NEW BRITISH SPECIES, ETC., IN 1861-62. 73 



species), and is also possessed by Dr. Power and Mr. 

 Douglas. 



23. •Haploglossa nidicola, Fairmaij-e, Ann. Soc. Ent. 



Franc. (1852) 688 {Aleochara) ; E. W. Janson, 



Proc. Ent. Soc. 4 Nov. 1861, Zool. 7862 (1861). 

 piilla, Ktz. ; Wat. Cat. p. 15; (nee Gyll.) 

 rvfipennis, E. W. Janson, Proc. Ent. Soc. 6 Feb. 1860, 



Zool. 6937 (1860), Ent. Ann. 1861, p. 61 ; Wat. Cat. 



p. 107 (1861), (nee Kraatz). 

 Mr. Waterbouse, prior to tbe first correct Britisb record of 

 tbis species, viz., in Proc. Ent. Soc. 7 Oct. 1861, Zool. 7808 

 (1861), Avitbdrew tbe name o^ H. rufpennis, Ktz., from bis 

 catalogue, introduced originally on tbe autbority of Mr. 

 Janson ; and stated tbat tbe latter insect must be referred to 

 tbe H. pulla of bis catalogue. Mr. Waterbouse bad, bow- 

 ever, at tbe time of v/riting tbat work, only two specimens, 

 one tbe true pulla, Gyll. (determined by bimself ), and tbe 

 otber tbe insect now known as nklhola, tben considei'ed by 

 bim, in accordance witb Kraatz, to be a var, of tbe same 

 species. 



Tbe present species bas been found by my friend Mr. G. 

 Lewis, in great numbers, also by Mr. Brewer ; and I took 

 it in profusion on wild flowers at tbe base of sandy cliffs 

 near Walton-on-tbe-Naze ; also in Coombe Wood. 



24. Aleochara mcerens, Gyll. Ins. Suec. iv. 493, 53-54, 



(1827); Ericbs. Gen. et Spec. Stapb. 169, 22; 

 Kraatz ; E. W. Janson, Proc. Ent. Soc. 3 Feb. 

 1862, Zool. 7912 (1862). 

 higubris, Aubej Fairm. et Lab. 

 Comes next after A. moesta. *' Found by tbe late J. Fox- 

 croft in Pertbsliire, 1855." 



