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(Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1862, p. 79), and, according to liini, the 

 flavicoUis of Walton in the British Museum collection, but not of 

 Kirby or Stephens ; moreover, there seems to be nothing in the latter's 

 description of flavicoUis in the " Manual " which woidd make it apply 

 exclusively to the insect under consideration. With regard to junceus, 

 Eeiche, and hsematojms, Gryll., it must not be supposed that because 

 the most convenient index-character for separating these two species 

 lies in the presence or absence of a sexual distinction in the males 

 there is any lack of other distinctive features ; on the contrary, few 

 persons with specimens of each before them would think of combining 

 the two species ; liut of these additional distinctions (though obvious 

 enough in the insects) no adequate idea has hitherto been conveyed by 

 description, and it is unlikely that the writer would succeed where 

 others have failed. Still, one might say in general terms thai junceus, 

 Reiche, is a little smaller, broader m proportion to its length, and less 

 sharply pointed at either end of the body than hsemutopus, Gryll. The 

 latter, of which my determination has been confirmed by Dr. Everts, 

 was distributed several years ago by Mr. Bennett as squavmlatns and 

 thus foimd its way into my collection. Mr. Bennett's specimens were 

 captured near Hastings and I believe that the species will prove to be 

 common in south-eastern England. I have submitted a male of 

 junceus, Eeiche, taken by myself at Colesborne, to Dr. Fowler and 

 Mr. Champion, who both concur in my determination. 



Colesborne, Cheltenham .- 



March Uli, 1910. 



ON HYPOTHENEMUS EBUDITUS, Westwood. 

 BY E. A. NEWBERT. 



In January, 1834, Professor Westwood received from his friend 

 Mr. Lumley the cover of an old book, which had been riddled by 

 a tiny Scolytid beetle, then imknown to science. He published an 

 account of the circumstance at the time, accompanied with a figure 

 (Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., i, 34, pi. 7, fig. 1), givuag the name 

 Hypothenemus eruditus to the insect. 



The new genus, Hypothenemus, was both described and figured by 

 Westwood as having a three- jointed fimiculus to the antennae. A 

 careful examination will convince anyone that this is an error. 

 Viewed from the upper- side the antennae is thus formed : — 



First joint (scape) elongate. Funiculus with four joints, of which the first 



