78 COLEOPTERA. 



a large, oblong, convex species, with coarsely punctured 

 thorax, and strongly spined anterior tibiae. 



23. Anisotoma litura, Steph. ; E. C. Rye, Ent. Monthly 



Mag. vol. i. pp. 167, 237. 

 ornata, Fairm. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 3"^^ serie, vol. iii. 



1855, Bull. 30. 

 My remarks in the last ''Annual" (p. 65), as to the 

 probable identity of these two species, have been confirmed 

 through the kindness of Mr. G. R. Crotch ; who lias been 

 good enough to bring me one of M. de Barneville's types of 

 Fairmaire's ornata, v/hich is identical with the pallid southern 

 form of Stephens' litura. Stephens' description is not an 

 elaborate one, but unmistakeable; there being no other 

 Anisotoma coloured according to his diagnosis. 



I continue to find this insect sparingly at Mickleham, by 

 sweeping among dead leaves. My friend Mr. Sharp sug- 

 gests that it is not improbably attracted by certain sterco- 

 raceous deposits ; which, I must admit, are not rare in the 

 retired corner where I usually find this species. 



24. Agathidium Rhinoceros (Front, fig. 8), Sharp, Proc. 



Ent. Soc. 6 Nov. 1865 ; Ent. M. Mag. vol. ii. p. 169. 



A colony of this undescribed species was taken by Messrs. 

 Sharp and Bishop, under the bark of an old fir-stump at 

 Rannoch in the autumn of 1864 : no other specimens were 

 found, beyond the original " batch ; " and neither Mr. 

 Sharp nor I could in the following spring obtain a single 

 specimen, under similar or any other conditions, although 

 nigrinum and rotundatum were comparatively abundant. 



A. rhinoceros somewhat resembles nigrinum, but is more 

 acuminate behind, more distinctly punctured, with a more 

 deeply impressed sutural stria, shorter and stouter antennoB, 



