126 NEW BRITISH COLEOPTERA SINCE 1839. 



having first described the species under the name 



which I have adopted. 



88. Bledius subterraneus, Eric. ; Hardy, Proc. Ber- 



wicksh. Nat. Club, vol. ii. no. vi. p. 286 ; Hardy and 



Bold, Cat. Col. Northumberland and Durham, p. 87 (1851), 



described ; Murray, Cat. Scot. Col., p. 128 (1853). 



89.. Trogophlceus scrobiculatus, Eric. ; Murray, Cat. 

 Scot. Col., p. 129 (1853). 



90. Thinobius longipennis, Heer; Murray, Cat. Scot. 

 Col., p. 129 (1853) ; A. R. Hogan, Zool., p. 4340 (1854). 



91. Arpedium brachypterum, Grav., Eric. ; Hardy 

 and Bold, Cat. Col. Northumberland and Durham, p. 94 

 (1851), described; Murray, Cat. Scot. Col., p. 131 (1853). 



92. Omalium conformatum, Hardy; Hardy and Bold, 

 Cat. Col. Northumberland and Durham, p. 97 (1851), de- 

 scribed; Murray, Cat. Scot. Col, p. 132 (1853). 



93. Omalium mesomelas, Holme, Trans. Ent. Soc. 

 Lond., vol. iii. 128 (1842), described " O. sordidum, var. ? " 



94. Boreaphilus brevicollis, Haliday, Entom., p. 187 

 (1841), described. 



95. Proteinus atomarius, Eric. ; Murray, Cat. Scot. 

 Col., p. 133 (1853) ; A. R. Hogan, Zool., p. 4340 (1854). 



96. Saprinus dimidiatus, F. ; A. R. Hogan, Zool., p. 

 1496 (1854). 



Observation. — This should probably be dimidiatus, 

 Illig., as I find no Saprinus (Hister) dimidiatus in 

 the " Systema Eleutheratorum." 



97. ABRiETis vulneratus (Kug. ?) ; J. F. Stephens, 

 Zool., p. 1996 (1848). 



Observation. — Mr. Stephens has appended no author's 

 name, either to the present insect or to any of those 

 recorded in the same list. I have added, in paren- 

 thesis, and with a mark of doubt, the name of the 

 only writer who, as far as I can ascertain, has de- 



