72 STAPH YLINID.^. 



There has always been great confusion, both in Great Britain and on 

 the Continent, with regard to B. ixdlipes and its alHes. Dr. Sharp has 

 recently been studying the genus, and has added three species to the 

 British list, two of which are new to science (Ent. Mo. Mag. xlvii. (2 

 Ser. xxii.), 1911, 31-34). The synonymy in the last European catalogue, 

 according to him, is entirely wrong, and may be disregarded. 



B. pallipes, Grav., Mon. 107 (Er. Gen. Staph. 772 ; Sharp, I.e. 

 p. 31). Gravenhorst included several species under his B.. 2)aUi2Jes. 

 Erichson, however, carefully described the right one as we i-egard it, 

 and, as he had carefully examined Gravenhorst's series, we may accept 

 his decision, and the insect ought perhaps to have his name assigned to 

 it as the author. B. paUi2:ies appears to be widely distributed, but to be 

 more abundant in the Midlands and South of England. I have taken 

 it in the greatest profusion on the banks of the Severn, near Tewkesbury, 

 as above recorded (ii. 368). 



B. annse, Sharp, I.e. p. 31. Black, with the antennae, palpi, and the 

 legs (including the coxse) yellow ; thorax slightly transverse, sparingly 

 and obsoletely punctured, strongly coriaceous, and very dull ; elytra 

 evidently longer than the thorax, finely and closely punctured. L. A mm. 



"Closely allied to B. jjaUipes, but easily distinguished by the sculpture 

 of the thorax and the shorter elytra. The coxfe are always clear yellow, 

 and so are the antennae. The length of the elytra as compared with 

 that of the thorax is four to three : in B. pallijyes it is three to two. The 

 large punctures on the thorax are only slightly impressed, and are 

 therefore more than usually indistinct, while the fine sculpture renders 

 the surface rougher and more dull than in B. ^xoUi^Jes. The punctuation 

 of the elytra is very similar in both. The thorax is abruptly narrowed 

 behind, and the basal margin projects so that the hind angles are rect- 

 angular, but immediately in front of the angle the outline of the thorax 

 by its direction would form a strongly obtuse angle with the base if the 

 short basal projection alluded to were removed. In B. pallipes the angle 

 itself is less prominent, and the direction of the side in front of it is 

 less oblique." The sexual characters are very diflerent from those of 

 B. jxdlipes, but these have not yet been worked out. 



Banks of the Biver Nith near Thornhill, Dinnfries, in September 

 1867, and July lOlO (Sharp); River Nethy, Moray, 1907 (Sharp); 

 Pitlochry, 1910 (Joy); Dowles Brook, Severn Side, August 1, 1881 

 (Harris in Col. Bates). 



B. filipes. Sharp (I.e. p. 32). Slender, with the base of the antennae 

 and the legs yellow, the former being darker towards apex ; thorax not 

 transverse, clo.sely and finely punctured, coriaceous, finely margined, 

 with the posterior angles scarcely prominent, well marked, but ahuost 

 obtuse ; elytra longer than the thorax in the propoition of five to three. 

 L. 4 mm. 



This species. Dr. Sharp says, is really very distinct, though it has 

 iiitherto apparently quite escaped detection. The tarsi are longer and 

 more thread-like than in any of its allies, and the thorax is just about 



