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COLEOPTERA. 
DERMESTIDiE. 
Dermestes lardarius. The larva utilized for preparing skeletons of 
small animals ; Feuil. Nat. vi. p. 90. 
Attagenus pellio very injurious to Attacus yamamai at Ferrussac ; M. 
Girard, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) vi. p. li. 
Megatoma undata : larva, &c., described ; Carpentier, Bull. Soc. L. N. 
Fr. iii. p. 183. 
Anthrenus scrophularice, L. : the larva very injurious to carpets in 
houses in New York State ; J. L. Leconte, P. Am. Ac. 1876, p. 195. A. 
claviger^ Er., also occurs in N. America ; G. H. Horn, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. 
V. p. 252. 
Dermestes elegans, p. 269, pi. i. fig. 10, Sarafschan Valley, 2). ratus, 
ibid, note, Persia, spp. nn., Solsky, in Fedcheuko’s Turkestan, Col. 
Attagenus simulans, Sarafschan Valley, and hyturoideSj Samarcand, 
p. 272, suspiciosus, p. 274, Sarafschan Valley, fasciolatus, p. 275, Samar- 
cand and Kisil-kum Desert, spp. nn., id. 1. c. 
Megatoma conspersa, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 275, Sarafschan Valley. 
Telopes seniculus, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 276, note, Krasnovodsk. 
Trogoderma ornata\_-tuni\, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 278, Sarafschan Valley. 
Anthrenus melanoleucus^ p. 279, and leucogrammus, p. 282, fig. 16, 
Sarafschan Valley, picturatus, p. 280, and rufulus, p. 281, fig. 15, Samar- 
cand, p. 281, fig. 14, Pjandschikent, spp. nn., id. 1. c. pi. i. 
ByRRHIDiE. 
Inclica solida, Walker, is one of the Cryptocephalides, close to, if not 
congeneric with, Monachus ; G. 0. Waterhouse, Tr. E. Soc. 1876, p. 15. 
Curimus asiaticus, S. Solsky, in Fedchenko’s Turkestan, Col., p. 283, 
Kokand ; C. rudis, L. Fairmaire, Pet. Nouv. ii. p. 25, Crete : spp. nn. 
Nosodendron testudinum, sp. n., C. 0. Waterhouse, 1. c. p. 14, Pard. 
PSEPHENID^. 
TychepsephuSy g. n., C. O. Waterhouse, 1. c. p. 15. General form of 
Psephenus, but convex. T. felix, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 16, Chili. 
Matceopsephus, g. n., id. 1. c. p. 16. Differs from Psephenus in its 
clypeus, which is well developed and distinctly separated from the head. 
M. nitidipennis, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 17, China. 
Parnid^. 
Potamophilus perplexus, sp. n., C. O. Waterhouse, 1. c. p. 18, Java. 
Parnus fuscipennis, sp. n., Solsky, 1. c. p. 284, Taschkent and Kokand. 
Parygrus (recharacterized, p. 18) erichsoni, Columbia, indicus, India, 
p. 19, talpoides^ Philippine Islands, elegans, Celebes, p. 30, spp. nn., 
Waterhouse, 1. c. {Dry ops hardioicki, McL., is also a Parygrus). 
Dryops longus, Solsky, 1. c. p. 285, Taschkent and Kokand. 
