78 Mr. T. V. Wollaston's Revision of 



There is an old example of it in the Stephensian cabinet, — un- 

 named, and without any reference to the locality from whence it 

 came. It has, however, been lately re-discovered by Mr. Hislop 

 in Scotland, who found it beneath the dung of grouse (though this, 

 I imagine, was a merely accidental circumstance, — the Atomari<je 

 being accustomed to harbour under such like rejectamenta, indis- 

 criminately) in Perthshire. I have seen a specimen of it in the 

 collection of Mr. Janson, and another in that of Mr. Murray of 

 Edinburgh, — both of which however were obtained from Mr. 

 Hislop, who would appear therefore to have been (latterly at least) 

 its sole captor, and to whom I have dedicated the species. 



Sp. 20. Atomaria apicalis. 

 Atomaria dimidiata (p.), carbonaria (p.), gutta (sec. coll., nee 

 descr,), riifipes (p.), et dorsalis (p.), Steph., 

 111. Brit. Ent. iii. p. 67—69 (1830). 

 apicalis, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deuts. iii, p. 395 (1848). 



An Atomaria, which is exceedingly variable in size, but which 

 may be at once distinguished by its ovate form (it being much 

 acuminated both before and behind), piceous hue, and by its 

 strongly punctured, pubescent surface. Its prothorax, from being 

 so much narrowed anteriorly, has its sides scarcely at all rounded. 

 It appears to be more common within the London district than 

 elsewhere : I have seen a large series of it taken by Mr. Water- 

 house at Weybridge, Hampstead, and at the Crystal Palace, at 

 Sydenham ; and it has been captured by Mr. Janson, at Hamp- 

 stead and Finchley. The only spot in which I have myself ob- 

 served it is at Avebury (on the Marlborough Downs) in Wiltshire. 



It will be perceived, on reference to the synonymes cited above, 

 that it forms a portion of five of the species in the Stephensian 

 cabinet : as, however, it does not appear to have been the type of 

 any of them (as is proved by the labels attached to the examined 

 specimens), none of those titles can in any way interfere with that 

 which was applied to it by Erichson in 1848. 



Sp. 21. Atomaria analis. 

 Cryptophagus analis, Schiipp., in litt. 



Atomaria testacea (p.), dimidiata (p.), atra (p.), et dorsalis (p.), 

 Steph., 111. Brit. Ent. iii. p. 66—69 (1830). 



analis, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deuts., iii. p. 398 (1848). 



The present species and the following one are rather allied, in 

 general aspect, to the A. apicalis. They may both of them, how- 



