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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Brenthus suturalis (Fab.) j Teramocerus acutipennisj Icevigatus, hadiuSj Icevis, 
tarsattcs, plmnirostris, iutert'ujjtelineatus, and siibfasciatus (Sclionb.). 
Bulbogaster, g. n., Lacordaire, 7. c. p. 4G7. Allied to Ithystenus ) protliorax 
with no furrow above; elytra and abdomen strongly constricted in the 
middle ; posterior femora not reaching extremity of second abdominal seg- 
ment; joint 3 of tarsi very small, entire. Sp. B. ctenostomoides, sp. n., Lac. 
1. 0 . p. 467, note, Fiji Islands. 
Lasiorhynchus, g. n., Lacordaire, 1. c. p. 469. Allied to Prodector ; elytra 
regularly punctate -striate, not canaliculate along the sutm’e ; head scarcely 
constricted at base, almost destitute of neck. Sp. Brenthus barbicornis (Fab.) 
(S , B. assimilis (Fab.) $ . 
IleteropliteSf g. n., Lacordaire, 1. c. p. 471. Allied to Diurus ; funiculus 
with joint 2 equal to 3; prothorax depressed and canaliculate above. Sp. 
Teram. et'ythroderes (Schonh.). 
P7ioZ^^^'o^?/Jrtw^ys, g. n., Lacordaire, 7 e. p. 473. Allied to antenna 3 * 
of 11 joints. Sp. P. madayascariensisy sp. n., Lac. he, p. 474, note, Mada- 
gascar. 
ScOLYTIDiE. 
Lacordaire (Genera des Coleopteres, tome vii. pp. 349-398) 
eliaraeterizes tliis family, wliieli lie divides into tlie following 
two tribes : — 
1. Scoly tides vrais. Tarsi with joint 1 shorter than 2-1' 
together; and 
2. Platypides. Tarsi with joint 1 as long as 2-4 together. 
The genera adopted in the first of these tribes are nearly 
identieal with those proposed by Eiehhoff (see ^ Kecord,^ 1864, 
p. 413), of course with the addition of the exotic forms ; but 
Lacordaire divides the tribe into the following six groups : — 
1. Abdomen of normal form. 
A. Head not globular, visible from above. 
1. Eyes finely granulated. 
* Pronotum confounded with the sides of the prothorax. 
Ilylesimdes. 
t Pronotum distinct Cainptoeerides. 
2. Eyes coarsely granulated. 
* Pronotum distinct Butomides, 
t Pronotum confounded with the sides of the prothorax. 
Phloeotrupides. 
B. Head globular, usually visible from above Tomicides, 
II. Abdomen turned up from the second segment .... Scolytides vrais. 
In the treatment of the Platypides, Lacordaire follows Chapuis (see ^ Re- 
cord,’ 1865, pp, 489-490). 
Eichhofif (Berl. ent. Zeits. 1866, pp. 275-278) remarks upon several species 
of this family. He discusses the distinctive characters of Ilylesinus juniperi 
(Doebn.) and II. ihujee (Perr.), and indicates that these species and II. aubei 
(Perr.) belong to Dendroctonus. Cryphalus asperatus (Gyll.) and abietis 
(Ratz.) are said to be probably identical. Of Bostricims villosus (Fab.) the 
author has reared several broods, but never obtained a male individual. The 
structure of the mouth of Bostrichus dactyliperda (Fab.) resembles that oc- 
