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very shining, finely ijiuictiired, and towards tip witli a. fine transverse furrow 

 (? accidental, though conspicuoiis). Antennaj black, stout, glaljrous, inserted 

 almost at the middle of the rostrimi ; scape short, considerably thickened at the 

 apex ; joint 1 of the funiculus of the same In-eadth as the apex of the scape, 

 slightly longer than broad, almost club shaped, 2 very little longer, 3 only as long 

 as broad, the following joints gradually shorter and stouter, and the last two 

 strongly transverse, and not sharply sepai'ated from the obovate club. Thorax 

 as long as broad, somewhat arched on the disc iind at the sides, narrowed in 

 front, but not contracted before the apex ; disc moderately thickly and strongly 

 punctru'ed, shagreened, the spaces between the punctvu-es even, shining, and 

 almost as large as the punctures themselves, the depression before the scutellixm 

 distinct, almost rouiided (the pvmctiiation in A.filirostre is much closer and 

 the spaces between the punctures ai'e wrinkled). Scutellum punctiform. 

 Elytra long-oval, rounded at the sides, strongly arched, broader at the base 

 than the thorax, very sloping behind, striate-punctate, the piuictures in the 

 stria3 strong and catenulate, the interstices almost level, twice as broad as the 

 striffi, the sutural interstice the broadest, the sutui-e itself raised (level in A. 

 filirostre), the humeral callosities distinct. Legs unicolorous black, tibiae slen- 

 der, claws toothed. Hab., England, Kent, Chatham (J. J. Walker). I have seen 

 only one example of this species, which was sent me by Mr. G. C. Champion ; 

 it was labelled ? filirostre. The form of the antennte and legs is suggestive of 

 a S J but the last abdominal segment does not project as is usually the case in 

 the (J J of this group, therefore I conckide that this example is a ? . If really 

 a ? , this insect differs considerably from the same sex of A. filirostre, but even 

 if it proves to be a ^ there is sufficient to distinguish it from that sex of A. 

 filirostre, as the latter has a very strongly curved rostrum and straight tibiae. 

 There still remain the very much finer and more scattered punctuation of the 

 thorax and the roof-like elevated suture of the elytra, but the conspicuous 

 transverse furrows on the rostrum are probably accidental. Nevertheless, 

 the species still I'equires careful consideration and study when further 

 material is available for examination. The specimen described was committed 

 to my charge, and is now in my collection." 



It may be stated that Schilsky's specific name brevicorne proved to be pre- 

 occupied in the genus, and was subseqiiently changed to cantianum, by Wagner. 

 I am indebted to my friend Signor Angelo Solari for calling my attention to 

 the description of this insect du.riug a recent visit to Genoa.— G. C. Champion, 

 Horsell, Woking : July 7ih, 1910. 



Coleoptera at Newcastleton, <.fc., in 1909. — Last June I spent a very enjoyable 

 three weeks' holiday on the Scottish border, for the most part at the bleak little 

 to\vn of Newcastleton. Amongst the Coleoptera observed there the following 

 seem noteworthy : — Trypodendron lineatum, 01., a few specimens, extracted with 

 the aid of a sharp chisel from larch planks in the ' timber yard, but afterwards 

 seen in numbers on the wing when the svxn was bright ; Tomicits acaminatus, 

 Gyll., with the preceding ; Asemum striatum, L., half a dozen in the timber yard ; 

 Phyllobius viridicollis, F., abundant ; Ancistronycha abdominalis, F., two on the 

 wing and two by beating alders ; Telephorus paludosus, Fall. ; Corymbites pecti- 



