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for its reception. He now thinks it should be considered as an entirely 
isolated group at the head of the RhynchopJiora^ as defined by Le Conte, 
widely distinguished from the Haplogastra by the minute imbedded and 
globose front coxse, more rudimentary trophi, and sub-tetramerous tarsi. 
A proxiniity to the Rhinomaceridce is suggested by the $ of the follow- 
ing new genus, associated with Aglycyderes 
Frote [r] rhinus, pp. 16 & 20, differing chiefly in the narrow head, 
which is distinctly rostrate in the male, and the largely developed lobes 
of the second tarsal joint. For P. vestitus, p. 16, blackburni and simplex, 
p. 17, obscurus and oscillans, p. 18, debilis, p. 19, spp. nn., Oahu. 
Br achy derides. 
Sciaphilus alternans and fasciolatus, Fairm., referred to Elytrodon ; 
Sitones audax, All., = ovipennis, Hoch. (Hochhuth’s species being ignored 
by Allard) ; L. Bedel, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) viii. p. clxx. 
New genera and species : — 
Eusomostrophus, H. Tournier, CR. Ent. Relg. xxi. p. xviii. Head of 
Eusomus, with scrobes of Foucartia, posterior tibiae as in Neliocarus : to 
be placed very near Eusomus. E. viridis, id. ibid., Turkey. 
Pleurodirus, A. Chevrolat, Pet. Nouv. ii. p. 281. Near Metallites, with 
rounded shoulders. Suggested for Sciaphilus (?) lineola, id. ibid., Spain, 
and Metallites ovipennis, C. Bris. 
Ischionoplus, id. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) viii. p. ix. Near Lachnopus. /. 
viridi-guttatus, St. Domingo, and niveo-guttatus, Cuba, id. 1. c. p. x. 
Rhinospathe, id. 1. c. p. xix. Near Epicoerus, with spatuliform, trun- 
cate, and margined rostrum, which is three-keeled on the upper side. For 
Hypsonofus albo-marginatus, Mots. 
LeptoscapuSjid. 1. c. p. xlvii. For Siderodactylus denticollis, J. Thoms., 
noted by Lacordaire as the type of a new genus from the length of its 
antennae, especially the scape. 
Temnoscapus, id. 1. c. p. Iv. Allied to Megalostylus ; scape clavate and 
emarginate beneath. T. fissirostris, ibid., Bogota. 
Decophthalmus, id. 1. c. p. Ixv. Yery near Stigmotrachelus ; eyes 
lateral, round, projecting, with their base surrounded by a corneous sub- 
stance. D. albiventris, p. Ixvi., Old Calabar. 
Catapionus argentatus, p. 348, and chrysochloris, p. 349, E. Ballion, Bull. 
Mosc. liii. (1), Kuldja. 
Eusomus chloris, Chevrolat, Pet. Nouv. ii. p. 281, Constantine. 
Polydrosus vanvolxemi, Tournier, 1. c. p. Ixxiii. , Portugal ; P. (Eustolus) 
rubrivittis, Chevrolat, 1. c. p. 245, Algeria. 
Apotomoderes albicans (Lac.), Chevrolat, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) viii. 
p. liv. California. 
Tanymecus bonnairii, Oran, insipidus (Sch.), Syria, id. Pet. Nouv. ii., 
p. 245. 
Polyclceis curvispinis, N‘Gami, and mellii, Africa, id. CR. Ent. Belg. 
xxi. p. xli. 
Siderodactylus curtus, p. xlv., and trisulcatus, p. albilatera[^-ralis']. 
