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tifying the formation for their reception of a new genus, for 
which he proposes the name of Ptychomus (/. c. p. 322) . This ge- 
neric group is not recognized in the catalogue. A. mimonti and 
reichei (Boield.) are referred by De Marseul as varieties to A. 
tcBniata and crinita. 
The Sphenopteridesy including only the genus Sphenoptera, are 
represented here by 86 species, a number raised to 88 in the 
catalogue. Of these, 16 are described as new. The Chryso^ 
bothrideSy in like manner, include only one genus, ChrysobothrySy 
of which 8 species are noticed, 1 of them new. The Agrilides 
mcludiQCoroebuSy AgriluSy and Cylindromorphus — the first with 19 
species, divided into the subgenera Corcehus and Melibosm ; the 
second with 58 species (8 new) ; and the last with 7 species. 
The eighth and last tribe, TrachydeSy is composed of the genera 
Trachys and Aphanisticus y with De MarseuPs genus — the 
former with 11 species (1 new), the second with 7, and the last 
with 1 species. 
As a sort of Appendix to the elaborate memoir of H. Deyrolle 
on the Buprestidae of the Malasian region (see ^ Becord^ 1865, 
p. 397), E. Saunders has published a catalogue of the species of 
this family collected by Mouhot in Siam. The species are 44 
in number, of which 33 are described as new. Of the remainder, 
6 are identical with species collected by Wallace in the Eastern 
Islands ; but the general character of the forms is said by the 
author to be Indian. 
Schizopus. Leconte (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 18G6, pp. 385-386), in 
describing a new genus {Dystaxia) nearly allied to Schizopus, indicates that its 
characters are those of a Biiprestide, and therefore suppresses his family 
Schizopodidce, referring it to the Buprestidoe to form a subfamily {Schizopmi) 
following his Buprestini. 
Schiodte’s paper on the Buprestidce and Elateridce is translated in Ann. 
Mag. N. H. 3rd. ser. xviii. pp. 173-212 and 327-338. 
Julodis onopordi (Gu^r.) = onopordinis (Fab.), according to Goureau, Bull. 
Soc. Ent. Fr. 1865, p. lix. 
Fairmaire redescribes his Ancylocheira Jlavo’-angulata, from Tangier, and 
Polycesta cegyptiaca (Fab.). H ealso states that the Buprestis rustica recorded 
by Lucas as occurring in Algeria = probably Ancylocheira punctata (Fab.), 
and that A. mauritanica (Luc.) = octoguttata (Linn.). Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4e 
b6v. tome vi. pp. 24-26. 
Agrilus eupalamus (Gory) is described by Kirsch, Berl. ent. Zeits. 1866, 
p. 178. 
Catoxantha gigantea. A variety (hrunnea) of this species is described and 
figured by E. Saunders, Ent. Trans. 3rd ser. v. p. 300, pi. 21. fig. 1. 
Castalia bipustulata (Boisd.). A green variety of this insect, with the 
spots almost obliterated, is indicated by E. Saunders, I c, p. 308. 
Chrysobothris dyopatra (Gory), a variety noticed by Kirsch, Berl. ent. 
Zeits. 1866, p. 178. • 
Bellier de la Chavignerie describes the habits of Acmceodera ovis 
(Chevr.) as observed by him in Corsica (Ann, Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® s^r. tome vi.; 
