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ohscurus of Wat. Cat., deposed as a synonym of rufipes^ 

 Grav., being the semiobscurics of Marsham; Philonthus 

 carhonarius, Gyll., reappears upon our list, and, though no 

 note appears to that effect, is evidently intended to represent 

 tenuicornis, Muls. (jninctiventriSf Wat. Cat., nee Ktz.) ; 

 P. ruhripennis, Steph., is considereda var. ofy^^/y?j;e6'. Fab., 

 Sunius diversus, Aube, is presumably the insect intended by 

 the amjustatus of Rev. H. S. Gorham, whose neglectus is 

 apparently the true angustatus of Payk. ; Stenus Ilogeri, 

 Ktz., and littoralis, Thorns., are respectively recognized as 

 vars. of providiis, Er., and crassiventris, Thoms. {nigrituhcs, 

 Wat. Cat.) ; Silpha suhrotundata, Leach, is not considered a 

 distinct species; both Olih^us hicolor, F., and liquidus, Er., 

 are retained ; 3Ieligethes dhtinctus, Wat. Cat., is the same 

 species as 31. palmatus ; LcemojjJiloeus pusilliis, Schon., is 

 omitted (see notice of its capture in filberts in a wood near 

 Sheffield by Mr. J. R. Hardy, in Ent. Mo, Mag., vii, 205), 

 Heterocerua rectus, Wat., is omitted, being represented bv 

 arenarius, Kies. {both are in Mr. Crotch's Cat., 2nd Edn.) 

 Antliicus quisquiliariusj Thorns., is sunk as a var. offloraUs, 

 L. ; Mordellistena humeralis, L., hrunnea, F., and lateralis^ 

 01., are considered distinct species ; J\]eloe decorus, Br., is 

 omitted ; Strojilwsomus fidvicorjiis, Walton, is sunk as a 

 syn. of ohesus, Marsh. ; the Bagous petrosus of Wat. Cat. 

 is considered a syn. of subcarinatus, GylL, but it should be 

 referred to liinosusy Gyll. {laticollis, Jihsi.) ; Anthonomus 

 riihi, var. comari, Crotch, is endorsed as a distinct species ; 

 Ceuthorliynclius triangulum, Miirk. (vicinus, Bris.), is 

 treated as a Ceutliorhyncliideus, but my specimens, corrobo- 

 rated by jM. Brisout himself, have 7 joints to the funiculus ; 

 C. distinctus, Bris., is properly sunk as a var. of 7narginatus, 

 Payk.; Ceuthorhynchideus minimus, ascribed to me (although 

 I have never seen or professed to see the insect, and have 



