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COLEOPTERA. 



BY E. W. JANSON. 



In order to obtain a clear starting-point, it has been neces- 

 sary to notice here all the ~New British Beetles recorded 

 since the last standard work on the subject; and the number 

 of species being so great, and the space accorded to me 

 so limited, these notices have necessarily been as brief as 

 possible. 



At the close however of another season, I hope that the 

 space will allow of my giving detailed notices of all the 

 new species occurring in 1855, with descriptions, if possible, 

 so as to make this portion of the work more interesting to 

 the young student. 



Taking Mr. Stephens's Manual of British Beetles, pub- 

 lished in 1839, and which, however great its imperfections, 

 is the most complete descriptive catalogue of the order which 

 we possess, as my starting-point, I have endeavoured to col- 

 lect and arrange the species, which have been since given as 

 indigenous to Great Britain. 



To this end I carefully scanned the pages of the Ento- 

 mologist and of the Zoologist, and extracted from the nu- 

 merous lists and notices of captures all the specific names 

 unenumerated by Mr. Stephens. This accomplished, I sought 

 to divide the formidable array of names thus obtained into 

 two distinct categories: firstly, those which represented species 

 not contained in the Manual, and secondly, those which were 



