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DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF VESPERUS FROM PORTUGAL. 

 BY MALCOLM CAMERON, M.B., R.N., F.E.S. 



Vesperus reitteri, 11. sp. 



(? . Very similar to V. holivari, Rttr., from which it differs by its rather 

 larger head, the coarser and more riig-iilose piinctiiration of the thorax and 

 elytra, the latter less strongly narrowed at the apices, and by the darker legs 

 and antennae. Head black, rather shining, coarsely, rngosely punctured, its 

 width including the eyes as broad as the thoi'ax at base, its length greater than 

 that of the thorax, narrowly impressed in the middle ; temples large, the sides 

 parallel, the posterior angles roiinded ; clothed with moderately long whitish 

 pubescence. Antemite pitchy brown, reaching the apex of elytra. Thorax black, 

 rather shining, broader than long, strongly narrowed in front ; anterior and pos- 

 terior mai'gins raised, the former rather broadly emarginate in middle ; coarsely, 

 rugosely punctured, with a short longitudinal impression before sciitelhun, 

 clothed with rather long whitish pubescence. Scutellum black, punctured and 

 pubescent. Elytra chestnut brown, rather shining, much broader than thorax 

 at the base, gradiially and distinctly narrowed from base to apex, 2^ times as 

 long as the breadth at base, and completely covering the abdomen ; puncturation 

 coarse and rugulose, with traces of two elevated lines on each elytron near base ; 

 pubescence scanty and short. Underside of the fore-parts covered with long 

 whitish pubescence. Legs slender, pitchy black, tarsi ferruginous. Length 

 19-20 mm. ? unknown. 



Taken near Lagos, Portugal, in September, 1901, flying at dusk. 

 Types in my Collection. I am much indebted to Herr E. Reitter for 

 the loan of a specimen of V. bolivari, and to him I dedicate the species. 



February 1st, 1912. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF TROGOPHLCEUS (Sub-gen. 

 TJENOSOMA) FROM MALTA. 



BY MALCOLM CAMERON, M.B., R.N., F.E.S. 



Trogophl(eus championi, n. sp. 



Near T. halophilus, Kies., but smaller, with notably smaller head and 

 narrower thorax, which is more strongly rounded in front, more narrowed behind, 

 and more finely shagreened ; the elytra considerably longer ; and the antennaa 

 and legs lighter in colour. Distinct from T. rufipeniiis, Epp., by the structure 

 of the eyes and temples. Head black, rather diill, more finely shagreened than 

 in T. halophilus, almost as broad as thorax, with slight pubescence. Antenna 

 with first five joints testaceous, the rest infuscate ; first two joints rather long 

 and stout, second a little shorter than first, third a little longer than broad, 

 fourth quadrate, fifth to tenth transverse, gradually increasing in breadth ; 

 fifth larger than fourth and sixth. Thorax pitchy-brown, slightly broader than 

 long, sides strongly rounded in front and contracted behind, narrower and more 



