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Sp. 2. Major. — Two localities are mentioned— 

 Barbary and India ; the latter is probably incorrect, 

 more than one species may be alluded to. 



Byrrhus, Linneus. 



These insects are generally known by the name 

 of Pill Beetles, probably from the type of the genus 

 being named Pillula. Linneus includes under the 

 same name sundry species of Anthrenus. 



Sp. 5. Vagus. — According to Gmelin's edition of 

 the Systema Naturae, the above insect appears to be 

 an Anthrenus. 



Silpha, Linneus. 



Silpha Linneus includes under that term about 16 

 modern genera, which will be more particularly 

 alluded to in the Fabrician species belonging to that 

 group. 



Sp. 3. 2-maculata. — According to Schonherr's Sy- 

 nonymia Insectorum, this species is recorded as a 

 Nitidula. I am unacquainted with the insect. 



Sp. 6, Indica. — According to Schonherr, this in- 

 sect appears to be an Ips. Fabricius names it 

 as Ips grandis, the specific name being properly 

 changed, as it is known to inhabit equinoctial 

 Africa, and neither of the Indies. 



Sp. 7. Americana.— This is the type of Mr. 

 Kirby's sub-genus Necrophila. Vide — Fauna Bore- 

 ali Americana, page 102, where four distinct species 

 are described* I have been obliged to change 



