50 IIETEROMERA. [Pi/flo. 



tured striae on each, which do not reach base or apex ; a considerable 

 ppace at base is smooth or slightly punctured and shining ; legs rather 

 Ions. L 9-13. mm. 



Male with the three first joints of the anterior tarsi dilated and 

 pubescent beneath, and with part of the sixth ventral segment visible. 



Under bark of Scotch fir ; very local ; Scotland, Highlands, Tay and Dee districts, 

 Runnoch and Aviemore. 



SALPINGINA. 



The members of this tribe are small, but in some cases brightly coloured 

 and rather conspicuous insects ; they may be known by the absence of 

 the trochantin of the intermediate coxae, and the fact that the side 

 pieces of the mesosternum do not reach the coxae ; the genus Rhinosimus 

 has the head produced into a strong rostrum ; our three genera may be 

 distinguished as follows : 



I. Head not produced into a distinct rostrum. 



i. Antennao with the three last joints forming a less distinct 

 club, eighth joint as large as, or not much smaller than, 

 ninth ; thorax with sides not denticulate SAIPINGTTS, Oyll. 



ii. Antennae with the last three joints forming a more dis- 

 tinct club, eighth joint much smaller than ninth ; thorax 

 with sides finely denticulate LisSODEMA, Curt. 



II. Head produced into a strong rostrum EHINOSIMUS, Latr. 



SALPINGUS. Gyllenhal. 



About twenty species are contained in this genus, nine of which 

 are found in Europe, and the remainder in Algeria, Madeira, Madagas- 

 car, North America, Chili, &c. ; the head is produced in front, but can- 

 not be called rostrate, although some authors say of the species " caput 

 rostro brevi ; " the antennae are somewhat variable, the club being more 

 distinct in some species than in others ; the thorax is cordiform, much 

 narrower at base than the elytra, which are square at the shoulders 

 and rounded at apex, and completely cover the abdomen ; the legs are 

 moderate ; four species have, until quite recently, been regarded as 

 British, but a fifth, $. mutilatus, has lately been added by Mr. G. C. 

 Champion ; it appears to be very hard to distinguish satisfactorily 

 between S. ater and S. wraius, and, as far as our collections are con- 

 cerned , the two species seem to have been entirely confused ; the value 

 of the impressions on the thorax as a distinguishing character appears 

 to be in several cases very small ; our species may be roughly separated 

 as follows : 



I. Mandibles short and not exserted ; labrum short. 

 i. Size larger ; colour castaneous ; reflexed margin 



of elytra narrow from the apex of the third ventral 



segment S. CASTANETTS, Panz. 



ii. Size smaller ; colour black or bronze ; reflexed 





