NEVv' BRITISH SPECIES, ETC., IN 1871. 57 



L. hrunnea, with the 3rd joint of the antennse distinctly 

 longer than the 2nd, the punctuation of the head and thorax 

 exceedingly fine and close, and that of the elytra very thick 

 and fine, and slightly rugulose. 



26. Stenus annulatus, Crotch. 



M. Fauvel's opinion (Ent. Ann,, 1870, p. 85) that this 

 species is synonymous with aceris, Lacord., is evidently in- 

 correct. In Boisduval and Lacordaire's ^' Faune Entomo- 

 logique des environs de Paris," i, p. 446, that insect is 

 described as having the " pattes — cTiin iestacS pale :'' this 

 cannot possibly apply to Mr. Crotch's species, of which the 

 broad annulation of the knees v»'ith black is one of the most 

 striking characters. 



27. OxYTELUS FULviPES, Er. Col. March., i, 590; Gen. 



et Spec. Staph., 787; Redt., Fauna Austr., 2nd ed., 



232; Ktz., Ins. Deutschl., ii, 852; Rev. H. S. 



Gorhara, Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond., 6 Feb. 1871 ; Ent. 



Mo. Mag., vii, 239. 

 Taken by Mr. Gorham at Need wood, near Burton-on- 

 Trent. 



In the same section of the genus as 0. 7'ugGsus, having the 

 sides of its thorax crenulate (though very obsoletely so), this 

 species may readily be distinguished from that common 

 insect by its rather less size, shining black colour, shining- 

 vertex, and entirely testaceous legs. In fact, it superficially 

 somewhat more suggests a very dark specimen of O. scidptus, 

 Grav., in which, apart from other characters, the sides of 

 the thorax are perfectly smooth. It appears to frequent 

 fallen leaves, 



I am indebted to Mr. Gorham for one of the very limited 

 number of specimens taken by him. 



