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elongate, slender, joint 1 of posterior tarsi elongate. Sp. N.JiUpes, sp. n., 
Woll. 1. c. p. 232, Cape Verde Islands. 
Ityocara^ g. n., 0. G. Thomson, Skand. Col. ix. p. 239. Allied to Ilyobates 
and Calodera j segment 5 of abdomen without a transverse impression j cheeks 
margined, Sp. Cal. ruhens (Ericlis.). 
Bceoylmttf g. n., C. G. Thomson, 1. c. p. 248. Allied to Bessopora j abdo- 
men narrowed to apex, with black setae j max. palpi long, penultimate joint 
linear, more than twice as long as scape of antennae. Sp. Oxypoda prcecox 
(Erichs.). 
New species : — 
' Leptusa, Scriba (Col. Hefte, i.) describes 5 new species of this genus^ 
namely ; — L. ruyosipennis, p. 68, Tuscan Apennines j L. pallida) p. 69, L. Icevi- 
yata,,^, 70, and L. nigra, ibid.. La Preste in the Pyrenees orientates; and 
L. hrucki, p. 71, Tuscan Apennines. 
Gyrophcena poweri, G. P. Crotch, Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud. 3rd ser. v. p. 439, 
near London. 
Gyrophcena hihamata, C. G. Thomson, I, c. p. 230, and G.puncticollis, Thoms., 
I, c. p. 232, Scania. 
Alitalia puncticollis, C. G. Thomson, Skand. Col. ix. p. 204, Scandinavia. 
Baryodma sucdcola, C. G. Thomson, 1. c. p. 216, Lund. 
Homalota subputreacens, Wollaston, Col. Ilesp. p. 223, II. exsecrabilis, WoU. 
1. 0 . p. 226, II glareoaa, Woll. 1. c. p. 226, and II carbunculus, Woll. ibid.. Capo 
Verde Islands. 
Homalota appulsa, Scriba, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1867, p. 389, and II eich~ 
hoffi, Scriba, 1. c. p. 390, Germany. 
Oxypoda hydropathica, Wollaston, 1. c. p. 227, Cape Verde Islands. 
Oxypoda metatarsalis, C. G. Thomson, 1. c. p. 246, Malmo. 
Ocyusa longitarsis, C. G. Thomson, 1. c. p. 242, Scania. 
Oligota contempta, Wollaston, /. c. p. 231, Cape Verde Islands. 
Aleochara comma, Wollaston, 1. c. p. 229, and A. 4:-punctata, Woll. 1. c. 
p. 230, Cape Verde Islands. 
Xenomma melanocephala, Crotch, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 890, Azores. 
Myllcena fuscida, Wollaston, 1. c. p. 233, Cape Verde Islands (S. lago). 
Bycnarcsa nigripes, C. G. Thomson, 1. c. p. 251, Scania. 
Bessobia fungivora, C. G. Thomson, 1. c. p. 260, Lund. 
Liogluta aquatilis, C. G. Thomson, 1. c. p. 264, and L. microptera, Thoms. 
/. c. p. 266, Scania. 
Atheta opacula, C. G. Thomson, 1. c. p. 272, A. breviceps, Thoms. 1. c. 
p. 273, A. glabricula, Thoms. 1. c. p. 280, Scania ; A. mortuorum, Thoms. 1. c. 
p. 281, near Ystad j A. dadopora, Thoms. 1. c. p. 283, Scania. 
Zonoptilus picem, Solsky, Horae Soc. Ent. Ross. iv. p. 88, Sarepta. 
Tachyporides. 
Phlceonomus punctipennis, sp. n., C. G. Thomson, Skand. Col. ix. p. 317, 
and P. abietinus, sp.n., Thoms, l.c. p. 318 (=P. pusillus). 
Staphylinides. 
A. Fauvel communicates (Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1807, pp. liii-lvi) a note on 
the synonymy of various European species of Staphylinus and Ocypus, and 
tlie description of a new species of the latter genus, His synonymic remarks 
