104 Ins. 
GOLBOPTKRA. 
Hormiscus saltator, p. 397, Middle and W. States of N. America. 
Piezocorynus mixtus, p. 402, M. and S. States. 
Anthrihus lividus, p. 403, Florida. 
Brachytarsus griseus, p. 405, Colorado, plumheus, Middle States, and 
vestitus, Louisiana, p. 406. 
Choragus zimmermanni, N. Carolina, and sayi, Washington, p. 408. 
Sharp, D. On the Anthribidce of New Zealand. Ann. N. H. (4) xvii. 
pp. 422-439. 
In dealing with no less than 17 species from this country, the author 
finds great difficulty in defining their generic divisions, retaining An- 
thrihus for all of them. As Lawsonia^ Shp., = ExilliSy Pasc., Sharp pro- 
poses the name Exillis lawsoni for his Lawsonia longicornis. 
Balanodes, g. n., C. 0. Waterhouse, Ann. N. H. (4) xviii. p. 118. 
Closely allied to Arceocorynus, but differing in form, in slightly narrower 
tarsi, and tibiae not apically dilated. For B. tomentosus, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 
119, Rodriguez Island. 
Mecocerus sidphureus, sp. n., id. Tr. E. Soc. 1876, p. 24, Andaman 
Islands, Cambodia. 
A. brouni (? a Tropideres)^ p. 426, bullatus, p. 427, vates, p. 428, hetcera 
and discedens, p. 429, altus (a Cratoparis), p. 430, huttoni, p. 431, crassus, 
p. 432, nanus and atomus, p. 433, inflatus (? a Notioxenus), p. 434, rugosus, 
p. 435, spinifer^ p. 436, ornatus, p. 437, rudis, p. 438, spp. nn.. Sharp, 1. c.. 
New Zealand. 
Brachytarsus pristinus, sp. n. (foss.), S. H. Scudder, Bull. U. S. Geol. 
Surv. ii. p. 87, tertiaries of Wyoming. 
Caranistes annulipes^ sp. n., Waterhouse, 1. c. p. 119, Rodriguez Island. 
Arceocerus pardalis, sp. n., F. P. Pascoe, Ann. N. H. (4) xvii. p. 58, 
New Zealand and Ceylon. 
Bruchida*}. 
Urodon concolor^ All. (B. E. Z.), nec Sch., = allardi^ Jekel; U. con- 
color, All. (Ann. Ent. Belg.), nec Sch.. = villosus, Stierl. ; and U. con- 
color, Sch. : characters discussed by H. Jekel, MT. schw. ent. Ges. iv. 
p. 536. 
Caryoborus sp., entirely devouring the interior of Corozo nuts {Phyte- 
lephas macrocarpa'), the “vegetable ivory,” from Guyaquil ; J. W. 
Douglas, P. E. Soc. 1876, pp. xiv. & xvi. 
Caryoborus bactris, L., infesting the nuts of Copernicia conifera, a palm 
from' Rio Janeiro, one larva in each only ; R. McLachlan, P. E. Soc. 1876, 
p. xvi. 
Bruchus sp., noticed as destroying 50 per cent, of the seeds of a legu- 
minous plant from Egypt ; E. A. Fitch, ibid. 
Bruchus brachialis, Fahr., and its $ ruflcornis, All., reared in abundance 
from vetch pods ; E. Perris, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) vi. p. 237. 
Aglycyderes is referred to the Colydiidce, and a new species described 
from New Zealand {^supra ] ; D. Sharp, Ann. N. H. (4) xviii. pp. 28 & 29. 
