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scirpi. Notaris (and Icaris, g. n.) has no spines or spurs at the apex of 
the tibiae, Erirhinus (and Erycus, g. n.) having these spines, one on each side 
of the mucro. Dorytomus auripennis and meridionalis, Desbr., = vorax^ 
F., vaiT., of which other varr. friwaldszkii (Hungary) and planirostris 
(Algeria) are described, p. 97. D. variegatus^ Cryl., ? = tremuke, Payk., 
of which amplithorax, Desbr., is the $ , and tenuirostris, Boh., is pro- 
bably a small $ ; D. suratus, Gyl., is distinct from hUiiberculatus, Zett. ; 
D. fructuum, Marsh., = punctator, Hbst., uec pectoralis,'P‘diiz. [both spp. 
are attributed to England], with which nebulosus, Gyl., is identified ; 
Bagous minutus, Hochhuth (1847), is re-named hochhuthi, p. 110 [the 
other B. minutuH is that of Mulsant & Rey (1850), consequently it is the 
latter that should have been re-named]. Brachyonyx indigena, Hbst., = 
pineti, Payk. (1702), of which a dark var. is noted. The whole group is 
thus divided : — 1, Erirhinides vrais {Brocas, Acrisius, Jehelia, Brachypus, 
Elleschus, Smicronyx, Sharpia, Aubceonymus, Pachytychius, Bury ty chins, 
Grypidius, Notaris, Erirhinus, Dorytomus, Hypoglyptus, and 6 new 
genera) ; 2, Hydronomides {Hydronomus, Bagous, Ephimeropus, Phil- 
emus') ; 3, Tanysphyrides [= Crytoplides, Lac., but that name changed, 
as Crytoplus is exotic!], Tanysphyrus, Endaliscus, Anoplus) \ 4, 
Brach [y^ony \chi\des {Brachyonyx). 
Roelofs, OR. Ent. Belg. 1874, p. Ixxx., properly objects to 
Tournier’s altering classification on the basis of a study restricted to 
Europe. Van Volxem, 1. c. p. Ixxxii., endorses this opinion, especially 
objecting to the alteration of the name Cryptoplides. 
Desbrochers, tom. cit. pp. cxxviii. & cxxix., maintains the specific dis- 
tinctness of his Erirhinus auripennis dcadi meridionalis ; E. nebulosus, Gyl., 
and pectoralis, Pz., are not identical. Acrisius should not have been 
included in the group ; it is near Aparopion, Hampe. 
Tournier, 1. c. pp. cliii. & cliv., reasserts the identity of Desbrochers’ 
2 species with E. vorax ; Dorytomus pectoralis = nebulosus, $ , and punc- 
tator and /rucluum are also se.xes of one species. 
Nedyleda, Pascoe, re-characterized ; F. P. Pascoe, J. L. S. xii. p. 7G. 
It agrees with Dorytomus in the absence of ocular lobes, and with 
Erirhinus in its simple femora. 
Nychiomma, Pasc., is not to be placed here, but in the Prionomerides ; 
id. 1. c. p. 89, note. 
Mecinus. Synoptical table of species, with full descriptions of M. 
heviceps, reichii, nasutus, humeralis, and fairmairii ; H. Tournier, Ann. 
Ent. Belg. xvii. pp. 40-46. 
Geranorhinus elegans, Seidl., = rujirpstris, Chevr. ; Puton, Bull. Soc. 
Ent. Fr. (5) iv. p. 3il. 
New genera and species : — 
Acrodya, Tournier, Ann. Ent. Belg. xvii. p. 71. Resembles Procas in 
form and Acrisius in colour, &c. ; differing from both in its sculpture 
and posteriorly confluent scrobes. A. brucki, id. 1. c. p. 72, Tuscany. 
Colchis, id. 1. c. p. 73. Differs tvom. Jekelia in its short, straight, robust 
rostrum. C. tibialis, p. 74, Egypt, carinirostris, p. 75, Mingrelia, id. l.c. 
Pseudostyphlus, id. 1. c. p. 75. Differs from Erirhinus in its short, 
