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aedeagus has elongate and more slender lobes ; the sinistral lateral lobe 

 is slender, and the " fish-hook " at its extremity is shaped differently 

 from that of E. mollis ; the median lobe has the basal or stalk part 

 very long, and the minor division of it lies less parallel with the major. 



This species is undoubtedly distinct from mollis, though aberrations 

 as regards the structure of the antennae occur in each, so too much 

 dependence should not be attached to that cliaracter when determining 

 the insect. 



E. imdmntianns has apparently been found in Britain only in 

 the New Forest district, whei-e it has been met with in the western part 

 by Mr. Ford on burnt fir-trees, as well as by myself at Brockenhurst. 

 I have examined about fifty specimens. 



As I have already stated, I believe this insect to be the Liozoum 

 molle of Mulsaut. As, however, the species of this genus are so vei'y 

 difiicult to determine, and I have seen only English specimens of 

 E. mulsantianus, this synonymy cannot be considere<l to be fully 

 established. Mulsant says that " i»oUe " is generally southern and 

 scarce ; also that it is found on pines in Provence and Languedoc, and 

 is rare in the neighbourhood of Lyons. 



Ernohius reversus, sp. n. 



E. mollis persiviilis, minor, statura graciliore, tarsis anterioribus tenuilvs. 

 Long. 2f-3^ mm. 



Mas, antenrds elongatis. 



This species resembles extremely the small varieties of E. mollis, 

 but the symmetry of the aedeagus is reversed in all its parts. The 

 antennae of the male are rather longer, the terminal joint being very 

 long and slender, the 7th joint is longer and broader than the 6th or 

 the 8th. The eyes are slightly more prominent, and the thorax corres- 

 pondingly more sinuate at the sides in front. The scutellum is not 

 densely tomentose. The front tarsus is very slender, the tibiae straight. 



In the male the fish-hook lateral lobe is dextral, and the acuminate 

 one sinistral ; the median lobe is correspondingly reversed, but other- 

 wise the shape of the lobes is as in E. mollis, so that it is possible this 

 little insect may be a phallic aberration of mollis. 



Brockenhurst, July ord, 191(3, one male; June, 1912, one male. 

 I have also one female from the south of England (without more data) 

 that I refer to the species. This female is very like that of E. ohliius, 

 but it has the terminal three joints of the antennae considerably longer 

 and thinner. 



