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are duller ; the general colour is distinctly more fuscous, the thorax being some- 

 limes reddish-brown ; the yellow on the elytra is not nearly so bright and is never 

 so sharply defined as in S angustatvH : the elytra vary in colour from being entirely 

 dirty testaceous to having a narrow border of yellow, the rest of the elytra being 

 fuscous ; the commonest form has the elytra dirty testaceous with a fuscous spot at 

 the scntellum, and one in the middle of the outer margin of each elytron. The 

 type form of 5. angustatus did not occur on the island. 



I took thirteen specimens of this sub-species in moss, huystaek 

 refuse. &c., and could probably have taken many more had I worked 

 specially for it, but, although T at once recognised it as a new form 

 to Britain at any rate, I preferred not to waste too much time over 

 one species. T do not hesitate to describe this very distinct insular 

 form as a sub-species, as I do not consider the term " variety " as 

 used generally by Cnleopterists at all applies to such constant forms 

 occurring apart from the type. 



Oryptophagtts hirtultts, Kr. 



In general shape most closely resembles C. scanicus x. patrue/is, Sturm., but is 

 generally rather darker in colour, and is easily distinguished by the structure of 

 the thorax. The borders of the thorax are much narrower ; the anterior callosities 

 are more prominent and terminate in a sharp tooth; the middle tooth is larger, and 

 the sides of the thorax are distinctly more strongly contracted behind. In Mr. 

 Chitty's table it has to be placed with C. ci/Hndrus, Kies., on account of the narrow 

 border of the thorax, and from this species it is easily separated by its much 

 broader form. 



I took three specimens of this quite distinct species on Tresco, 

 one from a cellar window, and the others from haystack refuse. Mr. 

 Newbery has a specimen of O. Tiirtulus, which was taken in a house 

 thirty years ago at Merton, Surrey, and which Capt. Deville identified 

 for him at just about the time I took my specimens. 



Bradfield, Berks : 



June, 1908. 



C(ELIOXYS AFRA, Lep.— A BEE NEW TO BRITAIN-FROM THE 



NEW FOREST. 



BY TnE REV. P. D. MORICE, M.A., P.E.S. 



During a recent visit to Lyndhurst T was greatly pleased to find 

 a $ specimen of the above most interesting addition to the British 

 List in the collection of Miss Ethel Chawner. It was ticketed " New 

 Forest, VIII, '92 " ; and Miss Chawner tells me that it must have 

 been taken at or near Burley, where she was staying all the summer 

 of 1892, but that "not knowing its value" she "did not make any 

 special note of it." 



