1883.] 171 



Scopcsus Byei, Wollaston. 



Thi8 species was found by Mr. Wollaaton at Slapton Ley, Devonshire, under 

 stones near the sea, in 1869 and 1872. It diilers from S. minutus, Er., in being 

 smaller and narrower ; its colour is paler, or more reddish-brown, and its surface 

 more opaque ; its legs are thinner, and its abdominal segments less strongly divided. 

 In Mr. Mason's notes before referred to, I find one to the effect that S. Syei, Woll., 

 = S. subcylindricus, Scrib. Mr. Rye (Ent. Ann., 1874, 82) says that those two 

 species are not synonymous. 



LiTHOCHABis PICEA, Kraatz. 



This insect is easily distinguished from all our other species by its dark pitchy 

 colour (with elytra rather lighter), and ferruginous legs and antennse. It must be 

 placed after i. JrwMKea in our list). Taken by Mr. Champion in Bexley Wood, 

 Kent, 1872 (Ent. Mo. Mag., ix, 156). 



LitJiocharis tricolor, Marsli. 



Was, by a misprint, placed as a separate species in Dr. Sharp's catalogue, as he 

 points out in Ent. Mo. Mag., viii, 84 ; it is synonymous with L. propinqua, Bris. 



COMPSOCHILUS PALPALIS, Er. 



This genus comes very near Acrognathns ; C. palpalis may, however, be very 

 easily distinguished from Acrognathus mandibularis by its much smaller size (Ent. 

 Mo. Mag., viii, 37 ; Ent. Ann., 1872, 59). 



Deleaster dicJirous, var. Leachii, Curt. (= adustus, Bielz). 



This variety has the elytra strongly infuscate at the apex : it seems confined to 

 the northern part of England, and to Scotland. The southern specimens appear all 

 to belong to the type form (Ent. Mo. Mag., viii, 15). 



Acidota cruentata, Mann., var. feeruginea, Er. 



This variety differs from the type in being smaller, narrower, with very mark- 

 edly shorter elytra, of which the punctuation seems more confused. Taken by Mr. 

 Lawson near Scarborough (Ent. Mo. Mag., ix, 190). This variety certainly looks 

 like a good species, and if it is to be kept as a variety, there are several other species 

 that might be sunk with quite as good reason. 



Olophrmn consimile, Er. {Omalium consimile, Gyll.). 



Distinguished from our other two species by its narrower build, its thorax being 

 sinuate at the sides behind the middle, and its longer elytra. Taken by Dr. Bu- 

 chanan White at Braemar, 1871 (Ent. Mo. Mag., viii, 73 ; Ent. Ann., 1872, 60). 



JEudecfus Wkitei, Sharp. 



The genus Eudectus, new to our list, comes very near Coryphium : the strongly 

 angulated sides of E. Whitei will, however, serve at once to distinguish it from 



