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pyrastri, a 2 var. umcolor, from Slioreliam, T\ ent ; Urophora cardui, bred from 

 tbistle-galls, and its hyraeuopteroiis parasites, also from Slioreliam. Mr. Ily. 

 J. Turner, the curious " tlue-brusli " beetle, llhina barbirostris {Cureulionidue), 

 from Brazil. Mr. F. J. Coulsou, var. infuscata of X]/loph(ma monofihjplui, 

 Aug. 22ud at Wimbledon Common, and a blackish speckled form of Boaimiu 

 ijeimnaria bred from ova from St. Leonards-on-Sea, with normal forms, and 

 var. perfumaria from Wandsworth. Mr. 0. L. Withycombe, Orthopjtera : 

 Empusa egena and Oedipoda (jermanica from S. France ; Psophus stridulus from 

 the Pyrenees ; and a Mantid from the Straits Settlements with short prothorax 

 and ill-developed fore legs. Mr. Enefer, Coleoptera : Trichodes apiarius, Strcm- 

 (pdia quadrifasciata, both on cow-parsley; Liparus yermanus and a Longicorn, 

 both on pine-logs ; and a living Carabus nuratus — all from Miirren, Switzer- 

 land. Mr. Cheeseman, a striated Pulyovimatus icarus. Mr. B. S. William^, 

 Coleoptera from Harpenden: Panacjaeus A-jmstulattis, Cassida hemisphaerica^ 

 StiUcus suhtilis, Mef/arfhrusdentico/liSf Antheropha<jus nigricornis, and A.palle?is, 

 with Quedius othiniensis and Aleochara spadicea from moles' nests. Mr. G. E. 

 Frisby, Ilymenoptera: Ammophila luffii., from St. Ouen's Bay, Jersey, with 

 A. hirsuta and Btmbex rostrata ; and the two British Sapyga, S. 5-puncfiita 

 and the rare S. clavicornis from Wrotham. Mr. Stanton, Coleoptera of 

 economic importance : Bruclvus rujimanus and B. affinis, with notes on their 

 occurrence, habits, specific identity, etc. ; B. ohtectus, its origin and habits ; 

 Antliononms cinctus, first recorded as British in 1921. Mr. Stanley Blenkarn, 

 Coleoptera : 1, British species of Bembidium ; 2, larger ground-beetles ; 3, many 

 species of water-beetles ; 4, British Chrysomelidae. Mr. Tonge, living larvae of 

 Sphinx liyustri showing wide variation in the size and intensity of colour of the 

 oblique stripes on the sides. The Society, the Ashdown Collection of British 

 Chrysomelidae. — Hy. J. Turner, Hon. Editor of Proceedings. 



SOME INDIAN COLEOPTERA (9). 

 BY O. C. CHAMPION, F.Z.S. 



{Continued from 'p. 220.) 



Attains Jlavogutfatus, n. sp. 



2 . Elongate, much widened posteriorly, shining, clothed with fine dark 

 pubescence intermixed with scattered long erect hairs ; black, the basal joints 

 of the antennae beneath and the basal margin of the prothorax testaceous ; 

 the elytra each with a sharply-defined, rounded, bright yellow spot on the 

 disc beyond the middle and a common triangular testaceous apical patch ; the 

 head and prothorax rather sparsely, minutely, the elytra closely and more 

 distinctly, punctate. Head a little narrower than the prothorax, the eyes 

 rather prominent ; antennae moderately long, subserrate. Prothorax broader 

 than long, narrowed towards the base and apex, narrowly margined, subf(;Teate 

 in the centre behind. Elytra elongate, much broader than the prothorax, 

 rapidly widening to the rounded apex. Posterior tibiae feebly curved, simple 

 at the tip. 



Length 2f mm. 



Kah. Nilgiri Hills {II. L. Andrewes). * 



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