60 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



A Coleopteron new to science — Anaspis hudsoni, nov. spec. 



[liit/i plate). 



By H. St. J. K. DONISTHORPE, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



Elongate, somewhat boat-shaped, being broadest in middle, black, 

 clothed with veiy fine, sparse, yellow pubescence. Antenna? with first 

 four joints yelloAV, the rest black, joints one to six longer than broad, 

 one and two short, of about equal length, three about equal in length 

 to one and two together, four a little shorter than three, broadest at 

 apex, five triangular, broadest at apex, six rounded on inner 

 side, broadest at apex, seven to ten rounded, moniliform, last 

 joint elongate, longer than broad. Palpi fuscous-yellow. Head 

 large, black, with a thin yellow streak at clypeus, rounded 

 in front, straight, or almost straight behind, with acute posterior 

 angles. Prothorax narrowed in front, a little broader (at base) 

 than long, bisinuate at base, posterior angles somewhat acute, 

 equally strongly transversely strigose all over. Elytra elongate, 

 broadest about middle, as strongly transversely strigose as the pro- 

 thorax, black beneath ; legs slender, black, knees at apex of tibiae and 

 spurs fuscous-yellow. Anterior tarsi feebly dilated, first joint short, 

 as long as broad, second long and dilated, b)'oadest at apex, broader 

 than any of the other joints, third short, rounded, and bilobed. Inter- 

 mediate tibi* slightly sinuate within. 3 with third ventral segment 

 of abdomen longer than the other segments, furnished in middle at 

 apex with two long lacini* or appendages, which reach to the middle 

 of the oth segment, approximate at base, separated in middle, and 

 convergent and truncate at apex, with a slight depression between 

 them at apex. Fifth segment long and pointed, contracted a little 

 beyond middle to apex, giving the appearance of a 6th segment," with 

 a small pit or depression which lies in the centre of the apical third of 

 the segment, the lips of Avhicli appear to be slightly raised. Length 

 8-J-mm. Described from a 3 specimen taken by me in the centre of a 

 woody fungus on Scots' fir at Nethy. Bridge, Invernessshire, on 

 September 16th, 1908, and recorded by me in error as A.sciitt'ntriniiaUs, 

 Champ., Ent. Mo. Man., 1908. 



This species appears to belong to the subgenus Xassijia, Emery 

 (although the sixth joint of the antennae is certainly longer than broad 

 in my specimen), in which joints six to ten of the antennae are rounded 

 and moniliform. In />/> Ki'tfcr Eumpa^, xxxv., 1898, Schilsky gives 

 a table of all the Mordellids in which both Anaspis (/arnei/si, Fowler, 

 and A. septentrionalis, Champion, are included. I have looked up the 

 description of all the species of Anaspis to date, and there is nothing 

 which agrees with my specimen. As the appendages in the males (or 

 the want of them in some species), and the structure of the ventral 

 segments are very important and interesting characters, my friend, 

 Mr. Hereward Dollman, has made beautiful drawings for me of these 

 parts in all our British species, which will enable anyone to identify 

 their specimens of this sex at once. I have compared my insect with 

 specimens of all our species including A. si-ptcntrioiialis w^hich Mr. 

 Champion left at the Museum for me to see. I must thank Mr. C. 0. 



* The genus Pentarui has six segments to the abdomen, but the penultimate 

 joint of the anterior tarsi is bilobed ; in Anaspis, the third joint is bilobed, and the 

 penultimate quite small, and there are only five segments to the abdomen. 



