MELASOMATA. 
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Blapiides, 
Gemminger, 1. c. pp. 121 & 122, makes the following changes : — Blaps 
caudata (Sol. nec Gebl.) to caudigera ; B . convexa (Reiche nec Fisch., if 
Fischer’s sp. be not abbf'eviata, Mdn^t.) to mutata ; B. liiticolKs (Redt. nec 
Sol.) to platythorax ; B. variolosa (Fisch., Spic. p. 104, nec Fald.) to vario- 
lata ; B. variolosa (Fisch. ibid. p. 89, nec Fald.) to variolaris j Elceodes sul- 
cata (Lee. nec Esch.) to lecontei ; E. obscura (Sol. nec Say) to tenebricosa. 
Elceodes convexicollis,^f\\]i.,= obscura (Say), 5, of which sp. conjuncta, 
Walk., is the Jj E. binotata, Walk.,? — hipilabris (Say), of which sulcata, 
Lee., is a syn. : Lee., Ann. N, II. ser. 4, vi. p. 401. 
Asidides. 
Asida rugosa (F.), changed to fabricii by Allard, on account of rugosa 
(Fourc., 1786), need not have been altered on the date alone, as Fabricius’s 
original description appeared in 1776 ; sahulosa (Goeze, 1777) would have 
had priority over Fonreroy if change required : v. Harold (Pet. Nouv. 10, 
p. Gl). 
Asida morbillosa (Dufts. nec F.) is changed to duftscTimidi by Gemminger, 
0. II. vi. p. 122. 
Pycnomorpha, g. n.. Mots., Bull. Mosc. xliii. p. 398. Resembles Steno- 
morpha, Sol., but has a transverse labrum, more obtuse mandibles, a less 
projecting ligula, unclothed legs, elytra carinated towards the sides, and pro- 
minent thorax. Sp. P. californica (Mots.) and ? Scotera gibbosa (Esch., 
Dej. Cat.). 
Psilomcra, g. n.. Mots. 1. c. p. 400. Differs from Pelecyphorus in its narrow 
form and smooth surface. Sp. P. {Pelecyph.) angulatus (Lee.). 
Asida diecki, Barcelona, and A. anceyi, Syria, spp. nn., Allard : (diagnoses 
only) Pet. Nouv. 1 Jan. 1870, p. 60. 
Nycteliides. 
Nyctelia gramdata (Curt, nec Waterh.) is changed to granulosa, N.plicata 
(Blanch, nec Waterh.) to plicipennis, and Epipedonota rugosa (Sol. nec Wa- 
terh.) to rugulosa : Gemminger, C. H. vi. p. 122. 
Pimeliides. 
Pimelia rugulosa, Germ., and sardea, Sol. v. Rottenberg, B. E. Z. xiv. 
p. 248, inclines to consider these inseefs conspecific. 
Blackmore (Pr. E. Soc. 1870, p. xxix) records a monstrosity of Pimelia 
scabrosa from Tangiers, in which the right antenna was doubly furcate. 
Molurides. 
Psammodcs grandis (Sol., Cat. nec Mem. Ac. Tor.) is changed to gravis, and 
P. pUcatus (Sol., Cat. nec M. A. Tor.) to plicipennis'. Gemminger, C. H. vi, 
p. 122. 
Sepidides. 
Praocis (Gudrin, 1841) andi Platesthes (G. R. Waterh., 1846) are identical; 
