mi.] 11 



elytra, and finer pnnctnation of the upper parts. Head and thorax fiiscous, or 

 dark reddish-brown, elytra testaceous, hind body dark fnscovis, npi^ei- surface 

 clothed with very fine pubescence ; head transverse, very slightly broader than 

 thorax in (J , about as broad in 9 , slightly widened towards the base, with two 

 distinct furrows in front and two shallow foveie behind these, very finely and 

 closely pimctujed ; antennae testaceous, long', reaching to the apical third of the 

 elytra, 1st and 2nd joints long, 3rd shorter, the 2nd much longer than broad, 

 4th and 5th slightly longer than broad, 6th and 8th about as long as broad, 

 9th and 10th considerably broader than 8th, about as long as broad, last joint 

 very slightly broader and one-third longer than penultimate ; thorax trans- 

 verse, distinctly narrower than elytra, slightly contracted behind, posterior 

 angles traceable, very finely and closely punctured, shining ; elytra rather long, 

 about twice as long as thorax, somewhat dull, very finely and closely punc- 

 tured ; hind body rather broad, more distinctly and less closely punctured than 

 thorax and elytra ; legs testaceous, tibiae strongly widened in the centre. 

 Length, 1-7 mm. 



The broader and less parallel form and longer antennse give this 

 species a distinctive appearance from T. linearis, from which it differs 

 in other respects than those given above in having the head relatively 

 broader and the fovea on each side of the vertex more distinct ; the 

 elytra of a lighter testaceous colour (especially w^hen the insect is 

 alive) and broader in proportion to the thorax, and the legs more 

 robust. 



I took three specimens of T. bicolor on the banks of the River 

 Truim at Dalwhinnie, Inverness- shire, on May 1st, 1910. They 

 occurred in company with Atheta fragilis, Kr., under one or two large 

 stones at the edge of the water, which, two days before, had been 

 completely submerged. 



Anisotoma davidiana, sj). nov. 

 Allied to A. chibia, Kugel., but broader and more convex, the antennae 

 shorter, the head more strongly punctiired, the thorax broadest at the l)ase 

 the scutelluni much larger, and the striae of the elytra more finely and closely 

 punctured, the third distinctly sinuate in the centre. Oval, strongly convex, 

 ferruginoiis, head and thorax darker, often fuscous ; head rather strongly 

 punctured, four larger punctures on foi'ehead indistinct, or merged into one on 

 each side of the middle line ; antenna; rather short, testaceous, with the club 

 fuscous, the latter rather narrow, with the last joint about as broad as tlie 

 penultimate ; thorax broadest at the base, posterior angles blunt, base trun- 

 cate, finely and moderately diffusely pimctured ; scutellum large, thickly and 

 strongly punctured ; elytra rather short, rounded at the sides, striae with fine 

 and very closely set piuictures, third stria distinctly sinuate outwards in the 

 middle, fourth stria sometimes very slightly sinuak", first stria not reaching 

 the Ijase, but ending at the side of the scutelliuu about | to > from its base, 

 interstices distinctly and not very finely punctured ; legs testaceous, tibiae 



