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(Germ.); JI. hispnnicus (Rosenh.); and II. parvicolUsy n. ap. II. includes 
II ovatus (Ste.) and II castaneu^ (Heer) ; II auhei includes as varieties II 
semirufus (Germ.) and II delaroiizii (Du Val) ; II. lareyjiiiiB identical with 
II coarcticollis (Reiclie) j and H. opatrinus includes H. vestitus and II mcestus 
(Fairm.). 
ITydroporus halensis (Fab.) is figured by Rye, Ent. Ann. 1866, fig. 6. 
Hamlet Clark figures Hydaticus decorus (King) in Ent. Trans. 3rd ser. 
vol. ii. pi. 14. fig. 4, and also a variety of Hydaticus vittatus (Fab.) from N. 
India, 1. c. p. 218, pi. 14. fig. 6. 
Stierlin describes a large variety of Agahus hipustidatus from Sicily, which 
he says also occurs near Constantinople. Berl. ent. Zeitsch. 1864, p. 146. 
New species : — 
Haliplus maculipennisy Schaum, Berl. entom. Zeitsch. 1864, p. 107, from 
Egypt. 
ITydroporus. Scliaum (Berl. entom. Zeitsch. 1864) has described : — 
ITydroporus crihrosusy 1. c. p. 107, and H. pentagrammus, 1. c. p. 108, from 
Egypt; IT. corpulentus, 1. c. p. 109 (=JT. saginatus, var., Schaum oUm) from 
the Crimea; IT. bcsticus, ibid., from Andalusia; H. scythus, 1. c. p. 110, from 
the Kirghese steppes; TT. nigricqtSy ibid., from Malaga; II hicostatusy 1. c. 
p. Ill, from Guadarama ; and IT. parvicollisy 1. c. p. 112, from Asia Minor. 
ITydroporus hasinotattis, Reiche, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4« s^r. tom. iv. p. 234, 
and TT. Icprieuriiy Reiche, 1. c. p. 235, from Algeria. — TTydroporus hyphydro- 
idcSy Perris, ibid. p. 277, from Corsica. — TTydroporus ddectuSy Woll. Cat. Can. 
Col. p. 76, from Tenerifie. 
Laccophilm inJiatuSy Woll. 1. c. p. 79, from the Canaries. — Laccopliilus luri- 
dusy Schaum, 1. c. p. 107, from Egypt. 
Agahus consanguineusy Woll. 1. c. p. 81, from the Canaries. 
TTydaticus. Hamlet Clark has described (Trans. Ent. Soc. 3rd series, vol. ii.) 
the following new species of this genus : — 
Hydaticus haheiocllUy 1. c. p. 210, pi. 14. fig. 1, from Moreton Bay; II 
adamsii, 1. c. p. 211, from China; H. aruspeXy 1. c. p. 212, from China; IT. 
vcrecunduSy 1. c. p. 213, of uncertain origin ; IT. howringiiy 1. c. p. 214, pi. 14. 
fig. 3, from Australia and China ; TT. ussheriiy 1. c. p. 214, pi. 14. fig. 2, from 
Cape Coast ; H. paganuSy 1. c. p. 216, from the Gold Coast ; IT. matrucUsy 1. c. 
p. 216, from Cape Coast ; IT. parallclusy 1. c. p. 219, of uncertain origin ; II 
nigro-marmoratuSy 1. c. p. 220, from Angola ; IT. fulvo-notatuSy 1. c. p. 221, 
from Cape Coast ; H. histrioy ibid., pi. 14. fig. 6, from N. India ; and II nigro- 
vittatusy 1. c. p. 222, from Japan. 
GyRINiDiE. 
Clark (Journ. of Entom. vol. ii. p. 214) lias continued his 
Catalogue of Australasian Water-Beetles hy an examination of 
the species of the genus Enhydrus. He gives the following 
synopsis of the species known to him : — 
A. Elytra scarcely striated, smooth, 1. JE. kowittii. 
