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Sf'op(Vus trosmltiSf Woll. 1. c. p. 586, and S. nigellm^ Woll. ibid., from the 
Canaries. 
Lithocharis. The following new Canarian species are described by Wol- 
laston : — Lithocharis quadriceps^ 1. c. p. 686 j L, suhcoriacea^ ibid. ; and L, hrevL 
pennis, 1. c. p. 680. 
Sunius. Four new Canarian species are described by Wollaston, viz. 
Simius myrmecophiliis, 1. c. p. 690 ; 8. megacephaluSj ibid, j 8. dimidiatus, 1. c. 
p. 501 ; and 8. pallididm, ibid. 
Stenus cakaratus, Scriba, Berl. ent. Zeits. 1864, p. 380, from Hamburg ; 
Steniis (meotinctus, Woll. 1. c. p. 502, from the Canaries. 
Stenus. Rye describes as new British species Stenns debilis (Dietrichsen 
MS. P), Ent, M. Mag. vol. i. p. 42, and 8. erichsoni (Janson, 
(Erichs, nec Steph.), 1. c. p. 108. 
Bledius irroratus, Faiivel, 1. c. p. 127, from Chili. 
lUvdius. Wollaston describes from the Canaries, — Bledius jannvianus, 1. c. 
p. 503 ; B. coi'nutissimus, 1. c. p. 594 ; and B. galcatus, ibid. 
Trogophlceus ruJicolliSj Woll. 1. c. p. 601, and 2\ hhdioides, Woll. ibid., from 
the Canaries. 
Philorinum Jloricola, AVoll. 1. c. p. 602, from the Cananes. 
Jlomalium sculj)ticoUe, Woll. 1. c. p. 602, from Teneriffe and Palma. 
Omalium rugulipcnnc^ Ann. 1864, p. 58. 
Metopsia cimicoideSf Woll. 1. c. p. 605, from Teneriffe. 
PsELAPHID^. 
De Saiilcy (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. ser. tome iii. p. 649), referring to a state- 
ment of Grenier’s that the development or non-development of the eyes in 
3Iachcerites {Linderid) maricCj as found in the Cave of Villefranche, depends 
upon the degree of light to which the specimens are exposed, maintains that 
the individuals with developed eyes are males, and those with the eyes very 
small or entirely deficient are females. Grenier, in reply (/, c. .p. 660), main- 
tains that the characters upon which de Saulcy has founded his genus Lin- 
deria, and those which he regards as indicative of sex, such as the develop- 
ment of the eyes and wings and the structure of the antennm and palpi, are 
due solely to Bie influence of light upon the development of the larvae. 
King remarks (Trans. Ent, Soc. N, S. W, vol, i. p. 106) that Narcodes pul- 
chra is the male of N. varia, and that Bryaxis linearis and scidpta belong to 
the genus Buplectus. 
New species and genera : — 
Bnoptostomus, g. n., Schaum, in Woll. Cat. Can. Col. p. 528. Allied to 
Ctenistes and Centrotoma] antennae approximate, inserted on the sides of a 
frontal tubercle, last four joints in (S , last two in 5 , thickened ; max. palpi 
4-jointed (?), joint 2 much arcuate, slightly thickened at apex, 3 much dilated 
on each side, semilunar, 4 dilated into a transverse cone ; tarsi with two equal 
claws. Sp. B. ivoUastoni, Schaum, 1. c. p. 529, from Teneriffe and Gomera. 
Camaldus, g. n., Fairmaire, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® ser. tome iii. p. 637. 
Allied to Centrotoma ; antennae elongate, clavate ; maxillary palpi elongate, 
4-jointed, first very short, second elongate, slender, third inflated, fourth 
