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Show 510 MR. M. JACOBY ON NEW COLEOPTERA. [June 5, Gray, Gen. Birds (1847) vol. iii. p. 565. sp. 1 ; Baird, B. N. Am. (1860) p. 683; Schleg. Mus. Pays-Bas (1863) livr. 4, p. 6 ; Taylor, Ibis (1864) p. 95 ; Coues,' Ibis (1865) p. 159; Dresser, Ibis (1866) p. 32; Leot. Ois. Trinid. (1866) p. 440 ; Gray, Hand-1. B. (1871) pt. iii. p. 38; Gundl. J. f. O. (1871) p. 275; Sclat. & Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. (1873) p. 126 ; Garrod, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1873) pp. 467, 638 (1875), p. 342 ; Gulliv. Proc. Zool. Soc. (1875) p. 488. Ibis minuta, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat. (1817) vol. xvi. p. 23. Ibis fusca, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat. (1817) vol. xvi. p. 17 ; id. Ency. Meth. (1823) torn. iii. p. 1146. Ibis leucopygia, Spix, Av, Bras. t. 88, juv. Eudocimus ruber, Wagler, Isis (1832) p. 1232 ; Gundl. J. f. O. (1856) vol. iv. p. 348. Guara ruber, Reich. Nov. Syn. Av. pl. 139. figs. 525-27 (1851). Hab. Cuba (Gundlach); North-eastern coast of South America to the mouths of the Amazon ; Florida (Aud.), accidental. If this species has been met with on the continent of North America, it is probable that it has only accidentally strayed there from its usual haunts, as it is properly an inhabitant of Northeastern South America, its appearance even in the West Indies, we may suppose, being uncertain and made at irregular intervals. As the genus Ibis was formed by Savigny for the I. cethiopica (Lath.), or Sacred Ibis, it cannot be retained for this bird and its allies, as has been generally done; and as Eudocimus of Wagler comes next, that must be the term employed. As there is no rule by which Moehring's genera can be received, and so many of them are rejected even by those who cite his works, it is not allowable that his term Ibis, instituted for this species, should take precedence of that of Savigny. Entire plumage bright red, with the tips of the primaries jet-black for about two inches. Forehead, face, and throat bare, feathers coming forward anterior to the eye on top of head; bare space of throat and face red. Bill red, tip blackish. Legs and feet red. Total length 25 inches; wing 10, tail 4|, bill along culmen 4^. 7. Descriptions of n e w Species of Phytophagous Coleoptera. By MARTIN JACOBY. [Eeceived May 23, 1877.] Genus AULACOSCELIS, Chevrol. 1. A U L A C O S C E L I S M E L A N O C E P H A L U S , sp. nov. Elongate, subovate, widened behind ; head and thorax shining black; epistome separated from the face by a deep transverse groove; antennse entirely black, similar in length and shape to A. melanocera, Stal. Head smooth, shining, with a few scattered punctures. Thorax about half as long as broad, subquadrate ; sides rounded from apex to about two thirds of their length, from there |