COLEOPTERA. 



of nifidus, Dejean, with the external denticulations on the 

 anterior tibiae perhaps slightly less developed than in ordinary 

 specimens ; 2ndly, that D. inermis of Stephens's Cabinet 

 must be referred to impunctipennis, as Dr. Schaum has cor- 

 rectly determined. It presents, indeed, some slight variations- 

 from it, but to these I am not disposed to attach any import- 

 ance. The following alterations must consequently be made 

 at pages 26 and 29 of Geodephaga Britannica, Erase the 

 species D. inermis entirely, together with its synonyms and 

 descriptions, and let the synonymy of D> nitidus stand thus. 



D. nitidus, Dej. Spec. i. 421 (Clivina) ; Steph. Mand. i. 

 40, &c. 



D. inermis, Curtis, Ent. pi. 354. 

 And that of impunctipennis as follows : — 



D. impunctipennis, Dawson, Geod. Brit. p. 29.* 



D. inermis (nee Curtis), Steph. Mand. v. 369, et Manual,. 



P . ii. 



D. digitatus (nee Dejean), Steph. Mand. i. 42, et 

 Manual, p. 12. 



IX. fulvipes (nee Dejean), Steph. Mand. v. 370, et 

 Manual, p. 12. 



D. arenosus (nee Stephens), Putz, Mon. 48. 



D. Icevistriatus, Fairmaire, Faun. Franc, p. 47. 



[The two latter synonyms are given on the authority of 

 Dr. Schaum ; and D. fulvipes, Steph., has no representative 

 bearing that name now in the Stephensian Collection ; the 

 label is removed, though possibly the insect may still be there.] 



Dyschirius nitidus, Dej. Spec. i. 421 (Clivina); Dawson r 



* It may perhaps be objected that the name arenosus justly claims 

 the priority; but if the rule be made absolute (and it appears to be 

 accepted as one of the primary laws of nomenclature), that a name pre- 

 viously employed to represent a different species in the same genus shall not 

 he revived, impunctipennis must stand. 



