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of Candfeze’s monograph, 21 in number, but from which tihiellus (Chevrolat) 
is to be omitted, as it is a Co7'ymhites. Reiche (who proceeds to describe 
eight new species from his European collection) thinks that more inedited 
species are extant in this genus, which has been more increased already than 
any other of the Elateridce since Candeze’s work above referred to. He pub- 
lishes some notes on the position in the genus of certain species already de- 
scribed &c., and describes the male of his own A. cursicus, and the female of 
A. emaoiatus (Candeze). 
Athous vh'yatus (Reiche in Gren. Cat. &.Q.')=subtruncatus (Muls. et Rey), 
var. Reiche, 1. c. p. 382. 
Fallou (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® s^r. ix. Bull. p. xxxix) has bred Steatoderus 
fe?Tuymeus from larva) reseriibling those of one of the Melasomata, found 
near Lagny, in diseased apple-trees. 
Doiirn (Stettin, entoin. Zoit, 18(10, p. 122) records the occurrence in 
the Amoor district of Corymhitcs ceripcmm (Kirby), hitherto known from 
Canada only. 
Slater (Entom. Monthly Mag. v. p. 276) notices the altitudes at which 
Corymhites pectinicornis and C. ciqrreus occur. 
Lichtenstein (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® ser. ix. Bull. p. xxxiii) mentions a 
specimen of Agriotes segetis (lineatus, Linn.) found dead and fixed to a leaf 
by threads from its abdomen, which threads, he imagines, were produced by 
the larva of an internal parasite. Giraud (ibid.) thinks the parasite intro- 
duced after death, and that the adherence to the leaf was caused by some 
cryptogamic production. 
Smith (Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1869, p. xv) remarks upon the varied 
luminosity of a larva from Uruguay, supposed to be that of a Py?'ophorus, and 
stated to be of peculiar longevity. Candeze and Schiodte (ibid. p. xvi) both 
consider this to be the larva of one of the Elateridce, and are equally of opinion 
that Murray’s Astraptu)' illuminator was not an Elator. 
Osten Sacken (Amer. Naturalist, ii. p. 665) considers that a luminous 
larva, figured /. c, p. 432, and not referred to any genus or species, is that 
of a Molanactos. Cf. Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad, 1862, and Trans, April 10, 
1866. 
New species : — 
Ileterodei'es puncticollisy Wollaston, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 4th ser. iv. 
p. 317, St. Helena. 
Elater anthracimis, Leconte, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 4th ser. iv. p. 878, 
Vancouver’s Island. 
Cryptohypnus propinquus. Desbrochers des Loges, Pet. nouv. Ent. no. 8, 
15 Oct. 1869, Ajaccio. 
Caf’diophorus. Desb. des Loges describes the following species, Petites 
nouv. Ent. no. 9, 1 Nov. 1869 : — C. ?nau?'itanicus, Algeria ; C. convexithoi-ax, 
Caucasus j C. maculici'us, Corsica; C, se7iaci, Kustendj^ ; (/. c. no. 12, 15 Dec. 
1869) C.pusillus, Corsica. 
Li77\07iius nitidicollisy Leconte, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 4th ser. iv. p. 378, 
Vancouver’s Island. 
Athous. Reiche (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4*^ s6r. ix.) describes the following 
species -4. murmus, p. 380, France ; A. debilis, p. 382, Gallicia ; A crmato- 
sti'iatusj p. 383, France ; A, Iave7'g7iei, p. 384, Tuscany ; A. delphmas, p. 385, 
