64 COLEOPTERA. 



to be I lin. long, with the elytra delicately punctate-striate, 

 and the interstices obliquely and transversely strigose ; in the 

 male also the posterior femora have a spiniform tooth just 

 before the apex on the lower side. 



38. Anisotoma picea, Ilhg., Kaf. Pr. 75, 2 ; Panzer; Er., 

 Ins. Deuts. iii. 58, 6; G. R. Crotch, Cat. Brit. Col. ; 

 id. Zool. 9000 (1864). 



Mr. Crotch states that this species was taken by the late 

 Mr. Foxcroft in Perthshire, and was sent to Mr. Waterhouse 

 by the Rev. A. Matthews for determination. 



It may be distinguished from A. brunnea by the more 

 prominent tooth of the hinder femora in the male, and the 

 single curve of the hinder tibiae in that sex ; also by the 

 obtuse, sub-rotundate hinder angles of the thorax, and the 

 stouter club to the antennae. 



39. Anisotoma scita, Erichson, Ins. Deuts. iii. 70, 16; 

 G. R. Crotch, Cat. Brit. Col. ; id. Zool. 9000 (1864). 



Mr. Crotch states that two specimens of this insect have 

 occurred at Monks Wood, Hants ; and that it is commonly 

 represented by varieties of A. calcarata. I presume this is 

 meant to refer to foreign Collections, as Mr. Crotch was 

 himself the introducer of the species to England. I have 

 certainly seen specimens sent from the Continent as A. scita, 

 which were not correctly so named. 



It resembles A. calcarata, but has the thorax not sinuous 

 behind, near the hinder angles, the apical joint of the antennae 

 not narrower than the preceding, and the hinder femora in 

 the male rotundate, and but little prominent, at the lower 

 angle. 



