NEW BRITISH SPECIES, ETC., IN 1866. 81 



(of which he thinks it will eventually prove a mere state), 

 with raised margins to the thorax, and less evident costse on 

 the elytra. It seems to be much rarer than the insect which 

 Mr. Crotch considers its type. In his Catalogue it does not, 

 however, rank as a " sub-species," but is put on an equal 

 footing with M. livida. 



63. Cyphon pallidiventris, Thorns., Skand. Col. vi, 135, 



4 ; G. R. Crotch, Cat. Brit. Col. ed. 2 ; Ent. 32, 



125. 

 Allied to coarctatusj according to Mr. Crotch, with close, 

 thick punctuation round the scutellum ; and lighter and less 

 thickly punctured than its immediate ally, C. fuscicornis, 

 Thoms., already included in our lists. 



64. Cyphon nigriceps, Kies., Ins. Deutschl. iv, 413, 5 ; 



G. R. Crotch, Cat. Brit. Col. ed. 2; Ent. 32, 125; 



Proc. Ent. Soc. 19 Nov. 1866. 

 Mr. Crotch states this insect to be somewhat rare, and 

 certainly differing from Thomson's C, nigriceps; also that 

 it resembles C. pubescens in the absence of raised costae, but 

 is of smaller size and more shining appearance, and has acute 

 posterior angles to the thorax. 



Kiesenwetter likens it superficially to varieties of C. va- 

 riahilisy but says it reminds one of a ScirteSy from its broader 

 round-ovate build. 



^. Cis REGULOsus, Mellie, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de Fr. 

 1848, 242; G. R. Crotch, Cat. Brit. Col; Ent. 32, 

 p. 126. 

 Mr. Ci'otch states this species to be intermediate between 

 C. holeti and C. setiger. 

 1867. G 



