nna [December, 



vi. Basal ventral segments of abdomen, vi. Basal ventral segments of abdomen 



with a few scattered but dis- glabrous, 



tinct long hairs. 



vii. Apical margin of 4th ventral vii. Apical margin of 4th ventral 

 segment of abdomen without segment of abdomen with a 



fringe of hairs. narrow fringe of golden hairs. 



The two species are easily distinojuished by their size and the 

 structure of the anterior tibiae in the (J. Dr. Horvath speaks of 

 confusus as " assez rare," but widely distributed ; he has it from 

 France, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, and Bosnia. Mr. Saunders 

 possesses the type example of D. Intus, D. & S., and another ? taken 

 by Mr. Champion at Caterham ; Mr. Champion has specimens from 

 Caterham and the Tsle of Sheppey, Mr. Jennings one from Brandon, 

 Suffolk, and there is one from Scott's collection in the National 

 collection at S. Kensington. In the latter there are also three small 

 examples which are true pilicornis, Muls., one of which is labelled 

 Scott, and the other two Power, Mickleham ; and Mr. A. Beaumont 

 has taken it at Boxhill. Apparently, pilicornis is rarer with us than 

 confusus. The latter has a fairly wide distribution— from Suifolk to 

 Dorsetshire. 



The other addition is Snlda setulosa, Put., of which I took a 

 single (J last August amongst flood refuse on the southern side of 

 Poole Harbour. I was apparently rather early for it, as there were 

 several larvae about which might well have belonged to the same 

 species, but I could find no more than the one imago. 



S. setulosa is closely allied to opacula, Zett. The chief differences 

 are as follows : — The head, pronotum, and elytra, are densely pilose, 

 being clothed with long upright blackish hairs : the pale markings on 

 the face which are so characteristic of opacula are much obscured with 

 black ; the second joint of the antennae is flavous with darkened base 

 and apex, and longer than in opacida ; and the line of demarcation 

 between the flavous lateral margin of the elytra and the darker ground 

 colour of the corium is not so distinct, especially towards the apex, 

 where the pale colour extends inwards and encloses a white spot. In 

 Puton's " Synopsis " setulosa is treated as a var. of opacula, but 

 Dr. Eeuter regards it as a distinct species, and in this he is undoubtedly 

 right ; in fact, it differs from opacula pretty much as piloselJa does 

 irom palli2)es, and these are now reckoned as distinct. 



53, ToUington Park, N. : 



October 22nd, 1904. 



