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men of Hydrous jnccns having- the left elytron a little shorter than the right, 
and finely transversely aciciilate. 
Philhydrus nic/riccps, sp. n., Iledtenhacher, lleise der Novara, Zool. ii. Col. 
p. 26, Nicobars. 
Tropisternus hinotatus, sp. n.. Walker, Lord’s Naturalist in Vancouver’s 
Island &c, ii. p. 318, Vancouver’s Island. 
STAPHYLINIDiE. 
• AJeocharides. 
Stcnma. Kraatz (Ilorl. ent. Zeitsclir. 1808, pp. 330-340) maintains the 
distinctness of this genus in opposition to Fauvel, and refers especially to the 
structure of the mentum. “ 
Atemeles. Kraatz also (1. c. pp. 340-341) maintains that this genus is 
distinct from LomccJwsa, and remarks that the}'^ can only he combined if we 
deny that the structure of the buccal organs is of systematic value. He 
adds that the third German species of Atemeles, which has been referred to 
LomeeJmsa puhkolUs (llris.), is not identical with L, injlata (Zett.), which 
appears to be a rare northern species. 
Cratarcea (Thoms.). Kraatz {l.c. pp. 341-342) also maintains the priority 
of his generic name Ilaploylossa (since changed by him to Mieroglossa *) to 
Cratarcea, 
Cypliea (Faiiv.). Kraatz (/. c. pp. 342-344) discusses the characters of 
Oxypoda curtula (Ericlis.), upon which Fauvel founds this genus, and comes 
to the conclusion that it belongs to Placusa. 
Ocalea proeera and O. spadicea (Erichs.) belong to the genus Aleochara, ac- 
cording to Kraatz (I. e. pp. 344-345). 
Homalota nifiritida. Kraatz remarks (Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1868, p. 291) 
that Thomson cites II, nigritida (Kr.) as a synonym of his H. holetohia, but 
without indicating in what particulars he considers it to differ from II. nigri- 
tula (Grav.), Hence Kraatz regards H. holetohia as a synonym of II nigri- 
tida (Grav., Kr.), and proposes the name of II. gravenhorstii for Thomson’s 
H. nigritida. 
SticJioglossa semirufa (Erichs.). Bethe (Stett. ent. Zeit. 1868, p. 166) re- 
marks upon the characters of this species, in which he says the abdomen 
has a distinct longitudinal keel upon both the sixth and seventh segments. 
Homalota cclata (Thoms, ncc Er.) = //, nigra (Kraatz), according to Crotch 
(Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1868, p, 404). 
Hoplandria ochracea {Kx 2 i^x.tz) = Gyroph<xna lateralis (Melsh.). Harold, 
Col. Hefte, iv. p. 100. 
Aleochara lygcea (Kraatz) and Oxypoda Jlavicornis (Kraatz) are recorded as 
occurring in Scotland by Sharp, Ent. M. Mag. v. p. 101 , 
Myllcena minima (Kraatz) is recorded as a British species by Bye, Ent. M. 
Mag. iv. p. 180. 
Gyrophama strictida (Erichs.). Bye records the occurrence of this insect 
in Britain ; the examples hitherto referred to it belong to G. polita (Grav.), 
Ent. M. Mag. iv. p. 250, 
* Kraatz has been unfortunate in this change of name, Microylossus hav- 
ing, been already employed for a genua of Parrots, 
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