3S LJiiiy. 



Elongate, linear, elytra very long relatively to the head and thorax ; legs slender, 

 hind thighs reaching the apex of the abdomen. Head, thorax, and apical portion of the 

 elytra clothed with a fine hoai*y pubescence, which on the tuberculated disc and sides 

 of the thorax forms wliitish streaks ; on each side of the dorsal line of the latter 

 is an elongated dai'k patch. The elytra are of a general tawny-testaceous hue like 

 the underside of the body, head, antennae, and legs ; they are closely and finely 

 punctured except towards the apex, and crossed from the base with four fasciae of 

 irregular width, alternately paler and darker ; a whiter and more oblique fascia 

 succeeds the fourth, and this is followed by a tawny belt leaving the apical portion 

 again whitish ; the posterior fascife are all narrowly margined with fuscous. 



This interesting species bears a strong general i-esemblance to 

 certain species of the South American group Ibidiince, such as 

 I^polyzonum, Sommeri, vanum, &c. 



Rhopaloscelis maculatus, n. sp. 



Cylindricus, thorace hasi angustato, atro-fuscus, pilosua, elijtris caslaneo-rujis, 

 macula utrinque laterali apiceque late atro-fuscis, basl utrinque penicillatis ; antennis 

 pedibusque rufo-testaceis, femorihus fuscis. Long. 2 lin. 



Agrees very well with Blossig's genus Bhopaloscelis, founded on 

 an East Siberian insect allied to Po(/onoclienis, but does not possess 

 the dilated anterior tibia?, which, however, is but a slight character 

 and may well be specific. The fine erect hairs which cover somewhat 

 thinly the sui'face of the body do not conceal the punctuation of the 

 elytra, which is coarsely and sparsely distributed over their whole 

 surface. The antennae are finely fringed beneath. 



Kentish Town : June, 1877. 



Note on capture of Leistotrophus cingulatus in Devonshire ; with Obituary notice 

 of the Sev. JT. Matthews. — A fine specimen of this beautiful insect was taken by my 

 late brother, the Eev. H. Matthews, during an excursion (the last he ever made) into 

 the north of Devonshire, in August, 1874. He had collected chiefly in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Westward Ho and Ilfracombc, and near one of those places must have 

 found the Leistotrophus. In Devonshire, he was attacked by the malady which 

 eventually put an end to his life. During his long illness, his captiu-es were laid 

 aside ; and it was only in this last summer that I began to examine them. I have 

 not seen a type of L. cingulatus, but from the very clear differential characters 

 pointed out by its describer, Gravenhorst (Coleoptera Microptera, p. 166), feel sure 

 that the specimen taken by my brother must belong to that species, and as such can 

 only at present be regarded as accidentally introduced into this country ; although 

 its occurrence in a locality so far removed from commerce is somewhat singular. 



While thus recording his last important capture, I think I may be excused for 

 adding a short notice of the entomological work ^f my late very dear brother. As 



