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achaufussii, Vog. I. c. p. 79, Natal, Caffraria, C. of Good Hope; H. stalii, Vog.
1. c. p. 80, Caffraria.
Pyxis bogotensis, Kirsch, B. E. Z. xiv. p. 377, Bogota.
Gallerucides.
DESBR. DES LOGES (L'Ab. vii. p. 134) redescribes his Galleruca carinulata.
RONDANI (Nota &e) refers to, and in two instances describes, parasites of
the orders Diptera and Hymenoptera upon Galleruca xanthomelcena (ccdmariensis).
ROMANES (Ent. 78, p. 98) notes the occurrence of vast numbers of a sp.
of Galleruca on the surface of the sea on the coasts of Moray and Cromarty,
in May 1870.
The " Cucumber-beetle " (Diabrotica vittata, F.) is recorded by Zeller as
attacking blossoms of pear and cherry in Illinois, U. S. A. Amer. Ent. & Bot.
ii. p. 239.
Galleruca T-nigrum, sp. n, G. Bertoloni, Mem. Ac. Bologn. 2nd ser. viii.
p. 192, tab. i. f. 1, nos. 1 & 2, Mozambique.
Aulacophora petersi, sp. n, G. Bertol. I. e. p. 194, t. i. figs. 3 & 4, Mozambique.
Diacantha* bimaculata, sp. n, G. Bertol. I. c. p. 195, t. i. figs. 5, 6, 7,
Mozambique.
Luperus biraghii, sp. n, Ragusa, Bull. Ent. Ital. ii. p. 314, Palermo; L.
diniensis, sp. n. Bell, de la Chavign, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4 e ser. x. Bull.
p. xxvii, Digne (most probably-=.betuUnus, var.: Abeille de Perrin, ibid.
p. xlvii).
Halticides.
LETZNER (JB. Schles. Ges. xlvii. pp. 182-184) gives a list of Halticidce
recently detected in Silesia, occasionally noting the food-plants of the spp.
Haltica cucumeris, Harr, is figured, and an account of its injuries to the
potato given in Amer. Ent. i. p. 27, f. 19.
Haltica chalybea, III, is figured in its chief stages, and an account of its
ravages to the grape-vine given, by Riley in Amer. Ent. & Bot. ii. pp. 327 &
328, figs. 204 & 205.
Psylliodes attenuatus (Ent. H.) is known as "the Hop-flea" in Kent:
Gorham (Ent. M. M. vii. p. 36).
PERRIS (L'Ab. vii. p. 34) notes the larva of DUiolia paludina, from Mont
de Marsan, as establishing its galleries in the leaves of Mentha rotundifoUa.
Orestia pommereaui, sp. n, Perris, I. c. p. 33, Tenes.
Aphthona heydeni, sp. n, Allard, B. E. Z. xiv. Beih. p. 172, Ronda; A.
brunnipes, sp. n. All. (diagnosis only) Pet. Nouv, 1 Jan. 1870, p. 50, Seville.
Cassidides.
BURMEISTER (S. E. Z. xxxi. pp. 273-281) describes the species of Cassidides
occurring in the R. Plate district, and makes numerous observations,
chiefly as to localities, on certain spp. attributed to the same district by
Boheman.
As to this generic name, cf. Zool. Rec. vi. p. 298. There is also &
Diacantha (Solier) in the Elateridce.
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