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COLEOPTERA. 



New British Species noticed in 1858. 

 By E. W. Janson, Sec. Ent. Soc. 



In the following enumeration of the species recorded as new 

 to our list during the year, it is not improbable that some 

 may ultimately prove to be described in the works of the 

 late Mr. Stephens, and to be extant in his Collection ; while, 

 on the other hand, I may have inadvertently excluded some 

 which are in reality entitled to a place here, being neither 

 represented in his Collection nor described in his works. I 

 allude more particularly to the Braehelytra, in which group, 

 it will be remarked in the following pages, the accession of 

 new species, derived from the " Catalogue of British Co- 

 leoptera," of which the first instalment was published by 

 Mr. Waterhouse in the early spring, is this year again some- 

 what formidable. 



The facilities exclusively possessed by Mr. Waterhouse of 

 leisurely and thoroughly investigating the Collection of the 

 late Mr. Stephens, purchased by the nation and now de- 

 posited in the British Museum, warranted the expectation 

 that on this score at least his catalogue would have afforded 



