84 [April, 



clypevis ; in mutilaius its width is at least twice this distance {ci. fovea- 

 lafus Mills.), while m foveolafus it is fully three times as wide. 



I have not included in this essay the consideration o£ viridipennis 

 Latr., which should rather form the subject of a separate paper. lieitter 

 has placed this species in a new subgenus, Vincenzellus -, but whether 

 this should be considered a subdivision of SpJiaeriestes or of Rhinosimus 

 as left by him is a point open to discussion. 



The following is a brief synonymy of the species herein considered : — 



Species correctly recorded m British : 



1. S. ater Payk. Fauna Suecica, i, 1798, p. 298; Steph. III. Brit. Ent., 

 Mandib. iv, 1831, p. 218 ; — Man. 1839, p. 339 ; Muls. Col. 

 France, Eostrif. 1859, p. 32 ; Fowler, Col. Brit. Isl. v, 1891, 

 p. 52 (pars) ; Reitt. Faun. Germ. Col. iii, 1911, p. 416. 



piceae, Germ. Faun. Iiis. Europ. fasc. x, 1825, No. 9. 



? piceae-^ Steph. (Germ.) Man. p. 340. 



? aeneus, Steph. {nee Oliv.) 111. Brit. Ent., Mandib. v, 1835, p. 421. 



reyi, Abeille, Bull. Soc. d'Hist. Nat. Toulouse, viii, 1874, p. 27. 



aeratus, Fowler {nee Muls.), loc. cit. 



"2. S. castaneus Panz. Index Ent. 1813, p. 89 (Muls., Reitt., Fowler). 



immaeulatus, Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., iv, p. 219. 

 5, S. mutilatus Beck, Beitr. Baier. Insekt. 1817, p. 9 ; Champion, Ent. 

 Mo. Mag. xxiii, 1886, p. 160 ; Fowler, loc. cit. ; Sahlberg, Medd. 

 Soc, Fauna Fenn. xxix, 1904, p. 40 ; Reitter, loc. cit. (pars), 

 foveolatus Muls. {nee Ljungh), loe. cit. ; Reitter, lor. cit. (pars). 

 var. bishojn, Sharp, Ent. Mo. Ma^. 1909, p. 245 ; op. cit. 1910, pi. iv, 

 fig. 1. 



4. S. foveolatus Ljungh, Yet. Acad. Handl. Stockholm, 1824, p. 269, 



pi. iii (3), fig. 1 ; Steph. loc. cit. (1835) p. 421 ; Fowler, 

 loc. cit. 

 gabrieli, Gerh. Zeitschr. fiir Entom. Breslau, 1901, p. 18 ; Reitt. loe. cit. ; 

 Hudson Beare, Ent. Mo. Mag. 1916, p. 254. 



Species incorrectly recorded as British : 



5. S". aeratus, Muls. (nee Fowler) loc. cit. 



aeneus, Keitt. (nee Steph.) loc. cit. 



6. S. virescens, Muls. loc. cit. (nee mutilatus =^vivescens, Champion, loc. eit..^ 



Fowler, loc. cit.). 



British Museum (Nat. Hist.), S.W. 7. 

 March 1918. 



