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Momen very broad, oval, above concave, but raised along the dorsal 
line ; connexivum broad, the margin obtusely serrate ; under-side 
convex. 
43. — LocHUS SQTJALiDUS, Doug. & Scott. 
Niger, impunctatus; nodoverticis et appendicibus antennarum hrun- 
3is ; dbdomine supra lividi-hrunneo, lineis brevibus transversis angulisque 
isticis segmentorum connexivi late nigris. Long. 5^ liu. 
Black, except the abdomen, without punctures. 
ead — the posterior node obscurely, and the lobes attached to the antennas light 
brown. 
bdomen — 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 se^ent towards the connexivum j and on the latter the posterior outer 
angle of each segment has a largo triangular black spot. 
The v^hole insect is so thickly clothed with closely-adhering grains 
r sandy matter, which is extremely difficult to remove, that the colour 
ad markings cannot be given more accurately than above. Erom its 
irtby investiture it may be presumed that this insect lies hidden in 
le soil waiting for its pi'ey ; and it is equally easy to believe that its 
•ng posterior legs enable it to spring upon its victims. 
A single specimen ( ? ), only, taken on the plains of Jordan by 
iveeping low plants in April. 
Lee, S.E., 1868. 
Occurrence in Morayshire of an Elater new to the British Usts. — In the beginning 
" June last I had the pleasure of captuiing, on the banks of the Findhorn, Moray- 
dre, two specimens of a Cryptohypnus which differed from any species of that 
3nus with which I was acquainted. Knowing that Dr. Sharp possessed types of 
le European species, I sent these specimens to him for determination, and he 
iforms me that they are, in his opinion, to be referred to C. pulchellus, Linn, 
hough given as British by Stephens, in his Manual, that species does not seem to 
3 in his, or in any other, indigenous collection, as it has been omitted from all the 
ibsequently published Catalogues. Indeed, Stephens' description does not 
pply to the insect in question, which is about the size of C. 4!-pustulatus, with 
8 elytra not deeply punctate-striate with their interstices slightly raised, but 
3eply sulcate at the base, after the fashion of C. sahulicola, Thorns., recently 
icorded by Dr. Sharp in this Magazine. — R. HiSLOP, Blair Bank, Falkirk, Ihth 
ctoher, 1868. 
Note on the habits of Sinodendron cylindricum during oviposition, 8fc. — In former 
immunications I mentioned an old ash-tree as destroyed by Hylcsinus crenatus, 
ad containing Sinodendron cylindricuiu in the rotten wood, both in the larval and 
