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same uniform characters, without a single instance of ap- 

 proximation to maritima ; the central band in some is slightly 

 more bent than in others, but that is all ; there are no inter- 

 mediate gradations. 



The question has again been revived — to which of these 

 species ought the C. hyhrida of Linnasus to be referred- 

 It will be remembered that Stephens (following the arrange- 

 ment previously adopted in Sowerby's British Miscellany, 

 1806) assigned it, in his Illustration* , to maritima ; and 

 gave the name apriea to the C. hybrida of authors. In the 

 Manual, however, he adopted the generally recognized no- 

 menclature. The opinion of our early English writers on 

 the subject was no doubt based upon the authority of the 

 Linnsean types of hybrida, which will, I believe, be found 

 to belong to maritima ; and if these are to be accepted as- 

 conclusive, the original arrangement of our English authors 

 would prove to have been correct. 



Dromius agilis, Fab. Mant. i. 204 (Carabus); Dawson, 

 Geod. Brit. p. 8. Carabus fenestrates, Fab., is, we are 

 assured by Dr. Schaum, entirely distinct from the variety 

 fenestrates, Steph., and has not been.captured in England. 

 It will be necessary, therefore, to make the following correc- 

 tions in the Geodephaga Britannica. At page 8, erase 

 " Fab. S. El. i. 209 ; Sturm, D. F. vii. 168 ; " and at page 9, 

 line 24, &c, erase the sentences beginning "Dr. Schaum 

 considers," and ending with " D. agilis." 



Dromius glabratus, Dufts., Faun. ii. 248 (Lebia) ; Daw- 

 son, Geod. Brit., p. 13. Mr. Wollaston has called our 

 attention to an apparent oversight with reference to this 

 species. He is of opinion that Lebia glabrata, Dufts., and 

 Dromius maurus, Sturm, are in reality two distinct species, 

 though they have hitherto been considered mere varieties of 

 the same insect by previous writers on the subject. Compare 



