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Hope (Ann. Nat. Hist, xi, p. 304) gives Hydrous ntfo-femoratws rind 

 distinct us, as new species from Guinea. 



Sturm (Catal. p. 330, pi. i, fig. 7) lias figured an Hyflropliilus, found by 

 Herr Richl., near Cassel, as a new species, Hyd. substriatiis ; but to all 

 appearance it is only a monstrosity of //. caraboides. 



Manncrlieim (Bull. Mosc. p. 2GO) has described two new species of Ccr- 

 cyon, C. limbatiim, and C. adumbration, both from Sitka. 



LAMELLICORNIA. Coprophagi : Ateuckus prodiyiosus, Gymnopleurns mmis, 

 and sericatus, Ericlis. (1. c.) are new species from Angola. 



Three Mexican species of Phaiifens have been figured by Sturm (Catal.) : 

 Ph. Pegasus (tab. ii, fig. S, 9) ; Ph. pallia-tus (tab. ii, fig. 1, 2) ; and P. hcm- 

 pennis (tab. ii, fig. 3, 4). According to Chevrolat (Rev. Zool. 1844, p. 198) 

 the first is identical with Ph. Damon, the second (as a var.) ? with Ph- 

 Neptunus, and the third with Ph. Edppws, of Dejeau's Catalogue ; the last, 

 in many collections under the name of Ph. CMS/OS, Kl., which has been can- 

 celled in the Berlin collection since Say (Bost. Jouru. 1835) has described 

 this species as Copris quadridens. Onthophagm has received two new Syrian 

 species from Redtenbacher (Russ. Reis. i, p. 985), 0. centromaadatus, and 

 aleppensis, the latter of which, however, is Sc. iiemceus, 01. Erichson (1. c.) 

 has described, from Angola, 0. prasinus, plancus, venustulus, stellio, vinctus ; 

 the third is indigenous also in Egypt and in Senegal, whilst the last has 

 since been sent also from Christmas-Bay. 



New species of Apliodlus are, 4. parallelus, Mulsaut (Ann. de la Soc. 

 Roy. d'Agric., &c. de Lyon, vi, p. 277), found in France, near Nismes, resem- 

 bling A. plagiatus, but smaller, entirely black ; distinguished from every 

 other species by the extremely fine, confluent punctures, visible only under a 

 high magnifying power ; Aph. suturalis, Redtenbacher, (Russegg. Reis. i, 

 p. 9SG), from Syria; Apli. flayrans, tiirbidus, Ericlis. (I.e.), from Angola; 

 Oxyomus cadaverinus, Esch., Manner. (Bull. Mosc. p. 261), from California. 



GEOTRUPIDES. King has read a paper on the genera Allu/reus, and Bol- 

 boceras, at the Acad. der Wissensch. at Berlin. (Bericht, iiber die Vcrhandl. 

 p. 228.) These two genera, which are distinguished from each other 

 chiefly by the insertion of the middle legs, agree with each other in having 

 two teeth to the inner blade of the maxilla 5 , the superior of which is cleft, 

 and the inferior simple. Under the name Odontaus, 0. mobilicornis, E., 

 and O.filicornis, Say (both with a moveable cephalic horn), are removed from 

 Bolboceras, in consequence of the upper tooth of the maxilla being simple 

 in them. On the other hand, Elephastomus, as had been proposed by the 

 Reporter, is united with Bolboceras. 



Mulsant (Ann. de la Soc. Roy. d'Agric. de Lyoii, xv, p. 280) has described 

 two species of this group, from Algeria, Bolboceras fissicornis, and Geotrttpes 

 dcnfifrons ; neither, however, is new, the former being B. BoccJn/s, Ericlis., 



