362 Dr. G.A. Walker-Arnott on Hypericum Anglicum. 
utrumque latus intra angulum anticum tuberculo calvo minus 
exstante armatus, angulo antico ipso incrassato tuberculum spini- 
forme vix formante, undique dense ferrugineo-squamosus et in 
medio longitudinaliter levissime canaliculatus (canalicula antice in 
carinam mergente). /ytra punctis irregularibus vix albidioribus 
squamosis hine inde irrorata, posterius paulatim et facile (sed di- 
stincte) attenuata, ad apicem ipsum pilosa truncata et singulatim 
subito excavata, fere spinas quatuor efficientia. Antenne circa 
corporis longitudine, nigree, articulis ad basin plus minus albidiori- 
bus. Pedes validi, plus minus ferrugineo irrorati; tarsis latis, 
subtus densissime spongioso-setulosis. 
Like the last insect, the present one has been lately received 
in London from Cambogia, and forms an important addition to 
the Coleopterous fauna of that region. The genus Niphona is 
principally an East-Indian one; nevertheless species have been 
discovered at Natal and other parts of Southern Africa, and 
one (the N. saperdoides) has been described by Mulsant even 
from Algeria and the south of Europe. The NV. Regis-Ferdinandi 
has some affinity with the N. cylindracea from the East Indies, 
although widely distinct therefrom specifically. The habits 
of the Niphone are rather peculiar; and I am informed by my 
friend T. V. Wollaston, Esq., of London, that there is a species 
from Sumatra, in the Collection of the British Museum, which 
has the following note, relating to its mode of life, appended 
to it :— 
“ Sumatra, May 1818. . . . Attaches itself strongly to smooth 
flat surfaces, for which the inferior part of the tarsi seems pecu- 
liarly to be adapted,—being in a manner scutellate, like the feet 
of the Gecko, common Fly, and Dytiscus. They have great 
strength in the antenne, which they seem to use as levers for 
removing obstructions and turning themselves.” 
Lisbon, Oct. 15, 1860. 
XLVIIT.—Note on Hypericum Anglicum. 
By G. A. Warxer-Arnort, LL.D. 
Tue history of Hypericum Anglicum is given by Mr. Babington 
in the Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2. vol. xi. p. 360, and 
vol. xv. p. 92. At first Mr. Babington was disposed to assign this 
name to what he was afterwards satisfied was H. hircinum, a 
south of Europe species, cultivated and perhaps now naturalized. 
near Cork. Afterwards he more correctly transferred it to spe- 
cimens he had received from Plymouth, and to others he had 
seen in Dr. Balfour’s herbarium. While preparing the eighth 
edition of the ‘ British Flora,’ this species much embarassed me. 
I possessed no specimens from this country at all agreeing with 
