Mr. C. O. Waterhouse on a new 'Trichoplus. 319 
XXXI.— Description of a new Species of the Genus 'Tricho- 
plus (Coleoptera, Cremastochilide). By CHartes O. 
WATERHOUSE. 
Trichoplus cordicollis. 
Valde oblongus, niger; thorace cordiformi, disco excavato ; elytris 
oblique striatis, singulatim carina longitudinali suture proxima, et 
parallela instructis. 
Long. 43 lin. 
Very near to 7. Schaumit, Westw. (Thesaurus, p. 33, 
pl. ix. fig. 10), but at once distinguished by the thorax being 
cordiform instead of orbiculate. The thorax is closely and 
strongly punctured, especially at the posterior border of the 
discoidal excavation ; the base itself is not punctured. Scutel- 
lum striolate. Hlytra parallel for two thirds their length, then 
a little narrowed to the apex, which is obtuse ; sutural region 
flat, obliquely vermiculate-striolate, the flattened region 
bounded on the outer side by a carina which does not extend 
to the apex. Towards the side there is an indication of a 
second carina, the surface between the dorsal carina and the 
sublateral one less obliquely striolate; some very fine striole 
may also be traced on the sides; the apex is dull and has 
some very fine elongate punctures. The abdomen has some 
deep, elongate, longitudinal punctures on each side of the 
middle of the four basal segments. Pygidium transversely 
quadrate, opaque. All the tibie are simple; but the posterior 
are shorter and broader than in 7. Schaumiz. 
Hab. Zulu. 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE. 
A Handbook: of the Vertebrate Fauna of Yorkshire, being « Catalogue 
of British Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, and shes, 
showing what Species are or have, within Historical Periods, been 
found wm the County. By W. Haetr Crarxe and W. Denison 
Rorzsuck. 8vo. London: Reeve, 1881. 
Tue title of this book, as given above, renders it almost unnecessary 
for us to say any thing about the general nature of its contents. It 
is, as stated, a complete catalogue of the recognized British species 
of Vertebrata, with certain details with regard to the mode of occur- 
rence and distribution of those which have occurred, or been asserted 
to occur, within the limits of the great northern county. Those 
species which have undoubtedly become extinct in Britain are in- 
serted without numbers, and their names printed in old English 
characters ; only two species which have usually been included in 
the British lists are omitted—namely the beech-marten (Martes foie), 
