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THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Hydrophilus, Geoff, co»£.Hydrobius, Leach. 



Lateralis, Ilbxt. 



*Ovalis, Zieg. 2 

 Hydrociiaris, Latr. 



Obtusatus, Say. 

 Berosus, Leach. 



Striatus, Say. 

 Laccobius, Er. 



Agilis, Rand. 



Necrophorus, Fab. 



Marginatus, Fab. 



Pustulatus, Herschel. 



Mortuorum, Fab. 



*Pygmoeus, Kirby.* 



Orbicollis, Say. 



Sayi, Lap. (lunatus 

 Lee.) 



Velutinus, Fab. 



Obscurus, Kirby. 

 Silpha, Linn. 



*Insculptus, Lee. 

 *Digestus, Lee. 

 *Subcupreus, Say. 

 Philhydrus, Sol. 

 *Finibriatus, Mels. 



Ochraceus, Mels. 

 Cinctus, Say. 

 *Bifidus, Lee. 

 Cercyon, Leach. 

 Flavipes, Er. 

 *Praetextatum, Muh. 



*Maculicollis, (Muh). Cryptopleurum, Muh. 



Scydmlenus, Latr. 

 *Fossiger ? Lee. 



Ctenistes, Reich. 



*Piceus, Lee. 

 Bryaxis, Leach. 



^Perforata, Brend. 



*Illinoisensis, Brend 



*Nebulosus, Say. 



Perplexus, Lee. 

 SILPHID^E. 



Surinamensis, Fab. 



Lapponica, Hbst. 



Marginalia, Fab. 



In^oqualis, Fab. 



Peltata, Caiesby. 

 Necrophilus, Latr. 



*Subterraneus, Fab. 

 Catops, Fab. 



Opacus, Say. 



*Terminans, Lee. 



*Parasitus, Lee. 



SCYDMJENID^E. 

 *Capillosulus, Lee. 



Vagans, Lee. 



Anisotoma, 111. 



Obsoleta, Lee. 

 Liodes, Latr. 



Globosa, Lee. 



*Polita, Lee. 



*Dichroa, Lee. 

 Agathidium, III. 



*Oniscoides, Beauv. 



Exiguum, Mels. 



Revolvens, Lee. 



Rasus, Lee. 



*i 



Basalis, Ijec. 



PSELAPHID^E— (Brendel's Synopsis). 



Rubicunda, Aube. Euplectus, Leach. 



Decarthron, Brend. 



*Abnorme, Lee. 

 Batrisus, Aube. 



*Lineaticollis, Aube 



(Jo be continued.) 



*Confluens, Lee. 

 Rhexius, Lee. 

 *Insculptus, Lee. 



MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



Piekis Rap^e, Linn. — In your u Miscellaneous Notes/' of Nov. 15, your 

 correspondent, T. L. Mead of New York, speaks of having captured " a spe- 

 cimen of P. rapo3 on flowers in a salt marsh on the New Jersey side of the 



2 A single specimen taken several years ago on the shore of the Lake, only lately 

 identified. 



8 Dr Le Conte, in his List, has placed N. pygmceus, Kirby, as a synonym of A 7 ", mor- 

 tuorum, Fab., but, as Dr. Horn informs me, now considers them distinct. A fine speci- 

 men of the variety crispetus, Motsch, was taken here by Dr. Mil ward. 



