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COLEOPTERA. 
CaNTHARID2E. 
General observations on the early stages of ilfe/oe and Cantharis : the 
“ triungulins ” of the former reared on eggs of vulgaris, and of 
the latter on stomachs of Apis mellifica. Honey from the latter was 
greedily eaten by the 2nd stage of larva of Meloe, which however died 
without further change. The larvae of Carttharis avoided the honey, 
and fed up on bee-stomachs, bur 3 dng themselves in the ground. J. Lich- 
tenstein, Nouv. et faits, No. 20', 1876, pp. Ixxxi. & Ixxxii. 
‘‘ Pseudonymph of a vesicant found in a colony of Colletes fodiens at 
Montpellier ; J. Lichtenstein & V. Mayet, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) vi. 
p. cxciv. 
Mylahris fulgurita, Rche., employed in Egypt as a remedy for hydro- 
phobia, with observations on other insects medicinally used; Sonsino, 
Bull. Ent. Ital. viii. pp. 229-233. 
Meloe tuccius and Mylahris tenehrosa used in like manner by Arabs at 
Gabes, in Tunis ; Be Chevarrier (in litt. to Be Saulcy), Bull. Soc. Ent. 
Fr. (5) vi. pp. clxiii. & clxiv. See also p. clxxiv. 
Mylahris cichorii never occurs on chicory, but on Achillea, and other 
plants; H. Pelletier, Feuil. Nat. vi. p. 131. 
Mylahris 4:-punctata, L. Triungulin described, with uotes on habits, 
&c. ; V. Mayet, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) vi. pp. cxcvi. & cxcvii. 
Cantharides. Slight descriptions of North American species, with 
notes ; W. Saunders, Canad. Ent. viii. pp. 221-228. 
Insects enclosed in a tube in which Cantharides had died, found to be 
rapidly asphyxiated : Goll, Bull. Soc. Vaud. xiv. p. G85. 
Cantharis flavipes, Muls., ? described, from Syria ; S. A. de Marseul, 
L’Ab. 1876, p. 382. 
Epicauta frontalis, Fairm., = Cantharis philippii, Reed; L. Fairmaire, 
Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) vi. p. 386. 
Cephaloon pallens, Mots., var. from E. Siberia ; S. Solsky, Hor. Ent. 
Ross. xi. p. 295. 
Meloe auriculatus, p. 480, corvinus, p. 482, spp. nn., Marseul. Ann. Soc. 
Ent. Fr. (5) vi., Japan. 
Mylahris isis, p. 28, Egypt, raphael, p. 29, Persia, id., L’Ab. 1876, 
spp. nn. 
Cantharis thiehaulti and cinereo vestita, p. 49, mendax, p. 50, Algeria, 
myrmido, p. 93, El-Amri and Yemen, Fairmaire, Pet. Nouv. ii. ; C. semi- 
vittata and platycera, id. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) vi. p. 386, Chili : 
spp. nn. 
Lytta luguhris, sp* n., H. Ulke, in Wheeler’s Rep. 1. c. p. 812, pi. xli. 
fig. 2, California. 
Epicauta wheeleri, id. ihid. fig. 4, Arizona ; E. chanzii, L. Fairmaire, 
Pet. Nouv. ii. p. 38, Bou-S^ada : spp. nn. 
Diaphorocera promelcena, sp. n., Fairmaire, 1. c.p. 49, Biskra. 
Zonitis xanthoptera, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 94, Algeria. 
Nemognatha nigritarsis, p. 477, and flavicornis, p. 478, spp. nn., G. 
Stierlin, MT. schw. ent. Ges. iv.. South coast of the Caspian. 
