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named it Dr. bipennifcr ; and as lie has drawn up a short paper upon this 

 group, which it is his intention shortly to publish, I shall not attempt to 

 render '' confusion worse confounded" by saying aught more about them 

 here. 



Page 25. Sp. 9 a. Dromius longiceps. De Jean, Col.W. 4.50. — Loudon Mag. 

 Nat. Hist. V. 327. — Sieph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 2. — " Elongato-linearis, 

 pallid^- fusco-ferrugineus, thorace subquadrato, eli/tris striutis, ohsoletissime 

 punctatis, suturd et macula communi subapicali cuneatd nigris, antennis pedi- 

 busque pallidis. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) Babington {in Loud.) 1. c. 



" Much elongated, nearly linear, pale ferruginous ; head darker, with a trans- 

 verse elevated line between the antennse, and two oblique longitudinal punc- 

 tate fovese between the eyes : thorax quadrate, narrowed posteriorly, with 

 all the angles rounded, lateral and posterior margins elevated, transversely 

 wrinkled, with an abbreviated dorsal channel: elytra striated, strise obsoletely 

 punctate, suture dark, the colour widening towards the apex, with a poste- 

 riorly rounded dark spot: under side pale ferruginous; abdomen dark: 

 legs and antennae pale." — Babington I. c. 



" Taken at Madingley Wood, Cambridgeshire, from moss, in the spring of 

 1831, and in the sedge-boats in March 1832." — Babington I. c. 



Of this very distinct species 1 possess a specimen kindly given to me by C. C. 

 Babington, Esq. 



Page 27. t> Lebia turcica. — A specimen of this rare insect was taken beneath 

 some rubbish in the Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park, by Mr. Johnson, in 

 the spring of last year. 



Page 31. Sp. 1. Tarus angularis — This insect has been taken abundantly, in 

 the autumn, beneath stones in the neighbourhood of Dorking and Leather- 

 head; also in the Isle of Portland. 



Page 32. Sp. 2. Tarus laevigatus. — Specimens of this species have been taken 

 near London since the publication of the former description. 



Page 32. Sp. 3. Tarus macularis. — Of this species Mr. Waterhouse possesses 

 a specimen taken near London. 



Page 32. Sp. 3 a. t. Tarus axillaris. — StepJi. Nomen. 2 J edit. col. 3. Carabus 

 axillaris. — Fab. E. S. i. 132. — Fascus subpubescens, confertissime punctatus, 

 thorace rvfo, elytris margine laterali lineolaque humerali, ore antennisque Jer~ 

 rugineis, pedibus pallidioribus. (Long. corp. 4| — 5 lin.) 



Fuscous, somewhat pubescent, and above covered thickly with minute punc- 

 tures, especially on the head and thorax, the latter is very short, wide and 

 rounded and of a clear red : elytra with the outer margin almost to the apex 



