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SpHINDIDvE. 
Sphindus diibius {GyW,) =hispidus (Payk.) ; Thoms., Sk. Col. x. p. 43. 
ClOIDvE. 
Cts mllosus (Marsh.) ^—plagiatm^ Thoms. ; Thoms. 1. c. p. 46. 
Crotch (C. H. vi. p. 112) comments upon G. R. Waterhouse’s paper on 
Cts (Tr. E. Soc. v. 1859) with regard to the Marshamian spp., of which he 
considers that C. pt/rrhocephalus must stand for seiiger^ Mell., and ruficornis 
for oblongus, Mell. 
Cts mtcrogonus, sp. n., Thoms. 1. c. p. 46, and C. puncticollisy sp. n., Thoms., 
Opusc. Ent. fasc. ii. p. 136, Sweden. 
Melasomata. 
Zophosides, 
Zophosis nitidula (Mots, nec Sol.) is changed to steppetisisi Geraminger, 
C. H. vi. p. 121. 
Erodiides. 
Zophorus bremei (Gu^r., Brenie), insignis (Blanch.), and morehti (Luc.) = 
chilensis (Gray) ; Z. mexicanus (Sol. nec Hope) —jourdani (Sall^) ; Z. vario- 
losm (^im.')=nodtdosm Z, variolosus (Haldem.), nodulosus (Lee. & 
Home) —haldemanni (Salld) ; Z. pectoralis {Jjee.) = nervosus (Sol.): Sall^, 
C. H. vi. p. 113. 
Adesmides, 
Adesmia reticulata (Gerst. nec Klug) is changed to reticularis, and Steno- 
cara longipes (01. nec F.) to herbsti : Gemminger, ibid, 
Tentyrides, 
Motschoulsky (BuU. Mosc. xliii.) describes, amongst others, the follow- 
ing species, which, from the want of references, given in all other instances, 
would appear to be new ; some of them, however, were certainly described 
by the author in Bull. Mosc. xviii. 1845. 
JRhostax convexicollis, p. 379, Steppes of Kirguises (an erroneous reference 
is given to figures of this species, which creates a further doubt whether the 
sp. be here described for the first t\me) ; Microdera excavata, p. 382, pi. iii. 
figs. 6 & 7, Steppes of Kirguises ; Tentyria valida, p. 382, pi. iii. f. 6 (no 
locality given) ; T. robusta, p. 383, f. 8, Novo-Alexandrovsk {?z=gigas, Fald., 
cf); T, ovalis, ibid., f. 9, Steppes of Kirguises; T, ventralis, p. 384, f. 11, 
Steppes of Dschungorie ; Anatolica curtula, p. 388, Dschungorie ; A. gnatho- 
sioides, p. 389, pi. iv. figs. 4 & 6, Sarepta ; A. coriacea, p. 389, figs. 6 & 7, 
Steppes between Volga and Don; A. saisanensis, Dschungorie, and A. albo- 
vittis, Steppes of Kirguises, figs. 24 & 26, p. 396 ; Mesostena valida, Egypt, 
M. armeniaca, Armenia, and M. bramina, E. Indies, p. 397 ; M, rufa, p. 398, 
Egypt. 
Motschoulsky (1. c. pi. iii.) gives figures in outline of Microdera depla- 
nata (Gebl.), figs. 1 & 2 ; ilf. deserta (Tausch.), figs. 3 & 4 ; M. campestris 
