NEW BRITISH SPECIES, ETC., IX 1871. 51 



in the common species. I find this insect sorae^vhat rarely, 

 in hay-stack refuse, in the London district. 



9. OxYPODA EDiNENSis, Sharp, I. C.J 188 (described). 

 About the size of 0. lentula, Er., but more shining, lighter 



in colour, with shorter elytra, and narrower head. 



A series of this species was captured some years ago, near 

 Edinburgh, by Drs. Sharp and M^Nab. Mr. Crotch has 

 sent it to some of the continental Entomologists, but it has 

 not been identified. 



I am indebted to Dr. Sharp for a type of it. 



10. OxYPODA VERECUNDA, Sharp, /. c, 189 (described). 

 Most nearly allied to the exoleta of our collections. Not 



common, but taken by Dr. Sharp (and myself) near London, 

 and in the Fens. 



11. OxYPODA EXIGUA, Er., Wat. Cat. ; D. Sharp, I. c, 



190. 

 Dr. Sharp records Dr. Kraatz's opinion that the specimen 

 named investigatorumj Ktz., for me by M. Fauvel (Ent. 

 Ann., 1870, 54), and subsequently forwarded by me to 

 Di". Kraatz, is not his species of that name ; also his own 

 opinion that it is not improbably the true exigua of 

 Erichson. 



12. OxYPODA RECONDiTA, Kraatz, Ins. Deutschl., ii, 182 ; 



D. Sharp, /. c, 190. 

 lucenSj Wat. Cat. ; ? Mulsant. 

 Dr. Sharp notes the above recent identification by Mr. 

 Crotch (in whose Cat., 2nd Edn., the two names stand sepa- 

 rated by three other species); and considers that our insect 

 agrees better with Kraatz's description than Mulsant's. It fits 



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