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adopts this statement in n signed article, in which he changes the name of 
G. hoferi to G. zuheri, and corrects an error in the diagnosis of that species, 
which ho again describes under the latter name in Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® s^r. 
ix. p. 399, where he states it to have been found at Sarepta. 
Cholides. 
AhebcBus, g. n., Kirsch, Berl. ent. Zeit. xiii. p. 190. Allied to Ilomalo- 
notus (Schon.), but with the prosternum deeply and widely channelled, the 
depression being not sharply defined at the edges; the 7th joint of funiculus 
more freed from the clava; the ant. legs decidedly longer, and the elytra 
proportionately broader than the thorax : in outline resembles many species of 
Cratosomus. Sp. A. dorsalis, sp. n., Kirsch, 1. c. p. 191, Bogota; A. cristatus, 
sp. n., Kirsch, ibid., note, Peru. 
Cholus genicidatus, sp. n., Kirsch, Berl. ent. Zeit. xiii. p. 187, and C. tener, 
sp. n., Kirsch, 1. c. p. 188, Bogota. 
Archarias ellipsifer, sp. n., Kirsch, Berl. ent. Zeit. xiii. p. 189, Bogota. 
Cryptorhynchides. 
The larva of Conotrachelus posticatus (Schon.) is stated to live in hickory- 
galls, formed by Dactylosphecra (Ilomop .) ; C. elcgans (Fitch) is probably 
identical with this species : Shimer, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 394. 
Riley (First Ann. Rep. nox. Ins. Missouri, 1869, p. 61 et seq.) figures the 
principal stages, and enters at length into the economy of Conotrachelus ne- 
nujdiar (Jlhst), known in N. America as the Little Turk ” and ^^Plum 
Curculio.” 
Gastcroccrcus depressirostris (Fab.) occurs in quantity in the forest of Com- 
piegne. L6veill<5, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® sdr. ix. Bull. p. xli. 
CnoTCH (Pet. nouv. Entom. no. 12) states that Crypharis (Fairm., 1868) 
is identical with Torneuma (Wollast., 1860) ; and thinks T, orhatum possibly 
only an insular modification of T. ccecum, Fairmaire’s C. planidorsis being 
specifically quite distinct from both. 
New genera and species : — 
Dysmachus, g. n., Kirsch, Berl. ent. Zeit. xiii. p. 192. Superficially re- 
sembles several species of Plinthus. Distinguished from the Cholides by the 
apex of the tibife being provided with short hooks on the inner side, the 
corbels of the post, tibise being open ; and by the very narrow portion of the 
prosternum between the coxae. Sp. D.plinthoides, sp. n,, Kirsch, 1 . c. p. 193, 
Bogota. 
Chleuastes, g. n., Kirsch, 1. c. p. 194. A genus somewhat difficult to place, 
possibly allied to Physsomatus. Sp. C. jubatus, sp. n., Kirsch, 1 . c. p. 196, 
Bogota. 
Cryptacrus, g. n., Kirsch, 1. c. p, 198. Distinguished from Cryptorhynchus 
by the mesosternum being arched over from behind towards the front, 
its ant. margin reaching the front coxae, so that the apex of the rostrum 
is hidden under the arching. The metast. is long, with very narrow epi- 
sterna. Sp. ; C. atropos (Schon., Cryptorh.) ; C. clotho, sp. n., Kirsch, 1. c. 
p. 189, Bogota. 
