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Occurrence of Anthicus himaculatus at Soiothport. — A single example of this 
rare species was taken by my friend Mr. Broadlmrst on the Sandhills, about a mile 
beyond the New Hotel at Southport, Lancashire, in the early part of June, last 
year, and kindly presented by him to me. — T. Morley, 29, John Sti-eet, Pendleton, 
Manchester, 21st Janua/ry, 1868. 
Occurrence in Britain of Agabus Solieri, Aube. — I have found among my Scotch 
Agabi a single specimen undoubtedly belonging to this species. It is very closely 
allied to A. bipustulattis, but the characters pointed out by Schaum suffice readily 
to distinguish it. In A. bipustulat^is the sides of the thorax are gradually broader 
from the apex to the base, and the base on each side is slightly excavate, so that 
the posterior angles are prominent and acute, whereas in A. Solieri the sides of tho 
thorax are rounded, and the base straight, so that the posterior angles are obtuse ; 
my specimen (a female ; so that I am unable to speak as to the form of the claws in 
the male, which Schaum says differ from those of A. bi]pustulatiis) was taken by mo 
in Invemesshire, high up on Mamsoul, in company with A. arcticus and A. congener, 
and a species of Hydroporus new to us (the H. hrevis of Mr. Crotch's Catalogue). 
I can find no other example of A. Solieri among my hipustulatus from Rannoch 
and other parts of Scotland ; and, though some of these are even smaller than 
A. SoUeri, they present no approach to it in the form of the thorax. Specimens of 
this insect from Scotland were described by M. Reiche as A. sexualis ; but hitherto 
I believe British entomologists have been unable to make out the insect. The 
Patrobus Napoleonis and Ocypus Saulcyi of the same author are still enigmas to us, 
in a similar way. Can no Scotch entomologist find them for ua ? — D. Sharp, M.B., 
BeUevue, ThornhiU, Dumfries, February 8th, 1868. 
Descriptions of Patrobus Napoleonis, Reiche, and Ocypus Saulcyi, Beiche. — The 
above note of Dr. Sharp's suggests to me that it might possibly be of help to 
Scotch Coleopterists if they had before them descriptions of the two enigmas to 
which he refers. I accordingly add the following translation of M. Reiche's 
original descriptions, published ( in the French ' Annales ' for 1857, Bull, 
viii. and ix.) in an account of the new species taken during the expedition in 
1856 to the Arctic seas under the direction of Prince Napoleon (synchronous with 
Dr. Staudinger's visit to Iceland). 
(1) Patrobus Napoleonis. Long. 8 — 9, lat. 3 — 3 J mill. — Wingless, pitchy, 
lighter beneath, vrith the mouth, antennas and legs reddish-ferruginous. The head 
rotundato, longitudinally punctate-sulcate on each side towards the eyes. The 
thorax rather wider than the head, transverse, rounded at the sides, but little 
narrowed behind, with acute angles, channelled, and with a fovea on each side. 
The elytra ovate, widest in the middle, and sub-acuminate at the apex. 
Hab. Thorshaven, Island Feroe. 
(5) Ocypus Saulcyi. Long. 13 — 15, lat. 3 — 3^ mill. — Rather flattened, dull 
black, pubescent. The head and thorax rather brassy, shining ; the third joint of 
the antennae longer by more than half its length than the second. The palpi brown ; 
with tho last joint of the labial palpi hatchet-shaped. The mandibles black, sickle- 
shaped, toothless (i.e., on the middle of the inner side), the head wider than the 
