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Ceropiitsa Wallacii. 



Elongnfa, convexa, nigra, oiitkla, cnpite tlioraee pedilmsqtie Jlavis ; 

 cli/fris mefallico- purpureo-violaceis ; scufeUo metallico-ci/aneo. 



Mas : antennarum articulis 6''^ et 7™° incrassatis. Long. 2\ lin. 



Hab. : Sumatra. 



Head smooth, impunctate ; encarpae large, impiinctate ; antennae with the first 

 joint ciirred, second short, moniliform.tliird and fourtli oboTate, fifth short turbinate, 

 sixth and seventh swollen, equal in length, eighth short, ninth and tenth rather 

 longer, equal in length, the eleventh ovate, its apex acute ; the four upper joints, 

 together with the inner surfaces of the seven lower ones, clothed with stiff erect 

 haii's. Thorax one-third broader than long, sides straight and parallel, rounded and 

 converging at the apex, all the angles rounded ; upper surface transversely excavated 

 just behind the middle, shining, nearly impunctate, a few minute punctures only 

 being visible under a lens. Scutellum trigonate, its apex rounded. Elytra narrowly 

 oblong, broader than the thorax, finely granulose, distinctly punctured. 



Warwick : February, 1877. 



Occurrence in Britain of Cardiophorus rufipes, Fourc. — I have great pleasure 

 in being able to record the occurrence in this country of Cardiophorus rttjijjes, 

 Fourc, a single example having been captured by Mr. John Dunsmore in the summer 

 of 1875, by sweeping rank grasses at Corkendale Law (a hill that rises ou the table 

 land of the Glenniffer Braes, and surrounded by peaty marshes), the highest peak in 

 Kenfrewshire, and about six miles from Paisley. 



This example — liberally presented to me by Mr. Dunsmore — was found in 

 company with Cori/mhites cupreu.i, ceneus, and quercns, &c. C. rtifipes cannot well 

 be confounded with any other British species ; it is smaller than C. asellns, shining 

 black in colour, finely pubescent, with the interstices of the elytra convex, and 

 closely and finely punctured, the antennae entirely black, the femora and tibise 

 reddish-testaceous, the tarsi pitchy, with the base of each joint and the claws red, &c. 



It is generally distributed throughout Europe, occurring not rarely in France, 

 Germany, Austria, Eussia, &c. — G. C. Champion, 274, Walworth Eoad, London, 

 S.E. : February 9th, 1877. 



Insect-notes from the Sandwich Isles. — We arc getting pretty settled here, and 

 like the country and climate very much, though the heat is very trying, the 

 thermometer now (mid-winter) ranging daily from 80" to 84°. Trying though this be, 

 I think it is, notwithstanding, a great improvement on an English winter to have 

 clear bright skies and sunshine, albeit it is hot. The country is about the most 

 beautiful I ever saw ; magnificent mountains, crossed with woods, and dipping right 

 down into the sea, among which are the most charming villages, full of oranges, 

 lemons, cocoa nuts, mangoes, bananas, &c., &c. The profusion of brilliant flowers is 

 most astonishing to anyone unaccustomed to the tropics. 



The insect fauna seems very peculiar. Coleoptera are distinctly not common. 

 I have only seen about seven or eight species of Ocodephaga, a single specimen of 

 something near I'arus* (found in the house), a Bembidium (one specimen), and a 

 • Probably a Plochionus. — Eds. 



