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and muricata, M4n., are sexes ; Blaps Jischeri and sulcata = pruinosa^ 
Fald. ; B. dorsata and damascena — fatidica^ coriacea seriatimpunc- 
tata are probably sexes ; amoena, Fisch., = nitida, Stev. ; convexa =. 
abbreviata. Fischer’s species are referred to their modern genera. 
List of Blaptides of the Old World ; Allard, Ent. Monatsbl. ii. pp. 
71-74. 
Prosodes. Criticisms on Allard’s notes on the genus ; Kraatz, Deutsche 
E. Z. XXV. pp. 61 & 62. 
Eleodes gigantea and dentrpes. Larva3 described and details figured ; 
Gissler, Bull. Brooklyn Soc. i. p. 19, figs. 4 & 5 ; cf. also ii. p. 7. 
New species : — 
Blaps menetriesi, Kraatz, Deutsche E. Z. xxv. p. 56, Derbent. B. tri- 
politanica, Karsch, B. E. Z. xxv. p. 48, & Rohlfs’s Kufra, p. 375, Oasis of 
Kufra. 
Uroblaps spinosa, fig. 20, p. 135, batesi, fig. 23, p. 139, Mesopotamia, 
tingitana^ fig. 24, p. 140, antennalis, fig. 25, p. 141, Morocco, in/lata (Chevr., 
MS.), fig. 26, p. 143, Mogador, heydeni, fig. 27, p. 144, Morocco ; Allard, 
Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) i. 
Rhizoblaps pubescens^ fig. 40, Bu-Saada, p. 162, pmguis, fig. 55, p. 179, 
Tangiers, id. 1. c. 
Blapisa julicc, id. 1. c. p. 505, fig. 65, Jerusalem, Egypt. 
Platyblaps ocreata, id. 1. c, p. 525, fig. 84, Algeria (?). 
Prosodes minuta, Kraatz, Deutsche E. Z. xxv. p. 62, Vernoje. 
Asidides, 
Asida depressa. Sol., var. crenata, from the Balearic Islands, described ; 
Schaufuss, Verb. z.-b. Wien, xxxi. p. 623. 
Pimeliides, 
Prionotheca coronata, Oliv. Longevity ; Olivier, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 
(6) i. p. Ixxxii. 
Pimelia 'inaroccana, Fairm., = cordata, Kraatz ; spectabiliSf Haag, = 
claudiay Buq. ; asperata, Sol., = sericca, 01.; sericeay Sol., nee 01., re- 
named permixta ; S4nac, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) i. pp. xix. & xx. 
New genera and species : — 
MecopisthopuSy Karsch, B. E. Z. xxv. p. 46. Allied to PlatyopCy but 
basal joint of hind tarsi very long ; type, M. rohlfsiy sp. n., 1. c. p. 47, 
pi. ii. figs. 4, 4a, & Rohlfs’s Kufra, p. 377, Oasis of Kufra. 
Storthocnemisy id. 1. c. p. 47. Intermediate between Platyope and Las- 
iostola ; type, S. steciceriy sp. u. l.^ c. p. 48, pi. ii. figs. 8, 8a, & 1. c. 
p. 377, Oasis of Kufra. 
Prionotheca ovalis, Ancey, Le Nat. iii. p. 397, Aden. 
Thriptera murinay Baudi, Deutsche E. Z. xxv. p. 280, Arabia. 
Pimelia tuniseay Fairmaire, R. Z. (3) vii. p. 191, Tunis. P. variabilis 
and sordida, Kraatz, Deutsche E. Z. xxv. p. 331, Turkistan. 
Podhomala fausti (? = serratUy Fisch.), id. 1. c. p. 332, Turkistan. 
