12 COLEOPTERA. 



Bohema7ini, Mann., is to be considered as only a var. of 

 livida (if maintained as a species, the British specimens of 

 so-called livida would probably have to be treated as a new 

 species) ; that Cyphon pallidiventris, Thorns., is probably 

 the ? of nitidulus; that a very interesting little Scotch 

 insect, distributed by Dr. Sharp under the MS. name of C. 

 pallidiceps, is only an extreme of variabilis; and that the 

 name ochraceus^ Steph., cannot be retained for pallidulus. 

 Boh., which, though very close to certain varieties of varia- 

 bilis, is always to be therefrom distinguished by the scanty 

 pubescence and punctuation of the under side of its " hind- 

 body." 



In the " Scottish Naturalist," vol. i, Dr. Sharp has also 

 commenced (pp. 202, 242, and 277) a revised list, with locali- 

 ties, of the Scotch Coleoptera, having as yet discussed only a 

 portion of the Geodephaga. In the same publication Mr. 

 Hislop (p. 212) records Trechus longicornis from Kelso, 

 Mr. Bold notes Dyschirius ceneus at Tain, and Mr. Cameron 

 (p. 265) mentions the habits of Acilius fasciatus. 



The sudden and unaccountable disappearance of Gonioctena 

 pallida, Orsodacna cerasi and Agathidium varians near 

 Ripon has been recorded by Mr. E. A. Waterhouse, who 

 also observed Rhinoncus subfasciatus to possess the power 

 of jumping, the leap being apparently caused by a sudden 

 retraction of the limbs on the insect being caught. Having 

 been at Bognor with Mr. Waterhouse, where this curious 

 habit was noticed by him, I can testify both to the accuracy 

 of his observation and the correctness of his inference. 



The metamorphoses of Dorcatorna bovistce have been ob- 

 served by Mr. Sidebotham, who found the larva? in Bovista 

 plumbea at Barmouth (Ent. Mo. Mag. viii, p. 180) ; of 

 Dendrophagus crcnatus, by Dr. F. Buchanan White, who 

 gives descriptions of the larva (by Dr. Sharp) and pupa, and 



