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BEDEL records rare French Coleoptera (ibid. pp. xxiii, xxx, xxxiv-xxxix).
BELLIER DE LA OHAVIGNERIE (ibid. pp. xhii, xlvii) records Coleoptera
taken at Digne, Lower Alps.
ABEILLE DE PERRIN (ibid. p. xlvii) adds six species to the list of French
Coleoptera.
CHAMPION (Ent. M. M. vi. p. 231, vii. pp. 12 and 136), TAYLOR (ibid.
vii. p. 80), MORLEY (ibid. p. 107), MONCREAPP (ibid. p. 154), and GORHAM
(ibid. p. 155) record rare British Coleoptera.
HISLOP (ibid. p. 10) and E. A. WATERHOUSE (ibid. p. 81) record rare
Scotch Coleoptera.
ClCINDELIDvE.
P. DE BORRE (Ann. E. Belg. xiii. pp. 139-145) makes some general observations
on the classification and geographical distribution of this family,
tending to corroborate the Darwinian theory.
Alterations in the colour of Cicindela hybrida and C. campestris, caused by
artificial means, are referred to in Tijdschr. Ent. 2nd ser. Deel v. pp. 178 &
179.
Ambly'chilapiccolominii,Reiche,= cylindriformis, Say: Lee,Ann. N.H. ser.
4, vi. p. 402.
Cicindela dongolensis, Klug, 1832, =fimbriata, Dej., 1831, Crotch, C. H.
vi. p. 95; C. obliquata, Kirby, kirbyi, hec., = vulgaris, Say, Leconte, I. c.
p. 395; C. tar sails, Lee,=blanda, Dej., Leconte, ibid. p. 402.
BALLION (Bull. Mosc. xiii. p. 211) corroborates Gemm. and v. Harold's
reference of Cicindela granulata, Gebl, as a syn. to C. burmeisteri, Fisch.,
the latter having about two months priority.
CARABIDCE.
Elaphrides.
Elaphrus politus, hec.,=clairvUlei, Kby., E. californicus, M.a,Tin.,=intermedius,
Kby.: Lee, Ann. N. H. ser. 4, vi. p. 396.
Omophron nitens is to be referred to Leconte, and not to Chaudoir: Lee,
ibid. p. 402.
Carabides.
v. HEYDEN (B. E. Z. xiv. Beiheft, p. 55) tabulates the distribution of
Spanish and Portuguese mountain spp. of Carabus, Nebria, and Leistus.
BARGAGLI (Bull. Ent. Ital. ii. p. 269) notes the larva and perfect insect of
Calosoma sycophanta decimating the larvae of Liparis dispar in Sardinia.
GOUBERT (Pet. Nouv. 15, p. 54) records a remarkable var. of Carabus morbillosus
from Kabylia.
LUCAS (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4 e ser. x. Bull. p. Iv) records Nebria complanata
(L.) var. from Brittany.
FREY-GESSNER (Mitth. schw. ent. Ges. iii. pp. 210-215) gives alpine
localities for and general particulars concerning Nebria escheri and bremii,
Heer, and Leistus montanus, Steph.
Calosoma irreyulare, ~Ws.lk.,=tepidum, Lee, var.; CaUisthenes pimelioides,
Walk., eimmermanni, hec.,=luxatum, Say; Carabus bicolor, Walk., = Calosoma
laqueatum, Lee : Lee Ann. N. H. ser. 4, vi. p. 399. Cychrus germari,