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names Chiasmus and Hephialtes (J. Thoms.) are preoccupied. The former he 
proposes to name Chiasnietes. Cacosceles (Newm.) is too near Cacoscelis 
(Chevr.). 
Tragosoma depsarium. Habits briefly noticed by Kawall, Stett. ent. Zei 
1867, p. 124. 
Macrodontia ce7'vicornis, Lucas describes the supposed pupa of this species. 
Bull. Soc. Ent. Ei\ 1867, p. Ixxxii. 
Ih'ionus coriarias. Pelikan notices a malformation of this species having 
the left anterior tibia doubled ; the second tibia bears a two-jointed tarsus 
without claws. Sitzungsb. zool.-bot. Ges. in Wien, 1867, p. 116. 
Primus coriarius. Perty (Mitth. naturf. Ges. in Bern, 1867, p. 308, fig. 11) 
describes and figures a $ of this species with two small and deformed 
legs on the right side, and a spine at the base of one of these, which he re- 
gards as the rudiment of a third limb. 
New genera : — 
Sarjnydus, g. n., Pascoe, Ann. Mag. N. H. 3rd ser. xix. p. 410. Allied to 
Dorgccra) antcnnro compressed, joint 3 longer and broader than scape j pro- 
thorax transverse, laterally spinose ; femora and tibi.ne compressed ; pro- 
stenium produced. Sp. S. antennatus^ sp. n., Pascoe, 1. c. p. 410, Sarawak. 
Xaurus, g. n., Pascoe, 1. c. p. 410. Allied to Tragosojna] head not much 
produced below the antennae ; antennae short, joint 3 shorter than scape ; 
prothorax irregular, spined at the sides j metathoracic parapleura oblong- 
quadrate. Sp. X. de 2 Jsarius, sp. n., Pascoe, 1. c. p. 410, Morty. 
Nejiiodes, g. n., Pascoe, 1. c. p. 410. Allied to JEgosoma ; mandibles elon- 
gate ; scape very short ; eyes large, approximate above ; prothorax trans- 
versely subquadrate, unarmed. Sp. N. cognatus^ sp. n., Pascoe, I, c. p. 410, 
Sarawak. 
Zarax, g* n., Pascoe, I, c. p. 410. Allied to Macrotoma ; palpi very short ; 
antennae incrassate, short, unarmed, scape very short ; tarsi very short, chan- 
nelled beneath. — Sp. Z. eurypodioidcs, sp. n., Pascoe, 1. c. p. 410, Sarawak. 
Omotagus, g. n., Pascoe, 1. c. p. 410. Allied to Ilystatus ; tarsi linear, 
joints 1-3 biscopuliferous at apex beneath ; mandibles with two large teeth. 
Sp. O. lacordah'iij sp. n., Pascoe, 1. c. p. 410, Dorey. 
JElaptus, g. n., Pascoe, I c. p. 413. Allied to Sarmydus (Pasc.) ; antennae 
longer than body, joints 3 & 4 equal; eyes large; prothorax transverse, 
lateral keel slightly angulated behind the middle ; femora short ; tibiae not 
dentate ; abdominal segments equal in length. Sp. JE. sh7iulator, sp. n., Pasc. 
I c. p. 413, Cape York. 
CuTitharoplatys, subg. n., Westwood, Proc. Ent. Soc. 1865, p. 133. Allied 
to Caiitharocnemis ; body more depressed ; mandibles much stouter, armed 
with a subbasal tooth ; antennae short ; elytra cicatricose, lateral angles very 
prominent. Sp. C. felderi, sp. n., Westw. 1. c. p. 134, White Nile. 
Ca7it1iarocte7ius, subg. n., Westwood, 1. c. p. 134. Allied to Ca7itharoc7ie77iis\ 
prothorax more cylindrical ; antennae twice as long, 18-jointed, joints doubly 
pectinated. Sp. C. hm'cheJliij sp. n., Westw. 1. c. p. 134, Damara land. 
New species : — 
P7'ionus ger7’a7'di^ Pascoe, 1. c. p. 411, Madagascar ; P. fetanicus, Pasc. 1. c* 
p. 412, Chosan (Japan). 
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