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appears also not so long in propoition as in the latter species. 

 Those "vtIio doubt the specific value of truncicola must 

 surely have omitted to notice its punctured scutellum. 



Philonthus corvinus, Erichs. Taken by Dr. Power 

 at Merton, also by myself at Mickleham (in fungus) and 

 elsewhere. At once distinguished from ebeninus by its larger 

 size, deep black colour, rounder head, and more elongate 

 joints of the antennae, 



Lathrobium pallidum, Xordm. Found by Mr. H. 

 S. Gorham, near West Wickham. 



Stilicus fragilis, Grav. It is astonishing how com- 

 mon a species sometimes becomes; this hithei-to very rare 

 insect has occurred all over the country, sometimes in pro- 

 fusion. Taken by Mr. Adams, Mr. Janson, Dr. Power, 

 Mr. Brewei' and Mr. E. Smith, also abundantly by my 

 friend Mr. Garneys, in Suffolk. 



Stenus pa lustris, Erichs. Pound in great quantity by 

 Mr. G. R. Crotch, also by Mr. Brewer, in the Fen district. 



Acrognathus maxdibularis, Gyll. Mr. J. Scott has 

 taken a specimen of this rare insect at the original locality, 

 Darenlh, and, with his usual liberality, presented it to Mr. 

 Waterhouse. 



PsEUDOPSis sulcatus, Newm. Taken abundantly by 

 Mr. Brewer in a haystack at Reigate. 



Sph^ RITES GLABRATUS, Fab. Agp^iu taken by Turner, 

 and in some numbers, at Rannoch. 



Het^rius sesquicornis, Preyssl. Dr. Power has 

 taken this little notoriety in nests of Formica rufa at Wey- 

 bridge ; and Messrs. Douglas and Scott have found it near 

 Croydon with Formica sangiiinea. 



CoLYDiUM ELONGATUM, Fab. Rescucd from Leachian 

 suspicion by Charles Turner, who took it in the burrows of 

 Platypus in the solid wood, New Forest, Hants. 



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