300 THE entomologist's record. 



I should think, however, that they are both importations, and I cannot 

 understand why they are not placed under the heading of " Introduced 

 Species " in the catalogues. They have only been taken singly, and 

 in towns and timber-yards. The first, MonnchaDnnus sartor, F., is a very 

 large insect with long auteume, the scutellum is entirely clothed with 

 yellowish-white pubescence. It is recorded from Loudon, Reptou, 

 Cambridge Fens, and one or two other localities. The specimen in 

 Dr. PoAver's collection was taken in a stable at Boothly GrafFoe 

 Rectory. Bates has it in his Leicestershire list. Monorhanninm sutor, 

 L., is a somewhat smaller beetle than the preceding, and may easily be 

 distinguished from it by the fact that the scutellum has a smooth, 

 glabrous line iu the middle, the rest being clothed with pubescence. 

 It is recorded from Colney Hatch, Burton, Manchester, Newcastle, 

 and from a timber-yard near Taunton, etc. Mr. E. A. Waterhouse 

 once dug a specimen out of a stump in Battersea Park. An example, 

 iu Mr. Bates' collection, was taken on a willow at Aylestoue, in 

 Leicester, by a non-collector, who gave it to Mr. Headley, from wliom 

 Mr. Bates received it. 



J/c.sosrt nuhila, Fab. {nebulosa, F.) is a broad, robust, short beetle, of 

 a mottled, brownish-white appearance. It is rare, and has chiefly been 

 taken in the New Forest ; also recorded from Monk's Wood in some 

 numljers. I took a specimen out of a small bough, in the New Forest. 

 I think its rarity is to be accounted for by the fact that it lives in the 

 high boughs, and one only finds such as are in boughs that have been 

 blown down. I have broken up hundreds of such boughs in the New 

 Forest, in the hope of finding this insect, and was very much surprised 

 when my efforts were rewarded with success. 



In the genus A[/apanthia, the antenna are 12-jointed ; we possess 

 oue species. Af/apauthia lineatocollifi, Don. {Saperda cardni, Steph.), is 

 a beautiful insect, black, thickly mottled with yellow pubescence, and 

 has three yellow lines down the thorax. The antenna are ringed with 

 white, and have the bases fringed with delicate black hairs. It is very 

 local and rare, but often in aljundance when fomid. The larva lives 

 in the stems of thistles. It is chiefly a Fen insect, but has been 

 recorded from Darenth Wood, AVest Wickham, and near Lincoln, etc. 

 I have taken it in numbers by sweeping thistles in Monk's Wood, and 

 freely by general sweeping in Wicken .Fen. It is said to have the 

 power of emitting a disagreeable odour, something like that caused by 

 blowing out a candle. I never noticed anything of the kind in the 

 specimens I have taken. 



In the genus Saperda, we possess three species. The first, Saperda 

 <*rt>v/(f07rt.s, L., is one of our largest Longicornes. It is clothed with 

 pubescence, which varies from grey to yellow. Fowler says that it 

 occurs in and about old willows, Init iu my experience it is confined to 

 the i)0]flar, and at Wicken it is popularly known as the " Poplar 

 Beetle." It is chiefly a Feu insect, and was formerly much commoner 

 in the Cambridgeshire Fens than is now the case, aud appears to me to 

 be getting scarcer every year. Mr. Bouskell tells me he has seen it in 

 great ])rofusion on some poplar trees at Wicken. I should say the 

 reason of its scarcity now at Wicken is the fact that the natives take 

 every one they see, I have taken it sparingly at Wicken aud Upware. 

 The next species, Saperda scalaria, L., is a very lovely beetle of a sliiniug 

 black colour, marked with patches of yellowish-gi-een pubescence. It 



