132 tJ^^®' 



The followaug descrij)tion is translated from Putzeys (Trechorum 

 oculatoruin Mouograpliia, 1870, species No. 94) : — 



Pitchy, with an oblong sjjot at shoulder, a subrotundate one befoi'e apex, 

 and the inflexed margin of elytia, testaceous. Antenna with the 2nd joint 

 shorter and thicker than 4th. Thorax subcordate with sides a little arched 

 and posterior angles small, prominent, and acute. Elytra sub-oblong-ovate, 

 punctate-striate, the marginal striae nearly obsolete. 



T. suhnotafus lias several marked varieties, wliicli have been 

 studied by Holdhaus (Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1902. p. 196). 

 lu Mr. de la Grarde's example the shoiilder spots are altogether wanting, 

 and although coming very close to the var. fairmairei, Pand., an 

 example of which Capt. Deville has kindly sent me for Comparison, 

 he thinks it may possibly belong to an undescribed race, if other 

 specimens occur to support this view. 



The specimen in question was found at Shaldon, near Teignmouth, 

 on February 26th, 1910. In order that the probability of its being a 

 native or an importation may be fairly judged, I give details of capture 

 in Mr. de la Garde's own words : — 



" Shaken out of a tuft of grass which had evidently been 

 dislodged from the face of the cliff diu-ing the heavy rains. The tuft 

 was lying on the beach in a trickle of water. The cliffs at this spot 

 are nearly perpendicular and about 150 feet high, with here and there 

 ledges and crevices in which grass, &c., grows. At high tide the sea 

 washes nearly, or quite, to the foot of the cliff, but this part of the 

 beach is entirely free from any eddy of the river (which debouches the 

 other side of a prominent point), and in fact, has rarely any tidal 

 refuse at all on it, there was none whatever on the day in question. 



There is no house within half a mile of this part of the cliff ; the 

 village of Shaldon is on the bank of the river some distance up, and 

 Teignmouth is on the opposite bank further away still." 



13, Oppidan's Eoad, N.W. : 

 May nth, 1910. 



[I have taken Trechus subnotatus in the Ionian Islands (Corfu and Argostoli 

 [Cephalonia]), Greece (Patras), and Asia Minor (Voiu-lah Bay, near Smyrna), 

 usually at roots of grass in marshy places. — J. J. W.]. 



ON THE BEITISH SPECIES OF SMICRONYX, Schonherr. 

 BY JAMES EDWARDS, F.E.S. 



We have in Britain three species of Smicronyx, which may be 

 distinguished as follows : — 



