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Scotodytes diecki, de Saulcy, I. c. p. 90, Taf. ii. fig. 2, Zumarraga.
Cephennium (Geodytes) pyymceum, de Saulcy, I. c. p. 93, Sierra de Cordoba
; C. (67.) atomarium, de S. ibid., Zumarraga; C. tricolor, De S. ibid.,
Tangiers.
Mastigus heydenii, v. Rottenb. I. c. p. 233, Naples.
SlLPHIDjE.
Leptoderides.
Speleeochlamys, g. n, Dieck, B. E. Z. xiv. Beih. p. 93. Litermediate between
Drimeotus (Mill.) and Adelops (Telk). Eyeless; ant. tarsi 4-jointed; mesost.
with an elevated keel in the middle, produced into a denticle in front; thorax
narrower than elytra, narrowed from base to apex, post, angles impressed, reflexed,
very sharp; lateral margin of elytra widely reflexed. Sp. S. ehlersi,
sp. n., Dieck, I. c. p. 94, Alicante.
Silphides.
Necrophorus melsheimeri, Lee nec'Kbj., = obscurus, Kby.; N. melsheimeri,
Kby., lunatus, hec.,=sayi, Lap.; N. maritimus, Maxm.,=hebes, Kby.; N. defodiens,
Maxm.,-=pygmceus, Kby.: Lee, Ann. N. H. ser. 4, vi. p. 398. N. conservator,
WtHk.,=pollinctor, Lee; N pollinctor, Mann.,=maritimus, Mann.,
var.: Lee, ibid. p. 400.
PETTITT (Canad. Ent. ii. p. 20) records Necrophilus subterraneus (F.) as
frequenting decomposing fungus at Ontario.
RYE (Ent. M. M. vi. p. 182) refers to Michow's observations on Necrophorus
ruspator, Er, and N. microcephalus, Thorns.; and (vii. p. 9) records Colon
denticulatum, Ktz, from England.
Adelops adnexus, Schauf. Dieck, B. E. Z. xiv. p. 191, corrects an error as
to the locality for this species (cf. Kraatz, ibid. p. 192).
SCHAUFUSS (Nunq. Otios. pp. 33-37) redescribes his Adelops erberi and A.
pruinosus, and enters into some details as to his suppressed genera Qucestus
and Qucesticulus.
KRAATZ (B. E. Z. xiv. Beih. p. 96, note) repeats his opinion that Catops and
Choleva form distinct genera. He enumerates 5 recorded spp. of Catops from
South Spain, records Colon murinum, Ktz, from Algesiras (p. 97, note),
mentions 3 recorded species of Choleva from South Spain, and briefly recharacterizes
C. notaticollis, Baudi, p. 101, note.
Myrmeeophilus (Motsch, 1844) is changed to Attcephilus and recharacterized,
Catopsimorphus pilosus, Muls, being referred to it, as well as A.
paradoxus, Mots. Motschoulsky, Bull. Mose xiii. p. 350.
Catopocerus, g. n. Mots. I. c. p. 351. Intermediate between Catops and
Agyrtes, having a shining surface, as in the latter, and the antennae as in
the former; legs rather evidently dilated. Sp. C. politus, sp. n. Mots, ibid.,
North America.
New species :—
Necrophorus ruficornis and N. plagiatus, Mots. I. c. p. 352, California.
Oiceoptoma cyaniventris, Mots. I. c. p. 348, and O. obscuriventris, Mots. I. c.
p. 349, East Indies.
Adelops sarteanensis, Bargagli, Bull. Ent. Ital. ii. p. 175, Mt, Cetona.