96 COLEOPTEUA. 



Aphodius and Rliyssemus) to our lists is due to Mr. 

 Haward of Croydon, who in May, 1859, captured a single 

 specimen on the sand-hills at Southport, Lancasliire, in 

 company with ^gialia arenaria. It may at once be 

 known from ^glalia by its much less globose body, which 



in fact resembles certain species of Aphodius; also by the j 



slender tibiae and coarsely punctured thorax. | 



It has subsequently been taken in profusion by Mr, i 

 Haward, and also by Mr. M. Solomon in the same 

 locality. 



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85. Elater rufitarsis, Desvignes, *' Entomologist." j 



1842, p. 326; Wat. Cat. p. 109 (1861). i 



Allied to E. nigrinus, but larger, more robust, with - 



coarser punctuation and darker tarsi. 



Taken by Mr. Desvignes, and subsequently by Charles j 



Turner in Windsor Forest. i 



86. Agbiotes, 4* sp. , Wat. Cat. p. 109 (1861). j 



Hmbaius, pars, Steph. Coll. (Adrasfus). j 



It is almost impossible to beat young trees in the spring j 



without finding this insect in one's net; nevertheless it does j 

 not agree with any recorded British species. It is generally 



mixed in collections with Adrastus pallens (limhatus olim), i 



which it much resembles; but, apart from generic dis- j 



tinctions, it may be known by its stouter and darker limbs, j 



and in having the thorax not so globose. AdrasUis, also, is : 



much less common, and does not occur until later in the i 



summer, according to my experience. \ 



The present species is very like Agriotes acuminatus, but ; 

 always smaller, with the elytra not so pi-oportionately long, 



and the interstices not so wide, or containing so many j 



punctuations. | 



