1016 Insects. 



Rediscovery of Odontonyx. As my re-discovery (if it may be so called) of the ge- 

 nuine Odontonyx (Zool. 851) seems to have excited some interest, I may mention that 

 on a late visit to my friend, Mr. Vernon Wollaston, almost my first glance at the trea- 

 sures of his cabinet revealed to me an Odontonyx standing with Olisthopus, agreeing 

 in every point with my own ; and being fortunately unmutilated, it enables me to af- 

 firm, with a safe conscience, that the intermediate claws are not less distinctly denticu- 

 lated than the others. Mr. Wollaston believes it was taken near Newark ; so that 

 from Newark to Scilly it has a tolerably wide range. — Id. 



Ctenicerus sanguinicollis. Four specimens of this beautiful insect were taken in a 

 decayed ash-tree near Fulborne, in this neighbourhood, about the middle of last March. 

 They were all found within a couple of inches of the bark, in company with several 

 larvae, which may possibly turn out to be of the same species. — Hamlet Clark ; Cor- 

 pus Christi College, Cambridge, May 28, 1845. 



Omaseus aterrimus. I have received an extensive series of this insect from Whit- 

 tlesea-mere, where it is now to be found, crawling on the muddy sides of ditches. — Id. 



Mesosa nubila has been taken in abundance at Monk's Wood, in rotten branches 

 of old oaks. I myself have seen between forty and fifty specimens, which were cap- 

 tured cbout ten days ago. — Id. 



Captures in the Cambridge Fens. Haliplus ferrugineus, Noterus crassicornis and 

 Hydaticus transversalis I have taken in tolerable abundance in Burwell and Quy fens, 

 and a single specimen of Hydaticus Hubneri from Quy fen. — Id. 



Scarcity of certain Dyticidce. Several other species of Dyticidae, as Colymbetes 

 exoletus, abbreviatus, vitreus and nebulosus, which, last season, were far from uncom- 

 mon, I have hardly met with at all. This may be partially owing to the lateness of 

 the season, but I fear is rather to be attributed to the extensive system of draining, 

 which is every year destroying our best localities. — Id. 



Note on the Capture of Rhynchites cupreus fyc. at Black Park, Bucks. I beat five 

 specimens of this rare Curculio from off the blossoms of the mountain-ash yesterday, 

 in company with Necydalis minor. I had previously received three specimens through 

 the kindness of my northern friends. It appears to have always been very rare in the 

 south of England, from what I have been able to ascertain, only two or three exam- 

 ples having previously occurred. I have no doubt the larva? feed either on the berries 

 or leaves of the ash. I also subjoin a list of a few other Coleoptera found by me in 

 the same locality. Ips ferruginea, Rhagium bifasciatum and Hylastes ater upon fir- 

 stumps. Metallites marginatus and Rhynchites aeneovirens by beating. Brachyso- 

 mus hirsutulus in a sand-pit. Coccinella M-nigrum, ocellata and oblongo-guttata off 

 fir-trees. Sphseroderma orbiculata. — Samuel Stevens ; 38, King St., Covent Garden, 

 June 3, 1845. 



Description of Monoplia tetra, a new Coleopterous Insect of the order Ceramby cites. 

 This little beetle has very much the appearance of a small Callidium, but differs es- 

 sentially in having the third joint of the antennae furnished at its apex with a long 

 spine ; the total number of joints is eleven, they are all slightly hairy, but with the ex- 

 ception of the third, without spines ; the length of the antennae is about equal to that 

 of the body. The prothorax is manifestly longer than wide, slightly wider than the 

 head, slightly convex laterally, and totally without the lateral tooth present in Phora- 

 cantha. The elytra are rather depressed dorsally, and rounded at the apex. The legs 

 are rather short; the femora externally suddenly incrassated. The general colour is 

 pitchy red: the prothorax opaque and granulated : the elytra gibbous, evidently punc- 



