30 Ins, 
COLEOPTERA. 
Panagceus crux-major^ var. n. putzeysi^ P. de Borre, CR. Ent. Belg. 
xxi. p. ciii., Belgium. 
Dischissus, H. W. Bates. African individuals present the tarsal 
peculiarities of this Japanese genus, but with the palpi extremely securi- 
form in the A ; Ohaudoir, R. Z. (3) vi. p. 86. B. obscuricornis, Laf. ; 
var. from Zanzibar equivalent to var. trimaculatus of Panagceus crux- 
major ; id. 1. c. p. 85. 
New genera and species : — 
Brachyonychus [^Brachyonyx, Schon., Agassiz, SLud Brachyonycha, Hiibn., 
Agassiz], Ohaudoir, Ann. Ent. Belg. xxi. p. 86. Allied to Craspedo- 
phorus, but with apical joint of tarsi short, and fourth joint deeply and 
angularly excised, not bilobed ; elytra very wide and convex, and only 
slightly punctured. ,B, Icevipennis, p. 87, Siam and Cochin China, also 
Epicosmus sublcevis and humeratus, Chaud. 
Tinognathus, id. 1. c. p. 137. Allied to Epicosmus ; for T. parviceps^ 
p. 138, Moreton Bay. 
Microsomus, id. 1. c. p. 139. Smaller than Epicosmus^ with various 
minute differential characters. For Craspedophorus vicinus^ Murray, &c., 
and M. angolensis, p. 141, Angola, Icetiusculus and aurantiacus^ p. 143, 
N’gami, villosulus, p. 144, Senegambia, and planicollis^ p. 146, Abyssinia. 
Epigraphus, id. 1. c. p. 147, for Crasp. arcuaticollis, Murr., and Iso- 
tarsus ampUcollis^ Schaum. 
Tinoderus^ id. 1. c. p. 165. Dilated ^ tja-rsi as in Panagceus, paraglossea 
as in Epicosmus. For P. singularis, Bates. 
Craspedophorus unicolor, p. 101, Zanzibar, laticeps, p. 103, Abyssinia, 
%d, 1. c. 
Epicosmus mniszechi, p. 109, P W. Africa, castelnaui, p. 112, Coro- 
mandel, difficilis, p. 118, Zambesi, gratiosus, p. 122, Natal, corpulentus, 
p. 131, Rockhampton, longicollis (sp. ?), p. 132, no locality given, id. 1. c. 
Eudema muata, E. v. Harold, MT. Miinch. ent. Yer. ii. p. 100, W. 
Central Africa ; E. unicolor, Chaudoir, R. Z. (3) vi. p. 85, Zanzibar. 
Dischissus pradieri, Chaudoir, 1. c. p. 86, and Ann. Ent. Belg. xxi. 
p. 153, Gaboon. 
Coptia marginicollis, id. Ann. Ent. Belg. xxi. p. 168, Cayenne. 
Ghlceniides. 
Chlcenius nigricornis, var. n. wesmaeli, P. de Borre, CR. Ent. Belg. xxi. 
p. cxviii., Belgium. 
Thryptocerus, g. n., E. de Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. liii. (2) p. 74. Facies of 
a wide Codes, to which it is allied ; antennae elbowed ; highly polished. 
T.politus, sp. n., p. 76, Madagascar. 
Trimerus [Green, Crustacea, 1833], g. n., id. R. Z. (3) vi. pp. 89-92. 
Founded on a single $ specimen, of the facies of Calathus, or of Chlcenius 
erythrocnemis : it is thought to be intermediate between the Chlceniides 
and Feroniides, though differing from both in the exceptional form of its 
ligula. It can enter into no existing group, but should provisionally 
follow Codes and allies, whereof, however, it lacks the chief characters. 
The maxillary palpi are apparently only 3-jointed, the penultimate joint 
