 256) considers 
the reference of this or any other Hoplia to Tenerifle to be most probably 
erroneous. 
Pleophylla : Schaufuss (Nunq. Ot. i. p. 231) reproduces the descriptions of 
the known members of this genus. 
Macrodactylus subspinosus, F. : an account of its habits is given in i. Rep. 
Ins. Ont. p. 78. 
Rhizotrogus marginipes and cicatricosusy Muls., ochraceiiSy Enoch, and rufi- 
cornisy F. : Rosenhauer (S. E. Z. xxxii. pp. 408-411) describes the habits of 
these spp. near Erlangen, and briefly redescribes cicatricosus. 
Rhizotrogus granulifery Rosenh., geniculatusy 0\\QVX.y^marginipeSy Muls., $ t 
des Loges, Mitth. Sdiw. ent. Ges. iii. p. 375. 
Polyphylla alba (1773) is to stand for hololeuca, Pall. ; Sparmannia ver- 
tumnusy Pall., is to stand for alopexy F., Harold, C. H. vii. p. 116 ; Hoplia 
fuessliniy M.o\\.y=philanthuSy Slz., id. I c. viii. p. 121. 
Melolontha vulgaris. Kiinstler (Verb. z.-b. Wien, xxi. Beih. p. 1) discusses 
injuries to cultivated plants from this sp. Mulsant, in Proc.-verb. Ann. Soc. 
Agric. Lyon (4), i. pp. liv & Ixx, discusses means for destroying this pest : cf. 
also Sauzey, ibid. ii. p. cxix. Yon Gorup-Besanez (S. B. Soc. Erlang. 1871, 
p. 70) gives particulars of the constituent elements and properties of a new 
chemical substance detected by Schreiner in this insect, and which he pro- 
poses to call melolonthin. Bedel (Nouv. et faits, p. Ixxxvi) gives a list of 
spp. of Coleoptera (many rare) found by him at Calvados upon the sea-shore, 
under layers of cockchafers brought by the wind. 
