1910.] 185 



in Col. Brit. Isl. and determined by M. Bedel; above tlie label 

 reichei, Gyll., three specimens of tlie real 8. reichi, all of them with 

 the scaling of the elytra abraded to an extent which would justify 

 Bedel's phrase, " condensees par places;" above the labels .24S5 j»?i- 

 germmmise, Reich, 2484 cicur, Reich, and 2485 pygmcevs, Curt., cut 

 from Sharp's Catalogue of 1871, four examples of 8. coecus, Reich 

 (two of them being the material on which his figure of 8. reichei, I. c, 

 was based) , and one very abraded specimen of the real jungermannise , 

 Reich. It appears, therefore, that the author's views have been 

 modified since his account of 8'micronyx in Col. Brit. Isl. was written, 

 and that he has properly discarded var. chamjnonis, a name which he 

 applied to the real 8. reichi at a time when he considered specimens of 

 8. ccecus to represent the true reichi. He also put in the box thirteen 

 specimens of 8micronyx from Chobham and Woking, ex coll. E. 

 Samiders, but as these had been simply gummed on card without any 

 pretence at setting, they did not, with the exception of one fresh ^Ye]\- 

 clothedju7igermau}iiie, Reich, admit of determination. It is clear that 

 if records of the British distribution of 8micronyx are to have any 

 value whatever they will have to be worked out de novo. 



Mr. Champion's specimens of 8. jimgermannise were mostly 

 taken on " dodder," in heathy places (Bournemouth, Woking, Esher, 

 Shirley, &c.) and on the chalk (Mickleham, Caterham, Guildford, &c.). 



Colesborne, Cheltenliam : 

 May 4th, 1910. 



DESCKIPTION OF TWO NEW SPECIES OF THE LONGICOEN 

 GENUS PENTOMACBUS. 



BY MALCOLM CAMEKON, M.B., K.N., F.E.S. 



Pentomacms serraUis, u. sp. 



Eeddish-testaceous, head and thorax dull, very obsoletely and diffusely 

 piuictured, the latter much longer than broad, slightly rounded at the sides. 

 Elytra rather shining, coarsely and thickly punctured, less so at apex. 

 Anterior femora armed witli a tooth, middle and posterior femora armed with 

 a strong tooth, the posterior edge of the tooth on the hinder femora being 

 finely bixt distinctly serrated for its whole length. Anterior and middle tibiie 

 slightly, posterior distinctly, sinuated. Legs and antennas reddish-testaceous. 



In general appearance most like a small P. fasciatus, Gahan, but differs in 

 the puncturation of the thorax, the absence of elytral bands, the well marked 

 serrated edge of the posterior femoral tooth and the sinuated posterior tibiae. 

 Length, 5 mm. 



