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INSECTAj COLEOPTERA. 
New species : — 
Hoplia {Decamera) ramburi, v. Hey den, 1. c. p. 116, Andalusia. 
Hymenoplia lataf v. Heyd. 1. c. p. 180, Serra Estrella and Coimbra j H. 
atigusta, v. lleyd. /. c. p. 181, Andalusia j II. estrellana, v. Ileyd. 1. c. p. 182, 
Serra Estrella. 
Triodonta raymondi, Perris, L’Ab. vii. p. 16, Sardinia. 
Pachydema oraniensis, Luc., Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® s^r. ix. p. 626, Oran j 
P. lessepsii, Luc. 1. c. p. 627, Egypt. 
Philocldcenia bnrmeisterif Kirscli, B. E. Z. xiv. p. 862, Bogota. 
Phizotroyus alicantamis, Dieck, B. E. Z. xiv. Beili. p. 118, Alicante; R. 
procerus f Baudi, /. c. p. 73, note, Piedmont ; R. sassariensis, Perris, L’Ab. 
vii. p. 14, Sardinia. 
Amphimallus cantabricus, v. Heyd. 1. c. p. 116, Santas Albas and Serra de 
Gerez. 
Ancylonycha nitmSf Baudi, 1. c. p. 76, Cyprus (is a Rhizotroyus, sec. typ., 
according to Beicbe ; Kraatz, ibid, note) ; A. rugipennis, Scbauf., Nunq. 
Otios. p. 31, Mexico; A. nitidida, G. des Cottes, Pet. Nouv., 15 July, 1870 
(Adoretus ? ; cf.^. 108). 
Aplidia pruinosa, Baudi, 1. c. p. 74, Asia Minor. 
Ratelides. 
Anomala vitis. For observations by Dei on tliis pest, cf. Bull. Ent. Ital. ii. 
p. 288. 
Baudi (B. E. Z. xiv. p. 76) refers to a supposed var. from Cyprus of Ado^ 
retus syriacus, Blanch., under the name pidlus. Kraatz (ibid, note) quotes 
Reiche’s opinion that this is a new species. 
Pelidnota punctata (L.) is figured and described in its chief stages, and 
particulars of its economy are given amongst those of other insects injurious 
to the grape-vine, by Riley, Amor. Ent. & Bot. ii. p. 295, f. 185. 
New species : — 
Anisoplia palUdiventriSj G. des Cottes (diagnosis only). Pet. Nouv., 15 July, 
1870, Tifiis. 
Antichira robusta and A. cupripeSj Kirsch, B. E. Z., xiv. p. 364 ; A. plani- 
pennis, Kirsch, 1. c. p. 365, Bogota. 
Thyridium Uanchardi, Kirsch, 1. c. p. 366, and T. hirttim, Kirsch, 1. c. 
p. 367, Bogota. 
Chlorota boyotensis, Kirsch, 1. c. p. 368, Bogota. 
Platyccelia nervosa, Kirsch, 1. c. p. 369, Bogota. 
Leucothyreus ceneiceps, Kirsch, 1. c, p. 370, Bogota. 
Adoretus (?) squamosus and A. nitidulus, Gautier des Cottes ; diagnosis in 
Pet. Nouv., 15 July 1870, S. Russia (the latter species afterwards stated by 
des Cottes to be an Ancylonycha, ibid. p. 108). 
Pelidnota obscura, Taschenberg, Z. ges. Naturw. 1870, Bd. i. p. 184, Co- 
lumbia. 
Dynastides, 
Dynastes tityus (L.) is figured in Amer. Ent. & Bot. ii. p. 374, f. 224. 
