NEW BRITISH SPECIES, ETC., IN 1866. 105 



Anchomenus atratus, Dufts. 

 Mr. Crotch now sinks this insect as British in favour of 

 pusillus, Schaum; stating (loc. cit. p. 108) that the true 

 atratus (which he' terms the " type-form ") does not occur 

 here, but is found in Austria, and that it differs in the elytra 

 and form of the thorax. 



Anchomenus Thoreyi, Dej. 



Mr. Crotch (loc. cit.) in acknowledging the identity of 

 Dawson's pelidnus with this insect, records the capture by 

 Mr. Sharp, in Scotland, of some specimens differing slightly, 

 but apparently constantly, from the English form, and thinks 

 these may be the true puellus, Dej. 



These specimens (for some of which I am indebted to Mr. 

 Sharp) differ from our Tlioreyi m being darker, shorter and 

 broader. 



Pterostichus orinomus, Steph. 



Mr. Crotch (loc. cit.) considers this insect cannot well be 

 considered more than a form of P. vitreusy Dej., from which 

 he states it to differ by its shorter thorax, and which occurs 

 over the whole north of Europe. 



HerrL. Von Heyden, in the Stettin. Ent. Zeit. 1866,251, 

 in his notes upon Staudinger and AVocke's Coleoptera from 

 Finmark, appears to think the two insects are specifically 

 distinct ; as Dejean states his species to be apterous, whereas 

 the Finmark specimens, agreeing with Stephens' descrip- 

 tion, have wings, a character also recognised by Dawson for 

 orinomus. 



Amara eurynota, Panz. ; Dej. 

 Mr. Crotch (loc. cit.) notices that this name was published, 

 accompanied by a figure, a year previous to the A. acumi- 

 nata of Paykull. 



