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Dr. Fleischer suspects that this form might prove to be the type, if 

 Fairmaire's type could be procured, as it is not likely that he would have 

 called a long insect curta. The long form, which is recognised by all 

 authors as the type, is not a pure sand-hill beetle, but is also found 

 inland, and on mountains in Central Europe, ifec. 



Mr. Donisthorpe took a number of specimens of this race by sweep- 

 ing, and on the sand-hills, at Hartlepool, in October 1910. 



L. flavicornis, Ch. Bris. (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., 1883, cxliii.). 

 Very closely allied to L. parimla, Sahib., but easily distinguished by 

 the broader form, entirely yellow antennse, the very fine and diffuse 

 punctuation of the thorax, the more plain transversely rugose sculpture 

 of the elytra, and the sexual characters. The club is slightly broader 

 than in L. parimla, and the last joint is narrower in proportion to the 

 penviltimate. In the male there is a large, sharp, thorn-shaped tooth 

 at the apical angle of the posterior femora, and in the female the posterior 

 femora are distinctly angled beneath. In L. pai'vida they are simple in 

 both sexes. Length 1^-2 mm. 



Dr. Joy first noticed this species as British (Ent. Mo. Mag. xliv. (2 Ser. 

 xix.) 11)08, 174), having taken it by sweeping near Bradfield. It appears, 

 however, to be mixed with L. parvula in several of our collections. Mr. 

 Donisthorpe has taken it near Ryde, in the Isle of Wight. Ganglbauer 

 mentions it as very rare on the Continent, but it is widely distributed 

 from Finland to Italy, and is probably much commoner than he considers 

 it to be. L. parvula appeal's to be much the rarer species in Britain. 



AGARICOPHAGUS, Schmidt. 

 A. conformis, Er., is at most a variety of A. cephalotes, Schmidt, 

 and is regarded as such in the European catalogue of IDOfi. 



SILPHA, Linne. 

 S. (Phosphuga) subrotundata, Steph. This so-called variety 

 must be regarded as a separate species. It is lai'ger, rounder, and broader, 

 and has the disc of the thorax less closely punctured ; the reflexed portion 

 of the elytra is very strongly developed, and extends almost to the apex, 

 whereas in *S'. atrata the margia is much feebler and scarcely reaches 

 beyond the middle of the elytra ; the central raised line of the elytra is 

 the longest. It occurs commonly in Ireland, and is found in the Isle of 

 Man, but a true example of S. atrata does not appear to have been taken 

 in either. In the European catalogue of 1900 it is regarded as distinct, 

 the localities given being Ireland and Scotland, but I know of no record 

 from the latter, and the English localities are pi^obably in error. I quite 

 agree with the remarks of the Rev. W. F. Johnson on the species (Ent. 

 Mo. Mag. xxxix. (2 Ser. xiv.) 1903, 96), from which the above is in part 

 taken. 



