ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, 



Mr. Davis has taken several specimens of this insect out 

 of moss ; it is less than half the size of the insect I possess, 

 named T. minuta of Stephens, being about the magnitude 

 of the dot of this i. 



Genus. — Atom aria. Kirby. 



Atom, gutta. Picea ; elytris nigris, gutta media suturali 

 sanguined; pedibus ferrugineis. 



Pitchy black ; antennse ferruginous, with the basal half of the 

 apical, and the whole of the following joints, fuscous: prothorax 

 and elytra black ; the latter with a distinct red spot, like a small 

 drop of blood, on the centre of the suture, being half on each 

 elytron ; the legs are ferruginous. (Length f lin.) 



This remarkable insect is, I believe, unique in the cabinet 

 of Mr. Davis ; he found it in moss from Lincolnshire. 



Genus. — Cryptophagus. Herbst. 



Cryp. scutellatus. Fuscus ; metathoracis scutello nigro, 

 elytris pedibusque testaceis. 



Head, prothorax, and under-side of the insect, dark brown ; eyes 

 and mesothoracic scutellum black ; antennse brown at the base, 

 and testaceous at the apex ; legs testaceous, with the exception 

 of the femora, which are rather darker; elytra testaceous. (Length 

 nearly 1 lin.) 



This insect is, I believe, unique in the cabinet of Mr. Wailes, 

 who kindly transmitted it for description, with others mentioned 

 in this paper. 



Genus. — Tetratoma. Herbst. 



Tetra. picta. Nigra ; prothoracis marginibus, elylrornm I 

 maculis decern ferrugineis. 



Head, and exterior portion of the antennse, fuscous ; mouth, anc 

 basal portion of the antennas, ferruginous ; prothorax black, witl 

 all its margins ferruginous ; elytra black, with ten ferruginous j 

 spots, one on each shoulder, one on the exterior margin of 

 each elytron, one at the apex of the elytra and partly on each, 



