COLEOPTERA. 
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ClSTELIDA?:. 
Prionychus fairmairii. Fuss lias a note on the occurrence of this species in 
Germany. I3erl. ent. Zeits. 1865^ p. 412. 
Cistela quadristriata, sp. n., Couper, Canad. Nat. & Geol. n. s. vol. ii. p. 62, 
from Quebec. 
Mycetochares hicoloVj sp. n., Oouper, 1. c., from Quebec. 
Melandryida;. 
Phloaotrya rujlpes (Steph. nec Gyll.)=P. stephensii (J. Duval). See G. II. 
Crotch, Entomologist, ii. p. 179. 
Nothus hipunctatus. G. R. Crotch describes the characters of this species 
and retains the above name in preference io pr^ustus (Oliv.). Ibid. pp. 261- 
263. 
Anisoxya fusetda lives in branches of pear-trees near Rouen, according to 
Lebouteiller, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1866, p. xliv. 
Hypulm qmrcimis. The larva of this species is described by Mulsant & 
Rey, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, tom. x. pp. 245-246. It lives in old chestnuts 
and also in the oak. 
ANTIIICIDiE. 
Notoxus monocerus. W. Tylden records his having found several specimens 
of this insect in the half-dried body of a Proscaralmis. Ent. M. Mag. ii. 
pp. 118, 119. 
Antliicm versicolor, sp. n. Kiesenwetter, Berl. ent. Zeits. 1866, p. 383, note, 
from Andalusia. 
Mccynoiarsus scmicinctus, sp. n., Wollaston, Col. Atl. App. p. 66, from 
Grand Canary. 
MoRDELLIDA5. 
De Borre records the occurrence of Mor della coarctata in Belgium. Ann. 
Soc. Ent. Belg. tom. viii. p. 278. 
Rhipiphoridas. 
Notes on the occurrence of large larvJn andpupse of Phipipliorns paradoxus 
in the cells of female wasps by Stone and Westwood, Proc. Ent. Soc. 1864, 
pp. 49 & 68. The habits of the larva of Rhipiqdiorus are particularly described 
by Stone, 1. c. p. 64. 
Cantharidas. 
Cantliaris vesicatoria. Becker records the use of this insect as a remedy 
for the cattle -plague. The dose is 10 gi'ains, repeated from day to day if ne- 
cessary. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxvii. pt. 1. p. 481. 
3Iylahris maldinest, sp. n,, Chevrolat, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1866, p. 392 j 
M. inconstans, Chevr. 1. c. p. 393, and 3f. 10-spilota, Chevr. ibid., from 
Valladolid. 
CURCULIONIPAE. 
Jekel (Ann, Soc. Ent. Fr. 4*" ser. tome iv. pp. 537-566) dis- 
cusses the mode of classification of the Rhynchophori, which he 
proposes to divide into eight primary groups or families : — 
