164 Bibliographical Notice. 
muni basali alteraque laterali utrinque pone medium brunneis, 
apice oblique truncatis, angulis distinctis. Long. 5} lin. 2. 
Head ashy brown. Antenne clothed with ashy-brown pile, 
apices of the joints darker. Thorax widened from the front to 
the tips of the lateral spines, which are conical and distinct and 
placed nearer the middle than the hind angles. Elytra obliquely 
truncated at the apex, angles distinct; surface, except near the 
apex, covered with large punctures, greyish ; a large patch in the 
middle of the base and an oblique lateral spot or belt on each 
side behind the middle light brown; the apical part has also a 
faint brownish cloud. Body beneath and legs clothed with 
greyish pile. 
2 Ovipositor projecting to the length of a line beyond the 
tips of the elytra ; dorsal plate narrow, pointed, ventral truncated. 
Ega, rare, 
27. Nyssodrys alboplagiata, White. 
Leiopus alboplagiatus, White, Cat. Long. Coll. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 381. 
« 7. pallide fulvo-ochraceus, sericeus: elytris plaga magna laterali 
alba, elytris punctatis : metathoracis lateribus albis. Hga.’’ Long. 
61 lin. 3 Q. 
This fine species is similar in shape to the two preceding, the 
lateral spines of the thorax being conical, short, and nearer the 
middle than the hind angles. The elytra are rather obliquely 
truncated, with both angles slightly prominent. 
3S Both dorsal and ventral plates of the terminal segment 
notched. 
3 Ovipositor projecting to the length of nearly two lines 
from the tips of the elytra. 
Ega, closely adhering to slender branches of dead trees. 
[To be continued. ] 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE. 
A Manual Flora of Madeira. By R. T. Lowe, M.A. 
Part 3. London: Van Voorst, 1864. 
WE are glad to receive another Part of Mr. Lowe’s valuable book : 
it extends from page 263 to 377, and completes the description of 
the Calyciflore, which was commenced in Part 2. That portion of 
the work was published just two years since, and Part 1 four years 
and a half previously. How long, alas! may we have to wait for the 
completion of a book of the utmost importance to botanists who are 
interested in what is sometimes called the Atlantic Flora! It is 
probably known that weak health caused Mr. Lowe to establish him- 
self at Madeira many years since, and that this book is the result of 
a 
