224 fMarch, 



ApJirodes Puella, Curt., B. E., 633, No. 4 ? (insufficiently 

 characterised.) 

 Four specimens were taken by me at Esher and near Surbiton, in 

 September. Although at first sight very similar to ocellaris, they 

 differ in the shortness of the vertex, in the markings, and, above all, in 

 the form of the hemelytra, which are longer, with the anterior margin 

 much more rounded, and the apex not truncated, but rounded and 

 slightly attenuated. 



(To he continued.) 2.C0 



ABSTRACT OF M. de BARNEVILLE'S MONOGRAPH OF THE GENUS 

 ORCHESTES, WITH REFERENCE TO THE BRITISH SPECIES. 



BY E. C. EYE. 



M. Henri Brisout de Barneville having published a monograph of 

 the Em-opean and Algerian species of Orchestes in the last issue of the 

 "Annales " of the Erench Entomological Society (4me serie, 5th vol., 

 p. 253), I take the earliest opportunity of laying an epitome of his 

 remarks before our Coleopterists ; especially since M. de Barneville 

 includes in his list as British certain species not generally recognized as 

 such in this country. It will be observed, also, that this author does 

 not consider the difierence between a six- and a seven-jointed funiculus 

 to the antennae to afford a sufficient generic distinction ; an opinion 

 which seems to be becoming prevalent, as Miccotrogics, Lyprus, &c., 

 have been recently debased into sub-genera. This is a great contrast to 

 the views that separated Geuthorhynchideus so far from Ceuthorhynchus. 



M. de Barneville divides the species as follows : 



1st division. — Funiculus of the antennce six-jointed (tJie true Orchestes). 



1st sub-division. — Hinder femora denticulated and angulatcd in the 

 middle, with the hinder tibice arched. 



A — The entire insect either reddish-testaceous, reddish ferrugi- 

 nous, or blood-red. 



a. — liody provided with black or dark hairs, slightly 

 erect on the thorajc, and elevated on the elytra. 

 0. quercHs, Linn. 

 0. hirtellus. Miller (Greece). 



0. rufus, Oliv. This species is included in the British lists of Walton 

 and Waterhouse, on tlie authority of a specimen in the British 

 Museum J but "appears to be wanting in Sweden and England " 



