SCARABiEID^. 
Ins. 59 
JEgialia rufa [|| Fab. !], p. 610, and spissijjes^ p. 611, Lake Superior, 
latispina, p. 611, Mojave Desert, spp. nn., Le Conte, P. Am. Phil. 
Soc. xvii. 
Orphnides. 
Orphnus cribratellus, sp. n., L. Fairmaire, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) viii. 
p. 269, Cochin China. 
Ochodceus gigas, sp. n., “ M.,” 1. c. p. 58, Algeria. 
Ughalus hiretusus^ sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 59, Delly. 
Geotrupides. 
Geotrupes Jcashmirensis, Sharp, J. A. S. B. xlvii. 2, p. 171, Kashmir ; 
G. chalgbeus, Le Conte, P. Am. Phil. Soc. xvii. p. 402, Florida (? also S. 
Carolina and Maryland) ; G. {Phelotrupes) davidis, H. Deyrolle, Ann. 
Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) viii. p. 97, Central China : spp. nn. 
Thorectes distinctus, sp. n., “ M.,” 1. c. p. 59, Algeria. 
GlapJiyrides, 
Amphicoma regeli^ p. 286, and violaceopennis[-cei-'], p. 288, spp. nn., E. 
Ballion, Bull. Mosc. liii. (1), Kuldja. 
Melolonthides. 
Listrochelus. Revision of the species found in the United States ; G. 
H. Uorn, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. vii. p. 1.87 et seq. 
Anoxia villosa swarming in a restricted area at Wiesbaden ; Herber, 
Ent. Nachr. iv. p. 310. 
Melolontha liippocastani. On its limited range, replacing M. vulgaris^ 
and the supposed periodicity of the latter ; Mollinger (and quoting L. v. 
Heyden), Ent. Nachr. iv. p. 103. i 
Melolontha vulgaris alive in September in a box into which a larva of 
it had been placed during the preceding April ; F. Smith, Pr. E. Soc. 
1878, p. xlv. 
Melolontha umbraculata, Burm. ; colour variation, &c., C. A. Dohrn, 
S. E. Z. xxxix. p. 456. 
New genera and species : — 
Diphycerus^ [presumably] L. Fairmaire, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) viii. 
p. 100. Chasmopterides ; remarkable for its large antennae in the $ , and 
the large elongate tarsal hooks. D. davidis, Fairmaire, 1. c. p. 101, 
Central China. 
Toxospathius, [do.] 1. c. p. 102. Apparently near Pegylis [script, -lu)], 
with somewhat the facies of Leucothyreus. T. inconstans, id. 1. c. p. 103, 
pi. iii. fig. 1, Central China. 
Ilyperius [-r 2 s, Dej., Col. 1833 ; -ria, Latr., Crust. 1829], [do.] 1. c. 
p. 104. Near Clavipalpus, but with equal abdominal segments, strongly 
emarginate labrum, fourth joint of antennae as long as third, &c. H. 
davidis, ibid. pi. iii. fig. 2, sparsutus and densiventris, p. 105, id. 1. c., 
Central China. 
Hoplia aurantiaca, C. O. Waterhouse, J. L. S. xiv. p. 135, Java; H. 
concolor, D. Sharp, J. A. S. B. xlvii. 2, p. 171, Kugiar. 
