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siderable development of the terminal joints, and the presence 
of a broad sole upon the first joints, which are common to the 
Byturides and NitiduUdmj but do not occur in the Melyrides, 
near which Gerstacker would place them* Berl. ent* Zeitschr. 
1865, pp. 357-358. 
Kraatz states that Horiicola urhana (Lindemann, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 
xxxviii. pt. li. p. 148) is identical with Byturus tomentosus. Berl. ent. Zeits. 
1865, p. 414. 
Derniestes mirichalceus is stated hy Berris to haunt the nests of Bomhyx 
pityocampa in the Landes. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1865, p. XTiii. 
Trogoderma nigrum. Dietrich (Nouv. Mem. Soc. Heir. xxi. p. 114) thinks 
that this species is probably not distinct from T. elonyatulum. 
Smith describes a case in which larvae of Derniestes tarddriv^ in consider- 
able numbers bored into a piece of mahogany upon which they lived. En- 
tomologist, ii. pp. 801, 302. 
Anthrenus minor j sp. n.j Wollaston, Col. Atl. App. p. 28, from the Canaries. 
BviiitHitoJi. 
Bothriophorus venetus, sp. n., Ferrari, Wien. ent. Mon. Bd. viii. p. 108| 
from the Lido (Venice). 
Mory chits metalUcus, sp. n., Chevrolat, Bev. et Mag. Zool. 1865, p. 350, 
from the Asturias. 
Siyncalypta granidostt, sp. n., Wollaston, 1. c. p. 28, from Glomera. 
pARNlDiE. 
Clark records (Proc. Ent. Soc. 1865, pp. 97-98) the occurrence in Caffraria 
of a new form of this family, the habits of which he describes. It is most 
nearly allied to Macronychus. 
Heterocerus guttatus (Kiesenw.) is described from Cuba by Chevrolat. 
Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4e s^r. tome iv. p. 407. 
Heterocei'us holosericeus. The habits of this species are referred to by Eie- 
sen wetter. Berl. ent. Zeits. 1866, p. 373. 
Elmis cupreus is recorded as British by Sharp, Ent. M. Mag. ii. p. 12. 
Georyssus australis sp. n.. King, Trans. Ent. Soc. N. S. W. vol. i. p. 158, 
pi. 14 (details), from Paramatta. 
iMtochrus australis, sp. n.. King, 1. c. p. 169, pi. 14 (details), from the 
Paramatta River. — L. geniculatus^ sp. n., Chevr. Ann. Soc. Ent. Ft. 4® s^r. 
tome iv. p. 406, from Cuba. 
Pelonomus gracitipos, sp. n., Chevr. 1. c. p. 406, from Cuba. 
Elmis. Five new Australian species are described by King : — E. Hoveni'- 
notatus, t. c. p. 169, E. politus, 1. c. p. 160, and E. punctulatus, 1. c. p. I6l, 
from the Paramatta River; E. metallicus, 1. c. p. 160, from the Murray 
River ; and E. montanus, ibid., from Illawarra. 
Limnius quatuor-maculatus, sp. n.. King, 1. c. p. 161, from Paramatta. 
EEderoceruk angustatuh, sp. n., Ohevf. 1. c. p. 407, H. 10-maculatm^ sp. n., 
Chevr. ibid., and -??• hilinmtus, sp. ft., Chfevr. ibid., from Cuba. 
