/ 8 [September, 



iv. Colour unicolorous black. 



B. politus, Hellw. — Oblong, rather broad and flat ; head rather large, strongly 

 impressed, thorax as long as broad, with sides and angles rounded, diffusely and 

 somewhat finely punctured, with a space between centre and base smooth ; elytra 

 with plainly punctured striae, which are evanescent towards sides and apex. 



Length, 1^—2 lin. 



This very distinct species is decidedly rare ; it occurs under pine 

 bark ; Lee (Kent), by sweeping, Mr. Douglas ; Tintern, Manchester, 

 Aviemore ; under bark o£ black poplar that had been partiall}^ sub- 

 merged ; Stretford, Mr. Reston ; Eooke, Monmouthshire. 



V. Elytra blue or bluish-green ; head, thorax, and scutelLum shining black. 



S. coeruhipennis, Sahl. — Eather short and broad ; antennae brown-red with 

 black club ; thorax not longer than broad, narrower than elytra, with anterior and 

 posterior angles rounded, rather thickly and finely punctured ; elytra finely punctate- 

 striate ; legs ferruginous, with femora brownish. Length, I2 lin. 



One of the rarest of the British beetles. I know of no locality 

 for it except the Lover's Walk at Matlock, where Mr. Matthews, Mr. 

 Crotch, and, I believe, the late Mr. G-arneys, have taken single speci- 

 mens. I have taken many good beetles in the place, but have never 

 been fortunate enough to secure a specimen. 



\_R. parvulus, Payk., is a species that might very likely be found in Britain ; it 

 is a small, flat, fuscous insect, with the head small, the thorax only as long as broad, 

 with rounded sides, extremely finely punctured ; the elytra are furnished with 

 finely punctured striae. Length, 1 — \\ lin. 



It appears to be found under bark of aspens.] 

 Lincoln. 



AN ASCENT OF MOUNT KOSCIUSKO. 

 BY E. MEYRICK, B.A., F.E.S. 



'Mount Kosciusko is the highest point of Australia; I say this 

 advisedly, because an unreasonable Austrian zoologist has recently 

 endeavoured to fix a new name on the mountain, on the ground that 

 the highest point is not exactly where it was supposed to be ; but the 

 name of Mr. Kosciusko is attached to the whole mountain, which 

 consists of a series of ridges or undulations rising one behind the 

 other to the centre, where there are several points of nearly the same 

 height ; the highest of all, which I ascended, being 7200 feet. 



I was indebted to the kindness and hospitality of Mr. A. Body, 

 whose station (Jindabyne) is situated on the skirts of the mountain 

 beside the Snowy Eiver, at an elevation of 2700 feet, for the means 

 of making the ascent in January last, in the interests of entomology. 



