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however, curious that the species is almost identical with T. unicolor from 

 New Zealand. Subsequently taken by Mr. Donisthorpe (in 1908) at 

 Bembridge and St. Helens, Isle of Wight. 



TROGOPHLCEUS, Mannerheim. 



T. subtilis, Er. This species rests as British upon a few rather 

 doubtful examples, and no record of its capture has been recorded for 

 many years ; it is a question, therefore, whether it ought not to be 

 omitted from our lists. 



[Since the above was written Mr. Donisthorpe has recorded a 

 specimen from the banks of the Derwent at Winlaton Mill (Ent. Bee. 

 1909, p. 2;31). This specimen was confirmed by Capt. Sainte Claire 

 Deville.] 



THINOBIUS, Kiesenwetter. 



T. bicolor, Joy (Ent. Mo. Mag. xlvii. (2 Ser. xxii.), 1911, 10). 

 Closely resembling T. linearis, Kraatz, but differs in its distinctly 

 broader and less parallel form, conspicuously longer antennse, moie 

 transverse thorax, of which the angles are more distinct, longer and 

 broader elytra and the finer punctuation of the upper parts. Head 

 and thorax fuscous, or dark reddish-brown, elytra testaceous, hind body 

 dark, upper surface very finely pubescent ; antennae testaceous, reaching 

 to the apical third of the elytra; thorax distinctly narrower than the 

 elytra, slightly contracted behind, very finely and closely punctured, 

 shining ; elytra about twice as long as thorax, somewhat dull, verv 

 finely and closely punctured ; hind body rather broad, more distinctly 

 and less closely punctured than thorax and elytra ; legs testaceous, tibiae 

 strongly widened in the centre. L. If mm. 



Three specimens taken on the banks of the Biver Truim, at Dal- 

 whinnie, Inverness-shire, on May 1, 1910; they occurred in company 

 with Uomalota (Atheta) frag His, under stones at the edge of the water. 



Dr. Joy (I.e. 11) says that apart from the broader and less parallel 

 form and longer antennae, this species differs from 7\ linearis in 

 having the head relatively broader and the fovea on each side of the 

 vertex more distinct, the elytra of a brighter testaceous colour (especially 

 in life) and broader in proportion to the thorax, and the legs more 

 robust. 



T. pallidus, Newbery (Ent. Mo. Mag. xlv. (2 Ser. xx.) 1909, 4). 

 A very narrow, flat, delicate, pale testaceous insect, with the antennie 

 and legs pale yellow and the front of the head and more or less of the 

 abdomen infuscate ; antennae longer than the head and thorax together, 

 submoniliform, joint four very small, five globular, six a little shorter 

 than five and seven, slightly transverse, seven to ten almost globular, 

 but gradually larger, eleven subcylindrical, obtusely rounded at apex ; 

 head large, with the eyes not prominent ; thorax subquadrate or 

 slightly transverse, widest just behind the anterior angles and from 

 thence very gradually narrowed to base, very closely sculptured ; elytra 

 nearly twice as long as thorax, longer than broad, dull, very finely 



