NEW BRITISH SPECIES, ETC., IN 1867. 59 



insect, as pointed out in Mr. Waterhonse's Catalogue, is 

 Clamhus armadillo, de G. ; a sjDecies appearing, as distinct, 

 on the same page with A. iianum, in Mr. Parfitt's Cat. 



Atomaria atra. Hitherto included in our lists, as I 

 believe, on the authority of dark forms of A. mesomelas. 



Athlhis cavils. "Exceedingly rare, one only taken* at 

 Newton." I imagine Mr. Parfitt's insect may be A. (Vf- 

 Jbrmis, Lac. (^campT/IoideSf Newm.); but the female of 

 A. longicollis is at once rave and deceptive. 



Centhorhynchus oralis, Linn. This is, I presume, the in- 

 sect known to us as C. litura, Fab. 



Callidium russiciim, Fab. Mr. Parfitt records this as 

 Devonian, stating that he has never seen it himself, but that 

 he takes the word of Stephens for it, the latter npt giving 

 his authority. Surely it must be evident that such an 

 attempt to revive an evidently imported Longicorn cannot 

 have the slightest weight. 



Aphthotia cyparissioe and Diholia cynoglossi. Mr. 

 Parfitt gives localities for both these rather more thnn 

 doubtful insects, apparently from his own observation; but 

 ascril)es both as species to an author, variously termed 

 " Halidy" and '^ Plalad.," who appears, according to Mi*. 

 Parfitt, to have published them in a work referred to as 

 *' Ent.," with which I am unacquainted. 



Both species were originally described in the Ent. Hefte^^ 

 anonymously. 



Coccinella hyperhoj'ca. " Common " (usually considered 

 as doubtfully indigenous). 



Besides the above, Mi". Parfitt's following remarks upon 

 certain well known species appear to me note-worthy : 



Pterostichus cupreus, red-legged var. " Equally common 

 with the species." 



J3embidium obliqiium. *' Exeter district." 



