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77. Thinobius brunneipennis, Kraatz ? Waterhouse, 



Cat. Brit. Col. 30 (1858). 

 Scotland. In the Rev. W. Little's Collection. Mr. Water- 

 house. 



78. Acrognathus mandibulars, Gyll. ; J. W. Douglas, 



Proc. Ent. Soc. 7 June, 1858, Zool. 6152 (1858). 

 " Taken at Darenth about three years ago." 



79. Anthophagus caraboides, Grav., Eric, {nee Steph.); 



Waterhouse, Cat. Brit. Col. 30 (1858). 



80. Lesteva pubescens, Mannerh., Eric. ; Waterhouse, 



Cat. Brit. Col. 31 (1858). 

 Captured in North Wales by the Rev. H. Clark ; near 

 Paisley by Mr. M. Young ; and in the Isle of Wight by 

 Mr. F. Bates, to whom I have much pleasure in acknow- 

 ledging myself indebted for a beautiful specimen. 



81. Omalium monilicorne, Gyll. ; Waterhouse, Cat. 



Brit. Col. 31 (1858). 



Stephens's description of S. monilicorne, Illust. Mand. 

 v. 347, 5 (1834) ; Man. Brit. Col. 428, 3419 (1839), ap- 

 pears to have been compiled from Gyllenhal, Ins. Suec. ii. 

 219, 18 (1810), his diagnosis being copied verbatim, save 

 that in lieu of " elytris lovgioribus fuscis, confertissime 

 punctulatis," he has simply "elytris piceis." In his col- 

 lection, however, he has placed a specimen of O. concinnum, 

 Marsham, to represent it. 



Taken by Mr. Foxcroft at Rannoch, Perthshire, in the 

 summer of 1 855. 



82. Omalium planum, Payk. ; Waterhouse, Cat. Brit. 



Col. 31 (1858). 



Stephens's description of O. planum, Illust. Mand. v. 



346 (1834) ; Man. Brit. Col. 427, 3415 (1839), appears to 



apply to the insect under consideration, and could certainly 



