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INSECTA, COLEOPTERA. 
Piestides, 
IsotmluSj Er.,=-E'/eMs/s, Oast. : Horn, 1. c. pp. 297-299, remarks on the spp. 
of the United States, pointing out variations exhibited by them from pub- 
lished descriptions. 
Isomalu$ canadensis j Horn, 1. c. p. 299, Ontario j I. planicollis, Macleay, , 
/. c.j Gayndah ; spp. nn. 
Glyptoma brevicristatum, sp. n., Horn, L c. p. 832, Arizona (figs, of head and 
thorax of it and G. cristatum), 
PSELAPHID^. 
Trichonyx sidcicollis, Reich., is recorded from the north of England by 
Hutchinson : Ent. M. M. viii. p. 135. 
Bryaxis Avaterhonsiif Rye (simplex j Waterh.), is recorded from French 
coast by Oh. Rrisout ; Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) i. Bull. p. xxxiii. 
Trimium brevipenne^ Chaud. : Schaum’s reference of this sp. to Britain is 
corroborated by Rye : Ent. M. M. vii. p. 207. 
J'mesiphorus kinyi, sp. n., Macleay, 1. c. p. 161, Gayndah. 
Ctenistes desbrochersi, sp. n. (diagn. only), Raffray, Pet. Nouv. p. IGO, 
Algeria. 
Tyrus mastersij sp. n., Macleay, 1. c. p. 162, Gayndah. 
Pselaphus minyops, sp. n., Wollaston, Tr. E. Soc. 1871, p. 283, Madeira. 
Bryaxis hirta and atriceps, Macleay, 1. c. p. 152, Gayndah j B. tuberiventris 
and oliveri (diagn. only), Raffray, 1. c.j Algeria : spp. nn. 
Bythinus alyiricus, sp. n. (diagn. only), Raffi’ay, 1. c., Algeria. 
Claviyer nebrodensis, sp. n., Ragusa, Bull. Ent. Ital. iii. p. 196, Sicily. 
SCYDM^.NID^. 
Scydmcenus {Eumim'us') rufus, Miill. & K., is recorded as British by Rye, 
Ent. M. M. vii. p. 273 5 and carinatus, Muls., by Sharp, ibid. viii. p. 83. 
S. (^Napochus) claviyer^ Miill. & K. : J. Sahlberg (Not. Fenn. xi. p. 352) 
records an example of this species with a triarticulate club to the antenna), 
the normal 8 th & 9th joints being anchylosed. 
Scydmcenus kinyi, Macleay, 1. c. p. 165, Gayndah; S. pinyuicidus, Gerst- 
ticker. Arch. f. Nat. xxxvii, p. 43, Zanzibar ; spp. nn. 
Cephennium mycetceoides^ sp. n., Wollaston, 1. c. p. 281, Madeira. 
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SiLPHiDiE. 
Silphides, 
Silpha atrata : Kunstler (Verb. z.-b. Wien, xxi. Beih. p. 49) discusses 
injuries to cultivated plants by this sp. 
Adelops sai'teanensis, Bargagli: the author (Bull. Ent. Ital. iii. p. 39, 
pi, 1. figs. 1 & 4, nec fig. 2, as stated) supplements the description of this sp., 
which he figures. 
Necrophorus chilensis, sp. n., Philippi, S. E. Z. xxxii. p. 293, Taf. 3. f. 7, 
Curico, Chili. 
Silpha jluctuosa^ Schaufuss, Nunq. Ot. i. p. 204, Spain; S. turkestanica, Bal- 
lion. Bull. Mosc. xliii. p. 329, Turkestan : spp. nn. 
