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Acinopus megacephalus, Alexia pilosa, and several others are 

 found. Here I captured single specimens of Pristomjchus mauri- 

 tanicus, also new to Europe, Pseudotrechus mutilatus, Ros., a new 

 Acalles, and a very small specimen of Platyderus gregarius; and 

 also among a colony of Atta capitata, 10 Merophysia carinulata, 

 GO Cholovoceraformiceticola, 250 Ooclirotiis unicolor, and in another 

 of CEcojjhthora paUidula, 2 Scydmcemis hospes, Saulcy, n. sp. 



Beyond the aqueduct opened out the before-mentioned thickly 

 wooded mountain valley, towards which I turned my steps with 

 great preference and very frequentlj^ As well as the ancient 

 cork trees, there was here a rich vegetation of several species of 

 broom, Erica arborea, and similar copsewood plants ; while the 

 thick carpet of moss and leaves which covered the ground of the 

 thicket invited the use of the sieve. On beating the bushes, 

 especially the Ericas in blossom, standing as high as a man, 

 were found in great numbers Attains idlcis ; somewhat rarer in 

 collections, and less widely spread, Cryptocephalus lineellus, Suffr., 

 Stro2)hosomus sagitta, Seidl., n. sp., and a second new species of 

 this genus ; also some MeligetJies, Colaspidea nitlda, a Philorinum, 

 and single Sospita tigrina, L. More productive still were the 

 siftings of fallen leaves. There were found a new Catops, 

 Styphlus unguicidaris in surprising varieties, Trichonyx brevi- 

 pennis, Saulcy, n. sp., Bythiniis ibericus, Saulcy, n. sp., more rarely 

 Bythinus periinsularis, n. sp., Scydmcsnus lielferi var., and single 

 specimens of the beautiful Pselaphus algesirantis, Saulcy, n. sp., 

 Faronus hispanus, Saulcy, n. sp., and Trechus dieckei, Putzeys, 

 n. sp., recognised by four yellow spots. Under stones were found 

 separately a still doubtful Haptoderiis, Orthoimis hispanicus, and 

 0. rectangidus, Fairm. (new to Europe), Platyderus vuillefroyi, 

 m. n. sp., a very beautiful variety of P. dilatatus, and especially 

 P. ruficollis (var. algesiranus, m.), Amara fervida, Coq., Asida 

 luctuosa, Ros., and Cathormiocerus curvipes, Woll. 



With the exception of Helops coriaceus, Adelocera carbonaria, 

 and some Cardiophori, there was little to be found on the old 

 corks ; but under some dead ones I found a yet living specimen 

 of Calosoma sycophanta, which was not then known from 

 Andalusia; and in a tree-stump inhabited by wasps, an excep- 

 tionally large and dull specimen of AmorphoceplialiLS coronatiis, 

 which, perhaps, with more material for comparison, would have 

 been placed as specifically different ; but unfortunately I could 



