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reddish. Thorax finely rugose. Spines of metanotura fairly broad at 

 their base, two-thirds as long as their basal width, slightly curved at their 

 extremities. The back of the thorax, which is unbroken like that of 

 the six preceding races, distinguishes it from L. nylaiuleri. L., 2-5mra., 

 about. 



.. 8th race. L. luteii^, n. st. 



Some Coleoptera and an Ant, additions to the Isle of Wight Lists. 



By J. TAYLOR. 



The hot, dry weather of last summer miide collecting tr3-ing work, 

 and much less productive in some ways than usual here. Even in the 

 spring, things were much too dr}', and except during a few showery 

 days in May, the only collecting that seemed to pay at all well was 

 that done in the marshes. However, there are a few beetles not in the 

 Isle of Wight list to record, as follows : — 



"^'Aciipalpns conspittiiti, Duft. — In brickfield, Sandown, May. ■■'Ainara 

 continaa, Th. — In flood refuse, Sandown, November. '■'■ Deronectes 

 depressiis, F., and ■■' Berosiis alfinis, Brul. — In a ditch, Sandown, October, 

 ■''Giirophaena nana, Pk. — In sedge refuse, Alverstone. '^I'Jiilonilnts 

 carbonariits, Gyll. — Sandown. ■'P. varius, Gyll. var. bitnaciilatits, Gr. 

 • — On pavement, Sandown. ■■'Gabriiis trossulas, Nord. (as now under- 

 stood). — Sandown. O. stipes, Sharp. — -Whitefield Woods, August 



1909, Donisthorpe ; I have since taken this species in a heap of 

 vegetable refuse at Sandown, April. ■■'G. pennatus, Sharp. — Sandown, 

 common. Dr. Sharp kindly named my Gabrii. ■■'Olophrum picetDii, Gyll. 

 — In sedge refuse, Alverstone. ''HDmalium concinnuw, Marsh. — In 

 dried currants, Sandown. '''■MciiartJivKs (Ituticollis, Beck. — In sedge 

 refuse, Alverstone. ■■'Jnisotnina calrarata, Er. ab. nit/rescens, Fleischer. 

 — A form new to Britain. Sweeping, Parkhurst Forest, August 21st 



1910, Donisthorpe. ■■'Cltolcra ftdit/inusa, Er., and ''■'•C. inurio, F. 

 (named by Dr. Nicholson). — In sedge refuse, Alverstone. ■■'Sci/mnus 

 testaceas, Mots. var. scntellarifi, Muls., and ■■'Micropcplns waniaritae, 

 Duv. — In haystack refuse, Newchurch. "Cruptopliacius pilosus, Gyll. — 

 Sandown, Februarv 7th. ■'•L\ pnnctij>ennis, Bris. — Swept in 

 Parkhurst Forest, Donisthorpe. ■''('. sar/inatits, Stm. — In numbers 

 in currants, Sandown. ^'(Kvijonnis porcatus, F. — In stercore, Blackgang. 

 ■■'Necrobins rufipes, De. G. — On cheese in a shop, Sandown. 

 '^•Anobiuut paniceimi, L. — In henbane seeds in chemist's shop, Sandown. 

 '■''Chnjfiowela Jn/perici, Forst. — On a basket, Sandown. 



One specimen of Philimthits corrituciis, Gr., was taken in stercore at 

 Sandown in July (I believe this is only the second record for the 

 island), and a few more Crypto})Iia(nis siibfniiiatiis, Kr., in currants. 



In vol. xxii., 1910, p. 271 of this magazine I stated that a specimen 

 of Lesteva pubescens, Mann., bad been taken by Mr. Donisthorpe at 

 Luccombe Chine ; this turns out to be a fresh and pubescent L. 

 fontinalis, Kies. Mr. Donisthorpe gave me the specimen, and, 

 unfortunately, I did not send it to him for verification before 

 recording it. 



On August 21st, 1910, 1 took some of the ant '■■Leptothora.v a<rrruriiin 

 F., from a fallen bough in Parkhurst Forest ; this is an addition to 

 the Isle of Wight ants. Mr. Donisthorpe, who was with me, and I 

 were both under the impression that this species had been taken in 

 the island before, hence the delay in recording it. Mr. Donisthorpe 

 has seen the ants again recently, and has kindly looked at the 

 coleoptera mentioned above. 



