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transverse. Head not much more than half as broad as the thorax, 

 rather closely and finely punctured. Thorax transversely convex, con- 

 siderably narrower in front than at the base, not quite twice as broad 

 as long, the base on each side sinuate, so that the posterior angles are 

 nearly right angles ; closely and finely punctured, a little shining : 

 elytra yellowish, closely punctured, the punctuation slightly coarser 

 than that of the thorax ; abdomen narrowed towards the apex, all its 

 segments very closely and finely punctured. Legs yellowish, the pos- 

 terior thighs a little darker. 



This very large Placusa is less depressed than most of the other 

 species, and is very remarkable by its male characters. It appears to 

 be generally distributed in England and Scotland, but very rare. I 

 have found it at the overflowing sap of birch trees, at Kampstead, and 

 Eannoch, and in Strathglass. 



Oligota euficoenis, sp. n. 



Nigra, antennis pedibusque rufo-testaceis, ano ferrugineo • antennarum articulis 

 ultimis tribus abrupte crassioribus ; prothorace fortiter transverso, elytris hoc sesqui 

 longioribus. Long, f lin. 



Closely allied by the structure of the antenna?, and the colour of 

 the legs and antennas, to 0. pusillima ; but larger, especially broader, 

 with the thorax more transverse, the elytra longer and broader, one 

 and a half times the length of the thorax, and the abdomen a little 

 narrowed towards the apex. Equally closely allied to O. atomaria, but 

 a little larger, and distinguished therefrom by the bright colour of the 

 antennas and legs, as well as by the broader club of the former. Very 

 common in the neighbourhood of London, among the refuse of hay -ricks. 



Eccles, Thornhill, Dumfries. 

 March, 1870. 



Additions, 8fc, to the list of British Coleoptera. 



Meligethes brunnicomis, Sturm ; Erichs., Ins. Deutscnl., iii, p. 184. Deter- 

 mined by M. Ch. Brisout de Barneville as British, on the authority of specimens 

 sent by Mr. Crotch and myself. The species is apparently widely distributed and 

 not uncommon, and may be readily distinguished from M. difficilis by the closer 

 punctuation of its elytra and its lighter-coloured antennae and legs. 



M. ochropus, Sturm, Er., must, I think, be erased from our lists. It was 

 introduced by my friend Mr. T. J. Bold (Ent. Mon. Mag., iii, p. 47) upon a specimen 

 of M . brunnicomis, as I have satisfied myself by examination ; and the insects 

 which I had myself attributed to it with doubt are also to be referred to that 

 species. Mr. Crotch's ochropus, named morosus by M. Brisout, is in my opinion 

 also brunnicomis : it certainly does not agree with the description of morosus. 



