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borg (Naturg. wirbcll. Tliiere, pp. 30-32) ; the species specially referred to 
are Agriotes segetis (1. c. pp. 32-35, pi. 1. figs. 3 & 4, larva and imago), and A, 
obscurus (1. c. pp. 35-36). 
Agriotes 2 ^Hosus (Panz.) has been taken near Manchester. See Power, 
Ent. M. Mag. i. p. 235. 
AtTions affinis^ sp. n., Couper, Canad. Nat. & Geol. n. s. vol. ii. p. 61, from 
Quebec. 
Atlwus pro.rimua, sp. n., TTampo, Wion. out. Mon. Bd. viii. p. 190, and A. 
spectahilis, sp. n., Ilampe, 1. c. p. 191, from Wallachia . — Athous tibiellus,B\i. n., 
Chevrolat, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1865, p. 351, from La Gran] a. 
Corymbites nivicolay sp. n., Kiesenwetter, Berl. ent. Zeits. 1865, p. 391, note, 
from the Pehalara. 
Megapenthes divaricatus, sp. n., Desbrochers, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. ser. tom. v. 
p. 208, from the south of France. 
Eucnemidas. 
SciiioDTE (Danmarks Buprestes ogElateres: Naturh. Tklsskr. 
3rd ser. iii.) refers the Euciiemidse to his family Elateres, of 
whicli they form the first section, including two subfamilies, 
Melasini and Eucnemidini (see ante, p. 447) . The Melasini in- 
clude two Danish species, Melasis buprestoides and Xylohms 
alui j the Eucnemidini 4 species, Microrhagus pygmmts, Euene- 
mis capuciniis, and llii'oscus dermestoides and obscui'us. The 
buccal organs of Melasis buprestoides, Xylobius alni, Eucnemis 
capiicinus, Microrhagus j)iygmmis, and Thro sens dermestoides are 
figured by Schiodte, pi. 15. figs. 8-12. 
Throscus. Bethe has publislied (Stett. ent. Zeit. 1865, pp. 234- 
238) a revision of the German species of this genus, arranged in 
accordance with Bonvouloir’s characters derived from the form 
of the eyes. 
Throscus dermestoides is described by Lindemann under tlie new name of 
Ilorticola (g. n.) urbana. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. tom. xxxviii. pt. 2. p. 149, 
pi. 4. figs. 3-5. 
Throscus dermestoides. The copulation of this species is described by Fuss, 
Berl. ent. Zeits. 1865, p. 411. 
Throscus latiusculus, sp. n., Wollaston, Col. Atl. App. p, 30, and T. elon- 
gahdus, Woll. ibid., from the Canaries. 
Dascillidve. 
? Helodes trilincatus, sp. n., Chevrolat, Rev. et Mag, Zoql. 1865, p. 352, from 
the Escurial. 
Malacodermata. 
Lycides. 
The habits of the larva of Eros aurora are indicated by Sharp (Proc. Ent. 
Soc. 1865, p. 108). The larvce in his possession fed chiefly on the pupm of 
other insects contained in their place of confinement. 
Cladoceras, g. n., Kirsch, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1865, p. 68. Allied to Ccenia ; 
