2j(> Mr. Curtis's Descriptions of some ran 



variety. It was found under a Btone on the beach at Sidmouth 

 Devon, by Mr. Marshall, the beginning of March. 



Fam. Dyticid.i;. 

 Genua 90. Hygbotus. 



1". buulcatu*. Ovate-conic, slightly pubescent, reddish- brown ; base ot 

 antennas and thorax ocbreous, the latter pitchy at the base, and slightly 

 punctured, with an oblique channel on each side : elytra minutely 

 punctured, with a faint line of punctures on each side of the suture, 

 which is darker, and a channel on each side of the base meeting 

 those on the thorax: length g of a line. 

 This singular little species was taken on Cambridge Fens by the 



Rev. J. L. Brown of Norwich. It seems to form the transition from 



Hyphydru8 to Hygrotus. 



Fam. Parnid^e. 



Genus 101. Parnus. 

 .'{. monlanug. 



Is only a pale ash-coloured variety of P. prolifericornis, several ot 



which I found under stones upon the mountains near Ambleside. 



Fam. MycETOPHAGiD^E. 

 Genus 160. Tetratoma. 

 2. pallida. Shining ochreous, regularly and minutely punctured and slightly 

 pubescent: head brownish; thorax with two large punctures or foveolets 

 at the base : elytra thrice as long as the thorax, with a faint greenish 

 shade: If line long. 



Taken in Oct. amongst dry grass at Southgate by Mr. F. Walker. 



Fam. Anisotomid,e. 

 Genus 164. Pualacrus. 

 7 b . castaneus. Oval, slightly depressed ; black, posterior angles of thorax 

 and elytra castaneous, the latter with nearly 20 regular lines of punc- 

 tures : underside and legs subpiceous : length 1 line. 



Genus 167. Leiodes. 



l b . vittata. Globose-ovate, shining, bright and deep ochreous ; eyes, tips 

 of mandibles and upper side of club of antennae fuscous ; head and 

 thorax minutely punctured, the former ferruginous ; elytra punctured, 

 with rather remote lines of punctures also, with a rosy tinge and a long 

 conical fuscous stripe on each, probably arising from the dark wings 

 folded beneath : length | of a line. 



2. latifrons. Oval, shining, ochreous ; mandibles prominent, tips black; 

 eyes gray ; head and thorax broad, finely punctured; elytra scarcely 

 broader than the thorax, transversely strigose, with very fine lines of 

 punctures and a channel on each side of the suture : hinder thighs with 

 a very strong spine beneath near the apex : length § of a line. 



