NEW BRITISH SPECIES, ETC., Ix\ 1867. 07 



with briglit red elytra, — cliiefly thi-ough its narrow, parallel 

 shape, long, parallel, dull and densely punctured thorax, 

 and the slight striag and flat interstices of its elytra. It 

 resembles the immaculate form of E. sanguinolentus^ Schr. 

 (ephippiiniif olim), more than any other species with which 

 lam acquainted; but may be readily separated from that 

 insect by its larger antennae, longer, duller and posteriorly 

 canaliculated thorax, &c.^ 



It seems scarcely credible that so conspicuous an insect 

 sliould have hitherto escaped record ; but my notice seems 

 to have failed as yet to produce any attempt to identify 

 E. coccinaius with a 'previously recorded species. 



22. Elater pk^ustus. Fab., Germ. ; G. R. Waterhouse, 



Trans. Ent. Soc. vol. v, n.s. pt. iii ; E. C. Rye, Ent. 

 Mo. Mag. iii, 250. 



This insect appears not to be included in any of our 

 recent Catalogues ; but Mr. Waterhouse, in his paper on 

 the ElateridcB in the Stephensian Cabinet (loc. cit.), points 

 out that there is an example of it among Stephens' 

 E. pomonce. 



Its red elytra being tipped with black would readily dis- 

 tinguish it from all our species except E. elongatulus ; from 

 which its much larger size and broader build would at once 

 separate it. 



23. Agriotes pilosus. Panzer ; G. R. Waterhouse, loc. 



cit. ; J. A. Power, Ent. Mo. Mag. vol. i, p. 235 ; 

 Ent. Ann. 1866, p. 88, 41. 



Mr. Waterhouse, in the paper above referred to, first 

 pointed out the claims (such as they are) of this species to be 



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