Coleoptera of Kin;/ IsUiikL 105 



and iiunctures ;ire luuch as in l)akL'\velli. It i.s a beach frequent- 

 ing species. 



144. Cestri/ii/s Iriv'utlis^ Er. 



145. Phaeniiis fascicuhita. Champ. 

 14G. Sphargeris p/ivsoides, Pasc. 



147. Achthosiis wesfivoodi, Pasc.. \;vr insi/Idris, n. vur. 



There are ten specimens before me, which, after considerable 

 hesiration, I have rejiarded as a variety of Westwoodi, rather 

 than as representing a distinct species. They differ from 

 normal specimens of that species in being much larger and 

 wider ; the bilobed tubercular elevation on the front of the head 

 much wider and shorter ; the punctures on the head mere dis- 

 tinct and numerous; the antennae wider and flatter; the legs 

 in places of a brighter red ; but in particular by the prothoracic 

 excavation. In shape it is much the same, except that it is 

 larger and with the boundaries more rounded oft" ; but in its 

 middle portion it is densely punctured and without granules; at 

 the sides, h(jwever, there are subobsolete granules. In typical 

 specimens there are numerous distinct granule's in the excava- 

 tion, but no punctures. In the variety also there is a feeble 

 median elevation (sometimes almost a carina) at the hind end 

 of tho excaviution, and there is not a trace of this in typical 

 specimens. The front of the prothorax is also much more 

 sti'ongly trisinuate in the variety. Length, 18 — 21 ; width, 7 — 9 



mm. 



14S. Saraoi/s infflix, Pasc. 



149. Pro/jiethis augnlata, Er. 



1 -lO. Menephilus ruficoniis. Champ., \ar. i/isi/lan's, n. var. 



Six specimens before me appear to represent a variety of this 

 species. Then' differ frou) the typical form' in having the punc- 

 tures on the basal half of tlie he;al considerably smaller, but I 

 can find no other structural differences. In colour they vaay 

 to a certain extent, but so also do specimens of the typical 



form. 



151. M. colydioides, Er. 



152. Titaena coluinbina, Er. 



1 I have a co-t.vpe from Mr. Champion. 



