TENEBRIONID.E. 
Ins. 87 
1881, pp. 43 & 45, S. Russia; T. Iccviuscula , p. 87, planiuscula, p. 88, 
submuricala , p.f.95, Kraatz, Doutscho E. Z. xxvi., Margelan. 
Lasiostola ajfmis (Ballion, MS.), simillima , carinata , p. 89, laticollis , 
Margelan, p. 90, and granulata, Ala-Tau, p. 91, piligera, Samarcand, 
p. 331, Z. c. 
Ocnera piceola , Biskra, p. 38, longicollis , Cairo, p. 39, and beclceri , 
locality not stated, p. 42, Desbrochers, £. c. ; 0. longicollis, Solsky, 
Troudy Ent. Ross. xiii. p. 51, Shahrud. 
Thriptcra striato-granosa , Fairmairo, Rdvoil’s Faune et Flore Qomal. 
Col. p. G7, Somali-land ; T. ballionis , Kraatz, l. c. p. 87, Margelan. 
Pachgscelis major and nitidula, id. 1. c. p. 86, Margelan ; P. piochardi f 
Desbrochers, l. c. p. 47, Lebanon. 
Pimelia cristata, Kurdistan, p. xxx., doumeti , Tunis, inexspectata , 
p. xxxi., indica, p. lvi., convexicollis, East Indies, and raffrayi, Massowa, 
p. lvii., Senac, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) ii. ; P. ccnchronota, Fairmaire, l. c. 
p. 68, Somali land ; P. sudanica, id. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) ii. p. 66, 
Soudan, Bogos; P. pachyscclis and simulatrix, Margelan, p. 85, and 
spcctabilis, Samarcand, p. 329, Kraatz, l. c. 
Lcucolaphus lalifrons , Fairmaire, Lo Nat. ii. p. 48, Abyssinia. 
Molyrides. 
S epidium variegatum, Fabr., varr. laterale, All., dufouri , Sol., and 
varr. nn. subfurcatum, integrum , and dispar , and S. barbarum , Sol. (?) all 
from ; Algeria, described; Desbrochers, Bull. Ac. Hipp. 1881, pp. 50-53. 
S. crassicaudatum, Gestro, redescribed, Fairmaire, RdvoiPs Faune et 
Flore Qomal. Col. p. 72. 
New genera and species : — 
M elanoloplius, Fairmaire, Revoil’s Faune et Flore Qomal. Col. p. 69. 
Allied; to. Disfrctfus ; elytra very convex and multicarinate, hinder angles 
of thorax obtuse; legs equal; front femora not thickened; scutellum 
large. Type, M. septem-costalus , sp. n., 1. c. p. 70, pi. i. fig. 7, Somali-land. 
Brachyphrynus, id. 1. c. p. 71. Allied to Phrynocolus , but more massive, 
with no prominences on the thorax or elytra ; type, B. spissicornis , 
sp. n., 1. c. p. 72, Somali-land. 
Physophrynus , id. CR. Ent. Belg. xxvi. p. 1. Allied to Phrynocolus, 
thorax and elytra more globular, without ridges or projections, epipleural 
fold large and' channelled, especially near the extremity of the elytra ; 
prosternum subtruncated, with an obtuse projection. Type, P. burdoi, 
sp. n., 1. c., Zanzibar. 
Psammodcs vage-costatus ) Fairmaire, CR. Ent. Belg. xxvi. p. 1., Zanzibar. 
P. gracilcntus , id. Revoil’s Faune et Flore Qomal. Col. p. 69, Somali-land. 
Scpidium obtusangulum, p. 73, villosulum , p. 74, apicicorne , and cylin- 
drigerum, p. 75, id. 1. c., Somali-land ; S. brcvicaudatum , id. CR. Ent. 
Belg. xxvi. p. Ii., Zanzibar ; S. capricorne , Desbrochers, Bull. Ac. Hipp. 
1881, p. 48, Algeria (?). 
Vieta crinita , Nyassa, and crosa , Abyssinia, Allard, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 
(6) ii. p. lxxxvii. ; V. tuberosa, Fairmaire, Revoil’s Faune et Flore 
Qomal. Col. p. 76, Somali-land. 
