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with a doubt, being unable to obtain any informa- 

 tion concerning it. Fabricius described it from 

 Manduit's Collection ; as to what became of that 

 collection, I am equally ignorant. 



Sp. 30. Ater. — Now an Ilybius of Erichson, and 

 the type of the genus, all the species belonging to it 

 are remarkable for their convexity. 



Sp. 36. Nitidus. — A Necticus mihi, and is pro- 

 bably the same insect met with in German collec- 

 tions, under the name of Col. Nitens, which I 

 regard only as a dark variety of Col. Sturmii. 



Sp. 48. Varius. — Probably a Necticus of Hope. 

 Mr. MacLeay informs us in the Annulosa Javanica, 

 that Fabricius in his Ent. Syst., described an insect 

 which he found in the Banksian Cabinet under the 

 name of D. varius. With it, he afterwards con- 

 founded a Sumatran species which he saw in Dal- 

 dorff's Collection, and then he altered the original 

 specific character to suit the new insect. The name 

 Varius, therefore, Mr. MacLeay has changed to 

 that of Fabricii. 



Sp. 49. Tnterrogatus. — Now of the genus Copto- 

 tomus of Say. The characters will be found in 

 Say's description of new species of North American 

 Insects, page 29, and also in vol. 2. of the Hist, 

 Nat. des Insectes par Audouin and Brulle, p. 211. 



