462 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
by the Rev. A. Matthews, as follows:—“ THROSCUS CARINI- 
FRONS, de Bonvouloir, Essai Monographique sur la Famille 
des Throscides, p. 20, tab. i. fig. 5 (1859). At first sight 
resembling T. dermestoides, Z., but at once distinguished 
from it by the ocular depression extending right across the 
eyes; more nearly allied to T. elateroides, Heer (T. gracilis? 
Woll.), but readily separated therefrom by its superior size, 
the prominence of the lateral frontal longitudinal ridges, 
which extend to the anterior margin of the prothorax, the 
sinuated sides and prominent posterior angles of the protborax, 
especially in the males, and the somewhat finer punctuation of 
the interstices of the elytra. Three specimens taken by the 
Rev. A. Matthews, in company with T. dermestoides, by 
sweeping in a plantation near Chiselhurst, in July, 1869, and 
shortly after placed in my hands for identification, Cry- 
PHALUS PicE®, Ratzeburg, Forst-Insecten, i. p. 163 (1837). 
Allied to C. Abietis, Ratzeb., but larger, less convex, the 
elevations on the anterior part of the prothorax larger, 
and arranged in five or six tolerably regular rows, the striz 
of the elytra distinct, and the interstices, especially towards 
the apex, with sparse erect yellow bristles. One specimen 
taken by the Rev. A. Matthews, many years since, in the 
vicinity of Weston, Oxon.’ 
[I have purposely omitted the mention of Formica Hercu- 
lanea as a British insect, because I consider the evidence 
unsatisfactory, and calculated only to mislead.—Edward 
Newman. | 
Death of Mr. Lock.—It is my melancholy duty to record 
the early death of Mr. George Lock, of the Turkish Baths 
Newport, Monmouthshire. He caught a violent cold, 
which induced gastric fever, and terminated fatally on 
Monday, the 380th of October. He has left a large 
quantity of British insects, which he has employed many 
years in collecting and breeding, in which latter occupation 
he was particularly successful. The destination of his col- 
lections has not yet been communicated to me. I have been 
under much obligation to him, for the promptitude with 
which he communicated both information and specimens.— 
Edward Newman. 
