NEW BRITISH SPECIES NOTICED IN 1858. 135 



river which flows down from the Snowdon range through 

 the Llanberis Pass. Extremely rare." Wollaston, I. c. 



Mr. Edwin Shepherd has received it from Mr. M. Young ? 

 by whom it has been taken, in some numbers I believe, in 

 the vicinity of Paisley. 



68. Ev^sthetus l^eviusculus, Mannerh. ; Waterhouse, 



Cat. Brit. Col. 27 (1858). 

 Discovered by Mr. Wollaston at Holyhead. 



69. Ev^sthetus ruficapillus, Lacord. ; Waterhouse, 



Cat. Brit. Col. 27 (1858). 

 Abundant at Hammersmith marshes in the early spring; 

 found also, but I believe very sparingly, at Horning, Nor- 

 folk, by Mr. Squire. 



70. Bledius pallipes, Grav. ; Waterhouse, Cat. Brit. Col. 



29 (1858). 



71. Bledius femoralis, Gyll. ; Waterhouse, Cat. Brit. 



Col. 29(1858). 



72. Platysthetus nodifrons, Sahib. ; Waterhouse, Cat. 



Brit. Col. 29 (1858). 

 Taken by Mr. Wollaston at Whittlesea. 



73. Platysthetus capito, Heer; T. J. Bold, Zool. 5928 



(1858) (described). 



First taken, in May, 1856, by my colleague, Mr. Edwin 

 Shepherd, near Croydon, and subsequently in the same lo- 

 cality by myself; I have likewise met with it near Reigate, 

 and have recently seen a specimen in Dr. Power's Collection, 

 secured by that gentlemen near Dover. 



Not having had an opportunity of narrowly examining 

 Mr. Bold's insect, I am unable to state anything positive 

 with respect to it ; but his description appears to me not to 

 agree with the true capito, Heer, Kraatz ; the conformation 

 of the sixth and seventh abdominal segments given by 



