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Usechus lacerta (Motscli.), which he refers to the subfamily Tentyriid< 2 f in 
the immediate vicinity of the Zopherini. He considers it to form the type 
of a new tribe, which he introduces into Leconte’s classification as fol- 
lows : — 
Tibial spurs very minute. 
Anterior coxae widely separated. 
Eyes transverse, finely granulated Zopherini. 
Eyes rounded, coarsely granulated Usechini. 
Anterior coxae narrowly separated; antennae ll-jointed, , . . Ste7iosiini, 
Anterior coxae contiguous; antennae 10-jointed jPcicodm'ini. 
Psanunocryptus minutus (Tausch.) lives in society in human ordure. 
Becker, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xl. 1. p. 109. 
Auchmohius infaustus (Lee.) and Craniotus puhescens (Lee.), noticed by 
Horn, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vi. p. 291. 
Oxycara. Wollaston (Col. Hesp.) describes the following new species of 
this genus from the Cape Verde Islands : — O. ebeninaj p. 172, S. Vicente ; 
O. castanea, ibid. {'=hegeteroideSf Woll. nec Erichs.), S. Vicente ; O. Icevisj 
p. 174, S. Nicolao ; O. crihrata, p. 175, S. lago ; O. similisy ibid., Fogo ; 
O. irrorata, p. 176, Brava; O. curta^ p. 177, Fogo. 
Zopherides. 
G. II. Horn (Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. i. pp. 159-162) gives descriptions of 
the species of Zophei'm (Gray) inhabiting the United States. He enumerates 
six, of which he gives a table (/. c. p. 162) ; three of them are described a 
new. 
Zopherus yuttidatus, sp. n., Horn, 1. c. p. 160, Texas ; Z. opacus, sp. n., 
Horn, I c. p. 161, Nevada; and Z. gracilis ^ sp. n., Horn, 1. c. p, 162, Arizona. 
Adelostomides. 
Dacoderus striaticeps (Lee.) and Armoschizus costipennis (Lee.), noticed by 
Horn, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vi. p. 291. 
Akisides. 
Morawitz, in the introductory remarks to a revision of the species of Ahis 
inhabiting Kussia (Horae Soc. Ent. Ross. iii. pp. 1-48), refers to numerous 
errors and imperfections in Kraatz’s ^ Revision der Tenebrioniden der alten 
Welt.’ He indicates that Kraatz has neglected the sexual distinction fur- 
nished by the difference in the punctation of the abdomen in S and $ of 
most, if not all, the Akisides, as pointed out by Solier, and remarks on the 
relation of the ribs on the elytra of many species to the pleurae. With regard 
to extra-Russian species, Morawitz indicates that Pimelia grossa (01iv.) = 
Tenehrio grossus (Linn.) = P. grossa (Fab.), and is from Africa according to 
Olivier, from Barbary according to Fabricius, and probably identical with 
Morica octocostata (Sol.), which in this case must bear the Linnean name ; 
Aids salzei (Sol.)— vl. discoidea (Quens.) var. ; A. oioes (Fisch.) =5«6^cr- 
rama (Dahl) ; A. harhara (Sol.) is probably distinct from A. spinosa (Linn.) ; 
and A. terricola (M^n^tr.) (Linn.). Morawitz finally discusses the 
genera Cyphogenia (Sol.) and Sai'oth'opus (Kvaatz), and their characters, and 
arrives at the conclusion that they cannot be maintained. Accordingly, in 
treating of the Russian species, he unites all under the genus Aids, employing 
