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DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF OCLADIUS FROM PERIM. 

 BY MALCOLM CAMERON, M.B., R.N. 



OCLADIUS WALKEKI, n. sp. 



Convex, ovate, black, slightly sinning. Head small, convex, moderatelj coarsely, 

 but not very closely punctured, rostrum curved, quadrisulcate, sulci punctured. 

 Antennae ferruginous. 



Thorax convex, subconical, sides rounded, coarsely punctured in distinct longi- 

 tudinal rows, punctures not confluent. 



Elytra subglobose, with rows of large oblong punctures. Each elytron furnished 

 with three patches of whitish scales, two at the base (one at the shoulder, and one 

 near the suture) and one towards the apex. 



Legs black, tarsi ferruginous. Length, without rostrum, 4 mm. 



Found at roots of herbage in the ishmd of Perim by Mr. J. J. 

 Walker and myself. 



This species is smaller and narrower than 0. salicomice, 01., and 

 0. setipes, Ancey. From the former it also differs in the much more 

 coarsely punctured thorax and elytra, and in the spots not being 

 united to form a fasciae. 



From O. setipes it differs also in the punctuation of the thorax 

 not being confluent, the strongly punctured elytra, and the spots not 

 uniting to form a fasciae. 



R. N. Hospital, Chatham : 

 April, 1905. 



LYMEXYLON NAT'ALE, Linn., IN THE NEW FOREST. 

 BY G. C. CHAMPION, F.Z.S. 



During a recent visit to this well-known locality I was extremely 

 surprised at meeting with several specimens of this peculiar Coleop- 

 terous insect. There has been in previous years much discussion as 

 to whether LymexyJon is really a native of Britain or an importation. 

 The only well-authenticated record in modern times is its capture at 

 Dunham Park, Cheshire, where it was found in considerable numbers, 

 by Mr. Chappell and others. In the New Forest it is at present 

 quite at home. I, together with Dr. Sharp, Mr. C. G. Lamb, and 

 Mr. F. M. Howlett, found the beetle at several trees, the first and 

 last of which were fully a mile apart, and Dr. Sharp captured one 



