^g [January, 



nellus. On the Continent M barnevillei inhabits the Basses and 

 Hautes Alps, the Pyrenees, &c., and its occurrence on the Norfolii 

 coast was scarcely to be expected. (Edmiera virescens, however, 

 recorded last year from Central Norfolk, is a somewhat parallel case. 

 A description of the Malachius is appended below. 



Malachids barnevillei, Puton. 



Metallifi-green, the mouth parts (the apical joint of the maxiilarj palpi 

 excepted), the anterior portion of tlie head, the basal joints of the antenna? later- 

 ailj and beneatii, the anterior tarsi, the anterior tibiae on the inner side towards the 

 apex, a small spot at the apex of the anterior femora (and sometimes another on 

 that of the intermediate pair), the intermediate tarsi in part, and the apical margin 

 of each ventral segment, testaceous or flavous ; the upper surface very finely pubes- 

 cent and also thickly clothed with long, erect, blackish hairs. Tarsal claws very 

 little longer than the membrane. 



(J. Antennae with joint 1 nuich lliickened, and 2 — 9 more or less serrate, the 

 latter flavous at the inner apical angle. Each elytron with a narrow transverse 

 impression at the apex. 



9. Antennae shorter and darker, the basal joint not dilated and the others 

 very feebly serrate. 



Horsell, Woking : 



December 6ih, 1901. 



RHIZOTROGUS OCHRACEUS, Knocu, A GOOD SPECIES. 

 BY DE. NORMAN H. JOY, F.E.S. 



While sweeping a grassy hill side near Streatley, Berks, at the 

 end of last July, I captured a small cockchafer flying id the bright 

 sunshine, and from this circumstance suspected it to be Bhizotrogus 

 ochraceus, Knoch. On August 1st I again visited the spot, and found 

 the beetle fairly plentiful. They were flying swiftly, never more than 

 two feet above the highest grass, and occasionally circling round as if 

 about to settle, which, however, 1 never saw one do. They took no 

 notice of small scattered juniper and hawthorn bushes, which they 

 passed (as B. solsfitialis, L., would have done), nor were any flying 

 round some beech trees about thirty yards away. They proved very 

 hard to capture, as they were so difficult to see against the grass when 

 one got close to them. 1 found the best plan was to stand at the 

 bottom of the hill, where a beetle could be easily seen flying against 



