176 [January, 



The second specimen bronght by Mr. Lewis only measnres two 

 millimetres iu length. 



MENTHOPIIILrS Tt'DEECULATUS, Sp. nOV. 



Latus, convexzis, szih-opacus, fidigineus. Capite furtiter sat dense puncfato ; 

 margine antico in medio dejlexo et leviter emarginato, tifrlnqneoliuse tridentictdato ; 

 fronie leviter convexo. Thorace fortiter et sat dense punctato, punctis piliferis, et 

 capite et longitudine sud diqjlo latiori, convexo, antice in medio liiiea longitudinali ele- 

 rata nitida, posticeque utrinqne tuherculis duohus nitidis ; margine antico emarginato, 

 postico fere recto {vix rotundato) ; lateribus paido explanatis {jnarginihus serratis, 

 piliferis, setiferis) ante medium ohlique angustatis et leviter emarginatis, a medio ad 

 aiigulos posticos paido rotund ato- an gust at is ; angulis aniicis rectis, posticis retrorsis 

 et rectis. JJJl^tris ccnvexis, longitudine paido latiorihus, thorace vix angustiorihus, 

 lateribus rotundatis, ad apicem dejlexis ; sutura costata et obsolete nodosa, nodulis 

 punctatis ; singulis septem-st riatis, striis ditplicibus et distanter punctatis ; inter- 

 stitiis sub-planis, opacis, impunctatis, 1", 30, 5'" sextoque 9- vel 11-nodulosis, nodulis 

 parvis et fortiter punctatis, interstitiis 2 et 4 fortiter septem-nodosis, nodis postice 

 fortiter punctatis et setiferis. Corpore subtus 2}edibusque quatuor posticis fortiter 

 punctatis. Tibiis anticis ad apicem truncatis et incurvatis, extus fortiter tridentatis ; 

 posticis fere rectis. Long. 4| lin., lat. 3$ lin. 



Hah. : " New Holland." Coll. Brit. Mus. 

 British Museum : November loth, 1873. 



DESCKIPTION OF A SECOND SPECIES OF CATJIOIiMIOCEEUS 

 FEOM GREAT BRITAIN. 



BY E. C. RYE. 



Cathokmiocerus maritimus (Moncrcaff, MS.), sj). n. 

 (Group 1 ; Seidlitz.) 



Corpore elytrisque opaco-squamosis, thoracis basi fortius angustatd, lateribus 

 fortissime ante medium rotundato-ampliatis ; scrobe irregulari, curvatd, subfovei- 

 formi, nitidd, oculum attingenti ; elgtris nigro-setosis, in nuper exclusis concinne 

 tessellatis. Long. 3^ — 4 mm. {lin. anglic. 1| — If). 



(J . Paulo major, scapo ad basin ipsam constricto, inde abruptim valde 

 dilatato, oblique quasi angulatim extus curvato, angulis basalibus (scilicet supra 

 basin constrictam) prominentibus ; funiculo crassiore. 



?. Antennis paido minus incrassaiis, scajjo ceque dilatato necnon citrvato, 

 sed angulis basalibus minus prominulis. 



Habitat Angliam meridionalem, in insula " Portsea " sub muscis graminibusque pi'ope 

 salinam a Dom. Moncreaff rarius inventus. 



The characters of this insect have long ago been pointed out by 

 me (Eut. Mo. Mag., vii, p. 150), and I now describe it, adopting the 



