/ 1971.) 151 
DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF SYNCALYPTA, FROM GREAT 
BRITAIN. 
BY DSA R Po vB 
SYNCALYPTA HIRSUTA; nov. spec. Breviter sub-ovata, convexa, nigra, 
sub-squamulosa, setis griseis, erectis, clavatis, longioribus adspersa ; 
elytris striatis, striis obscure punctatis, suturali postice profundd ; 
antennis pedibusque obscure rujis. Long. 13 lin. 
This Syncalypta is so closely allied to S. setigera, that I shall 
content myself with adding to the above diagnosis a notice of the 
differences between the two. They are of about the same size and 
form, but the erect sete with which 8. hirsuta is clothed are longer, 
thinner, less clubbed, and lighter in colour than those of setigera ; 
the depressed scales of the elytra are much less numerous and distinct 
than in setigera, and not variegated, as in that species; but this may, 
perhaps, be owing to the fact that none of the individuals of 8. hirsuta 
‘from which my description is made are in good condition ; the depressed 
-seale-like hairs with which the prothorax is clothed are much longer in 
hirsuta than in setigera ; and, when the insects are cleaned and denuded 
of their clothing, it is seen that the punctuation of the thorax is much 
coarser in hirsuta than in the other species: the antenne and legs are 
lighter in colour in hirsuta. 
In both these species the striz of the elytra are peculiar, and 
consist of lines of elongate punctures, placed so close one behind another 
that the separation between each is but little apparent. 
8. hirsuta appears to be widely distributed in the South of England, 
though rare in collections: setigera I have only seen from the neigh- 
bourhood of Dumfries. 
Stephens describes two large species of Syncalypta as found in 
England, maritima and setiger: neither of the descriptions is applicable 
to 8. hirsuta, but both appear to me to appertain to 8. setigera. 
Eccles, Thornhill, Dumfries : 
November, 1871. 
NEW BRITISH TRICHOPTERYGIA (WITH DIAGNOSES OF NEW 
SPECIES). 
BY THE REV. A. MATTHEWS, M.A. 
The following Vrichopterygia must be added to the British List ; 
but, as a full description of each species will very shortly be published 
.in my Monograph of the Section, I will not at present do more than 
give a few of their principal diagnostic characters. 
