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The Entomologists of Sweden think that Carabus 

 velox of Linneus is only a variety of Bembidium, 

 impressum Gyll. 



Sp. 33. Bipunctatus. — Now a Tachypus of 

 Megerle, one of the genera of the Bembidiidse. 

 The following remarks occur in the Histoire Na- 

 turelle des Insectes relating to the above family. 

 " C'est Mons. Stephens qui dans son interressant 

 Traite sur les Insectes d'Angleterre en a le premier 

 publie les caracteres en les regardant toutes comme 

 des genres particuliers ce savant Entomologiste en a 

 porte le nombre a douze qui ne correspondent pas 

 tout-a-fait a celles du species de M. le comte De 

 Jean. Comme elles nous paraissent plus faciles a 

 saisir dans le dernier ouvrage nous adopteron de 

 preference la methode du Naturaliste Francais," 

 Vid. Hist. Nat. des Insect par Audouin et Brulle, 

 Vol.2, p. 156, &c. Argument is one thing, Nation- 

 ality another. Because the published genera of Mr. 

 Stephens do not correspond with the Baron De Jean's, 

 or because De Jean's genera at first sight are more 

 readily taken, therefore those of the French Natu- 

 ralist are to be adopted. If the genera described 

 by the above writers are accurate they must accord > 

 the claim of priority then cannot be set aside on 



