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large collrcti'Mis in I'juropc. contaliiiiii; niatiirlal wliicli is not 

 yet v\M)rk('(l out, ami these must ooutaiu a very considerable 

 nutnhcr of n«!\v s|>('cies. wliilt? beyond this nearly every 

 collector who visits ))lac(;s outside the Euri>j)can limit <li-*- 

 covers species to be aiMed to our lists. Even those whosi; 

 vainbK'S nurely extend to the Algerian border ot" the Medi- 

 terranean bring home novelties. 



The family will j)robal)ly ultimately rank with the Nitidii- 

 lidaj aiul (yolydiida% t'amilies in which the more curiou-* specitss 

 require of a collector a careful study of various insect-habits, 

 as most of them are entomophagou.s or commensal ; and these 

 habits lead to many-sided instincts whicii go hand in hand 

 with an intricacy of structure and a retinement of colour which 

 makes the acquisition of a new species, possessed of such 

 characteristics, a most attractive clement in the popular siile 

 of entomology. 



List of Speciea 



Apobletes Duvivieri. 



Semperi. 



platysomoides. 



corticalia. 



semiriifus. 



Platysoma solitarium. 



constrictuiii. 



Ijiopvfxus, n. gen, 

 Pachycnerus violaceipennis. 

 Ulster reciu'vus, Mars. 



Sikorne. 



Epierus dux. 



iiuitans. 



liaconia festiva. 

 Carcinops dulcis. 

 Paratropus n:<inicatu3. 



castaneus. 



etfertus. 



drEdalus. 



authracinus. 



arranged genen'caUy. 



Eretuiotus carinatus. 

 Tiiballus coryL ipliioides. 

 Snprimis flavipennis, Pe'rin'juoy, 

 Saprinodes, u. gen. 



falciler. 



Teretriosonia viridicatuni. 



ciugulum. 



uigresceus. 



Grouvellei. 



pluniifornis. 



pilicornis. 



TrvpancBus ro.stratus. 



pliigiatus. 



faseiatus. 



Trypeticus Grouvellei, Mara. 



obeliscus. 



miniitidus. 



Ontbophilus punctlsterniini. 



bipartitus, Lew. 



Colonides paiTuIus. 



Apobletes Duvivieri^ sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovatus, complanatus, nigro-piceus, nitidus ; fronte lev iter 

 impressa, stria recta iitriiique interrupta ; pronoto stria inttrua 

 antice interrupta, interstitiis angustatis ; elytris stria 1'' iutegi'a, 

 2'' basi abbreviata, 3* brevissima. 



L. 51 mill. 



Oblong-oval, parallel at the sides, flat j head smooth, lightly 

 impressed anteriorly, frontal stria straight, not finely iinpressed, 

 interru|)ted at each side, bent over the eyes ; thorax impunc- 



