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COLEOPTERA. 
J. O. Westwood, Thesaurus ent. oxon., p. 72 et seq.y summarizes 
records of the economy of members of this family, and gives a supple- 
ment to his treatise in Arcana ent. ii. (1843-45). He briefly redescribes 
(amongst others) and figures the following species, described by himself 
(unless where noted) : — CerapteruH (OrthojHerus) lafertcei, pi. xv. fig. 11, 
C. {Pleuroptcrus) alternaris, pi. xvi. fig. 2, and hastatus, fig. 3, p. 74 ; 
C. (Arthrojpterus) wilsoni, pi. xv. fig. 7, p. 76, denudatus, fig. 1, brevis, 
fig. 2, p. 76, parallelocerus, fig. 9, p. 77, hirhii, pi. xvi. fig. 1, p. 79 ; 
Melanojpsilus {Merismoderus) bensoni, pi. xviii. fig. 1, p. 80 ; Hylotorus 
buce^halas, Gyll., pi. xviii. fig. 2, p. 81 ; Platyrhopalus mellii, pi. xviii. 
figs. 2 & 3, p. 82 ; Paussus humboldti, pi. xix. fig. 11, ^procerus, Gerst., 
fig. 7, p. 83 ; verticalis, Rche., fig. 8, spinicoxis, pi. xviii. fig. 7, p. 84 ; 
curtisi, fig. 11, sinicus, fig. 10, p. 85 ; cultratus, pi. xix. fig. 1, granulatus, 
fig. 3, chevrolati, pi. xvii. fig. 5, p. 86 ; nauceras, Benson, pi. xvi. fig. 8, 
politus, fig. 10, plceophoQ'us, Bens., fig. 11, p. 87 ; denticulatus, fig. 12, 
pacijicus, fig. l,jerdani, pi. xviii. fig. 4, p. 88 ; bowringi, pi. xvi. fig. 9, 
turcicus, Friv., pi. xviii. fig. 5, hystrix, pi. xvi. fig. 5, p. 89 ; spencii, pi. 
xviii. fig. 8, afzeli {Icetus, Gerst.), pi. xvii. fig. 6, p. 90 ; parrianus, pi. xvii. 
fig. 7, audoini, fig. 8, p. 91 ; bu>rchellanus, fig. 10, murrayi, fig. 11, dohrni, 
fig. 12, p. 92 ; cucullatus, pi. xviii. fig. 6, bohemanni, fig. 9, degeeri, fig. 12, 
p. 93 ; germari, pi. xix. fig. 2, schaumi, fig. 6, p. 94 ; inermis, Gerst., fig. 6, 
setosus, fig. 4, p. 95. 
The following new species are described : — 
Cerapterus {Orthopterus) stall, p. 73, pi, xv. fig. 10, Africa. 
Artliropterus punctatissimus, pi. xv. fig. 3, quadricollis, fig. 8, p. 75, sub- 
cylindricus, p. 76, fig. 2, hoioitti, fig. 4, melbournii[;-nianus~\, fig. 6, p. 77, 
Australia. 
Lebioderus percheroni, p. 80, pi. xvii. fig. 3, Tinga. 
Hylotorus hottentottus, p. 81, pi. xvii. fig. 1, S. Africa. 
Platyrhopalus vexillifer, p. 82, pi. xvii, fig. 4, Penang, castelnaudi, p. 96, 
Siam. 
Paussus niloticus, p. 83, pi. xix. fig. 9, White Nile, damarinus, p. 84, 
pi. xvii. fig. 9, S. Afl’ica, schiodtii, p. 85, pi. xvi. fig. 6, Bengal, 
p. 90, pi. xvi. fig. 4, vollenliovii\j'hQveni\, p. 94, pi. xix. fig. 10, tropical 
Africa- 
Staphylinidjj. 
D, Sharp, Tr. E. Soc. 1874, pp. 1-103, describes 190 species from 
Japan, mostly brought from that country by Mr. G. Lewis (30 others 
are not yet described). Only one of the three or four known Japanese 
species is included in this number, and nearly all of a dozen species 
received by the author from other sources from Japan are specifically 
distinct from any found by Mr. Lewis. New genera and many new 
species are described. Cf. also Kraatz, B. E. Z. xviii. p. 289. 
The 5th livraison of vol. iii. of A. Fauvel’s “ Faune Gallo-Rhenane 
[Zool. Bee. X. p. 250] has been published, dated September, 1874, and 
containing pp. 391-544, Supplement ii. (dated July, 1874) pp. 25-46, 
and pis. iii. & iv. Of this portion, pp. 393-544 form pp. 167-318, the 
supplement forms pp. 319-340, and the pis. are pis. i. & ii., of Bull. Soc. 
