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species allied to this last, but much larger, and probably new 

 to Science ; and, in addition, he has brought home a 

 considerable number of Pselaphidae and Scydmaenidse, which 

 have not yet been determined. On the Massane he met with 

 Bythinus Massanse of Saulcy, discovered a few years back by 

 Michel Nou. A cave in the neighbourhood of Banyuls, 

 never previously explored, and in which it was expected 

 some of the blind Coleoptera would be found, produced 

 nothing but Pristonychus cyanescens, and a pretty Catops 

 which had taken up its quarters at some distance from the 

 mouth of the cave. It is remarkable that in a country so rich 

 in blind Coleoptera, this cave did not afford a habitation 

 even to an Adelops. After searching the environs of Port- 

 Vendres, Collioure and Banyuls, where he found a number 

 of Aptinus displosor, nearly always accompanied by Percus 

 patruelis, he proceeded to Vernet, where he made some most 

 interesting captures, amongst which may be mentioned 

 Belodera Genei, Vesperus Xatarti, Rhagonycha signata, 

 Chloenius fulgidicollis, and a great number of other species 

 not yet determined. He next explored the environs of 

 Mont-Louis, and especially the valley of Eyna, so rich in 

 Coleoptera. Thence he returned to the Ariege, but only 

 explored the cave at Ussat, which contained scarcely any- 

 thing worth notice, excepting Adelops Pyrenseus and Pholeuon 

 Querilhaci, which were very abundant. He ended his tour by 

 exploring the mountains of Luchon, and ascended the peak 

 of Nethou. The mountains of the Haute-Garonne produced 

 a number of interesting Coleoptera, among which may be 

 mentioned Athous filicornis, Nebria jaticollis, and Adelops 

 ovatus, shaken out of moss. When all the insects procured 

 shall have been determined, it is proposed to prepare a list 

 of them for publication in the ' Entomologist.' 



M. de Narcillac. — M. de Narcillac communicates the 

 results of an entomological excursion he has made to 

 I'Etang-Neuf, the forest of Rambouillet, near Montfort- 

 I'Amaury. This locality proved much richer than he 

 had expected : he collected between seven and eight hundred 

 Coleoptera, the greater part of which are still unnamed. 

 Among the ascertained species are Cicindela sylvatica, 

 found in sandy tracks bordered with heath, and the bark of 

 Piuus sylvestris, stacked in heaps after the felling of the 



