THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



No. 31.] AUGUST, MDCCCLXVI. [Price 6d. 



Revision of the ' Catalogue of British Coleoptera.'' 

 By G. R. Crotch, Esq, 



When, in 1863, I undertook to compile a list of our native 

 Coleoptera, I was far from comprehending the difficulty of 

 the undertaking, notwithstanding that there was already one 

 in existence. Tiiis and the almost unprecedented increase 

 of our fauna have rendered my list far behind the age, and I 

 have hence determined to embody the latest discoveries in a 

 still more compact form. But as it is very desirable that the 

 reasons for any alterations in nomenclature, additions, &c., 

 should be recorded, Mr. Newman has kindly allowed me to 

 develop my views in his valuable journal. Priority has been 

 the basis of ray synonymy, and great care has been taken to 

 restore the names of English authors, where such a pro- 

 ceeding seems justifiable. With these remarks I will at once 

 proceed to enumerate such species as may call for remark. 



Cicindela carapestris (C. nigrita, Dj.) is erroneously in- 

 serted. The variety alluded to is C. funebris, St.^ a nearly 

 black form of C. campestris, which was once taken in Suther- 

 landshire. 



C. hybrida. — Our species is peculiar, in both its forms, to 

 the coast; while the typical hvbrida, Aitct., is common 

 ever^'where, but more especially inkind, and is rarely found 

 on the sand-hills. Our two forms are not only one and the 

 same species, but both correspond with C. maritima of De- 

 jean, and only vary in size and in the form of the central 

 band : these characters are locally well marked on om* coasts, 

 but a series of Belgian and Swedish examples will soon show 

 that neither character is in any way constant. Mr. Curtis's 

 example, taken at Epping, on which C. sylvicola of Stephens 

 was founded, appears to have been the typical C. hybrida. 



Notiophilus aquaticus, L. — The link between this species 

 VOL. Ill, I 



