1886.] 13 



sub-confluentcr haud grosse punctatis : palpis lahialibus J mcdiocritcr dilatatis 

 truncatis ; anteniiis validis, covipressis ; thorace elongato versus apicem p)aricm 

 versus basin hand angustato, lateribus vix rotundatis, intra marginem a basi 

 usque ad apicem depressis vel sulcatis, foveaque utrinque elongata : elytris 

 basi lato, angulo humerali acufo sub-dentato, profunde striatis vel sulcatis 

 sulcis fundo crenato-punctatis, interstitiis omnibus convexis cequaliter hand 

 subtiliter punctatis. Long. 18 7nm., $ . 



Mamboia, East Central Africa {Mr. Last). 



Similar in its elongate-oblong parallel-sided form and uniform 

 black colour to C. carhonarius ; also not unlike the species of the 

 South African group to which C. piceus, &c., belong : but differs from 

 all in the very evident though sparse punctuation of the middle part 

 of the abdomen, which character would place the species in a different 

 division, according to Chaudoir's classification. The sides of the pro- 

 notum, the metathoracic episterna and sides of the abdomen are 

 covered with large but well separated punctures. 



{To he continued.) 



Seydenia auromaculata in Shetland, a species new to Britain. — When looking 

 over Dr. Mason's collection at Burton-on-Trent, lie showed me some specimens of a 

 small moth which he had received under the name of (Ecophora fiavimaculella, but 

 which he thought distinct. Being decidedly of the same opinion, I took an early 

 opportunity of comparing it with Continental species in Mr. Stainton's collection, 

 when it became at once evident that it was JJeydenia auromaculata, Frey, a species 

 hitherto only known to occur in the Alps, southern and eastern Switzerland, and in 

 Norway. 



Dr. Mason's specimens were taken in Shetland by (I believe) Mr. McArthur, and 

 I understand that specimens have been distributed into other collections under the 

 name of (Ecophora fiavimaculella, to which this novelty is nearly allied — both being 

 placed by Hofmann in the genus Heydenia, with other seed-feeders This is a 

 pretty species, larger than fiavimaculella, and having, in addition to the two yellow 

 spots on the fore-wings as in that species, three more, one at the base and the other 

 two above that which is on the inner margin, so tliat the three form a twice divided 

 fascia across the wing. The outer spot nearer the apex is also much larger than in 

 fiavimaculella. Its larva in all probability feeds in the seeds of some umbelliferous 

 plant, like its allies, but does not seem to be known. — Chas. G. Barrett, 68, Cam- 

 berwell Grove, S.E. : May Uth, 1886. 



Note on Antispila Pfeifi^erella. — During a short stay at Freshwater, Isle of 

 Wight, in July last, I found the larva of this species in the greatest profusion in one 

 of the many old fashioned lanes, with hedges six or eight feet high, that lead from 

 Farringford to Totland Bay. There were only two good sized bushes of Cornus 

 sanguinea, but nearly every leaf was mined by one or two larvae ; wanting the species 

 badly myself as also for my friends, I collected a good supply ; also, I had long 



