i?7o. 20 



Abdomen abuve blat'k, the segiueuts imriDwly uiargiuod willi wliile. 



Length, nearly 1^ line. 



HeiTicli-Schiiffer's figure of the imago is not characteristic, that of the separate 

 elytron is better and agrees with the description, and I have no doubt that our 

 insect is his species. Hardy's description of T. rttbi is very good and well designates 

 our insect. 



A distinct, delicate species ; somewhat like T. ulmi, Lin., but 

 smaller, whiter, and with the yellow in the elytra of a lighter and 

 brighter hue. Although not absolutely new to us, I have thought it 

 would be well to describe it afresh. 



Xot rare on bramble in August and September. 



(To be continued^. 



BRITISH JIj:i//Prj:i2^.— ADDITIONS AND COERECTIONS. 

 13 Y J. AV. DOUGLAS. 



Under the name of SaJdn pallipcs, Fabrioius described a species 

 of which the diagnosis runs thus : " atra, elytris pallidis, basi macu- 

 "laque marginal! atris." Now, there are two species of iS'«Ma which 

 have been refei*red to this; the vagueness of the word " pallidis " 

 having no doubt led thereto. The species differ in the shade of the 

 colour of the pale portion of the elytra, which in one is dingy pale 

 yellowish or darker (jjilosella), and in the other white, more or less 

 clear {pallipes); but there is also the more important distinction that 

 in the former species the corium of the elytra is clothed with long 

 black hairs, and in the latter with very small short ones, visible only 

 under a lens of strong power. The difference of colour has been re- 

 corded by authors, but has not generally been held to mark a specific 

 distinction ; the difference as to the black pilosity does not appear 

 to have been noticed. It is true that Mr. Scott and I, in the description 

 of our S. pallipes, mentioned the long black hairs ; yet, as we did not 

 at that time know the foiMii willi the short hairs, we could make no 

 comparison. 



Ilerr Thomson, in his " Opuscula Entomologica " has, 1 iiiusl think 

 rightly, separated the species, taking the white, short-haired one as the 

 pallipes of Fab., and giving the name pilosclla to the darker, long- 

 haired one. The omission by authors to notice the dark clothing of 

 the species they described makes it difTicult to determine the synonymy 

 with certainty ; but, with reference to the other characters given, the 

 following may be taken as approximate to the truth. There are some 

 other synonyms that 1 hesitate to appropriate. 



