DUEING THE EECENT ARCTIC EXPEDITIO]^. 107 



Abdomen very short, ovate, finely punctured ; basal segment with 

 a small red spot in the middle of the sutural margin ; second 

 segment wholly bright red, excepting the narrowly black lateral 

 and posterior margins (beneath it has also a tendency to become 

 reddish), basal fovesD evident, transversely oblong ; apical segment 

 with a small greenish-yellow median spot. Legs reddish ; coxae, 

 trochanters, and tibiae (excepting the extreme tips of these latter) 

 shining black ; femora externally with a black line ; tarsi blackish 

 externally, excepting the first joint of the intermediate and pos- 

 terior, which is almost w^hoUy reddish. Wings subhyaline, tinged 

 with smoky brown, paler at the tips ; "nervures black ; stigma 

 blackish, somewhat piceous on its lower edge ; areolet distinctly 

 pentagonal. Length 6 millims. ; expanse 15 millims. 



Two females (one mounted as a microscopic slide) from lat. 

 82° 29' (August 8th) and 82° 33'tJune 21st) (Feilden) ■ one indi- 

 cated as found on the surface of the snow at an elevation of 

 800 feet. 



Avery striking species, pertaining to Gravenhorst's Section xi. 



Cetptus aecticfs ?, Scliibdte. 



One ? from Eawlings Bay, 21st August {Feilden), appears to 

 agree more nearly with this than with any other described species. 

 Already recorded by Schiodte from Greenland. 



Peoctoteypid^. 



MiCEOGASTBE, sp. 



A mass of yellow cocoons formed by larvae parasitic upon that 

 oi Dasycliira grcenlandica, from Dobbin Bay, August 14th, 1875 

 {Feilden); but the insects had escaped. Possibly it may have 

 been the species noticed by Packard (American Naturalist, xi. 

 p.- 52) as found by Dr. Bessels at Polaris Bay, and described as 

 M. Hallii, 



COLEOPTEEA. 



Beachelytea. 



QuEDiFS riTLGiDUs, Friclisoii. 



One example from Discovery Bay {Hart). Avery widely dis- 

 tributed species, already recorded from Greenland and the North- 

 American continent, occurring all over Europe, and has been 

 found in the Atlantic islands*. 



* There is also an example of CrifptopJiagus acutangulus,. Gyllenhal, from 

 Ploeberg Beach {Feilden) ; but it was found among rubbish discharged from 

 the 'Alert,' and has no claim to be considered an Arctic insect, I am indebted 

 to Mr. E. C. Kye for the determination of this species. 



