172 THE entomologist's record. 



Not common ; under stones in dry places in Central and Southern 

 Spain and Portugal ; adult from May to July. The var. rainhiiri, Serv., 

 with no horns on the cheeks, is recorded from Almadenejos and other 

 localities. The ab. minor is only 18mm. long. 



2. Platyblemmus caliendrum, Fischer. 

 Easy to distinguish from the preceding by the black elytra having 

 a tympanum and by the blunter head of the female. Length of body, 

 24mm. ^ , 17mm. ? ; of pronotum, 3'8mm. c? and 2 ; of elytra, 

 6mra.-7mm. ^ , 1mm. $ ; of ovipositor, 8-5mm. y . A native of 

 northern Africa, this species extends into Spain and is recorded from 

 Cadiz and Chiclana. 



Genus VI : Petaloptila, Pantel. 

 This and the two following genera were discriminated by Pantel as 

 subgenera ; if they deserve a distinctive name, they must, of course, have 

 generic rank, but probably it were better to fuse all three into one, as the 

 differences between them are proportionately less than the distinctions 

 between the other genera of the family. Members of this group of 

 genera are easy to recognise by their characteristic appearance, the 

 presence of a process on the face, by the absence of tympanum on the 

 anterior tibia and the presence of minute teeth on the second basal 

 quarter of the hind tibiae. This genus has lanceolate elytra, and the 

 pronotum is somewhat rugose above at the base. 



Table of Species. 

 1. Small; elytra cf almost rectangular ; grey, with dark 



spots .. .. .. .. .. .. ..1. ALIENA, Br. 



1.1. Larger; elytra <? oval, ochraceous.. .. ..2. bolivari, Caz. 



1. Petaloptila aliena, Br. 



Small; depressed; dark testaceous; eyes large; elytra slightly 

 surpassing first abdominal segment. Length of body, 10mm. <y ; of 

 pronotum, 2mm. J ; of elytra, 2-2mm. J . 



Occurs under fallen leaves and moss in most places in Central and 

 Northern Spain ; Montserrat and Espinelvas in Cataluna ; Valencia ; 

 Villalba in the province of Cuenca ; Panticosa. Superficially, it 

 resembles Nemobiiis sylvestris, but difiers in the generic characters. 



Petaloptila bolivari, Cazurro. 



Ochraceous ; elytra as in preceding but oval in outline ; recognisable 

 by its larger size and by its colour. Length of body, 17mm. J ; of 

 pronotum, 3mm. ^ ; of elytra, 4-5mm. <? ; 5 unknown. 



Cabeso near Alicante and Tabernes near Valencia. 



Genus VII : Discoptila, Pantel. 

 Differs from the preceding in its convex, rounded elytra and smooth 

 pronotum. A single species. 



1. Discoptila fragosoi, Bolivar. 



Parallel, testaceous. Length of bod}', ll'5mm.-12mm. <^ , 10*5mm.- 

 12mm. 2 ; of pronotum, 2mm.-2-2mm. 3' and $ ; of elytra, l-2mm. 

 3 , 0mm. 5 ; of ovipositor, 6-5mm.-7"5mm. 5 . 



Southern Spain ; los Hermanos near Seville, and Seville, in May 

 and July. This species is also recorded from Greece, the Crimea and 

 Morocco. 



