£i THE ENTOMOLOGIST S EECORD. 



the word " pubeszenz " ; the term " bristle " is due to Messrs. Joy and 

 Tomhn. We have further, as a definite character, the thick punctua- 

 tion of this portion of the intermediate femora of the males ; in fact if 

 the male characters given by Ganglbauer are to be depended upon, 

 there can be no doubt that we have two species, though in general 

 appearance they are very similar. 



Paraci/niiis aeneiis, Germ. {Ent. Rec, vol. xix., p. 254). — Mr. R. S. 

 Mitford introduced this species on specimens taken by Mr. Harwood in 

 North Essex, in 1898 ; this species has unicolorous red palpi, red legs, 

 and is smaller and narrow'er than nviroaeneus, F. 



Or/tthebii<x riridis, Pe^'^ron (Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. xliii., p. 172). — 

 This species has been confused in our collections with marijipallens, 

 JjSitr. =}}uiiilliis, Steph. ; both occur in this country (I have taken the 

 latter at Rye). Mr. Newbery in introducing the species, gave a table 

 to separate the four species of the group of the genus, which have two 

 transverse impressions and an indistinct central furrow on the thorax. 

 Ganglbauer gives the length of both the above species as l'4mm.- 

 l*5mm. Mr. Newbery says the length in both cases is 1mm., Avhich, 

 judging from my specimens, is too small. 



Hydraena longior, Rey {loc. cit., p. 172). — Mr. E. A. Newbery 

 introduced this species, and is apparently of opinion that all the insects 

 which have hitherto stood in our collections under the name of H. 

 angustata, Stm., must be referred to longior, he gave characters for 

 separating the two species, and stated that he had records of longior 

 from Brockenhurst, Exeter, Polmont, and North Wales ; from the 

 records given by Ganglbauer for angustata, it appears rather unlikely 

 that it will occur in this country. 



Hydraena britteni, sp. nov, [loc. cit., p. 79). — Dr Joy has described 

 this new species from specimens taken by Mr. Britten in Cumberland ; 

 examples were sent to Ganglbauer, who was unable to identify them, 

 but Avho w^as convinced they were not nigrita. Germ. ; he suggested 

 they might be niorio, Kiesw., a species apparently confined to southeast 

 Europe. After a careful examination Dr. Joy came to the conclusion 

 that it was a species new to science ; he found that the form of the 

 terminal joint of the maxillary palpi in the males was a most im- 

 portant character, and, in his paper, he gave drawings to show the form 

 of this joint in the males for the four species britteni, riparia, nigrita 

 and niorio ; it is quite possible to separate the males of these species 

 by this character alone. 



Aleochara discipennis, Muls. et Rey {loc. cit., jd. 102). — Mr. G. C. 

 Champion recorded this species as taken by Dr. Capron near Shiere, 

 and by Commander Walker at Qaeendown Warren, in sheeps'-dung ; 

 it is like a small fitscipes, ¥., with antennae like lanuginosa, Gr. 



Phalacrus hybridus, Flach. {loc. cit., p. 223). — Mr. E. A. Newbery 

 has added this species to our list, in an article dealing with all the 

 British species of the genus ; he pointed out that it had been confused 

 with the very common species cormsciis, Pk., but might be easily 

 separated from that species by the fact that its thorax was not 

 alutaceous, as was that of corriiscus. I find I had taken it at 

 Sheerness. 



Phalacrus championi, Guill. {loc. cit., p. 224). — Mr. Newbery in the 

 above article also introduced this species ; he said that the insects 

 formerly considered to be brunnipes, Bris., belong to this species, but, 



