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J. Faust, Hor. Ent. Ross. xi. p. 229 (Sept. 25, 1875), “ Tasch,” Persia [see 
Baudi, swprci] : spp. nn. 
Prosodes dilaticollis, p. 234, Songarei, persica^ p. 236, pustulata^ p. 237, 
Schahrud, Persia, solskii, p. 239, Krasnowodsk, gracilis, p. 241, Tur- 
kestan, J. Faust, 1. e. spp. nn. 
Dila angustata, sp. n. ?, F. Baudi, Deutsche E. Z. 1875, p. 102, Persia, 
and var. ? laticollis (Kol. MS.), id. 1. c. p. 103. 
Asidides. 
Asida porcata, Dej., var. n. massiliensis, F. Baudi, Deutsche E. Z. 
1875, p. 115, Marseilles ; A. bajardi, Sol., var. n. ligurica, id. Bull. Ent. 
Ital. vii. p. 27, E. Liguria. 
Asida vage-costata, sp. n., L. Fairmaire, Ann. Mus. Genov, vii. p. 528, 
Tunis; A. atrata, sp. n. ?, F. Baudi, Deutsche E. Z. 1875, p. 107, 
Cadiz ; A. dufouri, sp, n., id. 1. c. p. 110, Spain (= servillii, Sol., $ ; G. 
Kraatz, 1. c. note). 
Cardiogenius subcostatus, cicatricosus, and hirsutus, spp. nn., H. Bur- 
meister, S. E. Z. xxxvi. p. 469, Montevideo. 
Nycf eludes. 
H. Burmeister, 1. c. pp. 469 & 470, in discussing the Argentine 
species of this group, which is the most characteristic for the country, 
makes some highly interesting observations upon the distribution of 
species with regard to neighbouring countries. The indigenous Nycte- 
liides are highly localized, only extending on the north and west to 
Chili and Bolivia in a very slight degree. One species only occurs in 
the east, scarcely reaching beyond Uruguay ; none are found in 
Entrerios or Tucuman. The limit eastwards travels in a north-west 
direction from the mouth of the La Plata by Cordova, Catamarca, aud 
the Despoblado plateau to Bolivia. These northern species almost 
entirely differ from the Argentine, only one species representing the 
group being common to Bolivia and La Plata. The Chilian species 
also are almost universally distinguishable from the Argentine, aud 
extend southwards on the west side to the Atlantic. The author’s 
experience bears out Darwin’s statement as to the same species occurring 
at the Rio Negro and also at Mendoza, at the base of the Cordilleras. 
This distribution is also found in the mammals and birds ; and Bur- 
meister’s deduction is that the entire Patagonian steppes are of tertiary 
formation, older than the quarternary or diluvial central Argentine 
plains, the species peculiar to the more ancient land extending along it 
towards the south. 
Pilobalia, g. n., id. 1. c. p. 487. Forms the 4th genus of the 2nd 
group ; with no hooked lateral appendages to the thorax ; elytra as in 
Entomoderes ; maxillary palpi as in Aulacodera. Type, Nyctelia decor ata, 
Er., also P. picta (Klug MS., Dej. Cat.), sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 488, Cata- 
marca, and 5 known species of Nyctelia. 
Psectrascelis ursina, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 475, Catamarca, Cordova, (? = 
pilosa, Sol.). 
Epipedonota abnormis, p. 476, mouth of the River Sta. Cruz, microdera, 
