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Occurrence of Anthicus himaculatus at Southport. — A single example of this 

 rare species was taken by my friend Mr. Broadhurst on the Sandhills, about a mile 

 beyond the New Hotel at Southport, Lancashire, in the early part of June, last 

 year, and kindly presented by him to me. — T. Mokley, 29, John Street, Pendleton, 

 Manchester, 21st Janua/ry, 1868. 



Occurrence in Britain of Agabus SoUeri, Auhe. — I have foiuid among my Scotch 

 Agahi a single specimen undoubtedly belonging to this species. It is very closely 

 allied to A. bipustulatus, but the characters pointed out by Schaum suffice readily 

 to distinguish it. In A, hipustulatus the sides of the thorax are gradually broader 

 from the apex to the base, and the base on each side is sUghtly excavate, so that 

 the posterior angles are prominent and acute, whereas in A. SoUeri the sides of the 

 thorax are rounded, and the base straight, so that the posterior angles are obtuse ; 

 my specimen (a female ; so that I am unable to speak as to the form of the claws in 

 the male, which Schaum says differ from those of A. hvpustulatits) was taken by me 

 in Invemesshu'e, high up on Mamsoul, in company with A. arcticus and A. congener, 

 and a species of Hydro^oorus new to ua (the H. brevis of Mr. Ci'otch's Catalogue). 

 I can find no other example of A. SoUeri among my bipustulatus from Rannoch 

 and other parts of Scotland j and, though some of these are even smaller than 

 A. SoUeri, they present no approach to it in the form of the thorax. Specimens of 

 this insect from Scotland were described by M. Reiche as A. semuaUs ; but hitherto 

 I believe British entomologists have been unable to make out the insect. The 

 Patrobus Napoleonis and Ocypus Saulcyi of the same author are still enigmas to us, 

 in a similar way. Can no Scotch entomologist find them for us ? — D. Sharp, M.B., 

 Bellevue, Thornhill, Dumfries, February 8th, 1868. 



Descriptions of Patrobus Napoleonis, Reiche, and Ocypus Saulcyi, Reiche. — The 

 above note of Dr. Sharp's suggests to me that it might possibly be of help to 

 Scotch Coleopterists if they had before them descriptions of the two enigmas to 

 which he refers. I accordingly add the following translation of M. Reiche's 

 original descriptions, published ( in the French ' Annales ' for 1857, Bull, 

 viii. and ix.) in an account of the new species taken during the expedition in 

 1856 to the Ai'ctic seas under the direction of Prince Napoleon (synchronous with 

 Dr. Staudinger's visit to Iceland). 



(1) Patrobus Napoleonis. Long. 8 — 9, lat. 3 — 8^ mill. — Wingless, pitchy, 

 lighter beneath, with the mouth, antennae and legs reddish-ferruginous. The head 

 rotundate, longitudinally punctate-sulcate on each side towards the eyes. The 

 thorax rather wider than the head, transverse, rounded at the sides, but little 

 narrowed behind, with acute angles, channelled, and with a fovea on each side. 

 The elytra ovate, widest in the middle, and sub-acuminate at the apex. 



Hab. Thorshaven, Island Feroe. 



(5) Ocypus Saulcyi. Long. 13 — 15, lat. 3 — 3§ mill. — Rather flattened, dull 

 black, pubescent. The head and thorax rather brassy, shining ; the third joint of 

 the antennae longer by more than half its length than the second. The palpi brown ; 

 with the last joint of the labial palpi hatchet-shaped. The mandibles black, sickle- 

 ehaped, toothless {i.e., on the middle of the inner side), the head wider than the 



