APPENDIX. 319 
Genus Puityprus. (Solier.) 
Philydrus lividus. (Forster.) 
Luridus, ellipticus, subtilissime punctatus; thorace 
nigricante subnebuloso ; elytris lineis nigricantibus valde 
indistinctis. 
Lurid, shining, elliptical, extremely minutely punc- 
tured. Head with a black band along the hind border. 
Thorax slightly clouded with blackish. Elytra with 
regular but very minute and indistinct blackish lines. 
Length of the body, 22 lines. 
There is no perceptible difference between this species 
and the European specimens of Philydrus lividus. 
Fam. Histerip£. (Leach.)—Genus Saprinus. 
(Erichson. ) 
Saprinus consimilis. N.S. 
Ater, glaberrima; capite, thoracis lateribus, elytrisque 
postice subtilissime punctatis; elytris striis octo sub- 
obliquis subtilissimis postice abbreviatis, abdomine sub- 
tilissime punctato. 
Deep black, very smooth and shining. Head, sides 
of the thorax, and elytra, excepting the fore disk, less 
shining, and very minutely punctured. Each elytron 
with four slightly oblique, finely impressed lines, which 
extend from the base to a little beyond the middle. 
Abdomen very finely and minutely punctured, extend- 
ing very much beyond the elytra. Length of the body, 
23 lines. 
Nearly allied to S. assimilis, but the body is rather 
narrower, and the borders of the elytra are less rounded. 
