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THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



they have a metallic lustre. The following 

 species will be found figured : — 



Am. ap7'icaria — Common. This is one 

 of the nocturnal species and therefore not 

 bright coloured. 



Am. famiUaris. — Rather variable in co- 

 lour, being bronze with more or less green. 

 Common in sandy places. 



Am. trivialis — Distinguished from the 

 last species by the femora bsing black and 

 by the striae mt being deeper behind. This 

 species has the first three joints of the 

 antennae red, another species (spreta) has 

 has only two joints red. 



Am.plebia — Very common, An enlarged 

 figure of the thorax is given to show the 

 way in which it is punctured (see also Y.N., 

 vol. iv., p. 175). 



Trechus minutus — A small common spe- 

 cies. The striae are deeper than in oMusus. 

 The third striae has two feeble impressins. 



Dyschirius glolosus. — Outer striae effaced 

 behind. 



Dys. nitidus. — Outer striae effaced at 

 shoulder. 



Panageus crux-major. — S. England. Not 

 common. 



Harpalus protetis. — Very variable in co- 

 lour, being bronze, green, and black. Not 

 rare under stones, &c. 



Harp, puncticollis. — Rather common. 

 Lymncsum nigropicevm. — Antennas, palpi, 

 and legs red. Apterous. Not rare in some 

 parts of Wales. 



Several persons have very kindly sent us 

 specimens to figure for which we are very 

 thankful, but we still require many of the 

 smaller ones and also some common ones 

 before we can complete the plates of Geo- 

 DEPHAGA. Amongst those we are more 

 particularly wanting are — 

 Notiophilus palustris 

 „ 4-punctatus 

 „ rufipes 

 ,, substriatus 

 Elaphrus Lapponicus 



Pelophila borealis 

 Nebria complanata 

 Leistus montanus 



,, spinibarbis 

 Carabus glabratus 

 ,, intricatus 

 Polystichus vittatus 

 We should be obliged to any collector 

 who can favour us with specimens or the 

 loan of specimens of any of these. 



NOTES ON COLEOPTERA, 

 FOR BEGINNERS. 



By Dr. J. W. Ellis and Mr. Smedley, 

 Liverpool. 



[Continued from page 161.) 



There yet remain to be described the 

 species of the family TrecMdce, and of the 

 genera Patrohus and Pogonus, which I have 

 included in the second (J) division of the 

 Feronidae, in the analytical table of genera, 

 on pages 87 and 88, and which are there 

 distinguished from the other Feronidae 

 (except the genera Licinus and Panagceus) 

 by having only two joints of the male an- 

 terior tarsi dilated. Both the Pogonidae 

 {including Patrobus) and the Trechidae are 

 usually placed between the Harpalidse and 

 and the Bembidiidae, the species of the 

 Trechidae exhibiting a general resemblance 

 to the " Bembids," and one genus, Perileptus, 

 having the apical joint of the palpi some- 

 what needle-shaped, a peculiarity of struc- 

 ture almost peculiar among the Carabidae 

 to the Bembidiidae. 



Family POGONIDAE. 

 PATROBUS. 

 The species of this genus, which are three 

 in number, are easily recognised by their 

 elongate form, by their mostly pitchy upper 

 surfaces, red legs, and by the thorax being 

 distinctly narrowed behind and possessing a 



