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ing just examined a specimen taken by Mr. Bishop, of 

 Glasgow, in 1857, on the banks of a tributary of the Clyde. 



Mr. Crotch has revived many fen insects, and in addition, 

 takes Stenus lustrator, proditorj opticus, opacus, &c. 



Dyschirius elongatulus has been taken by Mr. Montague 

 and Mr. Sharp, and the latter gentleman has also captured 

 Coccinella lalnlis at Heme Bay, and Badister peltatus at 

 Hammersmith marshes. I found the Badister again at 

 Boston, though in less numbers than heretofore, and have 

 taken Leptinus and Psylliodes picipes (the latter, I believe, 

 hitherto unique as British) at Mickleham. 



There are also rumours of two new British Leisti, and of 

 Brachinus sclopeta ! 



More than all, those who are fond of re-arranging their 

 collections, and delight in learning an entirely new set of 

 names, will find ample work for the winter months, if they 

 adopt the continental views propounded in the new Cata- 

 logue hereafter mentioned, which, amongst other novelties, 

 contains a tantalizing list of names, representing about 80 

 species new to our hsts. 



1. Amara brunnea, Gyll. ; Steph. ; Dawson ; Wat. 

 Cat. 

 This species must be erased from our hsts, for the reasons 

 mentioned by me in the Zool. 8530 (1863), which may be 

 briefly recapitulated as follows. The Stephensian exponents 

 of it are A. rufocincta and A. bijrons, and the specimens 

 mentioned by Mr. Dawson as taken in Ireland are also to 

 be referred to the former species. It is certain also that 

 Dawson mistook rufocincta for brunnea, as I have seen a 

 specimen of the former named by him as the brunnea of his 

 work : moreover, in the Geod. Brit, the Latin diagnosis and 



