40 Ins, 
COLEOPTERA. 
Atritomus, g. n., Reitter, Deutsche E. Z. 1877, p. 384. Tritomides 
(European genera tabulated) ; differing from Triphyllus in its moderately 
small, prominent, round eyes, its antennae being only gradually thickened 
towards the apex, and its striato-punctate elytra. Its round eyes and the 
want of a basal thoracic groove distinguish it from Tritoma, and its less 
decided antennal club from Litargus, &c. For Triphyllus cribratus, Baudi 
(Sardinia). 
IViphyllina, g. n., Reitter, /. c, ; allied to the preceding, but with dis- 
tinct three- join ted club, elytra not punctate-striate, very small round 
eyes, and prosternum sharply carinate. No type mentioned, but founded 
on an insect from the Caucasus. 
Mycetojphagus hillerianus, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 116, Japan. 
Litargus japonicus, sp. n., id. MT. Miinch. ent. Ver. i. p. 27, Japan. 
Diploccelas grandis and haagi, p. 186, Mexico, and tessellatuSy 
p. 187, Chili, mus, ? West Indies, ampUcollis^ Rio Janeiro, Colombia, 
p. 188, oblongus, Brazil, philothermoideSj N. America, p. 189 (table of the 
known species, pp. 190 & 191), Reitter, Verb. z.-b. Wien, xxvii., spp. nn. 
DERMESTlDiE. 
Dermestes vuljjinus damaging dried hides from China to the extent of 
15 to 20 per cent, on value of cargo; the larvae also riddled a wooden 
case containing the hides ; W. L. Distant, P. E. Sac. 1877, p. xxii. D. 
vulpinus and frischi perforating linen in Algeria ; L. Bedel, Bull. Soc. 
Ent. Fr. (5)ivii. p. xi. D, vulpinus^ var. n. sudanicas, P. V. Gredler, Verh. 
z.-b. Wien, xxvii. p. 606, Khartum. 
Anthremis pimpinillce^ var. n. cinnamomeus^ Gredler, 1. c. p. 607, 
Khartum. 
By turns. On variation, &c., in the European species ; E. Reitter, Ent. 
Nachr. iii. p. 69. 
Dennestes coarctatus, sp. u., E. v. Harold, Deutsche E. Z. 1877, p. 347, 
Nagasaki. 
Attagenus japonicus, sp. n., Reitter, Deutsche E. Z. 1877, p. 376, Japan. 
Trogoderma serrigerum^ p. 270, signatum, p. 271, spp. nn., D. Sharp, Ent. 
M. M. xiii., New Zealand. 
Trinodes rufescens^ sp. n., Reitter, 1. c. p. 376, Japan. 
BYRRHIDiE. 
Limnichus and Pelochares revised by J. Weise, Deutsche E. Z. 1877, 
pp. 299-302. P. emarginatus, Rey, = versicolor oik. ; L.punctipenniSy 
Baudi, nec Ktz., renamed inornatus, p. 301. 
Limnichus angustiilus, p. 300, Sardinia, lederi^ig. 301, Caucasus, spp. nn., 
id. 1. c. 
Parnid.®. 
Parnus striatellus, Fairm., from Britain ; G. Lewis, Ent. M. M. xiv. 
p. 70. This species = algiricus, Luc. ; L. Bedel, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) 
vii. p. xix.^ 
