204 Mr. G. R. Waterhouse's Notes 



3. Cts micans, Herbst, Payk., Gyll., Mellie, 1. c. p. 255, 12, pi. 

 2, f. 14. 



I think I am right in identifying with ilie descriptions of Gyl- 

 lenhal and Melhe a species of Cis which I found in the same Bo- 

 letus with Cis Boleti and Octolemnus glabriculas, at Hawkhurst, 

 in Kent, and which I have also taken elsewhere. 



It has the same form and colouring as C. Boleti, but differs in 

 being considerably smaller (full-sized specimens being \\ lines in 

 length), in having the thorax margined (very narrowly) behind, 

 the surface destitute of impressions, and also without mesial ridge, 

 though on the disc there is often a short smooth line ; the lateral 

 reflected margins narrower, the fore part but indistinctly de- 

 pressed, and the anterior margin less produced, and less recurved ; 

 the elytra are rugulose and finely punctured, but present scarcely 

 a trace of large punctures. It agrees with C villosulus in having 

 the thorax margined behind, but differs in being smaller, of a 

 shorter form, and in having the surface of the thorax even, i. e., 

 without keel or depressions. In the nature of the pubescence 

 which covers the upper parts, it is intermediate between C. Boleti 

 and C. villosulus. The legs and antennae are testaceous, the club 

 of the latter black, or dusky. 



4. Cis hispidus, Paykul, Gillenhal, Mellie, 1. c. p. 260, sp. 16, 



pi. 2, f. 17. 

 Ptinus ruficornis. Marsh. Ent. Brit. 87, 20 ? 

 Cis ruficornis, Steph. Coll. 



Decidedly smaller than the preceding (large specimens being 

 about \^ lines in length), and more elongated in form; uniform 

 piceous, with a dense and very glistening pubescence, more dis- 

 tinct than in C. Boleti, and varying in colour in different indi- 

 viduals, being sometimes slightly greenish, and not unfrequently 

 red ; legs and antennae entirely testaceous ; thorax with the sur- 

 face even, and very thickly punctured, the fore part considerably 

 produced over the head, but not recurved ; the lateral reflected 

 margin narrow ; elytra thickly and finely punctured, and with 

 larger punctures arranged in striae ; the striae, however, are by no 

 means well-marked, though they present a very evident point of 

 distinction when this species is compared with other smallish, 

 pubescent species. 



I have found this insect very sparingly at Hawkhurst. 



5. Cis pigmceus, Steph. lUustr. iii. 346, 7. 



