70 [March, 



services ns President and for liis Address, at the same time askinpf for its 

 publication as a part of the Proceedin-i^s of the Society. This was seconded by 

 Mr. C. Fenn and carried unanimously. 



The President havine: replied with a few words of thanks, Mr. G. Meade- 

 Waldo proposed, and Prof. Selwyn Tmaire seconded, a vote of thanks to the 

 Officers of the Society for their work durin<? the past year, which was also 

 carried unanimously. 



The Treasurer and both the Secretaries returned thanks ; the former 

 referring to the generosity with which Dr. Chapman had for years contributed 

 towards the expense of the plates published in the Transactions. 



A CONTEIBUTION TO A KNOWLEDGE OF THE BRITISH 

 NOTIOPHILI. 



liY JAMES EDWARDS, F.E.S. 



The most convenient index -characters which I have been able to 

 find ioY the PJiitisli species ol" Notiojihihi.^ are contained in tlie following 

 table : — 



1 (1-). Second interstice distinctly narrower than llie next three tug'etlior. 



2 (9). Tibiffi black. 



3 (6). Elytra with one umbilicate piuicture near the apex, in a line with 



the third and fourth stria; and adjoining the raised part of the 

 eighth interstice on its inner side. 



■i (5). Ely tr;)l striaj more strongly punctured. Upper-side usually bronze; 

 pale markings at the apex of the elytra very obscure, visible only 

 by transmitted light ; pronotiuu transverse, considerably narrowed 

 behind, the hinder half of the sides nearly equalling the front 

 half in curvature ; male with the front tarsi sub-terete, but little 

 compressed above, and the last joint of the labial palpi (in the 

 widest aspect) narrow elliptic, obliquely truncate, about four times 

 as long as its distal edge aquaticus, Linn. 



o (-1). Elytral striae more finely punctured. Upper-side (in the type speci- 

 men) blackish-bronze; elytx'a with a conspicuous oblong red-yellow 

 patch on tlie outer side of the front half of the apical slope, 

 bounded outwardly by the eighth interstice and continued as a 

 stripe to the apex ; pronotum sub-quadi'atc, but little narrowed 

 behind, the sides in their hinder lialf nearly straight ; fi'ont tarsi 

 in the male compressed above, sub-carinate. Length ol mm. 



blacki (Sharp M.S.) 



6 (3). Elytra with two umbilicate punctui-es near the apex in a line with 

 the third and fourth strise, one next the inner edge of the raised 

 part of the eighth interstice, and the other in a slight but evident 

 depression about half-way down the apical slope. 



