226 [October, 



Kraatz, on account of the punctuation of the apex of the elytra, but 

 C. vnlidus is a mucli larger species with thicker antennae, and vvith a 

 more distinct transverse impression at the base of the thorax. Ac- 

 cording to Ganglbauer C. suhdepressus is found rarely on " Nadelholz " 

 and bushes; Capt. Dcville tells me that it is taken in France in the 

 mountains by beating the lower branches of fir trees, especiall}^ Picea 

 excelsa, and that it has spread to the plains with the plantations of 

 pines, where it is taken in company with Micramhe ahietis, Payk. 



Mr. Chitty is to be congratulated on his notes on the genus Crypto- 

 phagus, and I have found them very useful. C. scanicus v. patruelis, 

 Sturm, is certainly the form that gives rise to the greatest confusion, 

 as it varies a good deal in breadth and other particulars. C. umbra f us, 

 Er., I have by no means found the rarity that Mr. Chitty describes it, 

 as I take it not uncommonly here in dry fungi and wood mould. C. 

 distinguendus, Sturm, I have only taken in Reading in a warehouse. 

 All my specimens of C. umhratus have the thorax dark as in 0. scu- 

 tellatus, Newm. 



Bvadfield : 



September 14th, 1907. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OP STENOSTOMA FROM 



MALTA. 



BT MALCOLM CAMERON, M.B., E.N.. E.E.S. 



Stenostoma melitense, n. sp. 



Narrow, elongate, metallic-green, very finely pubescent with grey. 



Head elongate, including eyes only slightly wider than thorax, very finely 

 wrinkled, not punctured. 



Antennse and palpi testaceous. ' 



Thorax longer than broad, cylindrical, slightly impressed before scutellum, 

 finely wrinkled transversely, giving it somewhat the silky appearance seen in 

 Malachius Jlahellatus, Friv. Legs clear testaceous, tarsi infuscate. 



Elytra broader than thorax at the shoulders, gradually contracted posteriorly, 

 finely but rugosely punctured, with three longitudinal nervures on each, the first 

 very indistinct. Length, 6 mm. 



I tabulate the differences between the species : — 



S. coerulewn, Pet.— Size larger (10 mm.), more robust. Antennje 



testaceous to the middle of the fourth joint, the remainder dark. 



Head and thorax with scattered superficial punctuation, the latter 



contracted anteriorly. Elytra coarsely and rugosely punctured. 



More pubescent. 



