170 CHRYSOMELID.^. 



described and figured by Panzer under the name of Altlca hyoscyami ; 

 like the type it is attached to Iris pseudacorus. 



Between Pembroke and Tenby (J. J. Walker) ; Candleston, near 

 Bridgend, Glamorganshire (Tomlin) ; {v. Champion, Ent. Mo. Mag. 

 XXXV. (2 Ser. x.) 1899, 15); Rosbeigh, co. Kerry (Donisthorpe). 



The specimen standing in our collections as A. atratula, AIL, must 

 probably be referred to A. atrovirens^ Forst. = tantilla, Foudr. 



CREPIDODERA, Chevrolat. 



C. impressa, Fabr. (Syst. El. i. 496 ; lUig. Mag. vi. 57 ; Allard, 

 Gal. Anis. 49). One of the largest species of the genus, moderately 

 convex, brownish-red or sometimes blood-red ; upper side glabrous, 

 underside clothed with scanty pale yellow pubescence ; closely allied to 

 C. transversa, but larger and of a darker colour ; it is more shining and 

 has a shorter thorax, the transverse depression in which is very deep ; 

 it may be most readily distinguished by the punctuation of the elytra 

 of the male, which consists of a series of five depressions, augmented by 

 other punctures placed near to these ; hence the internal series appears 

 double ; the interstices between the series are broad and definite. The 

 female of C. transversa has a similar scheme of punctuation on the 

 elytra, but in the last-named insect the punctures are larger and in the 

 male sex are very confused. L. 5|-6 mm. 



Taken by Mr. G. 0. Lamb at Hayling Island in September, 1909, 

 and introduced as British by Dr. Sharp (Ent. Mo. Mag. xlvi. (2 Ser. xxi.), 

 1910, p. 27). 



The species is littoral in its habits, the specimens having been found 

 on a spot covered by the sea at high tide ; it appears to be chiefly a 

 Mediterranean species, and Dr. Shai'p is of opinion that the specimens 

 recorded may prove to belong to a variety peculiar to Britain. 



CH.ffiTOCNEMA, Stephens. 



C. arida, Foud. (Alt. 122; Allard., Gal. Anisop. 573), A small 

 ovate species, very like C. hortensis, Geoff"., from which it may be 

 distinguished by its narrower, proportionally longer and more finely 

 punctured thorax, as well as by the sculpture of the vertex, of which 

 the granulation is scarcely visible ; the sculpture of the elytra is more 

 or less confused, but the strise are traceable, more distinctly so near 

 suture and towards apex ; according to the descriptions the first six 

 joints of the antennae are said to be feruginous, but in the only specimen 

 I have seen the upper part of the basal joint is black, and this is the 

 case with Mr. Champion's specimens ; all the femora are piceous or 

 black. L. l|-li mm. 



Taken by Mr. Donisthorpe in theWhitefield Woods near Ryde, Isle of 

 Wight, in August 1909, and introduced by him as British. (Ent. 

 Record, xxi. 1909, 259), and by Mr. Champion at Chobham, Woking, 

 and in the London district ; S. Devon (Joy). 



This insect has apparently been doing duty in our collection as 



