100 t^^y* 



which is surmounted by two small membranous hairs ; sixth segment short, trans- 

 versely depressed at base and widely emarginate ; last segment with two more or 

 less obsolete fovefe ; intermediate tibiae with a small tooth on the inner side near 

 apex. In the female the ventral segments of the abdomen are simple. 



I took sixteen examples of this species in February last from an 

 old starling's nest which I found in the hollow limb of an elm, and 

 I subsequently bred about fourteen others from the same nest. 

 Mr. Donisthorpe kindly examined one of them for me, and as he was 

 unable to identify it with any of the European forms, I sent two 

 specimens to Herr Reitter. He informs me that the species is new 

 to science, and suggests E. punctatus, Muls., as its nearest ally. In 

 the very peculiar male characters, however, the present insect more 

 nearly resembles E. karsteni, Eeich,, the ventral segments of the 

 abdomen being nearly of the same general form, but having the 

 foveae, emarginations, &c., much more strongly developed. It di:ffers 

 from E. harsteni also in being considerably larger and much m^re 

 strongly punctured, and from E. puncfatus by its relatively broader 

 head and stronger punctuation. The only other species to which 

 E. tomlini seems at all nearly related is E. frivol dszJcyi, Saulcy ; but 

 this latter, according to Ganglbauer, has two square foveae on each 

 side of the fifth abdominal segment (he makes no mention of any 

 emargination), the thorax almost smooth, &c. 



E. tomlini seems to be a well-marked species, and is easily dis- 

 tinguished from the other British members of the genus by having 

 the head without the eyes distinctly broader than the thorax, and by 

 its strongly punctured thorax with crenulate sides ; the male characters 

 also are characteristic. 



Bradfield: ^pWnoa, 1906. 



NEW BRITISH ARC Til D. 

 BY DR. T. A. CHAPMAN, F.Z.S. 



In the Ent. Mo. Mag. for last month (March), p. 70, is a report 

 of my exhibiting two larvae at the South London Entomological Society. 

 They were sent me by Mr. H. Murray of Carnforth, who said he 

 found them on a waste piece of ground there, and that he had 

 captured a similar one at the same place a few years ago. He adds 



