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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
MelchuSj g\ 11 ., Lacordaire, I, c. p. 300. Allied to JBelopams ] scutellum 
small, rounded j rostrum equally thickened at base in both sexes. Sp. M. 
leprosus, sp. n.. Lac. 1. c. p. 301, note, Venezuela ; and M. U7nhratilis, sp. n.. Lac. 
ibid., Cayenne. 
JJtosomus, g. n., Lacordaire, 1. c. p. 305 (=^MyorJiinus, Chevr. MS.). Allied 
to Toxorhinus \ rostrum nearly horizontal, slender, very slightly arched ; an- 
tennm very long and slender, scape suddenly thickened at apex, funiculus 
•with nodose joints. Sp. L. grallariusj sp. n., Lac. 1. c. p. 305, note, Co- 
lumbia. 
Xerodet'inus, g. n., Lacordaire, 1. c. p. 307. Allied to SU'omhoscerus ; ros- 
trum robust j eyes small, transverse, lateral. Sp. X. porcdluSj sp. n.. Lac. 1. c. 
p. 308, note, Ceylon. 
MesocordyluSj ^.ji.f Lacordaire, 1. c. p. 314:=Stpcdus p. (Schonh.). Club 
of antenna3 squarely truncate at apex ; prothorax never cylindrical j suture 
between segments 1 & 2 of abdomen straight. Sp. The American Sqjcdi of 
Schonherr (10 sp. striatusy meinnoniuSy &c.) j /S', luteosiyiiatus (Blanch.) ; 
/S', immundus and scutellaids (Erichs.). 
Cossonides. 
Cossonus ferruginms. Larvae, pupa3, and perfect insects of this species 
were found in a wooden water-pipe, which had been buried for 9 years to a 
depth of 9 ells. The pupae and beetles were on the outside of the pipe ; the 
the latter had their eyes perfectl}^ developed. The larva is described by 
Kirsch, Berl, ent. Zeits. 1866, pp. 282-283. 
D7'yophtJiot'tis ? setidosusy sp. n., Motschulslcy, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxix. 1. 
p. 446, Ceylon. 
Cotastei' apionifor7n{sy sp. n., Motschulsky, /. c. p. 445, Ceylon. 
Mesites suturalisy sp. n., Motschulsky, 1. c. p. 445, and M. subvittahis, Motsch. 
I c. p. 446, Ceylon. 
< Wiy7icolus atevy sp. n., Motschulsky, 1. c. p. 446, and It. iadturnuSy Motsch. 
ibid., Ceylon, 
Anthribid^. 
Lacordaire (Genera des Coleopteres, tome vii. pp. 476-596) 
treats of this family, which he classifies as follows : — 
Legion I. Anthhibides Pleurocehes. 
. Antennae inserted on the sides of the rostrum. 
Tribe 1. Tropiderides, Anterior keel of prothorax antebasal. 
I, nostrum narrower at base than head, dilated at apex, or as wide as the 
head and cylindrical. 
A. nostrum thick, generally emarginaio at apex, and with the scrobes 
terminal. 
* Eyes oval, or rounded. 
1. Scrobes of variable form, never rounded. 
a. Body very elongate 1. Phlccotragidcs, 
b. Body oblong, or oblong-oval. 
a. J oint 1 of antenna3 equal to or longer than 2. 
2. Mecoch'ides. 
/3. Joint 1 of antennae shorter than 2. . 3. Topdiocdides. 
2. Scrobes distinctly rounded or oval 4. Biscotmides, 
