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poslulalod. Cosinopolilaiis siicli as P. rapae and L. boe- 

 ticiis are noi in the least unexpected. 



Bui what is sini^ular is the ahsence ol' certain well- 

 known and widespread Palaearclic spp. such as Pieris 

 brassicae. L. Polyomnidtiis icdi'us and Papilio machaon 

 whose loodplanls ahound in l']gypt. 



Is this merely due to the comparative geographical 

 isolation of Lower Egypt, or to climatic causes? 



Contributo al Catalogo dei coleotteri dell'Egitto 



di (1. Fkhhanti:. 

 Seguito (1). 



STAPHYLINIDAE 



OXYTliLIIVAE 



TROGOPHLOKUS Mannf.iuieim 



T IO (joplì I oc US s. sir. 



T. bilineatus Steph. — ripnrius Lac. — corlicinus var. 

 />. (ìyll. — caucasiens Ilochh. — lathrobioides Pey- 

 ron — sobrinus Faii'ui. — snsjìcctus Rey. 

 Cu i ro : Tuia, slagni — Agosto, Ottobre. 



T. memnoiiius I*^r. 



(^aiio: Sciidira; (ìhizeh; Abou-Rouache; Meadi; 



(1; Voir Bull. Soc. Ent. d'Egyp , 19U8, fysc. IV, p. 1Ü7. 



