192 Dr. Sharp on Oxypoda. 
close to O. ferruginea, Er., but even if it prove identical, 
Stephens’ description and name have the priority. Fair- 
maire’s description of O. forticornis, applies so accurately 
to it, that I think there is little doubt of its being the 
same species, though it is referred to a vastly different 
one in Harold’s catalogue. 
O. TARDA, nov.sp. Opaca, subparallela, nigra, thorace 
elytrisque obscure ferrugineis, antennis, pedibus, abdo- 
minisque apice obs¢ure testaceis, dense subtiliter punc- 
tata ; elytris thoracis longitudinis. Long. 1} lin. 
Closely allied to the preceding species, but larger, 
darker in colour, with the antennz scarcely so large, for 
the size of the insect; the elytra a little longer, and the 
base of the hind-body not paler than the middle: in all 
other respects similar. The thorax is variable in colour, 
being sometimes obscurely ferruginous, sometimes nearly 
black. 
All the specimens I have seen of this species have 
been captured in the salt marshes near Dumfries. 
