August, 1887.1 49 



ON CERTAIN SPECIES OF COLEOPTERJ. NEW TO EEITAIN, OR 



REINSTATED. 



BY THE REV. W. W. FOWLEK, M.A., P.L.S., &c. 



HoMALOTA CONSANOUINEA, Eppelslieim. 



Tliis species appears to form a connecting link between the II. longicornis and 

 II. sordida i^roiqis ; in the European catalogue of Heyden, Reitter, and Weise it is 

 placed in tlie sub-genus Cojyrothassa, which contains besides H. sordida and H. 

 melanaria ; it differs, however, from these latter species in the shape of the thorax, 

 whicli is much less narrowed in front, and in the sculpture of the hind-body, which 

 moreoTer is less naiTOwed behind ; the following is a detailed description : — Pitcliy- 

 black or brownish, with the thorax slightly lighter, the elytra reddish or reddish- 

 brown, and the apex of hind-body broadly testaceous ; head rather large, finely but 

 not very closely punctured ; antennte long and stout, pitcliy-black, with base some- 

 times ferruginous ; joints 2 — 3 of about equal length, much longer than 4th, 5 — 10 

 not differing much in length, the penultimate being about as long as broad, last 

 joint long, pointed, at least as long as the two preceding together ; thorax transverse, 

 with sides rather evenly and not strongly rounded, and not strongly narrowed in 

 front, the apex being nearly as broad as the base, punctuation fine ; elytra about as 

 long as thorax, finely sculptured ; hind-body not strongly narrowed behind, very 

 finely punctured, less evidently at apex than at base ; legs clear testaceous-yellow. 



Length, 2^ — 3 mm. 



Three specimens of this rare coDtinental species were taken by 

 Mr. E. Saunders, at Hollington, near Hastings, in 1871. M. Fauvel, 

 who kindly determined the species for me, expressed his surprise at 

 its occurrence in Britain, as it has hitherto been confined to Eastern 

 Grermany and Austria. 



ScopiEus coGNATUS, Muls. et Eey. 



This species very much resembles 8. pusilhis, but may be known by the slightly 

 longer elytra, and by having the intermediate tibiae somewhat dilated, and also by 

 the characters of the 7tli segment of the hind-body in the male ; in S. pusillus this 

 is rather deeply and angularly, but simply, emarginate ; in S. cognatus the emar- 

 gination is rounded at apex, and is bounded by two strong arched impressions, 

 converging in front, which make the edges of the emargination appear raised. 



Length, 2^ mm. 

 One specimen taken by Mr. E. Saunders, at Ventnor, Isle of 

 Wight, and another kindly sent to me by M. Eauvel, who, I believe, 

 obtained it from M. Javet's collection ; it is labelled " Wingham," 

 which is a village near Sandwich. 



Bledius dissimilis, Er. 



This distinct species of Bledius belongs to the section in which the thorax has 

 no central impressed channel, but in its stead a smooth central line, which some- 

 times appears slightly raised ; hitlierto we have only possessed as British two species 



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