KEMAKKS ON BEDEl's " COLEOPTERES DU BASSIX DE LA SEINE." 81 



Vz. = war<iinata, Hoppe. iX simpler, F., has the old name of Imearis, 

 Hoppe, restored. D.serieea, Li. = riolo(ra, Hoppe. Since many, if not 

 all, of these alterations will probably appear in the next European 

 catalogue, it is as well that we should be made acquainted with them. 

 This continual change of names is nevertheless much to be deplored. 



LcDio, F., becomes Ulcvia, Des Gozis [noiv. unit.), L. cyanella, L.= 

 /iinirticollu, Curt. L. lichensis,\oet. = cyau('Ua, L., both the old names 

 being restored. L. ftejitentn'oniti, Weise, and cn'rsnni, Suffr., are clearly 

 separated thus : — 



Thorax black, elytra blue, elongate, with strial punctuation relatively large 



and deep L. t^eptejitrioniit, Weise. 



Thoi-ax and elytra blue, less elongate, with the strial punctuation less large 



and deep 7,. ericsoni, Suffr. 



England is mentioned in error as the locality for xeptentrionis. The 

 species has hitherto only been found in Ireland, en'c.simi being confined 

 to the south of England. 



Lahidostoiiis and Cbjthra become subgenera of Mdolout/ia, Miill., 

 as also does the recently added Gijnanihoiiwypha {Ci/anin's, Redt.) 

 o //ill is, Hellw., an undesirable change. Criiptocephalus primarius, Har. 

 {lUT Ij-dich) = (lecevwiaciilatus, Geoff. The var. sanriuinolentus, Scop. 

 [liiu'iila, F.) of hipiinctatiis, L., seems not to occur in the Seine basin, and 

 is probably a distinct species. C. orlirostoma, Har. and pitncti(/er, Pk., do 

 not appear to be taken in the Seine basin. C. bothnicns, L., is considered 

 the type form of deceiiunacidatus, L., and the latter, the var. exiijHus 

 Suffr. (;/('(• Schneid), has the old name of Wasastjernai , Gyll., restored. 



Lamprosoiiia, Kirby, becomes ( hmiorplms. Curt. Tiiiiarclia violacea- 

 -iiipia, De G. = (ioettin(j('nsis, L. ('Jirijsonnia nric/ialcia, Weise {nee 

 MiWl.) = biil(ioriieusis, Scbrank. C. iiorttiuf/i'usis, 1j. — dire rsi/jes, Bedel, 

 Linne's insect being a Tiiiiarrho. ^lelasmiia aeneinii, Ij. = M. hueiiwr- 

 rlioidalf, L. The green var. is said to be more common than the type 

 form (black or violet). P/n/todecta pallida, L., is wanting in the Seine 

 basin. Phacdon tinirididus. Germ., is inserted upon a single specimen, 

 and appears to be a mountain species in France. /'. aniioraciae, L. 

 (brtiilaf, auct.), is renamed reronicae. Bedel. Pln/llndirta rarifrons, Th. 

 = latirtdlis, SuftV. /'. Jiannorrrana, F., does not occur in the Seine 

 basin. 



ywfj>('/H.s, Geoff"., becomes L^jj^/vf.s, Miill. L.nigrofasciatu^, Goeze = 

 circiiiirfiisns, Marsh, the old name restored {iwjrofaaciatus, Goeze,he\ng 

 a T/u/aiiiis). (ralrnicella saf/ittariae, Gyll., is reduced to a var. of 

 nijiiipliac, L. Adiwonia, Laich, becomes Galeruca, Miill., and a 

 suggestion is made that the larvae recorded by H. W. Kew {Ent. Mo. 

 Ma;/., xxiii., 107) as feeding on Scabiosa succisa msbj have been those of 

 poiiKinac, Scop. This is surely an error, as this insect has never been 

 regarded as British. A. ocZrt^f/iiVrt, Boh., appears to be Q^vax.oiinU'rriipta, 

 01., but I am not quite sure that this is what M. Bedel means. 



We come now to the difficult genus Thyamis, and I must again 

 remind the reader of the exceptional advantages M. Bedel has had in 

 having access to so many original types. The old generic name of 

 T/n/amis is restored. T. eehii, Koch, is said in error to be British. T.pulex, 

 Fond.— .nbliterata, Ros., and atra, F.=parrHla, Pk., both old names 

 restored. 2'. rtis/»f/(//,Kuts., is not mentioned. T. casta iica,Dnit.=brmmea, 

 Duft., lurida, Scop., and the brunnea of the catalogue being but one 

 species. T.fuscnla, Kuts., is not mentioned, but it is probably only a 



