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spccinions of Wliite’s supposed Ileteromorous genus Ry(fmodm (Voyage of 
Erebus and Terror, Ins., p, 118), finds that they must bo referred to the Hy- 
drohiidre. lie redescribes R. modestm and R. pedinoides. 
Ryf- (Ent. M, Mag. v. p. 241, note) remarks upon the dual afRuities of the 
British species of Philhydrm. 
Jlelophorus. Zimmermann, /. c. p. 249, groups the species of tliis genus. 
Hydroma concolor (Waterhouse) (Kugel.), immature. Rye, 1. c. 
p. 248. 
Stieuian (Mitth. scliweiz. ent. Gesellsch, iii. p. 7) Hydrona j>olita 
from SchafFhaiisen as new to the Swiss lists. 
Bactylosternuin ahdominalc (Fab.) is recorded by Grenier as taken by Abeille 
and Rizaucourt in a hollow aspen tree at Marseilles (Ann. Soc. lilnt. Fr. 4” sdi. 
ix., Bull. p. xv). Ancey (/. c. Bull. p. xlii) states that he was the original captor, 
and that the insfect was under bark of Populus fastigiata. He has also found 
it near Beyrouth. 
New species : — 
Hydrous fulvo-femoratus^ Fairmaire, 1. c. p. 193, and H, uniformisy Fairm. 
/. c. p. 194, Madagascar, 
IStcrnolopIms comoriensisy Fairmaire, 1. c. p. 195, Mayotte, Comores. 
Hydrocharis grandisy Zimmermann, Trans. Amer. Ent, Soc. ii. p. 260, South 
Carolina. 
Hydrohius glahricolHsy Schauf. Beitr. Kenntn. Col. Balear. p. 11, Mahon, 
Balearic Isles. 
Philhydrus punctatuSy Sharp, Ent. ]\I. Mag. v. p. 240, Britain ; P. vulgaris 
find affinisy Steinheil, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. xii. p. 253, and P. variegatusy 
Steinh. I, c. p. 254, Buenos Ayres ; P. rcjivxipcnnhy New Jersey, niiemy North 
Carolina, and sc7nistriatus, Maryland, Zimmerman, 1. c. p. 250. 
Hdocliares hidovici, Schauf. /. c. p. 11, Ibiza, Balearic Isles. 
Ihjdrochus impi^css^tSy Zimmerm. /. c. p. 249, Carolina. 
Rei'oms acxdispinay Fairmaire, /. c. p. 196, Madagascar ; B. prolongatusy 
Fairm. ibid., Madagascar j B. corsicusy Desbrochers des l^oges. Bet. nouv. 
Entom. no. 12, 15 Dec. 1869, Ajaccio ; B. immacidatusy Zinim, /. c. p. 249, 
Carolina and Illinois. 
Odiihdnus powcriy Rye, Ent. M. Mag. vi. p. 4, England (south coast). 
Cyclonotum semiglohosuniy Zimni. /. c. p. 250, Carolina. 
Ccrcyon navimlarey Zimm. ibid.. Middle States. 
Paussidte. 
Paussus hm'chellianusy sp. n., Westwood, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1869 (Aug.), 
p. 319, Graham’s Town, South-west Africa. 
Stapiiylinid^. 
B. DE Borue (iVnn. Soc. Ent. Belg. xii. p. xlvi et seq.) gives a list of ad- 
ditions to the Belgian Catalogue of Brachelytray of which Tachinus rnjipemiis 
appears the only species worth mentioning (Philonthus nigritulus being among 
them). He adds a list of other species considered interesting, among 
them being Anthobmxn dphthalmicum, Ocypus cupreuSy Lesteva hicoloVy Tacky-- 
porxis hrimneusy Oxypoda opacUy &c. ; and also publishes, as the results in this 
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