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the form of the maxillrc, arid the indistinct paraglossoe. The (new) 

 species "of this genus, T. dispar, from Syria, belongs to a series of species 

 allied to Alt. obtusus, Dej. ; which at first sight appear to constitute a pecu- 

 liar form, characterized by their compact build, the ciliated border of the 

 body, the strongly spiued tibiae, and short tarsi ; but a more careful compa- 

 rison with various true Attageni shows that a gradual transition to this form 

 exists, considerable differences occurring, among the different species, in the 

 oral organs, and in the length of the palpi and of the blade of the maxilla 1 . 

 All these differences, however, are only relative. Free paraglossa; also are 

 not found in other Attageni ; I am consequently of opinion that the genus 

 Telopes should be united with Atlagenus. 



Dermestes liqnnits, and falphms, Esch., and Antlirenus apicalis, M., from 

 California, arc enumerated as new species by Mannerheim. (Bull. Mosc. 

 p. 257.) The second, which is adduced byDejean as a variety of D. catta, 

 Pauz., is a distinct species; on the other hand, I regard the first as 

 identical with the Dermestes, which commerce has distributed throughout 

 the globe, and this, not the species indigenous with us, is the true D. 

 vulpinus, F. 



Reiche (Aim. de la Soc. Eut. de Er. 2, ser. i, p. 28) has endeavoured to 

 rectify the somewhat intricate synonymy of the European species of An- 

 threnus, but, as it appears me, not successfully. I shall, in a short time, 

 attempt in the German Fauna to rectify this ; I cannot, however, avoid 

 being surprised that, in reference to A. ylalratus, the author adds the 

 query, "An. scrophularite, var. ?" since this species cannot be included in 

 Antlirenus, but constitutes a distinct genus, which I am about to charac- 

 terize under the name of Orphiltts. 



MACKODACTYLI. Guerin (Rev. Zool. p. IS) has added two new species 

 to PotamopJiiltts, collected by Goudot in New Granada : P. Goitdotii, and Cor- 

 dillera. They occurred together on stones in the middle of the river Chipalo, 

 immediately above the edge of the water, so that they were continually wetted 

 by the ripple. 



Monographic du genre Geort/ss us, ~Ls.tr., par Viet. Motschoulski. (Bull. Mosc. 

 p. 644.) Eleven species in all are enumerated, of which the author disco- 

 vered, G. major, on the bank of the Kur ; G. integrostnatus, trifossitlattis, on 

 the banks of the Alasau, in Georgia ; G. tenvepunctatus, in the Caucasus ; 

 G. spinicollis, in the steppes of the Caucasus ; G. mutilutus, by the Irtisch ; 

 and G. bisnleatus, in Livonia. 



HYDROPHILID^E. Erichson (Arch, i, p. 229) has instituted a new e;enus, 

 Amphiops, wliich is distinguished by having two eyes above and two below, 

 like Gyrinus ; it includes Uydroph. gibbus, 111., and A. glob us, and litcidiis, 

 Erichs., from Angola. New species, id. (ib.) are, llydrophiltts angalewis, 

 Uyd robins dilntits, Berosiis atspidattts, Globaria si/b(Ciiea. 



