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GCnas afcr, common in S. Spain, likely to prove a useful vesicant; 
Amcngue, Brit. Med. Journ., quoted in Psyche, iii. p. 360. 
Zonitis bipunctata, Chevr., nec Rag., renamed clievrolati ; Ragusa, Nat. 
Sicil. i. p. 281 ; but Abeille notes it as = his Zonitides oculifer , Bull. 
Soc. Ent. Fr. (G) ii. p. cxxv. 
Lydomor phus, g. n., Fairmaire, Rdvoil’s Faune et Flore Qomal. Col. 
p. 85. Differs from Lydus and Cantharis by the large approximating 
eyes ; type, L. cinnamomeus, sp. n., 1. c. p. 8G, Somali-land. 
New species : — 
Meloe xanthomelas , Solsky, Troudy Ent. Ross. xii. p. 257, Samarcand ; 
M. curticollis, Margelan, p. 117, sulcicollis and yu/^mcews, Samarcand, 
p. 334, Kraatz, Deutsche E. Z. xxvi. 
Diapliorocera semirufa, Fairmaire, Revoil’s Faune et Flore Qoinal. Col. 
p. 82, Somali-land. 
Mylabris argyrosticta, id. 1. c. p. 81, Somali-land. 
Cantharis exclamans , pectoralis, and testaceipes, id. 1. c. pp. 83-85, 
Somali-land ; C. pilosclla , Solsky, l. c. p. 259, Tashkend ; C. luteo-vittata , 
Kraatz, l. c. p. 334, Samarcand ; C. crassicornis , Costa, Atti Acc. Nap. ix. 
(6) p. 35, Calabria. 
Zonitis bi-impressa , Valladolid, and bipunctata (Dej. Cat.), Damascus, 
Chevrolat, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (G) ii. pp. iv. & v. ; Z. abyssinica, Fair- 
maire, Le Nat. ii. p. 68, Abyssinia. 
Ilapalus apicalis , Kraatz, l. c. p. 335, Samarcand. 
CEdemerid;r. 
Nacerdes italica , Chevr., noticed ; Lentz, Ent. Nachr. viii. pp. 100 
& 101. 
Oncomera femorata, Fabr., var. purpureo-cccrulea , from Dalmatia, de- 
scribed; Ganglbauer, Wien. ent. Z. i. p. 137. 
( Udemera quadrinervosa , Reiche, = Opsimea ventralis , Mill., <j> ; id. 1. c. 
Techmessa distans , sp. n., Sharp, Tr. E. Soc. 1882, p. 87, New Zealand. 
Curculionidj;. 
Faust, J. Riisselkafer aus dem Amurgebiet. Deutsche E. Z. xxvi. 
pp. 257-295. 
Includes a list of known species, notes, and descriptions of many 
new species. 80 species belonging to 32 genera were known to 
Motschulsky in 1860 ; at present, upwards of 180 species are known, 
belonging to G1 genera. The species have mostly European affinities, 
and exhibit comparatively few North American affinities. 
Undetermined larva (of a weevil P) in ash ; Fitch, P. E. Soc. 1882, 
p. viii. 
Nanophyes, Apion , Orobitis , Rliytidodercs , and Alophus. Structure 
noticed ; Bedel. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) ii. pp. clvi. & clvii. 
Strophosoma baudueri , Desbr., = curvipes , Thoms. ; Polydrosus varie- 
gatus and subglaber, Desbr , are varieties of one species ; Sitones maurila - 
