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Blaptides.
MELASOMATA. 295
GEMMINGER, I. c. pp. 121 & 122, makes the following changes:—Blaps
caudata (Sol. nee Gebl.) to caudigera; B. convexa (Reiche nee Fisch, if
Fischer's sp. be not abbreviata, Mehe't.) to mutata; B. latieollis (Redt. nee
Sol.) to platythorax; B. variolosa (Fisch, Spic. p. 104, nee Fald.) to variolata;
B. variolosa (Fisch. ibid. p. 89, nee Fald.) to variolaris; Elceodes sulcata
(Lee nee Esch.) to lecontei; E. obscura (Sol. nee Say) to tenebricosa.
Elceodes convexicollis,~Wa,lk.,=obscura (Say), 5, of which sp. conjuncta,
Walk, is the cf; E. binotata, Walk,?—hispilabris (Say), of which sulcata,
Lee, is a syn.: Lee, Ann. N. H. ser. 4, vi. p. 401.
Asidides.
Asida rugosa (F.), changed to fabricii by Allard, on account of rugosa
(Eourc, 1785), need not have been altered on the date alone, as Fabricius's
original description appeared in 1775; sabulosa (Goeze, 1777) would have
had priority over Fourcroy if change required: v. HAROLD (Pet. Nouv. 16,
p. 61).
Asida morbillosa (Dufts. nee F.) is changed to duftschmidi by Gemminger,
C. H. vi. p. 122.
Pycnomorpha, g. n. Mots, Bull. Mose xliii. p. 398. Resembles Stenomorpha,
Sol, but has a transverse labrum, more obtuse mandibles, a less
projecting ligula, unclothed legs, elytra carinated towards the sides, and prominent
thorax. Sp. P. californiea (Mots.) and ? Scotera gibbosa (Esch,
Dej. Cat.).
Psilomera, g. n. Mots. I. c. p. 400. Differs from Pelecyphorus in its narrow
form and smooth surface. Sp. P. (Peleeyph.) angulatus (Lee).
Asida diecki, Barcelona, and A. anceyi, Syria, spp. nn, Allard: (diagnoses
only) Pet. Nouv. 1 Jan. 1870, p. 50.
Nycteliides.
Nyctelia granulata (Curt, nee Waterh.) is changed to granulosa, N.plicata
(Blanch, nee Waterh.) to plicipennis, and Epipedonota rugosa (Sol. nee Waterh.)
to rugulosa: Gemminger, C. H. vi. p. 122.
Pimeliides.
Pimelia rugulosa, Germ, and sardea, Sol. v. Rottenberg, B. E. Z. xiv.
p. 248, inclines to consider these insects conspecifie
BLACKMORE (Pr. E. Soc. 1870, p. xxix) records a monstrosity of Pimelia
scabrosa from Tangiers, in which the right antenna was doubly furcate.
Molurides.
Psammodes grandis (Sol, Cat. nee Mem. Ac. Tor.) is changed to gravis, and
P. plicatus (Sol, Cat. nee M. A. Tor.) to plicipennis: Gemminger, C. H. vi.
p. 122.
Sepidides.
Praocis (Guenn, 1841) andPlatesthes (G. R. Waterh, 1845) are identical;