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ZOOLOGICAL LITEHATURIS, 
Limnichus fragilicornisj sp. n., Wollaston, Ool. Hesp. p. 80, Cape Verde 
Islands (S. AntSo). 
Chelonarium le contei^ sp.n. (Dej.), Thomson, Physis, i. p. 84, North 
America. 
LuCANIDiE. 
Cornelius remarks (Stett. ent. Zeit. 1867, pp. 436-437) upon the occurrence 
of unusual numbers of Lticanus cervus in the neighbourhood of Elberfeld, and 
thinks that, as in the case of the Cockchafer, this excessive abundance may be 
a periodical phenomenon. He mentions the retention of life by the head and 
fore part of these insects when all the rest of the body has been torn away, 
and also the disproportion of the sexes, the $ $ being to the males as 6 to 1. 
Abeille de Perrin remarks upon variations in the number of lamellae in 
the antennae of Lucanus cet-vua (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4° sdr. vii. p, 70). 
Ceratogmthus alboguttatus, sp.n.. Bates, Ent. M. Mag, iv. p. 64, New 
Zealand. 
ScARAB^IDiE. 
Copride^. 
Von Harold (Col. Hefte, i. pp. 1-8) discusses the grouping and characters 
of the smaller Coprides allied to Chwridium and Canthidium, and indicates 
the following as natural subdivisions of this group : — 
I. ScATONOMiDiE. Body oblong, smooth j forehead unarmed ) upper part 
of eye elongate-oval, minute j posterior tibiae simple ; posterior tarsi 
with broad, shortly triangular joints} claws minute or deficient} pro- 
sternum without pits. Genera : — 
A. Anterior tibiae with teeth at the apex and not on the lateral margin. 
Scatonomus. 
B. Anterior tibiae with lateral teeth Onthocharis. 
II. CHosRiDiDiE. Body oblong, ovate or rotundato-ovate } upper part of 
eye usually minute, oblong- oval, sometimes larger ( Uroxys ) } anterior 
tibiae in S scalpriform at apex, in $ scalpriform or obliquely truncate } 
posterior tibiae simple or transversely carinate } joints of posterior tarsi 
elongate} claws normal} prosternum usually foveolate. Genera;— 
A. Forehead transversely keeled. 
1. Posterior tibiae simple Caccohius. 
2. Posterior tibiae with transverse keels Scath^us, 
B. Forehead unarmed or tuberculate, not keeled. 
1. Eyes rather large } sides of thorax longitudinally foveolate. 
Uroxys. 
2. Eyes minute } thorax with round foveoles. 
a. Anterior tibiae scalpriform in both sexes } joint 1 of posterior 
tarsi dilated at apex } mesosternum distinct. Choeridium. 
b. Anterior tibiae scalpriform in cf , obliquely truncate in $ } joint 
1 of posterior tarsi elongate, scarcely dilated } mesosternum very 
short Canthidium. 
HI. CoPRiDJE (genuini). Body oblong-ovate, ovate or subquadrate, more 
or less hairy beneath } upper part of eye oval, rather large } anterior 
tibiae obliquely truncate at apex } posterior simple, denticulate or 
transversely carinate} claws distinct. (Genera Ontherus, Pinotus^ 
Copris^ &o.) 
The genera CoptorrJihia^ Sarophorusy Macroderesy and PedarWy referred to 
