TRICH0PTERYGID2E — NITIDULIDiE. 
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Actidium coarctatum found in a hot-bed ; Fowler, op. cit. xix. p. 139. 
Ptiliodes , g. n., Matthews, Cist. Ent. iii. p. 40. Distinguished from 
Ptinella by its oblong, depressed form, quadrate thorax, and different 
structure of antennae. Type, P. blackburni , sp. n., 1. c. p. 41, pi. ii. fig. 3, 
Honolulu. 
Ptenidmm caecum, sp. n., Joseph, B. E. Z. xxvi. p. 46, Carniola (cf. 
Reitter, Wien. ent. Z. i. p. 167). 
Ptinella anophthalma , Joseph, l. c. Carniola (P = aptera , Reitter, l. c .) ; 
P. fauveli, Matthews, Rev. d’Ent. i. p. 184, New Zealand; P. pacijica ) 
id. Cist. Ent. iii. p. 42, pi. ii. fig. 4, Honolulu : spp. nn. 
Actidium sharp ianu?n, id. 1. c. p. 39, pi. ii. fig. 2, Honolulu. 
Histerid^e. 
Broun, T. Remarks on the Histeridce of New Zealand. N. Z. J. 
Sci. i. pp. 150-153. 
General notes on localities, &c. 
Saprinus pedator noticed ; Chalmer, N. Z. J. Sci. i. p. 213. 
Acritus balearicus, Schauf., = minutus, Herbst, and A. nigricornis , 
Thoms, (pec Hofm.) = fulvus, Mars. ; Reitter, Wien. ent. Z. i. pp. 168 & 
199. 
Peploglyptus belfragii , Lee., noticed and figured ; Horn, Tr. Am. Ent. 
Soc. x. p. 117, pi. vi. figs. 1 & 2. 
Ilister pachysomus and mtesa , Ancey, Le Nat. ii. pp. 55 & 71, Usagara ; 
II. ritsemai , Marseul, Notes Leyd. Mus. iv. p. 125, Siberia : spp. nn. 
Acritus balearicus, sp. n., Schaufuss, Nunq. Ot. iii. p. 529, Balearic 
Islands. 
Synteliid;e. 
Synteliidce , fam. nov., Lewis, Ent. M. M. xix. p. 137. Differs from 
Histeridae by the proximity of the anterior coxae, and the prominent 
mesosternum. To include Syntelia and Sphcerites. 
Syntelia histeroides, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 138, Japan. 
Nitidulid^c. 
Cercus, Latr., table of French species ; Des Gozis, Rev. d’Ent. i. p. 196. 
G. metallescens , Schauf., = Brachypterus pallipes ) Murr. ; Reitter, Wien, 
ent. Z. i. p. 168. 
Carpophilus hemipterus, Linn., and varr. genuinus and pictus, Heer, 
noticed ; Letzner, JB. schles. Ges. lix. pp. 345-347. G. bipustulatus, 
Heer, and 4 -signatus, Erichs., discussed ; Reitter, l. c. pp. 189 & 190. 
G. quadripmtulatus , Er., = bipustulatus , Heer ; Schaufuss, Nunq. Ot. iii. 
p. 560. 
Meligethes spinipes , Reitt., = mar rub it f Bris. ; M. parvulus , Bris. 
( =niger , Bris.) is distinct from memnonius, Er.: Brisout, Bull. Soc. Ent. 
Fr. (6) ii. p. xxix. M. spinipes , Reitt., = marrubii , Bris., = nanus , 
Erichs. ; M. memnonius , Reitt. ( nee Erichs.) = parvulus , Bris. : Reitter, 
l. c. p. 199. 
