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duller appearance, stouter, yellow antennae, and pitchy- 

 brown sericeous abdomen. 



22. Gyroph^na strictula, Er.; Ktz., Ins. Deutsclil., ii, 

 360; E. C. Rye, Ent. M. Mag., vol. iv, p. 259. 

 I have observed, among some insects sent to me for names 

 by Mr. T. Wilkinson of Scarborough, a Gijroylimna which 

 appears to differ from the G, strictula of my collection in 

 being darker, without the obsolete double series of thoracic 

 punctures, and with the six penultimate joints of the antennae 

 getting gradually stouter. This insect I think must be the 

 true G. strictula; whereas my old specimens of that name 

 appear to be G, jjolitttj Grav., Ktz. loc. cit. 



23. Myll^na minima, Ktz., Ins. Deutschl., ii, 371 ; E. 

 C. Rye, 1. c, 189. 

 An insect in my collection labelled 3J. itifuscata, and 

 given to me (I believe) by Dr. J. A. Power, must I think 

 be referred to M. minima. The Rev. A. Matthews has 

 kindly given me a type of the true infmcata^ compared with 

 which the species above alluded to is narrower, moie uni- 

 formly coloured, with more slender antennae (which, with the 

 legs, are yellowish) and shorter elytra. 



24. QUEDIUS FULGIDUS, Auct. 



Mr. Crotch, 1. c, notes Thomson's division of this insect 

 into five species, as under, and gives short characters for 

 them, stating that all the forms occur (I presume, " in this 

 country" is to be understood), but that a careful examination 



