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men is unique, and the author has no other CJioleva, and only one Catops 
in his Catalogue]. 
Adelops chardonis, Narbonne, linderi and mayeti, St. Martin d’Ar- 
deche, p. 215, corsicus, Corsica, peyroniSj Lebanon, p. 216, E. Abeille de 
Perrin, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) y.; A. simonis^ id. Bull. tom. cit. p. cxcix. 
Cantai : spp. nn.’ 
Anisotoma clavicornis, p. 150, Scotland, haicalensis, Lake Baikal, S. E. 
Siberia, and algirica^ Algiers, p. 151, E. C. Rye, 1. c. spp. nn. 
Trichopterygidje. 
A. Matthews, Cist. Ent. ii. pp. 1-10, replies to C. A. Dohrn’s criticisms 
touching his work “ Trichopterygia illustrata.” 
SCAPHIDIIDiE. 
Scaphidium 4c-pufictatum, Say, ohliteratum^ Lee., and piceum, Mels., = 
A-guttatum^ Say, or else two more species must be indicated, of. the piceum 
type ; G. H. Horn, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. v. p. 132. 
Histeridad. 
Hololepta. Observations on species described by G. v. Koch in Abh. 
Ges. Niirnb. iv. 1868, pp. 92 & 93; G. Kraatz, Deutsche E. Z. 1875, 
p. 435. 
Platysoma simeani \_simmani\^ sp. n., E. Mulsant & A. Godart, Ann. 
Soc. L. Lyon (n.s.) xxi. p. 419, Beyrouth. 
Saprinus tunisius, S. A. de Marseul, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) v. p. ciii. 
and Nouv. et Faits, 1875, p. xxxv. Tunis, also L. Fairmaire, Ann. Mus. 
Genov, vii. p. 503, Tozer, Tunis ; S. novellus, Marseul, Bull. &c. p. civ. 
and Nouv. &c. p. xxxv. Algiers; S. ruhiginosus, id. Bull. p. civ., and 
Nouv. xxxvi., also Fairmaire, 1. c. Tunis : spp. nn. [apparently a race for 
priority in three different publications]. 
Trypanceus (Trypeticus) albertisi, p. 994, andaiensis, p. 995, Andai, 
New Guinea, /erram, p. 996, note, Java, R. Gestro, Ann. Mus. Genov, 
vii. spp. nn. 
NiTIDULIDJ]. 
Reitter, E. Die europaischen Nitidularien, mit kurzer Charakteristik 
der Gattungen, und Bemerkungen iiber schwierige Arten, verzeich- 
net. Deutsche E. Z. 1875, part of Heft hi. pp. 1-30. 
The title sufficiently explains this work. Cercus ochraceus, Murray, = 
hipustulafus, Payk., var. ; and, far from associating this with C. pedicu- 
larius, L., two forms of the latter are dubiously referred to as speci- 
fically distinct. Heterhelus, Duv., = Amartus^ Lee., and to it are re- 
ferred BracTiypterus ruhiginosus^ Er., and C. afinis^ Heer (which on p. 3 
are referred to one and the same species, but on p. 87 are considered 
distinct, some specimens from Australia, Italy, and Thuringia having 
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