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INSECTA, COLEOPTERA.
DESB. DES LOGES (L'Ab. vii. p. 97) redescribes his Berosus corsicus.
v. HEYDEN (B. E. Z. xiv. Beih. p. 71) observes upon Limnebius sericatus,
Muls., and L. evanescens, Kies. v. KIESENWETTER (ibid.) redescribes the
latter species.
v. KIESENWETTER (/. e. p. 73) redescribes his Hydrcena exarata, which he
records from Cordova.
New species:—
Hydrobius morence, v. Heyd., B. E. Z. xiv. Beiheft, p. 67, Sierra Morena;
H.fiavitarsis, Kirsch, B. E. Z. xiv. p. 337, Bogota.
Anaccena variabilis, Sharp, Ent. M. M. vi. p. 255, England and Scotland;
A. carinata, Thorns. I. c. p. 126, Sweden. [These species seem identical,
Sharp's apparently having priority.]
Philhydrus agrigentinus, v. Rottenberg, B. E. Z. xiv. p. 22, Sicily; P. tropicus,
Kirsch, /. c. Bogota; P. wollastoni and P. hesperidum, Sharp, Ann.
N. H. ser. 4, v. p. 16, Cape-Verdes.
Laccobius leucaspis, v. Kies. 1. c. p. 68, Andalusia, Algiers, Egypt; L. intermittens,
v. Kies. I. c. p. 69, Cordova; L. subtilis, v. Kies. ibid., Andalusia,
Sicily, Constantinople; L. vividiceps, v. Rottenberg, B. E. Z. xiv. p. 23,
Sicily.
Limnebius gerhardti, v. Heyd. I. c. p. 70, Branuelas, Portugal.
Helophorus eequalis, Thorns. Skand. Col. x. p. 300; H pallidulus, Thorns.
ibid. p. 304; H. bvevicollis, Thorns, ibid. p. 307; H. strigifrons, Thorns.
ibid. p. 308; H planicollis, Thorns. Opusc. Ent. p. 327, Sweden, allied to
H. ceneipennis.
Hydrochus intervuptus, v. Heyd. I. c. p. 72, Sierra Guadarrama; H. grandicollis,
v. Kies. I. c. p. 73, Andalusia and Corsica.
Cyclonatum. bvevitarse, v. Heyd. /. c. p. 74, Galicia.
PAUSSIDYE.
Trimen's observations at Cape Town on Paussus burmeisteri, Westw.,
and the myrmecophilous Pentaplatarthrus paussoides, Westw., are recorded
in Pr. E. Soc. 1870, p. iii.
STAPHYLINIDJE.
Ateocharides.
FAUVEL (L'Ab. vii. p. 136) gives the following synonymy:—Leptusa
e.vilis, Perris, = Homalota ceesula, Er., ex typ.; H. nitida, var. nitidiuscnla,
Sharp, = alpestvis, Heer, ex typ., nee Ktz., Scriba [fide Sharp in litt.] ; II. oblique-punctata,
WoU.,=paveus, Er. [already published by Sharp]; H. ceneicollis,
Shj>., = waterhousei, Woll, ex typ. [incorrect].
GORHAII (Ent. M. M. vii. p. 136) records Aleochara maculata, Bris., from
England.
SCRIBA (B. E. Z. xiv. Beih. p. 77) records an immaculate var. of Aleochara
crassiuscula, Sahib., from the Sierra de Gerez.
Atemeles n-fiexus, \X&Yk., = cavus, Lee: Lee, Ann. N. H. ser. 4, vi.
p. 400.
Calodera rubens, Er., is recorded as British by Rye, Ent. M. M. vi.
p. 229. ' J '