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smaller emargination of the seventh segment, the sixth seg- 

 ment in the true carhonarius exhibiting no emargination. 



In the latter species, also, the legs, margins of the abdo- 

 minal segments beneath, and the terminal segment beneath 

 entirely, are pitchy-brown. 



The above correction of nomenclature must therefore be 

 made. 



28. Philonthus temporalis, Mulsant, Opusc. Ent. *2me 

 Cah. 1853, p. 73; E. C. Rye, Zool, 8477 (1863). 



There are two specimens of this insect in Mr. Waterhouse's 

 collection (long separated by him as distinct), and I luive 

 also detected another among some Brachelytra belonging to 

 Mr. T. J. Bold. 



It is about the size of P. punctiventris, Ktz., but not so 

 parallel in shape, the elytra being more ample, decidedly 

 aeneous in colour, and with rather less distinct punctuations, 

 which are slightly rugulose transversely ; the abdomen is 

 rather more closely punctured, and has the lower surface 

 less thickly punctured than the upper ; the antennse are en- 

 tirely and decidedly black, and somewhat broader, having 

 the penultimate joints more transverse, but not so wide as in 

 JP. ceneus or P. succicola {^carhonarius, olim) ; the head 

 and thorax are set with long and stiff black hairs, the former 

 having numerous coarse punctures behind the eyes, and the 

 basal joints of the anterior tarsi in the male are very slightly 

 dilated, in which characters it resembles P. punctiventris. 

 Tlie penultimate segment of the abdomen in the male be- 

 neath has a shallow rounded notch in the centre of its hinder 

 margin, whilst the same sex in punctiventris exhibits in the 

 corresponding place a deeper, wider, and more angular eraar- 

 gination. 



Mulsant does not notice the above sexual character, and 



