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ought not to to treated as a publication of Mliller’a inedited species, in spite 
of his remark to the contrary. 
Elmis pygmmis is recorded from Schaif hausen by Stierlin (Mitth. schweiz. 
ent. Gesellsch. iii. p. 7). 
Stenelmia vittipennis and S. linearis, spp. u., Zimmermann, Trans. Amer. 
Ent. Soc. ii. p. 259, S. Carolina. 
Psephenus trentonensis, sp. n., Zimm. ibid., Trenton Falls, N. York. 
Heteuocerid^. 
Heterocerus kiesenwetteri, sp. n., Steinheil, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. xii, 
p. 258, Mendoza ; H. ciliaticollis, sp. n., Steinheil /. c. p, 259, Buenos Ayres. 
LuCANIDAi. 
Lucanides. 
Aulacostetkus, g. n., C. O. Waterhouse, Trans. Ent. Soc. Bond. 1869, p. 13. 
Mentum broader than long, bowed in front, post, angles rounded ; eyes 
entirely divided by canthus j produced portion of prosternum between cox£b 
very narrow and grooved; post, tibiae much enlarged at apex. Sp. A. 
archeri, sp. n., C. 0. Waterh. /. c. p. 14, pi. 3. fig. 1, N. India ( = “ Cladugnathus 
hated, Parry, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1869,” of Geram. & v. Harold’s Cat. 1868). 
Chiasognathus peruvianus, sp. n., C. O. Waterh. /. c. p. 18, pi. 3. figs. 2 & 3, 
Peru. 
Cladognathus motschidskii, sp. n., (?. O. Waterh. 1. c. p. 16, Japan ? or Indian 
archipel. ; 0. impressus, sp. n., C. 0. Waterh. 1. c. p. 17, India. 
CerucJms punctatus, sp. n., Leconte, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 4th ser. iv. 
p. 377, El Dorado. 
Passalides. 
Kaup (Coleopt. Hefte, v. pp. 1-40, 1869) completes his mo- 
nographic revision of the Passalides by treating of tlie remainder 
of his fourth subfamily, the Passalhue, and liis fiftli subfamily, 
the Neleince. The following is an abstract of this work, as 
regards the Passalinee (including one or two references to the 
author’s first and second subfamilies) : — 
Passalus distinctus (WeheT) — cornutus (Fab.), p. 3 ; P. mmiticidosus (Smith) 
belongs to Eriocnemis, p. 38; P. crassus (Smith) = Proctdejiis concretus 
(Perch., Kaup), p. 39; P. thoracicus (Smith) = a7igtdatus (Perch.), ibid.; P. 
oroleius (Smith) is nearest to Leptaxdax, probably belonging to a new genus ; 
Axdacocgclus comaUis (Kaup) = P«ss«/<<s hasalis (Smith); P. hnmeralis (Smith) 
—planiceps (Esch.), which is an Erionomus, p. 40 ; P. rimator (Truq.) = Sa- 
gittarius (Smith), p. 3 ; P. occipitalis (Perch., Burm.) = 6momm«/as (Perch.), 
p. 15 ; P. cognatus (Truq.) = (Perch.), p. 16 ; P. contractus (Perch.) = 
punctatosti'iatus (Perch.), p. 18; P. pellicidatus (Voi'ty) = convexus (Dalm.), 
p. 21 ; P. pdliculatus (Perch.) is named pertyi, p. 22 ; P. inops (Truq.) = 
morio (Perch.), ibid.; P. pimcticollis iScx\ ,) — crenatus (M‘L.), p. 28. 
Kaup describes the following new genera of his Passalinee : — 
Oileus, p. 3. Joints of antennee longer than in Pussidus, 4 and 5 with sliort 
points; humeral angles with fine hairs; margin of clypeus mostly straight. 
