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p. 438, H, athalia, Saulcy, 1. c. p. 439, and H, rebeocaj Saulcy, from 
Jerusalem j all with Myrmica harhara. — H. raehelj Saulcy, I, c. p. 631, and H, 
Judith, Saulcy, ibid., from Jerusalem, &c. — II. depauperata, Wollaston, Gol. 
Atl. App. p. 68, from Qomera. 
Placusa coronqta, Solsky, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxyii. pt. 1. p. 433, fig. 1 
(abd.), St. Petersburg, under bark. 
Tachyporides. 
Tachyporus ripicollis. Sharp (Ent. M. Mag. ii. pp. 157-158) maintains 
that the so-called T. rujicollis of British authors is identi cal with T. nitidi- 
collis (Steph.), which he regards as a variety of T, obfusus. 
Leptacinus keviusctdus, sp. n., Solsky, 1. c. p. 442, from Sarepta. 
Tachinus cinyulatus, sp. n., Solsky, 1. c. p. 436, figs. 2 & 3 (abd.), and ni- 
yernmus, sp. u., Solsky, 1. c. p. 437, figs. 4 & 6 (abd.), from Tiflis. 
Coproporus oriantalis, Solsky, 1. c, p. 439, from Celebes. 
Tachyporus abner, sp. n., Saulcy, 1. c, p. 635, from Palestine. 
Bolitobius cedronis, sp. n., Saulcy, 1. c. p. 636, from Jerusalem. 
Boletobius himaculatus, sp. n., Couper, Cauad. Nat. & Geol. n. s. vol. ii. 
p. 61, fr-om Quebec. 
Mycetoporus adumbratus, Wollaston, Col. Atl. App. p. 71, and M. dis- 
cmdeus, Woll. ibid., from Teneriffe. 
Staphylin^des, 
A variety of Quedius scintillam (Grav.), with the antennae nearly blade, 
is mentioned as occurring at Venice. Wien. ent. Mon. Ed. viii. p. 105. 
XanthoUnus. Bethe (Stett. ent. Zeit. 1865, pp. 65-67) discusses the differ- 
ences between X. linearis (Oliv.) and X. lonyiventris (Heer), and gives brief 
diagnoses of the two species (p. 67). Bethe remarks (/. c. p. 184) that the 
differences indicated by him had previously been described by H. Fuss. 
XanthoUnus grceous (ICi’aatz) and X. rujipennis (Er.) are identified by 
Saulcy with specimens brought from Palestine, ^n. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4« s6r. 
tome iv. p. 641. 
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Ocypus sylvaticus, Wollaston, 1. c. p. 72, from Gomera. 
Dolicaon debilipennis, Wollaston, 1. c. p. 73, fr-om Gomera j D. paioce, Woll. 
ibid., from the Salvages. 
Bclonuchus mexicanus, Solsky, 1. c. p. 440, from Mexico. 
Quedius josue, Saulcy, 1. c. p. 636, Q. macchabmis, Saulcy, 1. c. p. 637, and 
Q. islamita, Saulcy, I, c. p. 638, from Palestine. 
Philonthus libanicus, Saulcy, /. c. p. 639, from Beirout ; P. pharao, Saulcy, 
ibid., and P. putiphar, Saulcy, I p. p. 640, from Egypt. 
XanthoUnus titus, Saulcy, 1. c. p. 642, from Jerusalem. 
Leptacinus jabusceus, Saulcy, 1. c. p. 643, L. trianyidum, Saulcy, ibid., from 
Palestine ; and L. berytensis, Saulcy, ibid., from Beirout. 
XanthoUnus kraatzii, liirsoh, Berl. ent, Zeitschr, 1805, p. 44, fr-om Bogota. 
