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NOTES ON NEW BRITISH COLEOPTEEA SINCE 1871 ; 



WITH NOTICES OF DOUBTFUL SPECIES, AND OF OTHERS THAT 



REQUIRE TO BE OMITTED FROM THE BRITISH LIST. 



BT THE REV. W. W. FOWLER, M.A., F.L.S. 

 {continued from p. 233.) 



LATHRIDIID.E. 



Lathridlus pini, Mots. 



This is synonymous with L. lardarius, De Gr., and, therefore, must be erased. 



LathriJliis angulatus^ Mann., and L. angusticoUis, Humm. 



There seems to be great confusion -with regard to these two species : most col- 

 lections contain plenty of so-called L. angusticoUis, but not a single specimen of L. 

 angitlatus. One specimen of the latter is mentioned in Ent. Ann., 1867, 100, 

 as in Mr. Wollaston's collection : it would seem, howeTer, that in reality L. 

 angulatus is a common British species, and that L. angusticoUis is doubtfully 

 British. The true L. angulatus is easily recognised by its elytra being studded with 

 silky upright hairs arranged in rows, while L. angusticoUis has glabrous elytra ; 

 traces of pubescence may be observed on quite fresh specimens, but this presents 

 quite a different appearance to the pubescence of L. angulatus, which is very marked. 

 M. Belon, of Lyons, who has kindly helped me with this point, says of some sup- 

 posed type specimens of L. angusticoUis (given me by one of the leading British 

 Coleopterists), that they are most certainly L. atigulatus, and he also says that he has 

 received several specimens of X. angulatus from England, among them one wrongly 

 named L. angusticoUis. I have examined a number of supposed specimens of this 

 lecies, and hare not been able to find a single specimen of the true L. angusticoUis 

 among them, nor do I know of one in any collection with which I am acquainted. 



Lntliridius undulatus, Mots. 



This is synonymous with L. angulatus, Mann., and must, therefore, be omitted. 



Coninomus constricfus, Humm. 



This species seems to come almost too near to C. carinatus to be retained as 

 separate (L'Abeille, 249, 57). There seems to be only one British specimen known : 

 this is in Mr. Rye's collection. 



Enicmtis minufus, Linn. 



This very variable species seems to cause great confusion : there is a large dark 

 form with almost quadrate thorax, which certainly seems to be a distinct species, and 

 a short while ago I received a very curious minute form from Mr. Billups. M. Belon 

 has corroborated both these forms as belonging to E. minutus ; the great variation of 

 this and other species of the Lathridii accounts for the numberless species that have 

 been made and demolished by different authors. 



CORTICARIA OBSCURA, Bris. 



Allied to C. serrata, Payk., from which it differs in its rather larger size, and 

 flatter and less oval build ; it has a larger club to its antenna, and the sides of the 

 thorax are less rounded ; the elytra have very light punctures and striae. Taken by 

 Mr. Rye and Mr. Champion in Richmond Park, 1871 (Ent. Mo. Mag., vii, 274). 



