ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION. XIU 



At the time of my review of the Acanthocinini there was but the 

 typical specimen known, a S . 8ince, others have been abundantly 

 obtained by Mr. G. Noble, of Savannah, and the presence of an ovi- 

 positor in the 9 shows that it must he referred to the group Acan- 

 thocini and placed after Acanthocinus, from which it may be sepa- 

 rated in the table by the antennjie not fimbriate and the lateral 

 tubercle of the thorax close to the base. The species must be known 

 as Nyssodrys Haldemani. 



Malacopterus lineatus Guer., with the species M. vlttatm Lee, is 

 identical. 



Tetraopes rubrocinereus Thorns., is identical with T. discoideus Lee. 



The following synonymy was given me by Mr. F. Blanchard from 

 Mr. A. Fauvel : 



Stenus atomarim Casey, is pumilio Er. 

 mavimops Casey, is humilis Er. 

 suhgriseus Casey, is morio Grav. 

 reconditus Casey, is tarsalis Ljimgh. 



The following additional notes have been made from an examina- 

 tion of specimens in the cabinet of Dr. LeConte : 



Bembidium stabile Lee. This species is exactly identical with 

 lugubre Lee. 



B. nitens Lee. (pidpes X Mann.) does not differ from Grapii Gyll. 



B. plctum Lee. This name being preoccupied, flavopictum 3Iofs. 

 must be used. 



Pterostichus (Poecilus) cyaneus iee. This name is also preoccu- 

 pied, and Chaudoir has proposed cyanicolor, Abeille, 1875, p. 84. 



Gyrinus gibber Lee. This specimen is simply a deformity of 

 analis. By an accident this species is erroneously placed in the 

 synopsis by Dr. LeConte, and should have come after analis, as will 

 be seen by the letter b, the mesosternum being not at all trilobed in 

 front as in pectoralis {vide Proc Acad. 1868, p. 370). 



Elmis vulnercdus Lee, is merely a color variety of glaber Horn. 



Pristoscelis cruralis Lee., should be i^eferred to Listrus. 



Platycerus Agassii Lee. The type specimen is a female, and the 

 species described as P. ealifornieus Casey, is perfectly identical. 



Leptura spuria Jjee. This is positively the % of Acmaeops mili- 

 taris Lee. In this species the first joint of the % hind tarsus is not 

 densely pubescent beneath. 



Leptura quadrata Ijee. This species is a color variety of eonvcva, 

 itself a race of instabiHs. L. quadrata has pale antennae and legs, 



