2-18 i^vrn, 



Corticaria linearis, Payk. ? 



I have two Corticarice from Mr. Matthew's collection, which M. Belon has 

 returned to me as unknown to him, but as near C. linearis. The species belonging 

 to this group are very numerous, so I am unable at present to say which these two 

 insects belong to. 



Melanophthalma Wollastoni, Wat. 



This insect (which occurs in abundance at Mablethorpe, where it was first taken 

 by Mr. WoUaston) is apparently a variety of M. transversalis, Gyll., which is a very 

 common insect on the continent, as it is here. 



BYREHID^. I 



Stncaltpta hirsuta, Sharp. 



Closely allied to S. setigera, 111., but with much more coarsely punctured thorax 

 and lighter coloured antennae and legs ; the erect setae are longer, thinner, less clubbed, 

 and lighter-coloured, and the depressed scale-like hairs on the thorax, ai'e much 

 longer (Ent. Mo. Mag., viii, 151). 



PAEKID.E. 

 Pabnus striatellus, Pairm. 



This species may be readily distinguished from its allies by its much smaller size 

 and the strong punctured strise of its elytra. Taken by Dr. Power, at Norwich, and 

 by Mr. Champion, at Chobham (Ent. Mo. Mag., xiv, 70). 



LAMELLTCOENIA. 



There has been considerable confusion as to the synonymy of 

 Geotriipes stercornrius and its allies : the following appears to be the 

 probable solution of the difficulty : — 



G. spinigeo'. Marsh., = G. stercornrius, Erichs., = G. mesoleius, Thorns. 

 This species has the abdomen longitudinally smooth in the middle. 



G. stercorarius, Linn.,= G. puMdarius, Erichs. 



This species has the abdomen entirely punctured and pubescent. 



G.foveatus, Marsh., Steph. * 



This is probably a myth ; or, if anytliing, it is, perhaps, a hybrid between the 

 above (Ent. Ann., 1874, 96). 



Geoteupes pyeen^us, Charp. 



Allied to O. vernalis, L., but differs from it in being more shining, and narrower 

 in proportion to its length, and in having the hinder angles of the thorax less obtuse 

 and rounded ; in the <? the teeth on the under-side of the tibiae are five or six in 

 number, instead of being at least eight, as iu G'. vernalis ; the thorax is visibly 

 punctured on the sides only (Ent. Mo. Mag., viii, 10). 



