issii.i 249 



Apliodius niger, Panz. 



The supposed British examples of this species are only specimens of A. pla- 

 giatiis, L., without the red markings on the elytra, so the species must be erased from 

 the British list. 



Aphodius melanostictus, Schupp. 



This species comes near A. inquinahis, Fab., but, as a rule, is conspicuously larger 

 ■with more developed limbs ; it has the sides of the thorax entirely reddish-testaceous, 

 and the markings resemble very closely those of A. tessulatus, Payk. Taken by 

 Mr. Chappell in the Manchester district, and recorded by Mr. Rye (Ent. Mo. Mag,, 

 XV, 280). 



PSAMMOBIUS PORCICOLLIS, 111. 



1 This insect has already been inserted in our lists (Ent. Ann., 1865, 70) on the 

 authority of a single example in Mr. Kirby's collection, mixed with P. sulcicoUis ; 

 it was, however, struck out, but must again be inserted, having been found in small 

 numbers at Whitsand Bay, Cornwall, by Mr. J. J. Walker (Ent. Mo. Mag., xii, 62 

 and 108). It is larger than P. sulcicoUis, with scarcely any trace of oblique ridges, 

 and no large punctures, at the back of the head ; it has a more ample thorax, and 

 more strongly sulcated elytra, which are more coarsely punctured. 



BTJPEESTID^. 



Trachys nanus, Pab. 



The insects that stand under this name in our collections are not T. nanus, Fab., 

 but T. ■pnmila, 111., and the latter name must be substituted for the former (Ent. 

 Mo. Mag., xii, 226). 



EUCNEMID.E. 



Theosctjs CAEiNirROiv's, De Bonv. 



This species somewhat resembles T. dermestoides, L., from which it may be dis- 

 tinguished by its eyes being divided considerably beyond the middle by a narrow 

 horny plate, by its thorax being (in the male at least) flatter, and very suddenly 

 sinuously contracted towards the front from the lower third ; by its more acuminate 

 elytra and less stout tibiae. Taken by Mr. Wollaston, Mr. Matthews, and others. 

 I have received it from Mr. J. J". Walker (Ent. Mo. Mag., viii, 135). 



Ceropliytum elateroides, Latr. 



The specimens on which this species rests are so few and so doubtfully authentic, 

 that it had better be omitted. Dr. Power, who posesses one of the specimens, en- 

 dorses this opinion. 



ELATEEID^. 



CARDioPHOErs RuriPES, Pourc. 



A single example of this insect was taken by Mr. John Dunsmore in 1875 on 

 Corkendale Law, the highest peak in Renfrewshire. It is smaller than C. asellus, 



