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Rey, 1. c. p. 81 (Op. p. 100), Provence ; II. sharpianaj Wollaston, 1. c. p. 288, 
Madeira ; II. {Atlieta) nimcola^ Thomson, 1. c. p. 419, Lapland. 
Cliff ota subsericans, Muls. & Rey, 1. c. p. 160 (Op. p, 190), Beaujolais. 
Gyroplimna diversa, p. 129 (Op. p. 153), Lyons (? = var. sec. auctt.')^ 
pimctulataj p, 132 (Op. p. 150), Gde. Chartreuse ; despectaj p. 135 (Op. p. 159), 
Beaujolais; hrevicornis, p. 139 (Op. p. 163), Lyons : iid,. 1. c. 
Difflossa sinuaticollis, p. 162 (Op. p. 176), French coast of Channel ; crassop 
p. 156 (Op. p. 180), Hyeres : iid. 1. c. 
Myllcena ruhcscensp p. 143 (Op. p. 167), Pyrenees, validcip p. 146 (Op. p. 170), 
Provence : iid. 1. c. 
Tachyporides. 
Tachyponis tersusp Wat. Cat. (Eiit. Ann. 1871, p. 32), nec Er., is named 
pallidiis : Sharp, Cat. Brit. Col, p. 10. 
Mycetoporus jolmsoniy Woll. ; var. n. luhrica, Madeira: Wollaston, I, c. 
p. 298. 
Tachyponis centrimaculatus, J. Sahlberg, 1. c. p. 420, Lapland ; T. tristis, 
p. 136, I'uhricollis, p. 137, Gayndah, Macleay, 1. c . : spp. nn. 
Co7iurus rvjipalpisp atriceps, elonffatuluSp Gayndah : id. 1. c. p. 136, spp. nn. 
Lordithon mceklini, sp, n., J. Sahlberg, 1. c. p. 421, Lapland. 
Boletohim puUiis, sp. n., Solsky, Hor. Ent. Ross. viii. p. 156, Samarcand. 
Quediides, 
IlcterotJiops minutus,y^o\\..y-=dissimilis, Grav., nec prcevius, Er,, as Fauvel 
erroneously states. Wollaston, 1. c. p. 298. 
Qfiediits fulffidm : Wollaston {1. c. p. 299) names respectively 7'obustusmdi 
dcpaupcratus two forms of this insect from the Canaries. 
Qucdim hrcvicornis, Thoms,, is recorded from Gt. Britain by E. A. Water- 
house (Ent. M. M. viii. p. 14), who (J. c. p. 161) also records the capture of a 
small colony of another of the fulffidus group with red elytra, probably punc^ 
ticollisp Thoms., in terms tending to corroborate its value as a species. 
Ileterothops melanocerus, sp. n., iSolsky, 1. c., Samarcand. 
Qucdius spelceusj sp. n., Horn, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. 1871, p. 332 (& fig.)> 
Wyandotte Cave, S. Indiana. 
Staphylimdes. 
Ocypus fortunatarum : Wollaston, I. c. p. 802, so renames his O. puncta^ 
tissimus (preccupied by Dufour), of which he asserts the specific distinctness 
from O. cnprens. 
Philonthus xantholoma, Gr. ; Sharp (Ent. M. M. vii. p. 181) describes under 
the name variolosus a highly developed d form of this sp. from Gt. Britain, 
in which the punctuation of the underside of the abdominal segments is more 
sparing and coarse than usual. To it he refers Berwick examples mentioned 
by Kraatz in Ins. Beutschl., and the fig. of .vantholotna in I)u Val’s Gen. 
Staphylimis luridipennis and analis, Gayndah : Macleay, 1. c. p. 142, spp. nn. 
Ocypus fuscomieusp sp. n., Solsky, 1. c. p. 158, Samarcand. 
PhilodJius ausb'olisp p. 139, hmmorrhoidaliSp pilipennisp polUuluSj p. .140, 
subcinffulatuSf chalyheipennisp xantholinoidesp p. 141, Gayndah : Macleay, I, c., 
spp. nn. 
