56 COLEOPTERA. 



— the females presenting a less glabrous surface. But here 

 the Quales differ inte^^ se : and it seems to me that Dr. Sharp's 

 observation of this form is of a much more interesting 

 character than at first appears. 



24. Lathrobium atripalpe, Scriba, Stettin. Ent. Zeits., 



1859, 415; D. Sharp, Cat. Brit. Col.j Ent. M. 

 Mag., viii, 83. 



Taken by Dr. Sharp at Edinburgh, and also, as he 

 believes, by Mr. Crotch, 



L. atripalpe is stated by its describer to be very like 

 i. punctatu7n, Zett., but somewhat narrower and more 

 cylindrical, with a smaller head, a shorter, proportionately 

 broader, and somewhat more thickly and finely punctured 

 thorax, the apical joint of the palpi black, the antennas and 

 legs somewhat darker, and the 7th abdominal segment of the 

 male not thickened in the middle beneath, but more deeply 

 emarginate than in the male o{ pimctatum. 



L. jyunctatum is erroneously referred in Wat. Cat. to 

 Nordman ; and Sahlberg, who was the second to describe it, 

 wrongly quotes Zetterstedt's name as merely MS. The 

 insect was described in the Fauna Ins. Lapp., 1828; 

 Sahlberg's Ins. Fenn. being published in 1834. 



25. LiTHOCHARis DiLUTA, Er., Col. March., i, 514; Gen. 



et Spec. Staph., 612; Ktz., Ins. Deutschl., iii, 712; 

 D. Sharp, Cat. Brit. Col. ; Ent. M. Mag., viii, 83. 

 A male individual of this species is recorded by Dr. Sharp, 

 taken on the banks of the Cairn, near Dumfries, some two 

 years since. 



This species appears to be excessively rare, and its male 

 has hitherto escaped observation. The insect appears to be 

 distinctly broader and flatter than its allies, L.fiiscula and 



