CLERIDiE PTINIDiE. 
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CLERIDiE. 
Thanasimus melanocejphalus, Chevr., = nuhilus, Kby., var. ; Ilydnocera 
funehris^ Chevr., = scahra^ Lee. ; Pelonium pennsylvanicum, Chevr., ? = 
Orthopleura damicornis, F., var. ; P. militare, Chevr., = Pkioplium hume- 
rale^ Horn ; P. lineaticolle, Chevr., = Lehasiella maculicollis^ Lee., and ? 
= P. filiolus, Chevr. ; G. H. Horn, Tr. Am. Ent. Soe. v. p. 149. 
Tarsostenus higuttatus^ Montr., ex. typ., = univittatus^ Rossi ; A. Fauvel, 
Bull. Soe. Ent. Fr. (6) v. p. Ixxxviii. 
Allochotes [-coto, Motsehoulsky, Coleoptera, 1859 ; -cotus, Mayr, 1864, 
Puton, 1874, Hemiptera ; Loew, Diptera^ 1864], g. P., J. 0. Westwood, 
Tr. E. Soe. 1875, p. 241. Semiglobose, Coeeinelliform, very glabrous, 
setose ; differs from Chorecine^ Pase., in its antennae being inerassate at 
the apex, its wider thorax, and smooth elytra. A. hicolor^ ibid. pi. ix. 
fig. 1, Maeassar (and var. ? mortica, p. 242, Morty), New Guinea, 
chrysomelina, Dofey, euhrioides, Sumatra, coccinella, Ceram, fulvescens^ 
Batehian, scymnoidesy Singapore, p. 242, spp. nn. [deseriptions of those 
7 speeies averaging a little over 10 words eaeh !], id. 1. c. 
Lymexylidjo. 
Il^eccetus americanus, Harris, ? , = lugubris, Say ; G. H. Horn, Tr. 
Am. Ent. Soe. v. p. 149. 
Atractocerus hifasciatus^ p. 544, Aru, hruijni and celehensis, p. 545, 
S. E. Celebes, spp. nn., R. Gestro, Ann. Mus. Genov, vi. 
Ptinid.®. 
Niptus holoseHceus in tea, &e., with general observations ; Ent. viii. 
pp. 43-45. 
Mezium hirtipemey Reiche, = affine^ Boield., abraded ; Desbrochers des 
Loges, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) v. p. cxxxix. 
Ectrephes^ Paso., is to be placed in the Eumorphides {EndomychidcB^f 
after Trichodeus^ according to Sall4 & Chevrolat, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) 
V. p. clxxxviii. 
Dryophilus. A synopsis of the species of the Mediterranean basin by 
E. Abeille de Perrin, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) v. pp. 207-212. MulsanPs 
genus Priohium is admitted with some hesitation, most of the characters’ 
failing. In Dryophilus proper, two sections are made, one with eyes, an- 
tennae, and general form alike in both sexes, the other in which the $ 
has enormous eyes, long antennae, &c. 
HomophthalmuSy subg. n. of Dryophilus, id. 1. c. p. 209. Eyes, antennae, 
and form alike in both sexes. For D. rugicollis, Muls. & R., and ? 
Ptinoides raphaelensis, Muls. & R., = Hedohia succincta, Chevr. (on the 
latter synonymy, cf. Desbrochers des Loges, 1. c. p. cxxxviii.) 
Dryophilus for ticornis, sp. n., Perrin, 1. c. p. 212, Syria. 
Gastrallus pubens, sp. n., L. Fairmaire, Ann. Mus. Genov, vii. p. 515, 
Nafta (Tunis). 
