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long prior versicolor of Sturm, as proved, not by description, but by figure. Now, 
this very identification at the eleventh hour shows the value of Thomson’s de- 
scriptions ; for Sturm’s insect has never (save, perhaps, by British Coleopterists, 
who adopted its name from Mr. Waterhouso’s Catalogue, without any ground for so 
doing) been recognized as a species, for the simplo reason that no recognizable 
description of it existed. Now, however, it is to stand, elucidated by the reflected 
light of Thomson’s characters for pauciseta, applied to Sturm’s figure of versicolor ! 
Dr. Kraatz makes no mention’of Baron Chandoir's expressed opinion (L’ Abeille’, 
t. v, p. 220, 1868) that Pecilus versicolor of Stephens is specifically distinct from 
cupreus ; and the reference to ‘ Barbaria’ as the fatherland of the former by Gem- 
minger and y, Harold seems especially to puzzle him,—the interpretation of those 
authors’ scheme for localities indicated at p. 247 of vol. v of this Magazine having 
evidently not occurred to him. 
As an additional argument against the proposed retention of the Linnean name 
for Thomson’s puncticeps, it may be urged that so preciso an entomologist as 
Chaudoir considers (J. c.) the insect known as versicolor to be probably the true 
cupreus of Linneus!—E. C. Ryrr, 10, Lower Park Fields, Putney, 8.W. 
A Note on further British ewamples of Cryptophagus Schmidtii.—This species, re- 
corded by me in the last No. of this Magazine, has escaped prior notice through some 
inadvertence; for I now find that Mr. E. W. Janson many years ago took (and 
correctly determined) more than one specimen of it, most probably at Whittlesea. 
—Ib. 
Note on a new species of Amara (Celia) from Belgiwn.—-M. Putzeys, in the 
Compte-rendu (No. 56) of the Soc. Ent. de Belgiqne, has very recently described, 
under the namo of A. indivisa, a species intermediate between A. brunnea and 
A. rufocincta, to which I think it advisable to draw attention, as the insect is not 
unlikely to occur in this country. The central tooth of the mentum in it is sharp 
and undivided, as in brunnea, to which it is not necessary here to compare it, as 
that species is not found in Britain. Compared with A. rwfocincta, it is smaller, with 
the thorax more convex, much wider in front and more rounded laterally, and with 
the base of the elytra more strongly punctured. 
M. Putzeys points out that the simple tooth of the mentum in Acrodon is re- 
produced in certain species of Liocnemis and Bradytus; and is, therefore, not 
reliablo as a generic diagnostic.—Lp. 
Notes on Wiltshire Coleoptera.—A short visit to Wiltshire in June last afforded 
me the opportunity of picking up a few beetles, some of which I will enumerate, as 
they do not seem to be of every-day occurrence. The neighbourhood of Froxfield, 
on the western border of the county, was the part chiefly examined. In a wood 
called Stypo, I found under logs Pterostichus oblongopunctatus, and on aspens Lrirh- 
inus costirostris, and Crepidodera nitidula along with C. Helwines in fine variety. C. 
aurata, I may remark, seemed to be confined to sallows, while C. Chloris occurred 
Only on willows by the water-side, both there and at Windsor. In the same locality, 
by sweeping the herbage, Aphthona atratula, Abdera bifasciata and Mordellistena 
parvula were taken. In a water meadow a few specimens of Lrirhinus schirrhosus 
