1868. 



139 



Abdomen very broad, oval, above concave, but raised along the dorsal 

 line ; connexivum broad, the margin obtusely serrate ; under-side 

 convex. 



43. — LocHUS sQUA.LiDi:s, Doug. & Scott. 

 Niger, impunctatm ; nodo verticis et appendicibus antennarum hrun- 

 tieis ; ahdomine supra lividi-brunneo, lineis bt^evibus fransversis angulis^ue 

 posticis segmentorum connexivi late nigris. Long. 5^ lin. 



Black, except the abdomen, without punctures. 



Head — the posterior node obscurely, and the lobes attached to the antennas light 

 brown. 



Ahdomen — above, livid testaceous-brown, on the posterior margin of each segment 

 on each side of the raised middle a black spot, and two short black linear marks 

 on each segment towards the connexivum ; and on the latter the posterior outer 

 angle of each segment has a large triangular black spot. 



The whole insect is so thickly clothed with closely-adhering grains 

 of sandy matter, which is extremely difficult to remove, that the colour 

 and markings cannot be given more accurately than above. From its 

 earthy investiture it may be presumed that this insect lies hidden in 

 the soil waiting for its prey ; and it is equally eaSy to believe that its 

 long posterior legs enable it to spring upon its victims. 



A single specimen ( ? ), only, taken on the plains of Jordan by 

 sweeping low plants in April. 

 Lee, S.E , 1868. 



Occurrence in Morayshire of an Elater new to the British lists. — In the beginning 

 of June last I had the pleasure of capturing, on the banks of the Findhom, Moray- 

 shire, two specimens of a Cryptohyprms which differed from any species of that 

 genus with which I was acquainted. Knowing that Dr. Sharp possessed types of 

 the European species, I sent these specimens to him for determination, and he 

 informs me that they are, in his opinion, to be referred to C. pulchellus, Linn. 

 Though given as British by Stephens, in his Manual, that species does not seem to 

 be in his, or in any other, indigenous collection, as it has been omitted from all the 

 subsequently published Catalogues. Indeed, Stephens' description does not 

 apply to the insect in question, which is about the size of C. 4-pustulatus, with 

 its elytra not deeply punctate-striate with their interstices slightly raised, but 

 deeply sulcate at the base, after the fashion of C. sahulicola. Thorns., recently 

 recorded by Dr. Sharp in this Magazine. — R. Hislop, Blair Bank, Falkirk, loth 

 October, 1868. 



Note on the habits of Sinodendron cylindricum during oviposition, ^c. — In former 

 communications I mentioned an old ash-tree as destroyed by Hylesinus crenatus^ 

 and containing Sinodendron cylindricum in the rotten wood, both in the larval and 



