44 THE entomologist's kecord. 



elytra somewhat more strongly punctured in the strite, with still 

 thicker rows of punctures ; also the interstices more strongly 

 punctured. The construction of the legs in the ^ and 9 is the same 

 as in the type ; the form of the penis is also identical. The similarly 

 formed, short, arched, small forms of iliibia ab. fiiib(/lobosa and ab. bimlor, 

 are easily separated by their much thinner antennae and the much 

 finer sculpture of the thorax, and much less dense rows of punctures 

 in the stria?. 



Small females of this race separate themselves further from 

 similarly coloured females of calcarata ab. n7(/rescens, FL, by the much 

 shorter form and broad front tibiae, as well as by the sculpture also. 

 Length, 2-5mm.-3-5mm. 



The beetle was taken by H. Donisthorpe on the sandhills on the 

 English coast, at Hartlepool, co. Durham, in numbers. 



Note. — In this short form, I suspect the "typical" curta of Fairmair, 

 as it is hardly possible that Fairmair would have chosen the name 

 "curta" for a long beetle. The long form is not a pure sand-hill 

 beetle, since the beetle is found also in mountains in central Europe^ 

 such as Adamsthal near Briinn, this form is well known there, and 

 up to now has been recognised by all authors as the type form. One 

 could procure full light on the point, whether the short form is really 

 the typical one, could one obtain Fairmair's type for comparison, if it 

 exists. 



Anisotoma algirica, Rye {1'y>it. Mo. Mcvj., xii., 1875, p. 151), as a 



British insect. 



By HORACE DONISTHORPE, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 

 On July 3rd Mr. Collins and I found a small Anhotowa in a sand- 

 pit at Cumnor, near Oxford. I was unable to make it agree with any 

 of our known species, and eventually sent it to Herr ObersanitJitsrath 

 Dr. Fleischer, the European authority on this ditficult genus. He has 

 now returned it to me as A. ahiirira. Rye, which is of course an 

 addition to our list. The late Mr. Rye described it {loc. cit.) from a 

 specimen taken by Mr. Rippon in Algiers. Mr. Collins kindly took 

 me to this sand-pit to try and find Trichmy.v nuiykeli, in which we 

 were successful. Atomaria umbrina, Kncephaliis coviplicans, (Kvypoda 

 brachi/ptfra, Mijcetopurus loiv/idus, etc., were also found at the same 

 time. P.S. — Dr. Fleischer has also named two specimens of this 

 genus which I swept in Parkhurst Forest on August 21st, as A. 

 calcarata ab. 7i?//^<'sc^Hs, Fleisch. (IIV/??. E7it. Zeit., 1906), an aberration 

 new to Britain. 



Retrospect of a Coleopterist for 1910. 



By Prof. T. HUDSON BEARE, B.Sc, F.R.S.E., F.E.S. 

 (Concluded from p. G). 

 Mr. J. Edwards {Kut. ilo. Ma(/., xlvi., p. 80) had a note on the 

 British species of the genus Tychius, Germar, in which he introduced 

 heiiiat(i}iiis, Gyll., and gave a very useful table for separating our 

 species. On p. 132 of the same journal, Mr. Edwards had a note on 

 the British species of Smicrony.r, Bchonherr, in which he gave a num- 

 ber of useful notes and a table for separating our three species. 



Two excellent coloured plates were published in the Ent. Mo. Mag., 



