166 THE entomologist's record. 



Genus XIV : Ramburia, Bolivar. 

 Characterised in the table ; carinas of pronotum straight, wings 

 rosy ; a single species. 



1. Ramburia hispanica, Rambur. 



Reddish, with a straw-coloured band from the vertex produced 

 backwards to the end of the elytra ; organs of flight well-developed ; 

 wings smoky at apex, hyaline at base ; binder knees black in J , 

 paler in 5 ; hind tibia? bright blue, with a yellow ring at base. 

 Length of body, 17mm. -20mm. c? , 21mm. -32mm. ? ; of pronotum, 

 3-2mm. ^ , 5-6mm.-6-8mm. $ ; of elytra, 15mm. -18mm. <? , 24mm.- 

 27mm. $ . 



This graceful grasshopper is a meridional species. In France it 

 occurs in Provence, but very locallj^ ; it has been recorded from Saint 

 Zacharie, Lestaque, Hyeres, and the Esterel, and the woods of Sainte 

 Baume, Marseilles, le Reyran, Bagnols. In Spain, it is found along 

 the Mediterranean coast and Andalusia, as far inland as the centre ; 

 Ucles, Ribas, Madrid, Montserrat, from July to September ; occurs 

 also in Algeria. 



(To be ccmtinued.) 



drOLEOPTERA. 



A Scarce " Staph " in Middlesex. — ^On April 2nd, whilst shaking 

 out grass sods into the river Brent, at Ealing, I had the good fortune 

 to capture one example of Deleaster (Nchrous. By further search more 

 might have been obtained, but a rain-storm put an end to operations. — 

 Herewakd Dollman. 



Rhizophagus cceruleipennis, Sahl., a Durham insect. — This 

 species was taken by Hardy, from beneath the bark of alder, on the 

 southern bank of the Derwent below Gibside, more than half a century 

 ago, and by him described {Ann. and Mai), yat. Hist., xix., 379) as a 

 new species under the name ef ci/anipoinis. In Hardy and Bold's 

 (.'i)lenptera of NurthiunberlamI and Dnrliain, p. 50, 1852, it is doubtfully 

 referred to as coeruleas, Waltl., and is recorded under that name in the 

 revision {Xat. Hist. Trans, of Xort/unnbi'iiand and l>nrhain, iv., 59, 

 1871). One of our rarest British beetles, three examples are recorded 

 by Canon Fowler to have occurred in, or near, the Lovers' Walk at 

 Matlock, Derbyshire, singly to Messrs. Matthews, Garneys, and 

 Crotch ; and at Crosby, near Liverpool, where an example had been 

 taken by Mr. Taylor [Brit. (JoL, iii., 267). Hardy's record has 

 evidently been overlooked, and in order that its British distribution 

 may l^e more correctly known, I give these particulars. The synonymy 

 is as follows : — B. coeruleipennis, Sahl. ; aeneus, Richt. ; coernleus, 

 Waltl. ; rijanipennis, Hardy. — Richard S. Bagnall, F.E.S., Winlaton. 

 May2nd,'W05. 



Lathridius ANCiULATUs, Man., A NORTHERN Species. — This species 

 is somewhat rare with us, but is found occasionally in both the Wear 

 and Derwent valleys. It is recorded by Canon Fowler from various 

 southern localities — " Midland District, rare, Repton and one or two 

 other lociilities ; not found further north or in Scotland" {Brit. CoL, 

 iii.. 280). On going very carefullj" through the Latliridiits amiusticullis 

 of Hummel in the Bold collection. I find all his examples are to be 



