100 [September 
[The locality given by Stephens is Powerscourt Falls, Ireland, in holly. It hai 
been taken in profusion at Killaruey by Mr. E. Birchall, and commonly at Moun 
Edgcumbe, Plymouth, by Mr. T. V. Wollasfcon.— E. C. R.] 
Addition of eight species of Coleoptera to the British list. — The following names o 
beetles are entitled to a place in our catalogue, though they do not at presen 
appear therein : — 
1. MeUgethes subrugosus, Sturm. ; Er., Ins. Deutsch., iii, 178, 10. 
A species remarkable for the transverse striae of the elytra, occurring in German; 
and Sweden. Pound by me on the banks of the Water of Ken, in Galloway. 
2. Ax>hodius scrofa. Fab. ; Er., Ins. Deutsch., iii, 85, 44. 
This insect has a very wide distribution in Europe ; and is given as a Britisl 
species in Stephens' works. But no specimens having occurred of late years, it ha 
been rejected from our recent Catalogues ; unjustly, however, for Mr. Sidobothan 
took a specimen two or three years ago at Southport. Though a very distinct anc 
remarkable species, it is small, and might be easily overlooked. 
3. Trachys troglodytes, Schon. ; Kies., Ins. Deutsch., iv, 169, 3. 
Closely allied to the rare T. pygmcBus, but of a different colour and form, and a 
once to be distinguished from that species by the furrow on the front of its heac 
being continued to the margin of the thorax. It occurs on the Continent and ii 
Sweden, but is generally rare. I captured a specimen about three miles fron 
Thornhill, in a marshy place, during March of the present year. The famib 
Buprestidw was before only represented in Scotland by a single species, Agrilu 
viridis ; a sad contrast to the thirty-one species Sweden possesses. 
4. Cryptohypnus sabulicola, Boh. ; Thomson, Sk. Col. vi, 113. 
This remarkably fine species cannot be confounded with any at present in on 
lists. It is, however, pretty closely allied to C. pulchellus, from which it can b( 
distinguished by the following characters : — 
C. sabulicola is very much larger, the posterior angles of the thorax are shorter 
and are not in the least directed outwards, the raised line commencing at thi 
posterior angle only extends about one-third the length of the thoi-ax, and th( 
sculpture of the thorax is much coarser, especially on the disc. The deep furrowi 
with which the elytra are ornamented reach to the apex. 
Hitherto C. sabulicola has occurred only in Sweden, and there rarely ; i 
appears to have been unknown to Kiesenwetter at the time of publication of th( 
Insecten Deutschlands, and it finds no place in the last edition of Schaum's Cata 
logue of European Coleoptera. I have taken twelve specimens on the banks of tht 
Nith here, but only after many days' unprofitable searching for it. The first spooi 
mens I found in some heaps of flood refuse, and have since, at different times 
found a specimen or two at large. Mr. W. Lennon has also found two specimen! 
on the banks of the river at Dumfries. It is not only very rare, but most difficuli 
to secure when seen, for it is very wary, but most active. 
5. Phratora cavifrons, Thoms., Sk. Col., viii, 278. 
Distinguished from P. vidgatissima by its smaller size, regularly striated elytra 
different male characters, &c. : from P. vitellina} by the long antennas, more oblong 
