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INSECTA, COLBOPTERA. 
Asidides. 
PelecyphoruSf Sol., Euschides, Lee., and PhiloUthus, Lac., are to merge in 
Asida, which is to contain all species wherein the trochantin of the middle 
coxae is plainly visible, and the 11-jointed antennae are not received in thoracic 
grooves : id. 1. c. p. 282. 
Machleida [rectius Machloida\ g. n., FShraeus, CEfv. Vet. Ak. xxvii. p. 256. 
Facies of Machlay but allied to Adda. M. nodidosa, sp. n., id. ibid., Caffraria. 
Machla hamaticoUis, Gerstacker, 1. c. p. 59, See Jipe ; M. verrucosa, p. 253, 
caffra and sulcicollis, p. 254, mendica smdi porcella, p. 255, FShraeus, 1. c., Caf- 
fraria: spp. nn. 
Asida actuosa, California, semilcevis, W. Nevada, p. 284, hictata, California, 
p. 286, captiosa, R. Tulare (? distinct from lecontii, Horn, of which a var. com- 
pressa is described), consobrina, N. America, p. 287, gibbicollis, L. California, 
p. 288, Horn, 1. c. j A. bicostata and trivialis, FShraeus, 1. c. p. 257, Caffraria : 
spp. nn. 
Astroftus regularis, sp. n., Horn, 1. o. p. 290, Texas. 
Pimeliides. 
Ocnei'a pilicollis, Fald., is an error fov pilicotmis : Ballion, /. c. p. 169. 
Pimelia ornata, Mill.,=coma^a, Sol. ; de Marseul, Nouv. et faits, p. Ixxxiii. 
Pimelia mogadora, sp. n., Fairmaire, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (4) x. p. 387, Mo- 
gador {?—fornicata, Hbst., var., sec. auct.). 
Molyrides. 
Haag-Rutenbebg (C. H. vii. pp. 24-111, viii. pp. 29-113) commences a 
revision of this group with which he associates Phrynocolus, Lac. {Orypto- 
genius, Sol.), and Phligra, Cast. {Oyrtoderes, Sol.). According to him (vii.); 
Oticosoma ^raww/are, Westw.,=^mma^?m, F. ; Phligra curetdionides, sinuosa, 
nigrita, Sol., degeeri, Cast., lacunosa, Thunb., = Deg.; Pimelia bi- 
striata, Hbst., gibba, Pall, j gibba, Hbst., nec Pall., is named herbsti 
(p. 64) ; Mol. hirtipes, G&at.,= PsamtJiodes rdchii, Sol. ; striatus, F., is to be re- 
tained for the later Psamm.{Pim.) of the same author, and striatus, unicolor, ccb- 
latus, spinolcB, hemisph<Bricus, and gravidus, Sol., are varr. of that sp., of which 
another var. (f.) is named nigrocostatus ; M. luteipes, Gu5r., = P6\ scaber, F. j 
a var. of Ps. brunneus, 01., is named rufocastaneus ; Ps. rujicornis, Sol., = 
longicornis, Kby. j elongata, Sol., = Ps. Icevigatus, 01. j Ps. bertolonii, Gu6r., $ 
(nec cf ) is named guerini, p. 82 j Hypomelus bicolor, Sol., Oxyura psammo- 
dioides, Q\i^t.,=:iPs. per onatus, Germ, j Ps. sabulosus, ^o\.,^obliquatus, id. 
New genera and species : — 
Aptila, FShrfeus, /. c. p. 268. Allied to Oncosoma. A. tuberculata, ibid., 
noxia and costata ( cf of tuberculata, sec. Haag, 1. c.), p. 269, debilis ( d of 
noxia, sec. Haag, 1. c.), p. 260, id. 1. c., Caffraria. 
Ametrocera, id. 1. c. p. 260. A. turrita and aurita (respectively c? & $ of 
one sp., sec. Haag, 1. c.), id. 1. c. p. 261, Caffraria. 
Ocnodes, id. 1. c. p. 270. Allied to Psammodes. O. scrobicollis, ibid., con- 
cinna, p. 271, id. 1. c., Caffraria. 
Amiantm, id. 1. c. p. 279. Allied to Phrynocolus. A gihbosus and I'usticu.s, 
