TRICH0PTERYGID2E HISTERIDJ5. 
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belongs to Throscidium ; it is an insect of wide distribution : Matthews, 
Cist. Ent. iii. p. 45. 
Actidium. The 8 known species discussed ; id. 1. c. pp. 46-48. 
Mycophagus , g. n., Friedenreich, S. E. Z. xliv. p. 379. Antennee short, 
11-jointed, clavate, club 2-jointed ; hind coxae laminate, abdomen com- 
posed of seven segments, interungular seta absent. Type, M. biclavatus, 
sp. n., 1. c. p. 380, Santa Catharina, Brazil. 
Actidium fowlerianum , sp. n., Matthews, Cist. Ent. iii. p. 47, Guate- 
mala. 
ScAPHIDIIDiE. 
Scaphidium pardale, Cast., var ^nigripenne described; It. Oberthiir, Col. 
Nov. i. p. 11. 
Scaphisoma concinnum , Broun, figured ; Waterhouse, Aid, ii. pi. cxxxviii. 
fig. 6. 
Scaphidium cyanellum , N. India, p. 5, exornatum , Clarence River, Aus- 
tralia, perajfine, Colombia, p. 6, nigro-cinctulum, Andaman Islands, patinoi, 
Colombia, p. 7, geniculatum , Panama, p. 8, exclamans , St. Paul, panthe- 
rinum, Rio Negro, p. 9 , fasciato-maculatuyn, Ega, p. 10, cerasinum, p. 11, 
and vittipennc, Amazons, p. 12, spp. nn., R. Oberthiir, Col. Nov. i. 
Scaphium rujipes, sp. n., Reitter, Rev. mens. Ent. i. p. 41, Kars. 
Gyparium mathani , sp. n., R. Oberthiir, Col. Nov. i. p. 12, Iquitos. 
Scaphisoma quadratum, Transvaal, p. 13, apicirubrum , distinguendum , 
Abyssinia, philippinense , Philippines, p. 14, luteipes , Matachin, jocosum, 
St. George’s Sound, p. 15, spp. nn., id. 1. c. 
Toxidium reitteri , sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 16, Abyssinia. 
Histerim:. 
List of 7 Ilisteridcc (1 new) collected by Yon Mechow iu the Quango 
district ; Schmidt, B. E. Z, xxvii. pp. 147 & 148. 
Crypturus argiolus , Rossi, noticed ; De Stefa ni, Nat. Sicil. ii. pp. 
280-282. 
Saprinus interruptus , Payk., discussed ; Krautz, Deutsche E. Z. xxvii. 
pp. 354 & 355. 
Teretriosoma facetum, Lewis, is from Ceylon, not Canada ; Horn, Tr. 
Am. Ent. Soc. x. p. 286. 
Myrmidius swarming in rice from S. America ; Riley, Am. Nat. xvii. 
p. 1071. 
New species : — 
Platysoma incisipyge , Marseul, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) iii. pi. lxvii., 
Nice. 
1 lister mechowi , Schmidt, B. E. Z. xxvii. p. 147, Quango; II. ( Phelister ) 
gentilis, Horn, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. x. p. 285, Arizona. 
Hetccrius comosellus , Fairmaire, C.R. ent. Belg. xxvii. p. xlii.,' Philippe- 
ville (Algeria) ; Ii. lewisi, Morea, and grandis } Talysch, Reitter, Wien, 
ent. Z. ii. p. 143. 
Eretmotes talyschensis, id. 1. c., Talysch. 
