HYDR0PHILID2E, STAPHYLINIDjE. 
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Limnobius and Hydroscapha differentiated, and the French species of 
the former tabulated ; L. furratus, nitidus and picinus , Bedel, = nitidus , 
Muls., sericans, Rey, and atomus , Muls., respectively : Rey, Rev. d’Ent. 
ii. pp. 84-88. Sharp criticises Rey’s remarks on Hydroscapha ; op. cit. 
p. 117. 
Spercheus prisons , Sharp, = mulsanti , Perr. ; Fauvel, Rev. d’Ent. ii. 
p. 351. 
Dactylo sternum roussetti and abdominale , Woll., = insulare, Lap. ; id. 
1. c. p. 358. 
Neiu genera and species : — 
Pleurhomus , Sharp, Tr. E. Soc. 1883, p. 114. Allied to Tropisternus ; 
epipleura not folded in till just before the extremity. Types, T. obscurus, 
Sharp, and P. salilbergi , sp. n., 1. c. p. 115, Santa Rita, Brazil. 
Allocotocerus, Kraatz, Deutsche E. Z. xxvii. p. 14. Allied to Amphiops ; 
eyes not divided, very prominent, scutellum sublinear. Type, A. bedeli , 
sp. n., 1. c. p. 15, New Guinea. 
Tropisternus proximus, Cuba, p. 97, parananus , Parana, p. 99, breviceps, 
Brazil, p 100, flavipalpis , Mexico, p. 102, robustus, Ecuador, p. 103, and 
lancifer, Colombia, p. 113, Sharp, Tr. E. Soc. 1883. 
Pliilhydrus caledonicus, artensis , p. 353, nitescens and pullus , p. 354, 
Fauvel, Rev. d’Ent. ii., New Caledonia. 
Hydroxenus elevatus , id. 1. c. p. 355, Yahoue, New Caledonia. 
Berosus guttalis (= spinosus var. B , Muls.), Rey, l. c. p. 88, Nimes ; B. 
albipes, Isle of Nou, and distigma , Yata, Fauvel, l. c. p. 356. 
Limnobius aluta and sericans (= nitidus, Bed., nec Muls.), Rey, l. c: 
p. 88, France. 
Ochthobius caudatus , Frivaldsky, Term, fiizetek, vii. p. 10, Transyl- 
vania ; 0. velutinus , Fairmaire, C.R. ent. Belg. xxvii. p. xlii., Biskra. 
ILydrcena cordata, Schaufuss, Rev. mens. Ent. i. p. 3, Portugal ; II. 
densa, Fauvel, l. c. p. 350, Kanala. 
Paracymus metallescens , id. 1. c. p. 352, New Caledonia, Australia. 
Dactylosternum auripes , id. 1. c. p. 358, New Caledonia. 
Staphylinjdas. 
Fauvel, A. Les Staphylinidos de l’Afrique bor&ile. Bull. Soc. L. 
Norm. (3) ii. [1878] pp. 83-166. 
. Les Staphylinides de l’Amerique du Nord. L. c. [1878] pp. 
157-266. 
As these important papers have previously escaped notice in the 
Record, it has been thought desirable, owing to the many new genera 
and species which they include, to give them a place here. The second 
includes descriptions of known as well as of new species. 
Duvivier, A. Enumeration des Staphylinides decrits depuis la publi- 
cation du Catalogue de Gemminger et de Harold. Ann. Ent. Belg. 
xxvii. (2) pp. 91-215. 
The Munich Catalogue included 266 genera and 4130 species; we have 
now 371 genera and about 6649 species. 
