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been subsequently seen by Reitter, agreeing well with Heer’s description), 
also Cercus pennatus, Murr., C. ahdominalis, Er., G. sambuciy Stm., = 
scutellarisy Heer, = solani, Heer, and ? C. politus, Reitt. ; Brachy- 
pterus rotundicollis^ Murr., = velatu's, Woll. ; B. antirrhini, Murr., ? = 
laticollis, Kiist. ; Carpophilus pictus, Heer, = Jiemipterus^ L. ; Epurcea 
immunda, Stm., infuscata, Makl., = terminalis, Mann., ex. typ. ; E. hi- 
punctata^ Reitter, 1874, = hisignata, Stm., var. ; E. ruhro-marginata^ 
Reitt., = pygmcea^ Gryll. ; E. ruhiginosa, Heer, is probably an Omosita ; 
Meligethes marmothani, Bris., = lederi^ Reitt. ; M. dives, Rt., = brachi- 
alis, Er. ; M. saulcii, Rt., = picipes, Stm. ; M. liguricus, Rt., = angus- 
tatus, Kiist. ; M. bouvouloiri, Bris., and M. californicus, Rt., = dauricus, 
Mots., = brassicce, Scop, {ceneus, E.), varr. : M. ryei, Woll., is stated to 
be a needless renaming of varicollis, Woll., whereas it is a species de- 
scribed as distinct from the latter ; M. subtilis, Bris., solitarius, Rt., = 
hypocrita, Bris. ; M. rujicornis, Heer, ? = planiusculus, Heer {seniculus, 
Er.), var. ; M. bruchi, Rt., =. punctatus, Bris. ; the Recorder’s inability 
to agree with the collocation of M. difficilis and hunzii is considered, in 
general terms, to be founded on insufficient differences, which, however, 
exist as far as British specimens are evidence. Ips loevior, Ab.,’ is scarcely 
distinct from I. ferrugineus. 
The same author. Verb. Ver. Briinn, xiii. pp. 53-64 (also issued as part 
of Efeft iv. of Deutsche E. Z. 1875), pi. i., distinguishes generically various 
forms for the most part hitherto associated with Epurcea, which is re-, 
stricted to species with the thoracic sides evidently marginato-reflected, 
the tibiae unarmed, and the pygidium of the $ truncate at the apex, 
with an additional dorsal anal segment (various portions figured, figs. 13 ^ 
14, 23-27). 
Colastus agavensis and yuccce. Crotch, belong to Carpophilus \ J. L. 
Leconte, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. v. p. 170. 
Cychrocephalus, Reitt. [Zool. Rec. x. p. .262], renamed Cychropiestus ; 
E. Reitter, 0. H. xiii. p. 185. 
Ipidia Integra, Wank., = lata, Aub^, = Nitidula ^-guttata. Sahib., 
which is a Stelidota, and occurs in Europe certainly ; id. op. cit. xiv. 
p. 211. 
Meligethes. Economy and destructive habits described by M. Bach, 
in “ Studien und Lesefruchte aus dem Buch der Natur,” iv. (not seen by 
the Recorder). 
Chilocorus opponens. Walk., = Tritoma bifacies. Walk., and is a Camp- 
todes ; E. v. Harold, C. H. xiv. p. 211. 
Ips and Pityophagus considered generically distinct, and the N. Ame- 
rican species tabulated ; I. Q^-pustulatus, Reitt., bipustulatus, Mels., 4:-sig- 
natus, Say, = fasciatus, 01. ; I. rubro-maculatus, Reitt., = sanguinolentus, 
01. ; Rhizophagus cylindricus, Lee., and Ips cylindricus, Lee., are wrongly 
confused by Reitter ; Carpophilus rufus, Murray, = melanopterus, Er. ; 
G. H. Horn, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. v. pp. 133-135. 
Mew genera and species : — 
Cercometes, E. Reitter, Verb. Ver. Briinn, xiii. p. 99. Near C^cus 
