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ALscrnia %vhitei (Baly), pi. B*. fig. 0 j and StetJiojncla variabilis (Baly), pi. 5*. 
lig. 8. 
SuFFRiAN (Arch. f. Natiirg. 1867) remarks upon the characters and syno- 
nymy of the following known species of this group : — Chrysomela semi- 
liitea (Stal), insiilana (J. Duv.), nydia (Stal), testaceipcs (St§l), sexgultuia 
(Cheyr.), cuhana (St§,l), apicicornis (Chevr.), poeyi (Chevr.), cruentipennis 
(J. l)uv.), and splendida (Qh&yv.'):=:splendican8 (StSl). 
Fairmaire (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4e s^r. vii.) notices the following species 
of this group jfrom Algeria : — Clythra (Labidostomis) trifoveolala (Desbr.), 
Cipplocephalus nigridorsum (Chevr.), p. 412 ; C. lineellus (Suff’r.), p. 414 ; Sty- 
losomus tamaricis (H.-Sch.) and S. minutissimus (Germ.), pp. 414, 416. 
Labidostomis lineola (Redt.)=<?eci’peews (Fald.), according to Abeille de 
Perrin, Ann. Soc. Ent. F. 4e s^r. vii. p. 70. 
Cryptocephalus nigridorsum (Ohev.)=var. alboscutellatus (SufTr.) according 
to Seidlitz, Berl. ent. Zeits. 1867, p. 4.34. 
GuiSrin-Meneville notices the copulation of Timarcha as early as Fe- 
bruary. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1867, p. ii. 
Gabriel Tappes publishes a note on the development of the Cryptocc- 
phali. L’Abeille, iii. pp. Ixxxii-lxxxiv. 
lAna lapponica. Foimd only on birches, Kawall, Stett, ent. Zeit. 1867, 
p. 124. 
Faria sex-notata (Say). Bred by Walsh from the cabbage-gall of the 
willow. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vi. p. 270. 
New genera : — 
Stethotcs, g. n., Baly, Trans. Ent. Soc. 3rd ser. iv. p. 264, Allied to Nodo- 
stoma ; thorax not bordered laterally, its sides nearly perpendicular. ICnown 
sp. Pyropida eleggntula (Baly), pi. 6*. fig. 2, P. nigroccerulea (Baly), and P. 
lateralis (Baly). New sp. S. apicicornis^ Baly, 1. c. p. 266, Aru Islands ; S. con-- 
similiSf Baly, 1. c. p. 267, Batchian, Bouru ; S. longicoUis, Baly, ibid., Java ; 
S. tarsata, Baly, 1. c, p. 268, S. nigritula, Baly, ibid., and S. atra, Baly, 1. c. 
p. 269, Dorey. 
Aulacia, g. n., Baly, 1. c. p. 268. Allied to Colaspoides ; thorax transverse, 
as wide as elytra, which are attenuate behind, irregularly punctate-striate. 
New sp. A. diversa, Baly, 1. c. p. 268, Singapore ; A. fulviceps, Baly, ibid.. A, 
femoratUf Baly, 1. c. p. 269, and A. bipustidata, Baly, ibid., Sarawak. 
New species : — 
Colasposoma. Baly (/. c.) describes 7 new species of this genus, namely ! — 
C. cumingiif p. 271, Philippine Islands ; C. distinctum and C. nitidum, p. 272, 
Coup; ,C. mutahilcj p. 273, Java, Borneo, Malacca, Timor j C. iiigrivenircj 
ibid., Pido Penang J C. propinquum,'^.27 4:^ Borneo; and C. rugidosum, p. 276, 
Malacca. 
Cryptocephalus astracanicus^ Sufiiian, Stott, ent. Zeit. 1867, p. 310, As- 
trachan. 
Cryptocephalus pallidicornis, Suffrian, Zeitschr. ges. Naturwiss. xxvii. p.ll3, 
Illinois. 
Cryptocephalus erosus, Seidlitz, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1867, p. 189, Spain : C. 
podagei'y Seidl. 1. c, p. 190, Sierra Guadarrama ; C. limbifery Seidl. ibid., Siena 
Nevada. 
