NEW BRITISH SPECIES, ETC., IN 1866. Ill 



brought forward as C. longula cannot be associated with 

 Thomson's jnlkoriiis for the following reasons. Thomson 

 does not notice the conspicuous length of the elytra, using 

 in that respect almost convertible terms for the two species, 

 and stating his insect to be simillimus to tristis in build and 

 size. The antennae in pilicornis are crasscB, with apical joint 

 ferruginous, — the extreme tip of that joint only being of that 

 colour in my insect, and the whole antennse much longer than 

 in tristis. The thorax, also, should be longer in pilicornis; 

 and this I cannot see in my insect. 



Anisotoma ornata, Fairm. ; &c. 



Mr. Crotch (loc. cit.) states that I have "restored" Ste- 

 pliens' litura, and that that name cannot stand, the colouring 

 only having been described by Stephens, and being common 

 to A. dubia and A. calcarata at times. This is scarcely 

 accurate; I did not restore Stephens' name, as it had never 

 fallen into disuse with us ; and the colouring of litura is not 

 common to the other two species, which only have the suture 

 or thorax dark, at the utmost; whilst a full coloured litura 

 could not be possibly confounded with any other species, 

 from Stephens' character alone. At the same time I agree 

 with Mr. Crotch in wishing to adopt the name and excellent 

 diagnosis of Fairmaire. 



Mr. Crotch points out that the A. scita of his Cat. ed. 1, 

 was founded on this species. 



The Cyrtusa pauxilla and Againcophufjus (scr^ipt. Aga- 

 thidimn) confonnis of his Cat., Mr. Crotch thinks are pro- 

 bably good species, though not entirely according with 

 Erichson's descriptions ; and the Liodes axillaris of his first 

 ed., as anticipated in Ent. Mo. Mag., are admitted to be in- 

 troduced on small humeralis. 



