1908] 195 



A. moesta* of our British lists), is closely related to ./. tristis, G-rav. 

 — the two species forming the section Isochara of Bernhauer — but is 



easily separable therefrom by the very densely and much more finely 

 punctured hind body, and the less coarsely punctate elytra, the latter 

 with the discoidal patch always testaceous in colour. The following 

 description is taken from Mulsant and Key's " Brevipennes, sect. 

 Aleocharaires," p. 65 : 



Baryodma (Polyciiara) crassittscula, Sahib. 



Sub-elongate, somewhat broad, sub-parallel, sub-convex, finely and densely 

 pubescent, the pubescence wholly decumbent ; moderately shining, black, the disc 

 of the elytra testaceous, the mouth, base of antennae, and feet rufo-pieeous, the 

 knees and tarsi paler. Head finely, somewhat densely punctate. Antennae dis- 

 tinctly thickened, the 2nd and 3rd joints sub-equal in length. Prothorax strongly 

 transverse, moderately retracted in front, arched upon the sides, as broad behind as 

 the elytra, finely and somewhat densely punctate. Elytra strongly transverse, a 

 little shorter than the prothorax, somewhat broadly rounded at their postero- 

 external angle, densely and roughly punctate. Hind-body moderately elongate, sub- 

 parallel, rather finely and very densely punctate. 



£ . Sixth abdominal segment sub-sinuously or simply truncate, and very finely, 

 obsoletely crenulate along the apical mai'gin. Sixth ventral segment sinuate upon 

 the sides, and sub-acutely prolonged in the middle, and somewhat densely ciliate 

 along the posterior margin. 



The elytra are sometimes wholly or in great part testaceous, but 

 in the Yarmouth specimens (as in the long series from various 

 Mediterranean localities before me) the scutellar region and sides are 

 more or less infuscate. A. crassiuscula is widely distributed on the 

 continent, but apparently becomes commoner southward ; it is said 

 by Mulsant and Eey to occur in dung and rotten fungi. The very 

 densely punctured hind body and the testaceous patch on the disc 

 of the elytra render it easy of rocognition. 



Horsell : August 15th, 1908. 



CEUTRORRHYNCSUS PARVULUS, Bris. : AN ADDITION TO THE 

 BRITISH LIST OF COLEOPTERA. 



BY E. A. NEWBERY. 



The above interesting addition to the British list was taken in 

 some numbers in June last, by my friend Mr. Philip de la Garde, on 

 Lepidium heterophyllurn, Benth. ( = L. smithii, Hook.), growing 

 chiefly on a rubble-bank, near Braunton, Devon. Capt. Sainte Claire 



* The name A. sparsa, Hccr (= suecieola, Th< >ms.), is used fur this species. 



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