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spring, except perhaps Aphodius testudinariiis : from June to Sep- 

 tember they are seldom seen. 



Trogophlceus arcuatus occurs near Oxford, and I believe others 

 of the genus, but many of my specimens are yet unnamed. 



Evcesthetus scaher is found near Oxford, but not common ; my 

 specimens are not black as described by Mr. Stephens, but rather 

 testaceous brown with glossy black elytra. 



Lesteva impressa is taken by Mr. Matthews at Weston : the 

 specimens vary much in intensity of colour, from brown or pitchy 

 black to dull testaceous yellow. 



Since the above notes were written, some additional remarks 

 have occurred to me, which I shall here append. 



Many supposed species have been reduced in Mr. Stephens's 

 new " Manual" to the rank of varieties : and an inspection of the 

 original specimens on which many of the species were founded, 

 in Mr. Kirby's collection now possessed by the Entomological 

 Society, convinces me that this reduction requires to be still further 

 extended. Many of these typical specimens are obviously only 

 immature states of well known species ; but the notes which I 

 made on this point were unluckily lost. Gahrius ventralis I how- 

 ever remember is an immature specimen of one of the common 

 species, with the segments of the abdomen much extended in 

 setting. 



Quedius atriceps, Q. Lathhurii, and Q. inqvinatus, have occurred 

 near Oxford. 



Raphirus mgricornis mihi. Length barely two lines; antennse 

 rather thickened, black ; head and thorax shining glossy black ; 

 head suborbiculate ; thorax with two punctures placed obliquely 

 on each side the disk, and a few others, connected together, close 

 to the outer margin ; elytra pubescent, pitchy brassy-black, the 

 apex reddish ; abdomen pilose, obscure black, edges of the seg- 

 ments reddish, and of the penultimate one white ; legs black ; 

 tarsi piceous. This appears to be distinguished by the colour of 

 the legs and antennae from all others of the genus, except perhaps 

 R.fuscipes, which differs in size and other particulars. 



Philonthus cyanipennis. I purchased a pair of insects which 

 appear to correspond with this species at Mr. Swainson's sale, on 

 which the habitat was marked New York. Dr. Leach's only 

 specimen was taken near Swansea, and the examples in the 

 British Museum are from France and Switzerland. 



