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sordidus, argentatus^ and varius, Lee., and E. lucanus and desertus, p. 34, 
geminatus and jplumbeus, p. 35, Horn, 1. c. spp. nn., California. 
DichoxenuSf g. n., id. 1. c. p. 39. Scrobes strongly arcuate, distant from 
eyes beneath, scape short, 2nd segment of abdomen rather short, with 
straight first suture. Probably to be referred here, or to the Stran- 
galiodides, in which, as a group of the Ophryasiini (Otiorrhynchidee), it is 
placed by the author. D. setiger, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 40, Texas. 
Melamomphus, g. n., id. 1. c. p. 40. Resembles Amortiphus in form ; dif- 
fers from Dyslobus in its cavernous corbels and distinctly mucronate 
hind tibire. M. niger, sp. n., id. ibid., Nevada. 
Anametis, g. n., id. 1. c. p. 43. Differs from Dichoxenua in its scrobes 
being moderately arcuate, and immediately beneath the eye. A. grisea, 
sp. n., id. ibid., Kansas to Georgia. 
Orimodema, g. n., id. ibid. Apparently allied to Daaydema and Orimua. 
Differs from Mimetea (? Lac.) in its anterior tibiae being denticulate 
within, its scaly and hairless surface, and the open corbels to its hind 
tibiae. 0. protracta\^turn], sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 44, Colorado, New Mexico. 
Cimbocera, g. n., id. 1. c. p. 55. Approaches Eupagoderea in the form 
of its tarsi and the 7th joint of funicle, differing in the structure of the 
abdomen and metasternal side pieces. C. pauper, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 56, 
Dacota. 
Entimua primordialU, sp. n. (foss.), S. H. Scudder, Bull. U. S. Qeol. 
Surv. ii. p. 84, White River tertiaries. 
** Dirotognathides/* 
Dirotognathua, g. n., G. H. Horn, P. Am. Phil. Soo. xv. p. 79. The 
sole representative of a new tribe, Dirotognathini, associated by the 
author with the Otiorrhynchidee, but which he states his entire inability 
to place in or near any tribe indicated by Lacordaire, further than that 
it is Phanerognath Synmeride, and belongs to the first section of the 
latter Phalanx. Thorax with feeble ocular lobes ; mentum very small, 
maxillae exposed, mandibles prominent, free edge rather thin, scar small 
and very narrow. Metasternal pieces narrow, connate with sternum. 
Facies of Phyxelia. Type, D. sordidua, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 80, Arizona and 
California. 
Byrsopides. 
Lithodus rectus, affinia, rudia, eroaus, longior, and morbilloaus, Lee., ? =£ 
Theceaternua humeralia. Say, varr. ; J. L. Leconte, P. Am. Phil. Soc. xv. 
p. 12. 
Eremia\i'']rhinu8, g. n., L. Fairmaire, Pet. Nouv. ii. p. 50. Near Bor- 
borocostes, Sch., but of different facies. For E. margarinotua, sp. n., id. 
ibid., Tougourt, Algeria. 
Bhyp arosomides . 
Phrynixua astutua, sp. n., F. P. Pascoe, Ann. N. H. (4) xviii. p. 69, New 
Zealand. 
Dichotrachelua knechti (= freyi, Tourn., olim), sp. n., G. Stierlin, MT. 
schw. ent. Ges. iv. p. 481, Piedmont, south of Aosta. 
