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Cantharidj:. 
Meloe mneus, Cast., = purpurascens, Germ. ; the name M. latreilUi, 
Gemm. & von H., is not required for the species, which is quite distinct 
from ceneus, Tausch. ; L. Bedel, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) iv. p. cli. 
Cantharis vesicatoria. Note on a continuous colony near Cambridge ; 
Ent. Ann. 1874, p. 59. Indications of the beetle being parasitic on some 
Hymenopterous insects ; A. Laboulbene, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) iv. 
p. Ixxxviii. 
Cantharis tenebrosa, Lee., ^ described ; G. H. Horn, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. 
V. p. 38. 
Epicauta rileyi, p. 37, Arizona, alphonsii, p. 38, California, spp. nn., 
id. 1. c. 
Cantharis crotchi.^ p. 38, insperatus., p. 39, spp. nn., id. 1. c., California. 
Cephaloon ungulare, White Mountains, Lake Superior, tefiuicorne, Van- 
couver’s Island ; J. L. Leconte, P. Bost. Soc. xvi. p. 275, spp. nn. 
CEdemeridji. 
Lethonymus. Observations on this genus, and varieties, &c., of L. dif- 
fnrrnis ; C. A. Dohrn, S. E. Z. xxxv. pp. 2G8 & 269. 
Techmessa, g. n., F. Bates, Ann. N. H. (4) xiii. p. 113. Nearest Cyclo- 
derus, but with 3rd joint of antennge short. T. concolor and telephoroides, 
spp. nn., id. ibid., New Zealand. 
Xanthochroa calif ornica., sp. n., G. H. Horn, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. v. p. 39, 
California. 
Mycterus quadricoUis^ id. 1. c. p. 42, California ; M. gracilior, L. Fair- 
mairo. Pot. Nouv. vi. p. 388, Algeria: spp. nn. 
Asclera discolor^ sp. n., J. L. Leconte, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. v. p. 70, Cali- 
fornia. 
CURCTJLIONIDJE. 
J. L. Leconte, Am. Nat. viii. pp. 385-396, 452-470, after reviewing 
the classifications of Schonherr, Lacordaire, Jekel, Suffrian, and C. G. 
Thomson, refers to Horn’s observation [Zool. Rec. x. p. 295] that the 
“ Brachyrhynquesf like the Cossonides and Calandrides^ differ from the 
“ Mecorhynques ” in not having a different number of dorsal abdominal 
segments in the sexes. This he states to be erroneous as regards the 
Brachyrhynques ; but he attaches great importance to Horn’s discovery 
as regards the other groups, and uses it as a primary division, arranging 
the Rhynchophora into 3 sets, each of “a corresponding value to the 
individual aeries of normal Coleoptcra (c. ( 7 ., Adephaga, Clavicornia, 
Lamellicornia, &c.).” The following classification is proposed (chiefly 
with reference to American species): — 
Series. I. Haplogastra. Abdomen alike in both sexes ; dorsal seg- 
ments 7, coriaceous, with the exception of the 7th, which forms the 
pygidium and is small and corneous ; ventral segments not prolonged 
upwards into a sharp edge ; elytra without lateral fold on the inner 
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