62 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



A LIST OF NEW SPECIES OF COLEOPTERA, 



Which have bken added to the British Fauna during the 

 Years 1872 and 1877 inclusive, with Notices of the 



PRINCIPAL changes OF NOMENCLATURE OF OTHERS; BEING A 



continuation of the Catalogue contained in the ' Ento- 

 mologist's Annual' of 187'2, up to December 31, 1877. 



By John A. Power, M.D. 



The abbreviations and arrangements adopted in th's list 

 are the following: — 



1. The numbered species are insects absolutely new to the 

 British Catalogue, having been discovered independently, or 

 diagnosed from other cognate but known species with which 

 they had previously been mixed up in the collections. 



2. The non-numbered species, printed in italics, refer to 

 insects which are supposed to have been inaccurately deter- 

 mined, but have already appeared in the British lists, though 

 under other names, several of them being even advanced to 

 the rank of new species, for reasons stated in the references. 



3. The sign * indicates that the insect is almost certainly 

 only an accidental introduction, without any satisfactory 

 history, and has little or no claim to be called British. The 

 sign I indicates that the insect is probably by no means 

 indigenous, but more or less completely naturalised. 



4. Mag. is the 'Entomologist's Monthly Magazine,' 

 followed by the volume and page where the notice occurs. 

 An. is the 'Entomologist's Annual,' followed by the year and 

 page of the notice. 



5. The name attached to the species is that of its author or 

 describer. The second name is that of the person who first 

 published the insect as British and determined its species, 

 unless otherwise stated. The names following the references 

 are those of the locality of the insect, and of the persons 

 who actually found it. 



6. The last number is that of the year in which the 

 publication of the name, or change of name as British, 

 occurred. When the number of known species is very 

 limited, I have noticed it. The arrangement followed is 

 that of Dr. Sharp's Catalogue. 



Dromiita vectensis, Rye. — E. C. Rye, Mag. .\ 7:3, and 

 An., 1874, 76, known and registered as D. oblitus, Boield.y in 



