2/6 Mr. Curtis's Descriptions of some rare 



variety. It was found under a stone on the beach at Sidraoutli, 

 Devon, by Mr. Marshall, the beginning of March. 



Fara. Dyticid^. 

 Genus 90. Hygrotos. 

 1*. bisulcatus. Ovate-conic, slightly pubescent, reddish- brown ; base of 

 antennae and thorax ochreous, the latter pitchy at the base, and slightly 

 punctured, with an obliq.ue channel on each side : elytra minutely 

 punctured, with a faiat line of punctures on each side of the suture, 

 which is darker, and a channel on each side of the base meeting 

 those on the thorax : length %- of a line. 

 This singular little species was taken on Cambridge Fens by the 

 Rev. J. L. Brown of Norwich. It seems to form the transition from 

 Hyphydrus to Hygrotus. 



Fam. ParnidjE. 



Genus 101. Parnus. 

 3. montanus. 



Is only a pale ash-coloured variety of P. proli/ericornis, several of 



which I found under stones upon the mountains near Ambleside. 



Fam. MycETOPHAGiD^. 

 Genus 160. Tetratoma. 

 2. pallida. Shining ochreous, regularly and minutely punctured and slightl}' 

 pubescent: head brownish; thorax with two large punctures or foveolets 

 at the base : elytra thrice as long as the thorax, with a faint greenish 

 shade: 1| line long. 

 Taken in Oct. amongst dry grass at Southgate by Mr. F. Walker. 



Fam. AnisotomiDjE. 

 Genus 164. Phalacrus. 

 7^. castaneus. Oval, slightly depressed ; black, posterior angles of thorax 

 and elytra castaneous, the latter with nearly 20 regular lines of punc- 

 tures : underside and legs subpiceous : length 1 line. 



Genus 167. Leiodes. 



P. vittata. Globose-ovate, shining, bright and deep ochreous ; eyes, tips 

 of mandibles and upper side of club of antennae fuscous ; head and 

 thorax minutely punctured, the former ferruginous ; elytra punctured, 

 with rather remote lines of punctures also, with a rosy tinge and a long 

 conical fuscous stripe on each, probably arising from the dark wings 

 folded beneath : length | of a line. 



2. latifrons. Oval, shining, ochreous; mandibles prominent, tips black; 

 eyes gray ; head and thorax broad, finely punctured; elytra scarcely 

 broader than the thorax, transversely strigose, with very fine lines of 

 punctures and a channel on each side of the suture : hinder thighs with 

 a very strong spine beneath near the apex : length f of a line. 



