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turn, Mor. ( nec Dej.), = consentaneum , Gem in. ; Cr cpidog aster bicolor , 
Bates (nec Boh.), = Styphromerus batesi t Chaud. ; Dromius quadraticollis, 
Bates ( nec Mor.), = prolixus, Bates ; Paraphcea signifera, Bates, = 
Anchieta binotata, Dej. 
In the Japanese Geodephaga 1 the prevailing character is North Tem- 
perate, but includes a large number of tropical genera and species. 
The introductory part of the paper concludes with Lewis’s Itinerary 
(1880-81). In the body of the paper the following known species are 
specially noticed : — Gicindela axnurensis, Mor., sumatrensis , Herbst, 
var. niponensis , Ilomophron cequalis , Mor., Carabus granulatus , Linn., 
var. telluris , Lew., C. procerulus , Chaud., arboreus , Lew., albrechti, 
Mor., gehini, Fairm., var. grandis , pi. xiii. fig. 3, Harpalus vicarius, 
Har., rugicollis , Motsch. (= japonicus , Mor.), congruus , Motsch. 
(= Icevicollis , Mor., and Tachycellus falsus , Bates), discrepans , Mor., 
corporosus, Motsch., Amara striatella } Putz., Trigonognatha cuprescens , 
Motsch., Pterostichus ( Omaseus ) prolongatus , Mor. [= P. ( Steropus ) 
tropidurus , Bates, ? Omaseus japonicus , Motsch., and var. P. ( Lyperus ) 
fuligineus , Mor.], Lag arm nimbatus , Mor. (P = Argutor microceplxalus , 
Motsch.), Pcecilus encopoleus , Solsk. (= planicollis, Motsch.), fortipes , 
Chaud., Bembidium ( Notaphus ) batesi , Putz. (=. B. niloticum i Dej.), 
Bernbidium ( Peryphus ) elongatum , Doj., Drypta japonica , Bates. 
Eulers, W. Ueber blinde Bembidien. Deutsche E. Z. xxvii. pp. 30-32. 
The following known genera are recharacterized and restricted : — 
Typhlocharis , Dieck, Scotodipsas , Scliaum (to include $. saulcii and 
hirtus , Dieck, and glaber, subalpinus, affinis and var. ovalipennis , and aZ- 
pinus, Baudi), and Microtyphlus , Linder (to include If. pandellii, Saulcy, 
— pyrenceus, Pandclle, MS., taurinensis, Baudi, schaumi , baudii , and aubcei , 
Saulcy, revelierii , Perris, and perpusillus, Rott.). A few new genera and 
species are also described. 
Gehin, J. B. Lettres pour servir a l’histoire des Insectes de la Tribu 
des Carabides. 6 me lettre. Bull. Soc. Metz (2) xv. [1880] pp. 
171-228. [Cy. Zool. Rec. xvii. Jns. p. 19.] 
Noticed here to give the correct reference. A full table of contents of 
the six letters forming the first series is appended. 
Kolbe, H. J. Ueber die geographischen Yerhaltnisse der nordafrikan- 
ischen Fauna der Coleoptera (Carabidce). B. E. Z. xxvii. pp. 225-234. 
Includes lists o£ the North African genera not extending to the Ethio- 
pian region, of those which extend to it, of the North African genera not 
extending to Europe, and of species common to Europe and North 
America. 
Quedenfebdt, G-. Yerzeichniss der von D. von Mechow in Angola und 
am Quango-Strom gesammelten Cicindeliden und Carabiden. B. E. Z. 
xxvii. pp. 241-268, pi. iii. 
66 species enumerated, of which 28 are new, chiefly from Malange. 
Yon Heyden gives an abstract of Des Gozis’s memoir on Carabidce 
[r/. Zool. Rec. xix. Ins. pp. 21 & 22] ; Deutsche E. Z. xxvii. pp. 59-73. 
