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SummaryDescription of the last larval instar (based on exuvia) of Anthrenus delicatus delicatus Kiesenwetter 1851, A. picturatus makolskii Mroczkowski 1950 and A. sophonisba Beal 1998 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) is presented. Notes about the biology of A. picturatus makolskii and A. sophonisba are provided. Several morphological characters of Anthrenus larvae are documented: antenna, epipharynx, mandibula, maxilla, ligula with labial palpi, hastisetae, legs, terga, and condition of antecostal suture are documented, and discussed. Structural differences among mature larvae of the following Anthrenus species are compared and summarized: A. coloratus Reitter 1881, A. delicatus delicatus Kiesenwetter 1851, A. flavipes flavipes LeConte 1854, A. fuscus Olivier 1789, A. museorum (Linnaeus 1761), A. latefasciatus Reitter 1892, A. oceanicus Fauvel 1903, A. olgae Kalik 1946, A. picturatus makolskii Mroczkowski 1950, A. pimpinellae pimpinellae (Fabricius 1775), A. sarnicus Mroczkowski 1963, A. scrophulariae scrophular...

Sixteen new species of the genus Zorochros Thomson 1859 from China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal and Thailand are described and illustrated, a key to the species of the Zorochros indicus group is given, and new records on already known species are provided. New species: Z. ahrensi n. sp., Z bingkorensis n. sp., Z. dabieshanensis n. sp., Z. dolini n. sp., Z. hartmanni n. sp., Z. hubeiensis n. sp., Z. karnaliensis n. sp., Z. magnificus n. sp., Z. naniensis n. sp., Z. nigredos n. sp., Z. platiai n. sp., Z schawalleri n. sp., Z. schmidti n. sp., Z. senaroensis n. sp., Z. theodori n. sp., and Z. tongshanensis n. sp.

The species of the genus Hypdonus Fleutiaux 1928 are revised, six new species are described and illustrated, new records of known species of this genus are given, and a key to the species of the genus is provided. New species: Hypdonus johorensis n. sp., H. perakensis n. sp., H. planus n. sp., H. sulawesiensis n. sp., H. thailandicus n. sp., and H. vietnamensis n. sp. Resume. Especes nouvelles du genre Hypdonus Fleutiaux 1928 (Coleoptera : Elateridae). L'objet de la presente note est de reviser les especes du genre Hypdonus Fleutiaux 1928. A cette occasion, six especes nouvelles sont decrites et illustrees : Hypdonus johorensis n. sp., H. perakensis n. sp., H. planus n. sp., H. sulawesiensis n. sp., H. thailandicus n. sp., et H. vietnamensis n. sp. De nouvelles donnees sur la repartition geographique d'especes deja connues ainsi qu'un tableau dichotomique permettant d'identifi er les especes du genre Hypdonus sont proposes.

Eight new species of the Tribe Megapenthini Gurjeva, 1973 from China, Laos, and from the Philippines are described and illustrated: Cateanus kucerai sp. nov., Friedrichiellus luzonensis sp. nov., Gamepenthes kresli sp. nov., G. phoupa- nensis sp. nov. ,G.shinuishanensis sp. nov., G. turnai sp. nov., Megapenthes jintan- gensis sp. nov., Procraerus kresli sp. nov. A key to the species of the genus Game- penthes Fleutiaux, 1928 from China, and one from Laos and Vietnam is provided, zoogeo- graphical and taxonomical remarks as well as a discussion on the phylogenetic importance of some characters of the species and their ecobiotic life are given.

Eleven new species of the genera Chinathous and Gnathodicrus from China, Laos, Nepal and Sikkim (North India) are described and illustrated: Chinathous heinzi sp. nov., C. jitiangensis sp. nov., C. juizhaigouensis sp. nov., C. moxiensis sp. nov., C. xinjiangensis sp. nov., Gnathodicrus daliangshanensis sp. nov., G. dehongdaiensis sp. nov., G. laoticus sp. nov., G. nepalensis sp. nov., G. vietnamensis sp. nov., G. zhongdianensis sp. nov., Chinathous lizipingensis (Schimmel et Tarnawski, 2006) is introduced as comb. nov. Gnathodicrus nepalensis sp. nov. is recorded as the first species of the genus Gnathodicrus from Himalaya (Nepal and North India).

The red flat bark beetle Cucujus cinnaberinus (Scopoli, 1763) is included as a protected species in the Berne Convention and the European Habitat Directive—Annex II and IV (92/43 EU of 21 May 1992) which requires the establishment of special areas of conservation in the European Union, and listing the species in the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species under the near-threatened category. Cucujus haematodes Erichson, 1845 is considered to be one of the most threatened saproxylic species, a relic of primeval forests, in many European countries (including Poland) under protection. Morphology of the larvae of two rare European species of the genus Cucujus ( cinnaberinus and haematodes ) is compared here. We point out differences which allow the two species to be properly distinguished and which, until now, have been omitted or misinterpreted in literature. The best characteristics seem to be the arrangement of minor spines on the top of basal tooth, the shape of frontal suture, size of stemmata, shape of I antennal joint, localization of basal tooth, and morphology of VIII abdominal tergites.