A NEW BRITISH BEETLE. 



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it in the Isle of Wight. Bred in numbers from~various fungi 

 from Portsea Island, Horndean, Hants, Sherwood Forest, New 

 Forest, Epping Forest, Warlies Park, Essex, Enfield, Orpington, 

 Kent (Pool). 



Not recorded from Scotland or Ireland. 



Genus Octotemxus Mellie. 



O. GLABRTCULUS Gyll. 



No variation observable amongst mature specimens. 

 I have seen pale immature specimens in an old collection under 

 the name of Cisflavus Kirby. 



Abundant everywhere in Boletus on various trees. 



2. A new Species of the 

 Coleopteran Genus Cryptorrhynchus Illiger. 



C. harrisoni, sp. n. 



Black, rostrum stout, slightly narrowed in centre, almost 

 glabrous shiny and red in front ; centre sparingly and base 

 thickly clothed with elongate white scales. Antenna?' red and 

 shiny. Thorax rounded at sides, narrowed at apex, coarsely 

 and closely punctured, sparingly clothed with white scales. 

 Scutellum dull black, finely punctured. Elytra densely clothed 

 at base and apex with white and yellow scales, and more 

 sparingly with similar scales in the centre and marked with 

 straight rows of large shallow punctures, smooth between row T s, 

 very finely punctured near suture. Legs dark reddish, clothed 

 with elongate white scales ; femora with a distinct tooth ; 

 tarsi red. 



Length 3 mm. 



A single specimen was taken by Mr. F. A. Harrison at Frinton- 

 on-Sea, Essex, during the summer of 1915. Unfortunately 

 Mr. Harrison does not remember the circumstances of its 

 capture. 



It may be an importation, but, like CatJiarmiocerus maritimus 

 and other exceedingly local coast weevils, it might easily have 

 been overlooked, especially as the locality appears to have pro- 

 vided but few attractions for British collectors. 



