160 [June, 



dimidio apicali, cuneo mcmhraiiaque cmereo-nigricantihus, hac irideaceiitc ; 

 alls nigricantihus, pidchre iridescentibus ; cornu ^cutellari levissime retror- 

 sum nutante, sub-recto. Lo?} . oum hcmielytris, 9 mm. 



Patria: Gi-aboon. 

 Caput a latere visum infcrne altitudine nonnihil brevius. Rostrum coxas in- 

 termedias baud superans, extreme apice nigricante, articulo primo capite paullo 

 breviore. Antennae longissimse, subtiliter brevissime at dense pilosulae, articulo 

 primo margine corii laterali vix breviore, apice incrassato pallidiore, extrema basi 

 ochracea ; secundo primo longiore, tertio secundo paullo breviore et quarto fere 

 triplo longiore; longitudo articuli primi fere 5, secundi 6|, tertii 5|, quarti 2 mm. 

 Pronotum unicolor, postice convcxum et versus apicem vald© declive, annulo apicali 

 fortiter constricto, sat jnagno. Scutellum pallidius cinerascenti flavescens, fere 

 eeque longum ac latum, sub-triangulare, ipso apice autem truncato, cornu pronoto 

 (annulo apicali excepto) sequclongo vel vix longiore, basi et apice pallidiore, ipso 

 apice fuscescente leviter dilatato et nonnihil oblique truncato. Hemieljtra abdo- 

 men longe superantia. Femora leviter curvata et levissime nodulosa, ante apicem 

 incrassatum constricta. Tibiae i-ectse, subtiliter pilosula?. Tarsi breviusculi, articulo 

 primo et tertio fere sequilongis, apice nigricantibus, secundo brevi. Unguiculi 

 nigri, apice testacei, aroliis valde divaricantibus. 



This species is easily distinguished from the others by the pale 

 colour o£ the body, and by the concolorous pale legs. The antennae 

 are not broken in the specimens, and the last joint is very short. 



Helsingfors : May 8th, 1892. 



Arena Octavii, Fauvel : a genus and species neio to Britain. — In July, 1891, Mr. 

 Or. W. Tait, of Knowle, captured a number of interesting beetles in the neighbour- 

 hood of Ilfracombe and Lynmouth. These he very kindly submitted to me for 

 examination, and amongst them I found several rare species not previously recorded 

 from that district. In the Ilfracombe lot was a single beetle, which I recognised as 

 being like one taken by myself at Weymouth, and which had been put aside for 

 determination until other specimens could be obtained. Being evidently new to the 

 British fauna, I sent them to Dr. Sharp, who reported in effect that they were the 

 long-looked-for Arena Octavii. My specimen was taken on the Chesil Beach, in 

 June, 1883, under stones embedded in the sands, accompanied by Phytosus balticus, 

 and Mr. Tait's was captured in a dead gull on the shore near Ilfracombe. 



From Lynmouth thei'e were G-nypeta ccerulea (taken in damp shingle on river 

 bank), Leptusa analis (under bark of log), Sipalia testacea (under stones below tide 

 mark), and Anoplodera sexguttata, with confluent hinder spots (on flowers of 

 Compositce). — W. Gr. Blatch, Brockenhurst, Knowle, near Birmingham : May 17th, 

 1892. 



Stilicus fragilis at Shirley. — Last year I took this beetle in April at Shirley, 

 in a faggot stack, and this year I took it in the same place, in numbers, in company 

 with Mr. Chitty. The following captures during 1891 are, perhaps, also worthy of 



