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INSECTA, COLEOPTERA.
Ani-sodactylus harrisii, hec.,=laticollis (Kby., Ha>p.); Harpalus obesuhis,
hec., = basilaris, Kby.; H. fulrilabris, Mann., ?=ochropm, Kby.: Lee. Ann.
N. H. ser. 4, vi. p. 397; H. defixus, Walk., probably=cautus, Dej.: Lee.
ibid. p. 400. Eurytrichus, Lee, = Anisotarsus, Chaud.; Selenophoni-s beauvoisH,
Dej., does not occur in the United States: Lee, ibid. p. 403.
Harpalus motschulskyi, Gemm.,=latus, Mots., is a good sp., very distinct
from H. hirticol/is (111.); H. acuminatus, Mots., is entirely different from
pexus, Men., with which Gemm. unites it. Solsky, Bull. Mose xiii. p. 466.
Oplwnus rectangulus, sp. n., Thorns. /. c. p. 323, Sweden.
Acupalpus vittatus, sp. n., v. Heyd. B. E. Z. xiv. Beih. p. 63, Escorial;
(Stenolophus) piceus, sp. n., v. Rottenberg, B. E. Z. xiv. p. 16, Sicily.
Feroniades.
KRAATZ (B. E. Z. xiv. pp. 221-229) reviews the spp. of Feronia (Pcecilus)
confused with and allied to cuprea (L.). He considers Thomson's puncticeps
the typical cuprea (L.), to which also, as varieties, must be referred beryllina
and viridis, Preller, cursovia, Heer, ergthropus, Fald., affinis (Sturm), anatolica,
Chaud., and possibly rcichii, Waltl [nee rcichei, as in de Mars, and
Gem. & v. Har.]. The pauciseta of Thomson he identifies with the hitherto
unintelligible versicolor of Sturm (by means solely of Sturm's figure), and to
that insect attributes as vars. cupveeoides, Heer, and subcyanea, Preller. To
cursoria, Dej., he refers festiva (Kinderm. ined.) and, with doubt, cyanella,
Reiche, both from Asia Minor, as vars. ; and to quadricollis, Dej., he attributes
cyanea, Gory, as a syn. Kraatz also refers to P. anatolicus, Chaud.,
and viciniis, Levrat, and F. veicheiana, Peyr., and demurs to P. crenatostriatus,
Chaud., being sunk by Gemm. & v. Harold as a var. of crenatus,
Dej., thinking, however, that it is not separable specifically from lugubris,
Dej. (=pu>ictifrons, Chaud.).
BALLIOX (Bull. Mose xiii. p. 212) objects to Gemm. & v. Harold's reference
of Feronia (Pane.) nitens, Chaud., to lepida (F.) as a var.; if not of
specific value, Chaudoir's insect should be referred to leevicollis, Chaud.
G. DES COTTES (Mitth. schw. ent. Ges. iii. pp. 297-305) redescribes nine
spp. of Orthomus, which he considers entitled to separate generic rank from
Feronia.
DIECK (B. E. Z. xiv. Beiheft, p. 01, and note) describes a var. of Platyderus
dilutatus from Algesiras, under the name of a/gesiranus, and hints a
belief that connecting links between P. dilutatus and ruficollis may be found,
AS he has taken an intermediate form between lusitanicus and vurians [apparently
not being aware that the latter has for some years been sunk as a
var. of lusitanicus].
Abacetus. Chaudoir (Bull. Mose xiii. pp. 355-400) monographs the spp.
of this genus, describing many new spp., and rejecting the older name
Diccelindus (M'Leay), of which Schaum has stated the type to be an Abacetus,
and to be in Brit. Mus., as M'Leay's types are in E. India Mus., and
the description does not substantiate the proposition. Distrigus costatus,
*Swm.,=A. atratus, Dej.; A. percoides, Fairm., is altered to percosioides;
Astygis ciquicollis, ^loti.,=Ab.sa/zmaniii (Germ.) ; A. viridulus, Fairm., is possibly
to be referred to Distrigus madagascariensis, Dej.; A. elongatus, Fairm.,
is changed to leevicollis; Distrigus submelallioiis, Nietn., =A. antiqum, Dej. ;
Feronia (Arg.) gilvipes, pyymeea, obtusa, and pumila, Boh., Colostomafiavipes,