82 COLEOPTERA. 



{Oxypoda) glahriventris has an equally valid priority 

 over M. Fauvel's C. Bonnairii. I observe, by the way, 

 in M. Fauvel's " Annuaire" above noticed, that, at p. 66, he 

 signalizes the capture of the 2nd known French example of 

 this species (for which he, of course, sinks my name), wdiich 

 he states to be the third existing in collections. My original 

 record (Ent. Mo. Mag., i, p. 212) referred to " several ex- 

 amples" taken by Dr. Power ; in fact, I believe upwards of 

 a dozen. 



8. ScoPiEus suBCYLiNDRicus, Scriba, Berk Ent. Zeitschr., 



1868, p. 156 ; Fauvel, L'Abeille, viii (1872), p. 326 ; 

 E. C. Rye, Ent. Mo. Mag., x, p. 138. 

 Scriba's insect is described by him as occurring in Spain, 

 but, in attributing it as a synonym to rubidus, Muls., 

 M. Fauvel (to whom the synonymy and observations upon 

 the Stapliylinidce. of the " Repertoire des Coleopteres 

 d'Europe decrits isolement depuis 1864" in L'Abeille are 

 due, according to M. de Marseul's statement in that work) 

 refers it only to Great Britain. I can give no attempt at 

 explanation of this reference : the insect is not S. Ryei, 

 Woll. 



9. AciDOTA FERRUGiNEA, ErichsoD, Gen. et Spec. Staph., 



p. 862; Kraatz, Naturg. d. Ins. Deutschk, ii, p. 937 ; 



Hochhuth, Bull. Mosc, xliv, pt. 2, p. 169; E. C. Rye, 



Ent. Mo. Mag., ix, p. 190. 



'i ferruginea, Boisd. et Lacordaire, Faune Ent. Par., i, 



p. 477; Fairmaire et Lab., Faune Ent. Fran^., Col., i, 



p. 634; Fauvel, Faune Gallo-Rhenane, iii, p. 89. 



Five examples of this most interesting and ver}'- rare 



insect were taken, unaccompanied by typical cruentata, 



Mann., in flood-refuse, by Mr. R. Lawson, in the autumn 



