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INSECTAj COLEOPTERA. 
Clerus sobmis, Walk.,=spheffeuSf F. : Lee., Ann. N. H. ser. 4, vi. p. 401. 
Lichtenstein (Pet. Nouv. 27, p. 108) notes Laving bred Trichodes letico- 
psideus from dry bramble-stems, tbe beetle being parasitic on Ceratina cal- 
losa and C. cyanea {Ilymcnop.). 
Aphelocerus, g. n., Kirsch, B. E. Z. xiv. p. 809. Group of Tillides ; tarsi 
5-jointed j bead short, oval ; anteimte 11-jointed, simple ; eyes convex, finely 
granulate, acutely emarginate in front. Sp, A. slurnus, sp. n., Kirsch, 1. c. 
p. 370, Bogota. 
CUPESID^E. 
Cupes clathratus, sp. n., Solsky, Hor. Ent. Ross. vii. p. 370, E. Siberia. 
PTINIDiE. 
Perris (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® ser. ix. p. 467) quotes an account by Re- 
veliere of the damage done to collections of insects by larvae of Anobium 
paniceum in Corsica [England might have been substituted with equal cor- 
rectness as tbe locality]. 
Dunning (Pr. E. Soc. 1870, p. xxxiii) records tbe larva and imago of Ano- 
hium paniceum as devouring Cayenne pepper. 
Tbe larva of Anobium paniceum is recorded as injuiious to tea, particidarly 
scented orange Pekoe ; Ent. 82, p. 162. 
Shimer (Amer. Ent. & Bot. ii. pp. 322-324), in an article on “Book- 
worms,” describes and figures Anobium paniceum (F.) and Ptinus frontalis 
Qle\a.,=:bru}meus, Dufts.), f. 200. 
Becker (Bull. Mosc. xlii. p. 183) notes tbe occurrence of (?) Ptilinus gran- 
dicollis, Fald., in furniture made of walnut. 
Gemminqer, ibid., makes the following alterations in nomenclature : — 
Brachytrachelus (Moraw., nec Sebon.) to Trachelobrachys, p. 124 j Ptilinus 
aspericollis (Muls., 7iec M»Sn6t.) to asperulus, p. 121. 
Ptinus obesus, =pulchellus, Boield., $ : v. Rottenborg, B. E. Z. xiv. 
p. 245. 
^ Rye (Ent. M. M. vi. p. 183) corrects an erroneous record of Microptinus 
gonospermi (Du V.) as British. 
Abeille be Perrin (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4e s<5r. x. p. 82) describes at 
full length bis Ptinus aubei'ti, of which tbe diagnosis was published in Pet. 
Nouv., 1 Dec. 1869. 
Pseudodi'ilus, g. n., Motscboulsky, Bull. Mosc. xlii. p. 272. Intermediate 
in form between Prilus, Anobium, and Xyletinus, very elongate, slightly de- 
pressed j antennae very elongate and compressed, strongly serrate j mandibles 
square, penult, joint of all tarsi simple. Sp. P. inamillatus, sp. n., Mots. 1. c. 
p. 274, Steppe.s of Kirguises. Figured on pi. ii. of tbe enumeration of 
“ Carabiques nouveaux ” of the author’s collection, f. 5. 
Anobium {Dendrobium) carpetanum, sp. n., v. Heyd. 1. c. p. 129, Eseorial. 
Ptinus corticinus, sp. n., v. Rottenb. /. c. p. 245, Sicily (P = var. brmmeus, 
Dufts., teste auct.'). 
Eurostus {Ptinus) minimus, sp. n., v. Ileyden, B. E. Z. xiv. Beib. p. 128, 
Serra de Gerez. 
BoSTRYCIIIDiE. 
Bostrychus bicuudatus, Say, known in N. America as the “ Apple-twig 
borer,” is figured, and its habits are described, in Amer. Ent. i. p. 80, f. 69. 
