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COLEOPTERA. 
from above, the proportion of second and third antennal joints, the length 
of the elytra, &c. Differs from Leptodiras in its small triangular scutel- 
lum. For P. caudatum^ Ab., and A. caudatissimus^ sp. n., id. ibid., Cave 
of Vallon, Ardeche. 
Cyrtodromus, g. n., id. 1. c. p. 30. Also allied to Pholeuon, but with the 
elytral fold very marked, and visible for all its length on the upper side, 
being very wide at the shoulders. Thorax deeply channelled on each 
side, as in Spelceochlamys. For P. dapsoides, Ab. 
NodynuSy g. n., 0. O. Waterhouse, Tr. E. Soc. 1876, p. 12. Between 
Necrophilus and Apatetica, having the antennae of the former and general 
facies of the latter. Nod. nitidus, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 13, E. Indies. 
Hyponecrodes, g. n., Kraatz, 1. c. p. 357. For S. American species of 
elongate build ; differs from Necrodes in its transverse, not subrotundate 
thorax, which has four dorsal keels, and is impressed on each side, with 
obtuse posterior angles, and in its elytra being distinctly narrowed 
behind the middle and, acuminate at the apex. For Silpha gayi, Sol., = 
lineaticollis, Cast., S.apicalis, Brull^, S. andicola [script, anticola], Gudr., 
S. discicollis, Brulld, = cayennensis, Stm., S. erythrura, Blanch., S. analis, 
Chevr,, vmd.? Necrodes hrasiliensis, Dej. Cat. These are tabulated and 
discussed, 1. c. pp. 375 & 376. 
Camirv.8, g. n., D. Sharp, Ent. M. M. xiii. p. 23. Probably a link 
between the Catopides and Scydmcenidce : eighth joint of antennae small, 
maxillary palpi with large sub-securiform apical joint, head small, eyes 
prominent and free, tibiae pubescent. For 0. thoracicus, ibid., and con- 
vexus, p. 24, spp. nn.. New Zealand. 
Dietta, g. n., id. 1. c. p. 78. Anisotomides \ but without the family 
characteristic of the small intermediate clavate joint, and with a mem- 
branaceous clypeus and very distant intermediate coxae [in the Recorder's 
opinion, from personal examination and dissection, not to be placed in the 
Anisotomides]. For D. sperata, sp. n., id. ibid., N. W. Australia. 
Silpha hexastigma, S. Solsky, Hor. Ent. Ross. xi. p. 274, River Souy- 
foun, Asiatic Russia ; S. superba, Kraatz, 1. c. p. 374, Luzon: spp. nn. 
Thanatophilus minutus, sp. n., Kraatz, ibid., Thibet. 
Ptomaphila perlata (? Sturm Cat.), sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 356, Australia 
(? = lacrymosa, Schreib., var.). 
Choleva canellina, sp. n., L. Fairmaire, Pet. Nouv. ii. p. 37, Bou-S^ada. 
Clambid.®. 
Clambus pilosellus, sp. n., E. Reitter, Deutsche E. Z. 1876, p. 289, Trans- 
caucasia. 
Calyptomerus caucasicus, sp. n., id. ibid., Elisabetopol. 
CORYLOPHIDJ). 
Orthoperus. The habits and sexual characters of an undescribed 
species (obscuratus, Pandolld, MS.), recorded by E. Perris, Ann. Soc. 
Ent. Fr. (5) vi. p. 187. 
