98 [ October, 



Shiere ; Burnt Wood, Staffordshire ; Dunham Park, Manchester,] 

 under chips in the midst of exuding sap; New Eorest ; Darenth; 

 Cossits trees in Addington Park ; Aviemore and Forres ; not an un^ 

 common species, but local. j) 



B. Sides of thorax strongly rounded in front ; not contracted behind. J 



J?, neglecta, Sturm. — One of the most distinct species of the genus ; like JEf 

 parvula in colour, dark, with the margins of thorax and elytra light ; easily distiml 

 guished by its very narrow thorax, which is twice as broad as long, rounded in from 

 and not contracted at base ; base fully as broad as the base of the elytra ; elytrjl 

 narrowed towards apex ; punctuation strong, almost rugose. Length, 1^ lin. i 



Very rare ; in Mr. Eye's collection there is one specimen witll 

 no locality attached ;* Dr. Power possesses one or two specimens froul 

 the Holt (Selborne) ; in Mr. Champion's collection it is not reprci 

 sented ; in Mr. Eye's collection there are two doubtful specimen 

 placed on one side under JSJ. neglecta ; one appears to be rather an al 

 normal ^. parvula, and the other, except as regards size, agrees ii 

 many points with the description of E. pygmcea, Er., which has 

 hitherto been recorded as British (Stephens' E. pygmcea being onl 

 E. cestiva) ; M'hether, however, it really belongs to this species hi| 

 yet to be ascertained. 



C. Sides of thorax almost parallel, at most very slightly contracted at bs 



E. pusilla, Er. — A long and rather narrow species, distinguished by the anter 

 margin of the thorax being very strongly emarginate, and the anterior angles 

 consequence very prominent, by the very slightly rounded almost parallel sides 

 the thorax, and by the rounded apices of the elytra ; the elytra usually pres( 

 more or less cloudy dark markings, and the disc of the thorax is generally darl 

 but pale examples are very common ; these, however, are easily distinguished by 1 

 above characteristics, and by the fact that all the tibise of the male are sligh 

 curved, and the intermediate ones very strongly sinuate. Ltength, \\ lin 



A common species at sap, and under bark of stumps of felK 

 trees, pine, oak, &c., both in England and Scotland. 



JE. avgustula, Er. — Yery distinct, easily separated by its narrow, oblong fo 

 long, parallel-sided, almost quadrate thorax, and dark rufous, sometimes ab * 

 black colour; out of a series of eighteen examples that I have before me, ther ' 

 one entirely testaceous, but this is evidently an immature specimen ; from si I 

 examples of -E". _pM*iWa this species maybe distinguished by the dark club of-" 

 antennae, and also by the fact that the thorax is wider in front than behind, t^ 

 the sides slightly converge to base in almost straight lines; in E. pusilla, a,!'* 

 all the other species oi Epurcea, the posterior margin is wider than the anterior. 



Length, I— 15 1 ■ 



Very rare. Scarborough, Mr. Lawson and Mr. Wilkinson ; •' 

 specimen near Shiere, Dr. Capron ; one specimen under bark of be ' 

 in Dunham Park, Mr. Chappell ; Mr. Eeston has taken it by sweej.ii 

 on Chat Moss. {To be continued.) 



■* This was an old specimen from Mr. G. R. Waterhouse's collection. The "two doufW' 

 specimens placed on one side under ^. neglecta" were never supposed by me to have anyrela** 

 with that insect ; they were simply put aside in a convenient space.— E. C. Rye. '■ 



