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ADDITIONS, &c., TO THE LIST OF BRITISH COLEOPTERA 

 DURINa 1898. 



BY a. C. CHAMPIOiSr, P.Z.S. 



Several interesting additions to the list of British Coleoptera 



having been recorded during the present year, it is worth vphile calling 



attention to them, and also to note some few corrections that have 



been made in the synonymy of others. 



Harpalus Froelichi, Sturm. — Found in some numbers by Messrs. 

 Morley and Elliott near Martlesham Heath, four miles from 

 Ipswich (Eut. Mo. Mag., xxxiv, p. 84). The two specimens 

 given me by Mr. Morley are considerably smaller than the one I 

 have received from M. Bedel, from Northern Prance. 



Homalota (Ithopolocera) clavigera, Scriba {clavicornis, Epp.). — Eive 

 specimens of this very distinct species, the type of the subgen. 

 Bhopolocera, Ganglb., have been captured by Mr. E. Gr. Elliman 

 near Tring (Ent. Mo. Mag., xxxiv, p. 266). 



Quedius Kraatzi, Bris. — Found in numbers by Messrs. Beare and 

 Donisthorpe at Chiddingfold, Surrey (Ent. Eecord, x, p. 196). 

 An interesting and unexpected addition to our list. I have met 

 with it in its original locality in the Eastern Pyrenees, in the 

 vicinity of Collioure, where it occurred on the banks of a small 

 stream, in company with Stenus Guynemeri. 



Homalium ccesum, Grav., var. tricolor, Eey. — This is the insect known 

 in British collections as H. nigriceps, Kies., which name must be 

 erased from our list (Ent. Mo. Mag., xxxiv, p. 16). 



OryptoJiypnus meridionalis, Lap. — Eecorded as British by Mr. P. B. 

 Mason (Ent. Mo. Mag., xxxiv, p. 207), upon the authority of a 

 specimen labelled " Pegwell Bay," in the late A. Matthews' col- 

 lection. From its known distribution on the continent, it is not 

 likely to prove to be indigenous here. 



Clytus mysticus, Linn., var. hieroglyphicus, Herbst, — This well-marked 

 variety of C. mysticus has been found by Mr. Newstead near 

 Chester, and a specimen of it was exhibited by Mr. J. J. Walker 

 at the October meeting of the Entomological Society of London. 

 It is mentioned by Stephens (Illustr. Brit. Ent., Mand. iv, p. 

 243), but the varietal name hieroglypldcus has not hitherto 

 appeared on our lists. On the continent it is confined to 

 mountainous districts. I have taken the two forms in company, 

 at Campiglio, in the Austrian Tyrol. 



