NEW BRITISH SPECIES NOTICED IN 1859. 101 



cornes, 45, 2 (1844) ; Redtenb. Faun. Austr. Ed. i. 

 128 (1849), Ed. ii. 110 (1857); Fairm. et Laboulb. 

 Faune Ent. Franc, i. 238, 2 (1855). 

 II. niger, prothorace foveolato, coleopteris oblongis, 

 striato-punctatis, sittura inter stitiisque alter nis cle- 

 matis. — Long. 1| I'm. 

 H. black, prothor ax foveolated, elytra oblong, striate- 

 punctate, the suture and alternate interstices raised. 

 — Length \\ I'm. 

 Similar to H. brevis in colour and the integrity of the 

 raised alternate interstices of the elytra, but smaller and 

 narrower, the elytra oblong about twice as long as broad ; 

 whereas in H. brevis they are ovate, and their length exceeds 

 their width by about one-fourth only. 



Two specimens of this insect were taken by my esteemed 

 friend Mr. T. P. Dossetor, in Holme Fen, Huntingdonshire, 

 during our stay there at the beginning of May last, one of 

 which he, with his wonted liberality, presented to me. 

 5. Haploglossa gentilis, Luenemann ; E. W. Janson, 

 Proc. Ent. Soc. 6 June, 1859, Zool. 6619 (1859). 

 Aleochara gentilis, Luenemann in Germar's Zeitschr. 

 f. d. Entom. v. 222, 66 (1844); Redtenb. Faun. 

 Austr. Ed. i. 670 (1849). 

 Haploglossa gentilis, Kraatz, Naturgesch. d. Ins. 

 Deutschl. ii. 80, 1 (1856) ; Redtenb. Faun. Austr. 

 Ed. ii. 158(1857). 

 Readily distinguished from its congeners by its larger size 

 and thickly-punctured abdomen. 



Found by Mr. F. Smith, at Hampstead, in company with 

 Formica fu 11 g inosa . 



This species appears to be strictly myrmecophilous, and, 

 although usually of rare occurrence on the continent, is occa- 



