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CiiEvnoLAT (ibid.) notes possession by himself of a similar monstrosity in 
the same species. 
The larva of Melolontha vtilgaris is recorded as attacking the roots of rose- 
trees : Gardeners’ Chronicle, 1869, p. 1088. 
Riley (First Ann. Rep. Nox. Ins. Missouri, 1869, p. 166 et seq.) figures the 
principal stages and describes the habits, &c., of the “ White Grub,” Lack- 
nosterna quercina (Knoch). 
Van Volxem (Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xii. C. r. p. liv) records Bhizotrogiis 
ater from Luxembourg. 
E. Deyrolle (Pet. nouv. Ent. no. 8, 1 Aug. 1869) states that Fairmaire 
has described a species under the name of Geotrogiis gouyekii^ from Cordova. 
Hoplia pilifera, sp. n., Desbrochers des Loges, Pet. nouv. Entom. no. 12, 
16 Dec. 1869 (no locality). 
Hhizotrogus lepidus, sp. n., Schauf., Beitr. Kennt. Col. Balear. p. 16, Mi- 
norca j 2t. vexatoff sp. n., Schauf. 1. c. p. 17, Mahon, Balearic Isles. 
Tleophylla miicolor^ sp. n., Snellen v. Voll., Rech. Faune Madag. 1869, 
p. 8, pi. 1. fig. 8, Nossi-B6. 
Rutelides, 
V. Harold (CoL Ilefte, v. p. 128) makes the following changes in nomen- 
clature ; — 
Aulacopalpus (Gu^r.) to Salcipalpus (vox hybrida) j Anomala pleheia 
(Burm. nec 01.) to qmsterior ] A. j)olita {IWimoXi. nec Bl. 1850) to relucens; 
A. collar is {Motach. ncc Burm.) to iarcomanica \ Antichira virens (Blanch. 
nec Drury) to virklana\ Pelidnota sumptuosa (Casteln. wcc Vigors) to sijharita ; 
Adoretus crihratus (Blanch, nec White) to cribrosus\ A. vestitus (Boh. 
nec Reiche) to versutus ; Leucothyreus laticollis (Blanch, nec Burm.) to 
mutatus, 
Lockwood (Amer. Nat. iii. p. 49) records the destruction caused in New 
Jersey by the larva of the Goldsmith Beetle,” Cotalpa laniyera (L.). 
Mulsant & Mayet (Ann. Soc. Linn, de Lyon, n. s. xvi. p. 297) describe 
the metamorphosis of Anomala vitis (F.). 
Anomala. Candeze, Coleopt. Ilefte, v. 1869, describes the following new 
species: — A. {lleteroplid) hreviuscida,p. 41, Sumatra j A. nigrosidcata/ihid.. 
Calabar; A. {EucMora) oiesa, ibid., Philippines; A.(E.) limata, Borneo, and 
Manilla, p. 42; A. planata, Manilla, an d/^<Zyesm^s, Celebes, ibid.; 
A. (Spilota) pictura, Manilla, ibid. ; A. (S.) popiliopsis, Nepaul, and ivallan- 
dii {=iPopilia tessellataj Murray, of. Col. Ilefte, v. p. 116), Sumatra, p. 48; 
A. {Callistethus) iris, Nepaul, ibid, 
Anomala {Rhinoplia) hivittata, sp. n., Snellen v. Volk, Rech. Faune de 
Madag. 1869, p. 8, pi. 1. fig. 4, Nossi-B^. 
Ileterostemus rodriguezii, sp. n., Candeze, 1 . c. p. 43, Guatemala. 
Antichira haroldi, sp. n., Candeze, 1: c. p. 43, Nicaragua. 
Parastasia basalis, sp. n., Candeze, 1. c. p. 44, Taprobana.' 
Chlorota pallida, sp. n., Candeze, I, c. p. 44, Guatemala. 
Popilia,, Candeze, 1. c., describes the following new species : — P. vcstila and 
strigata, p. 44, Celebes ; lacertosa, ibid., lucidipennis and octogona, p. 45, 
Calabar. 
