168 [J'^iy. 



A^arietj of L. badia. To preveut possible confusion, however, I should 

 like to draw attention to my note on this form in Ent. Mo. Mag., 

 ser. 2, vol. xxii, p. 110, where I point out that the insect long known 

 under the former name on the Continent is a very different species, 

 and where I propose the name L. fleischeri for it. 



The specimens of Liodes recorded by Rye (Ent. Ann. 1872, p. 66) 

 as having been taken by Dr. Sharp in Scotland, and named by the 

 latter " with tolerable certainty " as L. scifa are L. dnbia. There is no 

 reason to doubt that the specimen from near York introduced by Eye 

 " with some slight reserve " as L. scifa, is the same form of dubia. 

 The species we have hitherto known as L. vigrifa, Schmidt, is what is 

 now known on the Continent as L. scifa, Er. It is placed by Dr. 

 Fleischer in a sub-genus {Trichospliwrida) by itself on account of the 

 structure of the male genitalia. 



I am retaining the name L. anglica. Rye, instead of L. oblonga, 

 Er., but whether this is really correct I have not been able to ascertain 

 to my satisfaction. At any rate, as I have pointed out before (Ent. 

 Mo. Mag., ser. 2, vol. xx, p. 219), this form is quite distinct from 

 L. cinnamomea. 



I think any one with even a small knowledge of this genus will 

 admit that the main division into two groups according to the breadth 

 of the club of the antennae, and the comparative breadth of the last 

 joint, is c{uite comprehensible. If the antennal club of L. ralcarata or 

 L. triepkei be compared with that of L. ovalis or L. cinnamomea, a 

 marked difference will be seen at once. In the first group the club is 

 short and broad, the last joint being much narrower than the penulti- 

 mate. In the second group it is longer, narrower, and generally looser, 

 and the last joint is sometimes cjuite as broad as the penultimate, and 

 can never be said to be " much narrower." L. lunicollis is the only 

 species with an intermediate form of club ; this is somewhat elongate, 

 and not very liroad, bvit the last joint is distinctly narrower than in 

 other members of the narrow-clubbed group. L. dnbia v. obesa has a 

 rather broad club, but the last joint is quite as broad as the penulti- 

 mate. In L. curfa v. donisfhorpei the last joint is comparatively 

 broader' than in other members of its group, but the club is obviously 

 one of the broad ones. It must be remembered that the club of the 

 antennae is flattened, not cylindrical in section, and that these points 

 are not seen unless it is examined from one of the sides. In specimens 

 set with the antennae gummed down they are not seldom found on 

 their edge. 



