126 
NEW BRITISH COLEOPTERA SINCE 1839. 
having first described the species under the name 
which I have adopted. 
88. Bledius subterraneus, Eric.; Hardy, Proc. Ber- 
wicksh. Nat. Club, vol. ii. no. vi. p. 286 ; Hardy and 
Bold, Cat. Col. Northumberland and Durham, p. 87 (1851), 
described; Murray, Cat. Scot. Col., p. 128 (1853). 
89. Trogophlceus scrobiculatus, Eric.; Murray, Cat. 
Scot. Col., p. 129 (1853). 
90. Thinobius longipennis, Heer; Murray, Cat. Scot. 
Col., p. 129 (1853); A. R. Hogan, Zool., p. 4340 (1854). 
91. Arpedium brachypterum, Gray., Eric.; Hardy 
and Bold, Cat. Col. Northumberland and Durham, p. 94 
(1851), described; Murray, Cat. Scot. Col., p. 131 (1853). 
92. Omalium conformatum, Plardy; Hardy and Bold, 
Cat. Col. Northumberland and Durham, p. 97 (1851), de¬ 
scribed; Murray, Cat. Scot. Col., p. 132 (1853). 
93. Omalium mesomelas, FPolme, Trans. Ent. Soc. 
Lond., vol. iii. 128 (1842), described u O. sordidam , var.V 1 
94. Boreaphilus brevicollis, Haliday,Entom., p. 187 
(1841), described . 
95. Proteinus atomarius, Eric. ; Murray, Cat. Scot. 
Col., p. 133 (1853); A. R. Hogan, Zool., p. 4340 (1854). 
96. Saprinus dimidiatus, F.; A. R. Hogan, Zool., p. 
1496 (1854). 
Observation. —This should probably be dimidiatus , 
Illig., as I find no Saprinus (Hister) dimidiatus in 
the “ Systema Eleutheratorum.” 
97. Abrasus vulneratus (Kug. ?); J. F. Stephens, 
Zool., p. 1996 (1848). 
Observation .—Mr. Stephens has appended no author’s 
name, either to the present insect or to any of those 
recorded in the same list. 1 have added, in paren¬ 
thesis, and with a mark of doubt, the name of the 
only writer who, as far as I can ascertain, has de- 
