NEW BRITISH SPECIES, ETC., IN 1864. 71 



shoulder, for a short distance, with tlie interstice next to it, 

 then becoming free and extending to the apex. 



51. Cyphon nitidulus, Thomson. 



• Cyphon fuscicornis, Thomson; G. R. Crotch, Cat. 

 Brit. Col. ; id. Zool. 9000 (1864). 

 Mr. Crotch informs us that descriptions of these new 

 species, and of two others, formed at the expense of C. 

 variahilis, will be found in Kiesenwetter ; also that, in his 

 ojjinion, further investigation, and a larger series, will pro- 

 bably furnish us with one or two more. Mr. Crotch also 

 mentions that he had types of these from M. Thomson for 

 comparison. 



I quite agree with Mr. Crotch as to the expediency of 

 large series in this case ; Cyphon variahilis requiring great 

 consideration, as it is one of those pleasing species wherein 

 no two specimens can be found exactly alike. 



52. Telephorus figuratus, Mannerh., Bull. Soc. Nat. 



Mosc. 1843, p. 92; Kies., in Er. Ins. Deutschl. iv. 



496,21 (Cantharis); G. R. Crotch, Cat. Brit. Col. ; 



id. Zool. 9000 (1864). 



*' Three or four specimens at Weston." Mr. Crotch states 



that, until lately, he had confounded this insect with T. rufus, 



Linn. ; and that Mulsant has pointed out the differences with 



his usual accuracy. 



Kiesenwetter describes it as elongate, testaceous ; the ver- 

 tex, an angulated spot on the thorax, and the base of the 

 femora, infuscate ; and the body blackish beneath. It ao- 

 pears to vary in being either entirely testaceous, or in having 

 the legs pitchy, w^th the knees testaceous. The head is 

 small, and contracted behind, and the thorax rather narrowed 

 in front ; the entire insect somewhat resembling the species 



