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[July, 



external angles, impunctate in scutellaiy region ; hind body alutaeeons, finely 

 and rather closely punctured ; (? with the 5th (free) dorsal segment of hind 

 body with four small round tubercles near posterior margin ; 6th terminating 

 in two sharp teeth separated by a considerable interval. Length, I'o — 1'8 mm. 



STROPHOSOMUS CURVIPES : A COLEOPTERON NEW TO BEITAIN. 



BY DAVID SHARP, M.A., F.R.S. 



When collecting with Mr. Ford near Bournemouth two or three 

 weeks ago, I picked up a pair of a small Strophosonms which struck me 

 at once as being different from anything I had met with before, and 

 on comparing it with various descriptions I find it to agree perfectly 

 with Bedel's S. curvipes (Faune Col. Seine, vi, p. 46). The species is 

 remarkable by the comparatively narrow prothorax with much rounded 

 sides, and by the strongly curved anterior tibiae of the male. The 

 female has a small bare carinule at the base of the thorax, but this is 

 scarcely indicated in the male. The nearest ally seems to be the common 

 8. coryli, but in appearance 8. curvipes more resembles 8. fulvicornis, 

 from which it is distinguished by the form of the thorax and elytra, by 

 the different setae on the elytra, and by the male tibiae. S. curvipes 

 was first described by C. J. Thomson, and Bedel applies Thomson's 

 name to the insect I am writing about. But I admit that I have grave 

 doubts as to whether Thomson's insect is really the same as Bedel's. 

 According to Bedel 8. haudueri Desb., briefly diagnosed by 



