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The first of these seetions is not recognized by Lacordaire, who 
places its members among his PhaneroanatheSj and, indeed, refers 
the most important of the tribes, sucii as the ApionideSj AtUla- 
hides, and llhinomacerides , to a position between Erirhinus arid 
Balamnm — ^an arrangement which, as indicated by Kraatz, can- 
not be maintained upon any consideration of the natural affini- 
ties of the different forms. The author sul)jects Lacordaire^s 
classification of the Rhynchophora to a thorough analysis, of 
course with the object of supporting his own views ; many im- 
portant points are iDrought prominently forward, but it would be 
impossible, without transferring the article almost entire to these 
pages, to give any clear idea of his course of argument. 
Kiesenwetter has some remarks on Lacordaire^s classification 
of the Curculionidse, which he adopts with some modifications 
(Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1864, pp. 239-252). He gives a catalogue 
of the Rhynchophora of Greece, with descriptions of new genera 
and species, and diagnoses of those not described in Schonherr^s 
Monograph. 
Notes on known genera and species : — 
In a memoir which has been prepared with the greatest care, 
although its author contents himself with giving it the modest 
title of Notes^’ (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4®ser. tome iv. pp. 329-382), 
Allard has published a revision of the known species of tlic 
genus SitoneSj of which he describes 56. On the general 
geographical distribution of these species he remarks that they 
are met with only in cold or temperate regions, as, with the 
exception of one species from Mexico, he has seen none from 
countries south of 30° N. lat. Many of them are widely distri- 
buted, os will be seen from the following enumeration: — Of the 56 
species, 5 are peculiar to Africa ; 2 are peculiar to America ; 2 
are peculiar to Asia ; 2 occur in America, Asia, and Europe ; 1 
occurs in America, Africa, and Europe; 2 occur in Africa, 
Asia, and Europe ; 1 occurs in Asia and Europe ; 18 occur in 
Europe and Algeria ; and 23 are peculiar to Europe. 
The species are characterized in an elaborate analytical table, 
and fully described, with their synonymy. 
Hypera. Kiesenwetter states (Berl. ent. Zeitsch. 1864, p. 266, 
uoto) that the structure of the hairs or scales clothing the insects 
of this genus may be employed in the discrimination of the 
species. Three groups may thus be distinguished, namely : — 
1. Elytra with simple adpressed hairs or scale-like hairs. 
Sp. II. viennensis, cyrta, turhata, salvias^ elegam, pahwiharia, comata, varie- 
gala. 
2. Elytra with furcaie scales. 
Sp. II. fuscata, co7itaminata, elongata, tigrina, striata., meles, consta^is, nigri- 
rostris, variabilis, poJygoni. 
