230 ' [November, 



the base, so conspicuous even in mucli smaller and less developed 

 males of cinnamomea. The tibiae also are evenly and comparatively 

 slightly curved, not having any sudden internal bend, and being 

 flatter and, if anything, broader. I observe, also, that, comparing 

 examj)les of the same sex and development, the apical joint of the 

 tarsus is always shorter and stouter than in cinnamomea. 



It should be remembered, that Fairmaire's species was described 

 from a single ( J" ) example. 



Anisotoma ptjncticollis, Thoms., Skand. Col., iv, p. 39. 



This species is not apparently recognized ; but, from its oblong 

 shape, convex build, size (1\ lin.), linear anterior tibiae, the truncate 

 base of its thorax, and the transverse sub-strigosity of its elytra, it 

 seems very near to, if not identical with, liyhrida, Er. The compai'ison 

 in Ins. Deutsch., iii, p. 76, of the sculpture of the elytra o£ the latter 

 with that of ^hadia' is obviously a lapsus for ^ parvula.'' 



The late Prof. Hochliuth, iu liis enumeration of the beetles occiirring in tlie 

 Eiissian provinces of Kiew and Volhynia (Bull. Mosc., xlv, pt. 2, p. 210), records 

 A. cinnamomea, as usual, from truffles, and states that A. picea, ohcsa, duhia, fallens, 

 ovalis, mhiginosa, scita, and parvula, are found in fungi on the ground, in rotting 

 tree-fungi, and among dead leaves and pine-droppings near trees in woods. A. scita, 

 Er., he especially says is not rare, occurring in autumn in woods where pines and 

 forest trees grow intermixed. I have heard of A. hadia, being found in fvnigus here ; 

 but, have myself, in spite of repeated searchings, never seen a single Anisotoma in 

 fungus or fiuigoid growth. It seems strange that the universally common calcarata 

 should not appear in Hochhuth's list. 



Parkfield, Putney, S.W. : 

 October, 1873. 



DESCEIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OP LIOSOMUS EEOM 

 GEEAT BEITAIN. 



BY E. C. E.TE. 



LlOSOMITS TEOGLODTTES, Sp. 11. 



Ovatus, hreviusculus, niger, fere glaher ; anfennis Icete ferrugineis, clavd Irevi 

 ohscurCi; femorihus muticis, nigro-piceis, tihiis rectis tarsisqiie ferrugineis ; rostro 

 arcuato, crassiusculo, grosse longitudinaliter conjluentim punctato, apice rufo-piceo ; 

 ihorace oblongiusculo, opaco, profunde fortiter creberrime punctato, laterihus postice 

 evidenter angustatis ; elytris nitidis, ad basin quam thorace evidenter latioribus, 

 profunde punctato-striatis, interstitiis planis, seriatim parce minuteque punctulatis. 



Long. carp, {rostra incluso) I5 lin. (Aiiglic). 



Mas ignotus. 



