CURCULIONID^. 
353 
Chonides. 
Capiomont’s monograph of Lixus is completed under the supervision 
of C. E. Leprieur, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) v. pp. 41-64, 257-288, 449-456 
[Zool. Rec. xi. p. 312]. Leprieur, 1. c. pp. 457-466, makes some conclud- 
ing observations, in lieu of preface, on the positions attributed to this 
genus with Larinus and Rhinocyllus by Schonherr and Lacordaire, and 
points out the little value of so-called natural systems, as exemplified 
by Coslostethus, which is Rhinocyllus with a pectoral furrow. An analy- 
tical table of the allied genera, a synonymic list of Capiomont’s species, 
and another of those not known to him (contributed by De Marseul), 
complete the work. The following observations occur : — Lixus inquina- 
tus, Boh., = suhtilis^ Boh. ; L, palpchratus, super ciliosus^ and rujicornis^ 
Boh., and ? acicularis, Germ., = acutus, Dej. ; L. sanguineus, Schon., nec 
Rossi, is renamed ceruginosus, p. 52 ; L. ochraceus and alho-marginatus, 
Boh., sicanus, Cap., wagneri, Luc., = ascanii, Linn. ; L. fallax, Boh., = 
spartii, 01. ; L. diloris, Germ., escholtzi, pistrinarius, and punctirostris, 
Boh., lepidii^ Mots., = myagri, Oh) L. ferrugatus, Fab. {nec 01.), pulve- 
reus, 01., lefehvrii and varicolor, Boh., and ? kolenatii, Hoch., = algirus, 
Linn., of which two other varr. are described but not named ; L. gut- 
tiventris and crihricollis, Boh., = ferrugatus, 01. {nec Fab.) ; L. ahdomi- 
nalis 2 ^,ndi angusticollis, Boh., himaeulatus, Luc., = punctiventris, Boh., 
and Goureau’s history of the evolution of L. bicolor probably refers to 
this species ; L. tristis and irresectus Boh., ? = bardance, Fab., varr. ; a 
var. scrobirostris of L. rufitarsis, Boh., from Algeria, p. 268 ; L. nigri- 
tarsis and consenescens, Sch., vilis, Rossi, = bicolor, 01. [no mention is 
made of its occurrence somewhat commonly so far north as England, or 
of the bright red varr. found in this country] ; L. ascanoides. Com., and 
conicollis. Boh., = juncii. Boh., of which chawneri, WolL, is an insular 
var. ; L. barbarus and sardiniensis, Boh., cynarce, Graells, = scolopax. 
Boh., of which sulphuratus, Boh., is probably a var., wrongly attributed 
to Sicily ; a var. cynarophilus (Graells) of L. cardui, 01., p. 281 ; L. con- 
strictus. Boh., = filiformis. Fab. ; L. aberratus, virens, and favens. Boh., 
= fiavescens. Boh. ; L. nubilosus, “Sch. in Mus.,” is for no assigned rea- 
son adopted for L. nebulosus, Boh. ; Cleonus ornatus, Reiche, = L. pulvis- 
culosus. Boh. . 
Lixus sanguineus, Rossi. Economy and transformations described; it 
ieedism Too\,-s>ievQ.^ of Apargia autumnalis. J. Weise, Verb. Yer. Briinn, 
xiii. pp. 125 & 126. 
Stephanocleonus {Gonocleonus') munieri, sp. n., L. Bedel, Bull. Soc. Ent. 
Fr. (5) V. p. cii. Oran. 
Leucosomus insignis, sp. n., Desbrochers des Loges, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 
(5) V. p. cxxxviii. Algeria (named and chai acterized, not fully described). 
Cleonus picticollis, sp. n., L. Fairmaire, Ann. Mus. Genov, vii. p. 533, 
Tunis. 
Lixus difficilis, p. 42, euphorbias, p. 260, Hungary, curvirostris, p. 47, 
Sardinia, saintpierrii, p. 48, Oran, trivitiatus, p. 49, S. France and Oran, 
insularis, p. 55. Sicily, lutescens, p. 277, Sicily, Cyprus, Caucasus, nubi- 
anus, p. 278, Egypt, Nubia, and ? Greece, hraatzi, p. 287, Sarepta, tricolor, 
p. 449, Altai and Songarei, theophili, p. 454, Trebizond, bishrensis, p. 456, 
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