68 Ins. 
COLEOPTERA. 
Melolonthides. 
Diphucephala splendens , Macl. (= colaspidoides , Gyll.), destructive to 
trees in S. Australia ; Macleay & Tate, Tr. R. Soc. S. Austr. vi. pp. 172 
& 173. 
Macrodactylus subspinosus , Fabr., discussed : Lintner, Rep. Ins. N. Y. 
i. pp. 227-233, fig. 68. 
Apogonia, Kirb. List of species described since Gemminger’s Cata- 
logue ; Gestro, Ann. Mus. Genov, xviii. p. 313. 
Leucopholis hypoleuca , Wiedm., noticed ; Dohrn, S. E. Z. xliv. p. 108. 
Lasiopsis, Er. Characters, species, and allied genera discussed ; 
Kraatz, Deutsche E. Z. xxvii. pp. 153 & 154. 
Rhizotrogus ater, Fabr. : enormous swarms of $ $ near Zabern in 
Alsace, $ $ , as usual, very rare ; Giebeler, Ent. Nachr. ix. pp. 215 & 
216. R. sordescens , Fairmaire, $ described by him; C.R. ent. Belg. xxvii. 
p. cx. 
Polyphylla ragusce , Kraatz, discussed ; Nat. Sicil. ii. pp. 271-274. 
Melolontha. Ravages in Oise; Girard, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) iii. 
p. lxxx. M. vulgaris dug up from a depth of a metre on Jan. 8th ; 
Lucas, tom. cit. p. vii. Migration, &c. ; Westhoff & others, Ent. Nachr. ix. 
pp. 70-72, 155, 156, 199, & 200, and JB. westf. Ver. xi. pp. 9-12. 
New genera and species : — 
Adoretops , Kraatz, Deutsche E. Z. xxvii. p. 151. Rhizotrogida but 
mimicking Adoretus in the Rutelidce. Type, Melolontha pexa, Zoubk. 
AsJceptonycha, id. 1. c. p. 154. Allied to Rhizotrogus ; antennae 9- 
jointed ; tips of claws bifid. To include R. sedakovi , intermedia and 
sahlbergi , Mannerh. ( R . dahurica , Blanch., =. sahlbergi). 
Hoplia misella (Schauf., MS.), Heyden, Ber. senck. Ges. 1882-83, 
p. 231, Andalusia, Algeria. 
Serica latipes , Kolbe, B. E. Z. xxvii. p. 19, Chinchoxo. 
Trochalus rufo-brunneus , concolor , p. 19, semiceneus and falkensteini , 
p. 20, id. 1. c., Chinchoxo. 
Diphucephala hirtipennis , ccerulea , aud latipennis , Macleay, P. Linn. 
Soc. N. S. W. viii. p. 415, locality unknown. 
Mcechidius luniceps, Fairmaire, Ann. Ent. Belg. xxvii. (2) p. 8, New 
Britain. 
Liparetrus convexiusculus , Macleay, l. c. p. 416, locality unknown. 
Heteronyx insularis and brevior (p = Rhizotrogus punctatissimus , 
Montr.), Fairmaire, l. c. p. 8, Duke of York Island. 
Apogonia squanmlosa , Menado, flavipes , p. 314, virulipennis, opaca , 
Sarawak, p. 315, and sericea , Sarawak, Sumatra, p. 316, Gestro, Ann. 
Mus. Genov, xviii. ; A. aflinis, Kolbe, l. c. p. 20, Chinchoxo. 
Encya strigiscutata , Fairmaire, Le Nat. v. p. 364, Madagascar. 
Lepidiota suspicax , Lansberge, Notes Leyd. Mus. v. p. 18, Nias. 
Rhizotrogus semivillosus and psilopus , Fairmaire, C.R. ent. Belg. xxvii. 
pp. cix. & cx., Morocco. 
Anoxia semijlava , Kraatz, Deutsche E. Z. xxvii. p. 357, Tekke- 
Turcomania. 
