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tional characters given. Ctenomastax, Ktz., should be placed here, and 
not in the Pcederides. D. Sharp, 1. c. pp. 366 & 357. 
* Stencesthetus Hiatus^ sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 357, Tapajos and Lages. 
Stenus inspector, p. 358, obductus, p. 359, tinctus, p. SQO, cognatus, p. 361, 
vacillator and cursitor, p. 362, fallax and simulator, p. 364, certatus, 
p. 365, train, pedator, p. 367, oentralis and extensus, genalis, 
p. 369, p. 370, nigricans, p. 371, excisus and laticeps, p. 372, tricolor, 
p. 373, heres and cerritus, p. 374, hatesi, p. 375, collaris, p. yiQ, parviceps, 
p. Zll,proximus, p. 378, id. 1. c., Amazon Valley ; S. coxalis, p. 49, Jiyper- 
boreus, p. 60, scabriculus, p. 53, lapponicus, p. 66 (? = labilis, Thoms., nec 
Er.), confusus, p. 58 (? =: cemulus, Thoms., nec Er.), J. Sahlberg, Enum. 
Col. Brach. Fenn., Finland ; spp. nn. 
Megalops (antennae 11-jointed, tarsi distinctly 5- jointed) spinosus, p. 379, 
Ega, Para, impressus, p. 380, Villa Nova, spp. nn., Sharp, 1. c. 
Oxytelus pristinus, sp. n. (foss.), S. H. Scudder, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. 
ii. p. 79, White River tertiaries. 
Osorius stipes and nitens, p. 382, simplex, p. 383, integer and solidus, 
p. 384, affimis, p. 385, oculatus, p. 386, D. Sharp, 1. c. Amazon Valley ; 
0. mundus, id. 1. c. p. 432, Mexico ; spp. nn. 
Holotrochus durus, p. 388, syntheticiis, p. 3S9, pubescens, p. 390, subtilis, 
p. 391, and H. (?) clavipes, ibid., and fauveli, p. 392, spp. nn., id. 1. c., 
Amazon Valley. 
Bledius albidus, p. 393, rarus and addendus, p. 394, simplex and muticus, 
p. 395, similis and modestus, p. 396, spp. nn., id. 1. c., Amazon Valley. 
Trogophlceus mundus, p. 397, breviceps, p. 398, latifrons and hilaris, 
p. 399, vicinus, p. 400, spp. nn., id. 1. c., Amazon Valley. 
Thinobius longicornis, sp. n. (but also referred to Not. Fenn. xiii. p. 488, 
1874), J. Sahlberg, Enum. Col. Brach. Fenn. p. 181, Finland. 
Apocellus (connects the family with the Aleocharides') Ega, and 
IcBvis, Manaos, spp. nn.. Sharp, 1. c. p. 401. 
Homaliides. 
Boreaphilus henningianus. Sahib., longicornis,” from Helsingfors 
(= henningianus, Ktz.), described with doubt as to its being merely a 
geographical form or a good species ; J. Sahlberg, Enum. Col. Brach. 
Fenn., p. 209. 
Olophrum laticolle, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 211, Finland. 
Etheothassa crassicornis, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 217, Finland (? = Uomalium 
longulum, Makl,, var.). 
Homalium nanum, sp. n., D. Sharp, Tr. E. Soc. 1876, p. 402, Amazon 
Valley. 
Piestides. 
Prognatha decisa, Walker, 1858, belongs to the CucujidcB, and Eury- 
platus lateralis. Mots., 1859, is identical with it; P. tenuis. Walk., = 
Isomalus indicus, Ktz. : C. O. Waterhouse, Tr. E. Soc. 1876, p. 14. 
