PYTUIDiE RHIPIDOPIIORIDiE. 
Ins. G7 
Pythid^. 
Salpingus per pane tatus, hilunatus, p. 398, angusticolli^, unguiculuSj p. 399, 
aud lautus, p. 400, Broun, Man. N. Z. Col., New Zealand, spp. nn. 
Melandryidju. 
Hylohia^ g. n., Broun, Man. N. Z. Col. p. 403. Placed next to Chal- 
codrya ; to include II. velox, undulata, nubeculosa, p. 404, ptdlu7n[-la], nigri- 
corne\-nis\ calida, p.405, hifasciata, minor cijlindraia, p. 40G, usitatus\_-ta], 
and nigellus\^-la], p. 407, spp. nn., 1. c.. New Zealand. 
Ctenoplectron ornatum and fuliginosa\_-sum'], Broun, Man. N. Z, Col. pp. 
401 & 402, New Zealand, spp. nn. 
Lagria elliptica, Fairmaire, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) x. p. 242, Central 
Spain ; L. simoni, p. 253, subcostata, macrocephala, p. 254, subseriata, 
Ashanti, ventralis, p. 255, conspersa, Darjeeling, distinciicornis, Khas, 
Himalaya, p. 256, and dicJiroa^ Darjeeling, p. 257, Reitter, Deutsche E. Z. 
xxiv. : spp. nn. 
Anthicid^. 
Xambeu, — . Notes et observations sur les Anthicides de Franco. Feuill. 
Nat. X. pp. 126-128. 
30 species noticed, they appear at all seasons of the year, but are most 
numerous in spring. They generally feed on decomposing vegetable 
substances, but are occasionally carnivorous. 
Anthicus hamicomiis, Marseul, Ann. Mus. Genov, xv. p. 418, Tunis. A. 
obscuricoi’nis, p. 411, pellucidqyes and ci'ispi, p. 412, Broun, Man. N. Z. 
Col., New Zealand, spp. nn. 
Pyrochroid.®. 
Dendroides canadensis and concolor, Pyrrhochroa Jlabellata and Schi- 
zotus cei'vicollis. Larvm noticed ; Moody, Psyche, iii. p. 76. 
Dendroides picipesy sp. n., Horn, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. viii. p. 154, Cali- 
fornia. 
MoRDELLlDi^i]. 
Mordellistena^ g. n. [but surely by accidental error], Broun, Man. N. Z. 
Col. p. 415. Allied to Mordella\ type, M. neglectum sp. n., 1. c., 
New Zealand. 
Mordella tibiale \_-lis~\ and tairaense\^sis~\, spp. nn., id. 1. c. p. 414, New 
Zealand. 
E/HIPIDOPHORIDiE. 
Myodites, Latr. Table of N. American species ; Leconte, Tr. Am. Ent. 
Soc. viii. p. 210. M. subdipterus is parasitic on Ilalictiis sexcinctus; 
Fabre, Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. (6) ix. No. 4, p. 27. 
Shai'pia, g. n., Broun, Man. N. Z. Col. p. 417. Allied to Rhijnl^do']- 
stena ; type, S. hirtella, sp. n., 1. c. p. 418, New Zealand. 
