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" C. MINIMUS, or rather Amalus minimus (Walt, in litt.), M.B. — 

 " Of this insect there were two examples, supposed to have been placed 

 " in the national collection by the celebrated Dr. Leach, which have in 

 "all probability been mixed with the small Ceuthorh^nchi, among which 

 " I imagine you will find it. It may be distinguished by having the 

 " body beneath, the pleura, sides, and the breast, densely clothed with 

 " white scales ; the thorax above variegated with five spots of white 

 " scales, two on each side, and one at the base before the scutellum. 

 " Antenncs ferruginous or piceous ; club black. Elytra deeply striated, 

 " punctate-crenate ; interstices narrow, rugulose, variegated with white 

 " and fuscous scales ; apex muricated ; suture clothed with white scales, 

 " interrupted in the middle with fuscous scales ; two white spots on the 

 " disc of each elytron on each side, like Coeliodes didymus ; an elongate 

 " stripe of minute white scales on each side of the scutellum, and a 

 " transverse band of white scales upon the interstices on each side, near 

 " the apex. Pygidiiim exposed. Legs with the femora piceous, deuticu- 

 '' lated ; tihioe and tarsi rufous, the former armed with an acute external 

 "tooth near the apex. Funiculus of the antennae six-jointed. (Length 

 "l-llin.). 



"In form it resembles G.Jloralis, from which it may immediately 

 " be distinguished by having the thorax and elytra above beautifully va- 

 " negated with white scales, and by its sides, front, and under-surface 

 " being densely clothed with silvery- white scales." 



I certainly know of no species of Ceuthorliynckideus or Amalus to 

 which this description would apply; and I may add, that the specimens 

 therein mentioned are not now to be found (if they ever were placed) 

 in the collections of the British Museum, as both Mr. F. Smitli and 

 Mr. Waterhouse have searched for them carefully in all likely directions 

 without discovering them. 



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Cwpture of Elmis cupreus, Milller ; a species new to Britain. — I have recently 

 taken this species near Edinburgh, and think it not improbable that it is con- 

 founded, in British collections, with E. nitens ; from which it appears to differ by 

 being rather smaller, with oblique impressions on the thorax, the posterior angles 

 of which are not so much directed outwards ; the stria3 of the elytra are also more 

 strongly punctate, and the alternate interstices elevated. Mr. G. R. Waterhouse 

 refers the E. cupreus of Stephens to E. nitens ; the description in Manual (No. 637), 

 however, certainly refers to the species now being recorded. — D. Sharp, 12, St. 

 Vincent Street, Edinburgli, Ma^j^ 1865, 



