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ZOOLOQICAL LITEliATURE. 
Oihelecta, g. n., Pascoe, 1. c. p. 488. Allied to Cylindrothorus y pronotum 
distinct from parapleuras ; penultimate joint of tarsi produced, but not la- 
mellar. Sp. O. torrida, sp. n., Pasc. 1. c. p. 488, pi. 19. fig. 5, N’Gami. 
Metistete, g. n., Pascoe, 1. c. p. 489. Allied to Tanychilus ; head short in 
front; last joint of maxillary palpi broadly triangular. Type Tanychilus gib- 
hicollis (Newm.). 2\ cisteloides (Newm.) is probably a second species, 
Ilomolrysisj g. n., Pascoe, 1. c. p. 489. Allied to Allcctda \ joint 8 of antenna) 
twice as long as 1 ; eyes narrow, transverse ; tarsi stout, joint 1 of anterior 
obconic, 2 and 3 not longer, transverse. Sp. Allecida iristis (Germ.) ; H, micro- 
deres, sp. n., Pasc. 1. c. p. 489, Victoria. 
Hybreniay g. n., Pascoe, I, c. p. 489. Allied to preceding, but eyes large, 
approximate, and prothorax closely applied to base of elytra. Sp. II. insidaris 
and II. vittata, sp. n., Pasc. 1. c. p. 490, North Australia. 
Isomcra (sic) acuminata^ Pairmaire, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® s<5r. tome vi. p. 40, 
from Tangier. 
Ilymenalia crassicollis, Fairmaire, 1. c. p. 47, from Tangier. 
Qastrhcema hcemorroidale (sic), Fairmaire, 1. c. p. 50, from Algeria. 
Heliotaurus ple7iifi'ons, Fairmaire, 1. c. p. 61, II. longipilus and scabriusculus, 
Fairm. 1. c. p. 54, from Algeria. 
Lobopoda anthracina^ Kirsch, Berl. ent. Zeit. 1856, p. 200, and L. cceridescensj 
Kirsch, /, c. p. 207, from Bogota. 
Ilymenorus cotn?nunis, Leconte, New Col. N. Amor. i. p. 136, Middle and 
Southern States; II. Jmmeralis, Lee. ibid., Kentucky; II. confertus, Lee. 
1. c. p. 136, California ; II. densus, Lee. 1. c. p. 138, Florida ; II. punctatissimusy 
Lee. ibid., Arizona. 
3Iycetochat'cs haldemani, Leconte, 1. c. p. 140, Middle and Southern States ; 
M. foveata, Lee. ibid.. Western States ; M. tenuis y Lee. ibid., Michigan. 
Cteniopus nuerrayiy Leconte, 1. c. p. 141, Florida ? 
Monommid^. 
Hyporhagus opaculuSy Leconte, New Col. N. Amer. i. p. 142, California. 
Pythidas. 
On the characters of Pytho depressusy see L. von Ileyden, Stett. ent. Zeit. 
1866, p. 256. 
Crotch (Entomologist, iii. pp. 174-175) remarks on the following species 
of this family : — Orchesia fasciata (Payk.), Carida Jlexuosa (Payk.), and 
Lissodema heyana (Curt.). 
Conopalpus brevicollis (Kraatz) and Salpingus m'atus (Muls.) are recorded 
as British species by Crotch (Cat. Brit. Col). See Bye, Ent. Ann. 1867, 
pp. 82 and 84. 
Lissodema <xrata (Muls.) is also recorded as British by B. Ilislop, Ent. M. 
Mag. iii. p. 141. 
Pytho strictusy sp. n., Leconte, New Col. N. Amer. i. p. 168, Canada. 
Salpingus ceylonicuSy sp. n., Motschulsky, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxix. 1. 
p, 399, Ceylon. — Salpingus tibialis, sp. n., Leconte, 1. c. p. 168, Kansas. 
Phinosimus nitens, sp. n., Leconte, 1. c. p. 168, Maine and Canada. 
MeLANDRYIDtE. 
Mulsant and Bey (Col, de France, CoUigeres, &c.) separate 
