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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
(Fah.) is a good species, perfectly distinct from C. hipunctatus (Linn.). He 
relies on difference of habitat and certain specified scjulptural discrepancies. 
He redescribea (from a large number of specimens) C. tappesi (Marseul ), of 
which he notes a peculiar (badly developed ?) example, and also a local var. 
from Beyrout and Antioch. 
1)e Marseul (L’Abeille, vi. p. 164) affirms the specific distinctness of 
C. ochroleucm, Fairm.) from C. sulphureus (01.), and admits his error in re- 
ferring C. ramburi (Sulfr.) to Fachyhrachys in his Catalogue. 
Cryptocephalus. Tappes, /. c., describes the following new species: — 
C. bischojffif p. 8 (pi. 1. fig. 17), Engadine j C, peirisi, p. 9 (ibid., fig. 18), Al- 
geria j C. mniszechif p. 11 (ibid., fig. 19), Altai j C. saiiitpierrei, p. 13 (ibid., 
fig. 20, 20 '^‘®), Oran. 
Chrysomelides, 
The ravages of Chnjsomela staphylca are referred to by Balsamo-Cruvelli 
(R. 1st. Lomb. ser. ii. vol. i. fasc. 12). 
SuEFRiAN (Stettin, entom. Zeit. 1869, p. 264) remarks upon the synonymy 
of Chrysomela Jimbrialis (Kiist.) and C. hungarica (Fuss). 
Spicer (Hardwicke’s ‘ Science Gossip,’ no. 69, p. 249) remarks upon the 
economy of Lina populi. 
Stierlin (Mitthiel. schweiz. entom. Gesellsch. iii. p. 16) notices the 
capture by Frey-Gessner of two Oreince in copula, of which the cf must bo 
referred to pretiosa (Suffr.), and the $ to speciosa (Linn.) : he adduces this 
instance as an additional proof of the correctness of Kraatz’s judgment in 
sinking pretiosa (with other supposed species) as a variety of speciosa. 
Phratora major (Stierlin) is allied to vitellince: Stierlin (/. c. p. 152) gives 
fresh characters for his species. 
Riley (First Ann. Rep. nox. Ins. Missouri, 1869, p. 101 et seq.) figures 
the different stages, and enters at some length upon the habits, &c., of Dory- 
phora \0-lineata (Say), too well known in N. America as the ‘‘ Colorado 
Potato-beetle.” At p. 105, he figures D.juncta (Germ.) the Bogus Colo- 
rado Potato-beetle,” the larva of which he fully describes at p. 106. At 
p. 115 he figures Tetracha viryinica (Hope), Calosoma calidum (Fab.), Pasi- 
machus elonyatus (Lee.), and Harpalus caliyinosus (Say) — all feeders upon 
the Potato-beetle and its larva. 
Riley (Amer. Entom. ii. p. 85) gives authentic instances of severe inffam- 
mation and other poison-symptoms resulting from contact with the juices 
of Doryphora \Q-lmeata (Say). 
Gallerucides, 
Adimonia rustica. For an account of injuries caused by this insect, see 
Balsamo-Cruvelli’s report, R. 1st. Lomb. 2, vol. i. fasc. 12. 
Fairmaire (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® s<5r. ix. p. 252) adopts Idacantha for Dia- 
canthUf on account of the too great similarity of the latter name to Diacan- 
thus in the Elateridce. He suggests that Galleruca comitata (Klug) may 
belong to this genus. 
Walsh and Riley (Amer. Entom. ii. p. 24) record the habits and figure 
the transformations of Diahrotica vittata (Fab.). 
Galleruca costidata, sp. n., Fairmaire, 1. c. p. 250, Madagascar j G. pruinosa, 
