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COLEOPTERA. 



Notes on British Geodephaga, with Descriptions 

 of Four New Species (Supplementary to the 

 Geodephaga Britannica). 



By J. F. Dawson, LL.B. 



Among the captures of the year 1856, that of Lebia crux- 

 minor for the first time in comparative numbers in this 

 country will be recognized as an important and interesting- 

 fact. I have also the pleasure of recording four additional 

 species of British Carabidce, which, though resting at pre- 

 sent on a limited number of representatives, are all insects 

 which we should naturally expect to find in England, being 

 very well known in France, &c. 



Two others have also been captured, but their claim to be 

 admitted among our indigenous species must, to say the 

 least, be looked upon at present with suspicion. Cldcenius 

 Maillei has already been exhibited at one of the meetings of 

 the Entomological Society. It was captured near Gurnard's 

 Bay in the Isle of Wight, but as it is a native of the Morea, 

 and is not found in any country between that and England, 

 had most probably (like many other species from various 

 quarters of the world) been accidentally imported. Vessels 

 coming up through the Needles must necessarily pass very 

 near the shore, not far from which the specimen in question 

 was found, as the channel in that part is very narrow. The 

 fact of its having been taken from under moss (if that account 



