Denomber, 1908.) 2G5 



— Legs with at least the femora black and their paler parts rather grey tha 1 



yellow. (Clypeus (fig. \2e, f) " bi-excised " — i.e., with a conspicuous large 

 triangular tooth interrupting its emargination. The first cubital nerve may 



be present or absent 8. 



8. Body of a more shining black -only four dorsal rings of abdomen with lateral 

 white or greyish markings. Antennae in ? (fig. 13e) at least as long as the 

 abdomen, in $ evidently much longer longicornis, Thorns. 



— In structure almost identical with the last, except that the V antennae are far 



shorter ; but in general appearance differing, owing to the greater extent and 

 more conspicuous colour of its pale (laeteous) markings on the body and legs. 

 Five dorsal rings of the abdomen have lateral streaks or spots ; and the wings 

 are clearer (less blackish) hyaline. (The <? antennae are hardly longer than 

 those of the ?) tridens, Knw. 



Besides the above nine species, I have what seems to be a tentb 

 (one £ and one ? taken in Warwickshire). The $ antennae seem to 

 be as long as in longicornis; the clypeus is " bi-excised," with the 

 lateral teeth much rounder and less acute than that in the centre. 

 The coloration is light, as in tridens, and the legs paler than in that 

 species, the tibiae especially have white bases as in excisa. A ? sent 

 to me by Mr. Harwood is, I believe, one of the same species. Konow 

 doubtfully named my specimens " liungarica, Knw., or nov. sp.?" In 

 most respects the description of liungarica suits my insects; but 

 their claws are distinctly bifid, while liungarica is said to have 

 " unguiculi simplices." 



Mr. Cameron describes a P. nigricorne (from a £), and I have 

 seen what I suppose to be its " type " at South Kensington. It is 

 prepared in a manner which makes examination of its structure very 

 difficult ; but from such characters as T can see (e. g., the strong con- 

 vergence of the discoidal and first medial nerves) I do not think it 

 can belong to this genus, nor to the Selandriads at all. My impression 

 is that it would prove to be an Eriocampoides, if it could be examined 

 properly ; but at present I cannot be positive about it. 



(To be continued). 



ARMOCERUS FASCICULATUS, De Gebr, AS A BRITISH INSECT. 

 BY F. H. BAT, F.E.S. 



For some years past a beetle has been noticed in numbers sittino- 

 and jumping on the window panes and walls inside a biscuit factory 

 in Carlisle. The time of its appearance is usually in August and 

 September. During the present year the workmen drew the atten- 



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