NEW BRITISH COLEOPTERA SINCE 1839. 
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scribed a species of Histeridce under this specific 
title: should my conjecture prove correct, we have 
here not only a species but a genus new to the British 
list. Plegaderus vulneratus , Kug. [Sister vulne- 
ratus , Kugel. in Illig. Kaf. Preus., 62, 18 (1798)]. 
H. vulneratus, var. b. Gyll. Ins. Suec., i. 97, 29 
(1808); Panz. Faun. Ins. Germ. Fas. 37, tab. 6 
(1797). Plegaderus vulneratus, Eric, in Klug. 
Jahrb. d. Insekt., 204, 3 (1834). 
98. Trichopteryx sericans, Heer; A. R. Hogan, 
Zoo!., p. 4196 (1854); Murray, Cat. Scot. Col., p. 32 (1853), 
“ T. depressa, Sturm.” 
Observation .— Mr. Wollaston, Insecta Maderensia, 
p. 107 (1854), adopts for this insect and its allies 
the generic title Acratrichis, published by Motschul- 
sky in 1848 ; I refer the student to the reasons there 
adduced for the change thus made in strict con¬ 
formity with the laws of nomenclature, and for ample 
generic details. 
99. Trichopteryx curtus, Alib.; A. R. Hogan, Zool. 
p. 4196 (1854). 
100. Ptenidium LiEViGATUM, Gillm., Erich.; Murray, 
Cat. Scot. Col., p. 135 (1853). 
101. Ptenidium apicale, Sturm. Erich.; Murray, at. 
Scot. Col. p. 135 (1853); A. R. Hogan, Zool., p. 41J6 
(1854), “Anisarthria apicalis, Gyll. • 
Observation .—Full generic details and an am P Ie de¬ 
scription of the present species will be found in i r. 
Wollaston’s Insecta Maderensia, p. HO (1854). 
102. Anisarthria punctata, Gyll.; A. • °o an > 
Zool, p. 4196 (1854). 
**> p. _ yr • , 
103. Phalacrus castanf.us, Curtis, Ann. Wat. llist., 
v °l. v. p. 276 (1840), described. 
104. Epurea melina, Erich. 
P. 135 (1853). 
Murray, Cat. Scot. Col., 
