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INSECTA. COLEOPTERA. 
M. pictus, Rye, occurs in an immaculate form : id. ibid. p. 288. M. ochro- 
ptiSf Stm., recorded as British, and M. kunzii asserted to bo specifically di- 
stinct from difficilis ; id. 1 . c. ix. p. 166. 
JE^urcea thoracica^ Tournier, R. Z. (2) xxiii. p. 250, Valais j E. heerij id. 
MT. schw. ent. Ges. iii. p. 439, Blidah ; spp. nn. 
Sovonia Uchencea^ sp. n., Fauvel, Bull. Soc, L. Norm. (2) i. p. 180, note, 
N ew Ottledonia. 
Meliyethes crotchi, p. 8 ( = elonyaiuSf Rosenh., sec. Reitter), grenieiij p. 7, 
Provence, gracilis, France, honvoidoiri, Switzerland, p. 10, anthracinus, p. 12, 
Provence, Pyrenees, marmottani, p. 19, Constantine, syi'iacus, p. 20, Jerusalem, 
confustis, p. 24, St. Germain : Ch. Brisout, 1. c. j M. rhenanus, p. 126, fig. 1, 
Rhenish Prussia, ranuncidi, fig. 2, Aix, dives, fig. 8, Moravia, p. 127 (pro- 
bably = JracAi'a/is, Er., var.,p. 267), liguricus, p. 128, fig. 4, Nice, luctifer, p. 129, 
fig. 6, Styria, hlandulus, fig. 6, Rhenish provinces, milleri, x4.ustria, p. 130, 
solitarius, p. 131, fig. 8, Madrid, mellitulus, p. 132, fig. 9, Rhenish Prussia, 
saulcii (=pidpes, Stm., cJ, p. 267), Perpignan, cestwiabilis, Austria, p. 133, 
discolor, p. 265, Elberfeld, stierlini, p. 268, Sicily, Algiers j odiosus, p. 245, 
nehulosus, pulchellus, p. 247, cei'coides, variahilis, p. 248 (and varr. himamdatus, 
suturalis, cor^uens, luridipennis, p. 249), confertus, p. 250, rujiventris, p. 251, 
arcuatus, limbatus, p. 262, haagi, reticulatus, p. 253, yrandicollis, p. 264, jdiim- 
beus, pygmceus, p. 256, serrator, Jioralis, p. 266, rimidosiis, p. 267, moridus, 
p. 269, M. (^Acanthog ethos) rujicollis and var. rufus, p. 268, atratus, pubescem, 
p. fritschi, comosus, p. 260, clavaius, capensis, p. 261, chevrolati, p. 262, 
latissimus (P=M. amplicollis, Boh.), strigulosus, p. 263, inhonestus, p. 264, S. 
Africa : Reitter, 1. c., spp. nn. 
Ips grandis, sp. n., Tournier, MT. schw. ent. Ges. iii. p. 440, Caucasus. 
Pityophagus Icevior, sp. n., Abeille, Etud. Col. Cav. &c. p. 29, S. France. 
Phizophagus hannenfeldi, sp. n., Tournier, R. Z. (2) xxiii. p. 261, Simzel, 
Russia. 
TrOGOSITIDtE. 
Nemosoma elongatum. Parasitic on Hylesinus vittatus : J. E. Sidebotham, 
Ent. M. M. viii. p. 180. Attributed to Hylesinus fraxini and Tomiciis chah 
cographus (the former probably in error) by Bischoff-Ehinger, MT. schw. 
ent. Ges. iii. p. 486. 
Peltis. In some species the inner lobe of the maxilla does not end in a 
hook j and in others the anterior cotyloid cavities are closed behind. Peltis 
dentata, from Europe, is the type of Calitys, C. G. Thoms. ( = A7>50t?es, Lee.) : 
Pascoo, Ann. N. II. (4) x. p. 319. 
Cyniba, g. n., Seidlitz, Fauna Baltica, p. 84. Allied to Peltis \ eyes very 
fiat, sides of thorax not explanato-emarginate beneath, thorax with very 
acuminate anterior angles, &c. Type Peltis procera, Ktz. 
Neaspis, g. n., Pascoe, 1. c. p. 317. Antennae 10-jointed, 7-jointed without 
the club; tarsi 4-jointed, with no indication of an atrophied basal joint; 
inner lobe of maxillae unarmed. Type of a new subfamily, Neaspidince, N. 
villosa, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 318, Australia. 
Peltis moniliata, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 318, Australia. 
Melambia gautardi, .sp. n., Tournier, MT. schw. ent. Ges. iii. p. 441, Upper 
Egypt. 
