1913.] 7 



the eyes large and prominent ; antennse very finely pubescent, rather slender, 

 about reaching the cnneus, joint 2 very elongate, longer than 3, 3 and 4 

 siib-eqnal in length, 3 distinctly thickened outwards ; rostrum reaching the 

 middle coxaB. Pronotuni moderately constricted at the sides, feebly arcuate- 

 eniarginate at the base ; finely punctate. Hemelytra sub-parallel, very little 

 narrower than the jDronotum ; finely punctate. Terminal abdominal segment 

 of S reaching beyond the membrane, curved upwards at the tip and sulcata 

 behind. Nynn)h : Brownish-black, the hemelytra with a large, posteriorly 

 tridentate, ochreous patch at the base ; the abdomen fuscous, variegated with 

 ochraceous ; antennae with joint 2 ochreous, and 4 with a broad white annulus 

 at the base ; tibia? and tarsi ochreous ; femora blackish-brown. Antennse stout, 

 joint 2 not longer than 4, 3 a little shorter and thickened outwards ; head 

 smaller and shorter than in imago, the eyes smaller, the ocelli wanting ; legs 

 shorter than in imago, the setse shorter ; the anterior femora armed with two 

 or three short spines; tarsi with two joints of eqiial length... 



Length, 5.^-6^ mm. Breadth, 1^-lf mm. (J?.) 



Hah. : Costa Rica, Orosi ; alt. 1200 metres. 



One male, three females, and two uymplis, received from M. Picado, 



and stated to have been found in Bromeliads. Very near P. vicinalis, 



Dist. (Biol. Centr.-Am., Rhynch. i, p. 207, pi. 19, fig. 13), from Alta 



Vera Paz, from which it differs in having the first joint of the antennae 



black, the fourth sharply albo-auuulate near the base, and the third 



longer than the second ; the corium albo-bifasciate ; the membrane 



black to the tip ; and the anterior femora armed with two or three 



spines only. The nymph has the second antennal joint relatively 



shorter, the third stouter, and the annulus on the fourth extending 



to the base. 



Heatherside, Horsell, Woking : 

 December, 1912. 



HOMALOTA (LIOGLUTA) AQUATILIS, Thoms. { ? = SERICANS, Eey), 

 A SPECIES OF COLEOPTERA NEW TO BRITAIN. 



BY PHILIP DE LA GARDE, R.N., F.E.S. 



Form I'ather broad and rol)ust. Head and thorax dull brassy-black ; elytra 

 brown ; hind-body shining pitchy-black, with apex somewhat lighter. Thorax 

 and elytra plainly pvibescent. Antennse dark, with lighter base. Legs reddish- 

 or brownish-yellow. 



Head large and transverse, not much narrower than thorax, finely 

 alutaceous on vertex and slightly asperate behind eyes. Antennse long and 

 gradually thickened ; none of the joints transverse ; third joint longer than 

 second, foiirth shorter than fifth, 5-10 about equal in length, but gradvially 

 becoming broader so that the tenth is aliout as long as broad ; last joint half as 

 long again as tenth. Thorax subquadrate, one fourth broader than long, with 



