ELATERlDvE. 275 
Xylohius cylindriformisj sp. n., Horn, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. 1871, p. 341, 
California. 
Elateridae. 
Horn (/. c. pp. 299-324, pi. iv.) has published ^^Descriptions of new 
species of Elateridcs of the United States,” figuring Elater cordifer, Lee., f. 6, 
Meyapenthes stigmosus, Lee., f. 10, and var. caprella, Lee., f. 11, Limonius 
mirus, Lee., f. 16, maciilicollis, Mots., f. 17, Corymhites trapezium, Lee., f. 18, 
umhripennis, Lee., f. 19, triundulatus, Rand., f. 20, hamatus, Say, f, 22, ap- 
pressus, Rand., f. 23, Oxygonus ohesus, Say, f. 24, with some spp. nn. The 
description of pi. iii., relating to Aphodius, appears to be misplaced in this 
paper. Discrepancy between figure and description of Meristhus scohinula, 
Cand., is pointed outj XiVnomW Walker, = Mots., which 
is not occidentalis, Cand. ; L. discicollis, Q&.ndi., — maculicollis, Mots. ; L. hume- 
rails, Cand.,=on^a^M/^^.s, Lee. ; Corymhites nehraskensis,lS[imdi,=triundidatus, 
Rand.; C. diversicolor, YiHa\i.,—rotundicollis, Say; a var. of C. morulas, Lee., 
is described ; C, carho, Ijqc,., — lateralis, Lec. ; and a var. of C. cruciatus, L., is 
described under the name edivardsi. 
Agrypnus notodonta, Latr., is recorded from Cairo by Baudi, B. E. Z. xv. 
p. 49, note. ' 
Tylotarsus boieldieui, CsxiA, = cuspidatus, Klug; Germ., must be 
used for cuspidatus, Cand. : Fairmaire, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) i. p. 40. 
Heteroderes puncticollis, ^o\\.,=zA7ichastus atlanticus, Cand.: Wollaston, 
Ann. N. H. (4) vi. p. 401. 
Erasterius himaculatus, F., and figuratus. Germ., Elater megerlii, Lac., 
Cryptohypnus alysidotus. Kies., Cardiophorus dilutus and crassicollis, Er., Mela- 
notus rujipes, PHbst., M. dichrotis, Er. : varieties from Cyprus of these species 
are recorded by Baudi, l.c. p. 61 et seq. 
Elater\ coccinatus. Rye, is recorded from Fontainebleau, in oak, by Bedel, 
Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) i. Bull. p. Ixiii. 
Elater costeri, Weyenberg. The author (S. E. Z. xxxii. p. 270) introduces 
a novelty in nomenclature by changing his treasons for giving this specific 
name, and not altering the name itself. His original Coster turns out an 
impostor, the invention of printing being once more attributed to Gutenberg ; 
consequently this Solenhofen fossil is to be understood as glorifying another 
Coster, a medical man of the 17th century. 
Athous sylvaticus. Des Loges, Mitth. schw. ent. Ges. iii. p. 371, describes 
a var. from Vernet, under the name Icevigatus. 
Cratomjehus africanus, J\o\\.,=:umhilicatus, Schon. ; Gerstacker, Arch. f. 
Nat. xxxvii. p. 64. 
Cardiophorus nigropunctatus, = Melanoxanthus id., Mots., ex typ.\ 
de Marseul, Nouv. et faits, p. xevi. C. dejlexus, Schauf. : Schaufuss, Nunq. 
Ot. i. p. 193, repeats his opinion that this is melampus. 111. C. nigricornis, 
'RmA\., — (xratus, Er. ; incanus, Er. (iivflatus, Qen4, MS.), should be placed 
between asperulus, Cand., and 7'ubripes, Germ. : Baudi, 1. c, pp. 62 & 53 
(note). 
Eyrophoj'us pmictatissimus, Bl. Burmeister (P. L. S. xi. p. 416 et seq.') 
refers to this sp. the luminous larva mentioned by Murray and Trimen, and 
named Astraptor illuminator by the former. He fully describes and figures 
this with details. 
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