ZOOLOGICAL literature. 
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CoMpa (jireo(fa) lanig&i'g, (Limi.), Walah refers to tins species^ and 
states that its larva probably lives upon roots of plants in tho grouiid. Proc, 
Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. vol. ix. p. ^$7, ' 
AnisopUa agicola and fruticola are noticed by Taschenberg (Wirbell. 
Thiere, &c. p. 246) among the insects injurious to rye. 
Anomala calcmta, sp. n., Chevr. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® s6r. tome v. p. 28^ 
from Ouba. 
Dynastides. 
C. A. Dohrn (Stett. ent. Zeit. 1865, pp. 371-376) describes some specimens 
of Trichogomphus martahani (Guer.) received from Sylhet, from the examina- 
tion of vs^hich he is led to introduce some modifications into the characters 
of that insect as given by Guerin and Burmeister ; he states especially that 
instead of elytris substriatis/’ we must read 6 elytris plus minusve punc- 
tato-striatis.” 
0. A. Dohrn publishes a note correcting and extending the characters of 
Orsilpchim cornutus as given by Burmeister and Lacordaire. L. c. p, 187, 
Ohevrolat (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® ser. tome v.) describes the following 
known species of this group from Ouba : — Cyclocephala frontalis (Chevr.), t c. 
p. 30; C, verticalis ,• Chalepus picipes (Bvivm.) =geminatus (Duv.), 
C, trachypygus (Burm.), and Ligyrus (Heteronychus) tumulosus (Bm’m.), 1. c. 
p. 31 ; Strateyus tiianus (Fab.) and Scatophilus sarpedon (Burm.), 1. c. p. 32 ; 
Strategus anachoreta (Burm.), Phileurus valgus (Fab.), and P. Qrihratus 
(Oheyr,), I, p. 33 j and P. ^-tuherculatus (Pal. B.), 1. c. p. 34. 
Xyloryctes satyrus (Fab.). Walsh describes the larvs- of this species, 
•v^hich lives in the ground and feeds upon roots of plants. Prop. Bost. Soc. 
Nat. Hist, yol. ix. p, 287. 
Cyclocephala signata, sp. n., Ohevrolat, 1. c, p. 30, from Cuba. 
Phileurus planicollis, sp. n., Chevr. 1. c. p. 34, from Ouba. 
Cetoniides, 
Cetonia aurata. Becker has made some observations on the use of this 
Beetle as a remedy for hydrophobia (Bull. Soc. Nat. Hose, xxxvii. part 1. 
p. 480). A powdered Cetonia was administered on a piece of bread to a cow 
in a rabid state ; complete recovery speedily took place. 
Ohevrolat (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® ser. tome v. p. 34) redescribes Allo- 
rhina i^Oymnetis) cornuta 
Goliathus kirkianus, sp. n., G. B. Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 34, pi. 4, 
from the Zambesi. 
Schizorhina nortoni, sp. n., Butler, Ann. &, Mag. Nat. Hist. 3rd ser. xvi. 
p. 161, from Sydney. 
Gymnetis sternalis, sp. n., Ohevrolat, 1. c. p. 35, from Cuba. 
BuPRESTIDtE. 
In Ills paper on the Danish Sternoa^i (Naturh. Tidsskr. 
3rd ser. hi.), Schiodte enters into an elaborate discussion of 
the structure of these insects both in the larval and perfect 
states, with especial reference to the characters to be derived 
