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LATHRIDIID.E—BYRRHIDiE. 277
Merophysia foveolata and M. minor, Baudi, I. c. p, 59, Cyprus.
Holoparamecus saulcyi, Baudi, I. c. p. 60, Cyprus.
Conithassa (Lathridius) brevicoUis, Thorns. I. c. x. p. 56, Sweden.
Enicmus (Lathr.) crenicollis, Thorns. I. c. p. 57, and E. fungicola, Thorns.
I. c. p. 336, Sweden.
Lathridius tremulce, Thorns. I. c. p. 335, Sweden (?=angusticollis, Redt.).
MYCETOPHAGID^:.
Triphyltus ruficornis, Lec,=concolor (Kby.), of which humeralis (Kby.) is
a pale example: Lee, Ann. N. H. ser. 4, vi. p. 398.
Litargus trifasciatus, 'Wo\l.,=coloratus, Rosenh.: Crotch, C. H. vi. p. 101.
Typhcea umbrata, sp. n, Baudi, B. E. Z. xiv. p. 62, note, Piedmont.
THORICTIDiE.
Thorictus dispar, sp. n, Baudi, ibid. p. 58, Cyprus,
DERMESTIDJE.
Dermestes mustelinus, Er, infests the nests of Cnethocampa pityocampa and
D. lardarius, laniarius, and other spp. the cocoons oiBombyx mori. Gredler,
C. H. vi. p. 8, and note.
PERRIS (L'Ab. vii. p. 35) considers that the larva of Dermestes frischii
found by F. Loew in cork did not live upon that wood, but was an attendant
upon Lepidopterous larvae naturally feeding on it.
BAUDI (B. E. Z. xiv. p. 63) records vars. of Attagenus pcecdus, Germ, from
Asia Minor and Sardinia.
PERRIS (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4e ser. ix. p. 468) records the larvae of Attagenus
piceus and Athrenuspimpinellce found in winter time in swallows' nests.
GRENLER (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4 e ser. x. Bull. p. viii) records the larvae of
Tiresias serra as devouring the eggs of Liparis dispar. The larva of another
insect, apparently an Attagenus, was also observed by him under similar
circumstances.
Cryptorhopalum pilosum and C. truncatum, spp. nn, Kirsch, B. E. Z. xiv.
p. 355, Bogota.
Meyatoma rufovittata, sp. n, Abeille de Perrin, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4 e ser.
x. Bull. p. xlvi, Var, Vaucluse.
BYRRHID.E.
LABOULBENE (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4 e ser. x. Bull. p. lxxi) notes large numbers
of Nosodendron fasciculare found in a jelly-like substance peculiar to
elm trees.
Byrrhus concolor, Kby, is a Cytilus; B. picipes, Kby, = geminatus, Lee :
Lee, Ann. N. H. ser. 4, vi. p. 398.
v. HEYDEN (B. E. Z. xiv. Beih. p. 108) briefly recharacterizes Morychus
metallicus, Chevr., and M. transsyhanicus, Suffr., which, contrary to the
opinion of Chevrolat, he considers to be distinct species.
Syncalypta syriaca, sp. n, Baudi, B. E. Z. xiv. p. 63, Cyprus.
Morychus piochardi, sp. n, v. Heyd. /. c. p. 109, Sierra Nevada and Serra
Gerez.
Limnichus murinus, sp. n, Baudi, I. c. Cyprus.