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carbonarius is not so metallic in colour, the front tarsi not dilated in the male, and 

 the punctuation of the upper side of the abdomen more distinct and remote. Under- 

 neath the sexual characters of these two species are very similar. When looking over 

 the specimens of P. punctiventris in my own collection and in those of my friends, I 

 find certain examples with longer antenna? thau the rest ; they do not, however, pre- 

 sent any structural differences, but nevertheless seem to accord very closely with the 

 description of P. tenuicornis given by Mulsant (loc. cit.) ; and it seems strange that 

 Kraatz (Ins. Deulschl. p. 574, Note)^should compare the latter species with P. aeneus 

 and P. carbonarins instead of P. punctiventris, which it must certainly resemble more 

 than either of these. I have not as yet been able to see a typical specimen of 

 P. tenuicornis, but probably some of your readers may be in a position to oompare P. 

 punctiventris with this species ; if so, I should much like to know their points of 

 difference. 



I have in my collection a fresh specimen of P. lucens of Mannerheim, taken in 

 Scotland by Mr. H. Montague ; and Mr. Bold has also sent to me for comparison 

 another example taken by himself. This species is compared both by Kraatz and 

 Mulsant with certain of the above-mentioned insects, and I mention it in order to dis- 

 pel any idea that specimens of P. politus (of which it is a near ally), with the under 

 side of the basal joint of the antenna? discoloured or darkened, could possibly be mis- 

 taken for it. Its antenna? are much shorter, the joints being more transverse; the 

 legs are not so long, and the punctuation of the elytra is much coarser. — E. C. Rye ; 

 March 18, 1863. 



Proceedings of Societies. 

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 March 2, 1863. — Feedeeick Smith, Esq., President, in the chair. 



Donations. 



The following donations were announced, and thauks ordered to be returned to 

 the respective donors : — 1 Proceedings of the Royal Society,' V 7 ol. xii. No. 53 ; presented 

 by the Society. ' Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France,' 3me Serie, 

 Tomes 4, 5, 6, Annees 1856, 1857, 1858; by the Entomological Society of France. 

 ' Anatomie, Physiologie, et Histoire Naturelle des Galeodes ; ' by the Author, M. Leon 

 Dufour. 1 Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift,' Band vi. ; by Herr Julius Lederer. 

 4 Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung,' Jahrg.23, Nos. 10 — 12, and Jahrg. 24, Nos. 1 — 3, 

 and Beilage; by the Entomological Society of Stettin. 4 The Canadian Naturalist 

 and Geologist,' Vol. viii. No. 6; by the Natural History Society of Montreal. 'The 

 Zoologist' for March; by the Editor. ' The Journal of the Society of Arts' for Fe- 

 bruary; by the Editor. 'The Intellectual Observer,' No. 14; by the Publishers. 

 'Jahrbucher des Vereins fur Naturkunde im Herzogthum Nassau,' Bd. 14, 15, 

 16; by the Society. 'The Reader' for January and February; by the Editor. 



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