250 [November, 



nental ^S*. m//, these differing mainly from our so-called S. xratus in 

 having the legs entirely ferruginous, and the antennas a little stouter. 

 1 have also taken similar examples at Guildford, on spruce]. 



Asemum striatum, L. — First seen in the district, at Chobham, 

 in 1907. 



Criocephalus fo'us, Muls. — Not uncommon on the burnt pines, 

 the long series obtained varying enormously in size (length, 12^ — 

 21 mm.), the smaller examples agreeing perfectly with the var Jiis- 

 panicus, Sharp, the types (J $) of which were found by myself in 

 1904 in the Guadarrama, Spain. This species, it maybe remembered, 

 has been detected during recent years (from 1902 onwards) in the 

 New Forest, on large pines injured by fire, but I believe most of the 

 specimens obtained there have been bred from larva; extracted from 

 the wood. The insect was observed at large near Woking from 

 August 21st to September 11th, these dates corresponding very nearly 

 with the time of emergence given by Mr. Gilbert Smith for the 

 New Forest examples (Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1905, p. 175). The 

 pupa has been found here, but I have as yet made no search for 

 the larva, preferring to leave tlie trees intact. 



Pissocles notafus, F. — Fairly common on pines merely scorched 

 by fire, and found from May to October. It now seems to be com- 

 moner in the district than Hylobius ahietis. 



Tomiciis laricis, F., Pitijojththorus pubescens, Marsh., Pitijogenes 

 hidentatus, Herbst, and Mi/dophilus piniperda, L. — All more or less 

 common in the pines, but of course much more abundant in sappy 

 wood. 



Horsell, Woking : 



October IWi, 1909. 



THE DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERS OF CL AMBUS PUNCTULUM.QrLL., 

 AND C. MlNUrUS, Stuem. 



BY n. BRITTEN, F.E.S. 



On June 24th last I captured at Salkeld an example of a small, 

 smooth, shining Clambus, resembling C. minutus, Sturm, but with the 

 pubescence differently distributed. This insect proved to be C. 

 punctuJum, Gyll., a species recently reinstated in our list by Mr. Donis- 

 thorpe [Ent. Record, xx, pp. 293, 291 (1908)], and I have since seen 

 another specimen of it from Kidbrooke, Kent, taken by Mr. W. West 

 on November 16th, 1903. With Mr. Newbery's assistance I have 



