48 COLEOPTERA. 



size, longer antennae, rather longer elytra, more convex and 

 usually more evidently foveolated thorax, and duller appear- 

 ance, will readily separate it. 



4. Gyroph^na Poweri, Crotch, Cat. Brit. Col. ed. 2 ; 



id. Proc. Ent. Soc. 19 Nov. 1866 (described) ; Ent. 



Mo. Mag. vol. iii. p. 167. 

 Gyroph(Bna Sp. ? 6* , Waterh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 



1861, vol. i. 3rd S. p. iii, xvii. 

 Taken at Mickleham in the autumn by Dr. Power and 

 myself. It is a small species, allied to G. fasciata and O. 

 gentiliSf but readily distinguishable by its evenly punctured 

 thorax, of which the usual dorsal series are obsolete. Its 

 characters were most exhaustively given by Mr. Water- 

 house (loc. cit.) five years ago. 



5. Philonthus addendus. Sharp, Proc. Ent. Soc. 19 



Nov. 1866 {described)', Ent. Mo. Mag. vol. iii. 

 p. 167. 



temporalis, Muls. {forte). 



Mr. Sharp has captured about two dozen examples of 

 this species at different times, under a heap of freshly-cut 

 grass, on the Corstorphine Hills, near Edinburgh. He con- 

 siders that it is specifically identical with the insects intro- 

 duced as British (by me) under the name of P. temporalis, 

 Muls. ; and, though admitting that it is very difiicult, judg- 

 ing only from Mulsant's description, to speak positively on 

 the point, is of opinion that these latter are irreconcileable 

 with that description. 



I entirely agree with Mr. Sharp in admitting the diffi- 

 culty of treating the question of P. temporalis and its allies 

 with any degree of certainty. Mulsant's description, more 

 suo, though more than sufficiently prolix, exhibits a curious 



