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COLEOPTERA. 



New British Species, Corrections of Nomencla- 

 ture, ETC., noticed since THE PUBLICATION OF THE 



Entomologist's Annual, 1867. 



By E. C. Rye. 



The small number of pages that I shall require on the 

 present oecasion will, I trust, atone for the inordinate space 

 unavoidably occupied by my lengthy paper in the last 

 " Annual ;" the captures and determinations recorded in 

 which could not be accepted as anything short of miraculous 

 for the work of one year, considering our limited number 

 of Coleopterists. After such a storm it was not be ex- 

 pected but that a lull should come; and the lull is, in 

 this instance, as deep in proportion as its predecessor was. 

 violent. It must not, however, be supposed that the few 

 species now to be recorded comprise the entire work of the 

 year; as I know of several novelties taken, but not yet 

 satisfactorily determined. Moreover, circumstances have 

 prevented some of us from devoting so much time as here- 

 tofore to our favourite study; and the weather has on very 

 many occasions been so bad as to damp the ardour of most 

 collectors. 



Nevertheless, my list, though exceedingly short, will be 

 seen to contain some few fine insects ; e. g., a Lycus (as I 

 suppose Eros or Dictyopterus will always be called in con- 



