SCYDMiENID^, SILPHID^. 
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Scotndytes diccki, do Saulcy, 1. c, p. 00, TaP. ii. iig. 2, Zumarraga. 
Cephennimji (Geodytes) pygmceum^ de Saulcy, I, c. p. 93, Sierra de Cor- 
doba ; C. (6*.) atomarium, de S. ibid., Zumarraga; C. hicolor^ De S. ihid.^ 
Taugiers. 
Mastigus heydenii, v. Rottenb. 1. c. p, 233, Naples. 
SlLPHID^. 
Leptoderides. 
Spel(Bochlamys, g. n., Dieck, B, E. Z. xiv. Beili. p. 93. Intermediate between 
Drimeotus (Mill.) and Adelops (Telk.). Eyeless; ant. tarsi 4-jointed; mesost. 
with an elevated keel in the middle, produced into a denticle in front ; thorax 
narrower than elytra, narrowed from base to apex, post, angles impressed, re- 
flexed, very sharp ; lateral margin of elytra widely reflexed. Sp. S. eJdersij 
sp. n., Dieck, 1. c, p. 94, Alicante. 
Silphides. 
Necrophorus melslieimcri^ Lee. ncc Yshy.y — ohscm'iiSy Kby. ; N. mehheimeri, 
Kby., Lec.,=.sr77/?', Fjap. ; N. marifimtis, Mann,, Kby. ; N.de- 
fodiemy ~^\Mm.,—pygmfcufi, Kby. : IjCC., Ann. N. IF. ser. 4, vi. p. 398. N. con- 
f^orator, W alk., =j)ollmctor, Lee.; N. 2 ^oUinctoy, Mann., =mrtnY/mw5, Mann,, 
var. ; Lee,, ibid. p. 400. 
Pettitt (Canad. Ent. ii. p. 20) records Necropliilm subterranexis (F.) as 
frequenting decomposing fungus at Ontario. 
Rye (Ent. M. M. vi. p. 182) refers to Michow’s observations on Necrop>horns 
rmpatoVy Er., and N. microcephaluSy Thoms. ; and (vii. p. 9) records Colon 
denticulatum, ICtz., from England. 
Addops adnexm, Schauf. Dieck, B. E. Z. xiv. p. 191, corrects an error as 
to the locality for this species {cf. Kraatz, ibid. p. 192). 
ScHAUFUss (Nunq. Otios. pp. 33-37) redescribes his Adelops erberi and A. 
2 )ruinosuSy and enters into some details as to his suppressed genera Queestus 
and Qumsticulns. 
Kraatz (B. E. Z. xiv. Beih. p. 96, note) repeats his opinion that Catops and 
Choleva form distinct genera. He enumerates 5 recorded spp. of Catopsivom. 
South Spain, records Colon niurimini, Ktz., from Algesiras (p. 97, note), 
mentions 3 recorded species of Choleva from South Spain, and briefly recha- 
racterizes C. notaticollis, Baudi, p. 101, note. 
Myrmecopliilus (Motsch., 1844) is changed to Att<Ephilus and recharac- 
terized, Catopsimorphus pilosus, Mills., being referred to it, as well as A. 
paradoxuSy Mots. Motschoulsky, Bull. Mosc. xlii. p. 350. 
CatopoceruSy g. n.. Mots. 1. c. p. 351. Intermediate between Catops and 
AgyrteSy having a shining surface, as in the latter, and the antennse as in 
the former; logs rather evidently dilated. Sp. C. politusy sp. n., Mots, ibid.y 
North America. 
New species : — 
Necrophorus imjlcornis and N. plagiatuSy Mots. 1. c. p. 352, California. 
Oiceoptoma cyaniventrisy Mots. 1. c. p. 348, and O. obscuriventrisy Mots. 1. c, 
p. 349, East Indies. 
Adelops sarteanensisy Bargagli, Bull. Ent. Ital. ii. p. 175, Mt. Cetona. 
