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ZOOLOGICAL LITEKATUIIE. 
Scaritides : — 
Dyschirius. Scliiodte (Naturli. Tidsskr. 3rd ser. iv. pp. 160- 
161) remarks on the characters of this genus/ and compares 
tliem Avith those of allied genera. He indicates especially the 
presence of a sharp spine_, or onycliium, hetAveen the claAvs, 
tlie truncate apex of the inner lobe of the maxillae; and the di- 
vergence of the two labial bristles. In the terminal joint of both 
pairs of palpi of the males a peculiar structure is met Avith, the 
hard chitinous integument of the loAver surface being deficient_, 
and its place supplied by a soft membrane^ thickly covered Avith 
small^ black, polygonal Avarts, arranged quincuncially. These 
are regarded by Schiodte as secondary or inferior palpari a, and 
furnish the only knoAvn external sexual distinction in this genus. 
The Danish species of Dyschirius characterized by Schiodte (/. c. 
pp. 162-163) arc D. thcracicus obscurus (GylL), ameus 
(Dej.), salinus (Erichs.), , inermis (Curt.), politus 
(Dej.), and impunctipennis (DaAvs.). 
CUvmides. Putzeys lias published (Stett. ent. Zeit. 18G6, pp. 33-43) a 
revision of the Australian species of Clivina and Scolyptm (Piitz.), of Avliich 
ho noAV recognizes 21 species. Scolyptus includes only 2 species, S. planiccps 
(Putz.) and S.foi'eicqis (MacL.). The Clivince are divided by Putzeys into 5 
groups, of Avhich t]io first includes 2 ncAV species; tlie second C. elcyans (Putz.); 
the third C. alrala (Putz.) ; the fourth C, uustralmicc (Boh.), C. basalts 
(Chaud.), C. suturalis (Putz.), and 11 ncAv species ; and the fifth 1 new species. 
C. ephippiata (Putz.) from Celebes stands in the, midst of the fourth group. 
Of the species referred to as Australian, two, namely C. clcyans and atratay 
were described as American, and are placed here only on account of the 
agreement of their general characters with those of Australian forms ; one of 
the neAV species is from Noav Zealand. 
New species : — 
Scarites lantzii, CocLuerel, Ann. Soc. Ent. Er. 4® s4r. vi. p. 301 (not de- 
scribed), Bourbon. 
Clivina. Putzeys (Stett. ent. Zeit. 1866) describes the following 14 neAv 
species of this genus : — From Austhalia (chiefly Melbourne and Ncav South 
Wales) : — C.^noccra, p. 34 ; C. ptyominens, p. 35 ; C. juvmisy-p. 37 ; C. hpida, 
vayans, and cava, p. 38 ; C. dimidiata, p. 39 ; C. sellata and verticalis, p. 40 ; 
C. mclanajyyya (Chaud.) and licferoycna, p. 41 ; C. anyustula (Chaud.), p. 42 ; 
and C. biplayiata, p. 43. From Neav Zealand : — C. rvyithorax, p. 37. 
Dyschirius hispanus, Putzeys, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® sdr. vi. p. 352, and 
D. immaryinatus, Putz, 1. c. p. 353, from Spain. 
Dyschirius obesus, Leconte, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1866, p. 363, San 
Francisco. 
Chlaniides : — 
Jiembus ccyyptiaeus (Dej.) is described from Morocco by Fairmaire and Co- 
querel, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® ser. tome vi. p. 18. 
Stolonis, g. n., Motschulsky, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxviii, 2. p. 230. Allied 
to iStomisy but pronotum as in Leistus ; tooth of mentum obtuse ; labrum 
