COLEOPTERA. 
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' Record/ 1865, p. 465), figures Malihinus cincticollis (Kies.), taf. i. fig. 2, and 
remarks on the cliaracters and synonymy of tlie following : — Cantharis abdo^ 
minalis (Tab.), annularis (M^n^tr.) = (Muls.), mcAe? (Muls.), 
(Mars.), pulicaria (Fab.) $ =? (Fald.), livida (Linn.) = cmmYa 
(Rosenli.), palliata (Gyll.), oi'alis (Germ.), ariasi (Muls.), bivittata (Mars.), 
ericeti (Kies.), (Scop.)=me/a«Mm gilvipennis (Rosenb.), 
(Mills.), quadricollis (Kies.)=/^«^6^)?ewm5 (Mars.), hesperica (Balldi),^5^fl^^W/a 
(Mars.), varians (Rosenh.), nigricollis (Motscli.) = (Graells ?), 
fairmairei (Mars .) } Malthinus seriepunctatus (Kies.), balteatus (Siifir.), scutel- 
laris (Rosenli.) = ? Jilicornis (IGes.), scriptus (Kies.) = JilicorniS) var. ornatus 
(Rosenh.); Malthodes mlidicornis (^ViSr.^^^hispanicus forcipifer 
(Kies.). 
Cbotch (Entomologist, iii. pp. 47-48) indicates the characters furnished by 
the presence of impressed linear fovese on certain joints of the antennae in 
species of Telephorus, and tabulates the British species in accordance there- 
with. The species determined by Crotch on the authority of De Marseul as 
T. assnnilis (Payk.)= T. Jiguratus (Mann.). 
Crotch (Entomologist, iii. p. 125) refers to the synonymy of various species 
of Telephorus : — T. lituratus (Fall.) substituted for rufus (Linn.) ; T. lateralis 
(Linn.); T. translucidus (Kxyn.)— unicolor (Curt.), the latter preoccupied ; 
T. fidvus (Linn.) ; and T. limbatus (Thoms.). 
Telephorus fuscus. Observations on the occurrence of larvae of this species 
on snow in Switzerland and elsewhere were communicated by IIeer to the 
Societe des Sciences Naturelles de Neuchtael (Bulletin, tome vii. pp. 304- 
306). He accoimts for the phenomenon by supposing that the trees among 
the roots of which the larvae were hibernating had been torn up and the 
insects carried away by violent winds. 
Malachius ccneus has been charged with injuring the corn-crops in the dis- 
trict of Gewitsch by devouring the anthers. Frauenfeld, Verb, zool.-bot". 
Ges. in Wien, xvi. p. 644. 
Malachius bipustulatus. Giraud describes the larva of this species found 
by him in a narrow passage in a bramble stick. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® s^r. vi. 
p. 497. 
New species : — 
Chaidiognathus opacus, Leconte, Col. N. Anier. i. p. 90, Arizona. 
Omethes marginatus, Leconte, 1. c. p. 90, Middle and Southern States. 
Podahrus fayi, Leconte, 1. c. p. 91, Ohio ; P. protensus and P. cmctipennisy 
Lee. ibid., Pennsylvania. — Podabrus pattoni, Leconte, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 
Phil. 1866, p. 394, Pennsylvania. ' 
Telephorus scopus, Leconte, Col. N. Amer. i. p. 92, and T. oregonusj Lee. 
ibid., Oregon. 
Telephorus darwinianusj Sharp. A new species indicated by Sharp before 
the Entomological Society. See Rye, Ent. Ann. 1867, p. 62, frontisp, 
figs. 3 & 3^ 
Telephorus scoticus, Sharp = (Crotch nec PB,yk.')=Jiguratus (Crotch- 
nec Mann.). See Rye, l.c. 
Telephorus teinturieri^ Muls. & God. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xii. p. 447, Al- 
geria. 
Cantharis instabilis, Kiesenwetter, Berl. ent. Zeits. 1866, p. 246, C. fr ' 
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