64 COLEOPTERA. 



Triclwpteryx Saxonica, Gillm. in Sturm's Deutschl. 

 Fauna, Ins. xvii. 81, 4, T. 7, f. 4 (1845). 

 One pair taken by the Rev. A. Matthews, near Gumley, 

 Leicestershire, in June. 



10. Ptinella limbata, Heer ; Rev. A. Matthews, Zool. 



7064 (1860). 

 Tricliopferyx Umhafa, Heer, Faun. Col. Helv. i. 376, 8 



(1841) ; Gillmeister in Sturm's Deutschl. Fauna, Ins. 



xvii. 59, 1,T. 5, f. 1 (1845). 

 Tricliopferyx testacea, Heer, Faun. Col. Helv. i. 376, 9 



(1841). 

 Piillum testaceum^ Eric. Naturg. d. Ins, Deutschl. iii. 



31, 12 (1845). 

 Found by the Revs. A. and H. Matthews in the Midland 

 Counties, and by myself in Surrey (Fig. 6). 



11. Ptinella aptera, Gillm.; Rev. A. Matthews, Zool. 



7064 (1860). 

 Ptilium apterum, Guerin, Revue Zool. 90 (1839), 69 

 (1844) ; Eric. Naturg. d. Ins. Deutschl. iii. 32, 13 

 (May, 1845). 

 TricJioj)teryx aptera^ Gillm. in Sturm's Deutschl. 

 Fauna, Ins. xvii. 63, 4, T. 5, f. 4 (August, 1845). 

 Discovered by the Revs. A. and H. Matthews in the Mid- 

 land Counties. 



It may not, perhaps, be deemed irrelevant here to call 

 attention to the important discovery by Mr. Matthews of 

 well-developed eyes in the present and other species of this 

 genus hitherto regarded as destitute of vision, and to tran- 

 scribe from the pages of the "Zoologist" that gentleman's 

 remarks on the subject. 



" It always appeared to me somewhat incomprehensible 

 how an animal, unendued with sight, could not only move 

 with such surprising rapidity in any purposed direction, but 



