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COLEOPTEKA. 



New British Species, Corrections of Xomexcla- 



TURE, etc., noticed SINCE THE PUBLICATION OF THE 



Entomologist's Annual, 1871. 



By E. C. Rye. 



'' Vh-es acquirit eimdd^ appears to be a safe motto, as yet, 

 for the list of British beetles. This time, I have the pjeasin<i; 

 task of recording Q^ species new to it (as against the 37 of 

 last year), of which 2 are certainly more than doubtful, and 

 3 at least of the rest will be received with more favour, if 

 further specimens are taken. Allowing a further deduction 

 for insects already knovrn to us, but not accorded specific 

 rank, &c., there is a net balance of about 60 for the year's 

 work. These ^% species are to be attributed to exactly the 

 same small mimber of observers as that mentioned in the 

 last "Annual," — nine only; viz., Dr. Shai-p (38), myself (16), 

 the Rev. A. Matthews (7), Mr. Bold (3), and Professor 

 Westwood, the Rev. H. S. Gorham, and Messrs. Wollaston 

 and E. A. Waterhouse (one each); the number 9 being- 

 made up by including Mr. G. R. Crotch, in whose privately 

 circulated lithographed list of additions, &;c., some 1 6 of 

 Dr. Sharp's 38 species are included, and who must, there- 

 fore, not be forgotten. Of the ^%y 14 have been described 

 as new to science; 7 by Dr. Shai-p, 5 by the Rev. A. Mat- 

 thews, and one each by Mr. Bold and myself: and they 

 comprise 8 genera absolutely new to us; Eudectus, Zilora, 

 EusomiLS, and Urodo?i, introduced by Dr. Sharp; PoJy- 

 graphus and Xylechimis by myself; Compsochilus by jMr. 

 Wollaston; and Serropalpus by Professor Westwood. 



