NEW BRITISH SPECIES, ETC., IN 1871. 79 



. Thorns., Skand. Col., vi, 322 j D. Sharp, Ent. Mo. 



Mag., viii, 74. 

 IlelojJS sericeuSf Sturm, Ins., ii, 261, T. 51. 



Taken at Braemar, in June last, under bark of Scotch fir, 

 very sparingly, by Drs. Sharp and Buchanan White, to the 

 latter of whom I am indebted for a specimen of this most 

 interesting addition to our list. 



Mulsant's Zi/or«,a genus new to our lists, is closely allied 

 to JDirccea, from which it differs in its coarser punctuation, in 

 the 3rd joint of its antennae being shorter and narrower than 

 the 4th, its smaller, narrower, laterally acutely margined and 

 basally impressed thorax, its more separated intermediate 

 C0X8B, and its shorter tarsi. Z. ferruginea, the sole known 

 species, has more the superficial appearance of a discoloured 

 ? Conopalpus Vigorsii than of any other of its British allies. 

 It is about the same size as that insect, and is ferruginous in 

 colour, with the elytra more or less dark (the shoulders alone 

 being sometimes paler), and is clothed with rather long 

 pubescence. 



73. EusoMus ovuLUM, (? Illig.) Germ., Ins. Spec, i, 459; 

 Faun. Ins. Eur., xi, 15; (Boh.) Schon., Gen. et 

 Spec, Cure, v, 938; Redt., Fauna Austr., 2nd ed., 

 701 ; D. Sharp, Cat. Brit. Col. ; Ent. Mo. Mag., 

 viii, 83. 

 " Taken by Mr. Edleston, at Grange." 

 The genus Eusomus, Germ., new to our lists, is inter- 

 mediate in position among the Brachyderidce between Scia- 

 phihis and Barifpithes or Sitones : it has somewhat the 

 fades oi' Poli/drosuSy from which its dentate femora, apterous 

 condition, very convex ovate elytra, short scrobes, emargi- 

 nate rostrum, &c., at once distinguish it. The type 

 species, S. ovulmn, is about the size of P. sericeuS) clothed 



