lOS [October, 



Gryllenhal will agree equally well with either species, and hence the confusion ha. 

 arisen : I think that the best method of ensuring uniformity for the future will b» 

 to adopt the continental nomenclature. 



Orth. Kliiki may be known by its large size, attenuated elytra, black colour 

 and piceous legs. 



OrTHOPERUS BEL'^'XIPES, Grjll. 



In the continental collections the species which bears this name differs fron 

 Orth. KluJci, as I hare already said, in its rather smaller size, perfectly oval form 

 paler legs and antennae, and especially in a distinct row of punctures within tht 

 basal margin of the thorax. 



The only British example of this species is contained in the fine collection oi 

 P. B. Mason, Esq., of Burton-on-Trent, and appears to have been taken by the late 

 Mr. Wilkinson, of Scarborough. 



Oethopeeus coeticalis, Eedt. 



Orth. corticalis is rather smaller than the two preceding, but larger than any oi 

 the rest, and may be known by its broadly oval form, pale castaneous ^colour, and 

 bright yellow legs and antennae, of which the fifth joint is scarcely larger than the 

 sixth ; the anterior tibiae are unusually long, and much incurved. 



Of this species two specimens were found some years ago by myself in Sherwood 

 Forest. 



OeTHOPEEUS PUXCTATULrS, sp. n. 



L. c. -^-Q lin., = 1'12 mm. Ovalis, modice convexus, nitidus, iotus alutaceus. 

 elytris distincte punctatis, castaneus ; capite modico ; pronoto parvo, indistincte 

 punctata, laterihiis marginatis, modice rotiuidatis, margins ipsdbflavd, margine hasali 

 scutelhnn versus leviter producto. angulis oltusis ; elytris longis, capite atque pronoto 

 parum latiorihus etfere duplo longiorihus, ad media latissimis, sat depressis, con- 

 fertim, regulariter et distincte punctatis, laterihus marginatis, apicihtis obtusis j 

 pedibus sat magnis,ferrugineis; antennis sat brevibus, ferrv.gineis, clavis nigris, 

 articulo sexto quinto vix minori. 



Body oval, moderately convex, shining, alutaceous throughout, with the elyti*a 

 rather closely punctured, castaneous. Head moderate, eyes not prominent ; an- 

 tennae rather short, ferruginous, with the club black, sixth joint not smaller than 

 the fifth. Thorax small, alutaceous ; indistinctly punctured, sides margined and 

 moderately rounded, margin yellow, basal margin slightly produced towards the 

 scutellum with the angles obtuse. Scutellum small, obtusely triangular. Elytra 

 long, a little broader and almost twice longer than the head and thorax, widest near 

 the middle, rather depressed, closely, regularly, and distinctly, punctured, sides mar- 

 gined, apex obtuse. Legs rather large, ferruginous. Under-parts castaneous. 



Differs from other species in its intermediate size, oval depressed form, sculpture 

 of the elytra, and short antennae with a black club, and sixth joint not smaller than 

 the fifth. 



Of this species one specimen was found by myself some years ago near Grumley. 



Oethopeeus atomus, Gyll. 



This is the most abundant of the British species, and may be distinguished by 



