102 COLEOPTERA. 



of bis ^^ Catalogue." The insect should have been recorded 

 as C. fu7iehriSj St., a nearly black form of campestrisj once 

 taken in Sutherlandshire. 



CiClNDELA MARITIMA, Dej. 



Mr. Crotch (loc. cit.) unites our hyhi^ida and maritima 

 under this name, stating that they only vary in size and the 

 form of the central band, characters locally well marked on 

 our coasts, but shown by series of continental specimens not 

 to be constant. The C. syloicola of Stephens, taken at 

 Epping, seems, according to Mr. Crotch, to be the typical 

 C. liyhrida, which is common abroad inland, and rarely 

 found on the sand-hills. 



In the 1st ed. of his " Catalogue" Mr. Crotch quoted the 

 insect as hyhriday Linn., giving maritima, Dej., as a var. of 

 that species. In the 2nd ed. it stands maritima, Dej., with 

 var. hyhrida, St. ; and from this it is not quite clear whether 

 Mr. Crotch means to unite hyhrida, Linn., with maritinia 

 Dej., or merely to suppress one of our forms of the latter. 

 If, however, Stephens' sylvicola be the true hyhrida, Linn., 

 it would appear that we have the types of both species, sup- 

 posing them to be species. 



Drypta emarginata, Oliv. (nee Fab.). 

 Mr. Crotch (loc. cit.) proposes to revert to the old name, 

 with the above substitution of authors ; as Dr. Schaum, who 

 restored Rossi's name dentata, did not notice that Fabrlcius 

 had not originated but adopted Olivier's name, and the 

 latter's work is coeval with Rossi's (1790), to which it is 

 infinitely superior. 



Dronius mongstigma. Leach, Samouelles' "Compen- 

 dium" (1819). 

 Mr. Crotch (loc. cit.) states that this insect was recog- 



