Its small size prevents it from being confounded with any of our 
species but O. exaratm; from which its duller appearance, closer punc- 
tuation, posteriorly more contracted thorax, &c., at once distinguish it ; 
but it cannot be satisfactorily compared with any of our recorded 
OvUheUi, suggesting, as it does, some of the characteristics of rufi- 
marginatus and others of the giant punciatus. 
CIS VESTiTUS, Mellie, Soc. Ent. de Fr, 1848, p. 354. I possess a 
single example of this species, given to me by Mr. T. Morley, who took 
it in the neighbourhood of Manchester. It is about the size of medium 
festivus, but is narrower and flatter than that insect. Its thorax is 
narrower and more contracted in front than in any of our species, and 
is dull, being very closely punctured. The elytra are rather shining, 
irregularly and closely punctured, and clothed with pile, as in Jiisjndus. 
Bagous ikceratus, Gyll. {encaustus, Boh.\ Schon., 76. Mr.Douglas 
took a single specimen of this exotic-looking beetle whilst hunting for 
Corixcs in a brackish ditch near Gravesend, and I bring it forward on M. 
Brisout's authority. It appears to occur in Austria and the meridional 
parts of France in salt and brackish waters ; also in Germany and South 
Enssia, and in the Caucasus and Pyrenees. It is larger than any of 
our recorded species, except Unodulm, but is utterly unlike any of them, 
owing to its comparatively short legs, broad flat build, shining appear- 
ance, &c. Mr. Douglas' specimen is of an olive-grey colour, with more 
or less distinct brownish markings on the elytra, an irregular transverse 
band on the disc being the most conspicuous. The funiculus of its 
antennae is 6-jointed. 
Ceuthobhynchus aecuatus, Herbst,Gyll.(Schon., 154). This hand- 
some species (which I also bring forward on the authority of M. Brisout) 
was taken some years ago (and also recently) by Mr. J. Kidson Taylor 
of Manchester ; it has also been found by Mr. J. Cliappell of the same 
place, at Cleethorpes, and on the Lancashire coast. I am indebted to 
each of those gentlemen for a specimen of it. According to M. Brisout 
it is rare in the north but more abundant in the centre and south of 
France. It differs from chrysanthemi, Wat. Cat., amongst other things, 
in not having the lateral white marking carried on to the scutellar 
patch, and from asperifoliarum in having the lateral marking originating 
nearer the shoulder, &c. 
CiONUS OLEKS, Fab., Eedt. I have detected a single example of 
this fine species among some British Bhynclwphora taken by Mr. 
Douglas, and sent to me for names. It appears to be spread over the 
whole of Europe, and is not rare in the environs of Paris, on Verbascum, 
