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  M. 
  Mocquerys 
  has 
  recorded 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  numerous 
  individuals 
  of 
  Plochionus 
  

   Bonsfilsii 
  (often 
  captured 
  near 
  the 
  sea-porls 
  of 
  France) 
  beneath 
  the 
  stones 
  used 
  as 
  

   ballast 
  of 
  vessels 
  chiefly 
  trading 
  with 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Guinea, 
  thus 
  indicating 
  the 
  proba- 
  

   ble 
  natural 
  locality 
  of 
  the 
  insect 
  in 
  question, 
  (Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  Fr. 
  1852, 
  xxiii.) 
  

  

  A 
  note 
  on 
  Calosoma 
  sycophanta 
  by 
  C, 
  in 
  which 
  that 
  beautiful 
  insect 
  is 
  regarded 
  

   as 
  only 
  a 
  casual 
  visitor 
  to 
  our 
  island, 
  appears 
  on 
  the 
  wrapper 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  Zoologist 
  ' 
  for 
  

   April, 
  1852. 
  

  

  M. 
  Deyrolle 
  has 
  communicated 
  a 
  memoir 
  on 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  Carabus 
  natives 
  of 
  

   Spain, 
  Portugal 
  and 
  Algeria, 
  to 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Society 
  of 
  France, 
  (Annales, 
  1852, 
  

   2nd 
  trim.) 
  

  

  A 
  note 
  by 
  Struck, 
  on 
  Carabus 
  hortensis, 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  Proceedings 
  of 
  the 
  Nat. 
  

   Hist. 
  Soc. 
  of 
  Mecklenburg, 
  Heft 
  6. 
  

  

  Herr 
  Czagl 
  has 
  described 
  some 
  new 
  Austrian 
  Carabidae 
  in 
  the 
  Verhandl. 
  Zool. 
  

   Bot. 
  Ver. 
  Vienna, 
  Bd. 
  1. 
  

  

  A 
  fine 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Loricera, 
  discovered 
  in 
  Madeira 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Wollaston, 
  has 
  been 
  

   described 
  by 
  M. 
  Javet 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  L. 
  Wollastonii, 
  (Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  Fr.) 
  

  

  The 
  Marquis 
  de 
  la 
  Ferte 
  Senectere 
  has 
  published 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  his 
  memoir 
  

   upon 
  the 
  Patellimanous 
  Harpalidse 
  of 
  Portuguese 
  Guinea 
  (Rev. 
  Zool. 
  1852, 
  65), 
  com- 
  

   prising 
  69 
  species, 
  39 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  new. 
  

  

  M. 
  Lucas 
  has 
  described 
  a 
  remarkable 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  Algerine 
  Broscus 
  politus, 
  (An- 
  

   nales, 
  1852, 
  xiv.) 
  

  

  The 
  continuation 
  and 
  completion 
  of 
  M. 
  Jacquelin 
  Duval's 
  excellent 
  monograph 
  

   • 
  De 
  Bembidiis 
  Europsis,' 
  has 
  been 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  Fr. 
  1851, 
  4th 
  liv. 
  

   and 
  1852, 
  liv. 
  1 
  and 
  2. 
  It 
  contains 
  122 
  species, 
  described 
  and 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  genus 
  

   Bembidium, 
  divided 
  into 
  17 
  groups, 
  with 
  6 
  species 
  not 
  examined 
  by 
  the 
  author. 
  A 
  

   remarkable 
  new 
  genus, 
  destitute 
  of 
  eyes, 
  from 
  Bordeaux, 
  is 
  added, 
  named 
  Anillus 
  

   ccecus, 
  and 
  the 
  Carabus 
  areolatus 
  (G. 
  Lymnaeum, 
  Steph.) 
  is 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  Trechides. 
  

  

  Dyticidje 
  and 
  Gyrinid^. 
  — 
  The 
  second 
  part 
  of 
  M. 
  Gehin's 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Co- 
  

   leoptera 
  of 
  his 
  own 
  collection 
  (Metz, 
  1852), 
  contains 
  the 
  Dyticidae 
  and 
  Gyrinidae. 
  

  

  Staphylinid^. 
  — 
  A 
  series 
  of 
  synonymical 
  notes 
  on 
  the 
  Staphylinidae 
  is 
  published 
  

   by 
  Kraatz, 
  in 
  the 
  Ent. 
  Zeit. 
  Stettin, 
  1852, 
  t. 
  446. 
  

  

  Descriptions 
  of 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Staphylinidee, 
  chiefly 
  from 
  Georgia 
  in 
  

   North 
  America 
  and 
  the 
  Cape 
  of 
  Good 
  Hope, 
  are 
  published 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Sachse 
  in 
  the 
  Ent. 
  

   Zeit 
  Stettin 
  for 
  April 
  and 
  May, 
  1852, 
  including 
  a 
  new 
  genus, 
  Stilicopsis, 
  from 
  Geor- 
  

   gia. 
  No 
  locality 
  is 
  given 
  to 
  three 
  of 
  the 
  species. 
  

  

  A 
  memoir 
  by 
  Hochhuth 
  on 
  the 
  Staphylinidae 
  of 
  Russia, 
  with 
  descriptions 
  of 
  some 
  

   new 
  genera 
  and 
  species, 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  Bull. 
  Soc. 
  Natur. 
  Moscow, 
  1851, 
  pt. 
  3. 
  

  

  A 
  note 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hogan 
  ou 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  Diglossa 
  mersa, 
  appears 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Zoologist' 
  

   3464. 
  

  

  A 
  note 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  George, 
  on 
  an 
  instance 
  in 
  which 
  luminosity 
  was 
  observed 
  in 
  a 
  

   specimen 
  of 
  Goerius 
  olens, 
  was 
  communicated 
  to 
  the 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Lond. 
  (Proceedings, 
  

   December, 
  1851). 
  

  

  PselaphidjE. 
  — 
  An 
  abstract 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Le 
  Conte's 
  memoir 
  on 
  the 
  Pselaphidae 
  of 
  North 
  

   America, 
  appears 
  in 
  the 
  Proc. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Lond. 
  December, 
  1851. 
  The 
  views 
  of 
  classi- 
  

   fication 
  proposed 
  or 
  alluded 
  to 
  in 
  this 
  memoir 
  appear 
  to 
  me 
  to 
  be 
  far 
  too 
  vague 
  for 
  

  

  .aAiu 
  

  

  