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INSECTA, COLEOPTERA.
New species:—
Stemts subcylindricus, Scriba, B. E. Z. xiv. Beih. p. 83, Santas Albas; & glabeUus,
Thomson, Opusc. Ent. fasc. ii. p. 127, and S. subglaber, Thorns. I. c.
fasc.iii. p. 329, Sweden; S. oscillatm; Rye, Ent. M. M. vii. p. 7, England; S.
barnevillei, Bedel, I. c, Fontainebleau (=longitarsis, Thorns.: Fauvel, ibid.
p. 136).
Oxytelides.
v. FRAUENPELD (Verh. zool-bot. Ges. Wien, xx. p. 60) communicates a
letter of A. Stentz, who describes the occurrence of Bledius tricornis (Grav.)
on the wing in vast multitudes.
Bledius fuscipes, Rye. Taylor notes the habits of this species near Liverpool
(Ent. M. M. vii. p. 10).
Platystethuspilosellus, Wank., =nodifrons (Sahib.), ex typ.: Fauvel, L'Ab.
vii. p. 136.
CZWALLNA (B. E. Z. xiv. p. 422) tabulates eight species of Oxytelus allied
to depressus, of which he describes three as new. Scriba (ibid. p. 423)
briefly refers to the characters of two of the former and of another allied species
; and Kraatz (ibid. p. 424) repeats Pandell^'s description of two more
closely allied species,—the latter author's 9 species (in Gren. Cat. &c.)
being thus increased to 12.
Oxytelus parvulus, Muls., is a Troyophlceus : Czwalina, I. c. p. 422.
New species:—
Bledius atramentarius, v. Rottenberg, B. E. Z. xiv. p. 35, and B. infans, v.
Rott. /. c. p. 36, Sicily.
Oxytelus. Czwalina (/. c.) describes the following new species :—O. transversalis,
p. 419 (? =fairmairei, Pandelle", teste auct.) ; affinis, p. 420; tetratoma,
p. 221; all from Kbnigsberg, taken in company with O. depressus, their intimate
ally.
Oxytelus carbonellus, Solsky, Bull. Mose xiii. p. 246, Mexico.
Trogophlceus spinicollis, Rye, Ent. M. M. vii. p. 8, north-west coast of
England.
Osorius canaliculatus, Solsky, Bull. Mose xiii. p. 265, Mexico.
Compsochilus macellus, Ktz., B. E. Z. xiv. Beih. p. 85, Seville (cf. B E Z
1865, p. 369).
Homaliades.
PhUorhinum rufieolle, Schauf. The author redescribes this species f Nuna
Otios.p. 38). r v *
British examples of Homalium heerii, lleer,=vile, Er., var., Ileer's insect
itself being probably only that species, teste Rye (Ent. M. M. vii p 152) who
corroborates H. brevieorne, Er., as British, and remarks upon its differences
rrom H. gracilicorne, Fairm., and H. vile (ibid. p. 153).
Anthohaim torquatum, Ktz., nee Marsh., is named collaris : Crotch, 0. II. vi.
p. 101. '
Lesteva Corsica, sp. n., Perris, L'Ab. vii. p. 8, Corsica.
Coryphium gredleri, sp. n., Kraatz, B. E. Z. xiv. p. 417, Tyrol.