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were relics of some thousand specimens. The species 

 appears to differ from those we find in England. I 

 have received others, which are undescribed, from 

 the Island of St. Yincent, and also from Singapore 

 and Assam. Anobium Capense of Fabricius, is 

 proLably only a variety of Anob. Panicum. 



Sarrotrum, Fabricius, 



There is only one species belonging to this genus, 

 and great difference of opinion exists amongst 

 Entomologists as to its true locality. Mr. Stephens, 

 in his catalogue, places it at the head of the Hete- 

 romera, in the family of the Tenebrionidae. The 

 Baron De Jean places it between Hypophlseus and 

 Corticus, genera of the Taxicornes ; with the latter 

 arrangement there appears to me very liitle affinity. 



Ptilinus, Fabricius. 



Ptilinus of Fabricius includes under that head 

 four genera; two of them, namely, Ptilinus and 

 Xyletinus belong to the Ptinidse, Rhipicera to a 

 family named Rhipiceridae by Laporte de Castel- 

 neau, and Drilus, which we have already classed 

 amongst the Telephoridae. For observations on the 

 Rhipiceridae consult the Histoire Naturelle des 

 Animaux Articules, par Laporte, Yid. vol. 1, p. 255, 

 The only remark to be made on any of the species 

 mentioned by Fabricius is that of Flavescens, which 

 is parasitic on snails in its larval state, by Mielzinsky, 

 it is denominated Cochleoctonus. The name of 

 Drilus ought to be adopted. The next genus to 



