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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
The first genus includes Orchesia sericea (Mels.), the second S. lutea 
(Hald.), and the third 8. americana and pusilla (Hald.) and 8. pallipes 
(Mels.). 
XylopTiilus punctigei'j sp. n., Mulsant & Rey, Col. de France, CoUigeres, 
p. 23, Marseilles ; X. Jlaveolus, Muls. & Roy, 1. c, p. 2C, Lyons. 
Bactrocerus coneolor^ sp. n., Leconte, 1. c. p. 143, Californiai 
Corphyra canaliculata^ sp. n., Leconte, 1. c. p. 143, Ohio. 
ANTHICIDiE. 
Mulsant & Rey have treated of the Freneh species of this 
family, which they refer, with the Fedilidm, to their tribe Colli- 
geres (Col. de France, Collig.) (see p. 356). They divide the 
family into 2 groups (families) , the Notoosiens and the Anthi- 
cienSj and the former into the 2 genera Notoxus and Mecyno- 
tarsus. Of the former, 4 species are described ; of the latter, 
only 1. The Anthiciens include the genera Tomoderus, Formi- 
comuSy LeptaleuSj AnthicuSy and Ochthenomus (tabulated 1. c. 
p. 65). Of the genus Anthicus 34 species are numbered as 
French, and these are arranged under 7 divisions (tabulated at 
p. 77), some of which are again divided into groups. No new 
species of this family are described. 
Mulsant & Rey figure Notoms monoceros L c. pi. 1. fig. 9, with details, figs. 
10-12 ; details of Mecynotarsus rhinoceros, figs. 13, 14 ; Tomoderus compressi- 
collis, with its antenna, 1. c. pi. 2. figs. 1, 2 ; Formicomus pedestris, fig. 3 ; Lep- 
taleus rodriguii, fig. 4 ; Anthicus tristis, fig. 5 ; prothorax of A, himacidatus, 
antherinus, sellatus, and plumheus, figs. 6-9 j and the head and prothorax of 
Ochthenomus punctatus, figs. 10, 11. 
Anthicus strictus (Erichs.) and 2 new species found in ants’ nests at Free-* 
mantle (Western Australia). Pascoe, Proc. Ent. Soc. 1866, p. xvi. 
Anthicus quisquilius (Thoms.) is recorded as British hy Crotch (Cat. Brit. 
Col.). See Rye, Ent. Ann. 1867, p. 63. 
Anthicus salinus, Crotch. Indicated as new hy Crotch, Cat. Brit. Col. 
See Rye, Ent. Ann. 1867, p. 53. 
Mecynotarsus alhelluSy sp. n., Pascoe, Proc. Ent. Soc. 1866, p. ?;vi, from 
Western Australia. 
PYROCHROIDiE, 
Pyrochroa rufida, sp. n., Motschulsky, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxix. 1. 
p. 173, Japan. 
Eupleurida costata, sp. n., Leconte, New Col. N. Amer. i. p. 142, North 
Carolina and Pennsylvania. 
MoRDELLIDiE. 
Anaspis. Crotch publishes (Entomologist, iii. pp. 31-34) some observa- 
tions on the British species of this genus, of which he recognizes 8, namely : — 
A. frontalis (JAmi.'), pidicaria (Costa) (Muls.), (Gyll.), 
rujicollis fasciata (Forst.) '=■ geoffroyi (Miill.), thoracica (Linn.), suh- 
testacea (Steph.), and melanopa (Forst.) = maculata (Forst.). These species 
are briefly characterized. 
Anaspis rujilahns (Gyll.) and A. monilicornis (Muls.) are introduced into 
