261 [November, 



depressed, more shining, and of a brighter aeneous colour, and has the 

 basal joint of the antennae entirely black (in B. prasinum the basal 

 joint is always testaceous beneath, and in some specimens entirely 

 so), and the striae of the elytra distinctly punctured. Gyllenhal de- 

 scribed the insect in 1827, in his "Fauna Suecica" (iv, p. 407), from 

 specimens obtained in Sweden (Uddevalla and Bahusia) and Lapland. 

 It is also recorded from Finland and Switzerland by J. Sahlberg, 

 and from Norway by Thomson ; but it does not appear to be known 

 from Germany or France. The name, B. Pfeiffi, C. R. Sahlberg [Ins. 

 Fenn. Dissert. Acad., i (part xiii), p. 195 (1817— 183i)], is adopted 

 for this species by Dejean [Icon. Hist. Col. d'Europ., iv, p. 393, t. 215, 

 fig. 5 (1834)], and by Thomson (Skand. Col., i, p. 201). J. Sahlberg, 

 however (Enum. Col. Carn. Fenn., p. 76), uses the name B. vire7is, 

 Gyll. ; he gives the date of publication of part xiii of C. R. Sahlberg's 

 work as May, 1827. It is uncertain which name has the priority, both 

 having appeared in 1827 ; but it may be remarked that C. R. Salhberg 

 himself quotes Gyllenhal's name, at the same time using that of B. 

 Pfeiffi for the insect. I have compared the Scotch specimens with 

 others from Lapland in the British Museum, and wdth one from 

 Sweden from Gyllenhal's collection kindly communicated by Prof. C. 

 G. Thomson, with which they perfectly agree. 



HorseJl : October I2th, 1895. 



Coleoptera at Woking. — The following Coleoptera have been observed by me 

 in this neighbourhood during the past year, most of those previously recorded from 

 the district being omitted. A few of them are additions to my local list : — 

 Harpalus discoideus ; sparingly, from May onwards, in sandy places, at the roots of 

 heather, in company with Amara infima and A. spreta. Pterostichus lepidiis ; one 

 specimen in a sand-pit. SiJusa ruhiginosa ; in a sappy elm. Oxypodabrachyptera,a, 

 few specimens, and Falagria thoracica, singly, near the " runs " of Formica fid igi- 

 nosa, with which ant the usual Myrmedonim were found. Momalota hepatica ; one 

 specimen flying, in May, in Hermitage Wood. H. deformis ; one specimen, also on 

 the wing, on July 8th. S. divisa, H. angustula, &c., by sweeping. Trichophya 

 pilicornis, Mycetoporus clavicornis, and Oxytehts clypeonitens ; in sand-pits. Oi-ypus 

 ater ; in my garden. Stenus brevicoUis ; commonly, by evening sweeping, in boggy 

 places on the heaths. Colon angidare (a very small (J), Anisotoma ovalis, A. 

 Triepkei, and A. nigrita, Agaricophagus cephalotes, Cyrtusa pauxilla, Scydmcenus 

 angulatus, &c. ; by evening sweeping. Ips quadripunctata ; one specimen crawling in 

 the road. Pityophagusferrugineus; in the pine woods. Epurcea parvula; under pine 

 bark. Ernohius mollis; in plenty, about freshly cut pine wood. tSerica brunnea ; occa,- 

 sionally in my garden in the evening, in August, crawling on the paths, apparently 

 emerging from the ground. Byrrhus dorsalis, Microzoum, Notoxus, Acallea ptiiioides, 



