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INSECTA, COLEOPTERA.
on a flower, with a § of Antherophagus nigricornis attached by the mandibles
to one of its antennae, and suggests that the beetle had fastened itself on the
bee so as to be carried to the nest of the latter, in which it would deposit its
eggs. SEIDLITZ (ibid. p. lxii) adduces other recorded instances.
BAUDI (B. E. Z. xiv. p. 56, note) records a black var. of Ci-yptophagus pilosus,
Gyll, from Piedmont.
Cryptophagus vini,Ei:,=Paramecosomapilosula, Er.: Thorns., Skand. Col.
x. p. 66.
Cryptophagus validus, Ktz, is recorded as British by Rye, Ent. M. M, vii.
p. 9; and C. fumatus, Gyll, by Bold (ibid. p. 35), from Northumberland.
Hypocoprus lathridioides, Mots. Perris, I. c. p. x, records this sp. from
France, Algeria, Corsica, and Prussia. Bonnaire (Pet. Nouv. 26, p. 103)
notes it from the Island of Re", found in dried asses' dung.
[Atomaria] Anchicera mesomelas, var. d, Thorns, = berolinensis (Ktz.); A.
fuscata, var. 6, Thorns,=basalis (Er.) ; A. salicicola (Ktz.)? = zetterstedti
(Zett.) : Thorns. 1. c. p. 72 et seq.
Henoticus, g. n. Thorns. I. c. p. 67. Allied to Cryptophagus, but prostemal
process acuminate behind, margined on each side ; no callosity to ant. angles
of prothor.; penult, joint of tarsi abruptly narrower and shorter than preceding
joints. Sp. H. serratus (Gyll, Crypt.); ? (C.) crenatus (Gyll, nee
Thorns, Sk. Col. v. p. 263, which is bicolor, Sturm).
Atomaria hiemalis, sp. n, Baudi, I. c. p. 56, note, Piedmont; A. clavicovuis,
sp. n, p. 57, Maritime Alps; A. puncticollis, sp. n. Thorns. I. c. p. 69, Sweden.
Epistemus ventrosus, sp. n, Baudi, I. c. p. 57, Syria.
LATHRIDIIDJE.
Lathridius constrictus, Gyll, is recorded from Britain by Rye (Ent. M. M.
vi. p. 283), who makes some general observations on erroneous references of
other spp. to Britain by continental authors.
Lathridius nodifer, Westw, is referred by Thomson (Skand. Col. x. p. 54)
to his genus Coninomus, and L. elongatus, Curt, to his Cartodere (I. c. p. 55).
BETHE (S. E. Z. xxxi. p. 328) notes the extension of Lathridius nodifer,
Westw, to Stettin in 1869.
Corticaria fulva, Mann. ?,=hirtella, Thorns.: Thorns. /. e. p. 59.
CoHicaria baicalica, Maim.,=rubripes, Mann. : Solsky, Hor. Ent. Ross.
vii. p. 352.
BAUDI (B. E. Z. xiv. p. 61) describes, under the name cypria, a var, of
CoHicaria fulva, Com.
Bevelieria, g. n., Perris, L'Ab. vii. p. 12. Comes between Dasycerus, of
which it has the convex form, and Lathridius, to which it is most nearly
allied (no diagnostic characters given). Sp. R. spectabilis, ep. n, Perris, ibid.,
Corsica.
Entoxylon, g. n, Ancey, L'Ab. vii. (1870) p. 84. Allied to Mycetcea, but
with its antennae not clavate, and no prothoracic longitudinal impression.
Sp. E. abeillei, sp. n, Ancey, Nouv. et faits div. p. viii (Oct. 1869) and L'Ab.
vii. p. 85, Ste. Baume (Var) [cf. Zool. Rec. vi. p. 238],
New species :—
Langelandia exigua, Perris, I. c. p, 9, and L. incostata, Perris, /, c. p. 11,
Corsica.