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Diaperides, 
Diaperis picta, M4n., Neomida ead.^ Fald., Platydema id. Gemm. & v. H* 
0&i.^=^Phyletm popidiy 'R&dit.f=iAlphitophagus ^-pustulatuSy Steph. : W. F. 
Maklin, S, E. Z. xxxiii. p. 247. 
Tetraphi/lliis, Oast., removed by Lacordaire to the CnodalonideSf is restored 
to the Diaperides : id. 1. c. p. 248. 
Acanthostermcs, Montrouz., ? =sDiphyrrhynchus, Fairm. : F. Bates, Ent. 
M. M. ix. p. 97. 
Heterochira, Dej., placed by Lacordaire in the Ulomides, is really to be re- 
ferred here, near Pipliyrrhynchusy Fairm. : F. Bates, Tr. E. Soc. 1872, 
p. 266. 
[^H"\Oplocephala iriSf sp. n., Faiivel, Bull. Soc. L. Norm. (2)i. p. 189, note, 
Lifu. 
Platydema pascoii and laticolle, spp. nn., W. Macleay, 1. c. p. 280, Gayndah. 
Diphyrrhynchus ovalis, caledonicus, p. 268, niyrobrwineuS) p. 269, spp. rm. : 
F. Bates, Tr. E. Soc. 1872, New Caledonia. 
Ulomides. 
Aniara, Lac. F. Bates, Ent. M. M. ix. p. 98, points out that Leconte pro- 
posed the name Eutochia for this genus in 1862, Aniara being preoccupied 
l)y Hope ; and that Cenoscelis, WolL, Aniarus, Gemm., and Holaniara, 
Fairm., are thoroforo not required. The peculiarity in the labial palpi of 
Cenoscelis is only sexual : id. ibid., note. 
Tenebrio’’ crotchi, Well, (parallelus, Dej. Cat.), is the type of a new 
genus (Pelleas, ined.) near Ulosonia : id. ibid. 
Melasia tarsalis, Perroud, is from Venezuela, and wrongly joined to 
Uloma by Lacordaire and Gemminger and v. Harold : Chevrolat, CR. Ent. 
Belg. XV. p. xxix. 
Alphitobius. F. Bates confirms Mulsant’s definition of the last joint of the 
palpi, in opposition to Lacordaire : Tr. E. Soc. 1872, p. 267, note. 
Mesotretis, g. n., F. Bates, Ent. M. M. ix. p. 151. To be provisionally placed 
in the group TriboUides, but with tarsi dilated, pulvillate beneath, and having 
the penultimate joint subbilobed. M. ferruginea, sp. n., id. ibid., King 
George’s Sound, Australia. 
Aphtora, g. n., id. Tr. E. Soc. 1872, p. 266. TriboUides : allied to Phtora. 
A. rujipes, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 266, New Zealand (? = P. lifuana, Montr.). 
Melasia brasiliana, sp. n., Chevrolat, 1. c. p. xlvii, Brazil. 
Toxicum dislinctim and parvicorne, spp. nn., W. Macleay, /. c. p. 281, 
Gayndah. 
Helceides. 
Onosterrhus, Pasc., referred by its author to the Pedinides, should be re- 
moved to the group Nyctozoilides of this subfamily : F. Bates, Ent. M. M. ix. 
p. 98. Recharacterized, id. Tr. E. Soc. 1872, p. 277. 
Saragodinus, g. n., F. Bates, Tr. E. Soc. 1872, p. 269. Should probably con- 
stitute a distinct subdivision ; form of Nyctozoilus, but approaches Saragu.s. 
S. duboulayi, p. 272, howitti, p. 273, Champion Bay, W. Australia : id. 1. c., 
spp. nn. 
