COLEOPTERA. 
441 
Acritus ffemmula) sp. n., Wollaston, Col. Atl. App. p. 20, from Gomera. 
Nitidulid^. 
The following known species of this family are recorded as newly detected 
in Britain difusa (Bris.) hy Sharp, Ent. M. Mag. ii. p. 86 ; E. an- 
gustida (Eiiclis.) by Bye and Sharp, 1. c. p..60; and Carpoiihilus sex-pustu~ 
latus (Fab.) by Bye, ibid. i. p. 269. 
The habits of Melujcilms ccneus are described by Taschenberg (Natiirg. 
wirbell. Thiere, pp. 30-89), and the larva and imago figured {1. c. pi. 2. figs. 
8&9). 
Brachyptems cBmomicans, sp. n., Wollaston, Col. Atl. App. p. 10, from Go- 
niera. 
CarpopJiUm tersus, sp. n., Wollaston, /. c. p. 10, from Gomera. 
Coladtis pectorcdisj sp. n., Kirsch, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1805, p. 40, from 
Bogota. 
Camptodcs micans, sp. n., Kirsch, 1. c. p. 47, from Bogota. 
McUyethes ruhnpcs, sp. n., Mulsant & Bey, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, tom. x. 
p. 4, from Avignon and Marseilles j and M. picipcnnisj Mills. & Bey, I, c. p. 0, 
from Hyeres. 
Rhizophayus vayce, sp. n., Wankowicz, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4'’ ser. tom. v. 
p. 299, from Lithuania. 
Trogositid^. . 
Ilampe states (Wien. ent. Mon. Bd. viii. p. 193) that Sturm’s specimen of 
Ncmosojna corniitmn has a ticket giving Simferopol as its locality. This 
species, therefore, belongs to the European fauna. 
Nemosoma fascicollc^ .sp. n., Ilampe, Wien. ent. Mon. Bd. viii. p. 193, from 
Kasan. 
CoLYDIID^. 
O2)ostirus, g. n., Kirsch, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1806, p. 46. Allied to Eiido- 
phlociis ; eyes half divided by a keel ; antennaB 10-jointed, club of two joints, 
last joint twice as large as preceding ; tibim unguiculate at apex. Sp. O. 
exsectifSf sp. n., Kirsch, 1. c, p. 45, from Bogota. 
Colydiiun carinatum, sp. n., Kirsch, 1. c. p. 40, from Bogota. 
TarpMm. Of this genus Wollaston describes the following new species : — 
T. sctosus, Col. Atl. App. p. 17, T. hmncrosus, I. c. p. 19, T. affink, ibid., 1\ 
ahhreviatns, 1. c. p. 20, and 2\ monstrostis, ibid., from Gomera; T. ivoljiij 1. c. 
p. 21, from Madeira. 
CuCUJlDiE. 
Loiinopldocm ahicik, sp. n., Wankowicz, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® s6‘. tom. v. 
p. 298, from Lithuania. 
CRYFTOPHAGIDiE. 
According to Perris, Poramccosoma ahidis is abundant in the nests of 
Bomhjx piiyocampa in the department of the Landes, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 
1805, p. xviii. 
Atomaria riihricollis (Bus.) — A. ornaia (Heer), according to Kraatz, Berl. 
ent. Zeits, 1806, p. 414. 
