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Latbridins elongatus. — I have frequently received specimens 

 of this from the Continent, and always with the name "clath- 

 ratus." From a comparison of the characters given in Man- 

 nerheim's work I cannot but suspect they are identical ; but 

 I have one example differing a good deal from the normal 

 form of L. elongatus, which may be the other species. 



L. consimilis. — This species is abundantly distinct by its 

 quadrate thorax, the angles not being at all dilated, and the 

 broad smooth interstices of the elytra. I have only seen two 

 specimens in Mr. Matthews' collection, one of which he 

 kindly ceded to me. 



Corticaria ferruginea, Msh. — This change of name is 

 requisite, as Marsham's description clearly applies to the 

 commoner of our two insects ; indeed the C. ferruginea, GylL, 

 is very rare in this country, and always of a dark chesnut- 

 colour. 



Byrrhus dorsalis. — Here, as elsewhere, the names of 

 Foi-ster, long ago pointed out by Stephens, should be re- 

 stored : he was the earliest English writer who described 

 species in a reasonable manner, and some of our patriotism 

 would be well employed in vindicating his claim to priority. 



Saprinus punctulatus. Thorns, iv. 24-2. — This species is 

 much smaller than even the smallest S. rotundatus, and has no 

 trace of the sutural stria. I have only one specimen, con- 

 fused with S. rotundatus. 



Paromalus pumilio. — Stephens's name, besides coming into 

 collision with 14-stiiatus, Gyll.^ is posterior to Erichson's by 

 five years. 



Aphodius niger, Pz. — This species is very close to A. pla- 

 giatus, Z., but is of a deep black, without any aeneous ten- 

 dency. The metasternum is sparingly punctured and glabrous 

 in the male, the reverse being the case in A. plagiatus. Of 

 course it is only with the unicolorous varieties of this latter 

 that it could be confused. 



A. pubescens, St. — This species nearly resembles punctato- 

 striatus and prodromus, and so perhaps has been overlooked 

 hitherto. It has the sides of the head broadly ochreous, as 

 in the recently-discovered A. obliteratus, and has the meta- 

 sternum impressed and pubescent in the male. These three 

 species are much alike in external appearance-, but the sexual 

 characters readily separate them. Thus A. prodromus has 



