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  (Amaurops 
  Aubei) 
  from 
  Sicily, 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  Paussidae 
  from 
  Tangier 
  (P. 
  Favieri) 
  found 
  

   under 
  stones 
  in 
  company 
  with 
  small 
  ants, 
  (Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  Fr. 
  p. 
  xxxv.) 
  ; 
  and 
  a 
  new 
  

   genus 
  of 
  Eucnemidae 
  (Harminius 
  castaneus) 
  from 
  Sicily, 
  has 
  been 
  described 
  by 
  M. 
  

   I 
  Leon 
  Fairmaire, 
  (Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  Fr. 
  1852, 
  1 
  trim.) 
  

  

  Two 
  new 
  Australian 
  Bupreslidae 
  have 
  been 
  described 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Murray, 
  (Ann. 
  Soc. 
  

   Ent. 
  Fr. 
  1852, 
  2 
  trim.) 
  

  

  M. 
  Reiche 
  has 
  published 
  a 
  critical 
  revision 
  of 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  new 
  Abyssinian 
  Coleo- 
  

  

  ; 
  ptera 
  described 
  by 
  M. 
  Roth, 
  mentioned 
  in 
  my 
  former 
  Address, 
  by 
  which 
  it 
  appears 
  that 
  

  

  • 
  one 
  fourth 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  had 
  been 
  previously 
  described, 
  that 
  the 
  new 
  genus, 
  Ixodina, 
  

  

  is 
  identical 
  with 
  Kirby's 
  Drepanocerus, 
  and 
  that 
  his 
  Eurysternus 
  (!) 
  trogiformis, 
  is 
  

  

  Kirby's 
  Onitis 
  ambigua. 
  

  

  A 
  note 
  on 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  Brachelytra, 
  Carabidaj, 
  and 
  Cicindelidae 
  of 
  Hong 
  Kong, 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  C. 
  Bowring, 
  has 
  been 
  communicated 
  to 
  us 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  White, 
  (Proc. 
  Ent. 
  

   Soc. 
  April, 
  1852). 
  

  

  A 
  summary 
  notice 
  of 
  the 
  Coleopterous 
  collections 
  made 
  in 
  California 
  by 
  M. 
  Lor- 
  

   quin, 
  has 
  been 
  communicated 
  by 
  M. 
  Buquet 
  to 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Society 
  of 
  France, 
  

   (Annales, 
  1852, 
  p. 
  xx.) 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Le 
  Conte 
  has 
  published 
  descriptions 
  of 
  a 
  great 
  number 
  of 
  species 
  of 
  Coleoptera 
  

   from 
  California, 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Annals 
  of 
  the 
  Lyceum 
  of 
  New 
  York,' 
  vol. 
  v. 
  The 
  Heteromera, 
  

   Histeridae, 
  Cicindelidae, 
  Carabidae, 
  Dyticidee, 
  Gyrinidae, 
  Hydrophilidse, 
  Cleridae 
  and 
  

   Pselaphidse 
  are 
  treated 
  upon 
  in 
  the 
  portions 
  hitherto 
  published. 
  

  

  CiciNDEi,iD,E. 
  — 
  An 
  interesting 
  notice 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  W. 
  Bates, 
  of 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  the 
  

   species 
  of 
  Megacephala 
  inhabiting 
  the 
  Amazonian 
  region 
  of 
  South 
  America, 
  with 
  a 
  

   synopsis 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  and 
  descriptions 
  of 
  several 
  new 
  species,"* 
  by 
  myself, 
  appears 
  in 
  

   the 
  Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Lond. 
  n. 
  s., 
  ii. 
  p. 
  49. 
  

  

  Cababid^. 
  — 
  The 
  Baron 
  Chaudoir 
  has 
  published 
  a 
  continuation 
  of 
  his 
  memoirs 
  on 
  

   the 
  Carabidae, 
  Bull. 
  Soc. 
  Natur. 
  Moscow, 
  1852, 
  pt. 
  1. 
  

  

  Major 
  D'Aumont 
  has 
  mentioned 
  the 
  curious 
  fact 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  found 
  a 
  great 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  specimens 
  of 
  Brachinus 
  crepitans 
  devouring 
  a 
  dead 
  adder, 
  (Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  Fr. 
  

   1852, 
  cii.) 
  

  

  * 
  The 
  following 
  notes 
  on 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  noticed 
  in 
  this 
  article 
  have 
  been 
  com- 
  

   munciated 
  to 
  me 
  by 
  the 
  Marquis 
  de 
  la 
  Ferte 
  and 
  M. 
  Reiche. 
  

  

  Megacephala 
  Klugii 
  is 
  considerably 
  shorter 
  than 
  a 
  typical 
  specimen 
  of 
  M. 
  testudi- 
  

   nea 
  (in 
  M. 
  De 
  la 
  Ferte's 
  collection), 
  to 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  otherwise 
  exceedingly 
  similar. 
  I 
  

   can 
  only 
  regard 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  local 
  variety. 
  Obs. 
  — 
  This 
  species 
  differs 
  so 
  much 
  from 
  the 
  

   other 
  Ammosiae 
  in 
  the 
  structure 
  of 
  its 
  mandibles, 
  as 
  to 
  require 
  forming 
  into 
  a 
  separate 
  

   subgenus. 
  

  

  M. 
  Oxycheiloides, 
  Blanchard, 
  MSS., 
  = 
  M. 
  mgncoWis, 
  Reiche, 
  Rev. 
  Cuvier, 
  1842, 
  

   p. 
  239 
  ; 
  the 
  latter 
  name 
  must 
  of 
  course 
  be 
  employed. 
  

  

  M. 
  quadricollis, 
  Laf. 
  P 
  MSS. 
  tab. 
  7, 
  fig. 
  7, 
  = 
  M. 
  spinosa, 
  Brulle, 
  in 
  Voy. 
  D'Or- 
  

   bigny, 
  Amer. 
  Merid. 
  VI. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  3, 
  n, 
  7 
  ; 
  but 
  M. 
  Brulle 
  says 
  nothing 
  of 
  the 
  square 
  pro- 
  

   thorax 
  or 
  nari-ow 
  elytra. 
  Mr. 
  Bates's 
  species 
  No. 
  10, 
  will 
  therefore 
  probably 
  be 
  a 
  new 
  

   one. 
  

  

  M. 
  laminata, 
  Perty, 
  var. 
  = 
  M. 
  Menetriesii, 
  Mannerk. 
  in 
  Afus. 
  Dejemi. 
  

  

  