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BUPRESTnLE, THROSCIDJE, ELATERIDJE. 287
AcmcBodera. Baudi, I.e., describes the following new species:—A. eonfluens,
p. 81, Cyprus, Roumelia, and A. quadrifaria, p. 83, ? Cyprus [these
two are referred to Truqui] ; rufocincta, p. 82, Cyprus; placida, p. 84, despecta,
p. 85 (no localities, but ? Cyprus).
Sphenoptera minutissima, sp. n, Desbr. des Loges, B. E. Z. xiv. Beih. p. 119,
Sierra Morena.
Anthaxia quadrifoveolata, sp. n, Solsky, Hor. Ent. Ross. vii. p. 359, Siberia.
THROSCIDiE.
BAUDI (B. E. Z. xiv. p. 88, note) describes a var. from Sardinia of Throscus
brevicollis, Bonv, records T. obtusus, Curtis, from Piedmont (p. 89, note),
and gives, with doubt, sexual characters for T. orientalis, Bonv, p. 89; and
(p. 90, note) gives male characters for Farsus unicolor, Latr, from Italy.
Throscus elateroides (Redt. nee Heer) =earinifrons (Bonv.) according to
Bethe, S. E. Z. xxxi. p. 328, who recapitulates the German spp. of the genus.
Drapetesfiavipes, sp. n, Baudi, I. c. p. 87, Cyprus.
Throscus simiUs, sp. n, Baudi, I. c. p. 89, note, Piedmont.
ELATERID^E.
Adeloeera vetusta, Walk.,=cavicollis, Lee ; Athous A-vittatus, Walk,= Corymbites
lateralis, Lee, var.; Diacanthus semimetallicus,^alk, tinctus, Lec,=
Corymbites ceripennis, Kby.: Lee, Ann. N. H. ser. 4, vi. p. 401.
Elater satrapa, Kies, = dibaphus, Schiodte; E. cardinalis, Schiodte, =prceustus,
F.: Thorns, Skand. Col. x. pp. 102 and 103.
BAUDUER (NOUV. et faits div, no. 10) records his discovery of several individuals
of Elater ruficeps, Muls, in cells in rotten bark of oak, beneath
white lichen (? Parmelia).
DESBR. DES LOGES (L'Ab. vii.) redescribes his Cardiophorus eonvexithorax,
p. 99, maculicrus, p. 100 (and var. ? belonis, from Malta), hipponensis, p. 102,
mauritanieus [nomen prius usitatum] and pusUlus, p. 103, sencei, p. 104,
Cryptohypnus propinquus and Athous nigerrimus, p. 106, A. sinuatocollis,
p. 112, depressifrons, p. 113, fallax, p. 115; describes the 5 of A. castaneseens,
Muls. et Guill, from the Higher Alps, p. 116, and a var. of Agriotes
sputator (L.) from Allier, which he names melanocephalus, p. 119; redescribes
the 5 of his Agriotes attenuatus, under the name meridionalis, ibid.; also
redescribes his A. breviusculus, p. 121, which, by its forehead being arched
and porrect in the middle, belongs to Betarmon, Kies, in which Candeze
has only included bisbimaculatus; the other species, with similarly constructed
foreheads, the author thinks should be excluded from Agriotes, and
he proposes the name Metopius for the genus to contain them.
SCHAUFUSS (Nunq. Otios. pp. 44-46) redescribes his Cardiophorus longicollis
(which he affirms to be specifically distinct from C. graellsi, Cand.) and
Athous cantabricus.
Cardiophorus farinesiCViUn), sec. typ., = biguttatus (F.), var. ornatus, Cand.:
v. Harold, C. H. vi. p. 110.
Melanotus fascicularis, Kiist, is distinct from brunnipes, Germ.: Kraatz,
B. E. Z. xiv. p. 271 (sec. typ.).
Athous niger. Under this head Thomson (I. e. pp. 355 & 356) states that