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INSECTA, COEEOPTEttA. 
Alcidides, 
Abides chaudoiri, Gu^r., is redescribed and figured by Solsky, Hor. Ent. 
Eoss. viii. p. 147, T. v. f. k 
Abides coquereli, p. 48, I. Marotte, Madagascar, costipennis, p. 49, I. 
Mayotte, Comores, olivaceus (changed to fairmairii by Gemminger, C. H. \iii. 
p. 123, on account of olivaceus, Gerst.) and curtirostris, p. 50, Madagascar, 
Fairmaire, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) i. ; A. mayistei', p. 181, pi. ix. f. 9, Aru, 
fustuosus, Sarawak, auritus, ih. f. 11, Cochiu-Ohina, erro, China, p. 182, 
micrmychus, Cochin-China, frontalis, Morty, p. 183, Pascoe, 1. c. j A. sub- 
villosus, p. 254, subtilis, p. 255, ajfinis and simplex, p. 256, Caftiuria, FShrseus, 
1. c. ] A. ohsoletus, Geratacker, /. c. p. 74, Mombas : spp. nn. 
Mmemachides. 
MenemacJms mcestijicus and tristis, spp. nn., FShraeus, /. c. p. 258, CafiVaria. 
Iloplitopabs ambiyuus, sp. n., id. 1. o. p. 259, Caliraria.* 
Cryptorhynchides. 
Acalles puloerulentus,y^o\\.,nec Blanch., is changed to pulverosus ; varie- 
yatus, Blanch., nec Boh., to varius ; Cryptorhynckus albifrons. Boh., 1837, 
7 iec Boh., 1835, to frontesiynatus j Thoms., wfcBoh., to nubeculosus j 
Coelostei'nus albotessellatus, Luc., wee Mots., to albotinctus\ tessellatus, 
nec Boh., to tesserulatus : Gemminger, C. H. viii. p. 123. 
Conotrachelus nenuphar : Saunders (Rep. fruit-gr. Ass. Ont. 1870, pp. 50- 
65) gives an account of the numbers of specimens taken in difterent parts of 
Canada, and of the various modes and times of their capture, from which it 
would seem certain that the Plum-Curculio ” is most active at night. 
Reed (i. Rep. Ins. Out. pp. 118-126) fully discusses the economy of this 
pest, figuring it and its parasites, and mentioning means for its destruction. 
Cf. also Riley, iii. Rep. Ins. Mo. p. 11 et seq. (stridulating processes, p, 14, 
note). 
Conotrachelus cratceyi, Walsh, the Quince-Curculio,” is figured, and its 
habits, larva, and pupa, &c, are described by Riley, c. pp. 35-39, f. 12. 
Acalbsi Wollaston (Tr. E. Soc. 1871, p. 267) refers to the habits of 
certain Madeira^ spp. 
Rhinochenus, Lucas : Chevrolat (Ann. Ent. Belg. xiv. pp. 85-93) mono- 
graphs this genus, which he locates near Cratosomus, Schon. 
Psilomerus, gen., FShraeus, 1. c. p. 267. Facies of Cyamobolus, but allied to 
Macromertis, from which it difiers chiefly in its eyes being distant and its 
cylindrical femora (name altered to Meropsilus by Gemminger, C. H. viii. 
p. 123, on account of the prior Psilomerus of Chevrolat in the Cerambyddee). 
P. maculipes, sp. n., id. 1. o. p. 268, Caffraria. 
Pascoe (P, L, S. xi.) characterizes the following new genera and spp. : — 
Gbchinus, p. 184. Represents New-Zealand Psepholax, differing in its 
straight scrobes and declivous mesosternum. G. talpa, ibid., New Caledonia. 
Deretiosus, ibid. To be placed with Lacordaire’s ^ Ithyporides,’ but re- 
sembles Bothrobatys. D. aridus, p. 185, pi. viii. f. 10, Dorey, New Guinea. 
Perichius, p. 186. Allied to Tylodes, Sch., but with subterminal lateral 
scrobes, rostrum reticulate-punctate, and flexuous non-attenuate tibiae, 
P. verrucosus, ibid. pi. viii. f. 9, Waigiou. 
