NEW BRITISH SPECIES, ETC, IN 1869. 87 



definition of the latter species, as he has returned a Scotch 

 B, spectabilis to Dr. Sharp as true tricornis. 



117. Bledius fuscipes, mihi. 



Dr. Kraatz, in Berlin. Ent. Zeit., 1868, 292 (as referred 

 to by me in Ent. Mo. Mag., vi, 88), records two specimens 

 from Stettin agreeing with Edinburgh examples. He gives 

 superficial characters to distinguish it from S. suhterraneus 

 and pallipes, and considers it a good species. 



M. A. Fauvel, on the contrary, in " L'Abeille," vi, 152, 

 refers my insect to B. pallipes^ having already informed me 

 of his opinion to that effect, stating that, at any rate, it is the 

 B. pallipes of most French Coleopterists; in which I cannot 

 but think he is mistaken, as my fuscipes is evidently a boreal 

 and sea-coast species. 



I am, moreover, less inclined to attach much importance 

 to M. Fauvel's views on this point, as he named as one and 

 the same species (pallipes) for me, and, at the same time, 

 three distinct insects in this genus — viz., B. suhterraneus, 

 B. sp ? Wat. Cat. (pallipes), and my B. fuscipes. 



B.fuscip)es is omitted from Stein's Catalogue. 



118. HOMALIUM SALICIS, Gyll. 



var. crasdcorne, Matthews; E. C. Rye,l. c. 



The unique type of Mr. Matthews' insect, which he most 



kindly entrusted to me for examination, is, in my opinion, a 



depauperized immature example of the very rare E[. salicis, 



M. Fauvel is of the same opinion. 



119. HoMALiuM vile, Er. 



var. hrevicorne, Matthews; E. C. Rye, 1. c. 



M. Fauvel, who believes he has seen one of the types of 



Mr. Matthews' brevicornej informs me that it must be re- 



