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Sajyrinm : pimctuation very yariaHe. Koltze, B. E. Z. xvi. p. 162. 
Platysoma bettdinum, sp. n., Hochhuth, I c. p. 219, Kiew. 
HetcBrius setuloms, sp. n., Reitter, B. E. Z. xvi. p. 179, Oran. 
Saprinus perrisi, Marseul, L'Ab. viii. p. 415, Corsica ; S. rugipennisj 
p. 225, Steppes of Novomirgorod, asphcdtmus, p. 226, Kiew, Hochliuth, I. c. : 
spp. nn. 
OnthopMlus interruptus, sp. n., Reitter, c. p. 168, Oran (= exaratus, 
lU., ex. typ., Kraatz, ihid. p. 186). 
Phalacrid^. 
Olihrus particeps, Muls., recorded as British, and probably represents the 
O. q^7iis of British lists ; O. hicolor is erroneously considered British : E. C. 
Rye, Ent. M. M. ix. p. 38. O. ulicis, Gyll., considered distinct from millefolii, 
Payk. : Hochhuth, Bull. Mosc. xlv. 2, p. 233. 
Olisthems (Erichson, Staphylinidce, changed to Stilbus, p. 35 of generic 
table), g. n., Seidlitz, Fauna Baltica, p. 157. Metasternum not extending 
forwards beyond the middle coxae, separated from prosternum by a distinct 
mesostemum &c. Olibrus geminus, 111., piceus, Steph., oblongm, Er. 
Phalacrus brisonti, Rye, I. c. p. 8, England ; P. intermediusj Hochhuth, I. c. 
p. 231, Kiew : spp. nn. 
Olibnis pumilusj sp. n., Hochhuth, I. c. p. 234, Kiew. 
NiTIDULIDiE. 
Cereus sambuci. Rupertsberger, Verb. z.-b. Wien, xxii. p. 10, fully de- 
scribes the larva and pupa. 
Epurcea. Note on habits of Swiss species : Perrin, Nouv. et Faits, ex. 
Nitidula Jlexuosa corroborated as British : R. Lawson, Ent. M. M. viii. 
p. 248. N. castcinea, Sahib., characterized, and is distinctly a good species, not 
a var. of nifipes : Hochhuth, Bull. Mosc. xlv. 2, p. 286. 
Meligethes. Ch. Brisout (L'Ab. viii. pp. 1-36, separate pagination) pub- 
lishes a synopsis of the genus, dichotomously describing 67 species known to 
him. According to him M. pictus, Rye, =mufab{lis, Rosenh. (cf. Zool. Rec. viii. 
p. 253) ; carinulatus, 'F'6mi.,-=erythropus, Gyll. ; subtilis, Bris., is renamed hypo- 
crita ; flavicorniSf Mill., = ^a^;^/;es, Stm. j niger, Bris., nec Newm., is renamed 
parmlus. Notes of food-plants and localities are given for all the species. 
This paper is abstracted &c., as regards British species, by the Recorder, 
Ent. M. M. viii. p. 267. 
Reitter, B. E. Z. xvi. pp. 125-134, pi. vii,, and pp. 265-269, publishes 2 sup- 
plements to his revision of the European species. According to him, M. 
anthracinus^ Bris., is a good species j M, bonvouloiri, Bris., probably =<^weMS, 
var. ; M. azureiis, Heer, =virtdescens, Fab., var., probably the var. germanicus ; 
M.marmottani, 'Bvis.,=Iederi, Reitt. ; M. confusus, Bris., probably = o&scwn<s, 
var. ; M, parvultis, 'Bvi3.,=memnon{us, Er. ; M. yiiger, Newm., is rightly dis- 
missed as non-existent ; M. brucki, Reitt., =:punctatiis, Bris. The same author, 
■^id. pp. 241-264, and p. 269, discusses the South-African species known to 
him, including 18 new. M. exilis is recorded from the Cape, and the Cana- 
rian virescens, WoU., from S. Africa (the latter probably doubtful). 
Meligethes incanus, Sturm, recorded as British, and the M. mcmrus of British 
lists stated to be M. ovatus, Sturm : E. C. Rye, Ent. M. M. viii. pp. 267 & 268. 
