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9. Lesteva Sharpi, Rye, (Cat. " British Beetles") Ent. 



Mo. Mag. vol. iii, p. 124 {described). 



monticola, Sharp, nee Kies. 



collina, Crotch, Cat. ed. 2 ; ?? Haliday. 



Taken by Mr. Sharp in various Scotch localities; in 

 numbers by that gentleman Avith Mr. Henderson at Gare- 

 loch-head ; and by Mr. T. Blackburn and myself at Ran- 

 noch. 



It is apparently very closely allied to L. monticola ; in 

 which, however, the punctuation of the elytra should be finer 

 than in L. hicolor, with the hinder angles of the thorax not so 

 acute, and the pubescence grey ; whereas in L. Sharpi the 

 punctuation is stronger than in L. bicolor, the hinder angles 

 equally acute, and the pubescence yellowish. 



From the latter species it may be distinguished by its 

 rather longer antennae, which are of a clearer red ; its 

 longer tliorax ; the rather wider and stronger punctuation, 

 and evidently longer pubescence, of its thorax and elytra ; 

 and the greater width behind of its abdomen and elytra, the 

 latter being also apparently shorter than in L. bicolor. 



It is, moreover, a more bulky insect, and lighter in colour, 

 and the two depressions between its eyes are more strongly 

 marked. 



L. Sharpi appears not to be capable of association with 

 the L. oblonga of Mots., and Mr. Haliday 's iew words of 

 reference to his collina (of which he admits a suspicion that 

 it is only a var. of bicolor) cannot be considered as applying 

 to it with the least chance of cori-ectness. 



10. Cryptophagus Waterhousei (Frontisp. fig. I), 



Rye, Ent. Mo. Mag. vol. iii, p. 101 {described). 



Cryptophagus 16 , Sp. ? Wat. Cat. 



Described from a single specimen, taken by Mr. G. R. 

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