1907.] 15 



that other collectors who have an opportunity of searching corn warehouses may be 

 on the look out for the insect, and so determine whether it is merely a casual im- 

 portation or has succeeded in establishing itself amongst us. 



Piezostethux flavipen is a small species \\ mm. in length, of a light pitchy 

 colour, with recumbent pale pubescence. The hemielytra, together with the an- 

 tennae and logs, are wholly flavous. The pronotum is shining and narrowed in front, 

 and the abdomen is widest behind the middle. In the brachypterous form the 

 hemielytra reach the base of the third segment of the abdomen. Renter (Monogr. 

 Anthocorid. orb. terr.) gives this species as the only representative of the subgenus. 

 Arrostus, which differs from Piezostethus proper, inter alia, in the absence of ex- 

 serted setae at the end of the abdomen. This character, together with the above 

 colour distinctions and the narrower pronotum, will easily distinguish it from P. 

 cursitanx. In its macropterous form it is said to be most like P. formicetorum. It 

 is recorded by Eeuter from France (Eouen, in naviliit:), and from North Italy. 

 According to Dodero it lives on Sesamum — K. A. Butlek, 53, Tollington Park, N. : 

 November 1th, 190t). 



A correction.— In Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. xlii, p. 254 (November, 1906), line 19 

 from top, should read " Si/mpefrum Jlaceolum, L. Fa. Fr., No. 551." — E&BEN 

 Petersen, Silkeborg, Deimiark : November 2ith, 1906. 



Jleuintrs. 



The Victoria History of the Counties of England: a History of 

 Devonshire. Insecta. edited by Herbert Goss, F.L.S., &c. pp. 82 folio. 

 London : A Constable and Co., Limited. 1906. 



Devonshire, the third in size of the English counties, and one of the most 

 beautiful and interesting of them all, is not less fortunate than those already treated 

 of in the "Victoria History," in the number and ability of the Entomologists, 

 resident and otherwise, who have aided in compiling the list of its rich Insect 

 fauna. All the Orders are well worked out, and we would call attention to t he section 

 on the Lept'doptera by our late esteemed colleague, Mr. C. G. Barrett, and that on 

 the Hymenoptera by Mr. G-. C. Bignell, as especially well and fully executed ; the 

 introduction to the list of the Parasitic Hymenoptera, by the last named veteran 

 Entomologist, is a masterly account of the life-history of that deeply interesting 

 group. In the list of the Coleoptera, due in great measure to the energetic work 

 of Mr. J. H. Keys in the Plymouth district, just over 1700 species are enumerated, 

 a number which is sure to be largely augmented by the more complete exploration 

 of many parts of the county as yet almost unworked. In the list are included the 

 interesting records in this Order by Dr. Leach, made in the early part of the last 

 century, and of which many have only been confirmed quite lately ; as well as the 

 important recent captures of Coleoptera in Lundy Island by Messrs. Joy and Tomlin 

 recorded iu our pages. The list of the Biptera by Mr. E. E. Austen, though it 

 includes as yet only one-sixth of the total number of the known British forms, ia 

 noteworthy for the fulness and precision of the data, mainly due to Col. Yerbury, 

 attached to each species, and may well sei-ve as a model for future lists of the 

 same kind. 



