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C. nigrozonata (Blanch.), p. 30. BrachydactylA dxscoidea (Gu6r., Lac.), 
p. 89, pi. 1. fig. 8. Temnaspis (Gii^r.), p. 40; T. hipartita (Lac.), 
ibid.; Tiyerndfa (Lac.), ibid. ; 7’. (King), ibid. ; 7\ (Westw.), 
and T. arida (Westw.), p. 42. Pcecilomorpha gerstaeckeri (Westw.), 
p. 43. 
Gu^rin-M^neville indicates a variety of Lema merdigera found eating the 
leaves of Solarium dulcamara. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1865, p. xxi. 
Ci'ioccris asparagi. The habits of this species are described by Fitch, 8th 
Bep. Ins. New York, pp. 177-186. The insect appears to have been intro^ 
diiced since 1860. 
Crioceris cyanella and melanopa are mentioned by Taschenberg as injurious 
to grasses (Wirbell. Thiere, p. 228). 
New species t — 
Psathyrocerus fusco-omatus, Clark, Cat. Phyt. Ap^. p. 20, from Vetie- 
:iuela; P. cyanipcnnis, Clark, ibid., from Rio Janeiro. 
Donacia indica, Clark, 1. c. p. 1, from Calcutta. 
Donacia ccraria (^—D. javana, Germ. P), Baiy, Ent. Trans. 3rd Ser. vol. iv. 
p. 7, from Tringanee, Ceylon, and India ; Java P 
Zeugopliorakirhjij Baly, Ent. M. Mag. i. p. 183, from North America. 
Megascelis. The following new species are" described in the appendix to 
Clark’s Cat. of Phytoph. : — M. princeps, Bates, p. 1, M. briseis, Bates, p. 3, 
M. socialis, Bates, p. 5, M. ohscurevittata, Bates, p. 6, M. Icevicoma, Bates, p. 7, 
M. quadrimaculata, Bates, p. 0, M. nigripemiis, Bates, p. 10, M. decora. Bates, 
ibid., M. clerdides, Bates, p. 11, M. dispar, Bates, ibid., M. rubricollis, Bates, 
p. 19, and M. corcula, ibid., from the Amazons; M. purpureipenms, Clark, 
p. 2, from Cayenne ; M. sacerdotalis, Clark, p. 3, M. rufotestacea, Clark, p. 4, 
M. viridipallens, Clark, ibid., M, grayii, Clark, p. 7, M. viridi-simplex, Clark^ 
p. 8, M. dorsalis, Clark, p. 12, M. purpureotincta, Clark, p. 13, M. crucifera, 
Clark, ibid., M. larvata (Chevr.), Clark, p. 14, M. exclamationis, Clark, ibid., 
M. amhigua, Clark, p. 15, M. semipurpUrea, Clark, p. 16, M. dryas, Clark, 
p. 17, M. hrunnipennis, Clark, p. 18, and M. titan, Clark, ibid., from Brazil; 
M. postica, Clark, p. 5, from Bolivia ; M. dilecta, Clark, p. 8, and M. hunter o~ 
notata, Clark, p. 19, from Mexico ; M. frontalis, Clark, p. 17, from Cartha- 
gena. 
Lema. The following new species of this genus are described by Clark 
and Bates. By Bates, from the Amazons : — L. mimula, p. 35 ; L. picticornis, 
p. 44 ; L. tunantina, ibid. ; X. venilia, p. 56 ; X. tceniatd, p. 56 ; X. nigrella, p. 67 ; 
X. ceneipennella, p. 58 ; X. apioides, p. 62 ; X. lieteerina, p. 63 ; and X. hehraica, 
ibid. I3y Clark, from South Africa X. pallida, p. 21 ; X. rufo-adum- 
brata, p. 22 ; X. corinthia, p. 27 ; X. angustata, p. 28 ; and X. punctatipennis, 
p. 52. From West Africa : — X. indeterminata, p. 22 ; X. scnegalensis, p. 24 ; 
X. clavipennis, ibid. ; X. laiipennis, p. 26 ; X. mitis, ibid. ; X. inconstans, p. 26 ; 
X. nigro-azurea, p. 27 ; X. rufo-femorata, p. 32 ; X. affinis, p. 33 ; X. chalybea, 
ibid. ; X. anguUcollis, p. 36 ; X. calabarica, p. 39 ; and X. constricta, ibid. From 
India : — X. pallide-testacea, p. 28 ; X. rufo-testacea, p. 29 ; X. histrio, ibid. ; 
X. semivittata, p. 31 ; X. atro-cmrulea,^. 32 ; X. nigro-suturalis, p. 37 ; L.pr<xclara, 
p. 38 ; and X. nigro-frontalis, p. 40. From Ceylon : — X. rufo-ornata, p. 30 ; 
X. sinuato-vittata, p. 31; and X. chylabeo-notata, p. 37, From China; — 
