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in Scotland, running in muddy places on the banks of rivers and streams ^ 
the latter occurs very rarely in England and Scotland, in Sphagnum. M 'S 
9la.ca must, therefore, be added to our hst, and M. elongata, Ktz., must' be r 
pressed It may readily be distinguished from eZo^.a^ Matthews, by its smaili, 
size and darker colour, the palpi and legs especially being nearly black.-E C 2 
10, Lower Park Fields, Putney, S.W., Jfowm&er, 1869. ' " 
Note^on Phytonomus JuUnii, 8ahllerg.~M. Capiomont, in his recent 'Revisio- 
des Hyperides,' Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 1868, vol. 8. p. 153, considers thi 
ject (which he apparently with correctness, indentifies with the Hy.era alternant 
of Stephens) as decidedly distinct from P. Pollu., of which the late Mr WalJ 
thought It to be a mere color variety. The addition of P. JulAnU to our lists as' 
good species has already been made, and on the authority of M. Capiomont; bnt 
have thought .t may not be altogether useless if I were to enumerate the character 
upon wh.ch that gentleman proposes to separate it from P. Pollu. (four spe 
intervene between them in the work above quoted), as the insect is nol unco^ 
here ( assez commun en France," p. 152, " assez rare en France," p. 155) an 
observers m different parts of the kingdom maybe more fortunate than I, in find 
those characters suffloiently constajit. ' 
th»tT; '^t""""';'"'" "'"'"^ ""'■ •'"'•"* 'P-l^^. ""- »"taS general), 
^1^:,TT : " 'T' '""°' °" "^'"-'^ ^'' alternately HneaL J 
fs Is Itf h • " ""'""' " '=""* " '"- "" "■' «P-- allied to it, aad 
PoZh , T- ' """ "' ''•™ '" -"-"iffe-n' fronr that rf P. 
72TT; , r """ '"^ """ °' "" ^'^'^ '» ^- ^»M are better 
St oe, ; ° T "" """^ """"■ ■'°™' -^ "»««- ""'«=''> t»e inter. 
r:;TreXrr^"°""°""' °""^™ '°"---- -^ - -- ^ 
dictot' "; T' "r.'r °' '• ''°""' ""' '"'-"■»-=-g -i". tte somewhat cent™- 
drcto^ statement that .t has .„.«, the form of P. JuUnU, he ennmeratcs (ia 
add. .on to the above characters) the followin;, points of discrepancy ,-thc rostrnn. 
.s a bttle longer .n P„«„, ? , and the depression between the eyes is ge 1 W 
be^^ter „arted, t ethora.is less ra.nlosely pn„etured (th„.,h, asL adn,L 
a.e e. ep..„ns on th,s pent) , the colours of the elytra, instead of being Sep .-ated 
by d.st.„e .ntervals, are eonfnsed, so that they are uniformly va.-ie.ated with 
g. y and blact, always excepting the 3..d and 7th interstices, which are variegated 
w.th wl,.te for a greater or less portion of their length ; the punctures of the stri» 
are more uneven ; the interstices are more shagreened (in L»u more re Jl* 
shagreenod p. 156), and the female of mi„ is uever so ventricose a ThI 
z :r; '":: t :'■ '"''°"°°' '°^"^ °*' '^'- --^ ''» --i 'pet 
mens of P„, ,„ that have come under his observation, he ha, never seen a sin* 
TdLo d" t '"'","'""' "°°*" " '° «»"■■ "' -- ""- '^» -'- ' "^ 
so bsposcd as to perm.t the suspicion of a passage from one species to the other. 
alls 'T r ' T 1'°''"" '"'"°'''"' "'''^ "'* "■■= ''" -^ "" -'--'-» 
amo t enfrely, and the bases of some of the other inte„tices, whitish, and 
admits connections between this var. and the type. 
