Insects. 9001 
Tropiphorus carinatus, Mill. This species is the cidii of Marsham 
existing in several collections, and closely resembling the T. Mer- 
curialis. 
Clythra leviuscula, Ratz. Exceedingly close to the C. bipunctata, 
L., but distinguished by its hardly perceptibly punctured thorax, 
I have found two old specimens mixed with the common species. 
Cryptocephalus Wasastjerni, Gyll., Suffr. I have found two more 
examples, equally without locality, in an old collection. Its thorax is 
certainly more rugose than punctate, but its sculpture being visible at 
all, distinguishes it from all its allies. It appears to be rare, but is 
found in France, Germany and Sweden. 
Graptodera pusilla, Duftr. Cambridge. 
Thyamis rutila, 777. Weston-super-Mare. 
Plectroscelis aridula, Gyll. Cambridge. This and the two pre- 
ceding species were named for me by M. Allard. 
Blaps Chevrolatii, Sol. Synonymous with the B. mucronata, Latr. 
Stenus littoralis, Thoms. This species, nearly allied to S. crassi- 
ventris, Thoms. (nigritulus, Ey.) appears to exist in several collections. 
T took about sixty examples in Sweden, and have found a few at 
Weston. It is abundantly distinct from the S. crassiventris in form 
and habitat. 
Trogophleus halophilus, Kéesw. Found by me in salt-marshes at 
Weston, in some numbers, and distributed in most metropolitan col- 
lections. 
The other species enumerated by me in my recent ‘ Catalogue,’ are 
from the collections of Messrs. Wollaston and Janson, and will receive 
a more extended notice on my return from the Canaries, where I hope 
to do good work during the coming spring. 
G. R. Crotca. 
Uphill House, Weston-super-Mare, 
March 10, 1864. 
[I am aware there is a seeming irregularity in allowing a cor- 
respondent to reply in one petiodical to a paper published in another ; 
but I trust that in the present instance the irregularity will be in 
appearance only, if I reprint from the ‘ Annual’ the whole of Mr. Rye’s 
observations, so far as they relate to Mr. Crotch, and if I offer Mr. Rye 
any space he may desire in reply. I ought, however, to add, in justice 
to Mr. Crotch, that I entirely agree with him as to the impropriety of 
stigmatising any arrangement by the epithet “‘ foreign,” as though that 
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