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hlaclv. From cnvfivis it differs in its paler colour and narrower body, 

 tlae thorax is lon^-er in proportion to its width, and the pattern on the 

 elytra is qnit-e different. Fowler's illustration (PL 23, tig-. 4) is not 

 charactei'istic, the body is far too much narrowed in front. I have 

 seen five examples of this, all identical in colour, contour, and 

 markings ; a ^ and ? from Dr. Sliarp ex coll. McNab, which 

 according to a record in the Irish National Museum, where McNab's 

 collection w^ent, were received by him from Andrew Mui'ray in 18G1 ; 

 a (^ and ? ex coll. Walker, and a $ kindly given to me by Mr. 

 E. A. Waterhouse ; the three last-named specimens having come 

 from G. E. Waterhouse's collection. Dr. Sharp thinks it likely 

 that the McNab examples, like Power's, came from Loch Leven. 

 Whether this insect is the same as that described by Bold (Ent. Mo. 

 Mag., iv, 284) as H. varms, Nicolai, cannot now be satisfactorily 

 determined ; but, except as affecting a detail of local distribution, the 

 circmnstance is quite immaterial. Dr. Eowler had not seen Bold's 

 specimens and conser^iently could merely state his belief that the 

 insects in Dr. Power's and Dr. Sharj^'s collections under var. varms 

 were identical with Bold's varius. E. C. Rye, to whom Bold had sent 

 specimens, recorded his inability to consider them anything but con- 

 finis, var. I have seen two specimens now in Bold's collection and 

 bearing a blue ticket on which is writteu varius, in handwriting said to 

 be his ; these are quite ordinary specimens of confinis, and I am assured 

 by the present custodian of the collection, Mr. E. Leonard Gill, 

 M.Sc, of the Hancoclc Museum, Newcastle-on-Tyne, that he has no 

 reason to doubt that these are the specimens which Bold intended to 

 represent his H. varius. I am informed by Mr. E. A. Waterhouse 

 that his father had a number of H. 2)alJens, all of which he believes 

 came from Bold. 



H. confinis, Steph. — In my experience this species vai'ies very 

 little. I have seen ex coll. Champion a specimen from Fleet, Hants, 

 whicli resembles ixdJeus in groiuid-colour and to a limited extent in 

 shape, but the proportions of the thoi'ax and the pattern on the elytra 

 are those proper to coufinis. 



H. mucronatus, Steph. — I do not know this species in life ; 

 amongst other specimens from recorded localities, I have seen, ex coll. 

 Chanipion, one from Southsea, Hants. Mr. Cliampion lias also taken 

 it at Cuenca, Spain. 



H. fiavicoUis, Sturm, — Very common in hill-jxmds in the Cotswold 

 district. I have never seen a sjjecimen with any trace of the two dark 



