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Distenia agroides, p. 439, Tapajosj 7). splendens and D, dmticornis^ ibid., 
and D. suturalisj p. 440, Ega ; D. rujipesj Sta. Marta, New Granada, and 
D. angustata, int. Cayenne, ibid, note. 
Cometes Icsiijieus and C. scapularis, p. 441, and C. ccendeus, p. 442, Ega. 
Taschenbebq (Z. ges. Naturw. 1870, Bd. i. p. 194) describes, under the 
name of Callichroma iris, an insect from Columbia, apparently without cer- 
tainty as to its being described befoi^e. 
Abeille be Perrin (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4g s^r. x. p. 85) describes at 
full length his Callidmm (Sanmiotus ?) spinicorne, of which diagnosis pub- 
lished in Pet. Nouv., 1 Dec. 1869. [The object of snatching priority by thus 
bisecting a proper description has apparently been gained in this instance, as 
Perrin states his insect to be identical with varini, Bedel, published in 
January or March, 1870, in ^ L’ Abeille.’ He, however, erroneously dates his 
diagnosis in November 1869.] 
Kraatz (B. E. Z. xiv. pp. 405-410, Taf. iii. f. 2-4 a, h, to appear in vol. 
XV.) describes, and in some cases figures, varieties of certain European spp. of 
Clgtus. According to him C. apicalis, Hampe, cannot be considered specifically 
distinct from C. arcuatus. Of C. Jioralis, Pall., he names ahruptus (Parreyss 
in lit.) a Crimean var., and pruinosus a var. from Sarepta — noting also the 
difference between the vars. zehi'a of Dalmann (wee Schonh., as in Stein’s 
Cat.) and Laporte. He also names viridicolUs a Grecian var. of C. ver- 
hasci (L.). 
Platynotus (Mills, nec Dej.) is changed to Iladroclytus by Kraatz, C. II. iv. 
p. 32. 
Abeille be Perrin (Nouv. et faits div., No. 15) gives differential cha- 
racters for Criocephalus rusticus and ferns, objects to Clytus scalaris being 
considered conspecific with C. speciosus and siculus, considers C. fulvicollis 
a hybrid between massiliensis and ruficornis, refers to a curious race (?) of 
C. mysticus from Prussia, and adds Dolocerus reichei to the French lists. 
Xylosteus spinolce, Friv. Kraatz, B. E. Z. xiv. pp. 413-415, notes the great 
sexual differences of this rare species, to which ho refers Ithagium macukdum, 
Sturm (Cat. Kafersamml. 1843), from Illyria. He suspects the existence of 
a second sp. of the genus, which ho provisionally names illyriciis. 
/ V. Heyben (B. E. Z. xiv. Beih. p. 163) redescribes Strangalia approxi- 
mans, Rosenh., the $ of which = cf of Leptura distigma, Charp. Mulsant 
appears to have first indicated Charpentier’s error. 
Leptura longiceps, Kby., = Acmceops strigillata (F.) ; A. marginalis, Lee., 
= longicornis (Kby., Lep.)\ Lee., Ann. N. II. ser. 4, vi. p. 399. Typocerus 
cervinus, Walk., = Toxotus spurcus, Lee. ; Tax. perductor. Walk., = Lept. 
(Stenura) ohliterata (Hald.), var. ; Lee. ibid. p. 402. 
Abeille de Perrin (Nouv. et faits div.. No. 16) points out the differences 
between certain spp. of Pachyta allied to S-macidata. 
Varieties of Pachyta interrogationis (L.) and P. variabilis, Gobi., are dis- 
cussed at some length by Solsky, Hor. Ent. Ross. vii. p. 394 et seq. 
Grammoptera dentatofasciata. Mots., = Pachyta Q-maculata (L.), var. : 
Solsky, 1. c. p. 403. 
New genera \ — 
Litomeces, Murray, Ann. N. H. ser. 4, v. p. 63. Differs from Promeces in 
its antennae being slender and not thickened towards the apex, its very 
