280 George Lewis: On the Nomenclature o£ suadry Histerids etc. 



On the IJ^omenclature of sundry Histerids, including 

 a Eote on a fourth species of European Dendropliilus. 



By George Lewis in Wimbledon. 



1. Saprinus venustus Er. is a species of Phoxonotm and 

 by the description it apparently differs from P. tuherculatus 

 Mars, and Fryi Lewis, in ten disposition of the tubercles on 

 the thorax and by the arrangement of the elytral striae. 



2. Saprinus fasciolatus Gebl. 1845, is evidently the same 

 species as S. flexuoso-fasciatus Motsch. 1845 and I would suggest 

 that Gebler's name be given the priority. Between fasciolatus 

 Gebl. and ornatus Er. {osiris Mars.J the chief differences lie in 

 the shape of the prosternum, that of the first being truncate 

 in front, with parallel lateral striae; and in the second it is 

 somewhat rounded anteriorly while the striae approach each 

 other in the middle. 



3. Trihalhis 4-striatus WoU. = Gnatlioncus rotundatus 

 Kugel. The type in the British Museum has been carefully 

 examined by Mr. Waterhouse and myself. 



4. The E-everend Joh. Alf. Schmidt has lately obtained 

 an example of the true DendropJiilus sulcatus Motsch. from 

 Derbent in Russia and has kindly sent it to me for exami- 

 nation. It is very different to the Dendropkilus noticed by me 

 in the Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., June 1885, pag. 467> and there 

 considered to be Motschulsky's species. The last therefore 

 requires a name and I propose to call it Dendrophilus Cham- 

 pioni after Mr. G, C. Champion through whose kindness I 

 have received several examples. 



5. Onthophilus hipartitiis Lewis = 0. costipennis Mars. 

 This I have been able to decide by the comparison of the 

 types in Paris. 



10. August 1 886. 



