176 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



evening. The winged one was very agile in flying. Of the wingless ones 

 he never took more than two at one beat, and they moved around like a 

 slow Staphylin. They were very rare in February. The smaller ones 

 were collected by him in February, 1852, in Middle and Upper Egypt, 

 They are said to be very common in summer. 



The winged O. nigra is entirely different from E. mauritanica Lucas. 

 In 1857 I had the opportunity of seeing the only copy of the splendid 

 and very expensive Explor. de I'Algerie then existing in Germany, belong- 

 ing to the R. Library in Berlin. Even then, the copy being at the binder's, 

 I had only a hurried glimpse, together with the late Prof. Schaum, who 

 beHeved his species to be identical with the species of Mr. Lucas. This 

 explains the question mark after E. nigra in my Synopsis, Now I have 

 this expensive work in my room ! I remark this fact only to explain the 

 difiiculties with which entomologists had to contend thirty years ago. 

 That the winged specimens are different from E. Savignyi is directly 

 obvious. I can not decide if the wingless form belongs to the winged 

 one. Prof Schaum considered it to be the larva, but as it is of the same 

 size with the winged^ this is scarcely probable, except (being females) by 

 assuming that the female imago is much larger. The symmetrical appen- 

 dages are very different from those of the males, and it could be presumed 

 that the wingless form belongs to E. Savignyi ; but this species seems to 

 be different. Therefore we have to wait for new observations. As I 

 received first the black wingless form, I applied to it the name E. nigra, 

 which I would not change as the name had been quoted by several authors. 



A wingless specimen collected by the late Prof Loew in Asia Minor, 

 probably near Kellemisch, is similar, but less dark. The pinned speci- 

 men, 8 mill, long (last segment wanting), may belong to O. nigra. Head 

 and prothorax similar, antennae short, with 1 7 joints. The color of the 

 abdomen below yellowish brown. The condition of the specimen is too 

 indifferent to say more than to note the occurrence of a species similar to 

 O. nigra in Asia Minor. 



8. Oligotoma antiqua. 



Embia antiqua Pictet and Hagen. Berendt Bernstein Ins. ii., p. 56, 

 pi, 5, f. 7. 



Male? wingless. Length of the body 10 millim. 



Body dark, sparingly villous ; head oblong, a little narrower behind 

 and rounded ; above light convex, smooth, depressed behind the eyes. 



