242 [September, 



EUDRANES CARINATUS, 11. Sp. 



Hufus, opacus, vix perspicue punctatus, setulis minutis depressis, jiaves- 

 centihus vestitus, abdomine utrinque segmentis dorsalihus 2" ad 4^'^ medio 

 plicato-carinatis . Long., 3 mm. 



Antennae with the 2nd joint not so long as broad, 3rd to 8th each quite 

 short, similar, 9th to 11th forming a very long club, scarcely thicker than the rest 

 of the antennae, but almost as long as joints 1 — 8. Head with the produced front 

 slightly canaliculate ; eyes large, convex, coarsely facetted ; the margin of the head 

 behind them densely setose. Thorax even, unimpressed, longer than broad. Elytra 

 with a strongly impressed sutural stria, and a discoidal impression, of which the 

 inner edge is raised or plicate. Hind-body quite dull. 



This species is described from a single example, of uncertain sex, 

 given to me by Mr. J. J. Walker, of H.M.S. " Penguin," who found 

 it in an ants' nest on the Adelaide River, N.W. Australia, in 1890. 



Hawthorndene, Hills Eoad, Cambridge: 

 August, 1892. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE LARVA OF GNORIMUS VARIABILIS, L. 



BY THE REV. CANON FOWLER, M.A., F.L.S., &c. 



Mr. J. C. Bowring, of Forest Farm, Windsor Forest, kindly sent 

 me a pair of this very scarce Lamellicorn, of which he had taken 

 several from an oak tree which had been blown down in the forest, 

 and he also sent me two larvae, one of which was, unfortunately, lost 

 in the post, but the better of the two, which was nearly full-grown, 

 arrived safely, in spite of the box being broken and the end open ; as 

 I was not aware that this larva had previously been described, I drew 

 up a description, but I have since found that it has been noticed by 

 several authors, and has been described by Ferris in his " Histoire des 

 Insectes du Pin maritime," as he had found it twice in the woody 

 mould of stumps of that tree ; it has also been found in the chestnut. 



The following is a description of the specimen sent to me : — 



Length, 22 mm. ; colour dirty yellowish-white, sparingly furnished above and 

 below with reddish hairs ; head reddish-brown, somewhat rugose, especially in front ; 

 epistoma and labrum coarsely punctured ; mandibles blackish, large, stout, and 

 blunt, deeply channelled on their upper-side; antennae 4-jointed, inserted in a large 

 prominence, 3rd joint produced on outer edge at apex, apical joint contracted at 

 base and bluntly pointed at apex ; maxillary and labial palpi moniliform, with the 

 last joint dark brown, sub-conical ; spiracles very conspicuous, reddish-brown ; 

 pronotum smooth, with a large light reddish-brown horizontal patch on each side ; 

 last abdominal segment large, with a deep furrow across the upper surface about 

 middle, and with a depression at each side before apex ; legs moderately long, with 



