18 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



lalipemiis, Shp., (Jlophniiii pireiuii, Gyll., Tachinus collarh, Gr., and 

 other Staphylinids, and several Parmiiecnwina welanocejiJialiiiii, Hbst. 

 Working moss in June, I got one specimen of Otiorrhi/HchiiH man run, 

 Gyll., Codindei< nihicundiix, Pk., Cholera cisteloides, Froh., and 

 M!/llae)ia hrerlrnnn'fi, Mat., whilst in the autumn, from cut grass, 

 Stiliciis affinis, Er., was obtained in profusion. According to Fowler 

 this is not common in Scotland, but it appears to be very abundant 

 here, though I have not yet come across any others of the genus. 

 Kliiiis ralkmari, Pz., was obtained by sweeping grass on river-banks on 

 a hot day in August, and numbers of ('ri/ptdhi/pmis dennestoiiles, Hbst., 

 var. 4:-<iiittati(!<, Lap., under gravel by the riverside. A single Piswdes 

 pini was taken in my house, in July. One of the most interesting 

 local captures of the year was Hiplnohiits pioictati^siDina, Steph., of 

 which I took two examples on Symington railway platform on 10th 

 September ; and in August, under loose bark, I got a Notiophilua, 

 which appears to correspond to A\ phhUIks, Waterhouse, but has 

 large testaceous spots near the apex of elytra. Of this I may have 

 something more to say later on.— James E. Black, Nethercroft, 

 Peebles. ' December 16tli, 1903. 



Lathrobium angusticolle, Lac, in South Wales. — This rare 

 beetle seems to be so entirely a northern species, that it is worth while 

 to record the capture of an example in South Wales. I took it a few 

 years ago near Cardift', in flood refuse brought down by the river Ely. 

 — B. Tomlin, M.A., F.E.S., Chester. 



Agathidium badium, Er. : a beetle new to Britain. 



By G£ORGE W. CHASTER, M.D. 



Towards the end of September last I spent a pleasant week with 

 friends at Palterdale, on Lake UUeswater. The weather being on 

 the whole fine, many excursions were arranged, and little systematic 

 collecting was possible. Still, a fair number of interesting species 

 was taken. The most notable — the subject of this note — was 

 captured during a walk through the woods. A fallen tree was seen 

 lying near the path, and on raising a bit of the bark, an Ai/athidiinii 

 was found amongst the half-rotten debris underneath. This specimen 

 was set and compared with Canon Fowler's descriptions of the British 

 species, and with the specimens in my collection. It seemed peculiar 

 in many ways. Dr. Sharp and Mr. Champion both very hesitatingly 

 suggested that it might be a variety of A. sejuinulnni, L. When I 

 again carefully compared my specimen — a ^ — with the same sex of 

 the species just named, I felt convinced that the structural diflerences 

 detected were too great for specific identity to be possible. 



Mr. Donisthorpe kindly undertook the task of identification, and, 

 after much trouble, the specimen being eventually submitted to Herr 

 Reitter, has succeeded in ascertaining that it is if. badium, Er. Mr. 

 Donisthorpe has favoured me with a translation of Ganglbauer's 

 description, which I give : — 



" Aiidthidiuin hadium, Er. — Very like xeiniiudiiin, on the whole of a lighter 

 red-browii, the groundwork of heud and thorax shining, smooth, also under very 

 strong magnification with a hardly perceptible network, the elytra with much 

 weaker sutural stria;, very slight or extinct towards the middle, often only notice- 

 able more or less towards tlie apex, the metasternum with less strong lateral 

 lines, the hind femora of the cT with a very sharp-edged apical corner, forming a 

 broad three-cornered tooth. The third joint of the antenna about half as long again 



