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COLEOPTBUA. 
The pupae of Oryctes, Parastasia, Euchlora^ Phyllopertha, Melolontha, 
Rhizotrogus, Serica, Aphodius, Geotrypes, Dorcus, Platycerus, Sinoden- 
drum, and Passalus are also described and systematically classed ; id. tom. 
cit. pp. 360-367. 
[The Lucanidce, included by Schiodte with the ScarabceidcB, are asso- 
ciated in the above notice with the latter family.] 
Ooprides. 
H. Burmeister, S. E. Z. xxxv. pp. 120-133, under the heading “ La- 
mellicornia Argentina,” continues his revision of the Coprides of the La 
Plata district [Zool. Bee. x. p. 269]. Copris rotundatas, Blanch., is a 
Selenocopris^ not an Oiitherus ; Gromphas inermis, Har., = lacordairii^ 
Dej. 
Gr. VAN Lansberge, Ann. Ent. Belg. xvii. pp. 177-193, discusses the 
Ateuchides, in the commencement of a series of articles, entitled Observa- 
tions on the Classification of Coprophagous Lamellicorns. He considers that 
Lacordaire’s classification cannot be maintained, Burmeister’s being still 
more artificial, and that the modifications presented by the position of the 
intermediate coxie, with the corresponding formation of the meso- and 
metasternum, suffice to establish 3 natural groups ; — 1, true Ateuchides 
(a, apterous, "Eju.cva,mdes, Eucranium,Anomiopsis, Glyphiderus^ Pachysoma^ 
Mnematium ; b, winged, Ateuchides s. s., Pachyloinera, Scarabceus, Cir- 
cellhun, Sceliages, Gymnopleurus), having the intermediate coxae approxi- 
mated and strongly oblique ; 2, Canthonides (a, true Oanthonides, Me- 
gathopa, Canthon, Stenodactylus, Deltochilum ; fc, Minthophilides, 
Anachalcos, Gyronotus, Byrriddium, Epilissus, Monoplistes, Temno- 
plectron, Tesserodon, Saphobius, Cephalodesmius, Canthosoma^ Aula- 
copriSf Onthobium ; c, Epirinides, Coprceciis, Sti'eblopus, Labroma, 
EpirinuSj Minthophilus), having the intermediate coxae separated and 
moderately oblique ; 3, Sisyphldes {A mplmtomus, Sisyphus, Eurysternus, 
Drepanocerus), having the intermediate coxu3 widely separated and pa- 
rallel, and the metasternum occupying almost all the breast. 
Mnematium and Pachylomera are distinct from Scarabceus ; M. multi- 
dentatum, King, belongs to the winged section, and a new genus, 
Octodon, is proposed for its reception (p. 183) ; Von Harold’s restoration 
of Scarabceus for Ateuchus is adopted [the latter name being dropped, it 
seems unreasonable to call the group A teuchides'] ; Sebasteos cannot bo 
separated from Scarabceus. Megathopa may be transferred to the 1st 
group, after Gymnopleurus ; Burmeister’s adoption of Coprobius for 
Canthon is rejected; a new genus, Gyronotus, is proposed (p. 186) for 
Chalconotus pumilus, Boh. ; and another, Monoplistes (p. 187), for an 
Australian species near Epilissus ; Homodesmius, Shp., = Canthosoma, 
McL. [E. von Harold, G. H. xii. p. 131] ; a new genus, Streblopus (p. 
187) is indicated for a Brazilian representative of the Epirinides. Mero- 
dontus, McL., nec Jekel, is re-named Amphistomus (p. 190) [-ma. Bud., 
Vermes] : C. O. Waterhouse, Tr. E. Soc. 1874, p. 537, re-names this genus 
Platyphymatia. 
Aulacopris, White (re-characterized), is a distinct genus ; C. O. Water- 
house, 1. c\ p. 536. 
