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varr. ; B. nitidulus, Muls., = explodens, Duft., var. ; B. sichimita^ Rche. 
& S., is a good species ; C. P. de la BrMerie, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) v. 
pp. 157 & 158. 
Brachynus oblique truncatus, sp. n., E. Perris, L’Ab. (3) i. p. i. 
Algeria. 
Lehiides. 
Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. xlix. pt. 2, pp. 1-61, in continuation of his 
treatment of Cymindis in B. E. Z. 1873, p. 53 et seq., discusses 60 species 
of Pinacodera, Cymindoidea^ Apenes, and 5 new genera, considered as 
aberrant forms of the group. Planesus IcBvigatus^ Mots., = Pinacodera 
limbata, Dej. ; Cymindis bufo^ Schaum, nec F., = Cymindoidea famini^ 
Dej. ; Apenes pallidipes, Chev. (as Cymindis')^ renamed mexicana^ p. 25 ; 
Cymindis sinuata, Rche., and other species additionally characterized ; 
C. sitifensis, Luc., = leucophthalma, var. ; C. accentifera, Zubk., = 
translucida, Ball. ; C. mannerheimi, Solsky, ? Gebl., provisionally renamed 
Jcirgisicd^ p. 60 ; C. geophila, Montr., ? = stigmula, Chaud., which is not 
a Philotecnus^ but belongs to a new genus of Dromiides, which will also 
contain C. pictula, Bates. 
0. P. DE LA BrOlerie, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) v. pp. 137-142, note, 
enters at great length upon the question of variability of structure in 
Cymindis axillaris^ to which he refers, besides homagrica^ Dej., the 
following spp. as synonyms: — palliata^ Fisch., seriepunctata, Redt., confusa^ 
Peyr., distinguenda and alpina^ Chaud., etrusca^ Bassi, limbipennis, Chaud., 
marginata^hviG., favieri,Y 2 ^\Yva.., = confusa^ Fairm., and maroccana, 
Rche., and as varieties, C. marmorce^ G4n4, deeignata^ Rche., lineata and 
suturalis^ Dej., Fisch., crenata^ Chaud., lineola^ fasciipennis^ 
Kiist., leucophthalma^ Imvistriata, and sitifensis, Luc., and maderae, Woll.; 
C. andrece, Men., and ? discophora, Chaud., and paivana, Woll., = dis- 
coidea, Dej., varr.; C. corrosa, pallida, and tabida, Reiche & S., russipes, 
Muls., = adusta, Redt. ; C. cyanoptera, Chaud., = miliaris, Stm., var. ; 
id. 1. c. pp. 137-147. Demetrias sagitta, Coye, = atricapillus, L. ; ex- 
treme forms of Dromius linearis, 01., are described ; D. sacerdos, Peyr., 
crucifer^ Luc., nigriventris, mhoms,:, fasciatus, Dej:, = notatus, Steph., of 
which tener, Coq., and melanocephalus, Dej., are varr. [!] ; Blechrus inter’- 
stitialis, Kiist,, hispanicus 2 Jidiminutus,M.oi^.,l(jevipennis ^rxiAmauritanicus^ 
Luc., exilis, Schaum, = glabratus, Duft., of which maurus, Sturm, is 
a var. ; B. vittatus, Baudi, = vittatus, Mots. ; Metabletus mutabilis, Reiche 
& S., = lateralis, Mots. ; Lebia pubipennis, Duf., = fulvicollis, F. ; L. 
geniculata, Mann., and numidica, Luc., = cyanocephala, L*., varr. ; L. 
lepida, Brull^, = Immeralis, Dej., var. ; Masoreus rotundipennis, Reiche, 
= cegyptiacus, Dej., testaceus, Luc., = affinis, Kiist., and alticola, Woll., 
= wetterhalli, Gyll. ; M. laticollis, Chaud., = orientalis, Dej. ; id. 1. c. 
pp. 149-154. 
Dromius glabratus and truncatellus distinguished by the sculpture of 
the last abdominal segment in the ^ ; E. A. de Perrin, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr, 
(5) V. p. ccix. 
Trechicus fimicola, Woll., and japonicus, H. W. Bates, are referred to 
Perigona ; J. Putzeys, Ann. Mus. Genov, vii. pp. 734 & 735. The former 
