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Krasitz), = jjopuli, Payk., pale form, and C. Watcrhousei, 

 ^ye, ■= acutangulus, Gyll., luoDstrosity (/. c. viii, p. 179); 

 the Aphodius niger of Mr. Crotch's Catalogue, "abundant 

 at Deal," seems most likely, from the remarks of Yon Harold, 

 to be only dark plagiatus (/. c. ix, p. 39) ; our Scotch Zeu- 

 gQplwra Turneri (Power, 1863) is recognized as a good 

 species, and described under the name rufotestacea (which, 

 of course, will not stand) by Dr. Kraatz, in Berlin. Ent. 

 Zeitschr., xv. 



In the Monograph of the Trichopterygia published by the 

 Rev. A. Matthews during the past year (reviev/ed /. c. viii, 

 p. 277), apart from its general interest to the British Coleopte- 

 rist, as containing descriptions and figures of all the known 

 species, it must be here rioted that a genus, Actinopteryoc, 

 is founded (p. 148) to receive Trichopteryx fucicola, AUib., 

 and that the T. Chevrierii of Matthews, 7iec AUibert, is re- 

 named Poiveri. 



Since the publication of the last " Annual," M. Fauvel has 

 published (Caen, May, 1872, pp. 214, 2 pis.) the 3rd livraison, 

 commencing the 3rd vol. (vol. 2, intended to include the 

 Geodephaga, Hydradephaga and Philhydrida, being post- 

 poned), of his Faune " Gallo-Rhenane," in which the descrip- 

 tive portion of the work is commenced. As might have been 

 anticijDated, the author commences with the Brachelytra 

 (" Staphylinides"), wdiich he divides into two sub-families, 

 the Micropeplidce, and Staphylinidce ; and he follows Heer 

 in discussing this group in an order exactly the mverse of 

 that usually adopted, commencing with 3Iicropcplus, which 

 (dissenting from the views of Lubbock and Thomson) he 

 retains in this family. The following observations likely to 

 interest English Coleopterists occur : — 



Protinus clavicornis, Stephens, is adopted for atomaruts, 

 Er. ; the author not mentioning the way in which he recon- 



