LFSTEVA LUCTUOSA, FAUV. 301 



on Scots fir, at Nethy Bridge, in September, 1908. I have recently 

 bred what I consider to be the 5 of this species. It emerged last 

 month from the inner bark of Scots fir, which I had placed in a large 

 glass tube with a number of the larvae of DcndvojiJiacina cvenatus. 

 The bark and these larva^ were obtained at Nethy Bridge in June this 

 year. It well agrees with my g specimen, but, of course, being 

 a <? , the antennae are submoniliform, the anterior tarsi not dilated, 

 and the abdomen has the ventral segments simple. The 6th joint of 

 the antennae is (as I also pointed out in the 3 ) not transverse, and 

 the thorax is equally strongly transversely strigose all over. Compared 

 to A. riitilabris 2 the antennae are a little shorter, as are also the 

 palpi, the last joint of which is a little thicker across the middle. 

 The thorax and elytra, though distinctly transversely strigose, are 

 evidently more finely so than in A. riifilabn's. 



Lesteva luctuosa, Fauv., a species of Coleoptera new to Britain. 



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



Description : — More elongate than the preceeding,'' less parallel 

 than Iniu/eh/trata, it differs by its black colour and its punctuation ; 

 antenniP towards the apex, last joint of the palpi and extremity of the 

 legs ferruginous ; base of the palpi and the tarsi yellow ; pubescence, 

 head, antennae, thorax and abdomen as in pandellei : posterior angles 

 of the thorax right angles ; elytra a third broader and a little longer 

 than in the latter, a little enlarged behind ; punctuation a little more 

 fine and more close than in Iniuieli/trata, truncate likewise at the top. 

 Length 4mm.-4imm. Under refuse and stones, half submerged on 

 the borders of torrents in the mountains. Very rare. (Fauvel, Faiine 

 i/all<i-rlu')iane, II, p. 103.) 



I took a specimen of this very interesting addition to our lists in 

 the Isle of Eigg, in moss in a waterfall on the high ground near 

 Beinn Tighe on September 17th last. When I caixie to name it I 

 found it was unlike all our known species. On consulting Ganglbauer 

 I found it agreed best with his description of Lesteva luctuosa, Fauv. 

 He mentions, however (II, p. 713), that the species is unknown to him 

 personally. Having looked up Fauvel's original description (the 

 translation of which I give above) I found that my Lesteva agreed with 

 it perfectly. I ventured therefore to exhibit it on October 18th 

 at the meeting of the Entomological Society of London as L. luctuosa, 

 a species new to our fauna. Monsieur Bondroit has now very kindly 

 lent me a continental example of this species, and I find my beetle is 

 exactly like it. It is superficially like I^. fo'itinalis, but differs in the 

 colour of the legs (the contrast between the yellow tarsi and red apex 

 to the tibia?, and the dark legs is most striking), the elytra are longer 

 and the punctuation of the thorax and elytra stronger and more 

 regular, the thorax is a little longer and more contracted at the base, 

 the eyes are larger and the facets coarser. The very noticeably finer, 

 closer punctuation and less parallel form, at once separate it from dark 

 specimens of lon(jebjtrata. Really, however, it is not a bit like any of 

 our species and could not be mistaken for any of them. 



* L. inindellei, Fauv. Fauvel writes of this species " tete profondement 

 bi-impressionnee," and this is the case with luctuosa also. 



