154! [December, 



but where are they? Nothing but butterflies, no Tinece." In the 

 whole day's ramble I did not see a dozen of the Tineina ; a few of a 

 Oelechia allied to cinerella (perhaps trtpunctella) , a Coleophora (which 

 I unfortunately squashed in boxing), and a Nepticula, were all I saw 

 in the perfect state. PupsD of Lithocolletis vacciniella were found in 

 the leaves of Vaccinium Vitis-Idcea, and larva) of Anchinia laureolella in 

 the young shoots of Daphne laureola. This last was the only good 

 thing amongst the Tineina that we met with on that occasion. When 

 Professor Frey wrote his "Tineen and Pterophoren der Schweiz" in 185G, 

 he possessed only a single specimen of the Anchinia, taken early in 

 August in the identical " Heuthal " where we were. The food-plant is 

 extremely plentiful, and the insect is manifestly not rare, as, besides 

 finding several larvae, we found the shoots that had been inhabited by 

 them were quite numerous ; but, in fact, we were a little late. 



Indeed, all my companions were remarking tliat, owing to the 

 season being much earlier than usual, vegetation was more advanced, 

 and flowers were out of bloom, which otherwise would have added their 

 gay colom-s to the scene ; hence, also, insects were worn and wasted, 

 and many were already past. 



The day was brilliant, not too hot — not too windy ; in fact, it was 

 perfection for " An Entomological Excursion in the Alps." 



DESCRIPTION OF A SPECIES OF BLEDIUS NEW TO SCIENCE. 

 BY E. C. RYE. 



Bledius fuscipes, n. s. 



Niger, nitidus, pedihus fuscis vel fusco-testaceis ; antennis apice evi- 

 denter sat abrupte incrassatis, basi testnceis ; thorace subtilite)' corinceo, 

 opaco, lined subtili nitidd canaliculato, parce obsoleteqite punctata, angulis 

 posticis prominulis, obtusiusculis ; elytris hoc sesqiii longioribus, creber- 

 rime sat profundeque punctatis ; abdominefere glabra. 



Mas. abdominis segmento sexto inferius apice rotundato, leviter pro- 

 ducto. Long. If lin. 



In size and general appearance this species resembles B. subter- 

 raneus, from which its shorter elytra will readily distinguish it; it 

 differs also from that species in the lesser degree of prominence ex- 

 hibited by the hinder angles of its thorax, which, though not rectangu- 

 lar, are very nearly so, tlie entire surface being moreover less opaque ; 

 the lesser spiuosity of the outer edge of the anterior tibia) ; and the 



