Nuvomber, 1882.] 2.21 



NOTES ON NEW BBJTISH COLEOPTERA SINCE 1871; 



WITH NOTICES OP DOUBTFUL SPECIES, AND OF OTHEES THAT 



EEQUIRE TO BE OMITTED FEOM THE BEITISH LIST. 



BY THE EEV. W. W. FOWLER, M.A., F.I/.S. 



Since the Eutomologist's Annual ceased, to be published in 1874, 

 no collected notice, with descriptions, of the species of Goleoptera that 

 have been added to the British list has appeared ; the species, too, 

 that were described in the "Annual," after the publication of Dr. 

 Sharp's catalogue in 1871, have, in many cases, escaped the notice of 

 collectors, who have used the catalogue for labelling their cabinets : 

 it is hoped, therefore, that these notes may be of interest to tlie many 

 new collectors who are taking up the study of Goleoptera. I have had 

 a great part of them written out for a considerable time, and have 

 found them of the greatest use for private reference ; they have been 

 perused by several well-known Entomologists, to whom I am much 

 indebted for alterations and suggestions, and I feel very great pleasure 

 in publishing them in a revised form. I have adopted the classification 

 of Dr. Sharp's catalogue, which is in the hands of most collectors ; 

 this catalogue is, however, now out of print, and a new list is much 

 required. Dr. Sharp has been, and still is, so much occupied with 

 foreign groups, that he is unable to give the requisite time for bringing 

 out another edition. The Rev. A. Matthews and myself have been, 

 for some time past, engaged upon a fresh catalogue, which we hope 

 soon to publish ; considerable alteration in classification will, in parts, 

 have to be made, to bring the work at all up to a level with the results 

 of modern research, but, by adopting, with but few exceptions, the 

 old nomenclature, which has been so unreasonably upset in the last 

 edition of the European catalogue, and by avoiding unnecessary 

 changes, we hope to avert confusion as much as possible. 



In the ensuing notes references to authorities are given wherever 

 it is possible ; as, however, they are not intended to be in every case 

 conclusive, but merely as notes and hints to collectors, additions and 

 changes that have, by common consent, come to be considered neces- 

 sary, have been mentioned, in the hope that in any doubtful case some 

 person may be induced to prove or disprove the statement. 



GEODEPHAaA. 



Notiophilus '^-punctatus, Dejean. 



It is doubtful whether this species should be retained as distinct, or be merely 

 considered a variety of N. liguttatus, Fub. ; as Crotch first pointed out, it is some- 



