1883.] 2()0 



NOTES ON NEW BRITISH COLEOPTERA SINCE 1871; 



WITH NOTICES OF DOUBTFUL SPECIES, AND OF OTHERS THAT 



REQUIRE TO BE OMITTED FROM THE BRITISH LIST. 



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



{continued from p. 250.) 



PTINID.E. 



Ptinus testaceus, 01. 



Allied to P. fur, but readily distinguished by the fact that it has no tufts of 

 white hair in the middle of the back of the thorax : Dr. Sharp records this speciea 

 (Ent. Mo. Mag., ix, 268), but says that he did not capture it himself, and can give 

 no clue to its locality : it seems to require further evidence before being admitted 

 into the British list. 



HETEEOMEEA. 



Teibolium confusum, Duval. 



This species is rather longer, broader, and flatter than T.ferrugineuni, F., and 

 has the thorax more rounded at the sides in front ; its antennae are gradually dilated 

 towards the apex, instead of having the last three joints decidedly broader than the 

 preceding joints (Ent. Mo. Mag., ix, 268). 



Latheticus oryzce, Wat. 



This insect is very much of the shape of a Tribolktm, but may at once be dis- 

 tinguished by its very curious antennee ; it is, however, so evidently an importation, 

 that it requires no further notice ; the same, perhaps, might with reason be said of 

 the preceding species, but it is exceedingly hard to draw a hard and fast line in 

 these cases. 



Abbeea teigtjttata, Gryll. 



This insect is a little like A. hifasciata, Marsh., but is larger and much broader 

 (especially behind) in proportion, with the markings of the elytra very different : 

 it is very pubescent, and rather coarsely punctured all over, and has the two basal 

 joints of the antennae testaceous. It was first found by Mr. Champion under bark 

 of young dead standing Scotch firs at Aviemore, in June, 1874 (Ent. Mo. Mag., xi, 

 63). 



Serroj^aljJtis sfriatus, Hellen. 



This is an insect that is very doubtful as British ; Mr. Blundell, of Luton, has. 

 a specimen that he took near Luton, and he writes to me that he feels sure that it 

 was taken by him out of doors, but that he cannot remember the locality, as he was 

 only just beginning to collect Coleoptera at the time ; he did not know the insect 

 until Mr. Waterhouse named it for him. 



ZiLORA FERRUGIJ^EA, Payk. 



The genus Zilora, which is new to the British list, is closely allied to Dircces, 



