NEW BRITISH SPECIES, ETC., IN 1864. 65 



40. Anisotoma litura, Stephens ; Wat. Cat. 



ornata, Fairra., Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de Fr. 3me serie, 

 iii. 1855, Bull. p. 30. 



13 sp. ? Wat. Cat. 



In Ent. M. Mag., vol. i. p. 167, I have given my reasons 

 for the above synonyms. 



The pale var. of litura occurs along with the type and in- 

 termediate forms of that species in the North of England ; 

 but I have as yet seen none but the pale variety in the 

 South. 



This pale var. is unquestionably, I think, the A. ornata 

 of Fairmaire ; a species, oddly enough, named from what its 

 founder considers an aberrant form of his type. 



41. Cyrtusa PAUxiLLA, EHchson, Ins. Deutschl. iii. 83,4; 



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

 (1864). 



** One specimen from Monks Wood." 



This species appears to be rather smaller than C. minuta, 

 somewhat longei", of a flatter oval form, darker in colour, with 

 the hinder angles of the thorax blunt (but not rounded off), 

 instead of being moderately sharp and rectangular. 



In the male the hinder tibiae are suddenly dilated at the 

 apex, and the hinder femora end in a right angle on the lower 

 side, instead of having a recurved tooth. 



42. LioDES castanea, Herbst (Tetratoma); Erichson, Ins. 



Deutschl. iii. 91, 5 ; E. C. Rye, Ent. M. Mag. vol. i. 

 p. 118. 

 The longer oval and flattish form of this insect, added to 

 its thin legs, and the coarse and numerous punctures on the 

 elytra, at once distinguish it from our other species. 

 1865. F 



