lOG [May, 



there are five examples (Wolcing, l.ix.'78) that are almost certainly 

 this species, but the aedeagus has not yet been examined. 



There is also a specimen from France in the Chitty collection at 

 Oxford, labelled " clandicans.''' 



h. — Bagoiis (liijlyidux Boh. 



This species is problematic. All I can say about it is that there 

 is an example so named in the Chitty collection at Oxford that is distinct 

 from anything else known to me. This individual does not, however, 

 agree with the description of diijlyptuti given by Fowler (Col. Brit. Isls. v, 

 p. 291), so that there may be two rare species in Britain under this name. 

 The brief description of diglyptvs given l)y Henri Brisout de Barneville 

 (Ann. Soc. ent. France, 1865, p. 505) does not satisfactorily accord 

 with the Chitty specimen. All I shall say about it is that it is very like 

 claudicans, but the thorax is more rounded at the sides and more 

 finely sculptured, and the striae of the elytra are deeper and the tarsi 

 longer. This insect was found at Stalham Broad in Noi'folk, 8.vi.'06. 

 The specimens described by Fowler were found on the banks of the 

 Trent at Burton.* 



6. — Bayovi< luhdosuH Gryll. 



Readily distinguished from all our other species by the very short 

 tarsi and the deeper striation of the elytra ; the surface of the thorax 

 is uneven, and the species is one of the few that can be recognised at a 

 glance. I have not examined the aedeagus. 



B. lutulosus seems to be rare. Fowler gives several localities, in- 

 cluding Ireland, which I consider very doubtful. It occurs in the 

 New Forest, where, however, I have found only single specimens at 

 intervals of several years. 



7. — Bagoiis brevis Gyll, 



This species is nearest to lutulosus. It has a very vmeven surface 

 of the thorax and rather deep striation of the elytra ; the tarsi are 

 longer than in lutulosus. The aedeagus is much like that of claudi- 

 cans, it has a broad apical portion, but the tip — unlike that of the 

 commoner species — is quite rounded. 



B. brevis occurs at Brockenhurst in company with claudicans, but 

 as a great rarity. It has also been found at Woking, but not, I 

 believe recently. t 



* Tliese were determined by M. Brisout do Barneville in 1.S79, when Ji. ilitil iii^v.n was first 

 recorded from Britain {cf. Ent. iMo. Mag., XV, p. -'3S), — U.C.C. 



t April and May, 1904, ,I.,).\V. and (i.C.C, Ent. Mo. Mag., XL, p. lliS.— Eds. 



