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The following is the result of my examination of the species 

 standing named in his collection in the British Museum, viz. : — 



Ptomaphagus truncatus=C. sericeus, Panz. {truncatus, Tllig.) 



velox—velox, Spence. 



fumatus — fumatus, Erich. 



Watsoni—fumatus, Erich., and scitulus, Erich., mixed. 



anisotomoides = anisotomoides, Spence. 



TVilkinii=pr(ecox, Erich. 



Catops nigricans —nigricans, Spence. 



sericea = \)&\e variety of chrysomeloides, Spence. 



tristis =fusca, Erich. 



festinans, represented by two specimens of grandicollis, 



Erich., and two of tristis, Erich. 



affinis=nigrita, Erich. 



chrysomeloides = chrysomeloides, Spence. 



Leachii, represented by two specimens of grandicollis, 



Erich., and two of tristis, Erich. 



Kirbii=rotundicollis, Kellner. 



Ptomaphagus Spencei—rotundicollis, Kellner, 



fulvicollis = velox, Spence. 



Marshami = chrysomeloides, Spence. 



dissimulator, represented by three specimens of grandi- 

 collis and one of nigrita. 



Choleva angustata = angustata, auct. 



gomphoita — * ditto. 



agilis, represented by three specimens of agilis and two 



of angustata. 



The other species, or names of species, given in his Manual 

 are not represented in his collection. 



I have not had an opportunity of seeing typical specimens of 

 Mr. Newman's three species, frater, soror, and nubifer-, but my 

 friend the Rev. Wm. Little has in his collection specimens which 

 had been named by Stephens as being the two latter, and if we 

 may take that as an indication, we find that s or or = nigricans and 

 nubifer = velox. 



Erichson's ' Kafer der Mark Brandenburg ' followed in 1837. 

 His division differs from that of Spence. It is as follows, viz. : — 



Characters of the first division : — 



" Mesosternum simple {without keel) ; body oblong ; antennce and 

 legs long and thin, the former scarcely thickened at the point ; 

 legs slender ; tarsi of fore-feet dilated in the males, tarsi of 

 middle feet simple in both sexes." 



This division corresponds to Spencers first section (Stephens's 



