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Agrilus roroensis, p. 359, Yule Island, papuanus, ibid., and pinii,, p. 360, 
N.W. New Guinea, kandaricus^ p. 360, Celebes, id. 1. c. 
Aphanisticus marginicolUs^ id. 1. c. p. 360, Celebes. 
Endelus mephistopJieles^ id. 1. c. p. 361, Ternate. 
2'rachys eleganSy p. 361, Java, australasicpy p. 362, Cape York, id. 1. c. 
Throscid^. 
Trixagus modestus^ sp. n., J. Weise, Verb. Ver. Briinn, xv. p. 23, Her- 
mannstadt. 
Elateridj]. 
Sharp, D. On the Elateridce of New Zealand. Ann. N. H. (4) xix. 
pp. 396-413, 469-487. 
The author enumerates 62 species (mostly new), which indicate a very 
isolated fauna, nearer that of Chili than any other country, and next 
to Australia. Among the new genera is one, Protelater^ a primitive 
form or synthetic type,” partaking of the head-characters of the 
Throscidce and Eucnemidm. The latter family are not considered by the 
author to be separable from the Elateridce ; and the antennary cavities 
are deemed to be of as much importance here as in the Buprestidae. 
Elater zealandicus, White, is distinct from punctithorax, Wh. 
Megapenthes tibialis, p. 1 (also pupa), figs. 189-200, M. lugens, p. 5, 
figs. 201 & 202, Adelocera fasciata, p. 9, fig. 203, Elater crocatus^ p. 10, 
E. halteatus, p. 11, Cardiophorus rrifipes, p. 11, figs. 204-208, Melanotus 
sulcicollis, Muls., p. 16, Corymhites latus, p. 17, figs. 209-212, Athous 
mandibular is, Duf., p. 20, fig. 213, Agtiotes ustulatus, p. 22, fig. 214, Dras- 
terius himacvlatus, p. 24, figs. 216 & 216 ; larvse described, with incidental 
observations on those of other species and a synoptical table of genera 
by their larvae ; 1^. Perris, Ann. Soc. L. Lyon (n.s.) xxii. 
Alaus oculatus infested by Chelifer alius, sp. n. ; L. Leidy, P. Ac. 
Philad. 1877, p. 260. 
Melanotus hidalgoi, Per. Arc., = picticornis, Heyd. ; L. v. Heyden, 
Nouv. et faits, 1877, p. cxxvii. 
Cardiophorus rujipes, Fourc., in Scotland ; G. C. Champion, Ent. M. 
M. xiii. p. 227. 
New genera and species : — 
D. Sharp, 1. c., describes the following from New Zealand ; — 
Thoramus, p. 403. Allied to Diacantka nigra, Sol., but with more 
developed antennae, more elongate clypeus, and more raised borders to 
the mesosternal cavity. T. loakefieldi, p. 399 (larva and pupa described), 
obscurus, p. 401, and feredayi, p. 402 ; also Ochosternus parryi, Cand., and 
Elater punctithorax, White, = Imvithorax, White. 
Amphiplatys, p. 406. Antennae bilaterally symmetrical; allied to 
Cryptohypnus. A. lawsoni (Janson, MS.), ibid. 
Panspoeus, p. 409. Related to Betarmon ; has a longitudinal furrow, 
as in many Eucnemids, close to and parallel with the margins of thorax 
beneath ; clypeus concealed, &c. P. guttatus, ibid. > 
1877. [vOL. XIV.] 
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