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Genus PHILYDRUS. (Solier.) 

 Philydrus lividus. (Forster.) 



Luridus, ellipticus, subtilissime punctatus ; thorace 

 nigricante subnebuloso ; elytris lineis nigricantibus valde 

 indistinctis. 



Lurid, shining, elliptical, extremely minutely punc- 

 tured. Head with a black band along the hind border. 

 Thorax slightly clouded with blackish. Elytra with 

 regular but very minute and indistinct blackish lines. 

 Length of the body, 2| lines. 



There is no perceptible difference between this species 

 and the European specimens of Pkilydrus lividus. 



Fam. HISTERID.E. (Leach.) Genus SAPRINUS. 



(Erichson.) 



Saprinus consimilis. N. S. 



Ater, glaberrima; capite, thoracis lateribus, elytrisque 

 postice subtilissime punctatis; elytris striis octo sub- 

 obliquis subtilissimis postice abbreviatis, abdomine sub- 

 tilissime punctate. 



Deep black, very smooth and shining. Head, sides 

 of the thorax, and elytra, excepting the fore disk, less 

 shining, and very minutely punctured. Each elytron 

 with four slightly oblique, finely impressed lines, which 

 extend from the base to a little beyond the middle. 

 Abdomen very finely and minutely punctured, extend- 

 ing very much beyond the elytra. Length of the body, 

 2| lines. 



Nearly allied to S. assimilis, but the body is rather 

 narrower, and the borders of the elytra are less rounded. 



