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hrunnipes, Bris., and which M. Brisout lias returned to me as not that 

 species, hut another, allied to and distinct from his P. scriepunctatus. 

 At the same time, M. Brisout has corroborated as true hninnipes, 

 another insect (from Mr. G. E. Waterhouses's collection, taken, I 

 believe, by Mr, Brewer) sent to him by me. 



I have not seen P. seriepiuictatus, but, from the description (in 

 Gren. Cat. et Mat., &c., 11^63, p. -li), my insect would seem to be' 

 considerably smaller and rather less convex, of a shorter oval form, 

 with rather darker legs and antennae, and the elytra not exhibiting the 

 appearance of being covered with closely packed rows of punctui^es. 



From the insect returned to me as his hrunnipes by M. Brisout, 

 my species differs in being smaller, less convex (the thorax especially) , 

 of a rather shorter oval outline, and with the punctures of the striae 

 much more delicate and of the interstices almost entirely obsolete. 



The very convex shape and short oval form, short and broadly 

 clubbed antennae and distinctly punctate-striate elytra of P. suh- 

 sfriritus at once remove that insect fi'om all of these species. P. 

 Briso^ifi seems most nearly allied to corruscns, from which it differs 

 in its average much smaller size (I have, however, an example of 

 corruscns scarcely 1 line in length), its rather lighter colored fore legs, 

 tarsi and antennae, the club of which is rather broader and not so 

 long, the apical joint being conspicuously broader and shorter, and 

 not so acuminate, but slightly flexuous on the inner side towards the 

 apex, and in its elytra being more obtusely rounded behind, and more 

 evidently punctate-striate, with the interstitial punctures much less 

 numerous. Its extremely delicate punctnation renders accurate defi- 

 nition very dilficult : in certain lights there is, under a high power, 

 a tendency to very minute and faint transverse rugulosity ; in others, 

 the unpunctured portions near the striae catch the eye and cause the 

 elytra to appear to possess narrow, smooth, and somewhat elevated 

 lon'fitudinal markings. 



Crtptophagus puxctipexxis, Ch. Brisout. 



M. Brisout informs me that the specimens mentioned by me in 

 Ent. Ann., 1872, p. 69, are certainly to be referred to this species : 

 the character, therefore, of its smaller size, as compared -viiih. pilosus^ 

 that has been attributed to it, is no longer reliable, as one of my ex- 

 amples, corroborated by M. Brisout, is as large as (if not larger than) 

 my largest pilosus. 



Atomabia badia, Er. 



The individual taken at Esher by Dr. Power, and provisionally re- 

 ferred by me as above (Ent. Ann., 1872, p. 70), is considered by M. 

 Brisoiit to be Erichson's A. hadia. 



