100 COLEOPTERA. 



the thorax, moreover, are not acute and produced behind, 

 but rectangular. 



119. Ptilium saxonicum, Gillm. 81, 4, t. 7, fig. 4 ; G. 



R. Crotch, Cat. Brit. Col. ed. 2. 

 Although this insect has been included in our lists, it 

 would appear that in Mr. Crotch's Catalogue is its first 

 authentic record. The Rev. A. Matthews writes to me that 

 its capture by Mr. Crotch was a great event, the species 

 being almost lost, as no specimens existed in all the collec- 

 tions he had seen, these amounting to nearly all in Europe, 

 except the Berlin. Mr. Matthews' own saxonicum w^re 

 yellow-legged vars. of Kunzei. 



120. Ptilium elongatum, Thomson, Skand. Col. iv, 



108, 6; Rev. A. Matthews, Ent. Mo. Mag. vol. ii, 



p. 243. 

 Not having received any types from Thomson, Mr. Mat- 

 thews enters this insect provisionally in our lists ; and states 

 that it is found abundantly under dry cow-dung in most 

 parts of the country during the autumn, also that it differs 

 from P. Kujizei in its finer sculpture and darker colour, and 

 in the prolonged apex of its elytra. 



121. Latridius angulatus, Mann., Germ. Zeits. v, 74; 



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



122 ; Proc. Ent. Soc. 19 Nov. 1866. 

 One specimen only, named by the originator of the spe- 

 cies, was in Mr. Wollaston's collection. From the " Ento- 

 mologist," Mr. Crotch appears to have more than one 

 example ; and states the species to be close to L. angusticollis, 

 but to differ materially in the antei'ior angles of the thorax. 



