NEW BRITISH SPECIES, ETC., IN 1865. 63 



6. Hyphydrusvariegatus, Aube, Spec. Gen. des Hydroc. 



466, 11; Fairm., Faune Ent. Franc, ii. 196, 2; 

 E. Brown, Ent. Monthly Mag. vol. i. p. 185. 



Mr. Brown of Burton-on-Trent records the fact of his 

 possessing a specimen of this insect, taken some years ago 

 hy a young man of the name of Hay, who resided at Bury, 

 near Manchester. It is believed, though not known for 

 certain, that he took it in Delamere Forest, where there are 

 natuial lakes ; and Mr. Brown states his conviction that it 

 was taken either in Lancashire or Cheshire. 



Through that gentleman's courtesy I have been enabled to 

 examine this specimen (which has been pinned twice, ori- 

 ginally, and through the left elvtron, with a large pin ; sub- 

 sequently, by Mr. Brown himself, with a fine pin, through 

 the right elytron), which is rather larger than the usual size 

 of -S". ovatus, and more rounded; its head is black, with a 

 broad triangular ferruginous space in front; thorax ferru- 

 ginous, with two black spots at the middle of the hinder 

 margin, confluent near the scutellum ; and elytra yellowish- 

 ferruginous, with the base near the scutellum, a small hume- 

 ral spot, and two or three broad and exceedingly irregular 

 bands, black. 



Its true geographical range would appear, from the locali- 

 ties given by Aube, Fairmaire, and Redtenbacher, to be the 

 meridional parts of Europe. 



7. BoRBOROPORA Kraatzii, Fuss ; Berlin. Ent. Zeit. vi. 



(1862), 406; J. A. Power, Ent. Monthly Mag. 



vol. i. p. 222 {.B orb or op or a Saulci/i, Kraatz). 



Dr. Power records the addition to our Fauna of the above 



most interesting genus and species; of which he took one 



exponent by sweeping at Mickleham, on the 13th July, 



1862. This specimen it appears was taken by Mr. Crotch 



