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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
JEury^caphus (g. R.) 6, Scaraphites 9, Scarites 8j Gnathoxys 10, Cerato- 
glossa 2, Clivina 6, and Dyschirius 1. The author indicates the distinctive 
characters of ten species of Carewwm, forming his first group (l,c. p, 179), 
and discusses the characters of the Australian species of Scarites (p. 194). 
De Saulcy corrects his character of the genus Meicheia, which haa the 
lahimn bilohed, and not trilobed. It may therefore he united with Dyschi- 
rius. Bull. Soc. Ent. Er. 1866, p. xxxv. 
Dyschirius elongatulus (Daws.) = D. extensus (Putz.), according to Rye, 
Ent. M. Mag. ii. p, 87. 
New species ; — 
Duryscaphusj g. n., MacLeay, Trans. Ent. Soc. N. S. Wi vol. i. p. 187. 
Allied to Carenum,) antennae longer and more filiform j abdomen nearly 
circular. Known sp. Scaraphites ohesus and S. waterhousei. New sp. B. 
angulatus and dilatatuSy MacLeay, I, c. p. 188 j and B. minor and B, hi- 
punctatus, MacLeay, 1. c. p. 189. 
Carenum. MacLeay has described (Trans. Ent. Soc. N. S. W. vol. i.) the 
following twenty species of this genus, from various parts of Australia ; — 
C. nigerrimum,^. 176 j C. amhiguum and C. suhquadratumy p. 177 ; C. striato- 
punctulatum and C. coracinumy p. 178 j C. suhstriaiuluniy p. 179 ] C. suhrugu- 
losumy C. glaberrimumy and C. undulatum, p. 180 ; C. riverince and C. inter- 
ruptuniy p. 181 j C. ohscurum and C. similoy p. 182 ] C. murrumhidgense and 
C.laten'ahy p. 183; C. suhporcatulum and C. striato-punctatumy p. 184; C. 
frontaUy p. 185 ; C, suhcostatum and C. campestrey p. 186. 
Scaraphites intermediuSy MacLeay, 1. c. p. 190, from Illawarra and Merim- 
bula. ^ 
Scarites. Five new Australian species are described by MacLeay; namely, 
S. approximatuSy 1. c. p. 191 ; S. waterhousei and S. suhporcatidusy 1. c. p. 192 ; 
and S. jacksoniensis and S, planiusculuSy 1. c. p. 193. 
Gnathoxys murrumhidgensisy MacLeay, p. 195, from Murrumbidgee. 
Dyschirius stephensiiy MacLeay, p. 196, fi-om Sutton Forest, N.S. W. 
Dtschtrim (sic) ri^labrisy Motschulsky, 1. c. p. 214, from the Banat. 
Chlceniides, * 
Trichisiuy g. n., Motschulsky, 1. c. p. 331. Allied to Craspedophorus ; an- ' 
tennae with joint 3 as long as 1, 2 half the length and thickness of 1 ; elytra 
oval, convex, closely and rugosely punctate, and covered with long ' hairs. 
Sp. T. cyanescensy sp. n., Motsch. 1. c. p. 332, from the East Indies. 
Loroste^na, g. n., Motschulsky, 1. c. p. 329.] Allied to Loricera ; joint 4 of 
antennae nearly as long as 1 ; antennae not furnished with long hairs ; elytra 
destitute of pits. Sp. L. alutacea, sp. n,, Motsch. 1. c. p. 330, from Tranquebar. 
. Chlwminusy g. n., Motschulskj^, 1 . a p. 350. Allied to Chlcmius (?) ; men- 
tum with an obtuse tooth ; last joint of palpi as long as the preceding, coni- 
cally acuminate ; prothorax convex, cordiform ; elytra elliptical, scarcely 
wider than thorax, deeply striated, striae indistinctly punctate, subscutellar 
stria wanting; 3 joints dilated in anterior tarsi of cf, Sp. C.liguttatuSy 
sp. n., Motsch. 1. c. p. 351, from Tranquebar. 
Oodinusy g. n., Motschulsky, 1. c, p. 352, Allied to Oodes ; form short and 
