200 ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, 



provided they may be so purchased considerably below the 



average or usual prices of such specimens. These will, of 



course, be exhibited to the Council, and to the Society at 



large, whose approval, or disapproval would be a sufficient 



guide to any future purchases of this description. Purchases, 



to a larger amount, may be decided by the Council for the 



time being. 



(To be continued.) 



Art. XVI. — Entomological Notes. By Edward Newman, 

 Esq., F.L.S. 



( Continued from Vol. I., page 514.^ 



" In his tarn parvis, tamque fere nullis," &c. 



Class. — Coleoptera. 



Natural Order. — Nitidulites, ined. 



Genus. — Meligethes. Kirby. 



Mel. nigra. Nigra, punctatissima ; antennis pedibasque 

 piceis. 



Black, thickly punctured ; antennae pitchy black, the basal and 

 apical joints being lighter than the intermediate ones ; the 

 legs are pitchy black, the fore, lighter than the middle and hind 

 legs ; the prothorax and elytra are very deeply punctured, and 

 covered with a short, grey villosity ; the elytra are very narrow 

 posteriorly. (Length \ lin.) 



A single specimen of this insect is in the cabinet of Mr. 

 Wailes. 



Genus. — Catheretes. Herbst. 



Cat. glabra. Nigerrima, nitidissima ; antennis pedibusque 

 concoloribus. 



Very black and shining : antennae black, the joints composing the 

 club slightly downy ; head, prothorax and elytra very black, 

 shining, sparingly covered with a grey villosity ; elytra short, 

 and abruptly truncate ; legs entirely black. (Length § lin.) 





