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— not, as Mr. Cameron quotes liini, large white " calcaria,'' the latter 

 of course being on the tibiae not the tarsi ! — is found to a certain 

 extent in ohloncjns ; but it seems to me to vary, and I think I have seen 

 something of the kind in examples of other species) . 



Mneits, Htg.— The insect described laider this name by Hartig 

 has been recognised, I have no doubt correctly, by Konow, and since 

 by Dr. Enslin in the species, common all over England and Germany, 

 which Thomson (followed by Mr. Cameron) calls elongahis. The 

 ieneiis of Zaddach appears to be the same ; and perhaps the mnetis of 

 Thomson is only a small form of it. But what the ainetis of Mr. 

 Cameron's Monograph is, I am still not certain. The specimens so 

 called at South Kensington mostly look like very small examples of 

 picipes, and the " saws " mounted beside them also appear to belong to 

 that species, except one which is evidently that of the true xneus, Htg. 

 (= elongahis, C. On the other hand the saw figured in the Mono- 

 graph as imietis, must, I think, have been that of a sanguinicollis var. 

 fumosus, its denticulated teeth having a peculiar very convex outline 

 which is characteristic only of that species. I have repeatedly tried, 

 but never successfully, to find an seneus, C, among the numerous 

 specimens of aineus, Htg., which have reached me ; and several items 

 in Mr. Cameron's descriptions of his mieus and elongahis altogether 

 puzzle me. Thus leneus is said, in the ^, to have the antennae 

 " longer than the body," and elongahis to have them " as long as the 

 body " — yet it is also said that elongatus has " longer antennae in both 

 sexes." Again, elongahis is said to have " as a whole more of a bluish 

 tinge than seneus,'" yet the former is described as " black " simply, and 

 the latter as " deep black, with a very faint bluish tint." How to 

 reconcile these statements I do not know, but I can come to no other 

 conclusion than that seneus, C, is probably a mixed species, founded 

 on several small examples of picipes, true seneus, and var. fumosus. 



Sanguinicollis, var. fumosus {;= ravus., Zadd.).^ — I have already 

 discussed this form, both as to its characters and its synonymy. It is 

 very distinct and easily recognised, and I have frequently captured it 

 and received it from correspondents. 



Bugosuhis, v. d. Torre. — This was originally described by Konow 

 under the name rugosus which has had to sink as pre-occupied. It 

 seems to be very rare, but I have specimens from Scotland, and 

 " Sopworth" (Grloucester shire ?), and Mr. Harwood has taken it near 

 Colchester. (See Ent. Mo. Mag., June, 1898, p. 127). 



(To he continued). 



