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MELiaETHEs iNCANus, Sturm. 



This insect is of the size of ordinary M. ovatux : it is of exactly oval outline, 

 dull, closely and finely punctured, and clothed with very evident, depressed, grey 

 hairs. One specimen taken by Mr. Gr. R. Waterhouse in Darenth Wood, on 

 Echitim vuljare (Ent. Mo. Mag., viii, 268). 



M. onauriis, Sturm. 



This species must be erased from our lists, all the supposed British exponents 

 of it being identical with M. ovatus, Sturm. (Ent. Mo. Mag., viii, 267). 



3f. pahnatus, Er. 



This species, according to M. Brisout, is the male of M. obxcurus, Er. Mr. Rye 

 adopts this synonymy : some authoi'ities consider M. pahnatus to be identical with 

 M. distinctus, Sturm, a species not recognised at all by M. Brisout. 



Meligethes pictus, Eye. 



This species is conspicuous in having each elytron ornamented on the disc with 

 a more or less sharply defined red spot ; its form, the serration of the tibiae, and its 

 long legs, also serve to distinguish it : according to M. Brisout, it is identical with 

 M. mutabilis, Rosenhauer, which is considered a variety of 31. brevis, Sturm. (Ent. 

 Mo. Mag., viii, 74, 269). 



TEOGOSITID^. 



Troqosita maurifanica, L. 



This species must be referred to Tenelrioides, Filler, and not to Trogosila, 

 Olivier. 



CUCUJID^. 



Cathaktfs adtena, Wnlfl. 



This species has been omitted from the British list, as being only an importation ; 

 it has, however, been taken under circumstances that would seem to show that it has 

 become thoroughly naturalized, and that it has a better claim to be admitted than 

 many other species. 



CRTPTOPHAGID^. 



Cryptophagus pilosus, v. punctipennis, Bris. 



This variety, which has been considered a good species by some authorities, 

 differs from the type in having more oval elytra, of which the pubescence is longer, 

 and the punctuation coarser and not so close, especially at the base. Taken in the 

 Cambridge fens, and on the Braid Hills, Edinburgh, in each case from a straw shed 

 (Ent. Mo. Mag., viii, 158). 



Cetptophagus subfumatus, Kr. 



This species resembles C. validtis, Kr., being nearly as large, but narrower, 

 especially in the thorax, of which the anterior callosities are more distinctly promi- 

 nent. One specimen taken in the Londt)n district (Ent. Mo. Mag., xii, 178). 



