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on a flower, with a $ of Antherophagus nigricornis attached by the mandibles 
to one of its antennae, and suggests that the beetle had fastened itself on the 
bee so as to be carried to the nest of the latter, in which it would deposit its 
eggs. Seidlitz (ibid. p. Ixii) adduces other recorded instances. 
Baudi (B. E. Z. xiv. p. 60, note) records a black var. of Cryptophagtis pilomSf 
Gyll., from Piedmont. 
Cryptophagm vini,'Ex,f=^Paramecosoma pilosula, Er. : Thoms., Skand. Col. 
X. p. 66. 
Cryptophagus validus, Ktz., is recorded as British by Bye, Ent. M. M. vii. 
p. 9 j and C. fumatus, Gyll., by Bold {ibid. p. 35), from Northumberland. 
Hypocoprus lathridioideSj Mots. Perris, 1. c. p. x, records this sp. from 
France, Algeria, Corsica, and Prussia. Bonnaire (Pet. Nouv. 26, p. 103) 
notes it from the Island of B^, found in dried asses’ dung. 
[^Atomaria~\ Anchicera mesomelas, var. d,T\iomQ.y — berolmetisis (Ktz.) ; A. 
fuseata, var. b, Thoms., =6asahs (Er.) j A. salicicola (Ktz.) P = zetterstedti 
(Zett.) : Thoms. 1. c. p. 72 et seq. 
HenoticuSy g. n., Thoms. 1. c. p. 67. Allied to Cryptophagus, but prosternal 
process acuminate behind, margined on each side ; no callosity to ant. angles 
of prothor. j penult, joint of tarsi abruptly narrower and shorter than prece- 
ding joints. Sp. IL serratus (Gyll., Crypt)-, ? (C.) crenatus (Gyll,, nec 
Thoms., Sk. Col. v. p. 263, which is bicolor, Sturm). 
Atomaria hicmalis, sp. n., Baudi, 1. c. p. 66, note. Piedmont ; A. clavicoruis, 
sp. n., p. 57, Mariliine Alpsj A. inmcticollis,i^\). n,, Thoms. 1. c. p. 69, Sweden. 
Epistemus vmtrosus, sp. n., Baudi, 1. c. p. 67, Syria. 
Lathridiid^. 
Lathridius constrictus, Gyll., is recorded from Britain by Bye (Ent. M. M. 
vi. p. 283), who makes some general observations on erroneous references of 
other spp. to Britain by continental authors. 
Lathridius nodifer, Westw., is referred by Thomson (Skand. Col. x. p. 64) 
to his genus Coninomus, and L. elonyatus. Curt,, to his Cartodere (1. c. p. 65). 
Bethe (S. E. Z. xxxi. p. 328) notes the extension of Lathridius nodifer, 
Westw., to Stettin in 1869. 
Corticaria fidva, Mann. ^ ,=.hirtella, Thoms. : Thoms. 1. c. p. 59. 
Corticaria baicalica, Mann.,=n<Jri}?es, Mann. : Solsky, Hor. Ent. Boss. 
vii. p. 352. 
Baudi (B. E. Z. xiv. p. 61) describes, under the name cypria, a var. of 
Corticaria fulva. Com. 
Eevelieria, g. n., Perris, L’Ab. vii. p. 12. Comes between Easycerus, of 
which it has the convex form, and Lathridms, to which it is most nearly 
allied (no diagnostic characters given). Sp. R, spectabilis, sp. n., Perris, ibid., 
Corsica. 
Entoxylon, g. n., Ancey, L’Ab. vii. (1870) p. 84. Allied to Mycetcea, but 
with its antennae not clavate, and no prothoracic longitudinal impression. 
Sp. E. abeillei, sp. n., Ancey, Nouv. et faits div. p. viii (Oct. 1869) and L’Ab. 
vii. p. 86, Ste. Baume (Var) [ef. Zool. Bee. vi. p. 238]. 
New species : — 
Langelandia exigua, Perris, 1. c. p. 9, and L. incostata, Perris, 1. c, p. 11, 
Corsica. 
