54 Ins. 
COLEOPTERA, 
Har., = platensisy Blauch., redescribed ; A. scutellarisy Har., fully de- 
scribed. E. V. Harold, OR. Ent. Belg. xix. pp. xciv.-xcvi. 
Aphodius (P Saprosites) distans and suspectus, p. 70, New Zealand, 
pascoei, p. 71, note, P Now Zealand ; A. (P Atcenias) brouni, p. 71, New 
Zealand, D. Sharp, Ent. M. M. xiii. ; A. lederi, p. 103, fiammulatuSy 
p. 104, E. V. Harold, Deutsche E. Z. 1876, Heft iv., Caucasus; A. van- 
volxemi, id. OR. Ent. Belg. xix. p. xciii. Barbacena, S. America ; A. nigri- 
vittisy p. 327, Kokand, kisilkumiy p. 332, Kisil-kum desert, semipellituSy 
p. 335, edgardiy p. 340, Samarcand and Taschkent, lunifeVy p. 336, pi. i. 
fig. 18, Taschkent, circumductusy p. 338, Kisil-kuin and Samarcand, 
Solsky, in Fedchenko’s Turkestan, Col. : spp. nn. 
Ammoeciua discolor, sp. n., Solsky, 1. c. p. 345, Samarcand. 
Mendidius bidens, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 346, Samarcand. 
Rhyssemus tarsalis, sp. n., C. O. Waterhouse, Ann. N. H. (4) xviii. 
p. 115, Rodriguez Island. 
Atcenius crenator, sp. n., E. v. Harold, CR. Ent. Belg. xix. p. xcvii., 
San J oao del Rey. 
Saprosites aspericeps, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. xcviii., Botafogo. 
Orphnides. 
Ochodceus. The United States species revised, and fresh characters 
pointed out in the mentum, prosternum, keel separating the fossae for 
reception of clubs of antennae, spurs (fig.), pygidium (fig.)> posterior tibiae 
(fig.), &c. A table is given of 8 recognized species. 0. americanus, 
Westw., = musculus, Say ; 0. complex, Lee., = frontalis, Lee. G. H. 
Horn, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. v. pp. 177-182. 
Ochodceus cornifrons, S. Solsky, in Fedchenko’s Turkestan, Col., p, 349, 
Samarcand ; 0. ulkii, Horn, 1. c. p. 182, Nevada : spp. nn. 
Geotrupidos. 
Geotrupes stercorarius, spiniger, foveatus, and mutator. An analysis of 
Harold’s observations, and comparison of specimens from various locali- 
ties ; G. Kraatz, Ent. MB. i. pp. 8i-88. 
Bolboceras radoszkovskii, sp. n., S. Solsky, in Fedchenko’s Turkestan, 
Col., p. 352, pi. ii. fig. 1, Kokand. 
Geotrupes creticus, sp. n., L. Fairmaire, Pet. Nouv. ii. p. 25, Crete. 
Thorectes variolipennis, sp. n., [? De Marseul], Nouv. et faits, 1876, No. 
25', p. ci., Dahr-el-Beida, near Mogador. 
Lethrus politus, sp. n., Solsky, 1. c. p. 366, Samarcand. 
Trogides. 
Bukmeister, H. Die Argentinischen Arten der Gattung Trox, Fabr. 
S. E. Z. xxxvii. pp. 241-268. 
Contains a masterly review of the chief literature of the genus, with 
minute anatomical characters, especially of the mouth organs, and a 
tabulated list of species arranged geographically. T. candezii, Har., = 
ciliatuSy Blanch., var. ; T. guttifer, Har., = gemmifer, Blanch., var. The 
following new subgenera of Trox and new species are characterized : — 
ChesaSy p. 264, for T. pastillariusy Blanch. 
