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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
for wliicli lie adopts Dejean’s name monticola, there being already an AncJio- 
menus ohscurus (Herbst) ; II. diffinis (Dej.), distinct from rotundicollis 
(Fairm.) ; II. puncticollis ; II. (jnseus ; II. attenuatus (Stepli.), suppressed for 
consentaneus (Dej.) ; Stenolophus dorsalis; Uradj/cellm rufidus (l)ej.) ; JB. col- 
laris, to which li. Iiarpalinus is referred. 
Amhlystomus. Gautier dos Cottes (Mitth. schw. out. Ges. ii. p. 109) gives a 
list of 0 species of this genus belonging to the fauna of the Mediterranean basin. 
He refers Stenolophus nUjer (Ileer) as a synonym to A. mctallescens (Dej.). 
Caricus, g. n., Motschulslfy, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc.-xxxix. 1. p. 894. Allied 
to Stenoloplius ; elytra shorter and more ovate, their striae deeper, and no 
metallic lustre j characters (of the mouth ?) q> 1 Anoplogenius; last joint of 
palpi conical and pointed. Sp. C. testaccipes, Motsch. 1. c. p. 394, Colombo, 
. New species : — 
Ilarpalus honvoidoiri, Vuillefroy, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® sdr. vi. p. 848, and 
II. castilliamis, Vuillefroy, ibid., from Spain. . 
Harpalm meticulosus (Bej.), Coquerel, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® s4r. vi. p. 802, 
II. duponti Coq. 1. c. p. 804, and II. seilcetts (Chaud.), Coq. ibid.. 
Bourbon. 
Ilarpalus. Leconte (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1865) describes the fol- 
lowing new North American species of this genus : — § G. II. convivus, p. 102, 
New York; II. imf/ans, ibid.. Western States; II. montanus, ibid., Colorado; 
II. leivisii, p. 108, Lake Superior; II. vidims, ibid., Illinois. § D. II. ftirtivus, 
p. 103, Colorado ; and II. lucidus, pi 104, Nebraska. 
, Selenophorus suhtinctus, Leconte, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 18CG, p. 365, 
Louisiana. 
Amhlystomus escorialensis, Gautier des Cottes, Mitth. schw. ent. Ges. ii. 
p. 108, Escurial. ^ 
Stenoloplms dumainii, Coquerel, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® ser. vi. p. 311, 
Bourbon. 
Acujmlpus corsicus, Perris, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® s6r. tome vi. p. 183, from 
Corsica. 
Feroniides. 
■Sphodrini. Schaufuss has published (Sitzungsher. der 
Gesellsch. Isis, 1865, pp. 1-128) a monograph of the group-con- 
taining tlie genus Sphodrus and its allies, which he characterizes 
as follows (Z. c. p. 9) : — 
Mentum dente medio emargijiato vel exciso. Palpi articulo ultimo trun- 
cato. Antennarum articuli primi tres glabri. Oculi plus minusve convex!. 
Caput elongatum vel majus, inter oculos punctis piliferis. Prosternum et 
metasternum distincta. Trochanteres postici appendiculati. Tibia3 anticte 
emarginata) vel exciso3. Tarsi antici maris plus minusve dilatati subtus glabri 
vel squamuloso-papillosi. Unguiculi simplices vel serrati. 
The genera included by Scliaufuss in this group are indicated in the fol- 
lowing table : — 
I. Sphodri spurii. Tarsi of the males smootli beneatli. 
A. Apterous; head large ; tarsi naked. 1. Tapiioxenus (Motsch.). 
B. xVpterous; head elongate ; tarsi pubescent beneath. 
