NEW BRITISH SPECIES, ETC., IN 1866. 101 



122. Latrtdius consimilis, Mann., 1. c. 99 ; G. R. Crotch, 



Cat. Brit. Col. ed. 2 ; Ent. 32, 123 ; Proc. Ent. Soc. 



19 Nov. 1866. 

 Two specimens in Rev. A. Matthews' collection. It 

 appears to be distinct by its quadrate thorax, the angles of 

 which are not at all dilated, and the broad, smooth inter- 

 stices of its elytra. 



123. Latridius filum, Aube, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de 



France, 2me serie, 1850, 334, 44; E. C. Rye, Ent. 

 ' Mo. Mag. vol. iii, p. 46. 



Mr. W. R. M^Nab, of the Royal Botanic Gardens, 

 Edinburgh, records the capture by himself among dry spe- 

 cimens of certain species of aconite (not British, but for 

 some time in cultivation) of several examples of a La- 

 tridius, which Mr. D. Sharp recognized as new to Britain ; 

 and which, on their being sent to me, I had no difficulty in 

 referring to Aube's species as above. It much resembles L. 

 JiUfoi'mis, Gyll., but differs from that insect in being even 

 more linear in shape, with its thorax more cordate, less 

 widely margined, and with a small but distinct and rounded 

 impression on the disc. It seems to have been first detected 

 by M. Guerin-Meneville, who bred it from a fungus re- 

 ceived from Algiers. 



This appears (as I am informed) to be the Canadian spe- 

 cies mentioned by Mr. Janson in the " Annual" for 1858, 

 p. 74. ' 



Changes in Nomenclature, &c. 



CiCINDELA CAMPESTRIS, Linn., V. NIGRITA, Dej. 



Mr. Crotch (" The Entomologist," No. 31, p. 106) states 

 that this variety was erroneously inserted in the 1st edition 



