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Corficaria mginata Mann. This is a near ally of C. serrafa Payk., 

 belonp^ino-, lilce that species, lo the group of small insects without 

 distinct temples hehind the eyes. It may be separated from serrata 

 thus : — 



Thorax transverse, somewhat heart-shaped, broadest before middle, with 



tooth-like projecting hind angles C. serrata Payk. 



Thorax mnch broader than long, not heart-shaped, transverse-oval, hind 

 angles very obtiise, almost rounded C. saginata Mann. 



Two specimens taken in a dwelling house at Merton, Surrey, in 

 May, 1884, were referred to this species by Capt. Deville, with a slight 

 doubt. 



Dasyte^ flainpes 01., ab. nigripe^ Schilsky. Differs from the type 

 form in having the legs entirely black. Several specimens were taken 

 by Mr. Toiulin in the Scilly Islands, in 1913. 



Septemher 2)id, 1915. 



NOTE ON THE TAXONOMY OF THE HISTERIDAE. 



BY GKOEGE LEWIS, F.L.S. 



In the " Entomologische Blatter " of 1914, X, p. 306, Bickhardt 

 has given a synopsis of a new systematic arrangement 

 of genera which in my opinion is not one likely to be 

 adopted by Entomologists generally. He places 

 OnihopMlus early in the series close to Try porta ens, 

 and then follows Saprinus. Acritns inimdus Herbst 

 has a more prominent position in the classification 

 than Hister muximus Oliv. Phoxonofns (fig. 1) is 

 associated with Bendropliihis (fig. 2), notwithstanding the very different 

 structure of the sterna, as the outlines here given 

 show, and the superstructure is, of course, based on 

 the fi-amework beneath ; there cannot be any close 

 aiiiuity between the two genera. Margarinofvp is 

 interposed between Hister and Epighjptus. I only 

 refer to some of the more conspicuous innovations. 

 Herr Bickhardt's original paper is advertised to 

 appear in June, 1914, in Wytsmau's *' Genera Insectorum," but the 

 publication is not as yet forthcoming. 



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