164 Bibliographical Notice. 



muni basali alteraqiie lateral! utrinque pone medium brunnels, 

 apice oblique truncatis, angulis distinctis. Long. 5^ lin. $ . 



Head ashy brown. Antennse clothed with ashy-brown pile, 

 apices of the joints darker. Thorax widened from the front to 

 the tips of the lateral spines, which are conical and distinct and 

 placed nearer the middle than the hind angles. Elytra obliquely 

 truncated at the apex, angles distinct ; surface, except near tlie 

 apex, covered with large punctures, greyish ; a large patch in the 

 middle of the base and an oblique lateral spot or belt on each 

 side behind the middle light brown ; the apical part has also a 

 faint brownish cloud. Body beneath and legs clothed with 

 greyish pile. 



$ Ovipositor projecting to the length of a line beyond the 

 tips of the elytra; dorsal plate narrow, pointed, ventral truncated. 



Ega, rare. 



27. Nyssodrys alhoplagiata, White. 

 Leiopus alboplagiatus, White, Cat. Long. Coll. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 381. 



" X. pallida fulvo-ochraceus, sericeus : elytris plaga magna laterali 



alba, elytris punctatis : metathoracis lateribus albis. Ega." Long. 



6| lin. S $ . 



This fine species is similar in shape to the two preceding, the 

 lateral spines of the thorax being conical, short, and nearer the 

 middle than the hind angles. The elytra are rather obliquely 

 truncated, with both angles slightly prominent. 



(J Both dorsal and ventral plates of the terminal segment 

 notched. 



S Ovipositor projecting to the length of nearly two lines 

 from the tips of the elytra. 



Ega, closely adhering to slender branches of dead trees. 



[To be continued.] 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE. 



A Manual Flora of Madeira. By R. T. Lowe, M.A. 

 Parts. London: Van Voorst, 1864. 



We are glad to receive another Part of Mr. Lowe's valuable book : 

 it extends from page 263 to 377, and completes the description of 

 the Calycijlorce, which was commenced in Part 2. That portion of 

 the work was pubUshed just two years since, and Part 1 four years 

 and a half previously. How long, alas ! may we have to wait for the 

 completion of a book of the utmost importance to botanists who are 

 interested in what is sometimes called the Atlantic Flora ! It is 

 probably known that weak health caused Mr. Lowe to establish him- 

 •self at Madeira many years since, and that this book is the result of 



