In the 1st volume of the Memoires presented to the Imperial 
Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg, is an admirable paper 
upon the Brachelytres by Count Mannerheim, in which the 
Aleocharse are divided into several genera and other groups,, 
but I do not observe amongst them the subject before us, 
owing probably to its extreme rarity abroad. It is to be re- 
gretted that the memoir above alluded to has been published 
in a work that from its size and expense is not likely to find 
its way into the hands of many of our British Entomologists: 
I hope, therefore, to see it transcribed into some of our peri- 
odicals, so that it may be more easily consulted. 
For specimens of the curious genus Callicerus I am indebted 
to my friend A. H. Haliday, Esq. who accompanied them 
with the following remarks, &c. between inverted commas. 
1. C. Spencii Kirby . — Curt . Brit . Ent.pl, 448. 
“ Taken at Holy wood, near Belfast; before the vernal equi- 
nox it occurs occasionally in the shelter of furze bushes; in 
the first burst of spring I have found it abundant on the fresh 
grass of sunny banks, not associating with the coprophagous 
Aleocharse : as summer advances it disappears entirely. While 
it is in motion the antennae and especially the thick joints of 
the tip are continually quivering in an extraordinary degree : 
the membranous suspension of the basal joints seems adapted 
to give those organs a high degree of versatility.” 
Mr. F. Walker has swept it off grass at Southgate in May. 
2. C. hybrid us Hal . MSS. 
“ Size and figure of C. Spencii ; thorax somewhat 
broader, 4th to 9th joints of antennas not so short, 
gradually increasing, 10th scarcely one half longer 
than the 9th, the rest as in C. Spencii , and the palpi 
similar. Head and thorax opaque dusky black ; elytra 
rufescent, disk suffused with brown; abdomen black, 
margins of segments rufescent; legs ferruginous, an- 
tennae and palpi darker. 
A single specimen taken at Holywood with the preceding 
species,” by Mr. Haliday. 
I have not sufficiently studied the Aleocharse to ascertain 
the exact situation of Callicerus, but for the present it may 
very well be placed I think between Drusilla and A. longit arsis. 
The plant is Tamus communis (Black Briony). 
