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COLEOPTERA. 
Cyparium piceum, Cape, p. 41, substriatum, Alabama, anale, St. 
Domingo, p. 42, and submetallicum, East Indies (?), p. 43, Reitter, 1. c., 
notes. 
Homalosoma (?) punctatissimal-mum'], id. 1. c. p. 43, Celebes. 
Bceocera rubripennis, Colombia, p. 44, chilensis, Chili, boyotensis, Bogota, 
mexicana, Mexico, p. 45, and gyrinoides (Clievr., MS.), Teapa, p. 4G, 
id. 1. c., notes; B. schirmeri, id. Verb. z.-b. Wien, xxx. pp. 45 & 221, 
Dalmatia. 
Scaphisoma subalpinum, id. 1. c. p. 44, note, Hungary, &c. ; S. impunc- 
tatum, Missouri, p. 46, Iceve, N. America, immundum, Carthagena, p. 47, 
Tiumerosum, Caraccas, cubense, Cuba, and bilimelci, Mexico, p. 48, Reitter, 
Verb. Ver. Brunn, xviii., notes ; S. co7icinnal-num'] and apicellal-lum'], 
Broun, Man. N. Z. Col. pp. 158 & 160, New Zealand. 
Scaphicoma longipes, Reitter, 1. c. p. 49, Mysol. 
Toxidium japonicum, id. ibid., Japan. 
Histerid^. 
Histeridce frequently carnivorous; A. Puton, Feuill. Nat. xi. p. 30. 
New genera and species : — 
Homalister, Reitter, Verb. z.-b. Wien, xxx. p. 512. Allied to Carcinops\ 
type, H. ornatus, sp. n., 1. c. p. 513, Caucasus. 
Peploglyptus, Leconte, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. viii. p. 189. Allied to 
Glymma ; antennal cavities under the front angles of the prothorax, 
costce less developed, front tibiae distinctly angulated on the outer side ; 
under side not sculptured. Type, P. belfragii, sp. n., 1. c., Texas. 
Hololepta alligans, Marseul, J. Sc. Lisb. xxv. p. 39, Angola. 
Ilister amphystrius, id. 1. c. p. 41, Angola ; H. (Psiloscelis') perpunc- 
tatus, Massachusetts, and //. tornatus, Florida, Leconte, Tr. Am. Ent. 
Soc. viii. p. 190. 
pjpierus rufescens, Reitter, Verb. Ver. Briinn, xviii. p. 172. JE. sylvanus, 
diiidi purus, Broun, Man. N. Z. Col. p. 163, New Zealand. 
Saprinus punctulipennis, id. 1. c. p. 165, New Zealand. 
Teretrius placitus, W. Nevada, and montanus, Colorado, Horn, Tr. Am. 
Ent. Soc. viii. p. 143. 
Abrceus vividulus, Broun, 1. c. p. 166, New Zealand. A. bolteri, Le- 
conte, 1. c. p. 190, California. 
NiTIDULIDiE. 
Nitidula antarctica and lateralis. White, are sexes of one species ; 
Reitter, Verb. Ver. Briinn, xviii. p. 173. 
JEthinopa {^thina) tumida, Murr., noticed ; id, Deutsche E. Z. xxiv. 
p. 163. 
Meligethes noticed ; Everts, Tijdscbr. Ent. xxiii. pp. xci.-xciii. 
Xanthopeplus, g. n., Fairmaire, Le Nat. ii. p. 181. Allied to Halope- 
plus and Brachypeplus ; type, X. bracJiy-elytrus, sp. n., ibid., Abyssinia. 
