258 INSECTA^ COLEOPTEKA. 
Anisodactyhcs harrisii, 'LQC.,=zlaticollis (Kby., Harp .) ; Harpalus ohesulus, 
luQC., =basilaris, Kby. j H. fulvilalris, Mann.; ? — ochropus,^hy.: Lee. Ann. 
N. H. ser. 4, vi. p. 397 j H. dejixusy Walk., probably Dej. ; Lee, 
ibid. p. 400. Eurytrichus, Lee., = Anisotai'sus, Chaud. j Selenophorus beauvoisii, 
Dej., does not occur in the United States : Lee., ibid. p. 403. 
Harpalus motschulskyi, Gemni.,=/a^<<s, Mots., is a good sp., very distinct 
from II. hirticollis (til.) ; H, acummatuSy Mots., is entirely difterent from 
pexus, M^n., with which Gemm. unites it. Solsky, Bull. Mosc. xlii. p. 466. 
Ophonus rectangxdusy sp. n., Thoms. 1. c. p. 323, Sweden. 
Acupalpus vittatusy sp. n., v. Heyd. B. E. Z. xiv. Beih. p. 63, Escorial j 
(^Stmolophus) piceusy sp. n., v. Rottenberg, B. E. Z. xiv. p. 16, Sicily. 
Feroniades. 
Kraatz (B. E. Z. xiv. pp. 221-229) reviews the spp. of Feronia {Pcecilus) 
confused with and allied to cuprea (L.). lie considers Thomson’s puncticeps 
the typical cuprea (L.), to which also, as varieties, must be referred beryllina 
and viridis, Preller, cursoria, Heer, erythropuSy Fald., affinis (Sturm), ana- 
tolicay Ohaud., and possibly reichiiy Waltl [nec reicheiy as in de Mars, and 
Gem. & V. Har.]. The pauciseta of Thomson he identifies with the hitherto 
unintelligible versicolor of Sturm (by means solely of Sturm’s figure), and to 
that insect attributes as vars. cuprccoideSy Ileer, and suboyaneay Preller. To 
cursoria, Dej., he refers festiva (Kinderm. ined.) and, with doubt, cyanella, 
Reiche, both from Asia Minor, as vars. ; and to quadricolUs, Dej., he attri- 
butes cyanea, Gory, as a syn. Kraatz also. refers to P. anatolicus, Ohaud., 
and vicinusy Levrat, and F. reicheiana, Peyr., and demurs to P. crenato- 
striatus, Chaud., being sunk by Gemm, & v. Harold as a var. of crenaius, 
Dej., thinking, however, that it is not separable specifically from luyubris, 
Dej. {—punctifrons, Chaud.). 
Ballion (Bull. JNIosc. xlii. p. 212) objects to Gemm. & v. Harold’s refer- 
ence of Feronia {Pcec.) nitens, Chaud., to lepida (F.) as a var. j if not of 
specific value, Chaudoir’s insect should be referred to Icevicollis, Chaud. 
G. DES CoTTES (Mitth. schw. ent. Ges. iii. pp. 297-305) redescribes nine 
spp. of Orthomusy which he considers entitled to separate generic rank from 
Feronia. 
Dieck (B. E. Z. xiv. Beiheft, p. 61, and note) describes a var. of Platy- 
derus dilatatus from Algesiras, under the name of algesiranus, and hints a 
belief that connecting links between P. dilatatus and ru/icollis may be found, 
as he has taken an intermediate form between lusitanicus and varians [appa- 
rently not being aware that the latter has for some years been sunk as a 
var. of hisitanicus\ 
Abacetus. Chaudoir (Bull. Mosc. xlii. pp. 355-400) monographs the spp. 
of this genus, describing many new spp., and rejecting the older name 
Hiccelindus (M‘Leay), of which Schauni has stated the type to be an Aba- 
cetus, and to be in Brit. Mus., as M^Leay’s types are in E. India Mus., and 
the description does not substantiate the proposition. Distriyus costatus, 
Nietn.,=-4. atratus, Dej.; A. percoides, Fairm., is altered to percosioides 
Astyyis cequicollis, Mots.,=.46.sa/2w^aww^ (Germ.) ; A. viridulus, Fairm., is pos- 
sibly to be referred to Distriyus madayascariensis, Dej. ; A. elonyatus, Fairm., 
is changed to Icevicollis ) Distriyus submetallicus, Nietn., =^A. antiquus, Dej. ; 
Feronia (Ary.) yilvipes, pyymcea, obtusa, and pwmilay Boh., Coelostoma jlavipes. 
