132 [June, 



214). Mr. P. (le la Garde, who has worked the Teigmuouth and Exeter 

 districts with so much success, has not yet met with it in tliose locali- 

 ties. I have, however, seen four examples, one male and three females, 

 of areneiformis, taken by him at Bovey Tracey in dead leaves, which 

 are somewhat intermediate in form, as the elytral strise of the male 

 are distinct to apex, but are not as deep as in typical pyremeus, whilst 

 the head and pubescence are those of araneiformis. 



In preparing the foregoing notes, I acknowledge, with best thanks, 

 the kind assistance of Capt. Deville, Mr. Gr. C. Champion, Commander 

 J. J. Walker, Mr. E. A. Newbery, and the Rev. Theodore Wood. To 

 Mr. E. J. Baker I am greatly indebted for help in detaining the photo- 

 graphs, and last, liut not least, I wish to thank J. J. Mac Andrew, 

 Esq., for unqualified permission to collect in his private grounds at 

 Ivy bridge. 



Moi'well, Lipson Eoad, Plymovith : 

 April, 1911. 



A NOTE ON QUEDIUS ATTENUATU8, Otll., vak. PICIPENNIS, Hebb. 

 BY NORMAN H. JOY, M.R.C.S., F.E.S. 



Mvich resembles the dark form of Q. fulvicollis, Steph., but less fusiform 

 in shape and with a narrower head and shorter elytra ; pitchy or pitchy-brown, 

 elytra lighter, slightly metallic ; antennae, palpi and legs testaceous, posterior 

 tibiffi pitchy ; head slightly transverse, antennje not thickened towards apex, 

 penultimate joints slightly longer than broad ; thorax a little longer than 

 broad, about as broad as elytra ; elytra shorter than thorax, almost parallel- 

 sided, closely, finely, and somewhat rvigosely punctured ; hind body more 

 parallel-sided than in Q. fulvicollis, punctuation coarser, as dense on basal seg- 

 ments, but more diffuse on ajjical, pubescence shorter and less iridescent : first 

 joint of posterior tarsi scarcely as long as last. Long., 5 — 6 mm. 



This is the form described by Fowler (Col. Brit. IsL, Vol. II, p. 

 244) under the name Q. attenuatus, GTylL, var. picipennis, Heer (nee 

 Scriba). In the last European Catalogue attenuatus, G-ylL, is given as 

 a synonym of incipennis, Heer, but it will be seen that the two 

 are abundantly distinct, as Q. pici^iennis differs from Q. attenuatus in 

 its more parallel-sided form, more transverse head, more slender an- 

 tennae, and more coarsely and diffusely punctured hind body. It is 

 larger and <larker than Q. scribx, Ganglb., the elytra are more closely 

 punctured, and the apical dorsal segments of the hind body are more 

 strongly and diffusely punctured. 



