198 [September, 



The unique example was taken in Sherwood Forest by Mr. Kidson- 

 Taylor in October, 1904, in rotten fun<i;us, in company with Q. xan- 

 tliopus, Er. 



12, Churchill Road, 



Dartmouth Park, N.W. : 

 July 29th, 1905. 



ANISOTOMA OBLONGA, Er. : SYNONYMICAL NOTES. 

 BT G. C. CHAMPrON, F.Z.S. 



The insect somewhat doubtfully introduced into the British list 

 under the above name by Rye (Ent. Mo. Mag., vii, p. ISO, and x, 

 p. 149), whose description of the male was taken from a specimen 

 found by myself at Earnham, Surrey, in 1875, was incorrectly 

 identified, and is really referable to A. lucens, Fairm. It belongs, in 

 fact, to a different section of the genus, and is easily separable from 

 the members of the A. cin7iamomea-(rroup by the short row of punc- 

 tures at the base of the ninth elytral interstice (a character over- 

 looked by Rye) and the peculiar armature of the posterior femora of 

 the male. This last-mentioned structure is well shown in Jacquelin- 

 Duval's figure (Gen. Col., I, t. 36, fig. 179b) : the apical tooth is 

 obtuse (instead of being sharply hooked) and the median tooth is 

 very large and angular. In Mr. E. Saunders' collection (from that 

 of Dr. Capron) there is also a fine male of A. lucens, probably taken 

 near Shiere, Surrey, agreeing perfectly with my own example from 

 Earnham. 



A. ohlonga, Er., and A. grandis, Eairm., are properly treated as 

 synonymous by Canon Eowler ; both are forms of A. cinnamomea, 

 Panz. The A. grandis of Rye appears to differ slightly from the 

 continental specimens, and the name anglica, Rye, is available for this 

 variety if required. A. cinnamomea and A. anglica occur constantly in 

 the same localities (Mickleham, Caterham, Cobham. Park, &c.), and 

 there can be no doubt that they are forms of one very variable 

 species. I am indebted to Dr. A. Fleischer, of Briinn, for calling my 

 attention to this matter, and also for a male specimen of the true 

 A. ohlonga, Er., for comparison.* He has, moreover, examined the 



* Dr. Fleischer informs me that A. algirica, Rye (the type of which is in my possession 

 = A. heydeni, Ragnsa, differing from it merely In colour. Rye's name has five years' priority. 

 This insect is found in Algeria, France, and Sicily. 



