52 Ins. 
COLEOPTERA. 
margaritce , Duval, seems to be founded on marietti $ and fulvus $ ; 
Rey, Ann. Soc. L. Lyon, xxix. pp. 364 & 365. 
Micropeplus obsoletus , sp. n., id. 1 . c. p. 365, Hautes-Pyrenees. 
PsELAPHIDJk 
Reitter, E. Beitrag zur Pselapliiden- und Scydmseniden-Fauna von 
Java und Borneo. Verh. z.-b. Wien, xxxii. pp. 283-302. 
Almost all the species mentioned are described as new. 
Schaufuss, L. W. Pselaphinorum spuriorum Monographia. Ann. Mus. 
Genov, xviii. pp. 166-172. 
The author establishes a new section, which he calls, “ Pselaphini 
spurii,” and characterizes as follows : — “ Tarsi biunguiculati, unguibus 
pari longitudine, articulis numero insequalibus. Abdomen segmentis sex 
supra visibilibus. J, He refers to it his Espeson moratus (genus and species 
rejdescribed), Tamotus femoratus , and Tetratarsus plicatulus , and figures 
the two first. 
. Pselaphidarum Monographic. I. Adranini. II. Clavigerodini. 
L. c. pp. 173-206. 
The species are fully described, and the following are figured : — Articerus 
fortnami (details), Fustiger amazonicus, Westw., F. festivus, Schauf. 
Saulcy, F. de. Species des Paussides, Clavigerides, Ps61aphides et 
Scydm^nides de l’Europe et des pays circonvoisins (suite). Bull. 
Soc. Metz (2) xiv. [1876] pp. 25-100. 
Includes the genus Bryaxis (64 species described, many new), divided 
into 3 subgenera : Bryaxis and Reichenbachia , Leach, and Bybaxis. The 
following synonymy occurs : — B. nigricans , Gredl., = fossulata , Reich. ; 
rufula, Rott., = aubcei , Tourn.; f areata , Fairm., = reichii , Motsch. ; rubra , 
Motsch., = melina, Solsk.; serrata, Gredl., = antennata, Aube ; and tuberi- 
ventris t Raffr., =. hcematica, Reich. 
Sharp, D. Revision of the Fselaphidce of Japan. Tr. E. Soc. 1883, 
pp. 291-331. 
The list is raised to 67 species, belonging to 17 genera, 9 of which are 
peculiar to Japan. The following known species are specially noticed : — 
Centrotoma prodiga , Stipesa rudis , Lasinus spinosus, Batrisus modesties, 
and Bythinus japonicus, Sharp. 
Reitter replies to criticisms of Schauf uss relative to various Pselaphidce\ 
Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) iii. pp. ix., x., & lxxiv.-lxxvi. 
Zeotyrus, Sharp, and Tyrus , Aube. Generic characters contrasted; 
Reitter, Wien. ent. Z. ii. p. 95. 
Hamotus. Species tabulated ; id. Yerh. z.-b. Wien, xxxii. pp. 374 
& 375. 
JubuSy Schauf., Gamba , Schauf., and Arctophysis , Reitt., are probably 
synonymous ; Raffray, Rev. d’Ent. ii. pp. 244 & 245. 
iPselaphus and allied genera tabulated ; id. 1. c. pp. 235 & 236. P. mult- 
angulus, Schaufuss, noticed by him ; Ann. Mus. Genov, xviii. pp. 355 
& 356. 
