104 COLEOPTERA. 



and having a dorsal channel ending in the middle one of 

 three foveae situated in the anterior transverse constriction. 

 The interstices of its elytra are slightly elevated, the 5th 

 having the usual callus behind, which is scarcely perceptible 

 except in abraded individuals ; and the tibiae are stout, much 

 thickened internally below the base, and strongly curved 

 internally towards the apex. 



29. Bagous sp. . J. J. Walker, Ent. Mo. Mag., x, 



p. 84. 

 Mr. Walker has recorded the capture by himself in the 

 Isle of Sheppy, during the past summer, of a species of 

 Bagous near B.frit, which, as he rightly mentions, was 

 taken the year before in the same place, and in some small 

 quantity, by the Rev. H. S. Gorliam, who at once put it 

 aside as probably new to our list. I sent specimens given 

 to me by Mr. Gorham to M. Charles Brisout de Barneville, 

 who returned them to me as being a well-known variety of 

 B. frit. But I cannot agree with this opinion ; as, apart from 

 being of decidedly smaller size, and less " squab " form, 

 and utterly wanting the characteristic markings of B.frit, 

 Mr. Gorham's insect has distinctly longer and thinner tarsi 

 than that species, with the penultimate joint not in the least 

 dilated, and the second joint most decidedly not inclined to 

 be transverse. It is, in fact, more closely allied in its tarsal 

 structure to B. subcarinatus ; but, considering the number 

 of new species of Bagous recently described (especially by 

 Thomson), and which are unknown to me, I do not think it 

 advisable to run the risk of increasing synonyms by de- 

 scribing this one as new. 



30. Orchestes semirufus, GylL, Ins. Suec, iv, p. 597 



{Bhyiichmnus^ ; Schon., Gen. et Spec. Cure, iii, 



