1892.] 253 



possible to the anterior coxae and pronotum ; and the pronotum is 

 excavated at the sides to fit the enlarged bases of the stipes when the 

 elytra are carried erect. 



Elenchus tenuicoenis, Kirby. 

 Sfylops tenuicornis, Kirby, Trans. Linn. Soc, Lond., xi, 233 (1811). 

 (? . Dull black, with parts of the thorax piceous when light is transmitted. 

 Frons, vertex, pronotum, mesonotum, abdomen and legs clad with dense, subappressed 

 or slightly spreading black pubescence, which (chiefly at the margins of segments, 

 the sides of the abdomen and genitalia, and towards the ends of the tarsi) on change 

 of posture, becomes canescent or hoary. Metathorax and elytra puberulent, and in 

 like manner canescent. Antennae attenuated at the points, scabrous, densely clothed 

 with short, slightly spreading, brownish-grey pubescence. Eyes jet-black, their 

 interstices velvety, with short, erect, black, shifting to light grey, hair. Wings dull, 

 with a talcose lustre, transparent light blackish-grey, with blackish nervures. 



Length of body (genitalia included), 1.5 mm. 



On comparison with Mr. Dale's two specimens of U. Walkeri 

 (Curtis, Brit. Ent., folio and pi. 385 [1831]) the species appear to be 

 distinct. E. Walkeri has the points of the antennae less attenuated 

 {cf. Curtis' figure), the thorax browner, and wings of a light brownish- 

 grey tint. The specimens were named by Curtis, and are upwards of 

 fifty years old. 



EXPLANATION OF FiaURES (all enlarged), 

 illustrating Elenchus tenuicornis, made from the specimens by the author with 



camera lucida. 



Fig. 1 — Abdomen, obliquely from the side, x 62 diam., ventral surface uppermost. 



(Figs. 1, 2 and 3 from the author's specimen). 

 Fig. 2 — Antenna and eyes, from above, x 62 diam. 

 Fig. 3 — Legs, x 62 diam. : — a, anterior; 5, intermediate leg; c, hind trochanter 



and part of femur. 

 Fig. 4 — Under-side of head, obliquely from behind, x 100 diam. : — Ig., ligula; lb., 



labium ; P., palpi; md. (and a annexed, x 60 diam.), mandible. Drawn 



from Mr. Saunders' specimen (except a from the author's). 



Shepton Montague, Castle Gary : 

 September, 1892. 



LEPIDOPTERA AT ALDEBURaH. 



BY THE EEV. C. T, CETJTTWELL, M.A. 



During a visit to Aldeburgh, on the coast of Suffolk, from July 

 10th to 27th, though the weather was unfortunately unpropitious, a 

 cold north-east wind blowing nearly all the time, and sometimes with 

 violence, a few interesting moths were secured. The best, perhaps, 



