COLEOPTERA; 
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r.halteata (Mots.), Mobile; jnm (Mots.), N. Orleans; querciis (Lee.), 
N. Orleans; pallidula (Mots.), Georgia; arciiaticolUs (Mots.), Caucasus; ro- 
tundicoUis (Mots.), Finland. 
PtiLioLA (p. 185). Of this genus, 77 rtwff, Steph. (Jcunzei, Chevr., Gillm.), 
is stated to be the type. . 
P. cnnademis (Lee.), N. Amer. ; livida (Mots.) Caruiola ; rubida (Mots.), 
Caucasian Alps ; postica (Mots.), Mobile. 
Mioreela, g. 11 . (p. 18G). Founded upon a part of Gillmeister’s 3rd 
division. Sliape ovate^ slightly enlarged behind, convex, punctuation very 
fine, pubescence velvety, three impressed lines on middle of thorax. Sp. 
M. cordata, ftdvascens, and Unentocollis (Mots.), Kuss. merid. 
Nano.sella (also spelt Nonosdla)^ p. 187. This genus and the four sue-* 
ceeding genera are not stated to be new, but are thus characterized : — Form 
elongate, narrow, almost parallel; elytra more than thrice as long as thorax, 
and rather dilated behind; thorax with no impressions, almost quadrate, 
slightly attenuate towards the head, which is rather small, with post, angles 
slightly obtuse ; ant. short, not exceeding the base of the thorax ; eyes di- 
stinct; punctuation v^ry fine, pubescence invisible. Sp. N. /7m<77 (Mots.), 
Ainer. Georgia, in fungus, tab. viii. fig. 3. The smallest linown beetle; 
scarcely ^^ng. 
Actcella (also spelt Actelld)^ p. 188. Form slightly suggestive of certain 
species of Corticaria ; elytra very elongate-oval, entirely covering abd. ; 
thorax short, transverse, slightly arched at the sides, often with a foveola at 
middle of the base ; ant. short, scarcely exceeding the base of thorax, stout ; 
wings and eyes complete. Sp. A. aterrima (Mots., 1845) and A. mediter- 
ranean sp, n.', p. 188, shores of Mediterranean, at Marseilles, Alexandria, &c. 
Oligella (ibid.). Form narrow, rather parallel, surface shining, with a 
few very fine long hairs ; thorax almost cordate, with a tribranchiate ex- 
cavation at the middle of its base; antennse rather long and slender; eyes 
and wings complete. Sp. O. minima (Ilbst., Latj’idius) excavata, Gillm.). 
Micridium (ibid.). Form elongate- ovate, attenuate behind and slightly 
truncate at apex ; thorax more or less contracted behind ; superficial punc- 
tuation and pubescence very fine and close. Sp. M. houdierii (Allib. ; trans- 
versalis, Gillm.), vittata (Mots., 1845), and lineatunl, sp. n. (p. 189), North 
America. 
Camptodium (p. 189). Of the ovate and slightly abbreviated form of 
Planidium (sic.), but with the surface finely punctured and pubescent ; tho- 
rax perceptibly narrower than the elytra, transverse, arched and contracted 
towards the head ; elytra slightly convex, rounded at the apex, and entirely 
covering the abdomen. Sp. C. adustipenne (Mots.), East Indies, tab. viii. 
f. 4. ) 
Millidium (Mots., 1865), ibid. Recharacterized. Sp. M. mhiutmimum 
(Gillm., Trichop.), sculpturatum and triramosum (Mots.). 
CissiDiUM (Mots., 1865), ibid. Sp. C. basale, t. viii. f. 6, and rufescena 
(Mots.), Panama. 
Ptenidium (p. 190). 
P. fmcipennis (Mots.), Panama; foveicolle (Mots.), N. Orleans; glabrattim, 
(Mots.), Nifigara; terminale (Hald.), U. States; atamaroidea (sic.). Mots,, 
Madeira, Catarro, and Russ. Georgia. 
