42 THE entomologist's record. 



Remarks on Mr. Newbery's final Article on some Doubtful 

 or very Rare British Coleoptera. 



By (Prof.) T. HUDSON BEARE, B.Sc, F.E.S., and 

 H. DONISTHORPE, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



(Co)icliulecl from p. '22.) 



TroiinjMoeus subtilis, Er. — The specimens of Tro</opJiloeus tenellits, 

 some twelve in number, and Trot/ophlocHs aubtilin, Er., two in number, 

 in the Power collections are all the same species, and are probably, 

 as Canon Fowler says in his Brituh Cnleujitera, Tro/jophloeus sKbtiiis, 

 and we presume there is no doubt that the record is an accurate one. 



Bledim feinuralis, Gyll. — We must protest against Mr. Newbery's 

 statement that Bledins feiiioralu has recently been reinstated ; it has 

 been recaptured, but not reinstated. The original specimens of Mr. 

 Waterhouse are still in existence, and are undoubtedly this species, 

 and, therefore, the species has been in our catalogue on undoubted 

 evidence right up to the present time ever since its introduction. 



Scy)iinits liridus, Bold. — This insect was taken by Mr. Bold, at 

 Hartley, in Northumberland, and was described by him ; also stated 

 by Canon Fowler to have been taken by Mr. J. J. Walker, at 

 Plymouth. It appears to have too definite a record to justify us in 

 placing it in the doubtful list. 



Melifiethe^ bidcittatiiv, Bris. — We might point out wdth regard to 

 Meli;ietJtes bidentatus that Crotch's two specimens, upon which the 

 species was introduced into the British list, were determined by 

 Brisout, who was then working at that group of coleoptera. On 

 applying to Dr. Sharp, in order to determine whether Crotch's 

 specimens were males or females, Avhen a re-examination of the 

 specimens would at once have settled this question, we regret to hear 

 that at the time of Mr. Crotch's departure, his specimens of 

 Melii/ethes and Anifiutoiiia were sent to some one for the purpose of 

 study; tbis person never returned them, and they have never been 

 retraced, so that Crotch's collection is now a blank as regards those 

 two genera, and we are afraid, therefore, that the question must 

 remain unsettled ; in the meantime, we see no reason to reject the 

 original record. 



Corticaria (ibscnra, Bris. — This insect has been recorded from 

 several localities, and by authorities like the hite Mr. Eye, the late Dr. 

 Power, and by Mr. Champion, and the specimens in the Power 

 collection appear to be correctly named, and it would therefore have 

 been presumptuous for us to have altered the record of tbis in the 

 catalogue. 



Silrcuui^ bidi'utatiis, F. — The same remarks apply to Silvanxs 

 bidentatus. There are records for several localities, perfectly authentic, 

 and Dr. Sharp is the authority for Mr. Young's specimen of this 

 species (see ?lnt. Mo. Ma(/., 1866, p. 181) ; it would have been 

 impossible for us, therefore, under these circumstances to have cast 

 doubt upon these records by transferring the species to the doubtful 

 list. 



Athoitfi aiibfitucus, Miill. — Surely the record of the species having 

 been taken in the Orkney and Shetland Islands is quite sufficient 

 justification for the appearance of this insect in the Biitish Catahxjuc; 

 those islands are always treated for faunistic purposes as part of the 



