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as distinct from C. dorsalis (Say); C. obliquata (Kirby) is said to be a dis- 
tinct species, and one elytron is figured; C, texana (Lec.) = C'. rectilatera 
(Cliaud.). The species described by Leconte under the name of C. viatica 
(Chevr.) is distinct, and Leconte proposes for it the name of C. pimeriana 
(/.c. p. 3G3). 
Horn (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 18G0, pp. 39G-397) remarhs upon the-, 
local occurrence or variations of the following- species : — C. vuUurina (Lee.),, 
vidgaris (Say), oregona (Lee.), hirticoUis (Ssij), duodecitngidtata (Pe].), hg-. 
perborea (Lee.), qnisilla (Say), hcmnorrhagica (Lee.), imperfecta LLee.), gutti- 
fera (Lee.), and Tetracha Carolina (Hope). , ; 
A curious variety of Cicindela campestris, with the elytra short and flat, 
and the humeral lunule interrupted, is noticed by Fairmaire as brought from 
Asia Minor (Posz-Dagh) by Lederer. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® st5r, tome vi, 
p. 249. 
Cicindela campestris. Tuely records the capture of specimens of this beetle 
with a rose-like scent. Entomologist, iii. p. 101. 
Crotch (Entfimologist, iii. p, 105) remarks on Cicindela camptestris, var. 
nigrita, of authors, (Steph.), and on the so-called C, hybrida of 
Britain. 
Omus Iccvis, sp. n., Horn, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 18G6, p. 394, Cali-^ 
fornia. 
Cicindela senilis, sp. n., Horn, 1. c. p. 395, and C. gahbii, Horn; ibid., Cali- 
fornia ; C. vibex, Horn, ibid., Oregon. 
Cicindela Icalcea, sp. n.. Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 18GG, p. 840, and C. qmlica, 
Bates, 1. c. p. 341, Formosa. 
Collyris formosana, sp. n.. Bates, 1. c. p. 341, Formosa. I* 
Carabid^, 
Gautier des Cottes (Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 18GG, pp. 174-180) publishes 
the following remarks on the synonymy of insects of this family : — Carabus 
lindcri (Toiivn.) ==fabricii (Panz.) ; C. chevrolatii (Cristof.)=Procri<s^es mr- 
(King) ; Procrustes thiirkii (Schaum) = Curuft. assimilis (Cristof,);' 
Nebria lareymi (Fairm.) = orsewiV (Villa) as stated by Schaum; Pceciliis 
bcetieus (Ramb.) = ^/m))^^?>^s (Waltl) ; Pterosticlms planipennis (Sahib.) = 
rapax (Motsch.) = «iV/er, var. eschscholtzii \ Ilaptodcrus ncmoralis (Graells) is 
a Platydcrus and distinct from lusitaniciis (Bej.); JI. cantabricus (Schauf.) = 
montancllus (Graells); I)yschiriusmicuns(Qii\\.t.)=zmiscllus (Schaum); Dito- 
mus tomentosus (Dej.)= Carterus i: (Fairm. & Coq.) is an Apatelus\ Oplionus 
columbinus (Qen:m.)^sabidicola (Panz.). 
Of the results of the excursion of the French Entomological Society into 
Spain in 18G5, portions have formed the subject of papers since read before 
the Society; of this family several new species have been described by De 
Vuillefroy (Ann. vi. pp. 345-348) ; and Putzeys has given lists of the species 
of Amarides and Clivinides collected, with descriptions of some new forms 
(ibid. pp. 349-354). 
T. E. Gunn records (Entomologist, iii. p. 130) a remarkable case of 
the destruction of a canaYy bird by the larva of some carabideous insect. 
The larva had eaten through the back of the skull into the brain of the 
bird. 
