818 0?) Aquatic Camivornus Coleoptera or DytiscidcB. 



brillant. Poitrine et abdomen a ponctuation fine et inegale. Les tibias post^rieurs terminus par un 

 longue epine rougeatre, ainsi que rextremite des poils que fonnent la frange des tarses natatoiies de la 

 meme paire." 



This insect, described from an unique female in the collection of Crotch at Cambridge, api^ears to be 

 unknown to me. — D. S. 



1468. Hyphydrus maculatus, Bab., Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond., IIT, p. 12. South America. 



" Ovatus, brevis, gibbus, fuscus, capite, thoracis lateribus elytrorumque maculis testaceis, subtus fuscus 

 • antennis testaceis, pedibus fuscis. L. 2, lat. \\ Hn." 



" Short, ovate, gibbous, the whole upper siirface coarsely punctate. Head testaceous ; in one specimen 

 fuscous. Antenniv testaceous. Thorax transvei-se, similar to H. ovatus, fuscous. Elytra ovate, much 

 dilated near the middle, the apex rounded, fuscous, except a bilobed spot at the base ; the hiimeral 

 angle, the anterior half of the lateral mai-gin, a longitudinal abbreviated Une near the centre of the suture, 

 one on the middle of the disk connected ^vdth a triangular transverse spot on the margin, and two small 

 triangular spots connected with this last, and with each other within the apex, which are testaceous. 

 Body beneath fuscous, coarsely punctured, very gibbous. Legs fuscous." 



" This pretty little insect was obtained at St. Jago." 



The specimen of this species in the collection of the British Museum, appears to be a species unknown 

 to me, belonging to the genus Hyphydnis ; as, however, the other species of Hyphydrus are confined to 

 the Old World, I suspect there is some error in the locality given by Babington.^D. S. 



1469. Hji^dius rufus, Clk., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1863, p. 423. China. 



" Ovatus, brevis, crassus, corpore supra convexiusculo, va]d6 punctato, rufo, nigro-lineato ; capite 

 Bnticfe marginato, punctato, thorace antic6 emarginato, ad latera obliquato (subrotundato) tenue margi- 

 nato, ad basin sinuato, et ad medium lat6 angulato, punctato, rufo ad basin plus minus fusco-adumbrato ; 

 elytris latis, brevibus, dense et fortiter punctatis, sutura et quatuor lineis nigiis, parallelis, aUquando 

 obscuris, interduni post mediiun breviter interruptis ; corpore subtus valde punctato, rufo ; antennis 

 pedibusque ruiis. Long. corp. 2 lin. ; lat. li lin." 



The type of this species in the collection of the British Museum is apparently a species unknown to 

 me, allied to Hydroponis solieri (No. 371) of the genus Hyphoporus. — D. S. 



1470. Ilybius badeni, Wehncke, Berl. Zeit. XV, p. 164. Hamburg. 



" Oblongo-ovatus, convexus, supra piceo-seneus, margine brunneo. Long. 5 lin." 



" Zur gi-uppe~mit bogenfbmiigen vorden-ande der hinterhiifteii, ziemlich breiten, fast dreieckigen seiten- 

 flugeln des metastemums gehbrend und dem L subaeneus am ahulichsten, doch durch eine gewolbtere 

 form und die farbc unterschieden. Die oberseite ist dunkel erzfarben mit deutUchen fensterflecken, der 

 seitem-and des halsschUdes der flUgeldecken sowie die ganze unterseite mit den beinen rothbraun." 

 I doubt whether this be distinct from I. subseneus (No. 783). — D. S. 



1471. Ilybius kiesenwetteri, Wehncke, Bei'l. Ent. Zeit. XVI, p. 136. Germany. 



" Oblongo-ovalis, convexiusculus, ater, elytris guttulis duabus pellucidis. Long. 9 m.m." 



" Dem I. guttiger sehr ahulich und audi von dei-selben faibe, doch ist die gestalt etwas kiirzer und 

 gewblbter." 



" An flf-n hinterfiissen der mannchen ist die aussere Klaue am ende hakig gebogen wie bei 1. ater, 

 wiihrend dieselbe bei I. guttiger (wie bei obscurus) doppelt so breit als die innere mit abregundeter 

 Spitze geformt ist." 



"Bei Harbxirg sehrselten." 



