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Tehphorus piccioUi, sp, n., Ragusa, Bull. Ent. Ital. ii. p. 316, Palermo. 
Cantharis paulinoi, sp. n., v. Kiesenw. B. E. Z. xiv. Beih. p. 126, Coimbra. 
Polemius varicornis, sp. n., Kirsch, B. E. Z. xiv. p. 882, Bogota. 
Malthesis. Kirsch, 1. c., describes the following new species : — M. mar- 
ginicollis, p. 382, luridm and marginatus, p. 383, acuminatus and discoidens, 
p. 384, Bogota. 
Malthinus dryoccdes [sic], sp. n., v. Rottenberg, 1. c. p. 242, Sicily. 
Malthodes vincens, sp. n., Gredler, C. H. vi. p. 10, Tyrol. 
Malachides. 
Lichtenstein (Pet. Nouv. 27, p. 108) records Molachius rvfus from the 
nests of Eiimencs. 
Malachiiis miniatus (Reiche nec Kolen.) is changed to miniaceus, and 
Ehmis pedicularius (Schr. nec L.) to prceoccupatus : Gemminger, 0. H. vi. 
p. 121. 
Koltze (S. E. Z. xxxi. p. 144) suggests a connexion between Troglops 
corniger^ Kies., and flowering lime-trees. 
Dasytides. 
V. Kiesenwetter (B. E. Z. xiv. Beih. p. 126) describes both sexes of 
Ilenicopus senescens, Duv., from Andalusia. 
Crotch (Pr. E, Soc. 1870, p. xviii) gives the following synonymy : — Ea- 
sytes {Metadasytes) plumheus (111., Thoms., nec Miill.), coxalis, Mills., = 
Kies; D. (M?) jlavipes (01., Mills., nec F.), ? fuscidiis (Thoms, nec Kies.) = 
plumheus (Miill., Kies.) ; E. (3/.) suhceneus (Thoms., Crotch, nec Schdn.), 
plumheus (01., Fourc., Mills., ncc Miill.), cerosus (Kies.), ceratns, Steph.,= 
plumheo-nigcr (Goozo) ; and points out characters for these and allied species, 
Easytes cerosus, —suhceneus (Schon.) : Thoms,, Sk. Col. x. p. 109. 
Eolicliosoma protensa ecn^Easytes oeulatus are recorded as British by Crotch, 
Pr. E. Soc. 1870, p. xviii. 
llaplocnemus pint, Redt,, = fwi/imsMS (Msh.) ; Crotch, C. H. vi. p. 102. 
Collops Umhatiis (Lee. nec Mots.) is changed to limhellus by Gemminger, 
C. H. vi. p. 120. 
Neiv species : — 
Ilenicopus heydeni, v. Kiesenw. /. c., Santas Albas and Oviedo. 
Easytes rugipennis, Thomson, Opusc. Ent. fasc. ii. p. 139, Sweden. 
llaplocnemus marginatus, v. Rottenberg, B. E. Z. xiv. p. 243, Sicily ; H. 
rufomarginatus, Perris, L’Ab. vii. p. 18, Tenes ; H. hoziorowiezi, Desbr. des 
Loges, ihid. p. 122, Corsica. 
Haplamaurus marginalis, Kirsch, B. E. Z, xiv. p. 369, Bogota, 
Easytiscus medius, v. Rottenb. L c. p. 244, Sicily. 
Eanaceea kiesenwetteri, v. Ileyden, B. E, Z. xiv. Beih. p. 127, Ronda; E. 
lusitana, v. Heyd. ihid., Coimbra. 
Clerid^e. 
Tillus elegans (Roth, nec Er.) is changed to elegantulus\ Epiclines gayi 
(Spin, nec Chevr.) to spinolce ; Hydnocera scahra (Mots, nec Lee.) to scahri- 
pennis : Gemminger, C. H. vi. p. 121. 
