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occur, but a careful examination of very large material 



will be requisite before regarding them as specifically 



distinct. 

 Q. resplendens is withdrawn as a variety of Q. laevigatus. 

 Xantholinus picipes, described in M. Thomson's former 



volume, appears to occur in ants' nests with X. atratus. 



] have specimens from several parts of England, and 



it seems to me to be quite distinct. 

 Lithocharis lajlus, n. sp., is very near L. ruficollis, Kr. 



(tricolor, IV. C), but has the male characters of L. 



melanoce ph alus. 

 Autalia puncticoUis, n.sp., is identical with Dr. Sharp's 



species of the same name. 

 Aleochara succicola, n. sp., is a new species, near A. 



meeosta, but with the thorax more closely punctured, 



the elytra subrugulose, and the antennae with the 



apical joints more transverse. I have not yet seen 



English examples. 

 A. grisea, Kraatz^ is named by him A. nitidula, while he 



uses the name grisea for A. algarum, Fauv.; thus 



again increasing the confusion in this group. 

 Gyrophsena bihamata, n. sp., is like a small G. laevipennis, 



but with the head more finely punctate, and with the 



last segment deeply emarginate in the male. 

 G. puncticoUis, n.sp. = G. Poweri. 

 Ocyusa longitarsis, n. sp. This is probably identical with 



our O. ruficornis, Kr. 

 Oxypoda metatarsalis, n. sp. Near O. vittata, but with the 



first joint of the posterior tarsi scarcely twice the 



length of the second. 

 Pycnaraea cuiticollis, Tlioms., is now identified with Hy- 



gropora cunclans, Kr., and a new species, P. nigri- 



pes, is described. 

 In the great genus Homalota eight species are described as 

 new, and five are added to M. Thomson's list. In the present 

 state of our knowledge it vvoidd be useless to quote the 

 remarks about these, especially as we may soon expect a 

 contribution from Dr. Sharp on this subject. At least four of 

 the new species have been identified as British. 



Evacslhetus pullus, Thorns., is recognized as being only E. 



ruficapillus. 

 Homalium pusillum is split into two species. 



