NEW BRITISH SPECIES, ETC., IN 1868. 59 



M. Thomson, Skand. Col., viii, p. 183, having only Kut- 

 schera's description before him, sinks T. Waterhousei as a 

 synonym of pratensiSf Panz., Gyll.; an insect concerning 

 which no two Entomologists have yet agreed, and of which 

 Kutschera (Wien. Monat., 1864, Beitr., 301) remarks that, 

 judging from the varieties and different sizes, it would seem 

 that Gyllenhal has probably mixed together several similar 

 but distinct species ; and that the characters he gives cannot 

 in their entirety be applied to any of the species that would 

 appear to be allied to it in size and colour, such as T. If/copi, 

 curta, suhstriata, monticola^ hallotcB, or juvcicola. 



Thomson's insect, which from its position, &c., certainly 

 seems to agree with T. Waterhousei, is stated by him to be 

 rather rare, and found in sandy places. 



Gyllenhal, on the contrary, says his pratensis is common, 

 occurring in grass and on plants. 



The pratensis of Foudras is exoleta, Wat. Cat. {femO' 

 ralis, Marsh.). 



The pratensis of Allard (1861), which that author de- 

 scribes at p. 137 as new, without references to former authors, 

 is at p. 832 re-named curta, in consequence of his subse- 

 quently discovering what he considered the true pratensis, 

 Panz. M. Allard's second notion of pratensis is thought 

 by Herr Kutschera very likely to be a var. of femoralis, 

 Marsh., but is by M. Allard (" L'Abeille ") identified with 

 lo7igipennis, Kuts. M. Allard's second pratensis is also 

 stated by Herr Kutschera to be possibly identical with T. 

 Waterhousei, but for the presence of a dark apex to the 

 hinder femora, and the absence of a reddish apex to the 

 abdomen in the former. From M. Allard's saying in his 

 latter work that " mon nom de pratensis " has priority, it 

 would seem that he has forgotten Panzer. 



