162 [J«iy. 



a variety of the underside in our specimen, showing that in this as in 

 so many " Blues," the alignment of the spots beneath the disc of fore 

 wing is liable to vary from its normal disposition. 



In the Plates of the appendages Figs. 1, 2, and 3 are gravesi, and 

 4, 5, and 6 are escheri ; 1 and 4 are the whole appendages X 15 ; 

 2 and 5 without the clasps x 30 ; and 3 and 6 the extremities of the 

 clasps, figs. 2 and 5. If allowance be made for escheri being the larger 

 as 6 to 5, there is very little difference between the two species, even 

 that between the serrated ends of the clasps is slight. In fig. 2 the 

 veiy definitely Agriadid structure of the sedceagus is obvious (the two 

 black marks in the sedoeagus are air bubbles accidentally admitted in 

 preparing the specimen). In figs. 3 and 6 no value attaches to the 

 differences in the soft extremity of the clasp terminating the soft 

 middle of the clasp, as these take all sorts of forms according to acci- 

 dents of preparation of the specimen. 



The specimens were captured by Mr. P. P. Graves (of Constanti- 

 nople) at 6,400 ft. at the Cedars of Lebanon, at the end of August, 

 1910. Mr. Graves writes : — 



" The specimens were taken on August 27th and 28th, 1910, on 

 the borders of the Cedar Grove, known as the Cedars of Lebanon 

 (Arabice " El Arz ") which is situated in an amphitheatre surrounded 

 by the highest mountains of the North Lebanon, which reach a height 

 of over 10,000 ft. The Cedar Grove is 6,400 ft. above the level of the 

 sea. The formation is limestone covered with a thin layer of glacial 

 debris. The female specimens were at first confused by me with 

 A. astrarche, till I had examined the undersides more closely. The 

 males were recognized when in their roosting posture on grass stems 

 by the rich colour of the reddish submarginal spots on the underside. 

 They occurred with H. jjoseidon, H. admetus, P. ? candalus, P. icauis, 

 P. amanda, and other Lycaenids, in grassy and bushy places." 



He presents the types to the British Museum. 



Betula, Reigate : 



May lUh, 1912. 



Discovery of Planeustomus flavicollis, Fauv., in England {Coleoptera Staphy- 

 linidse). — P. flavicollis is a small beetle very similar in facies to its congener, 

 P. palpalis, Er., but moi'e slender, with small eyes, and comparatively short 

 elytra, these being biit little longer than the elongate thorax. It is a very dis- 

 tinct little creature, not likely to be confounded with anything else. P. flavicollis 

 is one of the rarest of insects, there being, so far as I can find, only one previous 



