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Chateauroux," Indre ; it is not uncommon in similar situations in the 

 well-known Foret de Fontainebleau. 



Bradycellm sharpi Joy. — Seems to be widely distributed in northern 

 and western France. I took it at Yport, Seine-Tnferieure, and in the 

 " Foret de Boulogne " ; M. Degors has sent me specimens from 

 Bouquelon, Eure ; and I have also seen it from the following localities : 

 Marly, Seine-et-Oise (O/i. Brisouf) ; L'Home, Orne {Bedel); several 

 Socalities in the neighbourhood of Nantes {Ed, de Vlsle). — A very 

 distinct species, 



Olophi'um nicholsoni Donisth. — The French specimens of fuse urn 

 Grav., which I recorded twelve years ago from the vicinity of Soissons 

 (* Faune du Bassin de la Seine,' ii. p. 44) are really O. nicholsoni. I 

 have no French record of the true Jii sen i/i. 



Bledius secerdendus Joy {? subiiiffer 0. Schneid.). — I have taken 

 exclusively typical specimens of secerdendus in Western Brittany, 

 especially near Roscoff and Begmeil, Finistere. But amongst numerous 

 series from Northern Germany, Belgium, and Northern France, I am 

 unable to separate it satisfactorily from arenai-ius, the two insects 

 occurring together with intermediate forms ; the characters given seem 

 to vary by degrees and to become insensibly evanescent. On the coast 

 near Le Croisic, Loire- Inferieure, I was surprised to find again unmixed 

 and very typical arenarius. At St.-Gilles-sur-Vie, Vendee, the species 

 is absent and replaced by its allied B. tristis Aube. 



Gabeius Steph. — I have worked specially on this genus, according to 

 the directions given l)y Dr. Sharp and Dr. Joy, and have succeeded 

 in finding in France seven of the eight species mentioned by the British 

 authors (incl. nigritulus Grav. and frossultis Nordm.) ; only G. hishopi 

 has hitherto escaped me. 



G. trossulus Nordm. seems to occur specially on peaty ground; 

 I have taken it at Pontarlier, in several localities in the Dept. Aisne, and 

 in the extensive marshes south from Etaples, Pas-de-Calais. 



G. nicfritulus (sensu Sharp). — Extremely common everywhere in 

 France. 



G. stipes Sharp. — Ambleteuse, Pas-de-Calais ; a single J • 



G. velox Sharp ( —primigenius Joy). — Not very rare, especially in 

 flood refuse; taken at Gudmont, Haute-Marne, at Toul, Meurthe-et- 

 Moselle and near Folembray, Aisne. I have received it from the Island 

 of Sylt, Northern Germany. * 



G. pennatus Sharp. — Generally distributed and rather abundant 

 throughout France, chiefl\^ on sandy banks of rivers and in flood refuse. 



