PTINID<f3, BOSTRYCHtr>;E. 
Ins, 57 
figs. 268-275, Ptinus ornatus and germanus^ p. 90 ; larvaa described, with 
table of genera by their larvae, and observations on those known already ; 
Perris, Ann. Soc. L. Lyon (n.s.) xxiii. 
Hedohia pubescens, from the Caucasus, with unpunctured head and 
thorax ; J. Faust, Bull. Mosc. lii. pt. 2, p. 37. 
Ptinus minimus^ Heyd., = Niptus cnnstrictus, Kies. ; L. v. Heyden, 
Nouv. et faits, 1877, p. cxxvii. 
Eutheca, g. n., Kiesenwetter, 1. c. p. 155, note. Allied to Sfagetus; two 
apical joints of antennae almost fused together. E. soUda, sp. n., ibid., 
Portugal. 
Hedobia capucina, sp. n., E. Reitter, Deutsche E. Z. 1877, p. 376, 
Japan. 
Ptinus japonicus, id. 1. c. p. 377, Japan ; P. crassicornis, p. 50, Italy, 
corsicMS, p. 55, Corsica, atricapillus, p. 56, Naples, calcaratus, p. 75, Gorz, 
Kiesenwetter, 1. c. : spp. nn. 
Niptus helleri, sp. n., Reitter, 1 . c. p. 378, Japan. 
Episernus hispanus, sp. n., Kiesenwetter, 1. c. p. 100, Andalusia. 
Ernobius tabidus, sp. u., id. 1. c. p. 126 (Germany). 
Nicgbium fasciculare, sp. n., Reitter, 1 . c. p. 378, Japan. 
Ptilinus marmoratus, id. 1. c. p. 379, Japan; P. fissicollis, id. Verh. 
Ver. Briinn, xv. p. 24, Hungary; P. punctato-striatus, J. Faust, Bull. 
Mosc. lii. pt. 2, p. 35, Sumatra : spp. nn. 
Xyletinus maculatus, Derbend, and sareptanus (? = tenebricosus, 
Solsky), Sarepta, spp. nn., Kiesenwetter, 1. c. p. 146, note. 
Lasioderma pulverulenta\j-tum~\, sp. n., Reitter, 1. c. p. 379, Japan. 
Mesoccslopus longiusculus, sp. n., id, 1. c. p. 380, Japan. 
Bostrychidje. 
H. V. Kiesenwetter, Ins. Deutschl. (1) v. pt. 1, describes the German 
species under a division Bostrichini of his “ Anobiadce ” (pp. 6-41). This 
division is composed of Psoini, Sphindini, Lyctini, Bostrichini veri^ and 
Hendecatomini. Aspidophorus is dissociated from Sphindus, and con- 
sidered to belong to the Silphidce (p. 18 ; at p. 198, it is considered most 
allied to the Dermestidce, and is discussed as a separate family, Aspidi- 
phoridm, in this part of Ins. Deutschl., as the Dermestidce were long ago 
published by Erichson in the same work. Thomson’s suggested name 
Conipnra is rejected, as Aspidiphorus is considered not to clash with the 
prior Aspidophora in Fishes and Crustacea, being derived from a(ntiBtov [in 
which case it must be written A spidiophorus'] and not from affiris) ; Lyctiis 
{Dermestoides) unipunctatus, Hbst., is adopted for canaliculatus, F. ; 
Dinoderus elongatus, Striibing, is referred to Xylopertha, and named 
puncticollis (p. 39). Stress is laid upon the shape and folding of the 
wings, which are in some cases figured. 
Observations on larvae of Apate, Synoxylon, and Xylopertha, with cor- 
rections of former descriptions ; ^1. Perris. Ann. Soc. L. Lyon (n.s.) 
xxiii. p. 57, figs. 245 & 246. 
Apate francisca requires a new generic name, as Apate was founded on 
