58 COLEOPTERA. 



28. OxYTELUS Fairmairei, Pandelle, Gren., Mat., &c. 



Call, ii (July, 1867), 172; D. Sharp, Cat. Brit. 

 Col.; Ent. M. Mag., viii, 83. 

 transversalisj Czwalina, Berl. Ent. Zeit., xiv, 419; 

 Fauvel, sec. typ. 

 Found very sparingly by Dr. Sharp in several localities, 

 and stated by him to be, no doubt, passed over as O. depres- 

 sus by collectors. 



Dr. Sharp informs me that in O. Fairmairei the anterior 

 tibise are excavated at the apex ; a character not noticed by 

 M. Pandelle, from whom he has received types exactly 

 agreeing with his insect. The insect was originally recorded 

 from the Pyrenees. 



29. Trogophlceus bilineatus, Stephens, 111. Mand., v, 



324, 1832 {Carpallmus); nee Er., Kr. 

 ripariusy Lacord., Faune Ent. Par., 467 (1835); 

 Er., Kr. 



30. Trogophlceus Erichsoni, D. Sharp, Ent. M. Mag,, 



vii, 182. 

 bilineatus, Er., Kr., nee Steph. 

 ohscuruSy V. Harold, nee Steph. 

 Dr. Sharp has (Z. c.) made the above necessary corrections 

 in nomenclature. 



31. Thinobius major, Ktz., Ins. Deutschl, ii. 883; 



D. Sharp, Cat. Brit. Col. ; Ent. M. Mag., viii, 83. 

 "Taken by Mr. Crotch on the shores of Loch Rannoch.'' 

 Two examples only were known to the describer of this, the 

 largest of the yet known species of its genus. It is twice the 

 length of T. longipennis, black, sub-opaque, with brown 

 elytra, and brownish-testaceous antennae and legs. The head 



