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collection." I think some further evidence o£ the identity of this 

 insect is required, if it is really the litigiosus of the continent (which 

 has no synonym in the European catalogues) ; it is a most interesting 

 addition to the British list, and it would be very satisfactory to know, 

 if possible, the locality where they were taken, and how many years 

 ago, and whether about the time that Mr. Dawson says of tenehrosus 

 " taken by himself and Dr. Power below the cliffs, &c., " and what 

 Mr. Dawson's opinion was of these identical specimens which are so 

 distinct from tenehrosus ; perhaps Mr. Dawson never saw these speci- 

 mens of litigiosus, hence, his omitting to mention them in his notes in 

 the Entomologist's Annual. 



EmzoTEOGTJs ocHRACEUS, Knoch. — I believe this insect was 

 introduced as British by the late J. F. Stephens, in his " Illustrations 

 of British Entomology, Mandibulata," vol. iii, p. 221 (October 31st, 

 1830), under the name of Amphimalla Fallenii, G-yll., and is given by 

 him in his Manual of British Coleoptera, p. 168 (1839), as Rhizotrogus 

 Fallenii ; in the former of his works he says, " The only example I 

 have seen of this species was taken many years since by Mr. Chant, 

 in whose collection it is preserved, but he forgets the exact locality." 



Mr. E. W. Janson very kindly gives me the following information : 

 *' On the 2nd September, 1850, Mr. Stephens exhibited at the meeting 

 of the Entomological Society of London, specimens of Amphimalla 

 verna, Meg. ? found by Captain Parry at Tenby {vide Trans. Ent. Soc, 

 n. s., i, proceedings p. 34^, and Zoologist, 1850, p. 2938), which, were I 

 have little or no doubt Rhizotrogus ochraceus, as I know that he has 

 given away examples of this species, and still has a goodly series of it 

 in his cabinet ; moreover, my son has two specimens from Mr. 

 Dossitor's collection, and this gentleman restricted his collection to 

 specimens actually taken by himself." 



I have not heard of any recent captures of this rarity, and if my 

 memory be correct, it is not in the collection of British Coleoptera in 

 the National collection. 



Trichujs abdominalis, Menetr. — This insect appears to have 

 been announced, with the characters which distinguish it from its 

 nearest ally, T.fasciatus, by the late F. Smith, under the name of 

 T. zonatus, Schmidt (Zoologist, vol. vi, p. 2216 [September, 1848]), 

 when he says : " All the specimens taken in Scotland are, I believe, 

 the T. fascidtus, and all the specimens which I have seen of T. zonatus 

 are from old collections. I have not been able to ascertain satis- 

 factorily the locality of any of the specimens, or by whom they were 



