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Beran oftheslates wv gerne Apa ile NE Caleta Mes Mpa Malay bc Additions to the Library during 1862—63 . berg tae on sc sins) AL List of Members and Subscribers, March, 1864. Bye-Laws of ne Society. ” Errata. Ill. IV. VIII. MEMOIRS. . On Pronophila, a Genus of the Diurnal Lepidoptera; with Figures _ of the New Species, and References to all those which have been previously figured or described. By W. C. eae Esq., F. L. 8. ° e ° ° ° ° ° e e ° e e ° e ° eo . Notes on Chrysomelide in the Linnean and Banksian Collections. By G.R. Wateruoust, Esq., V.P.Z.S.,&c. . » . Descriptions of New Species of Aculeate Hymenoptera, collected at Panama by R. W. Stretch, Esq., with a List of described Species and the various Localities where they have previously occurred. By Freperick Suitn, Esq., Pres. Entom. Soc. « Descriptions of the British Species of ‘the Genus Euplectus (Family JPEG) By G. R. Wareruovuse, Esgq., WolbAatlg ales = 6° Mo Bora Siar Welarnon bre Wet Ho ts . Descriptions of New Species of Australian Hymenoptera, and of a Species of Formica from New Zealand. By FREpERIcK Smitu, Esq., Pres. Entom. Soc. UNG) Kocro ace! eee . On the Comparative Influence of Periodicity and Temperature upon’ the Development of Insects. By M.C. Vertoren, M.D. . Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. By Francis Watker, Esq., F.L.S. . . Notes on the Species of Triplar of Stephens’ “ Illustrations” and Collection. By G. R. Wateruouse, Esq., V.P.Z.S., &c. . Descriptions of Scymnus discoideus (Family Coccinellide), and Two allied Species; and Description of a New Species of Bryaxis (Family pe By G. R. Warernouvse, IEGbs WolteAcSin CX85.6 5 4 Chaar aaet: O Rere HBC Ye cpt 18 29 45 . 132 vl CONTENTS. PAGE X. On the Euphorbia-infesting Coleoptera of the Canary Islands. By T. V. Wouaston, Esg., M.A., F.L.S. . . - « 186 XI. On the Ptinide of the Canary Islands. By T. V. Wor- LAsTON, Esq. MAA. BLS. 2.4. 5 © « =) tao XII. Descriptions of New Species of the Genus Bassus. By Tuomas Desyienes, Esq. . . - » » » « « + 215 XIII. A few Words on the Synonymy of Laverna Langiella. By H. T. Stainton, Esq., F.L.S.,F.G.S. Meine Suet Citic 24 XIV. Descriptions of Two New Species of Ephialtes. By. Tuomas Desvicnes, Esq. «. . © + + © « + + 226 XV. Note on the Strongylorhinus ochraceus of Schonherr, and Descriptions of ‘Two nearly-allied Species of Curcu- lionide from Australia. By G.R. Warteruouvse, Esq., NE DWAR ES Chm a mc encibtnte G “cascnyor Cla oe) 6 4) XVI. Descriptions of the British Species of the Genus Stenophylaz, By R. M‘Lacuuan, Esq., F.L.S. . . . - + « . 232 XVII. Descriptions of the British Species of the Genus Gyrophena (Group Staphylini, Family Aleocharidz). By G. R. WATERHOUSE, Esqe, Web) Zi.0:, CC cs lle) eee been XVIII. Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera in the Collection of A. Fry, Esq. By F. Wavxer, Esq., F.L.S. . . ~ 253 XIX. Characters of undescribed Lepidopéera in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq., F.R.S. Py F. Watker, Esq., PSS iat ellie acelt eae nal BO eee 6 0. 6. OER XX. On some New Species of South African Butterflies. By Roranp Trimen, Esq. . . « 1S Tony a eeaao. XXII. Descriptions of Nine Exotic Species of the Genus Gracilaria. By H. T. Srainton, Esq., F.L.S., F.G.S. . . . - 291 XXII. Characters.of New Species of Exotic Trichoptera ; also of One New Species inhabiting Britain. By R. M‘Lacuuan, ITS bolas o eR GG bred ie eee co, eo 6 GOL - XXIII. Description of a New Genus and Species of Noctuites. By F. Watxer, Esq., F.L.S. oot oe oo BLU XXIV. On the Asiatic aka Moths. By Frep. Moore, Bisque 5 tm ° = oy clea acpibel ye omnes XXV. On the Restoration of Obsolete Names in Entomology. By Dr. H. Scuaum : “is 4 oe XXVI. Observations upon the Nomenclature adopted in the recently-published ‘ Catalogue of British Coleoptera,” CONTENTS. vil PAGE having reference more especially to Remarks contained in Dr. Schaum’s Paper “On the Restoration of Obsolete Names in Entomology.” By G. R. WareruHouse, Esq., V.P.Z.S., &c. Sieg) 6 eso oo 0b oes XXVII. On the Development of Lonchoptera. By Joun Luszocx, Esq: PRS. FobS., FsG.S:, Xe... 5. 5 sg 888 XXVIII. Notes on Chalcidites, and Characters of undescribed Species. Byj he WACKER, Esq, Eolbes. 9. sh 6) ct 1 OAD XXIX. On some New Species of South African Butterflies collected in British Kaffraria by W.S. M. D’Urban, Esq., during 1860—61. By Rotanp Trimen, Esgy. . . . . . 398 XXX. A List of the Genera and Species belonging to the Family Cryptoceride, with Descriptions of New Species; also a List of the Species of the Genus Echinopla. By Freperick Suitu, Esq., Pres. Entom. Soc. Seeoneee dO XXXI. Descriptions of New East Asiatic Species of Haliplide and Hydroporide. By the Rev. Hamier Crarx, M.A., F. L. S. e e e e e e e e e ° e e e e e 417 XXXII. Descriptions of some New Exotic Species of Lucanide. By J. O. Westwoop, Esq., M.A., F.L.S., Hopeian Professor of Zoology . ... . wieke ore epee a9 XXXIII. Note upon certain British Species of the Genus Quedius, in which the Elytra are more or less zneous and the Scu- tellum punctured. By G. R. ae Esq., Wel eeAssen (C15 TSS Seinen | Meola So ees XXXIV. A few Remarks upon Mr, James Thomson’s Caibachi of Lucanide, published in the ‘‘ Annales de la Société En- tomologique de France, 1862.” es Major F, J. Sipney BARNET JO) Sho Igiee Wig. BO 82 i ee . 442 XXXV. A few Observations upon Lucanus: Lama, Oliv., and its Synonymy. By Major F. J. Sipyey Parry, F.L.S. . 453 XXXVI. On the Species of Catascopus found by Mr. Wallace in the Malay Peninsular and East Indian Islands. By W. W. Saunpvers, Esq. F.RS., F.L.S., V.P. Ent. Stele Se iG 6 D6 co 9) a) a oi: tes Be eecnis) XXXVII. Observations on Ants of eae Africa. By F. ai Esq., Press Ent. Soe. -.:. . at Myghablalee . 470 XXXVIII. Notes on Omalium riparium, Homalota levana, H. dilati- cornis and H. nigritula. By G. R. Wateruouse, Esq., (Wie) Bafa has Cao iat ae etc Ae iiles aa ee ad MOM 17 XXXIX. On the Geographical Distribution of European Rhopalo- Gi 1 Nee LOT I A a 6 a in on eeu Vill CONTENTS. PAGE XL. On Anisocentropus, a New Genus of Exotic Trichoptera, with Descriptions of Five Species, and of a New Species of Dipseudopsis, By R. M‘Lacutan, Esq., F.L.S. . 492 XLI. Descriptions of Brazilian Honey-bees belonging to the Genera Melipona and Trigona, which were exhibited, together with Samples of their Honey and Wax, in the Brazilian Court of the Internationa] Exhibition of 1862. By F. Surru, Esq., Pres. Ent. Soc. SEIS pte. hes ire tO XLII. Descriptions of Two New Australian Lucanide. By J. O. Westwoon, Esq., M.A., F.L.S., Hopeian Prof. ofsZoologyitas . ieee: Soe ae eos 6) O13) XLIII. Descriptions of Two New oo of Diurnal Lepidoptera. By W. C2 Hewitson, BsqykelieS. 9. «3 aeolian XLIV. Descriptions of Three New Species of the Genus Antho- charis, Boisd., and a New Species of the Genus Puis, Hubn., from Tropical South-Western Africa. By INO) (mG Feo «oo ae 6 6 co 6 Ole) XLV. Notes on the Australian Longicornia, with Descriptions of Sixty New Species. By F. P. Pascoz, Esq., F.L.S., Mi ee loin oe ol gc oe co pC emo Gg. oo BLE XLVI. Hemipterorum Exoticorum Generum et Specierum non- nullarum novarum Descriptiones. Auct. Doct. C. Stan 571 XLVII. On the Generic Characters afforded by the Habits of various leaf-mining Micro-Lepidopterous Larve, By H. T. Stainton, Esq., F.U.S.,F.G.S. . .°. . 604 XLVIII. Descriptions of New Phytophaga. By J.S. Baty, Esq. . 611 XLIX. Descriptions of some New Species of Exotic Longicorn Beetles. By J. O. Westwoop, Esq., M.A., F.LS., WP OC OUAWPAy 6 6 Gea go 6 oc oo GUE L. On the European Species of the Genus Cosmopteryr. By leks dis SIMON Joby SIT Sy Cbs | G6 a a «6 Gi LI. On the Types of Phryganid@ described by Fabricius from the Banksian Collection. By R. M‘Lacuuay, Esq., F.L.S. BS Steen er wate te mica ce, GER Journaljofebroceedings tor 186... ana meet 5 i e ss TOTALS G2 56s a hse ten tae aa eae as ore Ix 5 i POTN BGS oP en aun e! Wee mele Sas) ci ORO, MT Gex. ©: Cane ee cake gr = Oe cat SUM eM ene ela ee at) Mae ere EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. —— Prate. Fic. I. 1,2. Pronophila Parepa, Hew. 3, 4, Dp Phila, Hew. 5, 6. 5 Phea, Hew. 7, 8. 5p Peruda, Tiew. II. 9, 10. nA Plotina, Hew. 11, 12. tp Pylus, Hew. 13, 14. A Peucestas, Hew. 15, 16. a5 Pallantis, Hew. Ill. 17. i Physcoa, Hew. 18. Sp Phanias, Hew. 19. ; Poesia, Hew. XD, Ble 50 Pisonia, Hew. 22. 2 Panyasis, Hew. 23. vs Piletha, Hew. 24, Ap Prytanis, Hew. IV. Doe AB Pausia, Hew. 26, 27. Ap Paneis, Hew. 28. 9p Porina, Hew. 29. is Procrna, Hew. 30. 53 Phenissa, Hew. 3l, 32. Ss Polusca, Hew. Vaan 33. i Cordillera, Westw. 34. eS Porsenna, Hew. 35, 36. 8p Prosymna, Hew. VI. Bio 7 Phaselis, Hew. 38. ‘e Protogenia, Hew. 39. 7s Prochyta,. Hew. 40, 41, i Patrobas, Hew. VII. 1. Leipaspis caulicola, Woll.; and details, 2. Caulonomus rhyzophagoides, Woll.; and details. 3. Pristoscelis deplanatus, Woll.; and details. 4, Thallestus swbellipticus, Woll. 5. Clerus Paive, Woll. 6. Thallestus typh@oides, Woll.; and details. 7. Eutriptus putricola, Woll.; and details. 8. Homulota Canariensis, Woll. 9. Eubrachium ovale, Woll.; and details. EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. Prats. Fic. VIII. 1. Casapus Bonvouloivit, Woll.; and details. 2. », alticola, Woll. 3. 5, subcalvus, Woll. 4, Dignomus gracilipes, Woll. ; and details. 5. Nitpus gonospermi, J. Duval; and details. 6. Sphericus simpler, Woll.; and details. 7. Piarus basalis, Woll.; and details. 8. Piotes inconstans, Woll.; and details, 9. ,, vestita, Woll. IX. 1, Stenophylax Vibex, Cur. ; anal appendages. 2. 3 hieroglyphicus, Ste.; do. 3. . striatus, Pict. ; do. 4. as lateralis, Ste. ; do. 5. op cingulatus, Ste.; do. 6. ap latipennis, Cur. 5 do. Ife OF stellatus, Cur. ; do. 8. oD radiatus, Ramb. ; do. Re ? concentricus, Kol.; do. Gracilaria formosa, Sta. plagata, Sta. a albo-marginata, Sta. resplendens, Sta. quadrifasciata, Sta. i Gemoniella, Sta. Calicella, Sta. Terminalie (Atkinson, MS.), Sta. 9. AS nitidula, Sta. X1. Development of Lonchoptera (lutea, P. 2). 1.- Outline of larva seen from above. X 30. aaand bb. The lines along which the larval skin splits to - admit of the escape of the perfect insect. c. Anterior spiracle. d. Posterior spiracle. e. Longitudinal trachea. ff. Two transverse branches. g. Minute orifice on the fourth segment. 2. First three segments, with the head retracted. x 60. 3, 4. Organs on the head, apparently adapted for sensation, and possibly representing antenne. X 250. 5. Portion of margin. X 60. 6. Skin of dorsal surface. X 250. 7. Part of the last segment. a. The large posterior seta. b. The spiracle. c. The trachea. d, A place where two of the lateral processes have been slightly separated from one another. ° ~ ~) NAAR HY © ° ~ 2 ES) Parte. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. XVII XVIII. XIX. Fic. me Pw e SO MID 8. go NH ODIWADM a 5. 6. 7. EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. Posterior end of body seen from below. X 30. a. The tubercles of the posterior margin. bb. The foot-like lobes. The insect in the second stage. X 30. Cryptocerus angulatus, Smith, 8, major. ns 4-maculatus, Klug, 3. os celypeatus, Fabr., 9. % placidus, Smith, @. Meranoplus oceanicus, Smith, 9. . Cryptocerus minutus, Fabr., 3, major. Meranoplus armatus, Smith, 3. Cryptocerus elongatus, Klug, 3. ss membranaceus, Klug, 3. Echinopla preterta, Smith, 9. . Cataulacus flagitiosus, Smith, 9. Echinopla pallipes, Smith, 9. . Cryptocerus cognatus, Smith, ¢. . Meranoplus spinosus, Smith, 9. . Cryptocerus elongatus, Klug, 9 ., . Meranoplus subpilosus, Smith, 3. . Echinopla striata, Smith, 9. As melanarctos, Smith, 9. 35 nitida, Smith, 9. Ryssonotus? jugularis, Westw.; and details. . Sinodendron? areolatum, Westw.; and details. . Mitophyllus Parrianus, Westw.; and details. Ceratognathus punctatissimus, Westw.; and details. a 1 mentiferus, Westw.; and details. Dorcus adspersus, Bohem.; and details. Homoderus Mellyi, Parry, g; and details. as » 3 and details. Catascopus splendidus, W.W.S.; and details. AA eneus, W.W.S.; and details, a Schaumii, W.W.S.; and details. Ae Wallacei, W.W.S.; and details, Me Aruensis, W.W.S.; and details. 33 versicolor, W.W.S.;. and details. pte levigatus, W.W.S.; and details. Be levipennis, W.W.S.; and details. um punctipennis, W.W.S.; and details. “ elongatus, W.W.S.; and details. 56 rugicollis, W.W.S.; and details. Anisocentropus illustris, M‘Lach.; and details. i dilucidus, M‘Lach. ae pyraloides, Walk.; and details. Bs immunis, M‘Lach. *, latifascia, Walk. Dipseudopsis collaris, M‘Lach, xl Xil Pate. XX. XXI. XXII. XXIII. XXIV. XXV. EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. Ere: 1. Melipona fulvipes, 9; and details. 2. x anthidioides, worker. 3. »» Mondury, Smith ; worker. 4, Trigona mellea, Smith ; worker. 5. », longipes, Smith ; worker 6. », Mombuca, Smith; and details. file as Tataira, Smith, g. 8. Anterior wing of Melipona. 9. = Trigona, with transverse cubital nervures obsolete. 10. eri My i : incomplete. 11. Tongue of Trigona mellea, Smith ; worker. 12: 5 Melipona rufiventris, St. Farg.; worker. 13. “ Trigona amalthea, Smith; worker. 14, a Melipona anthidioides, worker. 16. 5 Trigona recursa, Smith ; worker. 1. Dorcus Howittanus, Westw., ¢. MOAR WONm=ARwWONYeK WD » Pelorides; Westw., 9; and details. », carbonarius, Westw., 9; and details. Aphneope sericata, Pasc. . Elete inscripta, Pasc. Solimnia sublineata, Pase. Thyada brevicornis, Pase. . Mycerinus luctuosus, Pase. Phalota tenella, Pasce. Oricopis wumbrosus, Pase. Phaolus Macleayi, Pasc. Typhocesis Macleayi, Pasc. Cleadne melanaria, Pasc. Atimura terminata, Pasc. Abryna eximia, Newm., var. cuprea. ee > var. viridis. 55 Semperi, Westw. . Acronia perelegans, Westw.; and details. Lamia ocellifera, Westw.; and details. Abryna eximia, elytron seen obliquely. 99 yy Var. purpureo-nigricans. 5, © notha, Newm. », c@nosa, Newm.; and details. », fausta, Newm, >, Newmanni, Westw. Zygocera pruinosa, MacL., ¢. a metallica, Westw., 2. Gy xu») ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY. FROM THE Isr JANUARY, 1862, TO THE 3lsr DECEMBER, 1863. [Nore.—The books to which the letter (A) is prefixed have been accepted subject 1o certain conditions embodied in a Minute of the Council dated 6th April, 1863. ] (A) L’Art de conserver et gouverner les Abeilles, de fabriquer le Miel et la Cire. 12mo. Paris. 1801. Atheneum. 1862, 1863. (A) Bacster (Samuel, Jun.), The Management of Bees. With a description of the “‘ Ladies Safety Hive.” 8vo. London. 1834. (A) Bees. The Naturalist’s Library. Entomology. 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Note pour servir a l'histoire des Métamorphoses du genre Phasia. Notices Entomologiques. 1. Sur I’ Epeia sericea et le Pompilus croceicornis, avec quelques considérations sur leur habitat géographique.—II. Sur I) Euchalcis Miegii, nouveau genre et nouvelle espéce de Chalcidite et sur quelques autres Hymén- optéres de ce méme genre.—III. Sur une nouvelle espéce d’Astata.—1V. Sur une nouvelle espece de Bembex.—V. Sur une nouvelle espéce de Cephus——VI. Sur une nouvelle espéce de Phalangopsis.—Lettre a la Société Entomologique de France. —Notice nécrologique sur le Professeur Mieg. Notices Entomologiques (Suite). I. Consultation sur une larve aquatique.—II, Note critique sur le Scorpio Savignyi, Duf.— III. Notice sur la Formica Savignyi, Duf.—I1V. Description de la galle de la Jasonia glutinosa et du Tephritis qui la produit. —V. Description de la larve du Nosodendron. Notice sur le Misocampus stigmatizans (Ichneumon stigmatizans, Fabr.). 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Pictet, Professor J. C., Geneva. Schaum, Dr. H., Berlin.. Zeller, Professor P. C., Meseritz. Zetterstedt, Professor J. W., Ph. D., &c., Lund. Date of Election. 1849 S. Allis, Thomas H., York. 1858 §. Allchin, W. H., M.D., 7, Pembridge Villas, Bayswater, W. 1856 Armytage, Edward, 4, Grove End Road, St. John’s Wood, N.W. 1857 Atkinson, W. S., M.A., F.L.S., La Martiniére, Calcutta. * ¢ Babington, Professor C.C., M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.G.S., St. John’s College, Cambridge. 1857 Bakewell, R., F.L.S., 96, St. John’s Wood Terrace, Circus Road, St. John’s Wood, N.W. 1850 Baly, J. S., 4, Francis Terrace, Kentish Town, N.W. 1849 §. Barlow, F., St. Andrew’s Street, Cambridge. 1861 Bates, Henry Walter, F.Z.S., 22, Harmood Street, N.W. 1851 Beaumont, Alfred, Greave, Meltham, near Huddersfield. 1860 Bigot, J., Rue de Luxembourg, Paris. 1854 Birt, Jacob, 30, Sussex Gardens, Hyde Park, W. 1849 §.} Bladon, J., Albion House, Pont-y-pool. 1841 Bond, Fred., F.Z.S., 37, Trumpington Street, Cambridge. 1860 Bonvouloir, Henri de, 15, Rue de |’ Université, Paris. * Bowerbank, J. S., Ph. D., F.R.S., F.G.S., F.L.S., 38, Highbury Grove, N. 1852 + Boyd, Thomas, 17, Clapton Square, N.E. 1856 Braikenridge, Rev. G. W., M.A., F.L.S., Clevedon, near Bristol. 1849 §. Brown, Edwin, Burton-on-Trent. 1862 Browne, Rev. T. H., High Wycombe, Bucks. 1863 Bryant, George, India Office, Victoria Street, Westminster, S.W. 1855 Burnell, E. H., 32, Bedford Row, W.C. 1860 Candéze, Dr. E., Glain, Liége. 1859 Chaudoir, Baron Maximilien de, Volhynia, Russia. 1850 Clark, Rev. Hamlet, M.A., F.L.S., 12, Bulstrode Street, Man- chester Square, W. 1853 Cox, Capt. Charles James, Q.G.G.A., Fordwich House, Canterbury. 1857 Croker, T. F. Dillon, 19, Pelham Place, Brompton, S.W. * ( xxyill) ORDINARY MEMBERS AND SUBSCRIBERS. Marked * are Original Members. Marked + have compounded for their Annual Subscriptions. Marked 8. are Subscribers. + Darwin, Charles, M.A., F.R.S., &c., Down, near Bromley, 8.E. S. Dawson, John, Carron, near Falkirk, Stirlingshire. XXVII1 Date of Election. 1853 ORDINARY MEMBERS AND SUBSCRIBERS. De Grey and Ripon, Earl, F.R.S., F.L.S., &c., 1, Carlton Gardens, S.W. Desvignes, Thomas, Fir Tree Cottage, Woodford, N.E. Devonshire, Duke of, K.G., F.R.S., &c., Piccadilly, W. Deyrolle, Achille, 19, Rue de la Monnaie, Paris. Dohrn, Dr. C. A., Pres. Ent. Verein, Stettin. Dossetor, T. P., 12, Poultry, E.C. Doubleday, Henry, Epping. Dunning, J. W., M.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S., Secretary, 1, Old Square, Lincoln’s Inn, W. C. Dutton, James, 2, Theresa Place, Hammersmith, W. Evans, W. F., Admiralty, Whitehall, S.W. Fenning, George, Lloyds, E.C. Francis, Horace, 38, Upper Bedford Place, Russell Square, W.C. Fry, Alexander, F.L.S., 1, Holland Villas Road, Kensington, W. Gloyne, C. P., 9, Summerhill Parade, Dublin. Gould, J., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.Z.S., 26, Charlotte Street, Bedford Square, W.C. Gray, John, Wheatfield House, Bolton, Lancashire. Gray, John Edw., Ph. D., F.R.S., British Museum, W. C. Grenfell, John G., British Museum, W.C. Groves, W., 1, Lee Place, Lee, 8.E. Grut, Ferdinand, 9, King Street, Southwark, S.E. Guyon, George, Ventnor, Isle of Wight. Hackshaw, Robert, 29, Merton Road, Kensington, W. Hamilton, Major T., India. Hanson, Samuel, 43, Upper Harley Street, W. Haward, Alfred, Eagle Cottage, Gloucester Road, Croydon, 8. Hearsey, Lieut. Gen. Sir J. B., K.C.B., F.L.S., F.Z.5., The Manor House, St. John’s Wood Park, N.W. Hewitson, W. C., F.L.S., Oatlands, Weybridge. Howitt, Godfrey, M.D., Collins Street East, Melbourne. Hughes, T. E., Wallfield, Reigate. Hunter, John, Sycamore Grove, New Malden, S8.W. Janson, E. W., Librarian, 2, Alma Road, OS Hill, N. Jekel, iene Paris. Jenyns, Rev. L., M.A, F.L.S., F.G.S., 1, Darlington Place, Bath. Jesse, F. A., F.L.S., Llanbedr Hall, Ruthin, Denbighshire. Johnson, Henry, Hampstead Hill, N.W. Keeley, R. G., 11, Sydney Terrace, Marlboro’ Road, Chelsea, 8.W. Kirby, W. F., 29, Nelson Terrace, New Hampstead Road, Kentish Town, N.W. Kuper, Rev. C., Trellich, Chepstow. Lacerda, Antonio de, Bahia. Laing, James A., Paragon Road, Blackheath, S. E. Lea, J. W., The Grange, Shepperton Green, Chertsey. Lee, John, L.L.D., F.R.S., &c., Hartwell House, Aylesbury. Date of Election. 1859 1835 1851 1849 1850 1850 1851 1858 1856 1860 1860 1858 1853 1859 1861 1849 1841 18638 1840 1854 1860 ~ 1862 1852 1851 1855 1857 1861 1861 1849 1849 * 1853 1857 1860 1864 1862 1847 1851 1852 1853 1863 t = +A N+ pn ORDINARY MEMBERS AND SUBSCRIBERS. XX1X Lewis, Rev. Evan, B.A., Rothwell, Northamptonshire. Lingwood, R. M., M.A.. F.L.S., F.G.8., Lyston, near Ross, Here- fordshire. Lodder, Major H., 47th Infantry. Logan, R. F., Hawthornbrae, Duddingstone, near Edinburgh. Lowe, Dr., Balgreen, Slateford, near Edinburgh. Lubbock, John, F.R.S., F.L.S., F.Z.8., &c., Chiselhurst. M‘Intosh, J., Matfen Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. M‘Lachlan, Robert, F.L.S., 1, Park Road Terrace, Forest Hill, S.E. Marshall, William, Elm Lodge, Clay Hill, Enfield. May, J. W., 9, Victoria Road, Finchley Road, N.W. Miller, C., 17, Silurian Terrace, Broke Road, Dalston, N.E. Mitford, R. H., Haverstock Place, Hampstead, N.W. Moore, Frederic, 16, Rochester Terrace, Kentish Town Road, N.W. Mosse, G. Staley, 12, Eldon Road, Kensington, W. Murray, Andrew, F. L. S., Royal Horticultural Society, South Kensington, S.W. Newman, Edward, F.L.S., F.Z.S., M. Imp. L. C. Acad., 7, York Grove, Queen’s Road, Peckham, S.E. Owen, Richard, M.D., L.L.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.G.S., British Museum, W.C. Parfitt, Edward, Devon and Exeter Institution, Exeter. Parry, Major F. J. Sidney, F.L.S., 18, Onslow Square, S.W. Pascoe, Francis P., F.L.S., President, 7, Palace Garden Villas, Kensington, W. Pelerin, W. G., 237, Queen’s Road, Dalston, N.E. Phillipps, William, Reigate Lodge, Reigate. Pickersgill, J. C., Hooley House, Coulsdon, Croydon, §. Preston, Rey. T. A., M.A., The College, Marlborough. Reading, J. J., 11, Ham Street, Plymouth. Robinson, E. W., 43, Harmood Street, Kentish Town, N.W. Ruspini, F. O., 85, Oakley Square, Chelsea, S.W. Saunders, G. S., Hill Field, Reigate. Saunders, 8. S., H.M. Consul, Alexandria, Egypt. Saunders, W. F., F.L.S., Hill Field, Reigate. Saunders, W. W., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c., Hill Field, Reigate. Saussure, H. F. de, Geneva. Sealy, A. F., M.A., India. Seaton, George. Semper, Georg, Altona. Sharp, David, 13, London Road, St. John’s Wood, N.W. Shepherd, Edwin, Secretary, 176, Fleet Street, E.C. Sheppard, Augustus F., 13, Church Terrace, Lee, S.E. Sheppard, Edward, F.L.S., 5, Ladbroke Place West, Notting Hill, W. _ Signoret, Victor, 51, Rue de Seine, Paris. Smith, E, A., 27, Richmond Crescent, Islington, N. XXX Date of Election. 1850 # 1848 1862 1837 1859 1854 1850 1856 1838 1859 1853 1859 1854 1849 1854 1862 1862 1850 1858 1863 1850 1850 * 1845 1855 a ORDINARY MEMBERS AND SUBSCRIBERS. Smith, Frederick, British Museum, W.C. Spence, W. B., 18, Lower Seymour Street, Portman Square, W. Stainton, H. T., F.L.S., F.G.S., Mountsfield, Lewisham, S.E. Stevens, John S., 24, Bloomsbury Street, W.C. Stevens, Samuel, F.L.S., Treasurer, 24, Bloomsbury Street, W.C. Tegetmeier, W. B., Muswell Hill, N. Thompson, Miss Sophia, Barn Hill, Stamford. Thompson, Thomas, Hull. Thomson, James, 23, Rue de I’ Université, Paris. Thwaites, G. R. K., F.L.S., Ceylon. Timins, Douglas, Oriel College, Oxford. Tompkins, H., 44, Guildford Street, Russell Square, W.C. Trimen, Roland, Cape Town. Turner, J. Aspinall, M.P., Cross Street, Manchester. Vaughan, P. H., Redland, near Bristol. Wailes, George, Burghfield Grange, Gateshead. Walcott, Edmund, Oriental Club, Hanover Square, W. Walcott, W. H. L., 11, Vyvyan Terrace, Clifton, Bristol. Walker, Francis, F.L.S., The Avenue, Church End, Finchley, N. Wallace, Alexander, M.D., East Hill, Colchester. Wallace, Alfred R., F.Z.S.., F.R.G.S., 5, Westbourne Grove Ter- race, Bayswater, W. Ward, S. Neville, Hon. E. I. C. Civil Service, Madras. Waring, 8. L., The Oaks, Norwood, S.- Waterhouse, G. R., V.P.Z.S., &c., British Museum, W.C. Weir, J. Jenner, 6, Haddo Villas, Blackheath, S.E. Were, R. B., 35, Osborne Terrace, Clapham Road, S. Westwood, Professor J. O., M.A., F.L.S., &c., Henley House, Oxford. Wilkinson, 8. J., 7, Jeffrey’s Square, St. Mary Axe, E.C. Wix, William, Cockshot Hill, Reigate. Wollaston, T. Vernon, M.A., F.L.S., 1, Barnepark Terrace, Teign- mouth, Devon. Wormald, Percy C., 6, Brondesbury Terrace, Kilburn, N.W. (| Xxxi ) CORRESPONDING MEMBERS. Date of Election. 1850 Bach, Michael, Boppard-on-the-Rhine. 1844 Baraston, George, Hudson’s Bay. 1846 Blagrove, Lieut. Thomas, 26th Bengal Infantry. 1849 Blair, Daniel, M.D., Surgeon-General, British Guiana. 1846 Bowman, John, Bombay. 1847 Bowring, L. B., Bancoorah, near Burdwall, Bengal. 1842 Boys, Capt. W. J. E., India. 1846 Brain, T. H., Principal of Sydney College, New South Wales. 1844 Buonaparte, Prince Lucien. 1839 Cantor, Dr. 1844 Chiaga, Stephano della, Naples. 1844 Costa, Achille, Naples. 1852 Cox, F., Van Diemen’s Land. 1850 Dalton, H. G., George Town, Demerara. 1839 Downes, Ezra. 1846 Elliot, Walter, Madras. 1864 Fereday, R. W., Oakley Station, Christ Church, oe rae N.Z. 1841 Fraser, Louis, H. M. Vice-Counsul, Whidah. 1847 Gilbert, G. A., Port Philip. 1849 Goding, F., M.D., Barbadoes. 1847 Gray, M., St. Petersburgh. 1839 Griffith, W. 1846 Layard, E. L. 1846 Layard, F. P., Bengal Infantry. 1838 Low, Hugh, Labuan. 1849 M‘Lelland, J., Culcutta, ~ 1846 Peters, Francis, Zanzibar. 1846 Pope, John, Hong Kong. 1839 Sayers, Lieut. 1839 Schomburgh, Sir R. 1846 Smith, Dr. G., Madras. 1842 Stevenson, —. 1849 Thomas, Grant, Barbadoes. 1849 Walcott, R. B., M.D., Barbadoes. 1841 Wiegand, Sir F. 1845 Wilkinson, Sir J. Gardner. 1847 Wilson, C. A., Adelaide, South Australia. 1841 Younger, Lieut. John Robertson. ( XXxxii ) ERRATA. TRANSACTIONS. Page 447, line 20 from bottom, for ‘‘ Ludetringii,” read ‘“‘ Ludekingii.” op HSE gy YD) pp for 300,” read ‘‘ 400.” » 563 ,, 11 from top, for ‘‘ asemoides,” read ‘‘ asemoides,”” JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS. Page cvii, line 20 from top, for ‘‘ N.S. v.,” read “ 3rd Series, vol. i., p. 437.” » ¢vili ,, 3 from bottom, for ‘‘Somnertr,” read ‘‘ Sommeri.” » cix ,, 6 from top, for “‘ Somner,”’ read ‘‘Sommer.”’ PE OXViluau same) BY for ‘‘ four,” read ‘‘ six.” 35 cl ,, 14 from bottom, for ‘‘ pLatycEPHALa,’’ read ‘‘ PLANIFRONS.” bottom line, for ‘‘ platycephala,” read ‘ planifrons.” » Cli, line 4 from bottom, for “ Apelocheira,” read “ Aphelocheira.” TRANSACTIONS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. I. On Pronophila, a Genus of the Diurnal Lepidoptera ; with Figures of the new Species, and reference to all those which have been previously figured or described. By W. C. Hewitson. [Read March 4th, 1861.] Axout fifteen years ago, the time when I first thought it possible that a butterfly might possess beauty, although it was not British, and became thoroughly fascinated with these beautiful things, there was not, I believe, a single example of this genus in any of our English collections. In 1846, Mr. Dyson sent several species from Venezuela; there are a few from Bolivia and Peru, but their favourite places of resort are those mountainous districts which surround the city of Bogota, and it is by the collections of Mrs. Mark and Mr. Stevens that we have chiefly been enriched. The genus Pronophila, which I am about to illustrate for the Transactions of the Society (happily named by Dr. Boisduval), will contain, as I propose to extend it, about forty species, not differ- ing at all in the neuration of the wings ; all, with one exception, with the eyes hairy; the palpi long and densely clothed with hair, protruded in one species to a greater length even than in Lybithea, Differing widely in contour as well as in colour: in form—from the species delineated in the first four plates (a very natural group) to the tailed Pronophila Phoronea of Doubleday, and the singular species P. Propylea of Hewitson, with its falcate wings. VOL. I. THIRD SERIES, PART I.—MARCH, 1862. B YD Mr. W. C. Hewitson on Pronophila. In colour P. Tauropolis of Boisduval stands apart from all the rest. Some of the species are subject to great variation, and I would not be surprised to find that P. Protogenia, pl. 6, fig, 38, P. Peurta of Westwood and P. Pronax of Hewitson, which are figured side by side in the “ Exotic Butterflies” to show how widely they differ on the underside of the posterior wings, should prove to be of the same species. P. Thelebe of the “ Genera,” P. Orcus of Latreille, P. Cor- dillera of Westwood and P. Porsenna, pl. 5, fig. 34, are most probably only local varieties of one species. Some of the more obscure species of a uniform brown above and obscurely undulated below, with but few marks and those varying greatly in their form, are not easily determined; examples, apparently of one species, having the wings of different propor- tious; the margins of some even, of others distinctly dentated. Some of the species which I have included in this genus have the appearance of being intruders. One from Mexico has the eyes smooth like Satyrus, with the palpi and neuration of Prono- phila. Some are nearly allied to species of Lymanopoda of West- wood, and are, I believe, considered by him to belong to that genus, but they differ so widely from the typical species of Lymanopoda, that I have thought it better to place them here. They are all from South America. 1. Pronophila Parepa. (PI. 1. figs. 1, 2.) -Alis omnibus rufo-fuscis fascia angusté maculari rufa; subtus posticis griseo-undulatis. Upperside rufous-brown: both wings crossed by a narrow macular submarginal rufous band. Underside as above, except that the anterior wing has the outer margin undulated with grey, that the posterior wing has the outer half also undulated with grey, and is without the rufous band. Exp. 2 inch, Hab. Guayaquil. In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 2. Pronophila Phila. (PI. I. figs. 3, 4.) Alis omnibus fuscis: anticis pone medium fascia laté rufa ; posticis macula apicali rufé; subtus undulatis. Upperside dark brown: anterior wing crossed transversely be- yond the middle by a broad curved rufous band: posterior wing with a rufous spot at the apex. Mr. W. C. Hewitson on Pronophila. 3 Underside as above, except that the posterior wing and the apex of the anterior wing are undulated throughout with light grey. Exp. 147 inch. Hab. New Granada. In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 3. Pronophila Phaea. (PI. 1. figs. 5, 6.) Alis omnibus rufo-fuscis, pone medium fascia rufa curvata; subtus, anticis marginibus griseis, posticis griseo-undulatis. Upperside dark red-brown: both wings crossed beyond the middle by a broad transverse rufous band, dentated on its outer edge. Underside as above, except that the apex of the anterior wing is grey ; that the basal half of the posterior wing is undulated throughout with brown and grey marked with three light spots ; that the transverse band is white, slightly undulated with rufous- brown; that the space between it and the outer margin is undu- lated with brown and grey, and that the transverse band on each wing, from the costal margin to the middle, is marked between each nervure by a minute black spot, dotted with white. Var. 1. With the transverse band above clouded with brown: the basal half of the posterior wing below of a uniform dark brown. Var. 2. With the transverse band of the anterior wing scarcely seen. Exp. 2), inch. Hab. New Granada. In the Collection of W, C. Hewitson. 4. Pronophila Peruda. (Pl. I. figs. 7, 8.) Alis omnibus fuscis, pone medium fascia rufa laté recta ; subtus marginibus griseo-undulatis. Upperside dark brown: both wings crossed beyond the middle by anearly straight, broad, equal, rufous band. Underside as above, except that the outer margins are undu- lated with grey; that the band of the posterior wing is nearly white slightly undulated with light brown and marked with two minute black spots, and that there is a small white spot near the anal angle. Exp. 2-2 inch. Hab. Amazon. In the Collection of the British Museum. eh 4 Mr. W. C. Hewitson on Pronophila. 5. Pronophila Plotina. (PI. II. figs. 9, 10.) Alis omnibus fuscis ; posticis macula magna rufa anali. Upperside dark brown. Anterior wing lighter beyond the middle; posterior wing with a large rufous spot on the outer mar- gin from its middle to the anal angle. Underside as above, except that the anterior wing has a light spot on the costal margin beyond the middle, and is slightly undu- lated with grey towards the outer margin; that the posterior wing is red-brown, undulated throughout with darker brown, and -crossed from the anal angle to beyond the middle by a band of yellow, and that the rufous spot is clouded and undulated with brown, marked by two lunular spots of lighter colour. Exp. 2 inch. Hab. Venezuela. In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 6. Pronophila Pylas. (PI. II. figs. 11, 12.) Alis omnibus fuscis; anticis maculis duabus albis ; subtus griseo- undulatis. Upperside dark brown. Anterior wing with a small white spot near the costal margin beyond the middle, and between it and the anal angle a large spot, also white. Underside with the basal half of both wings dark brown; both crossed beyond it by a broad band, undulated with grey and brown; both with a black line near the outer margin (zig-zag on the posterior wing); both with the outer margin broadly red- brown. Anterior wing with the white spots as above, except that the small spot is extended to meet the large one. The grey band of the posterior wing with one or two minute black spots dotted with white. Exp. 2,1, inch. Hab. New Granada. In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. Nearly allied to P. Pallantis, but can scarcely be only a variety. 7. Pronophila Peucestas. (PI. Il. figs. 13, 14.) Alis omnibus fusco-nigris; anticis in medio fascia albA; subtus griseo-undulatis, posticis punctis lineisque albis. Upperside dark brown. Anterior wing rounded at the apex; crossed midway by a broad transverse band of white commencing at the costal margin, proceeding in a direct line towards the anal Mr. W. C. Hewitson on Pronophila. 5 angle, but extending only a little beyond the first branch of the median nervure. Underside light brown. Anterior wing with the band as above; an indistinct white spot within the cell, a second near the apex; a black line near the outer margin. Posterior wing with the basal half (which has its boundary marked with three white spots) dark brown, succeeded by a broad, nearly equal, clouded band of brown and grey traversed by a row of minute white spots and bordered near the outer margin by a zig-zag black line. Exp. 2-3, inch. Hab. New Granada. In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 8. Pronophila Pallantis. (PI. Il. figs. 15, 16.) Alis omnibus fuscis; anticis ante medium fascia lata alba (lined nigra intersecté); subtus griseo-undulatis. Upperside dark brown. Anterior wing truncated at the apex, crossed before the middle by a broad transverse band of white (marked by a black line at the boundary of the cell), reaching from the costal margin to the inner margin above the anal angle. Underside light grey-brown. Anterior wing with the white band as above; grey near the apex, marked with a black line near the outer margin. Posterior wing undulated ; the basal half (which has a light spot on the costal margin) is dark brown, has its outer boundary very angular, and is succeeded by a broad unequal band of light grey-brown, marked with two small black spots dotted with white, and bordered with a zig-zag line of black. Exp. 22; inch. Hab. New Granada. In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 9. Pronophila Physcoa. (PI. III. fig. 17.) Alis omnibus rufo-fuscis; anticis macula magna rufescente ; subtus ubique atra undulatis. Upperside brown; anterior wing with a large oval rufous spot from the third median nervule to the anal angle. Underside as above, except that it is undulated throughout with darker brown. Exp. 24 inch. Hab. Bolivia. In the Collection of the British Museum. 6 Mr. W. C. Hewitson on Pronophila. 10. Pronophila Phanias. (P1. II. fig. 18.) Alis omnibus rufo-fuscis, posticis dentatis ; subtus anticarum apice, posticis ubique atra undulatis. Upperside uniform rufous-brown. Underside. Anterior wing rufous-brown ; crossed transversely at the middle and near the outer margin by lines of dark brown, with between them a row of minute whitish spots; posterior wing undulated with rufous-brown and grey and black; crossed trans- versely at the middle and near the outer margin by zig-zag black lines ; a minute white spot near the anal angle. Exp. 2 inch. Hab. Minas Geraes. | In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 11. Pronophila Poesia. (PI. III. fig. 19.) Alis omnibus fuscis, dentatis ; subtus, anticis prope apicem macula grisea, posticis griseo-undulatis macula alba in medio Mmarginis costalis, F Upperside uniform dark brown. Underside dark brown. Anterior wing with a large rufous spot near the outer margin, a white spot near the apex. Pos- terior wing undulated throughout with brown and grey, lightest at the anal angle and the apex; crossed from the inner margin to the middle by a zig-zag band of grey; a white spot on the costal margin, and a minute spot of white near the anal angle. ef Exp. 2,4, inch. Hab. New Granada. In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 12. Pronophila Pisonia. (P1. III. figs. 20, 21.) Alis omnibus fuscis ; subtus fascia angusta atra; posticis ocello albo-pupillato prope angulum analem. Upperside, male, dark brown. Underside lighter brown, undulated: both wings crossed near the middle by a narrow black band bordered outwardly with lighter colour. Anterior wing with four minute spots of white near the apex. Posterior wing with an ocellus pupilled with white near the anal angle, and a line of minute white spots parallel - to the outer margin. Female differs in being larger and of a lighter brown—in having the anterior wing crossed on the upperside by a band of darker brown. Mr. W. C. Hewitson on Pronophila. 7 Var. male, fig. 20. With a white spot on the costal margin of the posterior wing. Exp. $ 2 inch. 2 2.2, inch. Hab. Venezuela. In the Collection of the British Museum. 13. Pronophila Panyasis. (PI. III. fig. 22. Alis omnibus rufo-fuscis, dentatis ; subtus, anticarum margini- bus, posticis ubique alba et atra undulatis. Upperside uniform rufous-brown, the margins dentated and spotted with white. ; Underside. Anterior wing rufous-brown, undulated on the costal margin and at the apex with black and grey. Posterior wing angular at the apex, beautifully variegated with rufous-brown and black and grey; crossed transversely beyond the middle by a waved band of black, and near the outer margin by a zig-zag black line ; two nearly white spots on the costal margin. Exp. 2 inch. In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 14. Pronophila Piletha. (P\. Ill. fig. 23.) Alis omnibus rufo-fuscis; posticis subtus undulatis et nebu- losis, pone medium fascia maculaque costali albis, Upperside rufous-brown. * Underside. Anterior wing dark brown, lighter towards the outer margin; the apex and a spot near it grey. Posterior wing light brown, undulated and clouded with darker brown; crossed beyond the middle from the inner margin (where it is broad) to the discoidal nervure (where it ends ina point) by a white band. A spot on the costal margin, and a minute spot near the anal angle, also white. Exp. 2 inch. Hab. Venezuela. In the Collection of the British Museum. This is probably only a variety of the next. 15. Pronophila Prytanis. (PI. Ill. fig. 24.) Alis omnibus fusco-nigris ; posticis subtus macula anali alba. Upperside uniform dark brown. The margin of the anterior wing distinctly spotted with white. 8 Mr. W. C. Hewitson on Pronophila. Underside dark brown. Both wings with an indistinct white spot on their costal margins beyond the middie. Anterior wing with two or three minute white spots between the nervures. Pos- terior wing darker than above, undulated, with a large, nearly bifid, silvery-white spot, and a minute spot, also white, at the anal angle. There is a variety of this species in which the white spot near the anal angle, on the underside of the posterior wing, is pro- duced until it reaches the third median nervule in a point: it is without the indendation on its inner border. Exp. 2.3, inch. Hab. Venezuela. In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 16. Pronophila Pausia. (P\. IV. fig. 25.) ‘Alis omnibus fuscis, marginibus rufescentibus; anticis subtus punctis duobus albis; posticis fascié rufescente punctisque quatuor albis. Upperside dark brown rufous towards the outer margin of the anterior wing. Underside dark brown rufous towards the anal angle of the posterior wing. Anterior wing with two or three very minute white spots near the apex. Posterior wing crossed from the anal angle to beyond the middle by a band of lighter colour, where it is met by a line of three or four small white spots. Exp. 2-2, inch. . Hab. Bolivia. | In the Collection of the British Museum. 17. Pronophila Paneis. (Pl. IV. figs. 26, 27.) Alis omnibus fuscis; subtus, anticis fascia indistincté punctisque quatuor albis; posticis fascia rufescente. Upperside dark brown. Underside lighter brown. Anterior wing crossed transversely at the middle by a narrow indistinct band, most distinctly marked near the costal margin, with, between it and the apex, a line of four minute white spots. Posterior wing crossed by a triangular rufous band from the anal angle to the middle, where it is met by some grey spots, which are continued near the outer margin, but much less distinctly marked. Variety, fig. 26. Without the minute spots of the anterior wing. Mr. W. C. Hewitson on Pronophila. 9 The band of the posterior wing much shorter. A minute white spot near the anal angle. Exp. 2, inch. Hab. Upper Amazon. In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 18. Pronophila Porina. (PI. IV. fig. 28.) Alis omnibus fuscis; anticis ante medium fascia albA; subtus, anticarum apice, posticis ubique undulatis. Upperside rufous-brown. Anterior wing crossed before the middle by a band of white. Underside undulated throughout. Anterior wing with the apex and costal margin grey. Posterior wing rufous-brown towards its outer margin. Exp. J % inch. In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. This species differs considerably from those just described, in the rounded form of the apex of the anterior wing. In other respects it is similar. I have, unfortunately, no record of its locality. 19. Pronophila Proerna. (PI. 1V. fig. 29.) Alis omnibus fuscis; subtus anticarum apice, posticis ubique griseo-undulatis punctis duobus albis. Upperside dark brown. Underside also dark brown, rufous on part of the anterior wing. Anterior wing with the apex undulated with grey. Posterior wing undulated throughout with grey, with a small spot of white near the apex and anal angle. A variety of this species has the white spot near the anal angle of the posterior wing much larger. Exp. 2-6 inch. Hab. Bogota. In the Collection of the British Museum. 20. Pronophila Phenissa. (Pl. IV. fig. 80.) Alis omnibus rufo-fuscis ; posticis subtus macula alba anali. Upperside rufous glossy brown. Underside dull brown; the outer margins undulated with grey. Posterior wing with a dull white triangular spot at the anal angle, 10 Mr. W. OC. Hewitson on Pronophila. and a row of two or three minute white spots parallel to the outer margin. Exp. 2,3, inch. Hab. Bogota. : In the Collection of the British Museum. 21. Pronophila Polusca. (Pl. IV. figs. 31, 32.) Alis omnibus fuscis; posticis subtus rufescentibus fascia indis- tincta punctisque duobus albis. Upperside dark brown. Underside. Anterior wing dark brown, with the apex grey. Posterior wing rufous-brown undulated with darker brown: crossed transversely, a little beyond the middle, by a narrow band of lighter colour, with, between it and the outer margin, two small white spots. Variety, fig. 32. With the outer half of the wing (the apex excepted) light rufous. Exp. 23 inch. Hab. Bogota. In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 22. Pronophila Orchus. Satyrus Orchus, Latr. in Humb. and Bonpl. Obs. Zool. ii. Pani2eaplenson delay 2- Taygetis Orchus, Westw. in Doubl. and Hewits. Gen. Diur. Lep. p. 357. Alis omnibus nigro-fuscis ; anticis sub apice maculis quatuor BTISeise Upperside black. Anterior wing mith four grey spois near the apex. Underside. Anterior wing dark brown, lighter near the base, marked beyond the middle by a rufous spot, followed by a line of four light blue spots; the apex grey, marked with two white spots. Posterior wing light grey, sometimes almost white; the base and a broad transverse band before the middle dark brown, followed by a transverse band of eight black or brown ocelli, each surrounded with a line of light brown, each usually with a pupil of Jight blue ; a sub-marginal zig-zag black line. Exp. 3-1, inch. Hab. New Granada. In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. Mr. W. C. Hewitson on Pronophila. ill 23. Pronophila Thelebe. P. Thelebe, Doubl. and Hewits. Gen. Diur. Lep. pl. 60. lio. Bo Alis omnibus nigro-fuscis ; anticis sub apice maculis duabus aut tribus albis. Upperside black. Anterior wing nith a bifid white spot near the apex, sometimes surmounted by a round black spot bordered with white, sometimes followed near the middle of the outer margin by a third spot of white. Underside. Anterior wing dark brown, marked beyond the middle by a rufous spot, followed by a line of three light blue spots; the apex grey, marked by two white spots (one large and bifid), with below them a third minute white spot. Posterior wing grey ; the base and a broad transverse band before the middle dark brown, followed by a transverse band of eight black or brown ocelli, the irides white, the pupils (when any) light blue; a sub- marginal dentate black line. Exp. 2+), inch. Hab. Venezuela. Var. a. Without the rufous spot of the anterior wing ; the pos- terior wing of a much darker grey; the ocelli obscure; the sub- marginal black line z2g-zag, not dentate, the outer margin broadly brown. Exp. 35 inch. Hab. New Granada. In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 24. Pronophila Cordillera. (PI. V. fig. 33.) P. Cordillera, Westw. in Doub]. and Hewits. Gen. Diur. Lep. p. 358. Alis omnibus nigro-fuscis; subtus anticis rufis, ocellis septem nigris (duobus minutis), ceruleo-pupillatis ; posticis griseo- fuscis fascia lata transversa fusca ocellisque octo nigris albo- pupillatis. : Upperside black. Underside. Anterior wing rufous, crossed transversely beyond the middle by a band of five large oval black spots, each with its centre light blue; two small black spots near the apex, also dotted with blue, the outer margin broadly brown. Posterior wing grey, clouded with brown, crossed before the middle by a broad band of brown, followed by a band of eight distinct black 12 Mr. W. C. Hewitson on Pronophila. ocelli, the pupils light blue, the irides light brown, bordered with darker brown. A sub-marginal zig-zag indistinct black line, the margin broadly brown. Exp. 3,1, inch. Hab. Venezuela. In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 25. Pronophila Porsenna. (PI. V. fig. 34.) Alis omnibus nigro-fuscis ; subtus fuscis: anticis ocellis quinque ceruleo-pupillatis ; posticis fascia lata transversd fusca ocel- lisque octo minutis: nonnullis albo-pupillatis. Upperside black. The apex of the anterior wing lighter. Underside. Anterior wing dark brown, lighter near the base, crossed transversely beyond the middle by four nearly round black spots, each with its centre light blue, the fourth spot with its inner margin rufous ; a transverse band of grey near the apex, touching three of the black spots. Posterior wing grey, with a narrow transverse band near the base, a broad unequal band before the middle, the outer margin, the boundary of a band of ocelli, all brown; the ocelli grey, like the rest of the wing; the pupils small, indistinct and black, sometimes dotted with white; a sub- marginal waved black line. Exp. 3), inch. Hab. New Granada. In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. I have been compelled either to describe this as a new species or to consider it (with the two last described) as varieties of Orchus. The ocelli, which cross the posterior wing of this species, are much more obscurely marked than in the three preceding. & 26. Pronophila Puerta. P. Puerta, Westw. in Doubl. and Hewits. Gen. Diur. Lep. p- 358; Hewitson’s Ex. But. vol. ii. Sat. pl. 41, f. 12. In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 27. Pronophila Pronax. P. Pronax, Hewitson’s Ex. But. vol. ii. Sat. pl. 41, f. 10, 11. In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. Mr. W. C. Hewitson on Pronophila. 13 28. Pronophila Protogenia. (PI. VI. fig. 38.) Alis omnibus rufo-fuscis, fascid communi rufa punctis nigris notata; subtus rufo-fuscis, posticis duplici serie transversa macularum flavarum, intermedium ocellis nigris albo-pupil- latis. Upperside, male, dark brown. Both wings crossed near the outer margin by a broad, orange-rufous band traversed by a row of round black spots of unequal size: four or five on the anterior wing, six or seven on the posterior wing. Underside rufous-brown. Anterior wing as above, except that there are two or three white spots near the apex, and that the black spot nearest the apex is dotted with white. Posterior wing with the nervures black; crossed beyond the middle by two transverse bands of pale yellow spots, with between them a row of distinct black spots, dotted with white, the spots of the lower band irregularly placed in pairs. Female does not differ from the male except in its being rather larger, and in having the sub-marginal row of black spots more dis- tinctly marked. Exp. 2-6; inch. Hab. New Granada. In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. This species is very closely allied to P. Peurta and P. Pronaz. On the upperside the three species are very nearly alike: on the underside P. Protogenia is most nearly allied to P. Pronax; they are both without the white band which crosses the posterior wing of P. Peurla before the middle. 29. Pronophila Prechyta. (PI. VI. fig. 39.) Alis omnibus nigro-fuscis ; subtus anticis macula magna apicali grisea ; posticis maculis sub-marginalibus albjs et griscis. Upperside rufous-brown. Underside. Anterior wing from the base to the middle rufous, beyond it dark brown, crossed by a band of four rufous spots; a large triangular spot on the costal margin near the apex, and two ill-defined spots, near the middle of the outer margin, grey. Pos- terior wing grey, with the outer margin (except the apex), and an 14 Mr. W. C. Hewitson on Pronophila. ill-defined band near the middle, rufous-brown; a sub-marginal band of irregular*spots of silvery white or grey. Exp. 3-2, inch. Hab. Bolivia. In the Collection of the British Museum. This is probably only a variety of P. Jrmina, from which it scarcely differs, except in wanting the large grey-white spot.of the upperside, 30. Pronophila Irmina. & P. Irmina, Doubl. and Hewits. Gen. Diur. Lep. p. 358, pl 60; fez. @ Herrich-Schaffer, Lep. Ex. f. 85, 86. In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 31. Pronophila Tauropolis. P. Tauropolis, Doubl. and Hewits. Gen. Diur. Lep. p. _ 358, pl. 66, f. 1. In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 82. Pronophila Phoronea. P. Phoronea, Doubl, and Hewits. Gen. Diur. Lep. p. 338, pls 60; fe Ie In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 33. Pronophila Propylea. P. Propylea, Hewits. Ex. But. vol. ii. Sat. pl. 40, f. 5, 6. In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 34. Pronophila Phaselis. (Pl. VI. fig. 37.) Alis omnibus nigro-fuscis; subtus posticis fasciis maculisque argenteo-albis. Upperside rufous-brown. Underside. Anterior wing brown; the apex and outer margin rufous; two nearly white spots near the apex, and some indis- tinct dark brown spots near the outer margin. Posterior wing rufous-brown: crossed beyond the middle by a band of six ocelli, four of them dark brown, each with a minute dot of white, the middle pair rufous, bordered with a circle of yellow; marked by several silvery white spots, three near the base cross- ing the wing, one at the middle of the costal margin, the rest in a Mr. W. C. Hewitson on Pronophila. 15 band which commences at the apex, and, coming between the two rufous ocelli, divides into two branches, which nearly reach the inner margin, inclosing three of the ocelli. Exp. 2.4, inch. Hab. Venezuela. In the Collection of the British Museum. 35. Pronophila Prosymna g. (PI. V. figs. 35, 36.) @- Hewits. Ex. But. vol. ii. Sat. pl. 40, f, 3, 4. Upperside, male, rufous from the base to the middle, beyond it black; crossed on the anterior wing by a broad, nearly equal, rufous band—on the posterior wing by a band of rufous spots. Underside. Anterior wing as above, except that the apex is grey. Posterior wing light grey, clouded and undulated with brown: crossed at the middle of the wing by a broad band, dark brown, and of equal breadth from the costal margin to the middle of the wing, beyond it rufous-brown, irregular, and ending in two spots near the middle of the costal margin: two spots of white (one of them of irregular form) near the middle of the outer margin. Exp. 2,6, inch. Hab. New Granada. In the Collection of the British Museum. The figures in the plate are drawn from two very imperfect examples, but I have no doubt that they are males of P. Pro- symna. 36. Pronophila Zapatoza. Westwood in Gen. Diur. Lep. p. 358. Herrich-Schafler, Lep. Ex. f. 87, 88. Hewitson, Ex. But. vol. ii. Sat. pl. 40, f. 1, 2. In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 37. Pronophila Cirta. Lasiophila Cirta, Felder, Wien Ent. Monats. vol. iii. pl. 6, folie ekS 59s Pronophila Preneste, Hewitson, Ex. But. vol. ii. Sat. pl. 40, f. 73) 8,9... L860; 16 Mr. W. C. Hewitson on Pronophila. 38. Pronophila Patrobas. (PI. VI. figs. 40, 41.) Alis omnibus griseo-fuscis ; anticis punctis quatuor albis: pos- ticis fascia sub-marginali rufa punctis albis duobus notata; subtus anticis punctis quatuor nigris albo-pupillatis ; posticis fascia sub-marginali brunneo-undulata maculis albis quinque notata. Upperside dark brown. Anterior wing lighter near the outer margin: crossed beyond the middle by four minute white spots. Posterior wing crossed near the outer margin by a broad rufous band, marked with two small white spots. Underside as above, except that the apex of the anterior wing is grey and the white spots bordered with black, and that there is an indistinct sub-marginal band of brown; that the band of the posterior wing is grey, undulated with rufous-brown, marked on its inner border by four or five spots of pale yellow, dentated on its outer border. The sexes are alike. Exp. 2-3, inch. Hab. Mexico. In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. This species differs from the rest of the genus in having its eyes - smooth. 39. Pronophila Perperna. Alis omnibus rufo-fuscis; anticis ocello nigro (femine albo- pupillato); subtus nigro-undulatis ocello nigro albo-pupillato prope angulum analem; anticis macula alba, posticis fascia macularum cineracearum. Upperside, male, rufous-brown. Anterior wing with an indis- tinct black ocellus near the outer margin below its middle. Underside rufous-brown, undulated with darker brown; each wing with a black ocellus, with pupil of white near the anal angle and an indistinct sub-marginal band of brown, zig-zag and some- times broken into spots on the posterior wing. Anterior wing with a rufous band at the end of the cell, two or three grey-white spots on the costal margin beyond its middle, and a round white spot near the apex. Posterior wing dentated, crossed beyond the middle by a curved band of grey spots. Female like the male, except that the ocellus on the upperside of the anterior wing is more distinct and pupilled with white; that on the underside there is a broad band of grey near the outer Mr. W. C. Hewitson on Pronophila. 17 margin of both wings, clouded with brown on the posterior wing, and that the ocellus of the anterior wing has a rufous border above it. Var. Male. Without the ocellus on the upperside. Exp. 2,3, inch. In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. _ This species is very closely allied to P. Pisonia, and ought to have come next to it. It differs from it chiefly in having an ocellus and white spot on the underside of the anterior wing. I regret that I accidentally omitted it when I was preparing the plates. Descriptions only, of species so closely allied as some of those which I have endeavoured to elucidate here, are of very little worth. Nore. The SIX PLATES in illustration of this Paper have been by inadvertence numbered “ Vol. 6, N. S.,” instead of ‘* Vol. 1, Third Series.”’ VOL, I. THIRD SERIES, PART I.—MARCH, 1862, c 18 Mr. G. R. Waterhouse’s Votes on II. Notes on Chrysomelidee in the Linnean and Banksian Collections. By G. R. Waternouss, Esq., V.P.Z.S.. &e. {Read Nov. 5th, 1860.] Havine at distant periods twice examined the species of Chryso- melide in the Linnzan Collection,* and having again looked through the collection, with considerable care, within a few days, it has been suggested by a friend that my notes might be accept- able to the Society. I therefore beg to lay them before this meeting. I have quite recently also examined many of the Chry- somelide in the Banksian Collection, which it is supposed was named by Fabricius. However this may be, it is certain that he overlooked the specimens, and described many species from the Banksian Cabinet. The specimens in this last-mentioned collec- tion are many of them in very bad condition, and require cleaning before they are capable of a very accurate examination; at the same time I think my determinations will be found generally cor- rect. ‘The Linnzean specimens, considering their age, are generally in good condition. I have examined only those which have the labels attached to them—labels which are said to be in Linnzeus’s own writing. I will take them as they stand in the collection, and it will be seen that they follow nearly in the same order as do the descriptions in the “ Fauna Suecica.” I will here observe that the species of the ‘‘ Fauna” are generally well represented in the col- lection, but of those subsequently described in the “Systema” I find but a small number. 1. Chrysomela Gottingensis (Faun. Suec. 160, 505). Two dif- ferent insects, each bearing the same name, but with separate labels, stand to represent the species. The first is the Chrys. Gottingensis of modern authors, and the second is the Timarcha coriaria. This last-named insect also stands in the Banksian Col- lection as Chr. Goltingensis. 2. Chrys. Tanaceti (Kaun. Suec. 160, 507), Adimonia, id., of modern authors. t+ * My first examination was in September, 1857 ; and I again examined the collection last year. + I will not repeat this phrase hereafter—let it be understood, that the names given in the second column are those now in common use. Chrysomelide, in Linnean and Banksian Collections. 19 8. Chr. graminis (Faun. Suec. 160, 509). One specimen only. I took with me to the Linnean Society specimens of the two green Chrysomele known to us by the Stephensian names graminis and fulgida, and after a careful comparison I was quite convinced that the Linnzean insect agreed with the latter species. When com- pared with our Chr. graminis, Steph., it differed in having the thorax broader and more convex, and less contracted in front, than in that insect: it differed also in colouring. Whereas all the specimens of C. graminis, Steph., which I have been able recently to examine, are of an uniform colour in the elytra, the Linnean insect presents three colours in the elytra. They are of a bright golden green, with a narrow edging of blue at the suture; a broadish band of a golden-copper hue at the outer margin, and a blue patch within this, immediately behind the shoulder swelling. In fulgida, Stephens, this last-mentioned blue patch is often more extended, and then assumes the form of a blue band within the golden-copper band, but the condition presented by the Linnzan specimen is very commonly found. Now upon referring to M. Suffrian’s descriptions I find that these same distinctions serve to distinguish the Chr. graminis of that author from his Chr. Men- thastri, but that his description of Chr. graminis agrees with the Linnzan insect, and not with the Chr. graminis of Stephens’s Collection. In short, Chr. graminis, Linn, Coll. is= Chr. fulgida, Steph., and = Chr. graminis, Suffrian; whilst Chr. graminis of Stephens’s Collection is = Chr. Menthastri of Suffrian. I may add that the Chrysom. graminis of the Banksian Collection is the same as that in the Linnean. 4. Chrys. enea (Faun. Suec. 161, 510). This is decidedly not the Lina (or Melasoma) enea of modern authors: it differs in having a relatively smaller thorax and more ample elytra. The thorax has the sides distinctly incrassated, and an irregular longi- tudinal depression at some little distance from, but parallel with, the lateral margin. The elytra are finely and evenly punctured throughout; the punctures show no tendency to. form longitudinal series as in the Chr. enea of Fab. The only specimen of the Lin- nan Collection is of an znevus colour above, and zneous black beneath: the whole margin of the abdomen is rufous, the rufous being most extended on the last segments. In fact, the Chr. enea of the Linnean Collection is = Lina cuprea. 5. Chrys. Alni (Faun. Suec. 161, 511) = Agelastica Alni. Cue, 20 Mr. G. R. Waterhouse’s (Votes on 6. Chrys. hemaptera (Faun. Suec. 161, 512) = Crys., id. 7. Chrys. Padi (Faun. Suec. 161, 513). Upon a former ocea- sion I took this insect to be the Cyphon Padi, but upon cleaning the specimen a little, I perceive that it has two or three faint costz on each elytron, a character by which I am in the habit of dis- tinguishing the Cyphon coarctatus, of which it is a smallish variety. 8. Chrys. armoracee (Faun. Suec. 161, 515) = Phedon coch- learie (of Gyllenhal) = Betule, Suffrian. The elytra of the insect are delicately punctate-striated, with the interstices finely, but pretty distinctly, punctured; they have a distinct impression within the humeral hump, and are of an obscure greenish colour. It was compared with our common blue Ph. Betul@, Steph. = cochlearie, Suffr.), from which it differed not only in having the humeral impression more distinct, but in being broader and less convex, and in having the interstices of the strize of the elytra distinctly punctured. 9. Chrys. cerealis (Syst. Nat. 588, 17) = Chrys., id. 10. Chrys. fastuosa (Syst. Nat. 588, 18), Chrys., id. 11. Chrys. halensis (Syst. Nat. 589, 20), Agelastica, id. 12. Chrys. vulgatissima (Faun. Suec. 162, 517), Phratora, id. = Phedon unicolor, Steph. 13. Chrys. vitellinee (Faun. Suec. 163, 519), Phratora, id. 14. Chrys. Poligont (Faun. Suec. 163, 520), Gastrophysa Poly- goni. : 1 Or . Chrys. pallida (Faun. Suec. 163, 521), Gonioctena, id. 16. Chrys. Staphylea (Faun. Suec. 163, 518), Chrys., id. 17. Chrys. polita (Faun. Suec. 168, 522), Chrys., id. 18. Chrys. lurida (Syst. Nat. 590, 28), Chrys., id. 19. Chrys. Populi (Faun. Suec. 163, 523), Lina, id. Chrysomelide, in Linnean and Banksian Collections. 21 20. Chrys. viminalis (Faun. Suec. 163, 524). It appears to me that this is a singular variety of the Chrysomela (Gonioctena) vimi- nalis of Suffrian—a variety so rare with us in England, that after looking over a large number of specimens, I have only succeeded in finding one individual presenting the same conditions, and that is in Dr, Leach’s Collection. ‘The point that is most striking about the Linnzean specimens is, that the thorax (instead of having a transverse black patch at the base, and which is more or less emarginated in front) has two smallish black spots in a transverse line behind the middle of the thorax, but distinctly removed from the base. The elytra are immaculate. The legs are entirely black, a character which helps to distinguish this species from the Chrysom. triandre and Chrys. affinis of Suffrian. The species is represented in the Linnzan Collection by three specimens (two of which are on the label) answering to the above description, and a third specimen which has the thorax immaculate as well as the elytra. 21. Chrys. decempunctata (Faun. Suec. 164, 525) = Gonioctena rufipes and G. 10-punctata, Steph. There are three specimens stuck on the label bearing the name: the first is the G. rufipes, and the other two are the Gon. 10-punctata of Stephens (= viminaks, Suffr.), agreeing with our British specimens in their more common condition. 22. Chrys. Lapponica (Faun. Suec. 164, 526) = Lina Lapponica. 23. Chrys. Boleti (Faun. Suec. 165, 527) = Diaperis Boleti. 24. Chrys. collaris (Faun. Suec. 165, 528) = Lina, id. 25. Chrys. hemorrhoidalis (Syst. Nat. 587, 6). A species of Gonioctena I am unacquainted with; of a pitchy black colour, with the inflected margins of the elytra rufescent. I suspect the var. 7. of Gyllenhal’s Chrys. dispar will be found to agree with the Linnzan specimen. 26.. Chrys. sanguinolenta (Faun. Suec. 165, 529). Upon looking through the description of C. sanguinolenta given by M. Suffrian, soon after having examined the Linnzean specimen, I am inclined to think that the species described by that author is identical with the Linnzan one, but the disc of the thorax in the Linnean insect is smooth. Upon comparing the two British insects, C. sanguino- 29 Mr. G. R. Waterhouse’s Notes on lenta, of Stephens’s Manual (the northern species), and the C. dis- tinguenda, of the same work (our southern insect), with the Lin- nzean specimen, it agreed with neither. In the form and sculpture of the thorax, and in the form of. the orange band on the elytra, it agrees with C. distinguenda, but the elytra are much more coarsely punctured than in that insect. On the other hand, when compared with Stephens’s sanguznolenta, it differed in being larger, in having the sides of the thorax more rounded in front, the dise smooth; in having the elytra less rugose, the great punctures rather less numerous, and in having the lateral orange band of a different form. In fourteen specimens of our northern insect which I examined, [ found they all agreed in having this band dilated at the humeral hump, and presenting an outline which is convex in the direction of the suture, whilst in the Linnean insect this same band is of uniform width as in our distinguenda, and the outline is therefore concave in the inner side at the humeral hump. Our northern species (which appeared to me to have the anterior angles of the thorax more produced) is of a dullish black colour, sometimes with an extremely faint bronze tint. Distenguenda, with its comparatively fine sculpturing, is blue-black above: the Lin- neean insect is black, with a very obscure tint of blue. I have since seen specimens from Germany and other parts of Europe, which appear to me are the same as the Linnean insect, but most of them (not all) had the disc of the thorax pretty distinctly punctured. Of such specimens, from the continent, there are many in the British Museum Collection, but in the same collection I only saw one insect which perfectly agreed with our C. distin- guenda, and not one which quite agreed with our so-called san- guinolenta. This unsatisfactory note will serve to call attention to the subject; at present I am unwilling to identify either of the two British insects alluded to with the sanguinolenta of Linneus. 27. Chrys. marginata (Faun. Suec, 165, 530) = Chrys., id. 28. Chrys. marginella (Faun. Suec. 165, 531) = Helodes, id. 29. Chrys. coccinea (Faun. Suec. 166, 532), Endomyehus, id. 30. Chrys. oferacea (Faun. Suec. 166, 534). Two specimens on the label ; one is the Haltica Eruce, Steph. = Graptodera con- sobrina, Allard; the other is certainly the Grapt. oleracea of Foudras, Allard, &c. Chrysomelide, in Linnean and Banksian Collections. 23 31. Chrys. chrysocephala (Faun. Sueéc. 166, 535). Is a small eryptocephalus with a black thorax, and blue elytra; the mouth, anda V-shaped mark on the forehead, the three basal joints of the antennee, the anterior margin of the thorax, and the lateral margin, on the fore part, as well as the four anterior legs, pale testaceous ; the under parts and the hind legs black, the elytra punctate-. striate—an insect, in fact, which agrees with Gyllenhal’s descrip- tion of Crypt. punctiger. There is but one specimen, and that with the label attached. If this really be the Chrys. chrysocephala of the “ Fauna Suecica,” which I fully believe to be the case, Lin- neus is of course wrong in attributing saltatorial powers to the insect, which has given rise to his description being referred to the Psylliodes chrysocephala. 32. Chrys. Hyoscyami (Faun. Suec. 166, 536) = Psylliodes, id. 33. Chrys. atricilla (Faun. Suec. 166, 537) is certainly the Psylliodes affinis of most modern authors = Haltica atricilla, Panzer. ‘The posterior tibiz are produced beyond the insertion of the tarsus, the elytra are punctate-striate, and the colouring as described in the “ Fauna Suecica.” 34, Chrys. erythrocephala (Faun. Suec. 166, 538) is a Psyl- liodes, certainly nearly allied to Ps. chrysocephala. It is rather smaller and shorter; black, with blue elytra; the head entirely red, the thorax more thickly and more distinctly punctured, the elytra more finely punctate-striated, the punctures not only being very delicate, but often somewhat remote from each other; the interstices almost impunctate; the anterior legs piceous, with the knees and feet testaceous; the hinder femora black, the tibie rufescent. I have seen three specimens from Germany agreeing with this Linnean insect, which I have little doubt is the Haltica chrysocephala, var. c. of Gyllenhal, iii. 569. [The species has since been described in M. Allard’s Monograph, under the name Psyl- liodes rufilabris. | 35. Chrys. helxines (Faun. Suec. 167, 540). Two specimens on the label, one is the Crepidodera fulvicornis of most modern authors (Cr. helxines of Foudras), the other is Cr. aurata of Mar- sham = Crepidodera, id. Foudras. Linnzeus, it will be observed says of the insect, “ Antennis pedibusque omnibus testaceis.” 36. Chrys. exoleta (Faun, Suec. 167, 541). One specimen only. This is a Thyamis (or Teinodactyla), and, after a careful 24 Mr. G. R. Waterhouse’s oles on comparison with specimens of the H. femoralis (well described under that name by M. Allard), f am convinced it is specifically identical. The black on its hinder femora, as in the insect named, is chiefly confined to the upper part, in which it differs from the nearly allied insect H. ochroleuca of Marsham, which has the apical half of the posterior femora black. The insect I have taken plentifully at Darent, and near Reigate, on the Echium vulgare, and think I cannot be mistaken in this identification. 37. Chrys. nitidula (Faun. Suec. 167, 543) = Crepidodera, id. 38. Chrys. nemorum (Faun, Suec. 167, 543) = Phyllotreta, id. The legs are not entirely pale, as described, for the anterior femora are dusky at the base, and the posterior are black. 39. Chrys. rufipes (Faun. Suec. 168, 545) = Crepidodera, id. 40. Chrys. fuscicornis (Syst. Nat. 596, 66) = Podagrica, id. 41. Chrys. holsatica (Faun. Suec. 168, 544) = Cyphon padi. The Linnzan description, although it might possibly have been taken from this insect, undoubtedly squares better with the insect usually attributed to it—the Haltica holsatica. 42. Chrys. tridentata (Faun. Suec. 168, 546) = Clythra, id.— at least of the British authors. 43. Chrys. quadripunctata (Faun. Suec. 168, 574) = Clythra quadripunctata. 44. Chrys. bipunctata (Faun. Suec. 168, 548) = Cryptocephalus, id. of Suffrian, &c. If this insect be really a variety of the Crypt. lineola, Fab., as is supposed by M. Suffrian, it is rather remark- able that, whilst the latter is pretty common in England, the former is not found with us. 45. Chrys. quadripustulata (Faun. Suec, 1€5, 549), Myceto- phagus, id. 46. Chrys. Morei (Faun. Suec. 169, 550), Cryptocephalus, id. 47. Chrys. nitida (no doubt the Chr. nilens of the Faun. Suec. 169, 551) is = Cryptocephalus, id. Chrysomelide, in Linnean and Banksian Collections. 25 y ’ 48. Chrys. Barbaree (Faun. Suec. 169, 552) is a small black Cryptocephalus, a trifle less than the Cr. Morez: the whole front of the head, the basal half of the antennz, the front and side mar- gins of the thorax (narrowly edged), and the lateral margin of the elytra on the fore half, pale yellow. The legs (with the excep- tion of the posterior femora) are also yellow. The thorax is smooth, the elytra coarsely and rather irregularly punctate-striate, and somewhat rugulose in parts. Apparently the Crypt. flavipes (Fab.), Suffr. Linn. Ent. ii. 170, 59. 49. Chrys. sericea (Faun. Suec. 169, 554), Cryptocephalus similis of Steph. = Cr. Hypocheridis of Suffrian. I compared the insect with specimens of sericeus, Suffr., aureolus, Suffr., and Hypocheridis. The Linnean specimen is a female, and is de- cidedly smaller than either of the two former insects, has the punctuation both of the thorax and elytra stronger, and, on the thorax, more dense. But I was more influenced by the condition of the fovea on the terminal segment of the abdomen: it agreed with that in my female specimens of Hypocheridis, in being less deep than in the other two species named, and in having its mar- gins less acute, in fact, somewhat rounded. ‘The colouring of the under parts also perfectly resembled that of Hypocheridis, being of a dark, and less brilliant green when compared with the other species. 50. Chrys. Coryli (Faun. Suec. 169, 555), Cryptocephalus, id. 51, Chrys. labiata (Faun. Suec. 169, 553), Cryptocephalus, id. 52. Chrys. Pini (Faun. Suec. 170, 556), Cryptocephalus, id. 53. Chrys. sexpunctata (Faun, Suec. 170, 559), Cryptocephalus, "54, Chrys. merdigera (Faun. Suec. 171, 563) = Crioceris brun- - ned, Kab. It will be seen that Linnaeus describes the red-legged species as the typical condition of his insect, and afterwards adds, “‘ Variat capite et pedibus nigris.” 55. Chrys. Nymphee (Faun. Suec. 171, 565) = Galleruca Nymphee, Gyll. 56. Chrys. Caprea (Faun. Suec.171, 566) = Galleruca Capree, Gyll. 96 Mr. G. R. Waterhouse’s Notes on 57. Chrys. Calmariensis (Syst. Nat. 600, 101) = Galleruca Lythri, Gyll. 58. Chrys. tenella (Faun. Suec. 171, 564) = Galleruca tenella, Gyll. 59. Chrys. quadrimaculata (Faun. Suec. 173, 571), Phyllo- brotica, id. 60. Chrys. cyanella (Faun. Suec. 173, 572) = Lema puncticollis, Curtis, = Lema cyanella ¢ , Gyll. iii. 639, = L. rugicollis, Suffr. 61. Chrys. melanopa (Faun. Suec. 173, 573), Lema, id. 62. Chrys. flavipes (Syst. Nat. 601, 106) = Luperus flavipes. 63. Chrys. duodecim-punctata (Faun. Suec. 172, 568), Crioceris, id. 64. Chrys. Phellandriu (Faun. Suec. 172, 569), Helodes, id. 65. Chrys. Asparagi (Faun. Suec. 172, 567), Crioceris, id. Notes UPON CERTAIN CHRYSOMELIDE IN THE BANKSIAN COLLECTION. tenebricosa = Timarcha levigata. Gotlingensis = Timarcha coriaria. Banksti = Chrysomela Banks. Adonidis = Entomoscelis, id. graminis = graminis, Linn. Coll. hemoptera = Gottingensis, Linn. Populi = Popul, Linn. Staphylea = Staphylea, Linn. polita = polita, Linn. . 10-punctaia. ‘Twospecimens on the label; one is Goniotecna rufipes, and the other G. 10-punctata, Steph. pallida = Gonvotecna, id. polygont = Gastrophysa, id. cerealis. Two specimens on label; one is the Chr. cerealis, and the other the Chr. Americana. fastuosa = fastuosa, Linn. sanguinolenta. ‘I'wo specimens on label, one greatly resem- bles the Chr. sanguinolenta of the Linnean Collection, Chrysomelide, in Linnean and Banksian Collections. 27 but is much larger and has the disc of the thorax punc- tured. The second is = Chrys. distinguenda of Ste- phens’s Manual. aucta = Helodes, id. marginella, Helodes, id. hemorrhoidalis = Lina enea of modern authors; not the Chrys. enea of Linn. Coll. fucata = Chrys., id. = hyperici, Steph. enea = Gastrophysa raphani. armoracee = armoracee, Linn, = Phedon cochlearie of Gyl- lenhal, not of Suffrian ! viminalis agrees with the viminalis of the Linnaean Collection. nitidula = Crepidodera, id. helxines = helxines, Linn. = fulvicornis, Fab. Graptodera helxines, Foudras. testacea = Spheroderma Cardui of Kirby and Gyllenhal. Not the smaller species of a more rounded form, with the thorax more contracted in front, and with more delicate punctuation, which is usually regarded as the Chrysom. testacea of Fab. ‘There are two specimens on the label, and these, it must be observed, are the originals of the Fabrician description. subspinosa = Zeugophora, id. fuscipes = Podagrica, id. atricilla. ‘Two specimens on the label; the- first is Thyamis tabida ; and the second, Thyamis melanocephala. dorsalis = Thyamis, id. ‘The original of the Fabrician de- scription. exoleta. ‘(wo specimens on the label; the first is Crepidodera exoleta of Gyll., Allard, &c. = H. flava and HH. similis of Stephens. The other is the larger, more elongate, allied species, in which the punctures on the elytra are arranged in irregular rows = Chrys. transversa, Marsh., Gyll., Allard, &c. = ferruginea, Steph. = impressa, Red- tenb. tabida = Thyamis (or Teinodactyla) Verbasci, Marsh., Gyll., Stephens, Allard. ‘Two specimens on the label. ‘These are the originals of the Fabrician description, which has always been supposed to refer to a different insect. nemorum = Phyllotreta sinuata, Redt., Allard. atra = Graptodera mercurialis. A second label under the same insect bears the inscription “ mercurialis MSS,” Phellandrui = Helodes, id. 28 Mr. G. R. Waterhouse’s Votes on Chrysomelida. 12-punctata = Crioceris, id. Asparagi = Crioceris, id. ; cyanella = Lema cyanella? If it be, it is a singular variety, having a rufous patch on the forehead. melanopa = Lema, id. Tanacett = Adimonia, id. Alni = Agelastica, id.; and a second specimen on the same label is a Graptodera (oleracea ?). Betule = Phratora vulgatissima. Capreee = Adimonia, id. vitelline = Pihratora, id. Calmariensis = Galleruca Crategi, Yorster, I believe. It is a very different insect to the Chr. Calmariensis of Linn. sanguinea = Adimonia, id. = Crategi, Marsh., Stephens. tridentata = Chrys.,id. Linn. Coll. Clythra, id. bipunctata = Cryptocephalus bipunctatus, Suftr. bipunctata = Cryptocephatus bipunctata, var. Suffr. Cr. linecla, Auct. sericea = Cryptocephalus sericeus, Steph.? 4-maculata = Phyllobrotica, ib. (5, 290 III. Descriptions of new Species of Aculeate Hymenoptera, collected at Panama by R. W. Srretocu, Esq , with a List of described Species, and the various Localities where they have previously occurred. By FREDERICK SmitH, Esq., President of the Entomological Society of London. [Read March 4th, 1861.] Tue Collection of Hymenoptera, described in the following paper, was most liberally presented to me by Mr. Stretch. I need scarcely add, that this has greatly enhanced the pleasure which has attended the working out and describing of the species. A peculiar interest is attached to the Hymenoptera of Panama, forming, as it does, an intermediate station between North and South America. Amongst the Vespide will be found species common to both countries; and the capture of Cryptocerus atratus shows the known range of that species to be over an ex- tent of country of not less than two thousand two hundred geo- graphical miles. The collection of specimens was accompanied by a number of very interesting examples of nests of Formicide and Vespide, and also by several valuable notes on the economy of some of the species. This is the first collection of Hymenoptera which I have seen from Panama, and will add greatly to our knowledge of the geographical distribution of species. Family FORMICID&, Leach. Genus Formica, Linn. 1. Formica arborea, Smith, Cat. Hym. pt. vi. (Formicide), p- 44, 148, Hab. Brazil; Island of Morago. 2. Formica sericeiventris, Guér. Voy. de la Coq. Zool. ii. 205 3. Hab. Rio Janeiro; Columbia; Mexico. Formica albo-fasciata. F, fusco- nigra, abdomine albo-fasciato ; pedibus articulationi- bus pallide testaceis. Worker. Length 2? lines. Ofa brownish black; the abdomen shining black, with a een white fascia at the base of the second segment, not continued beneath; the head oblong, nearly of equal 30 - Mr. F. Smith’s Descriptions of new width before the eyes and narrowed behind them; a central carina on the clypeus; the mandibles ferruginous; the extreme base of the scape, the trochanters and tips of the coxee pale testaceous; the tarsi pale ferruginous. ‘The scale of the peduncle incrassate, its side view wedge-shaped; its superior margin rounded; the ab- domen sprinkled with pale hairs. Formica striata. F. nigra nitida; antennis pedibusque rufo-testaceis ; thorace to} ) antice delicatule striato, Worker. Length 13 lines. Shining black; the head and ab- domen smooth and impunctate; the thorax finely striated longi- tudinally above, the sides striated, the striz curving round the posterior portion of the metathorax; the antennze and legs rufo- testaceous ; the base of the scape, the coxe and trochanters pale testaceous. Abdomen ovate; the scale of the peduncle incrassate, its superior margin rounded. Formica simillima. F. nigra, nitida; thorace subtus, metathorace femoribusque ferrugineis ; abdomine subnitido, basi ferrugineis. Female. Length 6} lines. Shining black; the apical joints of the antenne rufo-testaceous beneath. ‘The thorax beneath, the coxe, trochanters and femora, as well as the metathorax and scale of the peduncle, ferruginous ; the apical joints of the tarsi ferruginous. Abdomen sub-opake, the base ferruginous ; the apical margins of the segments ciliated with pale fulvous hairs. This species very closely resembles the /’. ligniperda of Europe, the principal difference in it appears to be that the scale of the peduncle is evenly arched above, not inclining to a point as ia the European insect. Formica corusca. F. fusco-ferruginea, sericeo micans; scapo pedibusque ferru- gineis. Worker. Length 3 lines. Dark ferruginous, with patches of glittering silky pile, changeable and only visible in certain lights ; the abdomen thinly sprinkled with glittering pale erect hairs. The anterior part of the head, mandibles, cheeks and scape of the antenne bright ferruginous; the head oblong, rather narrowed in front; the eyes round and rather prominent; the clypeus with a central longitudinal carina. The thorax oblong, narrowed pos- Species of Aculeate [Tymenoptera. ol teriorly and rounded in front. Abdomen oblong-ovate, the scale of the peduncle incrassate, its superior margin rounded. Genus Tartnoma, Foerst. Tapinoma instabilis. T. nigro-fusca, cinerascenti micans; pedum articulis tarsisque pallidis ; squama depressa. Worker. Length 12 lines. Brown-black, with the anterior half of the head, or sometimes the entire head, rufo-testaceous ; shin- ing and having a thin sericeous pilosity; the head heart-shaped, the eyes placed rather forwards and inwards; the antennee inserted rather wide apart; the flagellum slightly thickened towards the apex. ‘[he thorax narrowed posteriorly, the metathorax oblique, with the scale of the peduncle inclined forwards against it; the articulations of the legs and the tarsi pale testaceous, the claw- joint rufo-piceous. Abdomen ovate. Genus Potyruacuis, Smith. 1. Polyrhachis bispinosus, Smith, Cat. Hym. pt. vi. (For- micide ), p. 74, 56. Formica bispinosa, Oliv. Encycl. Méth. vi. p. 502, 60. Latr. Fourm. 133, pl. iv. fig. 20. Formica fungosa, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 410, 60. Hab. Santarem; St. Paul (Brazil). This is a well known ant in Brazil, the material of which it forms its nest furnishes an article of commerce used as tinder for lighting cigars, &c. Sub-family PONERIDA. Genus Opontomacuus, Latr. 1. Odontomachus hematodes, Latr. Gen. Crust. et Ins. iv. 128. Formica hematoda, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 965, 17. Hab. Para; Cayenne. Genus Ponera, Latr. 1. Ponera pedunculata, Smith, Cat. Hym. pt. vi. (Formicide), 96, 46. Hab. Rio. Genus Ectatomma, Smith. Ectatomma scabrosa. L. fusco-brunnea; capite, thorace, abdomine, segmento primo rugosis. Worker. Length 33 lines. Fusco-ferruginous, with the man- 32 Mr. F. Smith’s Descriptions of new dibles and antennee bright, the’ flagellum more or less obscure ; the head and thorax very coarsely rugose, the basal segment of the abdomen less coarsely sculptured; the sculpture running into strize above the insertion of the antenne ; the eyes round and pro- minent; the mandibles finely aciculate, their inner edge smooth, edentate, with their apex acute. The thorax with an acute tooth on each side of the prothorax and metathorax; the scale of the peduncle rugose, erect and oblong, slightly rounded above ; the second segment of the abdomen delicately striated, transversely giving it a silky appearance ; the apical segments pale testaceous. Genus Psrupomyrma, Guér. 1. Pseudomyrma cephalica, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. (N.S.) i. 168, Nh Pe Hab. Villa Nova (Brazil). 2. Pseudomyrma flavidula, Smith, Cat. Hym. pt. vi. (Formicide), p- 157, 15. Hab. Santarem (Brazil). 3. Pseudomyrma bicolor, Guér. Icon. Rég. Anim. p. 427. Hab. Columbia. This species is very variable in colour; the typical form is ‘dull black, smooth; the mouth, mandibles, anterior border of the head and carina between the antenne fulvous-red; the first node of the peduncle of the same colour, with a little spot of the same on each side of the second node.” Amongst a series from Panama are individuals, black, with only the mandibles and an- terior margin of the face fulvous-red; others have the mandibles, anterior margin of the face, thorax above and the peduncle and first node -fulvous-red, with a dark stain at the base of the me- tathorax, extending more or less over the prothorax. Pseudomyrma modesta. P. pallide rufo-testacea, levis; capite fusco; oculis nigris. Worker. Length 3 lines. Pale rufo-testaceous, the head wider than the thorax ; eyes very large, occupying nearly the entire side of the head, ocelli small, glassy-bright, and placed in a triangle on the vertex behind the eyes; the mandibles, anterior margin of the face and the antenne pale rufo-testaceous. Thorax flattened above anteriorly, the front margin transverse, the lateral margins * Species of Aculeate Hymenoptera. 33 acute; the prothorax paler than the metathorax; the femora and the tibize beneath slightly fusecous, Abdomen oblong, the petiole clavate, the second node pear-shaped; the abdomen shining, the rest of the body sub-opake; entirely destitute of hair. Very like Pseudomyrma nigriceps, but without the spine on the petiole beneath as in that species; the petiole longer and more slender; the abdomen concolorous, whereas in P. nigriceps the apical segments are black. The nest of this species was forwarded to me by Mr. Stretch ; it consists of the large hollow thorns or spines of a species of Acacia; the spines are three inches long, tapering to a point from a broad base; the ants gnaw a small hole towards the point of the spine, the broad base then forms an admirable domicile for their young brood; there are no cells or divisions of any kind for the reception of the eggs or larva; the number of pupz found in one nest was twenty-nine, and about twenty ma- ture ants, all of these were workers; the pupe are not inclosed in cocoons; these ants sting very violently. Sub-family I. MYRMICIDA. Genus Myrmtca, Latr. 1. Myrmica molesta, Say, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. i. 293, 6. This species has been received from France, Germany, Austria, Brazil (Rio), Australia and N. America. TI have reason to believe that it is a native of Brazil, and has been carried to most parts of the world in merchandize. Hab. Brazil; N. America; S. America; Australia; Britain; France and Madeira. Myrmica reticulata. Operaria.—Sordide rubra, abdomine nigro; capite thoraceque reticulato; pedibus pallide rufo-testaceis. Worker. Length 2 lines. Rufo-ferruginous, shining ; the abdo- men smooth, shining black, except at the extreme base and apex, which are pale rufo-testaceous. The inner margin of the mandi- bles rufo-fuscous, and armed with a row of small acute teeth; the eyes black; the head and thorax reticulated, the latter with two acute spines at the apex; the legs paler than the thorax, with the articulations of a slightly darker tint; the body sprinkled with short, erect, pale, glittering hairs. VOL. I. THIRD SERIES, PART I.—-MARCH, 1862. D 34 Mr. F. Smith’s Descriptions of new * This species is of the size and form of the British species Myr- mica acervorum. Mr. Parfitt took specimens in a botanic garden at Exeter, imported probably with Brazilian plants. Myrmica glaber. Operaria.—Rufo-testacea, laevis, tota nitidissima, nuda; abdo- mine apice fusco-nigro. Worker. Length 1? lines. Testaceous red, entirely smooth and shining; head wider than the abdomen, in some examples considerably so, and having a rather deeply impressed line which extends from the back of the head to the insertion of the antenne, where it is faintly impressed; the mandibles armed with several black teeth; the club of the antenne 2-jointed; the eyes small and black ; the head anteriorly and the base of the abdomen paler than the rest of the body ; the metathorax without spines. Myrmica polita. M. rufo-fusca, levis, tota nitidissima, nuda; mandibulis, an- tennis pedibusque pallide rufescentibus. Worker. Length 13 lines. Rufo-fuscous, highly polished and smooth; head rather large, oblong, widest in front; eyes very small; antennze 10-jointed, the club 2-jointed. ‘Thorax deeply strangulated in the middle, the metathorax without spines. Ab- domen ‘truncate at the base; the petiole rather long, the first node elevated above the second, its lateral appearance wedge-shaped ; the second node globose. The mandibles, antenne, articulations of the legs and the tarsi pale rufo-testaceous. Sub-family ATTIDZ. Genus Cicopoma, Latr. 1. Gcodoma sexdentata, Smith, Cat. Hym. pt. vi. (Formicide), p- 183, pl. x. fig. 15. Formica sexdens, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 964, 14. Hab. Cayenne; Surinam; Para; Rio; S. America; St. Vincent’s. Of this insect Mr. Strange writes, “‘ Umbrella ant; these ants have very large companies; they form beaten tracks through the thickest herbage, along which two crowds passing in opposite directions may always be seen. The one burdenless, the other each carrying a piece of leaf. I have seen trees quite stripped of their foliage by these ants. What do they use the leaves for? The larger individuals appear to exercise a kind of authority over the smaller ones and to do much less work.” ' Species of Aculeate Hymenoptera. 30 Sub-family 4. CRYPTOCERIDZ. Genus Cryrtocerus, Latr. 1. Cryptocerus atrata, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 965, 16. Hab. Monte Video; Rio Janeiro; Para; Quito; Cayenne. 2. Cryptocerus minutus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 425, 5. Family MUTILLID&, Leach. Genus Mutitra, Linn. Mutilla Araneoides. M. nigra, capite parvo, supra lateritio-flavo; thorace antice plaga triangulari, postice maculis duabus transversis lateritio- flavis; abdomine maculis duabus dorsalibus albis, lineisque varlis transversis interruptis-albis, ornato. Female. Length 64 lines. Black and pubescent; the head above, a triangular patch on the thorax in front and an ovate spot on each side of the metathorax reddish-yellow; the cheeks have a cinereous pubescence ; the head is narrower than the thorax; the legs have a thin glittering silvery-white pubescence; the spines and calcaria black. Abdomen, an interrupted narrow band on the posterior margin of the basal segment, two large ovate spots on the second, and an interrupted band on the third and fourth seg- ments, of yellowish-white pubescence. Mutilla xanthocerata. M. aterrima, antennis rubro-flavis scapo nigro, capite magno atro, thoracis dorso maculis duabus transversis, lineis duabus longitudinalibus albis ; abdomine supra nigro maculis duabus medianis albis; lineaque alba anticé interrupta, maculisque duabus oblongis albis prope apicem. Female. Length 10 lines. Black, pubescent; the head large, sub-quadrate, the eyes round and prominent; the flagellum orange- red. Thorax not so wide as the head, slightly narrowed pos- teriorly, with three obtuse teeth on each side before the middle ; an oblique transverse silvery-white macula on each side in front, nearly uniting in the middle, and a longitudinal narrow white line on each side of the metathorax, the posterior margin of which is white; the legs have a cinereous villosity, the tibiae furnished with several short black spines, the calcariee at their apex pale tes- taceous. Abdomen: an interrupted silvery-white band on the basal segment, two circular white spots on the second segment, and a D2 36 Mr. F. Smith’s Descriptions of new broad interrupted white fascia on the third segment, which is con- tinued beneath the abdomen; the lateral margins of the second segment beneath are silvery-white. This is one of the largest and most handsome species in the genus. I cannot find that it has been previously described; it may possibly prove to bea local variety of Mutilla eximia of my own Catalogue of Fossorial Hymenoptera. It differs from the latter species in being larger, in not having golden pubescence on the face, in the scape being black and in the spots and markings being smaller or narrower; the teeth or spines on the sides of the thorax are smaller; still it may notwithstanding be nothing more than a local variety. MM. eximia is from Bolivia. Family POMPILID&, Leach. Genus Pomrrtus, Fabr. 1. Pompilus anceps. P. czeruleo-niger ; abdomine iridescente ; alis czeruleo violaceo- que splendide micantibus, apice albis. Female. Length 11 lines. Black; the head and thorax with a beautiful changeable blue silky pile; the six apical joints of the antennee orange-yellow; the metathorax transversely striated; the wings blackish-brown, with bright violet iridescence in certain lights; their extreme apex milky-white; the tibiz and tarsi thickly set with short stout spines. Abdomen with a splendid blue iridescence. Genus Pepsts, Fabr. 1. Pepsis obscura, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 490, 35. Hab. S. America. The insect from Panama agrees precisely with the description, excepting that the tips of the antennae are yellow, which is not mentioned by St. Fargeau; still I am inclined to believe it is the same species, and probably the male of P. elevata. Family SPHEGIDZ, Leach. Genus Sruex, Linn. 1. Sphex dorsalis, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 347, 20. Hab. Ega; Santarem; Cayenne. Of the habits of this species Mr. Stretch says, “ From the sandy embankments of the railway at Arpinwall, it constructs a long burrow perpendicularly into the hard sand. I saw it bring a grasshopper as large as itself, with great difficulty, to the entrance Species of Aculeate Hymenoptera. od of its burrow; laying it down, it retreated, apparently to see that all was ready, and then, re-emerging, seized the grasshopper and backed into its hold.” Genus Moneputa, Latr. 1. Monedula signata, Latr. Gen. Crust. et Ins. iv. 100. Vespa signata, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 574, 14. Hab. Brazil, S. America. Group SOLITARY WASPS. Family EUMENIDE, Westw. Genus Montezumta, Sauss. 1. Montezumia rufipes, Sauss. Monog. Guépes Sol. p. 89, 3, plo la, figel. Hab. Brazil. Genus Opynerus, Latr. Odynerus productus. O. niger, capite thoraceque fiavo-guttatis, et rude punctatis ; ab- domine fasciis duabus flavis ornatis. Male. Length 33 lines. Black, the head and thorax strongly punctured ; the clypeus and a small spot above it, a minute one in the sinus of the eyes and another behind them, the scape in front and a spot on the mandibles, pale yellow; the flagellum fulvous beneath. The posterior margins of the prothorax, a spot beneath the tubercles, the tegulee, post-scutellum, the metathorax behind and a spot on the anterior and intermediate tibiz, yellow; the anterior tibiz and tarsi ferruginous; the wings hyaline, with a dark fuscous stain in the marginal cell; a ferruginous spot on the tegule. Abdomen finely punctured, the first and second segments with a broad yellow margin, which is continued beneath; the second segment produced in the middle, forming a sharp angle or tooth; the following segments very narrowly bordered with HeMOW ; the first segment anne pale beneath. Genus Eumenss, Latr. Eumenes placidus. £. niger, antennis subtus, prothorace, metathorace lateralibus, rufis; abdomine flavo-fasciato. Male. Length 42 lines. Black; the antenne ferruginous; the scape above and the flagellum in the middle above, fuscous; the clypeus, a minute spot above, another in the sinus of the eyes and 38 Mr. F. Smith’s Descriptions of new a narrow line behind them, yellow; the clypeus bidentate. Thorax, the prothorax and the metathorax at the sides, as well as the legs, ferruginous; a black spot on each side of the prothorax, its pos- terior margin narrowly yellow; the femora and tibiz more or less fuscous above; the wings sub-hyaline, their anterior margin fus- cous. Abdomen: the petiole ferruginous at the sides and apex 5 its apical margin, as well as that fi the second segment and the middle of the posterior margin of the three following, yellow ; the yellow margin of the second segment continued beneath the abdo- men, which is ferruginous and has a dark stain in the middle of the second segment. This species resembles the Lumenes Uruguyensis of Saussure and may possibly be its male. Group SOCIAL WASPS. Genus PotutstEs, Latr. 1. Polistes Canadensis, Sauss. Mon. Guépes OES jd 25 G2 Vespa Canadensis, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 952, 25 Hab. North and South America; Brazil. 2. Polistes annularis, St. Farg. Hym. 1. 522, 7. Hab. North and South America; Brazil. 3. Polistes versicolor, Sauss. Mon. Guépes Soc. p. 81, 44. Hab. Brazil; Cayenne; St. Domingo. Polistes modestus. P. clypeo, mandibulis, antennarum basi, tibiis tarsisque anterio- ribus ferrugineis ; oculorum orbitis, prothoracis margine pos- teriori, metathorace lineis duabus et segmentorum marginibus flavis. Female. Length 6 lines. Black, the abdomen covered with a fine silky cinereous pile; the clypeus, mandibles, scape and four basal joints of the flagellum, ferruginous ; a line on the lower por- tion of the inner orbits of the eyes and a line behind them pale yellow; the margins of the prothorax, the inner margin of the tegulze, the post-seutellum and two longitudinal lines on the meta- thorax, yellow; the wings hyaline, the anterior margin of the superior pair slightly fulvous, with a fuscous stain in the marginal cell; the nervures pale ferruginous ; the anterior tibie and all the Species of Aculeate Hymenoptera. 39 tarsi ferruginous, palest beneath, The basal segment of the abdo- men with a narrow yellow border to its apical margin. This species is closely allied to the P. Acteon and P. liliaciosus of Saussure’s Monograph, but apparently distinct. Genus Porystra, St. Farg. 1. Polybia fuscicornis, Sauss. Mon. Guépes Soc. p. 210, 1; St. Farg. Hym. i. 539. Hab. Brazil. 2. Polybia fasciata, Sauss. Mon. Guépes Soc. 182, 21. Hab. Panama. 3. Polybia fastidiosuscula, Sauss. Mon. Guépes Soc. 197, 39. Hab. Brazil. 4. Polybia metathoracica, Sauss. Mon. Guépes Soc. p. 198, 41, pl. 25, fig. 1 (var. 3). Hab. Cayenne. 5. Polybia pediculata, Sauss. Mon. Guépes Soc. p. 205, 50, pl. 26, fig. 7. Hab. Brazil. 6. Polybia simillima. P. nigra sub-sericea, alis sub-hyalinis, marginibus anterioribus fuscis. Female. Length 5% lines. Black and thinly covered with a fine silky cinereous pile; the face shining, the clypeus produced in the middle, the anterior margin being angulated; the antenne black, with the apex beneath testaceous; the legs black, with the claws rufo-testaceous; wings sub-hyaline, the anterior margin of the superior pair dark fuscous. Abdomen petiolated, campanulate ; the rest of the abdomen cordiform, This species is very like P. socialis, but its mandibles are black, its thorax somewhat broader and shorter, and the first segment is broader and the petiole shorter. Genus Necrarina, Shuck. 1. Nectarina analis, Shuck. Cab, Cycl. Hist. Ins. p. 183. Brachygaster analis, Perty, Del. An, Art. t. 28. Hab. Brazil; S. America; Mexico. 40 Mr. F. Smith’s Descriptions of new Family ANDRENIDZ. Genus Haticrus, Latr. Halictus Hesperus. Hi. capite thoraceque cupreo-nitidis, alis hyalinis, pedibus rufo-testaceis; abdomine nitido obscure ferrugineo. Female. Length 3} lines. Head and thorax brassy, the head with tints of green, closely and finely punctured; the antennee black, the flagellum fulvous beneath; the labrum and mandibles rufo-testaceous. ‘Thorax shining, brassy on the disk, the meta- thorax green; wings hyaline, the nervures and tegulz testaceous ; the legs pale rufo-testaceous ; the floccus on the posterior femora beneath, white. Abdomen shining and obscure fusco-ferruginous, the apial margins of the segments with pale pubescent fascize ; beneath rufo-testaceous. Family APIDA. Genus Crratina, Latr. 1. Ceratina leta, Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. 138, 87. This species has also occurred in Cayenne and at Ega. 2. Ceratina punctulata, Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. 139, 89 (1841). The specimens from Cayenne, described by Spinola, only differ from -those from Panama in having a white spot on the labrum: I have little doubt of their identity. 3, Ceratina eximia. C. capite thoraceque metallico-viridibus ; abdomine purpureo, pedibus pallidis ciliatis. ‘ Female. Length 44 lines. Head and thorax of a bright metallic green, and strongly and closely punctured ; the flagellum obscurely rufo-piceous beneath; an oblong spot on the clypeus and a minute triangular one on each side, cream-coloured ; the mesothorax with three longitudinal impressed lines in the middle, and an abbreviated one outside opposite the tegule ; the wings sub-hyaline, the nervures and tegule ferruginous ; the legs pale ferruginous, and thinly covered with cinereous pubescence; a minute spot at the apex of the anterior femora above, and a line on the tibiz; also a minute spot at the extreme base of the posterior tibize, white. Abdomen bright purple, finely punc- tured, the three apical segments rugose. Species of Aculeate Hymenoptera. 4] 2. Ceratina placida. C. nigro-zenea punctata, clypeo macula alba ornato ; alis hyalinis. Female. Length 33-4 lines. Dark bronze colour, with tints of bright green on the head and thorax; a triangular spot on the clypeus anteriorly, and a similar spot on each side of it touching the eyes, the latter sometimes continued up the inner orbit of the eyes, yellowish white; a narrow line behind the eyes; the head strongly and closely punctured; the flagellum piceous beneath. Thorax strongly punctured, with a smooth shining space in the middle of the disk; the mesothorax with three central smooth impressed lines, and an abbreviated one outside of them opposite the tegule; the wings sub-hyaline, the nervures blackish; the legs nigro-piceous ; a process in front of the anterior femora at their base, which is produced into an acute spine on each side. The abdomen strongly punctured, the three apical segments rugose ; beneath bright green. This species closely resembles, if it be not a local variety of, the Ceratina punctulata of Spinola, described in the “Annales de la Société Entomologique de France,” 1841, p. 139. Genus CurysanTueDa, Perty. 1. Chrysantheda nitida, Perty, Del. An. Art. p. 148, tab. 28, fig. 8. Genus Evetossa, Latr. 1. Luglossa analis, Westw. Nat. Libr. xxxviii. p. 262, pl. 19, ; fig. 2. Apis cordata, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 955, 15? This I believe is only a highly coloured and beautiful variety of the E. cordata; every intermediate shade of colour occurs between specimens which are entirely green, and those with the abdomen of a fiery copper colour, the Jatter being the E. analis of Westwood. 2. Euglossa cordata, Latr. Hist. Nat. Crust. et Ins. iii. 384. Apis cordata, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 955, 15. Genus Tricona, Jurine. 1. Trigona amalthea, Latr. Gen. Crust. et Ins. iv. 183. Apis amalthea, abr, Syst. Piez. p. 371, 8. 42 Mr. F. Smith’s Descriptions of new 2. Trigona mellarius. T. nigra; antennis, mandibulis, scutello tarsisque ferrugineis, alis hyalinis. Worker. Length 2 lines. Black; the head and thorax covered with strong confluent punctures; the face with a fine white downy pile; the mandibles, labrum and antenne ferru- ginous. Thorax: the scutellum, tegule, tips of the femora and tibize, and the tarsi, ferruginous ; the tubercles pale testaceous ; the wings hyaline, the nervures rufo-fuscous ; the scutellum with two pale teeth at its apex, and two pale minute spots at its base. Abdomen: smooth and shining; the apical margin of the second segment and the third and following segments more ob- scurely ferruginous ; the apical segments covered with fine, short, pale golden pubescence; beneath obscure rufo-testaceous; the coxe pale testaceous. “A very large tree having fallen, it was cut in two to remove it; the inside was found to be quite hollow for many feet; the space thus left empty was completely lined with the nest of this small bee.” 3. .Trigona laboriosa. T. nigra; capite levi et nitido, antice pube argenteo vestito ; thorace nitido, alis hyalinis, abdomine pallide rufo. Worker. Length 22 lines. Head, thorax and legs black; the head very smooth and shining, the face and cheeks covered with a fine silvery pile; the antenne rufo-testaceous beneath; the apex of the clypeus, the labrum and mandibles, more or less obscurely ferruginous; the vertex with some erect short black hairs. Thorax: smooth and shining, the disk with erect black hairs; the scutellum obscure rufo-testaceous; the metathorax smooth, shining, and rufo-piceous in the middle, the sides covered with cinereous pile; the wings hyaline, the nervures are rufo- fuscous at the base, and pale testaceous towards the apex of the wings, the stigma pale; the legs dark rufo-piceous, the tibia and tarsi densely covered with black pubescence ; the legs are paler towards their base beneath, and the claw-joint of the tarsi also pale testaceous. Abdomen pale ferruginous, the base pale tes- taceous. Genus Sutera, Spin. Smiera captiva. S. flava, nigro-maculata, alis hyalinis, antennis fuscis. Female. Length 3 lines. Yellow; the flagellum rufo-fuscous ; a Species of Aculeate Hymenoptera. 43 tips of the mandibles ferruginous ; the head and thorax strongly punctured ; a black vase-shaped outline on the disk of the meso- thorax, and a black line on each side; a transverse black line at the base of the scutellum, the latter with a pear-shaped spot in the middle, and an angular spot at its lateral margins; the pectus black at the base of the cox, and an oblong black spot beneath the wings; the wings hyaline; the apex of the posterior coxe, a brown spot on the femora above, and two on their sides below ; the femora incrassate, and armed with seven black teeth beneath ; the base and apex of the tibiae reddish brown. Abdomen petio- lated ; the margins of the segments narrowly bordered with red- dish-brown, widening into spots at the sides and in the middle. Genus Lreprtoranuvs. Head globose, deeply excavated above for the reception of the scape; antennze 13-jointed, short and stout, shorter than the thorax, inserted in the middle of the face; the scape short, the two basal joints of the flagellum minute, the third joint rather’ longer than the scape, the 4—9 joints each in succession shorter than the preceding, the three apical joints minute, forming, as it were, a single compressed joint, but really composed of three. The thorax elongate ; the prothorax prolonged into a neck; the wings without nervures, but with transparent traces of neuration very similar to that of the genus Pelecznus, the stigma distinct, the posterior margins of the wing fringed with short hairs ; the legs elongate, slender, the posterior tibize thickened at their apex. Abdomen elongate, the first forming a petiole, the second longest ; the ovipositor a little shorter than the abdomen. This genus is formed for the reception of an insect which apparently unites in itself some of the characters of the genera Foenus, Megischus and Pelecinus; it resembles the first in the shortness of its antenne, Megischus in its globose head, and Pelecinus in the almost totally obliterated neuration of its wings. Leptofeenus peleciniformis. L. niger, alis hyalinis venis obsoletis, tibiis posticis apicis dilatatis. Female. Length 9 lines, of the ovipositor 5 lines. Black and shining ; the head with a few transverse strize on the vertex ; the ocelli in a curve; the face thinly covered with short glittering pale pubescence. The thorax transversely striated; the wings colourless hyaline and iridescent; the anterior and intermediate 44 Descriplions of new Species of Aculeate Hymenoptera. legs very slender; the posterior coxe stout, elongate, and trans- versely striated; the tibize slender, with their apex slightly thickened and pubescent; the tarsi pubescent, the base of the joints ferruginous. Abdomen: the petiole transversely striated ; the following joints are smooth, shining, and have a chalybeous iridescence; the valves of the ovipositor black, the ovipositor ferruginous. Genus Meciscuus, Brullé. Megischus niger. M. niger, alis hyalinis, abdominis segmento primo transversim striato ; valvulis ovipositoree ante apicem annulo albo. Female. Length 93 lines, of the ovipositor 11 lines. Black ; head rugose in front, the vertex transversely striated, the cheeks smooth and shining. The thorax with large scattered punctures ; the apex of the metathorax roughly punctured; the wings hyaline ; the nervures black; the posterior femora with two stout spines or teeth beneath, and a number of minute ones between them. Abdomen: the first segment very finely striated trans- versely, the rest smooth and shining; the ovipositor broadly annulated with: white a little before the apex. . IV. Descriptions of the British Species of the Genus Euplectus (Family Pselaphide). By G. R. Watrr- nous, Esq., V.-P. Z.5., &e. [Read Jan. 7th, 1861.] Or the insects which until somewhat recently came under the head Euplectus, 1 am acquainted with ten British species. Two of these are now separated to form distinct genera, viz., Eupl. Mar- helii of Aubé’s “ Révision de la Famille des Psélaphiens,” published in the Ann. Soc. Ent. de France, 2me Sér., ii. p. 142, formerly supposed by M. Aubé to be the Pselaphus sulcicollis of Reichen- bach, which latter is, however, a much larger insect, more densely clothed with (shorter) pubescence, and more densely punctured, and hence is destitute of gloss, or nearly so. Of the £. Markelu are three specimens in Mr. Stephens’s collection, where they stand, with other insects, to represent the Bryaxts hematicus. It is no doubt the same insect which Mr. Curtis describes (vol. vii. pl. 815) as Bryawis sulcicollis. ‘The insect now forms part of the genus Trichonyz, established by Chaudoir. The second species which has, in modern times, been removed from the genus Euplectus, is the E. brevicornis of Denny = Psela- phus brevicornis of Reichenbach, which now forms part of Aubé's genus Trimmium. This insect appears to be rare with us. I have found but two specimens; one of these was taken at the root of an oak tree in Bishop’s Wood, Hampstead; of the other the locality is not noted. Of the genus Huplectus, as now restricted, the British species may be divided into three sections; and, indeed, are so divided by Aubé. Sect. 1. Thorax with a discoidal fovea, and three fovee behind, the latter united by a transverse groove. 1. Euplectus Kunzei, Aubé, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 2me Série, i. p. 143, sp. 3, 1844. Moderately elongate, and more depressed than the following species; rufo-testaceous, and finely pubescent. Head decidedly broader than the thorax; gradually rounded behind the eyes, which are small; the sides and back part punctured; the pos- terior foveze large, somewhat shallow, and punctured; detached from the strong transverse anterior groove; the raised area be- hind narrow, and with a distinct fovea on the vertex. Antenne 46 Mr. G. R. Waterhouse’s Descriptions of moderate. Thorax short, cordate; the lateral foveze behind, large, the central one small; the transverse groove deep; the discoidal fovea oblong and small; the surface very finely, and by no means thickly punctured. Elytra rather paler than other parts; shorter than the head and thorax taken together; the sutural stria moderately impressed, and the stria about midway between this and the humeral hump, very short, not extending beyond the basal third of the elytra; the surface with scarcely any visible punctuation, even under a very strong lens. Abdomen broad and subdepressed ; the two first (of the visible) segments each with a depressed area at the base in the middle, and this area bounded on each side by a slender groove; the two grooves diverging posteriorly. Length 1 line. I can perceive no distinctions indicative of sex in the only two specimens which have come under my notice. Both of these were found by me in Kent, one at Greenhithe and the other in Darent wood; the latter, in the sawdust of a recently felled oak. This insect is readily distinguished from the following species by its superior size, combined with a rufo-testaceous colouring, the large size of the head, and its more depressed form, It seems to agree very well with M. Aubé’s description of £. Kunzez, but in that description the comparatively large size of the head is not noticed, and hence some doubt may arise with respect to this identification. 2. Euplectus Denni. Eupl. sanguineus, Denny, Monographia Pselaphidarum, &c., p. 10, sp. 2. 1825? Elongate, pitchy-black, glossy, and almost impunctate. Head gradually rounded and contracted behind the eye, which is rather large; the two anterior fovez decidedly more widely separated than the posterior, and united by a strong transverse groove; they are likewise united with the posterior foveee by two longitudinal grooves, and these diverge slightly as they approach the fore part of the head ; * the area immediately above the eye, and the raised mesial area behind, are punctured; there is no distinct fovea on this raised part, but frequently a small depression at the back. Thorax about equal in length and width, distinctly contracted before and behind; the broadest part towards the * T may here remark, that the posterior fovee are only distinct when the head of the insect is away from the observer. When viewed (as is my usval custom in examining Coleoptera) with the head in the opposite direction, they appear to be confounded with the longitudinal grooves which unite them with anterior fovez. the British Species of the Genus Euplectus. 47 front, and here very nearly equal in width to the head, if we in- clude the prominent eyes; the surface obscurely and sparingly punctured ; the discoidal fovea, and the three posterior fovez, are but moderately large and deep. Elytra, at the broadest part, about twice the width of the thorax, and about equal to the head and thorax in length ; very finely and indistinctly punctured, with the ordinary sutural and central striae, both having their origin at the base of the elytra in a smal] puncture; the central stria ex- tends from the base, nearly half-way along the elytron, and be- tween this and the sutura] stria is a puncture or minute fovea * at the base of the elytron. Abdomen rather elongate, poe to the elytra in length. Male with a small spur at the apex of the middle tibia’ on the inner side. The first point which caught my eye, and led me to separate this species from the £. nanus, with which it agrees most nearly in colouring, was the superior length of the antenne, and their being less stout; and a minute comparison readily brought to light many other points of distinction. The colour is usually darker (pitchy-black ), and its form is more elongate. The head in £.nanus has its sides, immediately behind the eye, parallel, but the pos- terior angle is rounded, whilst in the present insect, which has a larger and more prominent eye, the head is gradually rounded and contracted behind the eye, and, the space behind the eye is shorter: in E. nanus the four foveze on the head are equidistant, whilst here the anterior foveze are distinctly more widely separated than the posterior. The thorax is rather longer, and more contracted behind, and its fovez are less strong. The strize on the elytra are less strongly impressed, more especially at the base. My specimens were procured from damp, rotting sticks, in a wood at Hawkhurst, in Kent, at the end of April, 1859. I have seen specimens in other collections. In comparing this species with the FE. nanus of Reichenbach and Aubé, I must state that that insect is universally regarded as the E.. Reichenbachii of Leach and Denny, and that of this latter I have examined the original type specimen, now in the British Museum, which bears not only Leach’s label, but likewise a second label (‘‘ nanus”) attached by Dr. Schaum. In the same collec- tion is found, likewise, the original specimen of the #. Kirbu of Denny, which is very distinct from the present species, and as these, * Tn E. nanus the corresponding little fovea is confounded in the larger and . deeper depression which forms the commencement of the central stria. * 48 Mr. G, R. Waterhouse’s Descriptions of together with the /. sanguineus, are the only three dark species belonging to my first section, it would appear probable that the Insect just described was the H. sanguineus of Denny ; but the colouring as given by that author, both in his figure and descrip- tion, in being paler than that of the E. Reichenbachii (= E. nanus), is at variance with my observations. The description then, in this respect, goes against the identification which I have made with a note of doubt, and I cannot perceive that there is any tangible character given by which the L. sanguineus could be dis- tinguished either from the E. Reichenbachit or the EZ, Kirbi: it is true that in the description of the former the little fovea on the head is noticed (as it is likewise in Reichenbach’s description), whilst with regard to the /. sanguineus there is no mention made of a foveola on the head, but then £. Kirbi has the foveola (more strongly marked) and it is not noticed. On the whole, I strongly suspect that the E. sanguinea of Denny will prove identical with the Ii. Kirbu, for the elongate form of the specimen (‘‘ Kiri”) in the British Museum, which seems to have influenced Denny in sepa- rating it as a species, 1s only accidental. According to the de- scription given by M. Aubé, his /. sanguineus seems to differ in no respect from L. signatus, excepting in being rather larger, and of a darker colour. ‘The author states that the insect is found in melon beds in company with £. signatus, and that he has doubts of its being distinct. These remarks cannot apply to the present species, but they apply very closely to the insect which I take to be E. nanus, in which the puncture on the crown of the head is indistinct, and sometimes scarcely traceable. 3. Euplectus Kirbu, Denny, Monogr. p. 14, pl. 2, fig. 1 (1825). Fischeri, Aubé, Pselaphorum Monographia, p. 54, pl. 91, f. 3 (1833). Reichenbachii, of Stephens’s Collection. signatus, of Stephens’s Collection. — Pitchy-red, usually with the elytra of a darker colour than other parts; the dark colour, however, often confined to the hinder part of the elytra. About the same size as EL. nanus, but differs some- what in colouring; in having the head more rounded behind the eyes, the four foveze on the crown less distinct, and indeed con- founded with the longitudinal grooves which converge in front: the mesial triangular area behind is larger and prolonged more forwards, and, instead of the very minute foveola, there is here a distinct oblong depression, which indents the back edge of the head. ‘The mesial stria on each elytron is more extended in the longitudinal direction, and both the striz—this and the sutural the British Species of the Genus Euplectus. 49 one—exhibit punctures throughout their length—a character not observed in /. nanus; the remaining portions of the elytra are, moreover, pretty thickly covered with very fine punctures. The legs and base of the antennz are pale as usual. The male has the small terminal spur to the middle tibiae as in several other species. The original specimen of E. Kirbii, of Denny, now in the Col- lection of the British Museum, is a little less dark in its colouring, and the vertical groove on the head is not quite so distinct as usual, but a very careful comparison has convinced me that it is iden- tical with the insect, the leading characters of which | have at- tempted to point out. This specimen was, some years since, examined by Dr. Schaum, and pronounced to be the same as the i. Fischeri of Aubé, which identification appears to me to be cor- rect, though I should be glad to learn whether the striz on the elytra are furnished with a series of punctures in the L. Fischeri, and whether the head is gradually rounded and contracted behind the eye, and not subquadrate at that part as in several of the closely allied species. Furthermore E. Fischert is described as “‘ rufo-testaceus,” the same term being applied to E. Karstenii, which is a much paler insect than £. Kirbii of Denny, which is dark rufous, with the elytra more or less pitehy. 4. Euplectus nanus, Aubé, Monogr. p. 53, sp. 2, tab. 91, f. 2. Reichenbachit (Leach, Zool. Miscell. p.iii.82), Denny, Monogr. p. 9, sp. 1, pl. 1. fig. 1. , of Leach’s Collection. Pselaphus nanus, Reichenbach, Monogr. p. 69, t. 2, f. 20. Euplectus Kirbi, of Stephens’s Collection. This is one of our commonest species, and is distinguished by its uniform pitchy-brown colour, combined with the presence of a very minute foveola on the vertex of the head, and other charac- ters which have been pointed out in the preceding descriptions ; the foveola on the head scarcely exceeds in size that of the punc- tures which may be seen in the region of the eyes. In having the part of the head behind the eye with the sides parallel for a short distance, and decidedly longer than the eye, it agrees most nearly with E. signatus and E. Karstenii. The male has a distinct spur at the apex of the middle tibia within. Common in the neighbourhood of London; is found in stable- dung, the debris of haystacks, &c., and may sometimes be taken on the wing, near sanset, in considerable numbers, by sweeping over muck-heaps with a muslin net. VOL. I. THIRD SERIES, PART 11,—MAY, 1862. E 50 Mr. G. R. Waterhouse’s Descriptions of 5. Euplectus signatus, Denny, Monogr. p. 13, sp. 4, pl. 1, fig. 4. —_—___— —_——_, Aubé, Monogr. p. 56, tab. 92, f. 3. —_——_ Kirbit, Aubé, 1. c. p. 54, tab. 91, f. 4. Pselaphus signatus, Reichenb, Monogr. p. 73, fig. 22. Euplectus minutus, Stephens’s Collection. This species agrees most closely in its characters with HL. nanus, but is usually rather smaller, and narrower, and always (I believe) of a testaceous colour. ‘The four foveze on the head are less dis- tinct, being more completely confounded with the grooves which unite them, and the small foveola on the vertex is here wanting. The spur at the apex of the middle tibia of the male is less dis- tinct, and indeed very minute. Not uncommon in the neighbourhood of London. 6. Huplectus Karsten, Denny, Monogr. p. 12, sp. 3, pl. 1, f. 3. —_—__— ————,, Aubé, Monogr. p. 56, sp. 6, pl. 92, f. 2. Pselaphus —————, Reichenb. Monogr. p. 71, t. 2, f. 21. Euplectus sanguineus, (part) of Stephens’s Collection. — Karstenii, of Stephens’s Collection. Agreeing with #. signatus in colour, and very nearly in size, I find this species most frequently confounded with that insect. The average size, however, is a trifle less than in Z’. signatus, and its form a little narrower; the head is relatively broader, being rather broader than the thorax, whilst in /. s7gnatus the head is scarcely as broad as the following segment; the depressions are less strongly marked, the raised area between them is broader and extends more forwards, and the surface is more thickly punc- tured, The thorax is rather narrower, more distinctly punctured, and has the central posterior fovea smaller. I have found no distinct spur to the middle tibiz in any of the specimens which I have examined, and they are pretty numerous. Rather more plentiful in the neighbourhood of London than the preceding species, according to my experience; is found about cucumber-frames, and occasionally in the cellars of London. I possess a good ‘series of specimens which were procured from a double-handful of fresh-mown grass, which was placed in one of my cellars as a trap for small Coleoptera. A single specimen found by me in the region of the nest of Formica fuliginosa is much larger than any others, being fully equal in size to the E. nanus. Sect. 2. Thorax with the three fovee near the posterior margin united by a transverse groove ; the discoidal fovea wanling. 7. Euplectus ambiguus, Aubé, Monogr. p. 58, sp. 10, pl. 93, fig. 2. the British Species of the Genus Euplectus. oil Euplectus pusillus, Aubé, 1. c. p. 59, sp. 11, pl. 93, fig. 3. ———, Denny, Monogr. p. 15, s. 6, pl. 2, fig. 2. —_———- ———,, of Stephens’s Collection. ruficornis, of Stephens’s Collection. Scarcely equal to E. Karséenii in length, and distinctly narrower, and more linear in form than that insect; it is of a pitch colour, or pitchy-brown, finely pubescent and glossy, with the legs, base of the antennee, and parts of the mouth testaceous. The head is fully as broad as the thorax, with a distinct fovea behind on the vertex, and two deep grooves commencing in two foveex behind, and converging strongly towards the fore part of the head; the raised area in the region of the eye is punctured. ‘The thorax is fully as broad as long, contracted behind, and broadest near the fore part; the angles obtusely rounded; the three foveze behind are deep, and the central one is the largest; the transverse groove which unites them is also deep—there is no trace of a discoidal fovea; the surface is polished, and has minute scattered punc- tures. The elytra can scarcely be said to be punctured ; they are about equal to the head and thorax in length, and about one-third broader than the thorax; the sutural stria is well marked, and external to this, at the base of each elytron, are two foveole, the outermost of which is not prolonged into a stria, as is generally the case. The male has the terminal spur to the middle tibia well developed. I possess but two specimens of this species, taken by me many _ years since, I believe in the neighbourhood of London. It seems to be rare in cabinets. Euplectus ambiguus, var.? I possess a single specimen of an insect which agrees most closely in all its characters with the LZ. ambiguus, but which differs in having the head, thorax and elytra most thickly punctured and rugulose throughout; I cannot, however, but think it is an ac- cidental variety. Sect. 3. Thorax with the three fovee near the base isolated—not united by a transverse depression. 8. Luplectus bicolor, Denny, Monogr. p. 17, sp. 7; pl. 2, fig. 3. 1825. — , of Stephens’s Collection (¢ ). — , Aubé, Monogr. p. 57, sp. 9, pl. 93, fig. 1. Pselaphus glabriculus, Gyll. Ins. Suec. iv. p. 236, 13. 1827? Pitchy-black, with the legs and antenne pale testaceous, shorter i) 2 ——— 52 Descriptions of British Species of the Genus Euplectus. and broader than other species, with the elytra and abdomen fully as broad, or even slightly broader than in &. nanus ; the thorax rather smaller, and the head considerably less than in that insect. Head short, considerably narrower than the thorax, with two distinct foveze behind, and a transverse groove in front ; the eye very prominent, and the head rather suddenly contracted be- hind them; the penultimate and ante-penultimate joints of the antenne rather larger than usual. Thorax about equal in length and width, strongly dilated rather anterior to the middle, and suddenly contracted near the front; with a moderate sized fovea behind, an oblong impression in front of this, and a longitudinal groove at some little distance from the lateral margin, extending from the anterior margin, and opening behind into the posterior lateral fovea; the surface is most indistinctly punctured, as is likewise that of the elytra. These latter are about twice as long and twice as broad as the thorax, rather convex, and gradually contracted towards the shoulders; the sutural stria is by no means strong, the mesial stria extends rather less than half-way along the elytra, and is deep and broad, especially at the base, and be- tween this and the little foveola which forms the commencement of the sutural stria is a small oblong foveola. The middle tibia in the male has a large tooth-like process on the inner side about mid-way between the base and apex, the corresponding tibia is simple in the female. This species seems to be very rare or local; I have seen but three specimens, a beautifully set male and female taken by Mr. Dossetor in the neighbourhood of London, and a male specimen in the collection of Mr. Stephens, from which the above descrip- tion is taken. It is remarkable that Gyllenhal should have overlooked the posterior lateral foveze to the thorax of this insect, as well as the lateral longitudinal groove and the small discoidal groove, if this really be his Psel. glabriculus, as is generally supposed. With regard to the above notes, I wish to state that I did not undertake to give an account of the British Euplecti because I was full of matter and had ample material, but because I was full of difficulties, and was anxious to point them out: it was neces- sary that I should examine the group with the view of determining the species for insertion in my catalogue, and in this work, I ex- perienced much difficulty from the circumstance that the diffe- rential characters are often not pointed out: this want I have endeavoured to supply. Cees) V. Descriptions of New Species of Australian Hymenoptera, and of a Species of Formica from New Zealand. By FREDERICK Smitu, Esq., Pres. Ent. Soc. {Read June 4th, 1860.] Tue only species of ant which I have seen from New Zealand, excepting that described in the present paper, is the Formica (Atta) antarctica of White, in the Zoology of the Erebus and Terror; indeed, from inquiries that I have made of Dr. Sinclair and others who have long resided in that country, the Formicide appear to be insects extremely local or of rare occurrence in New Zealand. The species described in this paper derives its sole interest from the fact of its being the first true Formica that has been dis- covered ; it was also the only species of ant forwarded by a rela- tive, who undertook to collect the Formicide for me in the neighbourhood of Port Littleton. Amongst the Hymenoptera of Australia, the species of the genus Pompilus, and two of Gorytes, are, perhaps, as remarkable for their beauty and distinctiveness as any species belonging to those extensive genera. I have also added a new species to the rare genus Paragia. The fourteen new species of Australian bees, described in this paper, complete the enumeration of all that I am acquainted with from that country; six of these are in the collection of the British Museum, and for eight I am indebted to the liberality of John Lubbock, Esq. Formica advena. F. luteo-fusca, scapis antennarum pedibusque pallide testaceis ; corporis pube sericea subtilior: ; squama subovali, supra rotun- data. Female.—Fuscous-yellow, shining, covered with a thin fine cinereous pubescent pile; the flagellum slightly fuscous, with the tip pale; the anterior portion of the head and the mandibles paler than the vertex ; the mandibles with fine acute teeth ; a central impressed line runs upward from the clypeus to the middle of the vertex, terminating at the anterior ocellus, the ocelli minute. Thorax ovate. Abdomen fuscous, the scale of the peduncle in- crassate, its superior margin rounded, Length 2 lines. 54 Mr. F. Smith’s Descriptions of new Worker 14 lines. In general colouring, like the female, but paler, the thorax being pale testaceous like the legs. Hab. New Zealand. In my own Collection. The only species of ants site I have seen from New Zealand are one belonging to the genus Myrmica, one forming the genus Orectognathus, and the species here described belonging to the genus Formica ; it was found near Port Littleton by a relative of mine resident at that place. Pompilus raptor. P. niger, abdomine nitido, alis fuscis fascid ante apicem flava. Female.—Black ; the anterior wings with a broad yellow fascia near their apical margins, Head with the clypeus transverse, and, as well as the base of the mandibles, sprinkled with a few rigid setae; the tips of the mandibles ferruginous ; the face and cheeks covered with silvery pile. The sides of the thorax, the legs and metathorax with a silvery silky reflection; the posterior margin of the prothorax curved; the metathorax somewhat obliquely truncate; the tibiae exteriorly, and the tarsi, thickly set with short acute spines; the thorax has a thin fuscous pubescence above, that on the sides and beneath is cinereous; wings dark fuscous, with an orange-yellow fascia on the anterior pair, the width of the marginal cell, and from thence crossing the wing nearly to its pos- terior border. Abdomen shining, with a bright silvery silky re- flection beneath, and at the posterior lateral angles of the first and second segments. Length 9 lines. Hab. Australia.. (The neighbourhood of Sydney.) In my own Collection. Pompilus molestus. P. niger, pube cinered sericed vestitus, alis fuscis fasciis duabus flavis ; antennis, tibiis tarsisque ferrugineis. Female.—Black, and thinly covered with a silky cinereous pile ; the antennee ferruginous, with three or four of the apical joints black ; the mandibles rufo-piceous at their apex ; the vertex, and the pro- and mesothorax with rufo-fuscous reflection ; the pos- terior margin of the prothorax curved; the tibize and tarsi dull, ferruginous and sparingly set with short acute spines ; the wings fuscous, with two broad yellow fasciz on the superior pair, their base sub-hyaline ; the posterior wings sub-hyaline, with a fuscous Species of Australian Hymenoptera 55 border at their apical margins. Abdomen slightly shining, covered with cinereous silky pile, which is most dense at the base of each segment. Length 9 lines. Hab. Australia (near Sydney). In my own Collection. Gorytes bellicosus. G. mger, clypeo antennarum scapo subtus flavo, linea prothorace et subscutello segmentis duobus abdomineque rufo-flavis. Female.—Black, slightly shining, and with two yellow fascize on the abdomen. Head rather narrower than the thorax; the clypeus, scape of the antennz in front, and their apex, yellow ; the anterior margin of the clypeus traversed by a groove, the groove black; the face with a short thin silvery. pubescence ; the vertex with a sparing pale fulvous pubescence. ‘Thorax: the collar with a narrow interrupted yellow line; the suture at the base of the scutellum consute ; the metathorax obtusely rounded, with a deep longitudinal central channel, the inclosed space at its base coarsely striated longitudinally, the sides rugose, and with a thin griseous pubescence ; the wings sub-hyaline, with the anterior margin of the superior pair fuscous; the tibiae and tarsi dull fer- ruginous, stout, and spinose; the anterior tarsi ciliated, the claw- joint enlarged, with the claws simple, and a large pulvillus pro- duced between their fork. Abdomen: a sub-interrupted yellow fascia a little before the apical margin of the first segment ; the second segment swollen at the sides, the third with a yellow fascia on its apical margin; the sixth segment ferruginous at the apex, shining, and faintly punctured. Length 63 lines. Hab. Adelaide. In my own Collection. Gorytes eximius. G. niger, clypeo antennarum scapo subtus flavo, abdomine fascis tribus flavis, tibus basi tarsisque ferrugineis. Female.—Black; the abdomen with orange bands, the legs annulated with yellow and white. The clypeus, basal joint of the flagellum and the scape, yellow; the latter with a fuscous spot behind. ‘The thorax closely punctured ; a narrow yellow line on the collar, and the tegule yellow; an orange spot on the clypeus ; the metathorax obtusely rounded and rugose; the inclosed space at its base longitudinally striated ; the suture at the base of the 56 Mr. F. Smith’s Descriptions of new scutellum simple; the wings sub-hyaline, the anterior margin of the superior pair dark fuscous ; the anterior tibiae, tarsi and apex of the femora pale yellow, nearly white, the tibize and tarsi with a ferruginous stain outside ; the intermediate legs are similarly coloured, but have also the tips of the joints of the tarsi dark- coloured; the posterior tibize are yellow at their base, the tarsi white, with the tips of the joints black. Abdomen: the first segment orange, with the extreme base black; the second seg- ment with a broad orange fascia on its apical margin, slightly emarginate in the middle; the third segment with a narrower yellow fascia; the tip of the abdomen ferruginous. Length 44 lines. Hab. Australia (Adelaide ?). In my own Collection. Paragia deceptor. P. nigra, aurantiaca multipicta ; abdominis segmentis tribus flavo- fasciatis. Female.—Black, variegated with orange-red. The head closely punctured ; the anterior margin of the clypeus slightly rounded, with a large semi-circular orange spot at its base ; a transverse subquadrate spot between the antennz, and a minute line behind the eyes, orange. Thorax somewhat square in front, the anterior . margin slightly curved; the prothorax orange in front, slightly interrupted in the middle; a spot beneath the wings, a short, narrow line over the tegule, an oblong spot in the middle of the mesothorax, extending to the base of the scutellum, and the latter, orange-red ; the metathorax truncate, the truncation finely rugose, with the lateral margins narrowly orange; the tibiz and tarsi orange-red, the tarsi palest. Abdomen silky, particularly so beneath ; the first segment with a minute spot on each side, the ‘second with a broad band at its base, the third with a similar band at its apical margin, the fourth with a narrow band also at its apical margin, orange-red; the band on the second segment is emarginate in the middle, and also on each side of its basal border; the apical margin of the fifth segment and the sixth entirely rufo-piceous. The wings sub-hyaline, with the anterior border of the superior pair dark fuscous. Length 6 lines. Hab. Australia. In my-own Collection. This species closely resembles the P. Australis of Saussure, - but I think the differences warrant their separation: an extensive series might prove it to be an extreme variety. Species of Austrulian Hymenoptera. 37 Fam. ANDRENID, Leach. Genus Lamprocontetes, Smith. 1. Lamprocolletes venustus. Female.—Black, the abdomen with a silky gloss. The face densely clothed with long, pale golden-coloured pubescence, that on the cheeks is white ; the scape of the antennz ferruginous ; the Jabrum and mandibles rufo-testaceous, the latter rufo-piceous at their apex. Thorax thinly clothed above with pale ochraceous pubescence, on the sides and beneath it is nearly white; the tips of the femora, the tibize and tarsi ferruginous. Abdomen: the margins of the segments with narrow fasciz of a golden lustre, and thinly sprinkled with pale hairs. Length 43 lines. South Australia—Lower Plenty. In the Collection of the British Museum. 2. Lamprocolletes cladocerus. Male.—Black, shining, and finely punctured, the pubescence griseous and most dense on the face and thorax; that on the latter is beautifully plumose, resembling downy feathers; on the face it is nearly white; the antennz bipectinate, that is, with a double row of teeth, two on each joint ; each tooth has two or more teeth or branches within, all the teeth fringed with erect hairs. The wings hyaline and iridescent, the nervures dark brown; the legs obscurely testaceous, the claw-joint of the tarsi pale, the claws bifid, the calcaria white. Abdomen shining, and having an obscure eneous tinge; the margins of the segments depressed and obscurely rufo-piceous. Length 4% lines. Hab. Australia— Sydney. In the Collection of the British Museum. This species is at present unique in the National Collection ; it is certainly the most remarkable bee that I have seen, and the only instance, to my knowledge, of a bee having pectinated antenne ; such an occurrence, indeed, in the Aculeate Hymenoptera is only known in two or three instances, as in Psammotherma flabellata amongst the Mutillide, and again in Ctenocerus Klugii in the Pompilide ; there is also a modification of it in one or two other species of Pompilide. 58 Mr. F. Smith’s Descriptions of new Genus Euryetossa, Smith. 1. Euryglossa ephippiata. Female.—Head and thorax black, the latter blood-red above ; the abdomen nigro-zeneous. The head closely and finely punc- tured ; the clypeus shining, with scattered punctures ; the man- dibles with their apex rufo-piceous, rounded at the tips, not toothed. The thorax above, the scutellum and _ post-scutellum red ; the wings fusco-hyaline; the nervures black. Abdomen of a dark olive-green, with an obscure silky gloss. Length 4} lines. Hab. Adelaide. In the Collection of the British Museum. 2. Euryglossa licolor. Female.—The head and thorax black, the abdomen red. The head and thorax shining, finely and distantly punctured ; the face and vertex with a thin, pale golden-coloured pubescence, that on the cheeks cinereous. The wings sub-hyaline, their nervures pale testaceous. The abdomen ferruginous, with the base and a transverse waved stripe across each segment fuscous. Length 4 lines. Hab. Adelaide. In the Collection of the British Museum. Genus Dasycotzietes, Smith. Dasycolletes rubellus. Female.—The head and thorax black, and clothed with beautiful plumose pubescence ; the clypeus strongly punctured and shining ; the head opaque, and finely and longitudinally rugose. Thorax slightly shining, very closely and delicately punctured, with stronger scattered punctures intermixed ; the scopa on the pos- terior tibiz silvery-white beneath and fuscous above; the legs obscure rufo-fuscous, and clothed with glittering pale pubescence ; the wings hyaline and iridescent, the nervures testaceous, the costal nervure nearly black. Abdomen ferruginous; its apical segment black; the apical margin of the fifth segment and the sides of the sixth with sooty-black pubescence: the margins of the segments beneath fringed with pale pubescence. Length 43 lines. Hab. South Australia—Lower Plenty. In the Collection of the British Museum. Species of Australian Hymenoptera. 59 Genus AntuoGtossa, Smith. Anthoglossa sericea. A. nigra, thorace pedibusque pallide fulvescente tectis, segmentis abdominis apice pallide testaceo late fasciatis. Female.—Black ; the sides of the face with a line of snow- white pubescence, on the vertex it is slightly fuscous ; the anterior margin of the clypeus and the mandibles rufo-piceous, the tips of the latter black; the flagellum fulvous beneath. The thorax densely clothed with short pale pubescence on the disc, on the sides and beneath it is cinereous; the tibize and tarsi rufo-piceous, their pubescence pale fulvous ; the wings sub-hyatine, the tegulze pale testaceous. Abdomen subovate and covered with a short changeable reddish pile; the apical margins of the segments narrowly testaceous; the fifth segment fringed with fulvous pubescence, as well as the sides of the sixth; the segment itself being rufo-testaceous. Length 5 lines. From the Collection of J. Lubbock, Esq. Genus Prosopis, Fabr. Prosopis metallicus. P. nigro-cerulea, nitida et delicatule punctata, faciei scutello et post-scutello flavis. Female.—Black ; the clypeus and face on each side bright yellow. Yhorax closely and finely punctured; the tubercles, scutellum and post-scutellum yellow ; wings slightly smoky, the nervures black ; the two recurrent nervures uniting with the two transverse cubital nervures. Abdomen: obscurely nigro-zeneous, very finely and closely punctured. Length 34 lines. Male.—Shining nigro-zneous; the clypeus, the face on each side of it, an angular spot above the clypeus and the scape in front cream-coloured. Thorax closely and finely punctured; a large spot beneath the wings, the scutellum and_ post-scutellum bright yellow; wings sub-hyaline and iridescent, the nervures piceous, the stigma pale testaceous ; the anterior tibize in front, a line on the femora outside near their apex, a line in front of the intermediate and posterior tibia and femora, yellow. Abdomen finely and closely punctured ; the apical segments beneath fringed with black pubescence. Hab. Australia. From the Collection of J. Lubbock, Esq. 60 Mr. F. Smith’s Descriptions of new Genus Noma, Latr. Nomia argentifrons. N. nigra; capile thoraceque punctatis subopacis, facier pube argentata ; abdomine nigro-ceeruleo, segmentis apicalibus albo- marginatis. Head, thorax and legs black, the abdomen black ; the scape of the antennz in front, the apex of the clypeus, the mandibles and anterior tibize in front pale rufo-testaceous, the flagellum fulvous beneath ; the claws of the tarsi testaceous; the face, cheeks and hinder margin of the vertex clothed with white pubescence ; the thorax on the sides and the sutures of the scutellum white ; wings hyaline, faintly clouded at their apical margins, the nervures black, the posterior femora incrassate, the tibia incrassate and broadly expanded at their apex. Abdomen: the apical margin with white fascize, the first broadly interrupted. Length 4 lines. Hab. Australia. From the Collection of J. Lubbock, Esq. Genus AnpDRENA, Fabr. Andrena advena. A. nigra glabriuscula ; abdomine nitido fasctis interruptis albis ; scopa versicolort. ; Female.—Black, the face and cheeks with cinereous pube- scence, that on the vertex fuscous; the clypeus strongly punc- tured. Thorax: the sides and beneath thinly clothed with cinereous pubescence, that on the disc and on the scutellum fuscous; the posterior tibiz have the scopa fuscous; wings hyaline and iridescent, the nervures black. Abdomen: oblong- ovate, the second, third and fourth segments with a narrow white marginal fascia, the apical fimbria black. Length 53? lines. Hab. Australia. From the Collection of J. Lubbock, Esq. Genus Scrarter, St. Farg. 1. Scrapter carinata. S. capite thoraceque nigris, abdomine ferrugineo apice nigro. Female.—Head, thorax and legs black, smooth and shining ; the clypeus rounded in front, and with a sharp, elevated carina down the centre; the flagellum rufo-piceous beneath. Thorax : Species of Australian Hymenoptera. 61 wings hyaline and iridescent, the tegule rufo-testaceous ; the tibize and tarsi obscure rufo-piceous, the anterior tibiae pale in front. Abdomen ferruginous; the apical margin. of the first segment slightly fusco-ferruginous, the second more broadly so; _ the fol- lowing segments entirely fusco-ferruginous. Length 3% lines. Hab. Australia. From the Collection of J. Lubbock, Esq. 2. Scrapter bicolor. S. capite thoraceque nigris, abdomine ferrugineo basi nigro, alis hyalinis. Female.—Head and thorax black ; abdomen ferruginous, with the base fuscous; a fuscous spot in the middle of the three following segments at their extreme lateral margins. The fla- gellum obscurely fulvous beneath; tips of the mandibles ferru- ginous; the clypeus with scattered punctures; the tibize and tarsi ferruginous, and thinly covered with cinereous pubescence. Length 4 lines. Hab. Australia. Fram the Collection of J. Lubbock, Esq. Fam. APIDAS, Leach. Genus Meeacuice, Latr. 1. Megachile ustulata. M. nigra, abdomine pube ferrugined vestito, alis fuscis. Female.—Head, thorax and legs clothed with black pubescence, the face on each side of the clypeus with cinereous pubescence, the clypeus broadly truncate; the mandibles stout, rugose and opaque black ; wings fuscous, darkest along the anterior margin of the superior pair; the intermediate and posterior tarsi clothed with fulvous pubescence ; the abdomen clothed above and beneath with bright fulvous pubescence, longest and palest beneath. Length 62 lines. Hab. Australia. From the Collection of J. Lubbock, Esq. 2, Megachile senex. Female.—Black, shining and finely punctured; the head an- teriorly, the cheeks, the thorax on the sides aud beneath, as well 62 Descriptions of new Species of Australian Hymenoptera. as the legs, clothed with cinereous pubescence ; the clypeus more strongly punctured than the rest of the body, its anterior margin emarginate ; the mandibles very stout and bidentate. The wings smoky, darkest at their apical margins, with the nervures black ; the spines at the apex of the tibize and the claws of the tarsi rufo- testaceous, the tips of the latter black ; the tibize have exteriorly a short fuscous pubescence, on the tarsi within it is fulvous. Abdomen with shades of violet and green, without marginal fasciz, and clothed beneath with bright fulvous pubescence. Length 5 lines. Hab. Australia, Richmond River. In the Collection of the British Museum. Of this very marked and easily distinguished species there are two specimens in the Museum, which are in the finest possible condition; the absence of abdominal fascize is unusual in this genus. 3. Megachile modestus. Female.—Black ; very closely and finely punctured and sub- opaque ; the sides of the face, the thorax on the sides and beneath, and a little tuft behind the tegulae, white ; wings sub-hyaline ; the legs thinly covered with white pubescence. Abdomen: the pos- terior margin of the segments with narrow white fasciz; the apical segment with short, pale fulvous pubescence, beneath clothed with white pubescence. Length 43 lines. Male.—Closely resembles the female, but has the two basal joints of the anterior tarsi white, flattened and expanded; the terminal segment of the abdomen truncate at the apex, with a minute tooth at the extreme base of the lateral margins. Length 42 lines. Hab. Australia. From the Collection of J. Lubbock, Esq. (635) VI. On the Comparative Influence of Periodicity and Tem- perature upon the Development of Insects. By M. C. Vertoren, Med. Doc., Utrecht. Communicated by Professor Wrestwoop, M.A., F.LS., &e. [Read 6th August, 1860.] Periopiciry is an essential property of all organic being; animals and plants having, within fixed limits, a determined time of exist- ence, growth and decay. In insects and plants this periodicity is more expressed than in other classes of the organic creation; in the majority of species the different periods of development are fixed to definite times of the year, differing, however, in different species. It is generally known that temperature has great influence upon periodicity. The experiments of Reaumur, in retarding or ad- vancing the time of appearing of some insects, are sufficiently known; and Lacorpatre has mentioned an observation, where out of 100 pupe of Saturnia Paphia, two-thirds came out after fourteen days (the ordinary time of pupation), and the other one- third at different times during ten subsequent months; showing that in that case the time of the year was without influence. But there are species in which the periodicity is only deter- mined by the time of the year, and where temperature has no influence thereupon. SwamMeERDAM and Reaumur have already made observations upon this subject. SwamMMERDAM says, that his Ephemera Swammerdamu always appears during three to four days within the fourteen days between the feasts afi St. Oxor and Sr. Joun; and Ruaumur states that another species of Ephemera, inhabiting the Seine, always appears during two or three days be- tween the 10th and 18th of August, adding that neither cold nor rainy days had any influeace thereupon. Besides this annual periodicity there is also a daily one. The Ephemera of SwaMMERDAM, according to his statement, appears always between the hour of 6 and 6.30 in the evening, and has disappeared totally before 11 o’clock ; and Reaumur states of his Ephemera, that it appears always between the hour of 8 and 8.30 in the evening, and has disappeared at 10 o’clock. Braum has stated that Bombyx Mori and Macroglossa Ginothere leave the pupa only at sunrise, Smerinthus Tilie at noon; and ScuRoETER states that sixteen specimens of Acherontia Atropos left the pupe 64 Dr. Verloren on the Comparative Influence of between 4 and 7 in the evening, which has been proved by ex- periments of my own. To determine this more accurately it is necessary to make ob- servations on a great number of individuals. During several years I have made them upon Sphinx Ligustri, and | have obtained very curious results, showing evidently an influence determined only by the time of the year, without any influence of the tem- perature. The perfect moths do not always come out in the fol- lowing year, but some remain in the pupa to the second year. The time of coming out is ordinarily the last half of June ; those which have not come out at that time remain to the following year. In July and August a sufficiently high temperature is developed, but it is without influence, if their determined time has passed, and they remain to the following year, when they come out precisely at their determined time in June, simultaneously with those which have undergone their transformation to the pupa in the preceding September. During the, years of 1844—1852, out of 236 pupz 182 came out in the year subsequent to their pupation, 40 in the second year, and 14 died; thus 18 per cent. of the whole number of pupe remain to the second year. The mean time of coming out has been found to be the 21st of June, and the limits of appearance the 4th of June and the 19th of July. The year 1851 was especially backward, and the latest limit of the 19th of July occurred in that year, whilst the first specimen came out in that year on the 25th of June. The year 1848, on the contrary, was the most forward, and the moths appeared from June 4th to June 26th. As stated before, the two- year brood came out in every year exactly at the same time as the one-year brood. [See Table opposite. | In the one-year brood the males have always been about a week in advance; in the two-year brood no marked difference could be observed in this respect. Although it seems to be the rule, that in most insects the males precede the females, there are also instances where the reverse is the case. Out of twenty pup of Psyche nitidella which I reared, ten females came out between the 14th and 20th of June; the following week not one came out; and after that time only males were developed. During the past year I made observations upon a certain number of pupe of Papilio Machaon with. the like result. The general relation between the number of males and females of Sphinx Ligustri which I reared was, as 53:85 per cent. g to 46°15 @; but between the one and two-year brood the prepon- [To face page 64.] TOTAL. 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This fact is easily to be explained by the above-mentioned fact of the earlier development of the males of the one-year brood; the females coming out the latest, there is a greater chance for them than for the males to become a two-year brood. I have also to note another remarkable fact upon this two- year brood, viz., the numerical proportion of this brood in alter- nate years. Thus, the even years, 1844-46-48-50, produced ninety-three of one-year brood and thirty-seven of two-year brood; but the uneven years, 1845-47-49-51, produced eighty- nine of one-year brood and only three of two-year brood. ‘The number of my observations is certainly too small to state this fact positively, but it seems to me sufficiently marked for calling attention to this fact. * The differences in advancing or retarding the time of coming out in the month of June and the first days of July are certainly occasioned by differences of temperature, principally in the month of May. In the first warm days in the month of May the pupz receive an impulsion by which the proper formation of the perfect insect in the pupa case Is set in action. ‘Those which resist this impulsion remain to the following year; thus the periodicity of the species prevails over the influence of the temperature. Further experiments are in accordance with this view. The pupa state in Insects is best adapted for physiological experiments on the transformation of matter in animals. ‘They live and em- ploy matter like cther animals, but take no additional food. Their food is deposited in their bodies in the adipose tissue, accumulated during the larva state. The larva eats not only for itself, but also for the future pupa, which is not able to take food from without. Hence it is not necessary to take into account the food consumed by the animal (as would be required in experiments with the larva), whereby such experiments are much facilitated. I therefore commenced by making a series of calculations of the weights of the pupa at different times. The loss can thus only represent the loss by respiration, and the amount of the loss will represent the activity of the vital functions. I cannot detail in extenso all the points connected with the researches which I have made, and will, therefore, only give some of the results. First, the mean loss sustained by the insects from April to the time of their appearance in the perfect state, calculated for the early period in series of ten days’ duration, and subsequently from day VOL. i. THIRD SERIES, PART II1.—--MAY, 1562. F Dr. Verloren on the Comparative Influence of 66 peyieu ‘ep JO PGT pue yIG 24) VaAMI9q shep ayi ul uaals uaeq pey uorspndon ayy “TT pue J] “yf Url yeyi Uses oq 0} SI I] 8g GON SPOLsOME eS t SG) 2a tht POOL Grie eGlL SGN iy Gs SVs anG OL.) 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In No. IV. that augmentation is not perceptible; the loss of weight increases a little until the 7th of August, but after that time it again decreases. This increase and decrease in the amount of the loss is naturally explained by the rising of the temperature, but it is not so much as it should be, if the impulsion were given for the formation of the perfect insect. In No. V., on the contrary, the loss is at all times enormously greater, showing, as I have remarked, the influence of the loss of life. As I commenced my observation of these weights only last year, and only females came out of the two-year brood pupe in that year, I have not obtained the weights of males of the two- year brood, — The loss of weight has been found to be greater in the males than in the females, showing a more extensive consumption of matter by the males than by the females. In the last sixty-six days before coming out of the pupe, the mean loss per cent. on the weights of the pupe (on the sixty-sixth day before they came out) was in the one-year brood of males, 8°48; in the one-year brood of females, 7°59 ; and in the two-year brood of females, 7:64. The loss by respiration is, of course, also accompanied by urinary secretions, consisting of the solid and fluid remaining parts of the matter consumed during the pupa state. This secre- tion is accumulated during the pupa state in a vesicular enlarge- ment of the rectum. The perfect insect frees itself by the dis- charge of this mass in leaving the pupa case, and if the pupz are fixed in an upright position before the moths come out, the whole quantity is generally left in the pupa case. It would be too long to explain all the precautions taken to determine exactly the quantity of urinary secretion during the pupa state, and I will give only the ultimate results, showing also the greater amount of matter consumed by the male pupze. The correspondence of the num- bers of the different groups will, as | hope, speak sufficiently in favour of the accuracy of the results. The mean quantity of urinary secretion, during the whole time of the pupa state, has also been expressed by the per-centage on the weights of the pupee, calculated on the sixty-sixth day before the day the perfect insects emerged, as follows :— In males of the one-year brood pe once: In females i 5 ne Bn ee eee In females of the two-year brood m3 .. 30°64 IT have also taken the weights of the perfect insects. I will not, however, mention all the precautions necessary to obtain accurate E2 68 Dr. Verloren on the Comparative Influence of results. I will only give one of the results, showing the difference in the quantity of loss between the days and the nights, which was much greater during the nights than during the days, and also greater in the males than in the females. Day. Night. Mean loss of the g@ msect ............| 5°333 | 12°925 5763 9°969 by) 99 S 9 eeeeeoeseoeee The following table will also give the hours of the day in which the insects have come out of the pupe, showing that the great majority come out in the morning or before one o’clock in the afternoon, contrasting strongly on this point with Acherontia Atropos, which we have observed to come out always in the evening :— Out of 94 specimens of Sphina Ligustri, there have come out before 9 o’clock in the morning 19 specimens, 5) 3? 10 23 39 16 3) ” sie ul 0 ap 10 a oe) oy) 12 ” 99 10— 50 9 yo », afternoon 15 a. 29 29 4 ” oP) 6 + ” 99 9) 9 ” 9 oe) 29 29 4 29 ” ) 29 9 9 5 ” 29 1 9 ” ” 6 0 99 2 ” 99 99 7 3 99 1 39 94: Lastly, I will remark that M. Virmorin made some observa- tions before the French Academy of, Sciences on the 21st March, 1859, stating facts of the same kind in plants as I have described in insects. It is sufficiently known that plants can be advanced in their development by putting them in hot situations. But M. Vitmortn has remarked that there are plants in which that cannot be done, and in which periodicity prevails over the influence of temperature, and the development takes place only at the de- termined time of the year specified for each species. Thus, of corn and beet cultivated in the same hot-house with the straw- berry, the stawberries were sixty to eighty days in advance of those which were cultivated in the open air, but the corn and the beet Periodicity, Sc. upon the Development of Insects. 69 were not at all advanced. Again, winter corn sown in the spring sprang up, but remained during the whole summer and subse- quent winter like grass, and looked during the winter just like that which was sown in the autumn, and did not shoot up to seed any earlier in the following spring than that which was sown in the preceding autumn. M. Vitmorrn has concentrated his opinion in these few concluding words, which also exactly express my opinion upon those facts among animals as among plants :— ‘Tl y a donc 1a en jeu une cause qui, n’étant fonction ni de la température, ni du temps (considéré comme durée), parait l’étre de la saison de l'année, et qui, assez efficace pour contre-balancer dans le blé, l’avoine, la betterave, etc., l’action de la chaleur, est au contraire absolument sans action sur d’autres plantes, comme le fraisier, la vigne, le melon, plantes dans lesquelles on peut déplacer pour ainsi dire X volonté l’époque des principales phases de la végétation.” Nore.—With reference to Dr. Verloren’s observation that Acherontia Atropos always emerges from the pupa in the evening, the following table has been sup- plied by W. Groves, Esq. In 1858 Mr. Groves obtained fourteen pup of 4. Atropos, of which thirteen assumed the perfect state; they were kept in a warm place under a bell-glass in wet moss. Number. Sex. Time of Appearance in the Perfect State. ] Male. 1 Sept., 1858. Between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. 2 Male. LGay5 + Between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. 3 Male. 16 ,, ip 11 p.m. ‘ 4 Male. Wie ae 9 p.m. 5 Female.| 21 ,, 33 (2). 6 Female.| 23 ,, i 11 a.m. 7 Female. | 24 ,, ee Between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. 8 Female. | 24 ,, ee Between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. 9 Male. DOT. iS 7 a.m. 10 Female. 2 Oct. 55 Between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. 11 Male. rans a5 Between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. 12 Female. Oi 8%; 3 Between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. 13 Female. ORs An Between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. Nos. 12 and 13 were imperfect specimens, the wings not being fully de- veloped. 70 Mr. F. Walker’s Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera VII. Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera in the Collec- tion of W. W. Saunders, Esq. By F. Waker, Esq., F.L.S. [Read Sth Nov., 1860.] Fam. DIOPTIDE. The family Zithosiide, as it is noticed in the Brit. Mus. Cat. Lep. Het. Ist Ser., Pt. 2, contains several distinct families, one of which may be termed Dioptide, the principal genus being Dioptis, of which the foilowing species forms a new section. Genus Diortis, Hubn. Mas.—Corpus gracile. Palpi porrecti, brevissimi, caput non superantes ; articulus 3us brevissimus. Antennze sub-pec- tinate, apice simplices. Abdomen longum. Pedes breves ; tibize posticze calcaribus brevissimis. Alze ample. Male.—Body slender. Palpi porrect, very short, not extend- ing beyond the head; 3rd joint very short. Antenne slightly pectinated, simple at the tips. Abdomenlong. Legs short ; hind tibiae with very short spurs. Wings ample; 2nd inferior vein nearer to the Ist than to the 3rd in the fore-wings, and nearer to the 3rd than to the 4th in the hind-wings. Dioptis hyelosioides. Mas.—Atra, pectore albo-maculato, abdomine nigricante viridi vitta alba supra tenui subtus latissima, alis vitreis limpidis sub-pubescentibus, venis cyaneo-nigro-marginatis. Male.—Deep black. Pectus with white spots. Abdomen blackish-green, with a slender white stripe above and with a broad white stripe beneath. Wings vitreous, colourless, very minutely pubescent, bordered with bluish-black ; veins black, more or less broadly bordered with bluish-black. Length of the body 9 lines; of the wings 24 lines. Bogota. Fam. EUSCHEMID. Genus Euscnrema, Hubn. Euschema abrupta. Mas.—Ochracea, palpis porrectis, antennis sat late pectinatis, thorace fascia fuscescente-cinerea, alis anticis fuscescente- cinereo-trivittatis, dimidio apicali fuscescente-cinereo fasciis in the Collection of W. W. Saunilers, Esq. 71 duabus macularibus albidis sub-hyalinis, alis posticis vittis tribus fuscescente-cinereis macularibus deviis. Male.—Orange. Palpi short, porrect; 2nd joint broad; 3rd elongate-conical. Antenne rather broadly pectinated. Legs mostly whitish. Thorax with a brownish cinereous band. Fore- wings brownish cinereous for much more than half the length from the tips, with two whitish, nearly hyaline macular bands, basal part with three brownish cinereous stripes, of which the fore one is angular and extends obliquely to the disk, and the 2nd and 3rd are abbreviated ; exterior border extremely oblique. Hind- wings with three macular and very irregular brownish cinereous stripes. Length of the body 12 lines; of the wings 34 lines. Assam. Genus CELERENA, n. g. Mas et Feem.—Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis longa. Palpi erecti, verticem paullo superantes, articulo 30 lanceolato. Antenne long, graciles.) Abdomen cylindricum. Pedes longi, graciles, leaves. Alze ample; anticze elongate; posticee breviusculae. Mas.—Antennze pubescentes, dimidio apicali setuloso. Pedes postici tibiis posticis valde incrassatis, calcari- bus tribus longissimis, metatarsis tumidis. Fcem.—Antenne glabree. ‘Tibize posticze vix incrassate, calcaribus parvis. Male and Female.—Body rather slender. Proboscis long. Palpi erect, not thick, rising a little higher than the vertex ; 3rd joint lanceolate, less than half the length of the 2nd. Antenne long, slender. Abdomen cylindrical. Legs long, slender, smooth. Wings ample. Fore-wings elongate, slightly rounded at the tips ; costa very slightly convex exteriorly ; exterior border very oblique. Hind- wings comparatively short. Male.—Antennze pubescent for half the length from the base, minutely setulose from thence to the tips. Abdomen extending as far as the hind-wings. Hind- tibize very much incrassated, with three very long spurs, two in the middle and one near the tip, which is elongate-conical, and is furrowed beneath for the reception of the base of the tarsus ; one of the middle spurs slightly convolute at the tip; hind-metatarsus much inflated, widening from the base to the tip. Memale—An- tennze smooth. Hind-tibize very slightly incrassated; spurs short. Abdomen not extending so far as the hind-wings. This genus is remarkable on account of the peculiar structure of the hind-legs. The second inferior vein is nearly thrice further 72 Mr. F. Walker’s Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera from the 3rd than from the Ist in the fore-wings, and four times further from the 3rd than from the Ist in the hind- wings. Celerena divisa. Mas et 'ceem.—Luteo-flava, alis fascia arcuata nigra, margine exteriore schistaceo, alis anticis costa interiore schistacea, striga costali nigra, spatio apicali amplo schistaceo. Male and Female.—Luteous-yellow. _ Wings about the exterior border slate-colour, which hue is limited by a black curved band. Fore-wings with the costa slate-colour from the base to a black streak which extends obliquely to the disk ; the black band not parallel to the border as in the hind-wings, but upright, and thus leaving a large slate-coloured apical space. Length of the body 9—11 lines; of the wings 26 —28 lines. Silhet. Genus TEerIna. Terina, Cat. Lep. Het. Ist Ser. 464. This genus perhaps belongs to the family which may be termed Pericopide. The following species do not quite agree with the typical form, but are hardly sufficiently different to form two new genera. Terina Antewusa. Mas.—Obscure fusca, subtus alba, palpis subarcuatis basi albis, antennis latissime pectinatis, thoracis margine antico cocci- neo, pectoris lateribus ochraceis, alis albis hyalinis fusco late marginatis, alis anticis basi postico ochraceo, striga ob- liqua trigona fusca, spatio apicali fusco maculam albam hy- alinam guttamque ochraceam includente. Male.—Dark brown, white beneath. Head white in front. Palpi slender, slightly curved, hardly ascending, white at the base; 3rd joint conical, minute. Antennee very broadly pecti- nated. Fore-border of the thorax crimson. Pectus orange on each side. Legs smooth, slender. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind-wings. Wings white, hyaline, broadly bordered with dark brown, which hue is slightly bordered with ochraceous on the inner side. Fore-wings ochraceous on the hind part of the base, near which there is a triangular oblique brown streak ; apical part brown, including a white hyaline spot, and a smaller hindward ochraceous spot; 2nd inferior vein nearly twice fur- ther from the 3rd than from the Ist. Hind-wings with an in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. TS ochraceous marginal spot, which is partly bordered with brown on the inner side; 2nd inferior vein much further from the 3rd than from the Ist. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. West Africa. Terina? Arybasa. Mas.—Pallide lutea, capite thoracisque fascia ferrugineo-fuscis, palpis brevissimis, antennis late pectinatis, abdomine fasciis fuscis, alis longis fascia interiore arcuata margineque exteriore ferrugineo fuscis, alis anticis costa fasciaque interiore ferru- gineo-fuscis. Male.—Pale luteous. Head ferruginous brown. Palpi very short, obliquely ascending; 3rd joint very minute. Antenne broadly pectinated. Thorax with a ferruginous brown band. Abdomen with brown semicircular bands, extending as far as the hind-wings. Legs smooth; spurs rather long. Wings long, moderately broad, with a ferruginous brown exterior border, and a curved interior ferruginous brown band; 2nd inferior vein about twice further from the 3rd than from the Ist. Fore- wings ferruginous brown along the costa, and with an exterior ferruginous brown band, which is broader than the interior one. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 16 lines. Ceram. Fam. LITHOSIID. Genus Lirnosia, Fabr. Lithosia despecta. Foem.—Pallide testacea; abdominis apice luteo, alis anticis angustis, cinerascente tinctis, posticis flavescentibus. Female.—Pale testaceous. Abdomen luteous at the tip. Fore- wings rather narrow, with a pale cinereous tinge. Hind-wings yellowish. ; Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 10 lines. Cape. Fam. ARCTIIDA. Genus Hyrrrcompa, Steph. Hypercompa Argus. Foem.—Ochracea, palpis apice nigris, thorace pectoreque nigro- maculatis, abdomine e maculis nigris trivittato, alis anticis 74 Mr. F. Walker’s Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera fasciis deviis e maculis albidis nigro-marginatis, spatio api- cali candido lineis duabus transversis arcuatis nigris, alis posticis nigro-maculatis. Female.—Ochraceous. Palpi with black tips. Thorax and pectus with black spots. Abdomen with three stripes of black spots. Fore-wings with irregular bands of whitish-black bordered spots; apical part pure white, with two curved black transverse lines, of which the exterior one forms lanceolate angles, and the Ist is diffusedly bluish bordered on the inner side. Hind-wings with numerous black spots of various size. Length of the body 18 lines; of the wings 56 lines. Hindostan. Genus EcpantHeria, Hubn. Ecpantheria Gulo. Mas.—Albida, capite thoraceque nigro-notatis, abdomine alas posticas longe superante, pedibus densissime pilosis, alis anticis nigro-sub-conspersis lineis plurimis obliquis deviis lunulatis nigris, alis posticis sub-hyalinis albo-fimbriatis. Bombyx Gulo, Morritz, MSS. Male.—Whitish. Vertex with a short black band. Palpi black above. Thorax with several transverse black marks of various form. Abdomen extending far beyond the hind-wings. Legs mostly densely clothed. Fore-wings slightly black-speckled, with numerous oblique irregular Iunulate black lines ; orbicular and reniform spots of the usual form; exterior border extremely oblique. Hind-wings nearly hyaline; fringe white. Length of the body 9 lines; of the wings 22 lines. Venezuela. Ecpantheria moesta. Mas.—Alba, subtus nigra, verticis fascia nigra, thorace fasciis quinque macularibus nigris, abdominis lateribus apiceque ochraceo-pilosis, pedibus nigro-fasciatis, alis anticis lineis nonnullis nigris undulatis et angulosis disco ex parte ferru- gineo orbiculari et reniformi nigro-marginatis, alis posticis obscure ferrugineis cupreo-tinctis. Bombyx moesta, Morritz, MSS. Male.—White, black beneath. Vertex with a black band. Thorax with five macular black bands. Abdomen with ochra- ceous hairs on each side and at the tip. Legs with black bands. Fore-wings with several irregular undulating and zigzag black in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 75 lines; disk partly ferruginous; orbicular and reniform marks black bordered; exterior border with black semicircular spots. Hind-wings dark ferruginous, with a cupreous tinge; interior border with ochraceous hairs. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 20 lines. Venezuela. Genus Exystus. Elysius, Cat. Lep. Het. Ist Ser. 713. Elysius? signatus. Mas.— Rufescente ochracea, palpis validis compressis sub- ascendentibus caput paullo superantibus, articulo 20 longo, 30 minimo, antennis pectinatis breviusculis, abdomine sub- cristato nigro-guttato, subtus nigricante, alis angustis, alis anticis albo-signatis, alis posticis albis. Male.—Reddish orange. Proboscis short. Palpi stout, com- pressed, slightly ascending, extending a little beyond the head; 2nd joint long; 3rd extremely small. Antenne rather short, moderately pectinated. Abdomen rather depressed, slightly crested, extending far beyond the hind wings, with black dots along each side; underside blackish, except towards the base. Wings narrow. Fore-wings with a white basal point, with a white notched-in-front spot near the base of the interior border, with two white diffusedly blackish-bordered discal points, which repre- sent the orbicular and reniform marks, and with two white streaks by the base of the Ist inferior vein. Hind-wings white. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 16 lines. Brazil. Fam. LIPARIDA. Genus Enxorta. Eloria, Cat. Lep. Het. 1st Ser. 813. Eloria canescens. Mas.—Cinerea, subtus alba, palpis sub-arcuatis non ascendenti- bus, articulo 30 lanceolato, antennis late pectinatis, tibiarum posticarum calcaribus quatuor breviusculis, alis canis sub- hyalinis fascia indistincta arcuata margineque lato cinereis, alis anticis linea interiore. Male.—Cinereous, white beneath. Proboscis testaceous. Palpi slender, slightly curved, not ascending; 3rd joint lanceolate, a little shorter than the 2nd. Antenne broadly pectinated. Abdo- ‘ 76 Mr. F. Walker’s Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera men not extending beyond the hind-wings. Legs smooth, slender ; hind tibize with four rather short spurs. Wings hoary, nearly hyaline, thinly covered with whitish scales, with an indistinct curved cinereous band, and with a broad cinereous whitish-pow- dered exterior border. Fore-wings with the costa like the ex- terior border, and with an interior line. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 18 lines. Allied to E. turbida and to #. discalis. Brazil. Genus Cinciria, n. g. Mas.-—Elorig affinis. Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi porrecti, caput sat superantes, articulo 30 minimo. An- tennz longiuscule, late pectinatee. Pedes glabri, graciles ; tibize posticee calcaribus quatuor longis. Alze ample; an- ticee apice rectangulate, costa margineque exteriore sub- convexis. Male..—Allied to Eloria, Body rather slender. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi porrect, hardly extending beyond the head; 3rd joint very minute. Antenne rather long, broadly pectinated. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind-wings. Legs smooth, slender; hind tibize with four long spurs. Wings ample. Fore-wings rectangular at the tips; costa and exterior border very slightly convex; 2nd inferior vein more than four times further from the 3rd than from the Ist. Hind-wings with the 2nd inferior vein hardly twice further from the 3rd than from the Ist. Cingilia humeralis. Mas.—Alba, subtus nigra, capite ochraceo, thorace fascia antica tenul nigra maculisque duabus humeralibus ochraceis, ab- domine nigro, segmentis ochraceo-marginatis, alis linea ex- teriore undulata e punctis nigris, alis anticis costa ifteriore nigra lineaque interiore vaga e punctis nigris. Male.—White, black beneath. Head ochraceous. Thorax with a slender black band in front, and with an ochraceous spot on each shoulder. Abdomen black; hind borders of the seg- ment ochraceous. Wings with an exterior undulating line of black points; fringe with black points. Fore-wings black along the costa from the base to one-third of the length, where there is an irregular line of black points. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 22 lines. United States. in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 77 Genus Evrrocris, Hubn. Euproctis atrigutta. Foem.—Candida, palpis roseis brevissimis, pedibus anterioribus roseo-fasciatis, alis anticis nigro-quadriguttatis. Female.—Pure white. Palpi rosy, slender, very short. Abdo- men not extending beyond the hind-wings. Anterior legs with rosy bands. Fore-wings with four black dots, which form a line along the forepart of the disk and parallel to the costa; Ist dot basal ; 4th on the exterior border; costa and exterior border very slightly convex; tips rounded. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 11 lines. West Africa. Genus Enyprka, n. g. Mas et Foem.—Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis obsoleta. Palpi porrecti. Pedes validi. Ale spissae, sat late; anticze apice subrotundate. Mas.—Palpi robusti, caput perparum superantes, articulo 30 longi-conico. Antenne pectinate. Tibize posticze calcaribus duobus longis apicalibus. Meem.— Palpi graciles, caput longissime superantes, articulo 3o lineari. Tibia: posticee calcaribus quatuor longis. Allied to Anaphe, Cat. Lep. Het. Ist Ser. 856. Male and Female.—Body rather stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi porrect. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind-wings. Legs robust. Wings stout, rather broad. Fore-wings somewhat rounded at the tips; costa straight; exterior border hardly con- vex, moderately oblique. Male.—Palpi stout, extending very little beyond the head; 3rd joint elongate-conical, about half the length of the 2nd. Antenne moderately pectinated. Hind-tibize with two long apical spurs. Female.—Palpi slender, extending very far beyond the head; 3rd joint linear, conical at the tip, as long as the 2nd. Antenne smooth, slender. Legs rather slender ; hind tibize stout, with four long spurs. Einydra cinctigutta. Mas et Feem.—Testacea, alis anticis maculis tribus discalibus albis nigro-marginatis. Mas.—Maculis duabus exterioribus connexis. Fam.—Maculis duabus exterioribus disjunctis. Male and Female.—Testaceous. Fore-wings with three white black-bordered discal spots, one interior, the other two exterior, 78 Mr. F. Walker’s Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera the fore one-smaller than the hind one. Male.—Exterior spots connected. - /emale.—Exterior spots separate. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 15 lines. Port Natal. Genus Lymantria, Hubn. Lymantria metarhoda. Mas.— Albida, subtus rosea, capite thoraceque antico cervinis, palpis roseis supra nigro-variis, antennis latiss me pectinatis, abdomine alisque posticis roseis, his fusco-unistrigatis, alarum anticarum fasciis fuscis obliquis macularibus lunulatis. Male.—Whitish, thick, mostly rose-colour beneath. Head and forepart of the thorax fawn-colour. Vertex rosy on each side. Palpi rose-colour, partly black above. Antennz very broadly pectinated, rosy at the base. Abdomen and hind-wings rosy, the latter with a brown streak near the anterior angle. Fore-wings with several oblique macular, mostly lunulate, more or less inter- rupted, brown bands; a rosy basal mark. Length of the body 9 lines; of the wings 24 lines. This species has much resemblance to L. maculosa. Ceylon. Fam. NOTODONTIDE. Genus Noroponta, Ochs. Notodonta scilipennis. Feem.—Schistaceo-cinerea, capite thoraceque posiico rufescen- tibus, tegulis nigricante marginatis, alis anticis postice cer- vinis, lineis duabus transversis dentatis rufescentibus, vittis duabus basalibus undque exteriore dentata strigisque duabus subapicalibus nigricante-rufis, lituris tribus discalibus cer- vinis nigro-strigatis, margine interiore fasciculato, posticis pallidioribus, lineis duabus indistinetis obscurioribus, angulo interiore rufescente. Female.—Slaty cinereous. Head mostly reddish. Antenne pale luteous. Palpi slender. ‘Thorax reddish hindward, except- ing the tegulee, which are blackish bordered. Legs most densely clothed, especially the fore-pair, mostly reddish beneath. Fore- wings fusiform, broadly fawn-coloured along the interior border, which is tufted near the base; the fawn-coloured space is tra- versed by two dentate reddish lines, and is accompanied from the base by two blackish red stripes, which are succeeded by a single in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 79 one; the latter is dentate exteriorly, and joins two sub-apical streaks of the same hue; disk with two fawn-coloured marks, one longitudinal, the other transverse, both containing black streaks ; a dot of the same hue between them. _Hind-wings paler than the fore-wings, with two indistinct darker lines, reddish about the interior angle; marginal line dark brown, like that of the fore- wings. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. Country unknown. Genus Heterocampa, Doubled. Heterocampa thyatiroides. Mas.—Cervina, albido-varia, nigro-conspersa, capite cristato, antennis late pectinatis triente feré apicali filiformi, abdomine alas posticas sat superante, alis anticis obtusis nigro-strigatis, basi strigisque sub-marginalibus cervinis, lineis interiore et exteriore nigris dentatis duplicatis indistincetis, alis posticis cinereo-fuscis, basi fimbriaque albidis. Male.—Fawn-colour, partly whitish; plumes here and there tipped with black. Head with an upright crest. Palpi porrect, extending a little beyond the head; 3rd joint nearly one-third of the length of the 2nd. Antenne broadly pectinated to beyond two-thirds of the length. Tegule of the thorax slightly bordered with black. Abdomen extending somewhat beyond the thorax. Fore-wings somewhat obtuse, streaked and minutely speckled with black, fawn-coloured towards the base, and with fawn- coloured streaks along the exterior border ; interior and exterior lines black, dentate, double, indistinct except towards the interior border. Hind-wings cinereous brown ; base and fringe whitish. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. Canada. Genus SoraMaA. Sorama, Cat. Lep. Het. Ist Ser. 1034. Sorama inclyta. Feem.—Cinereo-alba, capite thoraceque antico nigro-conspersis, thoracis crista densa nigrorufescente, abdomine luteo, alis anticis squamosis rufescente nigro et schistaceo variis, lineis interiore et exteriore strigdque lat&~ sub-marginali nigris, strigula argentea discali, alis posticis cinereo-rufescentibus, basi margineque interiore Juteis. 80 Mr. F. Walker’s Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera Female.—Luteous. Head and forepart of the thorax with black and whitish hairs; the rest of the thorax with a dense red- dish-black tipped crest; head slightly crested. Antenne cine- reous, luteous beneath. Abdomen extending somewhat beyond the hind-wings. Legs densely tufted. Fore-wings squamous, cinereous white, irregularly varied with reddish, with black, and with slaty cinereous; interior and exterior lines black, the former partly obsolete, the latter deeply dentate in front ; much of the space along the interior border black ; a broad black streak di- verging hindward from the hind part of the exterior border; a minute silvery white discal streak. Hind-wings cinereous-red- dish, luteous towards the base and along the interior border. Length of the body 15 lines ; of the wings 40 lines. New South Wales. Genus Puatera, Hubn. Phalera cossoides. Mas.—Cinerea, capite supra albo anticé rufescente, thorace antico cervino, abdomine longissimo nigricante fusco, segmen- torum marginibus apiceque albidis, alis anticis nigro-lineatis, plaga apicali cervina, linea sub-marginali e lunulis fuscis, orbiculari et reniformi fuscesceutibus albido-marginatis, alis posticis cinereo-fuscis fusco late marginatis. Male.—Cinereous. Head white about the base of the antenne ; forepart and palpi reddish. Antenne serrated. Thorax fawn- coloured in front; tegule black bordered. Abdomen blackish brown, extending very far beyond the hind-wings ; hind borders of the segments and tip whitish. Fore-wings minutely black speckled ; basal, interior and exterior lines black; some less distinct den- tate black lines between the interior line and the exterior line, which is slightly undulating, and borders the large oblong apical fawn-coloured patch; sub-marginal line composed of brown lu- nules; fringe yellowish, with reddish marks opposite the veins ; orbicular and reniform marks brownish, whitish bordered. Hind- wings cinereous brown, broadly brown bordered. Length of the body 15 lines; of the wings 36 lines, The close resemblance of this species to P. Javana, Moore (Cat. Lep. Mus. E. Ind, House, vol. ii. 432, pl. 13a, f. 6), indicates that they both had one common origin. Silhet. in the Collection of W. W, Saunders, Esq. 8] Genus Gopua, n. g. Mas.—Corpus sat robustum. Fasciculus frontalis productus. Proboscis distincta. Palpi validi, pilosi, obliqué ascendentes, caput longé superantes, articulo 30 parvo. Antenne pecti- natee, apices versus simplices. Abdomen alas posticas su- perans. Pedes robusti, pilosi; tibiae posticze calcaribus quatuor longis. Alze anticze acute, costa recta, margine exteriore non*obliquo. Male.—Body moderately stout. Frontal tuft prominent. Pro- boscis distinct. Palpi stout, pilose, obliquely ascending, extend-- ing rather far beyond the head; 3rd joint conical, minute. Antenne moderately pectinated to beyond half the length, simple from thence to the tips. Legs stout, pilose; hind-tibiz with four long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore-wings acute; costa straight ; exterior border not oblique. Allied to Rosama, Cat. Lep. Het. Ist Ser. 1066. Gopha mixtipennis. Mas.—Cinerea, fusco-conspersa, capite thoraceque viridibus, alis anticis viridi variis, disco obscuré fusco, linea subcostali alba, alis posticis marginem versus fuscis. Male.—Cinereous, speckled with brown. Head above and thorax grass-green. Abdomen above, and hind-wings towards the exterior border brown, the latter with a whitish fringe. Fore-wings varied with grass-green, which forms a zig-zag black- marked sub-marginal line; disk irregularly dark-brown ; a shin- ing white sub-costal line. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 14 lines. Brazil. Genus Cuapisra, n, g. Feem.—Corpus robustum. Proboscis obsoleta. Palpi robusti, ascendentes, frontem non superantes, articulis indistinctis. Antenne sub-crenulatee. Thorax cristatus. Abdomen longi- conicum, alas posticas sat superans. Ale elongate; antice apice rotundatz, margine exteriore perobliquo. Female.—Body stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi stout, as- cending, not rising higher than the front; joints indistinct. Antenne minutely crenulated. Thorax crested. Abdomen elon- gate, conical, extending rather far beyond the hind-wings. Wings VOL. I. THIRD SERIES, PART II.—MAY, 1862. nist 82 Mr. F. Walker’s Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera elongated. Fore-wings rounded at the tips ; exterior border very oblique. Allied to Rilia, Cat. Lep. Het. Ist Ser. 1075. Chadisra bipars. Feem.—Cinerea, palpis rufescentibus, alis anticis dimidio basali ferrugineo anticé costam non attingente posticé excavato, gutta basali nigra oblonga nigro-marginata, litura costali sub- apicali elongata ferruginea nigro-marginata. Female.—Cinereous. Palpireddish. Crest of the thorax with black-tipped plumes. Fore-wings ferruginous for half the length from the base; this hue partly black-bordered, not extending to the costa, with two excavations by the interior border, and con- taining a black oblong pale-bordered dot near the base; costa with an elongated ferruginous black-bordered mark near the tip. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 20 lines. Hindostan. Fam. LIMACODIDZ. Genus Mirgsa. Miresa, Cat. Lep. Het. Ist Ser. 1123. Miresa divergens. Mas.—Luteo-cervina, capite thoraceque ex parte cinereis, alis anticis fascia media obliqua albidd, fascidé exteriore tenui nigra, alis posticis fuscescente cinereis. Male.—Luteous fawn-colour, paler beneath. Head and thorax partly cinereous. Palpi lanceolate, rather long. Antenne stout, simple. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind-wings. Legs thick, short. Wings rounded. Fore-wings brownish cinereous beneath, obtuse at the tips; exterior border very convex; a whitish oblique middle band, which on the costa is almost conti- guous to an exterior slender black band, the latter diverging hind- ward. Hind-wings brownish cinereous. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 10 lines. South America. Genus AtHRULA, nD. g. Mas.—Corpus robustum. Proboscis obsoleta. Palpi porrecti, lati, compressi, obtusi, frontem vix superantes. Antennze late pectinatee. Thorax dense vestitus. Abdomen lineare. Pedes breves, pilosi. Ale elongate, ample; antics sub- in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 83 acute, margine exteriore perobliquo; postice rotundate, ab- domen paullo superantes. Male.—Body stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi porrect, broad, compressed, obtuse at the tips, extending very little beyond the front. Antenne broadly pectinated. Thorax thickly clothed. Abdomen linear. Legs short, pilose. Wings elongate, ample. Fore-wings somewhat acute; costa hardly convex; exterior border slightly convex, very oblique. Hind-wings rounded, extending a little beyond the abdomen. Athrula saturnioides. Mas.—Rufescente fulva, alarum fascia Jaté lutea marginali albido-marginata, alis anticis linea interiore albida flex, gutta discali ferruginea, lined exteriore antice flexa. Male.-—Reddish-tawny, with a cinereous tinge beneath. Wings with an indistinct exterior reddish line, and a broad luteous mar- ginal band, which is bordered with whitish, except towards the costa of the fore-wings, where it is reddish; fringe cinereous, interlined with brown. Fore-wings with an interior bent whitish line, and with a ferruginous discal dot; exterior line bent, and diverging in front from the marginal band. Length of the body 43 lines; of the wings 14 lines. Brazil. Fam. DREPANULID/. Genus ArHa. Apha, Cat. Lep. Het. 1st Ser. p. 1180. Apha® lanuginosa. Mas.—Cinereo-cervina, palpis thorace pectore pedibusque densé pilosis, antennis latissime pectinatis, alis latis quadrilineatis densé vestitis, anticis subfalcatis. Male.—Cinereous fawn-colour, Palpi, thorax, pectus and legs densely pilose. Antenne very broadly pectinated. Wings broad, densely clothed, with four indistinct, parallel, lunulate, slightly darker lines. Fore-wings sub-falcate, with a straight, blackish, double, oblique, very distinct exterior line, which is diffusedly bordered with pale cinereous on its outer side. Hind-wings with a single brown less distinct line, which has blackish points along its outer side. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 24 lines. Silhet. G2: 84 Mr. F. Walker’s Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera Fam. SATURNIIDA. Genus SosxeETRA, 0. g. Mas.—Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis obsoleta. Palpi longi, crassi, arcuati, dense pilosi, verticem attingentes. Antenne laté pectinatze, apice filiformes. Abdomen longiusculum, alas posticas sat superans. Pedes breviusculi, femoribus tibiis- que anticis densissimé fimbriatis, tibiis posticis quadrical- caratis. Ale parvule; anticee apice rotundate, margine exteriore convexo sub-obliquo ; posticee sub-truncate. Male.—Body rather short. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi long, thickly curved, densely pilose, applied to the head and extending to the vertex. Antenne broadly pectinated, filiform towards the tips; branches successively decreasing in length. Abdomen rather long, extending some distance beyond the hind-wings. Legs rather short, fore- femora and fore-tibize very densely fringed ; hind-tibize with four long spurs. Wings rather small. TF ore- wings somewhat rounded at the tips; exterior border convex, slightly oblique. Hind-wings slightly trunctated at the tips and on the adjoining part of the exterior border. Allied to Phaneta, Cat. Lep. Het. Ist Ser. 1382. Sosxetra grata. Mas.—Ochracea, thoracis fascid roseA, abdomine aurato, -alis anticis cinereo-lineatis, fimbria luted rufo-nigroque notata, litura discali flava nigro-marginata, alis posticis flavis anticé ochraceis. Male.—Orange, testaceous beneath, Palpi brown, testaceous at the base, rosy on each side. Thorax with a rosy band in front, and with a rosy streak along each of the tegule, which are very long. Abdomen gilded, tufted at the tip; appendages large. Legs whitish-testaceous ; fore-legs mostly rosy. Fore-wings with a cinereous line along each of the areolets; fringe luteous, inter- rupted by red and black white-specked marks; discal mark yellow, black-bordered on the outer side. Hind-wings yellow, orange in front, marginal marks like those of the fore-wings. Length of the body & lines; of the wings 16 lines, Brazil. in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Fisq. 85 Fam. BOMBYCID&. | Genus Lasiocampa, Schr. Lasiocampa inobtrusa. Mas.—Cervina, densissime pilosa, palpis sub-arcuatis, antennis laté pectinatis, alis anticis trilineatis. Male.—¥Fawn-colour, Body and legs densely pilose. Palpi long, broad, pilose, slightly bent. Antennz broadly pectinated. Fore-wings with three indistinct slightly darker lines; interior line very indistinct, exterior line oblique, nearly straight, sub- marginal line zigzag, parallel to the exterior line; discal mark oblong, cinereous, brown-bordered, with a brown point in front of it; exterior border convex. Hind-wings without markings. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 20 lines. Hindostan. Genus Capuara, n. g. Mas.—Corpus cylindricum, incrassatum, densé pilosum. Pro- boscis obsoleta. Palpi robusti, breves. Antenne valide, breves, convolute. Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes breves, crassi. Ale ample, longissime ; anticee acute, margine exteriore perobliquo; postice subacute. Male.—Body cylindrical, very thick, densely clothed. Pro- boscis obsolete. Palpi stout, short. Antennze thick, short, con- voluted, pectinated ; branches short, stout. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind-wings. Legs short, thick. Wings ample, very long. Fore-wings acute; costa slightly convex exteriorly ; exterior border extremely oblique. Hind-wings slightly acute. Allied to Megasoma, Boisd. Caphara marginata. Mas.—Rufescente ferruginea, abdomine supra luteo-cervino, alarum anticarum fasciis indeterminatis cinereis litura discali nigra, alis posticis albis semihyalinis margine latissimo rufe- scente-ferrugineo. Male.—Reddish-ferruginous, paler beneath. Abdomen above Juteous fawn-colour. Fore-wings with a black discal mark, and with oblique and very diffuse band of cinereous speckles. Hind- wings white, semihyaline, with a very broad reddish-ferruginous border. ‘ Length of the body 14 lines; of the wings 40 lines. Port Natal. 86 Mr. F. Walker’s Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera Genus CisTiss, n. g. Foem.—Corpus incrassatum. Proboscis obsoleta. Palpi vix conspicui. Antennze filiformes, longiuscule. Thorax den- sissimé pilosus. Abdomen apice densissimé Januginosum. Pedes crassi, tibiis laté fimbriatis. Ale ample; anticee apice rotundate, margine exteriore perobliquo. Female.—Body very thick. Proboscis obsolete. Palpirudimen- tary. Antenne filiform, rather long. Thorax very densely clothed. Abdomen at the tip with a large mass of woolly hair. Legs thick; tibize thickly and broadly fringed. Wings long, ample. Fore-wings with the costa hardly convex exteriorly ; tips rounded; exterior border extremely oblique. Hind-wings rounded. Allied to Eriogaster, Germ. Cistissa expansa. Foem.—Cinereo-fusea, thorace maculis duabus albido-cinereis, abdomine pilis apicalibus albido-cinereis, alarum lineis ob- scurioribus obliquis angulosis. Female.—Cinereous-brown. Thorax with a whitish cinereous spot on each side in front. Abdomen with an apical mass of whitish cinereous hairs. Wings with two or three zigzag oblique darker lines. Length of the body 12 lines; of the wings 36 lines. Country unknown. Genus Tricuiura, Steph. Trichiura? albiplaga. Mas.—Fusca, luteo densissimé pilosa, alis breviusculis macula ‘discali magna alba sub-hyalina. Male.—Brown. Body very thickly clothed with long luteous, hairs. Wings short, with a large white nearly hyaline spot in the disk of each; fringe pale cinereous. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines. Cape. Genus Batatara, n.g. Mas.—Corpus crassum, densissimé pilosum. Proboscis obso- Jeta. Palpi brevissimi. Antenne brevissime, latissimé pec- tinata. Pedes breves, densissimé pilosi. Alz late, densé in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. BF vestitee, margine interiore lanuginoso; antice sub-falcate, non acute; posticee abdomen longe superantes. Male.—Body thick, very densely pilose. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi very short. Antennz very short, very broadly pectinated. Legs short, very densely pilose. Wings broad, densely clothed with long, thick-set lanuginous hairs along the interior border. Fore-wings sub-falcate, not acute; exterior border straight. Hind-wings rounded, extending much beyond the abdomen. Allied to Bombyx, Hubn. (Cat. Lep. Het. Ist Ser. 1505), Batatara fusifascia. Mas.—Cinereo-fusca, antennis luteis, abdomine pallidé luteo, alarum fasciis tribus obliquis diffusis albido-cinereis, anti- carum litura discali indistinct& obscuré fusca. Male.—Cinereous brown. Antenne luteous. Abdomen pale Juteous. Wings with three whitish-cinereous, diffuse, oblique bands, which are more distinct but less regular in the fore-wings than in the hind-wings ; 3rd band undulating and sub-marginal in the fore-wings, marginal in the bhind-wings. Fore-wings with a dark brown indistinct discal mark. Length of the body 9 lines; of the wings 22 lines. Amazon Region. Fam. APAMIDA, Guén. Sub-fam. XyLopHasipes, Guén. Genus Lapuyema, Guén. Laphygma obliterans. Mas.—Pallidissimé cervina; antennez serrato-cillate; ale an- ticee lituris fuscis, claviformi et orbiculari vix determinatis, reniformi obscuro sub-quadrato, lineis interiore et exteriore indistinctis, hac flexa, linea sub-marginali albida angulosa valde indistincta; posticze albee. Male.—Very pale fawn-colour, Antenne serrate-ciliate. Ab- domen paler than the thorax. Fore-wings shining, with brown markings; basal and orbicular marks slight, reniform mark dark brown, sub:quadrate; interior and exterior lines slight, indis- tinct, the latter bent; sub-marginal line whitish, zigzag, very indistinct. Hind-wings white, shining. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines. Cape. * 88 Mr. F. Walker’s Characters of undescribed Lepdoptera Fam. ORTHOSIDZ, Guén. Genus Xanruia, Ochs. Xanthia basalis. _Lutea, capite subtus palpis alisque anticis basi roseis, abdomine alisque posticis albidis, pedibus cinereis fusco-conspersis. Luteous. Head beneath, palpi, and fore-wings at the base, rosy red. Abdomen and hind-wings whitish. Legs cinereous, brown speckled. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines. Cape. Fam. HADENIDA, Guén. Genus Hapena, Treit. Hadena inculta. - Feem.—Cinereo-fusca, robusta, capite thoraceque pilosissimis, palpis erectis articulo 30 minimo, alis anticis lineis liturisque discalibus pallide cinereis nigro-marginatis, lineis la 2aque undulatis, 3a flexa indistincta, 4a angulosa non marginata, orbiculari et reniformi oblongis annularibus, hac ex parte pallida, costa cinereo-punctata. Female.—Cinereous-brown, stout. Head and thorax very pilose. Palpi ascending, not rising higher than the vertex; 3rd joint very minute. Antenne bare. Abdomen extending beyond the hind-wings.. Legs stout ; hind tibiz with long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore-wings sub-quadrate at the tips; lines and discal marks pale cinereous, mostly black-bordered ; basal and interior lines undulating ; exterior line bent, indistinct ; sub- marginal line zigzag, not black-bordered; orbicular and reni- form annular, oblong, the former a little smaller than the latter, which is partly pale cinereous; costa straight, with pale cinereous points ; exterior border oblique hindward. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 14 lines. Cape. Fam. XYLINIDZ, Guen. Genus Epimecta, Gueén. Epimecia angulata. Feem.—Cervina, corpore albido, tibiis posticis sub-incrassatis, alis anticis acutis, puncto discali vittaque angulata albis, striga in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 89 exteriore albida, linea sub-marginali vix undulata alba, stri- gulis sub-marginalibus ex atomis nigris, spatio marginali pos- tice nigro, punctis marginalibus fuscis, alis posticis cinereo cervinis. Female.—Body whitish. Frontal tuft prominent. Antennee slender. Hind-tibiz slightly incrassated, with long spurs. Fore- wings acute fawn-colour, with a white discal point, and with a white angular stripe, which ends at a little beyond the point, and is there connected with the end of a diffuse whitish streak, which extends to the tip of the wing; a white, hardly undulating, sub- marginal line, which is nearly parallel to the exterior border, and has between it and the Ist line some slight short streaks, which are composed of black speckles; marginal space whitish hind- ward; marginal points brown; fringe whitish, doubly interlined with pale brown; costa straight ; exterior border convex, very oblique. Hind-wings cinereous fawn-colour ; fringe pale, not interlined. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 16 lines. Hindostan. Fam. HELIOTHIDZ, Guén. Genus Panemerta, Hubn. Panemeria lateralis. Mas.—Cupreo-fusca, subtus cinerea, palpis thoraceque antico obscure ochraceis, abdominis lateribus luteis, alis posticis luteo late vittatis. Male.—Cupreous-brown, cinereous beneath. Palpi and fore- border of the thorax dull ochraceous, the former broad, hirsute, extending somewhat beyond the head. Abdomen with a luteous line along each side. Wings shining. Hind-wings with a luteous stripe, which is attenuated towards the interior border ; the latter mostly luteous. Length of the body 23 lines; of the wings 6 lines. Hindostan. Genus Gora, n. g. Feem—Corpus robustum. Proboscis longiuscula. Palpi sub- arcuati, sub-ascendentes, caput sat superantes, articulo 30 parvo. Antennz sat graciles. Abdomen sub-lineare, alas posticas longe superans. ‘Tibize posticee valid, calcaribus quatuor longissimis. Alz elongate, non late; anticee apice 90 Mr. F. Walker’s Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera rotundate, margine exteriore convexo; posticee margine ex- teriore postico sub-truncato. Female.—Body stout. Proboscis rather long. Palpi slightly curved and ascending, extending somewhat beyond the head; 3rd joint minute, conical. Antenne rather slender. Abdomen nearly linear, except towards the tip, extending far beyond the hind- wings. Legs moderately long; hind-tibiz stout, with four very long spurs. Wings elongate, not broad. Fore-wings rounded at the tips; exterior border convex, very slightly oblique. Hind- wings with the exterior border slightly truncate hindward. Allied to Anthecia, Boisd. Gora equalis. Feem. — Cinerea, fuscescente purpureo conspersa, abdominis segmentis luteo-marginatis, alis fusesceente purpureis fimbria luted, anticis cost4 interiore plagdque costali exteriore cinereis, posticis vitta lutea abbreviata interrupta. Female.—Cinereous, speckled with brownish-purple, whitish cinereous beneath. Abdomen brownish-purple ; hind borders of the segments and sides luteous. Wings brownish-purple; fringe Juteous. Fore-wings with cinereous speckles ; costa towards the base and an exterior costal patch cinereous, brownish-purple speckled. Hind-wings with a broad discal abbreviated and obliquely interrupted luteous stripe. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 12 lines. Brazil. 7 Fam. ACONTIDE, Guén. Genus Acontra, Ochs. Acontia antica. Mas.— Alba, squamosa, thorace alisque anticis chalybeo-fuscis, abdomine alisque posticis fuscescente cinereis, his fimbria alba, alis anticis costa margineque exteriore ex parte albis. Male.—White, squamous. Thorax chalybeous brown, except in front. Abdomen and hind-wings brownish-cinereous, the latter with a white fringe. Fore-wings chalybeous-brown, broadly white along the costa, except towards the tips; this hue interrupted by an oblique brownish streak ; exterior border white, with the excep- tion of some sub-marginal brownish spots and a row of elongated black marginal points. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 9 lines. Natal. in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 9 Genus AZAMORA. Azamora, Cat. Lep. Het., 3rd Ser. 1757. Azamora basiplaga. Mas.—Rufescente cervina, fasciculo frontali conspicuo, palpis nigricante fuscis, tibiis posterioribus dense fimbriatis, alis anticis spatio intermedio pallidiore, lineis duabus transversis albis, 24 arcuata, alis posticis cinereo-fuscis. Male.—Reddish-fawn colour, cinereous brown beneath. Frontal tuft prominent, acute. Palpi blackish-brown, obliquely ascending, hardly rising higher than the vertex ; 3rd joint conical, about one- sixth of the length of the 2nd. Antenne simple. Posterior tibice densely fringed. Wings rather broad. Fore-wings rectangular, paler at the base; costa dilated towards the base, slightly concave in the middle ; two transverse white lines including between them nearly half the surface of the wings; this space is paler than the rest of the surface and especially so towards the interior line, which is curved. Hind-wings cinereous brown. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines. Amazon Region. Fam. ANTHOPHILID, Dup. Genus Hyprezia, Guén. Hydrelia? curvifera. Feem.—F errugineo-fusca, subtus albida, capite antico thoracisque lateribus anticis albis, palpis porrectis securiformibus, tibiis posticis fimbriatis, alis anticis subfalcatis, vittis duabus (una subcostali, altera discali arcuata) connexis fasciaque marginali guttas fuscas includente albidis, alis posticis cinereo-fuscis. Female.—Coffee-brown, whitish beneath. Head white in front. Palpi porrect, short, securiform, extending a little beyond the head, Antenne short, smooth. Thorax white on each side. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind-wings. Hind-tibize fringed ; spurs long. Fore-wings subfalcate, with a whitish marginal band, which contains the brown marginal dots; a whitish short curved stripe in the disk, forming a loop with the whitish sub-costal stripe, which is interrupted and irregular exteriorly ; the inclosed space blackish streaked. Hind-wings cinereous-brown. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 7 lines. ~ Ceylon. 92 Mr. F. Walker’s Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera Genus XAanTHOPTERA, Guén. Xanthoplera? alboflava. Mas.—F lava, abdomine pallide testaceo, alis anticis acutis nigro- triguttatis, gutta la sub-costali, 2a discali, 3a postica inte- — riore, linea exteriore indistincta undulata spatioque marginali cervinis, alis posticis albis margine exteriore fuscescente. Male.—Yellow, shining. Head wanting. Abdomen pale tes- taceous, not extending beyond the hind-wings. Hind-tibize with very long spurs. Fore-wings acute, with three black points; the Ist near the costa, in front of the 2nd, which represents the reni- form mark; 3rd hindward in the disk and nearer the base; an indistinct exterior undulating fawn-coloured line; marginal space mostly fawn-colour; costa straight; exterior berder convex, slightly oblique. Hind-wings white, with a brownish tinge along the exterior border. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 8 lines. Honduras. Xanthoptera? cupreoviridis. Foem.—Flavescente viridis, subtus alba, abdomine alisque pos- ticis albis, alis anticis costa interiore rufescente, macula dis- cali spatioque marginali rufescente cupreis. Female.— Yellowish-green, white beneath. Abdomen white, not extending beyond the hind-wings. Fore-wings with a diffuse reddish tinge along the costa, extending from the base to the round reddish cupreous discal spot; marginal space irregularly reddish cupreous, diffusedly reddish-bordered on the inner side. Hind-wings white. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 8 lines. West Africa. Genus Antuopuita, Ochs. Anthophila? plana. Mas.— Albido-cervina, robusta, palpis validis ascendentibus articulo 30 brevissimo, antennis ciliatis, pedibus posticis longis robustis, alis fusco sub-conspersis linea marginali fusca, alis anticis lineis duabus albidis obliquis sub-undulatis, la “antice obsoleta, spatio intermedio pallide fusco, alis posticis linea exteriore fuscescente denticulata antice obsoleta. Male.—Whitish fawn-colour, stout. Palpi stout, obliquely as- cending, not rising higher than the vertex; 3rd joint extremely in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 93 short, Antenne thickly and minutely ciliated. Hind-legs long, stout; spurs moderately long. Wings very thinly and minut: ly brown-speckled ; marginal line brown; fringe long, whitish. Fore- wings with two whitish oblique slightly undulating lines; the Ist obsolete in front; space between them mostly pale brown; costa straight; tips rounded, exterior border rather oblique. Hind- wings with a brownish exterior denticulated line, which is obsolete in front. : Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 7 lines. Hindostan. Fam. EURHIPID, Guén. Genus PeniciLnAria, Guén. Penicillaria Areusa. Mas.—Cinereo-rufescens, subtus lutescens, palpis crassis densé pilosis, antennis -vix pubescentibus, alis anticis nebulosis albo- tinctis basi viridibus, lineis tribus nigris dentatis, duabus duplicatis, linea submarginali angulosa indistincta, orbiculari et reniformi magnis albis, alis posticis lutescentibus fusco laté marginatis. Male.—Cinereous-reddish, somewhat luteous beneath. Palpi thick, obliquely ascending, densely pilose; 3rd joint conical, about one-fourth of the length of the 2nd. Antenne stout, hardly pubescent. Fore-wings clouded, grass-green at the base, here and there tinged with white; interior, middle and exterior lines black, dentate, the first and the last double; sub-marginal line zigzag, indistinct, interrupted in front by two black streaks; mar- ginal lunules black; fringe denticulated; orbicular and reniform marks white, large, distinct, the latter narrow in front. Hind- wings dull pale luteous, with a broad brown border, which in- cludes a pale dentate sub-marginal line; interior border whitish, with oblique black marks. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 12 lines. Amazon Region. ) Genus Erysruia, n. g. Foem.—Corpus sat validum. Proboscis longa, gracilis. Palpi porrecti, graciles, brevissimi, articulo 30 acuto minimo, An- tenn graciles, simplices, longiuscule. Abdomen alas posticas vix superans. Pedes breves, graciles; tibiae posticz calcari- bus quatuor longis. Alee antice apice subrotundate, margine exteriore convexo, 94 Mr. F. Walker’s Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera Female.—Body moderately stout. Proboscis long, slender. Palpi porrect, slender, very short, not extending so far as the front; 8rd joint acute, extremely minute. Antenne slender, simple, rather long. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind-wings. Legs smooth, slender; hind-tibiz with four long spurs. Wings not broad. Fore-wings somewhat rounded at the tips; exterior border convex, rather oblique. Erysthia obliquata. Feem.—Albida, squamosa, capite thoraceque antico fuscis, alis anticis ex parte fuscis albo-trilineatis, linea 14 basali, 24 ob- liqua, lituré diseali lunulata obscuré fusca, macula posticd nigricante fusca. Female.—Iridescent whitish, squamous. Head above and fore- border of the thorax brown. ‘Thorax with brown-tipped plumes. Fore-wings with three white lines; Ist line proceeding from the base to the disk, parallel to the interior border, broadly and diffusedly brown-bordered in front; 2nd line oblique, beyond the dark brown lunulate discal mark, very broadly brown-bordered on the outer side; this brown hue mostly continued to the exterior border, but intersected by the 3rd white line; marginal points brown; a blackish-brown spot near the interior border between the 2nd and 3rd lines. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 12 lines. Country unknown. Fam. PLUSID&, Boisd. Genus Rapara, n.g. Mas.—Corpus gracile. Fasciculus frontalis productus. _Pro- boscis distincta. Palpi compressi, caput longissimé supe- rantes. Antenne densé pubescentes. Abdomen cylindricum, sub-carinatum, lateribus posticis fasciculatis. Pedes longi, graciles; tibiae posticze calcaribus quatuor longis. Ale latiuscule ; anticee rectangulate, costa intermedia sub- depressa. Mole.—Body slender. Frontal tuft prominent. Proboscis dis- tinct. Palpi long, compressed, extending very far beyond the head; 8rd joint lanceolate, shorter and more slender than the 2nd. Antennz thickly pubescent. Abdomen cylindrical, slightly keeled, with minute tufts.on each side towards the tip; apical tufts longer than the preceding pairs. Legs long, slender; hind tibize with four long spurs. Wings rather broad. Fore-wings in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 95 rectangular; costa slightly depressed in the middle; exterior border slightly oblique. This genus seems to be somewhat allied to the Herminide. Radara vacillans. Mas.—Cinereo-cervina, abdominis segmentis albo-marginatis, alis anticis albido fuscoque quadrilineatis, lineis duabus rectis obliquis albidis fusco-marginatis, lineis interiore et exteriore fuscis deviis incompletis, gutta discali nigricante, costa albo- tripunctata, alis posticis cinereo-fuscis. Male.—-Cinereous fawn-colour, more cinereous beneath. Ab- dominal segments white-bordered. Fore-wings with two straight oblique whitish brown-bordered lines, which converge hindward ; interior and exterior lines brown, slight, irregular, incomplete ; a blackish discal dot near the outer border of the Ist line; costa with three white points near the tip; marginal line dark brown, as it is also in the cinereous brown hind wings. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 12 lines. Cape. Fam. GONOPTERIDE, Guén. Genus CotrozBara, n. g. Fom.—Corpus robustum. Proboscis distincta. Palpi lineares, obliqué ascendentes, articulo 30 sub-obsoleto. Antenne glabre, longiusculee. Abdomen alas posticas sat superans. Pedes robusti, leeves ; tibize posticee calcaribus quatuor longis. Ale anticee rectangulatee, costa recta basi convexé. Female.—Body stout. Proboscis distinct. Palpi linear, ob- liquely ascending, not rising higher than the front; 3rd joint almost obsolete. Antennze smooth, rather long. Abdomen ex- tending rather beyond the hind-wings. Legs stout, smooth; hind- tibiz with four long spurs. Wings rather broad. Fore-wings rectangular; costa straight, slightly convex towards the base ; exterior border hardly oblique, except towards the interior angle. Allied to Anomis, Hubn. Cottobara concinna. Foem.—Rufescente cervina, thorace antico saturaté ferrugineo- rufo, alis anticis testaceo-quadrilineatis, puncto discali interiore testaceo, reniformi e punctis duabus nigris albo-notatis, linea sub-marginali e punctis albis nigro-notatis, alis posticis nigri- cante fuscis. 96 Mr. F. Walker’s Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera Female.—Reddish fawn-colour. Thorax in front deep ferru- ginous red. Wings beneath brown, with pale cinereous borders. Fore-wings paler hindwand, with four oblique but not parallel testaceous lines ; a testaceous point between the Ist and 2nd lines ; reniform mark distinguished by two black white-marked points between the 2nd and 8rd lines; sub-marginal line composed of white black-marked points. Hind-wings blackish-brown; fringe cinereous. . | Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines, Amazon Region. Fam. AMPHIPYRIDZ, Guén. Genus GaruarA, n. g. Mas.—Corpus robustum. Proboscis valida. Palpi erecti, sub- arcuati, caput non superantes, articulo 3o lanceolato. An- tenn simplices. Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes robusti; tibize posticee calcaribus quatuor longis. Alze margine exteriore subflexo ; anticze sub-quadrate. Male.—Body stout. Proboscis robust. Palpi vertical, slightly curved, not rising higher than the head; 3rd joint lanceolate, about half the length of the 2nd. Antenne simple. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind-wings. Legs stout; hind tibize with four long spurs. Wings moderately broad ; exterior border very slightly bent. Fore-wings sub-quadrate at the tips. Allied to Amphipyra. Gaphara sobria. Mas.—Cinereo-fusca, alis anticis lineis interiore et exteriore nigri- cantibus sub-undulatis albido diffusé marginatis, lineé sub- marginali nigricante dentata extus ]uteo-marginata, orbiculari et reniformi sub-luteis fusco-marginatis, alis posticis albidis fusco-marginatis. a Male.—Cinereous-brown. Abdomen cinereous. Fore-wings with the interior and exterior lines blackish, slightly undulating, very diffusely whitish-bordered; sub-marginal line blackish, dentate, luteous-bordered on the outer side; orbicular and reni- form marks slightly luteous, brown-bordered, the former large and round. Hind-wings whitish, with diffuse brown borders ; underside with a blackish discal dot. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. Country unknown. in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. © 97 Genus Nznia, Steph. Nenia signiplena. Mas.—Ferruginea, alis anticis lineis duabus subrectis sub- obliquis fasciisque duabus deviis interruptis nigricante fuscis cinereo-marginatis, fascid 3a marginali fusca pallido-mar- ginata lineam marginalem obscuriorem includente, alis pos- ticis cinereo-fuscis litura discali nigricante. Male.—Ferruginous, cinereous speckled, with a luteous tinge beneath. Palpi stout, obliquely ascending, 3rd joint conical, about one-fourth of the length of the 2nd. Antenne rather long, minutely ciliated. Legs with black bands; middle tibiz mostly thickly tufted with pale hairs ; hind-tibiz with two pair of spurs of un- equal -length, one of the Ist pair extremely long. Fore-wings acute, with two blackish-brown, cinereous-bordered, slightly oblique, nearly straight and parallel lines which intersect two interrupted and very irregular bands of the same colour; 3rd band marginal, brown, also pale-bordered, deeply dentate, black- ish-brown by the costa, inclosing a blackish-brown, pale-bordered marginal line composed of small triangles; underside with some vestiges of the above markings. Hind-wings cinereous brown, with a blackish discal mark and a pale fringe; discal mark much more conspicuous beneath, where there is an exterior line of black pale-bordered dots. Length of the body 5? lines; of the wings 12 lines, Amazon Region. Fam. HOMOPTERIDA, Boisd. Genus Homorrtera, Boisd. Homoptera discalis. Foem. — Ferrugineo-fusca; alis cinereo-conspersis lined sub- marginali atra, linea media minus conspicua, alis anticis acutis, margine exteriore flexo, lined interiore nigra undulata, or- biculari et reniformi albo-marginatis, alis posticis pallido extus bilineatis. _ Female.—F erruginous-brown. Frontal tuft prominent, angular. Palpi very long, obliquely ascending; 2nd joint thickly fringed with short hairs beneath ; 3rd linear, much more slender than the 2nd and hardly half its length. Wings with numerous pale ci- nereous speckles, which are most prevalent on the fore-wings and appear only towards the base of the hind-wings; sub-marginal line deep black, most conspicuous on the fore-wings; middle line VOL. I, THIRD SERIES, PART I1.—May, 1862, H 98 Mr. F. Walker’s Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera less distinct; marginal points black; marginal space speckled with pale fawn-colour ; underside with numerous irregular luteous speckles. Fore-wings acute ; exterior border distinctly bent ; in- terior line black, undulating; orbicular and reniform marks large, white-bordered, most distinct on the underside. Hind-wings with two exterior parallel, nearly contiguous pale lines. Underside with a white discal mark. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 16 lines. Brazil. Homoptera gratiosa. Foem.—Obscuré fusca, alis purpurascente sub-tinctis, margine exteriore sub-dentato, lineis quatuor nigris undulatis testaceo- marginatis, punctis marginalibus nigris albido-notatis, reni- formi hyalino notata, alis anticis strigd basali nigra, punctis tribus costalibus ‘sub-apicalibus. Femate.—-Dark brown, cinereous beneath towards the base of the wings. Palpi very long; 3rd joint linear, more slender and rather shorter than the 2nd. Wings slightly purplish-tinged, with the exterior border slightly dentate ; the four lines black, undu- lating, testaceous-bordered, more or less diffuse; interior line contiguous to a short black streak, which proceeds from the hinder base of the fore-wings; exterior line reflexed towards the costa of the fore-wings; sub-marginal line less distinct than the others ; marginal points black, whitish marked; reniform mark of the usual shape, with a white hyaline disk, very small and imdistinct in the hind-wings; underside with the lines obsolete, except the exterior line, which is distinct and limits the testaceous streaks which prevail towards the base. Fore-wings with three costal sub-apical points ; underside with three white dots near the fore end of the exterior border. Length of the body 44 lines; of the wings 10 lines. Amazon Region. Homoptera punctilinea. Mas.—Fusca, subtus cinerea, sat robusta, palpis porrectis parvis, antennis sub-ciliatis, abdomine acuminato, calcaribus longissimis, alis anticis nigro-conspersis et nebulosis, orbiculari et reniformi nigris parvis, lineis quatuor pallide cervinis nigro- marginatis, la, 2aque sub-undulatis, 3a flexa, 4a angulata indistincta, lunulis punctisque marginalibus nigris. Male.—Brown, cinereous beneath, moderately stout. Palpi porrect, short; 3rd joint minute. Antenne minutely ciliated. in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 99 Abdomen acuminated, not extending beyond the hind-wings. Hind-tibizee with very long apical spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore-wings with minute black speckles, which are con- fluent between the basal and interior lines and about the apical part of the costa; orbicular and reniform marks black, small ; four pale fawn-coloured black-bordered lines; basal and exterior lines slightly undulating ; exterior line angular, bent ; sub-marginal line zigzag, more indistinct ; marginal lunules black, accompanied by black points; fringe long, full. Hind-wings black-speckled, with marginal lunules and with some traces of the other lines. Length of the body 34 lines; of the wings 9 lines. Brazil. Fam. POAPHILIDA, Guén. Genus ConparTeE, n. g. Feem.—Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi obliqué as- cendentes, compressi, longissimi; articulus 3us lanceolatus, 20 brevior. Thorax squamosus. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes robusti; tibiz postice calcaribus quatuor longissimis. Ale breviuscule, latiuscule ; anticee vix falcatae, costa subrecta, margine exteriore vix obliquo. Female.—Body stout. Proboscis short. Palpi compressed, very long, obliquely ascending, rising much higher than the head ; 2nd joint elongate-fusiform ; 3rd lanceolate, shorter than the 2nd. Thorax squamous. Abdomen conical, not extending beyond the hind-wings. Legs stout, not long; hind-tibize with two pair of very long spurs. Wings rather short and broad. Fore-wings hardly falcate; costa almost straight; exterior border convex, ‘hardly oblique. Allied to Poaphila, Guén. Condate hypenoides. Faem.—Obscuré cinereo-rufescens, alis nigro-conspersis purpu- rascente sub-tinctis, linea exteriore rufa sub-recta flavescente marginata, linea sub-marginali angulosa vix conspicué, alis an- ticis lined interiore sub-undulata, reniformi e guttis duabus nigris pallidé marginatis, maculis duabus exterioribus nigris diffusis. Female.—Dark cinereous-reddish, brownish-cinereous beneath. Wings minutely black-speckled, slightly purplish-tinged ; exterior line brighter red, yellowish-bordered, nearly straight ; submar- ginal line zig-zag, very indistinct; marginal points black, yel- H 2 100 Mr. F. Walker’s Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera lowish-marked. Fore-wings with black marks along the costa ; interior line much like the exterior one, but slightly undulating ; reniform mark composed of two black, pale-bordered dots ; exterior line with two diffuse black spots by its outer border, one discal, the other costal. Leneth of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines. China. Genus Puurys, Guén. Phurys continua. Mas.—Cinereo-fusca, alis litura discali nigricante, alis anticis acutis vix falcatis, lineis interiore et exteriore sub-obliquis fere rectis pallidé cinereis, lined submarginali undulata, alis posticis lituris nullis. Male.—Cinereous-brown, paler beneath. Proboscis rather long. Palpi porrect, extending rather beyond the head; 3rd joint elongate, conical, more than half the length of the 2nd. An- tennz simple. Legs thick; tarsi slender; hind-tibiz with four long spurs. Wings with a pale marginal line at the base of the fringe ; discal mark blackish, most distinct on the underside of the hind-wings. Fore-wings acute, hardly subfalcate; interior and exterior lines pale cinereous, nearly straight and parallel, slightly oblique ; sub-marginal line undulating, less distinct. Hind-wings without markings. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines. Genus AstHana, n. g. Mas.—Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi longi, com- pressi, oblique ascendentes, frontem paullo superantes ;_arti- culus 3us conicus, brevissimus. Antenne pectinate, ramis pubescentibus. Thorax tegulis quadratis. Abdomen lon- gissimum, sub-cylindricum, alas posticas longe superans. Pedes longiusculi, calcaribus ineequalibus. Ale latiuscule ; anticee sub-rotundatze, costa feré recta, margine exteriore vix obliquo. ; Male.—Body rather slender. Proboscis short. Palpi long, compressed, obliquely ascending, rising a little higher than the front ; 3rd joint conical, about one-sixth of the length of the 2nd. Antennz moderately pectinated to the tips ; branches pubescent. Tegule of the thorax quadrate. Abdomen very long, nearly cylindrical, extending far beyond the hind-wings. Legs rather long; spurs of unequal length, one of the Ist pair very long. in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 101 Wings rather broad. Fore-wings slightly rounded at the tips ; costa almost straight; exterior border hardly oblique. Allied to Mocis, Hubn. Asthana erecta. - Mas.—Pallidé cervina, capite thoraceque antico obscurioribus, alis anticis lineis interiore et sub-marginali fuscescentibus un- dulatis indistinctis, macula posticé nigricante, fascia sub- marginali fusca recta optimé determinata non obliqua, orbi- culari nigra punctiformi, reniformi e punctis duobus nigris. Male.—Pale fawn-colour, pale luteous beneath. Head and forepart of the thorax deeper fawn-colour. Wings with black marginal points. Fore-wings with the interior and the sub- marginal lines brownish, slender, undulating, indistinct, the latter terminating hindward in a blackish spot, which adjoins a straight, upright, very distinct brown band ; orbicular mark black, puncti- form; reniform mark of two black points. Hind-wings beneath with a blackish discal mark, and an exterior curved blackish line, which is also apparent beneath the fore-wings. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 12 lines. Country unknown. Asthana directa. Mas.—Pallidé cinerea, capite thoracisque tegulis cervinis, his nigricante marginatis, palpis ascendentibus articulo 30 parvo, antennis serratis ciliatis, abdomine longo attenuato, alis an- ticis acutis nigricante sub-conspersis, guttis duabus discalibus unaque basali liturisque duabus obliquis costalibus nigris, linea exteriore cervinad subrect& vix obliqua nigricante mar- ginata, linea sub-marginali tenui angulosa punctisque mar- ginalibus nigris. Male.— Pale cinereous, slender. Head fawn-colour. Palpi fawn-colour, compressed, fringed, ascending, rising higher than the vertex ; 3rd joint conical, much more slender than the 2nd, and about one-fourth of its length. Antenne serrate, ciliate. Tegule of the thorax fawn-coloured, blackish bordered. Abdo- men thickly brown-speckled, attenuated, extending much beyond the hind-wings. Tibiz slightly dilated; tarsi much longer than the tibie; spurs long. Fore-wings acute, thinly and irregularly blackish-speckled, with a black discal dot near the base, with two black dots representing the reniform mark, with two black oblique costal marks, and with a fawn-coloured, almost straight and upright exterior line, which is blackish-bordered on both sides 102 Mr. F. Walker’s Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera and is connected with a costal mark by a little streak on the inner side; sub-marginal line black, slender, zigzag ; marginal points black; costa and exterior border hardly convex; interior angle well defined. Hind-wings brownish along the exterior border ; marginal points blackish, Jarger than those of the fore-wings ; underside with a blackish discal point, and a blackish curved ex- terior line. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 12 lines. Brazil. Genus BAniana. Baniana, Cat. Lep. Het. 3rd Ser. 1843. Sect. 2. Mas.—Corpus sat gracile, Fasciculus frontalis productus. Proboscis distincta. Palpi obliqué ascendentes, frontem non superantes, articulo 80 minimo. Antenne longiuscule, sub-pectinatee. Abdomen alas posticas longé superans. Pedes longiusculi, sat robusti. Ale anticee acutee, vix fal- cate. Male.—Body rather slender. Frontal tuft prominent. Pro- boscis distinct. Palpi obliquely ascending, not rising higher than the front; 2nd joint broad; 3rd conical, not more than one- eighth of the length of the 2nd. Antenne rather long, slightly pectinated. Abdomen cylindric-conical, extending much beyond the hind-wings. Legs rather long and stout; hind-tibize with the Ist pair of spurs much longer than the 2nd. Wings rather small. Fore-wings acute, but hardly falcate; costa straight; exterior border convex, moderately oblique. Hind-wings rounded. Baniana nequalis. Mas.—Cinerascente-cervina, alis anticis nigro-lineatis, gutta basali nigra, linea interiore pallido-marginata apud costam posticeque dilatata, linea exteriore costam versus obsoleta intus pallido-marginata extus diffusa, reniformi magna, orbi- culari punctiformi, alis posticis cinereo-fuscis. Male.—Fawn-colour, slightly tinged with cinereous, cinereous brown beneath. Fore-wings with a black basal dot, and with a black, pale-bordered interior line, which is much dilated on the costa, and still more hindward, where it forms a triangular black spot; exterior line black, obsolete towards the costa, concisely pale-bordered on the inner side, diffuse on the outer side, inter- secting the reniform mark, which is large and open; orbicular in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 103 mark forming a black, pale-bordered point; sub-marginal line blackish, zigzag; marginal lunules black. Hind-wings cinereous brown. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 12 lines. Brazil. Genus Gammace, n. g. Mas.—Corpus robustum. Proboscis longiuscula. Palpi por- recti, longissimi; articulus 3us linearis, acuminatus, 2i dimi- dio longior. Antenne ciliate. Abdomen alas posticas sat superans. Pedes longiusculi, sat graciles, calcaribus qua- tuor longis. Ale latiuscule, non longe ; anticze sub-rotun- date. Male.—Body stout. Proboscis rather long. Palpi porrect, very long, extending very far beyond the head; 3rd joint linear, acuminated at the tip, more slender than the 2nd, and more than half its length. Antenne ciliated. Abdomen elongate-conical, extending rather beyond the hind-wings. Legs rather long and slender ; hind-tibize with four long spurs. Wings rather broad, not long. Fore-wings slightly rounded at the tips; exterior border slightly convex and oblique. Allied to Baniana. Gammace magniplaga. Mas.—Cinereo-cervina, capite fusco, thoracis tegulis nigricante fuscis, fasciculo apicali nigricante zeneo, alis linea exteriore fuscescente Junulata, lined sub-marginali e punctis nigris, alarum anticarum plaga costali magna sub-apicali nigricante fusca albido-marginaté, orbiculari parva fusca, reniformi magna elongata albido-marginata. Male.-—Cinereous fawn-colour, more cinereous beneath. Head brown. Thorax with blackish-brown tegule, and with an apical tuft of blackish geneous plumes. Wings with the exterior line brownish, composed of lunules, more distinct on the underside ; a sub-marginal line of black points; marginal points also black. Fore-wings with a large costal, sub-apical, blackish-brown, whitish- bordered patch; orbicular mark brown, punctiform; reniform mark large, elongated, whitish-bordered, adjoining the patch. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 14 lines. Brazil. 104 Mr. F. Walker’s Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera Fam. REMIGIDA, Guén. Genus Remieia, Guén. Remigia consistens. Cinerea, cervino-subtincta, capite thoraceque antico fuscescente cinereis, antennis sub-pubescentibus, alis nigricante consper- sis, lined interiore indistincta, linea exteriore fusca recta dis- tinct& costam versus dentatA et retracta, linea sub-marginali angulos& nigricante guttata, margine exteriore vix angulato, alis anticis sub-falcatis, reniformi parva alba fusco-mar- ginata. Cinereous, with a slight tinge of fawn-colour. Head and fore- part of the thorax brownish cinereous. Third joint of the palpi about half the length of the 2nd. Antenne thinly pubescent. Wings minutely blackish-speckled ; interior line indistinct ; ex- terior line brown, straight, distinct, dentate and abruptly retracted towards the costa; sub-marginal line zigzag, indistinct, with the exception of the black dots by which it is marked; marginal festoon brown, pale-bordered ; exterior border hardly angular. Fore-wings sub-falcate, with a diffuse blackish mark between the exterior line and the sub-marginal line, and opposite the reniform mark ; the latter small, white, brown-bordered, excavated on the outer side. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. Brazil. Genus GaneRra, n. g. Fcem.—Corpus sat robustum. _Proboscis mediocris. Palpi validi, obliqué ascendentes, caput non superantes ; articulus 3us linearis, brevissimus. Antenne simplices. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes robusti; tibiz posticze calcaribus quatuor longis. Ala anticee sub-falcate, margine exteriore subflexo. Female.—Body rather stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi stout, obliquely ascending, not rising higher than the head ; 8rd joint linear, not more than one-sixth of the length of the 2nd. Antenne simple. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind- wings. Legs stout; hind-tibie with four long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore-wings sub-falcate ; exterior border very slightly bent. Allied to Remigia, Guén. in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 105 Gangra atripustula. Foem.—Cervina, subtus lutea, alee lineis tribus nigricantibus denticulatis albido-marginatis, alis anticis orbiculari albida punctiformi, reniformi magna oblongé albido sub-marginata, alis posticis macula discali interiore magna atra albido-mar- ginata. | | Female. —Fawn-colour, luteous beneath. Fore-legs brown, with whitish bands. Wings with the interior, exterior and sub- marginal lines blackish, denticulated, whitish-bordered, most dis- tinct on the underside ; marginal points black. Fore-wings with the orbicular mark whitish, punctiform; reniform mark large, oblong, incompletely whitish-bordered. _Hind-wings with a large deep, black, whitish-bordered discal spot on the interior line. Country unknown. Fam. FOCILLID A, Guén. Genus Fociua, Guén. Focilla abrupta. Mas.—Fuscescente ferruginea, fasciculo frontali obtuso albido- marginato, alis margine exteriore anticé recto, posticé bisin- ciso, lineis interiore et exteriore fuscis undulatis angulatis luteo-marginatis costam versus abrupté retractis, linea media nigricante undulata indistincta, alis anticis spatio apicali cer- vino strigam fuscescente ferrugineam maculamque costalem pallidam trigonam includente. Male.—Brownish-ferruginous, with a slight cinereous tinge. Front very prominent, slightly whitish-bordered, obtuse at the tip. Wings with the exterior border straight in front, with two excavations hindward; interior and exterior lines brown, undulating, angular, luteous-bordered, abruptly retracted towards the costa of the fore-wings; middle line blackish, undu- lating, indistinct; sub-marginal points whitish, black-marked ; underside with a single, straight, oblique, brown whitish-bordered line. Fore-wings with the apical part fawn-colour; this space including a brownish-ferruginous streak, and a pale triangular costal spot, reniform mark large, oblong, pale fawn-colour,. with a brownish disk. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 16 lines, Amazon Region. 106 Mr. F. Walker’s Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera Fam. AMPHIGONIDZA, Guén. Genus Erisparis. Episparis, Cat. Lep. Het. 3rd Ser. 475, 1712. Episparis exprimens. Mas.—Qchracea, subtus albida, fasciculo frontali producto, tiblis posticis densissimé fasciculatis, alarum lineis tribus ob- scurioribus sub-obsoletis, lineé sub-marginali alba intus e atomis albis diffusé marginata, orbiculari parva nigricante fusca, alis anticis lined interiore angulata, reniformi alba hyalina. Male.—-Ochraceous, whitish beneath. Frontal tuft prominent. Palpi obliquely ascending ; 3rd joint conical, hardly one-fourth of the length of the 2nd. Antennze moderately pectinated to three- fourths of the length; hind-tibize most densely tufted. Wings with three almost obsolete darker ochraceous lines; a white sub- marginal line, which is curved in front, and forms one angle in each wing, and is diffusely bordered with white speckles on the inner side; orbicular mark small, blackish-brown. Fore-wings with an abruptly angular interior white line, with elongated white marks along the costa, and with a white, hyaline, reniform mark, which is curved and attenuated in front. Hind-wings with an exterior rectangular white line. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 18 lines. Hindostan. Fam. THERMESIDZ&, Guén. Genus TuErmesta, Hiibn. Thermesia? absumens. Mas.—Rufescente-cinerea, palpis longissimis, articulo 20 fas- ciculato, alis latis, lined exteriore recta cinerea intus ferru- gineo-marginata costam versus angulataé, margine exteriore vix angulato, alis anticis sub-falcatis, reniformi magna atra excavata. Male.— Reddish-cinereous. Palpi ascending, nearly twice the length of the breadth of the head; 3rd joint much shorter than the 2nd, tufted above. Antenne slender, simple. Wings broad, with a cinereous straight exterior line, which is ferruginous-bor- dered on the inner side, and is abruptly angular towards the costa of the fore-wings; exterior border hardly angular. Fore-wings in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 107 acute, sub-falcate; costa testaceous, brown-speckled; reniform mark deep black, large, excavated on the outer side. Hind-wings with a black discal point. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines. Amazon Region. Genus SELENIs, Guén. Selenis divisa. Cinereo-fusca, capite thoraceque antico obscuré fuscis, thorace postico abdomineque basi albido-luteis, alarum lineis nigri- cantibus dentatis vix conspicuis, alarum anticarum vittA costali lata albido-lutea. Cinereous-brown. Head and forepart of the thorax dark brown; the rest of the thorax and the base of the abdomen whit- ish-luteous, forming a continuous line with the broad, whitish- Juteous costal stripe of the fore-wings. Palpi stout, vertical, rising a little higher than the vertex; 3rd joint conical, not more than one-sixth of the length of the 2nd. Wings with some ochraceous marks about the exterior border; lines blackish, dentated, very indistinct ; marginal points black. Length of the body 23 lines ; of the wings & lines. Hindostan. Genus Martuama. Marthama, Cat. Lep. Het. 3rd Ser. 1630 Sect. 2. Foem.—Corpus robustum. Proboscis valida. Palpi porrecti, caput longé superantes ; articulus Sus sub-linearis, 21 dimidio non brevior. Antennze longe, sub-pectinate, ramis ciliatis. Pedes robusti; tibize posticze calcaribus quatuor longis. Alz ample; antice rectangulatee, costa recta, margine ex- teriore flexo; posticze angulo interiore producto. Female.—Body stout. Proboscis robust. Palpi long, porrect, extending far beyond the head; 2nd joint with a short, thick fringe; 3rd nearly linear, full half the length of the 2nd. An- tennz long, slightly pectinated; branches ciliated. Abdomen conical. Legs robust; hind-tibize with four long spurs. Wings ample. Fore-wings rectangular ; costa straight, exterior border distinctly bent, its hind part moderately oblique. Hind-wings with the interior angle prolonged, extending a little beyond the tip of the abdomen. 108 Mr. F. Walker’s Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera Marthama conspersa. — Feem.—Obscuré ferruginea, albido sub-conspersa, alarum mar- ginibus albido-punctatis, alarum anticarum lineis fasciisque ex atomis albidis, linea exteriore valde flexa, costa exteriore albo tripunctata. Female.—Dark ferruginous, thinly whitish-speckled, brown beneath. Tarsi with whitish bands, Wings with marginal whitish points. Fore-wings with diffuse lines and bands of whitish speckles; exterior line much bent, formed of whitish points ; costa with three white points towards the tip; a triangular space near the tip of the costa almost without speckles ; underside with four lines of whitish points. Hind-wings with two lines of whitish points. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. Amazon Region. Fam. HYPENID4Z, Herr.-Sch. Genus Hyrena, Schr. Fypena bisignalis. Mas.—Cinereo-fusea, palpis porrectis lanceolatis thorace non brevioribus, articulo 20 late fimbriato, antennis sub-pubescen- tibus, alis fusco-lineatis, ]unulis marginalibus nigris, alis anticis sub-falcatis, linea sub-marginali sat determinata sub- undulata, orbiculari et reniformi nigris, illa punctiformi. Male.—Cinereous-brown. Palpi porrect, lanceolate, as long as the thorax; 2nd joint broadly fringed; 3rd joint very acute, slightly fringed, about one-third of the length of the 2nd. An- tennze minutely pubescent. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind-wings. Wings not broad; lines brown; marginal lunules black. Fore-wings sub-falcate ; exterior line very indistinct ; sub- marginal line more distinct, slightly undulating ; orbicular and reniform marks black, the former punctiform. Hind-wings paler than the fore-wings, except towards the exterior border ; exterior line distinct, almost straight. Length of the body 33 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. Brazil. Hypena pyralalis. Feem.—Cinereo-fusca, palpis porrectis elongatis articulo 30 longi-conico, alis anticis acutis ochraceo alboque quadrifas- ciatis, fasciis deviis incompletis, alis posticis pallidé cinereis. in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. © 109 Female.—Cinereous-brown. Palpi porrect, longer than the breadth of the head; 3rd joint elongate-conical, about one-third of the length of the 2nd. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind- wings. Fore-wings acute, with four irregular and incomplete ochraceous and white bands; costa straight ; exterior border con- vex, very oblique hindward. Hind-wings pale cinereous. Length of the body 24 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. i This species forms a new section and differs much from the typical form of the genus. Brazil. Hypena Zmusalis. Feem.—Fuscescente cinerea, palpis porrectis longissimis, alis anticis acutis vix falcatis, lineis basali et interiore.nigris un- dulatis, spatio intermedio obscure fusco, linea arcuata nigra apud angulum interiorem. Female.—Brownish-cinereous. Palpi porrect, full twice longer than the breadth of the head ; 3rd joint slender, linear, as long as the 2nd. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind-wings. Fore- wings acute, almost sub-falcate; basal and interior lines black, undulating ; space between them mostly dark brown ; a curved black line extending from the exterior border to the interior border and inclosing a small space about the interior angle; costa straight; exterior border convex hindward. Hind-wings without markings. ; Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines. Cape. EHypena ? murina. Mas.—Murina, sat gracilis, fronte tumida, antennis sub-setulosis, abdomine sub-attenuato, alis anticis apice rotundatis, orbi- culari et reniformi e guttis duabus nigris, linea exteriore nigra undulata non obliqua, linea sub-marginali cinerea angulosa in- distincta, linea marginali e lunulis nigris, costa cinereo-notata. Male.—Cinereous-brown or mouse-colour, rather slender, front tumid. Antenne very minutely setulose. Abdomen somewhat attenuated, extending a little beyond the hind-wings. Hind-tibie with long spurs. Fore-wings rounded at their tips, with the reni- form mark distinguished by two black dots; exterior line black, slender, undulating, upright ; sub-marginal line cinereous, zigzag, indistinct ; marginal line composed of slender black lunules; costa 110 Mr. F. Walker’s Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera straight, with pale cinereous marks; exterior border slightly convex and oblique. Hind-wings without markings. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 9 lines. Brazil. Genus Boana, n. g. Feem.—Corpus gracile. Fasciculus frontalis productus, acutus. Proboscis brevis, distincta. Antenne graciles, glabra. Ab- domen alas posticas non superans. Pedes glabri, longiusculi; tibiz posticee calcaribus quatuor longis. Ale ample; anticee sub-faleatee, margine exteriore vix obliquo, margine interiore sub-convexo ; posticee valde rotundatz, costa convexa. Female.—Body slender. Frontal tuft prominent, acute. Pro- boscis short, distinct. Antennze slender, bare. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind-wings. Legs smooth, rather long ; hind tibize with long spurs. Wings ample. Fore-wings subfal- cate; costa straight; exterior border hardly oblique; interior border slightly convex. Hind-wings very much rounded, broader than the fore-wings; costa convex. Boana semialba. Foem.—F usca, pedibus albido-testaceis, alis dimidio albis, alis anticis litura discali subrotunda obscure fusca, lineis duabus testaceis sub-undulatis fusco-marginatis antice remotis, punctis sub-marginalibus nigris albo-notatis. Female.—Brown, paler beneath. Legs whitish testaceous. Fore- wings with two testaceous, dark brown-bordered, slightly undu- lating and oblique lines, the exterior one diverging in front from the interior one; discal mark dark brown, nearly round ; a row of submarginal black, white-marked points ; underside white, ex- cept in front. Hind-wings white in front, over much more than one-half of the surface. ° Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 9 lines. Brazil. Fam. HERMINIDZ, Guén. Genus SorHronia, Guén. Sophronia? Capensis. Mas.—Pallidé cervina, gracilis, palpis ascendentibus compressis longis sub-arcuatis, articulis lo et 20 fimbriatis, 30 lanceo- in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. tia lato, antennis dense pubescentibus, abdomine alas posticas paullo superante, alis linea sub-marginali albida sub-recta, linea marginali tenui e lunulis fuscis, alis anticis acutis linea media recta obliqua lineaque sub-marginali postice approxi- matis. Male.—Pale fawn-colour, slender. Palpi compressed, long, vertical, slightly curved; Ist and 2nd joints fringed; 3rd lanceo- late, as long as the 2nd. Antenne thickly pubescent. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind-wings. Legs rather stout; spurs long. Wings with a whitish nearly straight sub-marginal line; marginal line brown, composed of slender lunules. Fore- wings acute, with a straight oblique middle line, which approaches the sub-marginal line hindward; costa straight; exterior border convex, slightly oblique. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 12 lines. Cape. Genus Bononra, n. g. Mas.—Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis brevis, gracilis. Palpi longi, compressi, erecti ; articulus 3us lanceolatus, 2i dimidio brevior. Antenneze laté pectinatee. Abdomen sub-carinatum, alas posticas superans ; fasciculus apicalis longus, compressus. Pedes robusti ; tibiae posticze calcaribus quatuor longis. Alee ample ; anticee acute ; posticee valde rotundate. Male.— Body moderately stout. Proboscis short, slender. Palpi long, compressed, vertical, ascending high above the head, with short hairs; 3rd joint lanceolate, much more slender than the 2nd and less than half its length. Antennz broadly pectinated. Ab- domen slightly keeled, extending rather beyond the hind-wings ; apical tuft long, compressed. Legs very robust; spurs long, stout. Wings ample. Fore-wings acute; costa straight; exterior border slightly convex and oblique. Hind-wings with the ex- terior border very convex; angles much rounded. Bononia niveilinea. Mas.—Leete cervina, abdomine alisque posticis cinereo-cervinis pallidioribus, alis anticis albo bi-vittatis, striga exteriore cos- taque albis. Male.—Bright fawn-colour. Abdomen and hind-wings paler cinereous fawn-colour. Fore-wings with a white costa, with two white stripes ; hinder stripe slightly undulating ; fore-stripe bent, 112 Mr. F. Walker’s Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera interrupted at the bend with a white streak in front of its exterior end. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 15 lines. Brazil. Genus Herminia, Latr. Herminia inostentalis. Mas.—F uscescente cinerea, palpis longis angustis ascendentibus sub-fimbriatis, antennis setosis incurvis fasciculo ornatis, tibiis anticis fasciculo denso penicillato, alis sat angustis, lunulis marginalibus nigricantibus, alis anticis acutis nigro sub-con- spersis, lineis interiore et exteriore fuscis angulosis indistinctis, spatio marginali fuscescente lineam pallidam angulosam sub- marginalem includente. Male.—Brownish-cinereous. Palpi long, slender, rising high above the head, slightly fringed ; 3rd joint much shorter than the 2nd. Antenne setose, curved, with a tuft at one-third of the length. Abdomen compressed at the tip, extending very little beyond the hind-wings. Fore-tibiae with a dense fan-shaped tuft. Wings rather narrow; marginal Junules blackish; fringe inter- lined. Fore-wings acute, thinly black-speckled ; interior and ex- terior lines dark brown, zig-zag, indistinct; marginal space brownish, inclosing the pale zigzag sub-marginal line; reniform mark incomplete. Huind-wings paler than the fore-wings; lines less distinct. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 10 lines. Brazil. | Herminia? figuralis. Mas.—Cinereo-cervina, palpis porrectis lanceolatis thorace vix brevioribus, articulo 20 piloso, 30 nigricante brevi tenui, an- tennis pectinatis, alis fusco quinque lineatis, lunulis margi- nalibus nigris pallido-marginatis, margine exteriore angulato, alis anticis macula discali sub-rotunda subtus lunulata albo- marginata, costa pallido fuscoque notata. Male.—Cinereous fawn-colour. Palpi porrect, lanceolate, al- most as long as the thorax ; 2nd joint pilose ; 3rd blackish, slender, about one-fourth of the length of the 2nd. Antenne rather broadly pectinated; branches ciliated. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind-wings. Wings with brown lines; interior line straight, oblique, abruptly retracted towards the costa of the fore-wings ; basal line less distinct; middle, exterior and sub-marginal lines in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 113 slight, formed of lunules; marginal lunules black, pale-bordered ; exterior border distinctly angular. Fore-wings rectangular at the tips, with a black nearly round discal spot, which on the under- side forms a black white-bordered lunule; costa straight, with alternate elongated pale and brown streaks. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. Brazil. Genus Breptina, Guén. Bleptina responsalis. Mas.—Fuscescente-cinerea, palpis corporis dimidio longioribus angulatis ascendentibus supra thoracem refiexis articulo 30 penicillato, alis linea sub-marginali recta obliqua nigricante ; anticee acute, margine exteriore convexo; postice palli- diores. Male,—Brownish cinereous. Palpi much like those of B. penz- cillalis. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind-wings. Fore- Wings acute; markings indistinct, except a blackish straight oblique sub-marginal line, which also appears on the paler hind- wings ; exterior border convex, not angular. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. Brazil. Bleptina penicillalis. Mas.—F uscescente-cinerea, palpis corporis dimidio longioribus angulatis ascendentibus supra thoracem reflexis articulo 30 penicillato, alis anticis sub-falcatis, linea sub-marginali angu- lata pallidé cinerea nigricante marginata, litura discali parva pallida elongata, punctis marginalibus nigris, margine exte- riore angulato. Male.—Brownish-cinereous. Palpi much more than half the length of the body, angular, rising high above the head, reflexed over the thorax; 3rd joint longer than the 2nd, with a long fan- shaped apical tuft of hairs. Antennz slender, smooth. Fore- wings sub-falcate, rather narrow; lines indistinct, except the sub- marginal line, which is pale cinereous, blackish-bordered, and forms a distinct angle in the middle; marginal points black; exterior border angular in the middle; discal mark minute, pale, elon- gated. Length of the body 4 lines: of the wings 11 lines. Brazil. VOL. I. THIRD SERIES, PART II],—MAY, 1862. I 114 Mr. F. Walker’s Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera Bleptina intractalis. Foeem.—Ferrugineo-fusca, palpis longis arcuatis ascendentibus pubescentibus articulo 30 lanceolato, pedibus glabris, alis anticis sat angustis apice rotundatis, lineis tribus pallidiori- bus indistinctis denticulatis vix obliquis, spatio medio palli- diore, reniformi nigricante antice attenuata, margine exteriore vix obliquo, alis posticis fuscescente cinereis litura discali lineisque subtus conspicuis. Female.—Ferruginous-brown. Palpi compressed, pubescent, curved, rising high above the head and longer than its breadth ; 3rd joint lanceolate, much shorter than the 2nd. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind-wings. Legs smooth. Wings rather narrow. Fore-wings rounded at the tips, with thin, denticulated, paler, indistinct, nearly upright lines; space between the interior and exterior lines mostly paler than the wings elsewhere ; reni- form mark blackish, attenuated in front; exterior border hardly oblique; interior angle much rounded. Hind-wings brownish- cinereous; underside with a brown discal mark and with brown denticulated exterior and sub-marginal lines. Length of the body 43 lines; of the wings 12 lines. Cape. Bleptina? frontalis. Mas.—Fusca, sat robusta, palpis ascendentibus longis com- pressis arcuatis articulo 30 lanceolato, antennis glabris, alis elongatis linea sub-marginali cinerea indistincta, alis anticis apice rotundatis, lineis duabus obscure fuscis angulosis, 2a cinereo-marginata, alis posticis cinereo-fuscis. Maie.—Brown, moderately stout, mostly cinereous beneath. Palpi smooth, compressed, curved over the head to the fore-border of the thorax; 8rd joint lanceolate, much shorter than the 2nd. Antennz slender, bare. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind-wings. Legs smooth; spurs long. Wings elongate, not broad, with an indistinct cinereous sub-marginal line. Fore- wings rounded at the tips; costa hardly convex ; exterior border convex, rather oblique; interior and exterior lines dark brown, zigzag, the latter cinereous-bordered: |Hind-wings cinereous- brown. Length ef the body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines. Cape. in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 115 Genus Locastra, Walk. Locastra rudis. Mas.—F usca, palpis verticem attingentibus, articulo 30 lanceo- lato brevi, thorace anticé flavescente, alis elongatis, lined sub- . . . A A A hs A marginali nigra dentata undulata extus flavescente marginata linea exteriore subtus nigricante, alis anticis linea interiore nigra dentata intus flavescente marginata. Male.—Brown, cinereous beneath. Palpi applied to the head and extending to the vertex; 3rd joint lanceolate, about one- fourth of the length of the 2nd. Thorax yellowish in front. Wings elongated, with the sub-marginal line black, dentate, very undulating, yellowish-bordered on the outer side; underside with a blackish exterior line. Fore-wings with yellowish speckles, and with a dentate black interior, which is broadly and diffusedly yellowish-bordered on the inner side. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines. Hindostan. Genus Brertuta, Walk. Bertula excelsalis. Mas.—Obscure fusca, fasciculo frontali erecto, palpis crassis fimbriatis longissimis ascendentibus reflexis articulo 30 peni- cillato, antennis setulosis, alis anticis acutis disco exteriore nigricante fusco, linea sub-marginali pallidé cinerea angulosa ; alze posticze nigricante fuscee, margine interiore fimbriato. Male.—Dark brown. Frontal tuft vertical. Palpi thickly fringed, full half the length of the body, rising high above the head and bent over the thorax; 3rd joint longer than the 2nd, with a fan-shaped plume of hairs. Antennze setulose. Abdomen extending beyond the hind-wings. Wings elongated. Fore-wings acute, blackish-brown on the exterior part of the disk; sub-mar- ginal line pale-cinereous, zigzag; costa straight; exterior border convex, very oblique. Hind-wings blackish-brown; interior border with a long fringe. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 16 lines. Brazil. Genus Bocana, Walk. Bocana marginalis. Mas.—Cinereo-cervina, palpis longissimis ascendentibus re- flexis articulo 30 sub-clavato penicillato, antennis setulosis, ee 116 Mr. F. Walker’s Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera tibiis anticis densissime fasciculatis, alis amplis fascia marginali integra pallidé cinerea, alis. anticis acutis orbiculari et reni- formi albis minimis fusco-marginatis. Male.—Cinereous fawn-colour, more cinereous beneath. Palpi very long, rising high above the head and reflexed over the tho- rax ; 2nd joint curved, witha small tuft near its tip; 3rd joint sub- clavate, almost as long as the 2nd, with a large fan-shaped tuft. Antenne setulose. Abdomen extending beyond the hind- wings. Fore-tibiz most densely tufted. Wings ample, with a straight pale cinereous band along the exterior border. Fore-wings acute ; orbicular and reniform marks white, brown-bordered, very mi- nute; costa straight; exterior border convex, hardly oblique. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 18 lines. Brazil. Genus Gizama, Walk. Gizama anticalis. Mas.—Cinereo-fusea, sat gracilis, fasciculo frontali producto, palpis fimbriatis ascendentibus thorace vix brevioribus, an- tennis setosis rectis apices versus fasciculatis apice arcuatis, alis anticis apice rectangulatis, lineis duabus obscure fuscis sub-undulatis, hac angulosa, linea sub-marginali pallidé ci- nerea sub-angulosa, reniformi obscuré fusca annulari, alis posticis pallidioribus. Male.—Cinereous-brown, rather slender, more cinereous be- neath. Frontal tuft prominent. Palpi fringed, almost as long as the thorax, rising high above the head; 3rd joint much shorter than the 2nd. Antenne setose, straight from the base to the sub-apical tuft, curved from thence to the tips. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind-wings. Wings ample; marginal lu- nules black. Fore-wings rectangular at the tips; interior and exterior lines dark brown, slightly undulating, the latter zigzag ; sub-marginal line pale cinereous, slightly undulating and zigzag, more regular than the exterior line; reniform mark dark brown, annuliform; costa straight, exterior border convex, moderately oblique. Hind-wings paler than the fore-wings; sub-marginal line pale cinereous, nearly parallel to the exterior border. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. Brazil. in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 117 Genus Crymona, n. g. Mas.—Corpus sat robustum. Fasciculus frontalis productus. Proboscis longiuscula. Palpi lanceolati, sub-ascendentes ; articulus 2us fascieulatus; 3us acutus, brevis. Antennee setulosze, rectze, apices versus nodose et fasciculate, apice incurve. Abdomen alas posticas vix superans, fasciculo apicali parvo. Pedes longi, leves; tibiz posticze calcaribus longissimis. Ale ample, elongate; antice acute ; postice margine interiore plicato et fimbriato. Male.-—Body moderately stout. Proboscis rather long and robust. Frontal tuft prominent. Palpi lanceolate, slightly ascend- ing, longer than the breadth of the head; 2nd joint tufted above ; 3rd acute, about one-fourth of the length of the 2nd. An- tennz setulose, straight from the base to three-fourths of the length, where they are nodose, and tufted, curved from thence to the tips. Abdomen extending very little beyond the hind- wings ; apical tuft small. Legs long, smooth; hind-tibize with very long spurs. Wings ample, elongated. Fore-wings acute; costa straight ; exterior border slightly convex and oblique. Hind-wings with the interior border folded and fringed, Crymona receptalis. Mas.—Cervina, alis anticis macula discali parva elongata nigri- cante, lineis quatuor exterioribus e punctis nigricantibus, linea exteriore angulata obscure cervina, strigis exterioribus inter- ruptis nigricantibus, alis posticis cinereis basi pallidioribus. Male.—Fawn-colour. Fore-wings with a small longitudinally elongated blackish discal spot, and with four exterior transverse lines, which are formed of blackish points; 1st line very incom- plete; a dark fawn-coloured angular line, accompanied by inter- rupted blackish streaks, on the veins between the 2nd and 3rd lines. Hind-wings cinereous, paler towards the base. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 18 lines. Brazil. Genus Borica, n. g. Mas.-—Corpus robustum. Palpi crassi, densé fasciculati, caput longe superantes, thorace vix breviores. Antenne incurve, serrate, ciliate, fasciculo penicillato ornatee. Abdomen at- 118 Mr, F. Walker’s Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera tenuatum, fasciculo apicali radiato. Pedes robusti, pilosi ; antici densissimé fasciculati. Alze ample ; anticze subfalcate. Male.—Body stout. Palpi thick, densely tufted along the whole length, rising high above the head, nearly as long as the thorax ; 3rd joint much shorter than the 2nd. Antenne curved, serrated, ciliated, with a fan-shaped tuft near the base. Abdomen tapering from the base to the tip, with a diverging apical tuft. Legs stout ; femora and tibize tufted; fore-legs, excepting the tips of the tarsi, most densely tufted. Wingsample. Fore-wings subfalcate; costa straight; exterior border convex, oblique hindward. Bolica armata. Mas.—Ferruginea, alis nigro sub-conspersis, linea exteriore recta obliqua albida costam versus abrupté retracta, linea sub-marginali e punctis nigris, alis anticis litura reniformi plagaque apicali cervinis, linea exteriore arcuata punctisque marginalibus nigris, alis posticis subtus ex parte nigricante fuscis linea postice atra. Male.—Ferruginous, paler beneath. Abdomen dark brown towards the tip. Wings minutely black-speckled, with a straight oblique, exterior, whitish line, dark-bordered on the inner side, and abruptly retracted towards the costa of the fore-wings ; sub- marginal line indicated by black points. Fore-wings with the reniform mark, and an apical patch fawn-coloured ; under side with a black, curved, exterior line and black marginal points. Hind-wings beneath blackish-brown exteriorly, with a blackish- brown exterior line, which is deep black and very distinct hind- ward. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 18 lines. _ Brazil. Fam. PYRALIDA, Guén. Genus Pyrauis, Linn. Pyralis intermedialis. Cinereo-rufescens, palpis porrectis parvis articulo 30 minimo, pedibus sat robustis, alis angustis acutis lineis duabus albidis remotis nigro-marginatis, la dentata, 2a denticulata flexa apud costam dilatata, punctis marginalibus nigris, alis pos- ticis cinereis nigricante bilineatis. Cinereous-reddish, cinereous beneath. Palpi porrect, short, slender, extending very little beyond the head; 3rd joint very in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 119 minute. Legs rather stout; spurs long. Fore-wings narrow, acute at the tips; interior and exterior lines whitish, black- bordered, remote from each other; the Ist dentate; the 2nd denticulate, bent and dilated towards the costa ; marginal points black ; fringe cinereous. Hind-wings cinereous, with two blackish curved lines, and with black marginal points. Length of the body 4? lines; of the wings 10 lines. Haiti. Pyralis externalis. Mas.—Pallidé cinereo-cervina, palpis parvis ascendentibus articulo 30 minimo, antennis sub-pubescentibus, alis linea sub-marginali nigra denticulata pallido sub-marginata, linea Interiore dentata interrupta minus determinata, alis anticis apice sub-rotundatis, litura discali nigra angulata, macula exteriore discali diffusa nigro-fusca, alis posticis sub-fusces- centibus. Male.—Pale cinereous fawn-colour, whitish-cinereous beneath. Palpi short, slender, smooth, ascending, not rising so high as the vertex ; 3rd joint conical, very minute. Antenne very minutely pubescent. Abdomen extending very little beyond the hind- wings. Legs rather slender. Wings with a black, denticulated, irregularly pale-bordered sub-marginal line; interior line dentate, interrupted, less distinct than the exterior line; under side with the interior line almost obsolete, and the exterior one composed. of black points. Fore-wings slightly rounded at the tips, with a black angular discal mark, beyond which there is a diffuse dark- brown discal spot. Hind-wings more brownish. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 10 lines, 3razil. Pyralis ? varipes. Mas.—Fuscea, crassa, subtus albida, capite thoraceque irides- cente cinerascentibus, palpis ascendentibus arcuatis albo- fasciatis, antennis sub-pubescentibus, abdominis lateribus sub-fasciculatis, pedibus crassis, alis anticis sat angustis glauco-conspersis nigro-trifasciatis, fasciis 2a, 3aque apud costam connexis. Male.—Brown, thick, whitish beneath. Head and thorax with a whitish cinereous, slightly iridescent tinge. Palpi curved, as- cending, not rising higher than the vertex; Ist joint white; 2nd and 3rd with white tips; 3rd much shorter than the 2nd. An- 120 Mr. F. Walker’s Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera tenne very minutely pubescent. Abdomen with a row of small’ tufts along each side, conical and compressed at the tip, which extends rather beyond the hind-wings. Legs short, thick ; spurs long; anterior legs mostly white. Fore-wings rather narrow, rounded at the tips, adorned with glaucous speckles, and traversed by three irregular black lines; 2nd and 3rd lines connected on the costa; sub-marginal lunules blackish ; costa hardly convex ; exterior border slightly oblique. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. Amazon Region. Pyralis proximalis. Mas.—Cervina, sat robusta, palpis porrectis latis articulo 30 parvo, abdomine alas posticas superante, pedibus robustis, alis anticis sat angustis apice sub-rotundatis, spatio interiore nigricante-fusco, spatio medio pallidé cervino albido-margi- nato, puncto discali nigro, fimbria fusco-punctata, alis pos- ticis albido-cinereis. ; Male.—Fawn-colour, rather stout, cinereous beneath. Palpi porrect, extending somewhat beyond the head; 2nd joint broad, slightly curved; 3rd elongate-conical, about one-fourth of the length of the 2nd. Antennze smooth, rather stout. Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind-wings. Legs stout, smooth. Fore-wings rather narrow, slightly rounded at the tips, blackish- brown towards the base, which is fawn-colour; middle part pale fawn-colour, bounded on each side by a whitish undulating line, and containing a black discal point; fringe pale, double, the in- terior part with brown points; costa slightly contracted in the middle; exterior part rather oblique. Hind-wings whitish cinereous. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 10 lines. Hindostan. Pyralis nigricalis. Feem.—Nigra; abdomine alisque posticis paliidé cinereis, alis anticis albido-conspersis apice rotundatis, lineis tribus albidis interruptis undulatis, linea 3a biflexa, punctis marginalibus albidis, alis posticis apud marginem exteriorem sub-fusce- scentibus, Female.—Black. Head wanting. Abdomen, hind-wings and underside pale cinereous. Fore-wings whitish-speckled, much rounded at the tips; basal, interior and exterior lines whitish, in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 121 slight, interrupted, undulating ; exterior line bent in*front and hindward; marginal points whitish; exterior border convex, rather oblique. Hind-wings slightly brown!sh-tinged along the exterior border; underside with two brownish dentate lines, the outer one much broader than the inner one. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines. Tasmania. Pyrals costigeralis. Mas.—Nigricans, capitis fasciculo erecto penicillato, palpis ascendentibus longis angustis lanceolatis vix arcuatis, antennis sub-pubescentibus, pedibus robustis squamosis albido-fas- ciatis, alis anticis sat angustis apice rotundatis cinerascente conspersis, costee triente basali sub-dilatata apice luteo- notata, alis posticis albidis extus sub-nigricantibus. Male.—Blackish. Head with a high, erect, plumose tuft. Palpi erect, long, slender, lanceolate, hardly curved; 3rd joint short, very slender. Antenne minutely pubescent. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the higd-wings. Legs stout, squamous ; tibize and tarsi with whitish bands; spurs long. Fore-wings rather narrow, rounded at the tips, with whitish cinereous spec- kles; costa hardly convex, slightly dilated along the basal third of the length; a luteous mark at the end of this part; marginal points pale cinereous ; exterior border hardly convex, moderately oblique. Hind- wings whitish, slightly blackish-tinged exteriorly. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. Sydney. Pyralis cervinalis. Foem.—Cervina, cinereo nigroque conspersa, palpis compressis angustis arcuatis lanceolatis ascendentibus, pedibus anteri- oribus fusco-fasciatis, alis anticis sat amplis apice rotundatis, lineis duabus nigricantibus indistinctis diffusis, 2a flexa, punctis marginalibus nigris, alis posticis albido-cinereis apud marginem exteriorem fuscescentibus. Female.—Fawn-colour, speckled with cinereous and with black, mostly cinereous beneath. Palpi compressed, slender, curved, lanceolate, rising above the head; 3rd joint very acute, less than half the length of the 2nd. Antennz smooth. Abdomen ex- tending very little beyond the hind-wings; oviduct prominent. Anterior legs with brown bands. Wings somewhat ample. Fore- wings rounded at the tips, with the interior and exterior lines 122 Mr. F. Walker’s Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera blackish, indistinct, diffused; the latter bent, marginal points black ; exterior border slightly convex and oblique. Hind-wings whitish-cinereous, brownish along the exterior border. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 16 lines. Tasmania. Fam. ASOPIDA, Guén. Genus Satsra, Guén. Salbia varialas. Mas.—Rufescente-ferruginea, subtus albida, palpis brevissimis, abdominis segmentis albo-marginatis, alis anticis fasciis tribus abbreviatis e maculis variis albo-hyalinis nigro-marginatis, alis posticis fuscis bifasciatis. Male.—Reddish-ferruginous. Body beneath and legs whitish. Palpi very short, not rising so high as the vertex. Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind-wings; hind-borders of the segments white. Wings with abbreviated interior and middle bands, which are composed of irregular, black-bordered, white, hyaline spots. Fore-wings with an exterior band, which is much abbreviated hindward; exterior border very oblique. Hind- wings brown. Length of the body 43 lines; of the wings 12 lines. Amazon Region. Genus Asopta, Guén. Asopia depressalis. Foem.—Pallidé cervina, nitens, palpis porrectis lanceolatis sub- arcuatis, alis lineis interiore et exteriore fuscescentibus obliquis sub-arcuatis, punctis marginalibus nigricantibus, alis anticis puncto discali fusco, alis posticis linea exteriore valde arcuata. Female.—Pale fawn-colour, shining. Palpi porrect, slender, lanceolate, slightly curved, shorter than the breadth of the head. Wings with the interior and exterior lines brownish, oblique, slightly curved, the latter much curved in the hind-wings ; mar- ginal points blackish. Fore-wings acute, with a brown discal point between the lines. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 9 lines. Cape. an the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 123 Fam. HY DROCAMPID, Guén. Genus Ouicostiema, Guén. Oligostigma ameenalis. Mas.— Aurato-flava, subtus alba, oculis albo-marginatis, ab- domine albo, alis anticis fasciis duabus undulatis maculaque diseali albis purpureo-marginatis, alis posticis albis macula apud angulum interiorem aurato-flava. Male.—Gilded-yellow, shining, white beneath. Eyes bor- dered with white. Palpi very short. Antenne stout. Abdo- men white, extending a little beyond the hind-wings ; apical tuft long. Tibiz with very long spurs. Fore-wings with two white, undulating, purple-bordered bands, and with a white intermediate, purple-bordered spot. Hind-wings white, with a gilded-yellow spot near the interior angle. Length of the body 23 lines; of the wings 6 lines. Brazil. Oligostigma exhabitalis. Foem.—Leeté ochracea, corpore subtus, capite, thoracis lateribus anticis abdominisque fasciis albis, palpis lanceolatis ascen- dentibus, alis lituris argenteis nigro-marginatis, alis anticis fasciis tribus maculaque costali trigona, alis posticis bifasciatis basi costaque albis. Female.—Bright orange, white beneath. Head and sides of the thorax in front white. Palpi lanceolate, ascending as high as the vertex. Abdomen extending far beyond the hind-wings; segments with white bands. Wings with silvery-white, black- bordered marks; sub-marginal band parallel to the exterior border, broad and abbreviated in the fore-wings; middle band less» oblique in the fore-wings than in the hind-wings, and ina contrary direction. Fore-wings with a large triangular costal spot between the two bands, and with a basal band which is oblique in a contrary direction to the middle band. Hind-wings white at the base and along the costa. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 8 lines. Amazon Region. Genus Catactysta, Hubn. Cataclysta insulalis. Alba, thorace abdominisque fasciis fuscis, alis fascia interiore 124 Mr. F. Walker’s Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera lata obliqua, lineis duabus, fasciis duabus exterioribus macu- laque trigona costali fuscis, alis anticis basi fuscis, alis pos- ticis maculis sex marginalibus atris purpureo-marginatis. White. Thorax brown, Abdomen with brown bands. Wings brown at the base, and witha broad, oblique, interior brown band, which is succeeded by an almost parallel brown line ; beyond the latter there is another brown line, which is followed by two brown bands; the latter converge hindward, and in the fore-wings include between them a large triangular brown costal spot. Hind-wings with six deep black, metallic, purple-bordered spots along the exterior border. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. Haiti. Fam. MARGARODIDE, Guén. Genus Gryrnopes, Guén. Glyphodes rutilalis. Foem.—Fusca, subtus albida, palpis ascendentibus articulo 30 minimo, thorace postico argenteo, abdomine albido-cinereo lituris transversis trigonis fuscis, alis anticis argenteo-sub- hyalinis iridescentibus ferrugineo-bifasciatis, fascia la inter- rupta, 2a albido-interlineata, maculis duabus trigonis cos- talibus punctisque marginalibus ferrugineis, alis posticis iridescente-fuscis micantibus, Female.—Brown, whitish beneath. Palpi ascending, not rising so high as the vertex; 3rd joint very minute. Thorax silvery- white hindward. Abdomen whitish-cinereous, with a transverse triangular brown mark on each segment. Fore-wings brilliant silvery, with iridescent reflections, and with two ferruginous bands; Ist band interrupted, attenuated hindward, and with a large ferruginous triangular costal mark on each side; 2nd band narrower hindward, excavated on each side, and containing a whitish line near its interior side; marginal points ferruginous ; fringe cinereous. Hind-wings cinereous, brilliantly iridescent. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 16 lines, Amazon Region. Genus Marcaronta, Hubn. Margaronia auricostalis. Mas.—Candida, capite thorace abdominisque fasciculo fuscis, in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 125 antennis pedibusque gracillimis, alis hyalinis albis perangustis, alis anticis vitta lata costali purpureo-fusca, costa sub-aurata. Male.—Pure white. Head and thorax brown. Antenne and legs very slender. Abdomen attenuated, extending rather far be- yond the hind-wings; apical tuft brown. Wings hyaline-white, very narrow. Fore-wings with a purplish-brown, broad, costal stripe, which along the costa is dull gilded. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 13 lines. Para. Fam. BOTYD#, Guén. Genus Astura, Guén. Astura insolitalis. Mas.—Pallidé lutea, palpis brevissimis nigro-uniguttatis, thorace guttis sex nigris, alis anticis fascia basali plagis duabus costa- libus maculis duabus apud marginem interiorem punctisque nonnullis nigro-fuscis, alis posticis fascia interiore macula: apud angulum interiorem plagaque apicali nigro-fuscis. Male.—Pale luteous. Palpi very short, not rising to the vertex, with a black dot on each side. Thorax with a black spot on each side in front, and with four black spots on the disk. Abdomen extending somewhat beyond the hind-wings. Tarsal joints with black tips. Wings with blackish-brown marks. Fore-wings acute, with three costal patches, with two spots on the interior border, and with a few points and little streaks; Ist patch basal, extending to the interior border. Hind-wings with an apical patch, with a spot by the interior angle, and with an interior band, which ex- tends from the inner spot on the interior border of the fore-wings. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines. Sarawak, Borneo. Genus Borys, Latr. Botys additalis. Foem.—F uscescente-cinerea, pectore antico candido, alis irides- centibus, lineis tribus fuscis undulatis indistinctis, 3a minus determinata. Female.—Brownish-cinereous, whitish-cinereous beneath. Fore- part of the pectus pure white. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind-wings. Wings iridescent, with the interior, exterior and sub-marginal lines brown, undulating, not well determined ; 126 Mr. F. Walker’s Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera sub-marginal line less distinct than the others.. Hind-wings not paler than the fore wings. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. Brazil. Botys ineffectalis. Foem.—Alba, nitens, palpis fuscescentibus subtus niveis, pectore antico niveo, alis lineis tribus cervinis sub-undulatis sub- parallelis subtus fuscescentibus, punctis marginalibus fuscis, alis anticis lineis apud costam fuscescentibus. Female.—White, shining. Palpi short, porrect, brownish above, snowy-white beneath, as is also the fore-part of the pectus. Wings with the basal, interior and exterior lines fawn-coloured, slightly undulating, nearly parallel, brownish on the costa of the fore- wings and on the underside ; a slight fawn-coloured tinge along the exterior border; marginal points brown. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 9 lines. Amazon Region. Botys rectiferalis. Mas.—Cinereo-alba, palpis extus thoracisque lateribus anticis nigris, alis acutis, linea exteriore recta obliqua, linea margi- nali punctoque costali fuscis, alis anticis acutis striga obliqua subcostali fusca, costa basi nigra. Male.—Cinereous-white. Palpi on the outer side, sides of the thorax in front, and costa of the fore-wings towards the base, black. * Wings with a straight oblique exterior brown line; marginal line brown, slender; a brown point on the interior part of the costa. Fore-wings acute, with an oblique brown discal streak near the costa. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 15 lines, New Caledonia. Genus Scoputa, Schr. Scopula desistalis. Foem.—Ferruginea, abdomine alisque posticis cinereis, alis an- ticis lineis tribus dentatis indistinctis punctisque marginalibus nigris, fimbria pallidé cinerea, alis posticis extus sub-fusces- centibus. Female.—Ferruginous, cinereous beneath. Abdomen and hind- wings cinereous, the former hardly extending beyond the hind- in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 127 wings. Fore-wings with the interior, exterior and sub-marginal lines black, dentate, indistinct; marginal points black; fringe pale cinereous. Hind-wings with a brownish tinge exteriorly. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 9 lines. Brazil. Fam. SCOPARIDA, Guén. Genus Scoparia, Haw. Scoparia fascialis. Mas.—Albido-cinerea, palpis parvis latis, antennis pubescenti- bus, thoracis lateribus anticis fuscis, abdomine sub-carinato lateribus sub-fasciculatis, alis fusco-punctatis, alis anticis fasciis tribus fuscis diffusis, la basali, 3a marginali, alis pos- ticis semi-hyalinis. Male.—Whitish-cinereous, white beneath. Palpi short, broad. Antenne pubescent. Thorax brown on each side in front. Ab- domen extending beyond the hind-wings, slightly keeled, with small tufts along each side. Tuibize and tarsi with black bands. Wings with large brown speckles. Fore-wings with three diffuse brown bands; 1st band nearly basal; 3rd on the exterior border ; speckles more numerous along the costa than elsewhere. Hind- wings semi-hyaline. Length of the body 43 lines; of the wings 12 lines. Canada. Scoparia stupidalis. Mas.—Cinerea, palpis angustis sub-ascendentibus anticulo 30 elongato lanceolato, antennis pubescentibus, alis anticis nigri- cante conspersis basi et apud marginem exteriorem nigri- cante sub-nebulosis, lineis duabus nigris denticulatis, alis posticis albido-cinereis. Male.—Cinereous, paler beneath. Palpi slender, slightly as- cending, extending somewhat beyond the head; 3rd joint lanceo- late, shorter than the 2nd. Antenne pubescent. Abdomen whitish-cinereous, extending somewhat beyond the hind-wings ; apical tuft thick, close. Fore-wings minutely blackish-speckled ; basal space and some parts of the surface about the exterior border diffusedly blackish ; interior and exterior lines black, denticulated. Hind-wings whitish cinereous. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 12 lines. Brazil. 128 Mr. F, Walker’s Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera. Genus Bowncuts, n. g. Feem.—Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi porrecti, compressi, lanceolati, capitis latitudine paullo longiores. Antenne glabra. Abdomen carinatum, alas posticas sat superans. Pedes breviusculi, sat robusti, tibiis posterioribus densé fimbriatis. Alze sat angustee; anticze apice rotundate; posticee semi-hyalinz. Female—Boiy stout. Proboscis short. Palpi compressed, lanceolate, porrect, a little longer than the breadth of the head ; 2nd joint rather broad; 3rd a little shorter than the 2nd. An- tennz smooth. Abdomen keeled, extending rather far beyond the hind-wings. Legs rather short and stout; posterior tibiee with long thick fringes. Wings rather narrow. Fore-wings rounded at the tips; costa straight; exterior border convex, rather oblique. Hind-wings semi-hyaline. Bonchis scoparvoides. Feem. — Cinereo-fusca, alis anticis spatio exteriore liturisque schistaceis, lineis duabus schistaceis 2a undulata nigricante sub-marginata, punctis marginalibus nigris, alis posticis fuscescente cinereis fimbria cinerea. Female.—Cinereous-brown. Fore-wings wholly slaty-cinereous exteriorly, and with marks of the same hue elsewhere ; interior and exterior lines slaty-cinereous; the latter undulating, irregu- larly blackish- bordered ; marginal points black, minute. Hind- wings brownish-cinereous ; fringe cinereous. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. Para. (12d) VIII. Notes on the Species of Triplax of Stephens’ “ Lllus- trations” and Collection. By G. R. Warternouss, Esq., F.Z.8., &e. [ Read 8rd Dec. 1860. ] In my own collection, and the collections of my friends, so far as I recollect, there are but two British species of Triplax, viz. T. russica, and T’. enea ; but in Mr. Stephens’, there are five species, and as with regard to some of these there is much confusion, I have thought the following notes would be acceptable. Sp. 1. Lriplax russica of Stephens’ Illustrations, vol. ui. p. 88, sp. 1, and Collection. The insect universally known by the same name. Sp. 2. Tr. castanea, Steph. |. c., p. 89, 2. Represented by three specimens in Mr. Stephens’ Col- lection. One a very immature specimen of the Triplax russica: the other two are of the same species, but present scarcely any divergence from the normal condition of the insect. These are referred to the Sélpha castanea of Marsh. Ent. Brit. p. 122, but Marsham described the insect from Shaw’s Col- lection, and we have no reason to believe that either of the specimens above noticed was the original of the description; this latter gives the size of the insect as two lines, whilst 7’. russtca is said, in the same work, to be 3 lines in length. I think it therefore very doubtful if the present insect be the Marshamian §. castanea. Sp. 3. Ir. enea, Steph. |. c., p. 89, and Collection — = 7’. enea, Gyll., &c. &e. &e. Sp. 4. Tr. bicolor, Steph. 1. c., p. 89, pl. xvii. f. 4. This is given as the Silpha bicolor of Marsham, Ent. Brit. 122, 18. A certain species inhabiting Sweden was referred by Gyllenhal (see Ins. Suec. 1. p. 205, 2) to the S. bicolor of Marsham in 1808, since which time it has been well known on the continent by that name. The description given by Stephens is evidently taken from Gyllenhal, and hence belongs to the same insect, and yet to the best of my know- VOL, I. THIRD SERIES, PART I1.—May, 1862. K 130 Mr. G. R. Waterhouse’s Notes on ledge the Gyllenhalian species has not hitherto been found in England. 7’. bicolor is represented in Stephens’ Collection by three specimens, two of which are old, dirty and greasy, and pinned with Jargish pins; the third is a fresh specimen, pierced by a delicate thin pin. With regard to the species Stephens says,—‘ Rare: I possess a pair from the Marshamian Collection, and I once beat a single ex- ample from a birch-tree in Coombe-wood in June.” From this note I have strong grounds for believ- ing that the two old specimens are the Marshamian types, and, in fact, represent the Silpha bicolor of his work. The elytra in these two insects, being stained with grease, appeared to be black, but upon applying a little spirits of wine with a camels’ hair pencil to one of the elytra of each specimen, I found that the elytra were of a green-blue colour, and that in this, and all other respects, they agree perfectly with the Triplax enea of authors. The third specimen, which is pinned as Mr. Stephens usually pinned the insects captured by himself, is a distinct species, and being in good condition was no doubt the insect given to Mr. Charles Curtis to draw, for the plate in the “Illustrations.” This most careful artist would never have made a drawing from either of the other two specimens without first cleaning it; and, moreover, the figure clearly repre- sents the specimen in question, in having a black scutellum, &c. &c. This insect is about equal in size to the 7’. enea, but differs in having black elytra with the interstices of the striz distinctly punctured, and in having the scutellum, as well as the chest and abdomen, black ; and, in short, agrees well with Lacordaire’s description of T'riplax rufi- collis—see the Monogr. des Erotyliens, p. 211, sp. 10. So that Szlpha bicolor, Marsh. = Triplax enea, auct. Triplax bicolor, Steph. descrip. = T'riplax bicolor, Gyll.—not British! ——. -——_ Steph. Illustr. pl. 17, f. 4 = Tri- plax ruficollis, Lacord. the Species of Triplax. 131 Sp. 5. Triplax rufipes, Steph. Mlustr, iii. p. 90, pl. 17, f. 5 = Triplax rufipes, Gyll., Lacord. Represented by two specimens in Mr. Stephens’ Col- lection—“ found near Windsor.” The insect is rouch smaller than 7. russtca, and readily known by its comparatively short form, and the abdomen being black, excepting at the apex. Larger and broader than T. ruficollis, Lacor. Sp. 6. Triplax ruficollis, Steph. Ilustr. iii. p. 90, pl. 17, f. 6. With regard to this insect (which is well figured) Stephens says, “‘the black head at once dis- tinguishes this species from its congeners.” I may add, that the antennze are, moreover, relatively stouter. By some singular accident Lacordaire re- fers this insect to his Z'riplax ruficollis, an insect with a red head. Stephens’ insect, however, seems to be clearly the Zriplax nigriceps of that author’s Monograph, p. 213. Itis represented in Stephens’ Collection by a single specimen, supposed to have been taken near Windsor. Sheuld any of our entomologists possess British speci- mens of either of the two last-mentioned species, and have it in their power to give us accurate infor- mation respecting their capture, it is highly desirable that it should be made known: as no positive au- thority is given for the capture of those in Mr. Stephens’ Collection, it is of course somewhat doubt- ful whether the species be really British. Very many of the insects introduced into the works on British Entomology stand in the same category. Some, from their known habitats on the continent, are so unlikely to be indigenous that I have not hesitated to reject them from my catalogue. 132 Mr. G. R. Waterhouse’s Descriptions of 1X. Descriptions of Scymnus discoideus ( Fumily Coceinel- lide) and two allied Species, and Description of a new Species of Bryaxis (fam. Pselaphide). By G. R. WarernousE, Esq., F.Z.8., &c. {Read March 4th, 1861.] Scymnus discoideus, Wliger, Gyll., Mulsant, &c.; Byrrhus Pint of Marsham. Sc. ovatus, niger, pilosus; elytris crebre subtiliter punctatis, fulvo-rufis, sutura nigricante; corpore subtus fortius minus crebre punctato, pectore canaliculato; antennis, palpis, pedi- busque plus minusve nigricantibus; thoracis angulis anteri- oribus plerumque rufescentibus. Sc. discoideus is by nearly all authors said to be a pine-tree insect. J have just examined sixty specimens from various loca- lities, all taken from pine-trees—of thirty-six specimens in my own collection, many are from the neighbourhood of Erith, and two dozen specimens which I examined from Dr. Power’s collection are from Weybridge. The insect is said to be very variable in colour, &c., and both Gyllenhal and Mulsant have devoted con- siderable space in their works to the description of these varieties. Among the specimens above alluded to, however, and many others which | have beaten out of pine-trees, I have not met with such varieties ; whilst, on the other hand, I have met with Scymni from other situations, which correspond very closely with the varieties above alluded to. ‘The pine-tree insect, according to my experience, is black, with brick-red elytra; the suture of the elytra is more or less indistinctly, and narronly edged with dusky, and not unfrequently the base of the elytra and the outer margin are narrowly edged with dusky or brownish, but in no case well defined, and, on the outer margin, the darker colour is confined to the fore-part of the elytron. The thorax is sometimes entirely black, but generally there is a trace of dull red at the sides, and more especially at the anterior angle. The abdomen also is usually tinted with rufous at the apex. The legs are sometimes black, with pitchy tarsi, but usually the coxe, tibiz and tarsi are ~ more or less rufescent. The chest is always distinctly canalicu- Scymnus discoideus and two allied Species. 133 late, and the small, nearly semicircular plate situated immediately beneath the base of the posterior thigh, which Mulsant calls the “plaque abdominale,” extends, in the fore-and-aft direction, over rather more than two-thirds of the diameter of the abdominal segment. The punctuation of the elytra is dense and rather fine, and composed of punctures of different sizes, and the interstices are somewhat rugulose. Scymnus atriceps of Stephens is founded upon an immature specimen of this species. Scymnus Mulsanti, n. sp. Sc. ovatus, postice sub-acuminatus, niger, pilosus; elytris crebre punctatis, obscure rufis, late nigro-marginatis ; cor- pore subtus crebre subtilius punctato; antennis, palpis, pedibusque testaceis, Of this insect I possess nine specimens, collected from the roots of herbage, just above high water mark, about a mile beyond Southend; and I have a single specimen which I took at Holm-bush, in Sussex. In Dr. Power’s collection are eleven specimens from the latter locality, two from Deal, and two from a marshy pit near Lee, in Kent. Its favourite resorts, then, would appear to be marshy places, either near the sea or inland; and it is found in localities far remote from fir-trees. The average size of the insect is rather less than that of the Sc. dis- coideus ; it israther more convex, and differs in having the elytra somewhat acuminate in the posterior half; in having the chest and abdomen very thickly (especially towards and at the sides) and more finely punctured; in having the abdominal plates more extended in the fore-and-aft direction, and consequently leaving a narrower space behind between the plate and the edge of the segment ; in having the pectoral groove excessively indistinct or entirely wanting; and in having the antenne, palpi and legs entirely testacecus, and the thighs shorter and more inflated. The red colour of the elytra, moreover, is usually darker, and the elytra are broadly margined with black throughout. Taking a common condition of the colouring, the black and the red are nearly in equal proportions: the black occupies a broad space at the base of the elytra, extends down the suture for a short dis- tance in the form of an equally broad band; here (that is, about midway between the base and the apex of the elytra) it is very often rather suddenly expanded in width, and there is a corre- 134 Mr. G. R. Waterhouse’s Descriptions of sponding expansion of the black at the side of the elytron; but behind the centre the sutural band is considerably contracted before it reaches the apex, where again it dilates to join the black of the margin. Sometimes the sutural band is suddenly con- tracted a little behind the middle of the elytra, and completely disappears; and occasionally the dark colour is so diffused, that the red almost disappears. Among the various described varieties of Sc. discoideus, 1 do not see any which completely correspond with the present species in the colouring. I see none in which the black on the suture, for instance, is somewhat suddenly dilated in the middle, as is frequently the case in the Se. Mulsantz. Specimens of this insect stand in Stephens’ collection to repre- sent the ‘ Scymnus limbatus, Kirby’s MSS.,” but the original description must be taken from some other insect, since in the * Tllustrations ” the legs are said to be “ pitchy-black.” Scymnus limbatus, Kirby, MSS. and Collection; Steph. Illustr. iv. p. 395. Sc. breviter ovatus, niger, pilosus; elytris fortius regulariter punctatis, obscure ferrugineis, sutura apiceque late, mar- ginibus lateralibus anguste, nigro-marginatis ; corpore subtus minus crebre punctato, pectore canaliculato ; antennis, palpis, pedibusque nigricantibus. Decidedly smaller, and of a more convex and shorter form than Sc. discoideus, from which it is further distinguished hy the more distinct puncturing of the elytra—here the punctures are more widely separated and of equal size, and the intervening spaces are perfectly even (not rugulose) ; the elytra are less ample; the pu- bescence shorter; the abdominal plate is rather more extended towards the apex of the first abdominal segment, but its transverse diameter is less, and its curve is more sudden, showing a slight tendency to assume an angular form behind. From Sc. Mulsanti it may be distinguished by its shorter and obtusely rounded elytra, the more distinct and less dense punctuation of the elytra and _ under parts of the body, the decidedly smaller size of the abdo- minal plates, the distinct pectoral groove, and the black legs with the femora less inflated. The very broad black band which runs along the suture is usually pretty equal in width, and the apex of the elytra is pretty broadly margined, but the sides are very nar- rowly edged with black. I possess four specimens of this insect ; the locality of only one of them I have noted, and that was from the Hammersmith Scymnus discotdeus and two allied Species. 135 marshes: in Dr. Power’s collection I find six specimens, three of which are from the same locality, and the other three are from Hornsey Fen. In neither place are there any fir-trees. Bryaxis simplex, n. sp. Rufo-picea; elytris sanguineis, marginibus infuscatis ; antennis pedibusque fusco-testaceis ; capite tri-foveolato; thorace fo- veolis tribus sub-zequalibus. This insect belongs to the same section as the B. fossulata: the foveze on the thorax are nearly equal, and not united by a trans- verse groove ; the abdomen presents no sexual distinctions, and the anterior coxze are unarmed in the male—they are not even slightly produced, and angular as in B. fossulata; and the male is only distinguished by the presence of a very small spine at the apex of the intermediate tibiae. In size it is equal to the B. sanguinea, and its antenne are as long as in the female of that insect, and can scarcely be said to differ in structure. The general colour is piceous, not darker than in B. fossulata, but of a more rufous tint ; the antennze and legs are fusco-testaceous; the tibize and tarsi rather paler than the thighs; the elytra are red, but less intense and less brilliant than in B. sanguinea; and at the margins, throughout, they are more or less piceous. The head has a small foveola on the vertex, besides the three ordinary fovez ; of these, the two frontal foveee are rather more approximated than in B. fossulata, and the hinder part of the head is more produced. The terminal joints of the palpi are fuscous or piceous; the basal joints paler. The thorax agrees very nearly in form with that of B. fos- sulata, but the posterior angles are less obtuse ; the lateral fovez are rather larger and less forward in position, and there is a shal- low depression on each side, connected with these foveze, which runs along the posterior margin of the thorax and extends almost to the central fovea; the space between this latter and the lateral fovea is much raised, and almost assumes the form of a large, bluntly-rounded tubercle ; the surface of the thorax is very finely and sparingly punctured. The elytra are relatively longer than in B. fossulata, and, like the abdomen, more finely and more spar- ingly punctured, and the pubescence is more scant. The striole at the base of the first abdominal segment, above, are more _widely separated, the space between them slightly exceeding one- third of the entire width of the convex part of the abdomen ; whilst in B. fossulata the corresponding space is rather less than 136 Descriptions of Scymnus discoideus, Sc. one-third ; there is no evident difference in the sexes in this respect, as is seen in some other species. The above description is founded upon six male specimens and two females, which I found under rejectamenta, by the River Medway, near Rochester, in February, 1857; the insect, then, may possibly be confined to situations within the influence of salt or brackish water, X. On the Euphorbia-infesting Coleoptera of the Canary Islands. By 'T. Vernon Wotzasron, Esq., M.A., F.LS, {Read 6th May, 1861.3 TuereE are few facts in Entomology more extensively true, than that the most peculiar insects of a region are usually to be found either dependent on or inhabiting the same area as its most pe- culiar plants. Accepting this as an axiom, 1 have never failed to derive much practical aid, in every country which I have yet explored, from ascertaining in the first instance not merely the general character of the vegetation, but also the particular plants in which it is naturally most prolific, and the tracts where they occur; for experience has invariably shown me that it is from such tracts that the entomologist will, in the long run, obtain his greatest treasures. I do not say that these regions must always be the most productive as regards the number of species; far from it,—for they may often occupy high elevations, difficult of access, which the host of colonists gradually naturalized below has failed — to reach; but I think it is not too much to affirm, that the insect population of such localities is par excellence the truly indigenous one, and that consequently the tenants of these spots have a greater claim to be the atrdxovec of the soil (and probably, therefore, to a great extent, endemic) than those of any other. That the fact is universal, even despite the undoubted repul- siveness of certain plants to the generality of the insect tribes, there is good reason to suspect. Few trees, for instance, in their chemical properties, could be more unattractive, one would ima- Euphorbia-infesting Coleoptera of the Canary Islands. 137 gine, than the various Laurels; nevertheless in Madeira, which was originally “ Jaurel-clad,” I felt convinced, from the very first day I landed there, that those portions of the island in which the native wood still remained would be essentially the abodes of the most peculiar, or esoteric, insect-forms. And how literally this is the case no one who has laboured practically in the loftier alti- tudes, and the almost inexhaustible “ inner mountain mazes” of that wonderful land, will for an instant dispute. Yet the first impression of the northern collector in the laurel-groves of the Atlantic is that of the paucity of life; and it is only after he has become acquainted with his ground, and the sedentary nature of a large section of its inhabitants, that he can realize the actual number of the living creatures which surround him. In the Ca- narian group the laurel-forests, once so superb, have now nearly disappeared, and along with them the characteristic fauna which they, directly or indirectly, must have nourished; yet in the few regions which have escaped the ruthless axe of their improvident occupants, the primeval forms are still dominant,—driven there, as their last resting-places, before their final extinction from off the earth. But in the vegetation of the Canarian archipelago there is, apart from ‘the laurels, a great and important feature, which is but slightly indicated at the Madeiras,—namely, the excessive abund- ance of various gigantic Huphorbias. Whole plains and mountain- sides are absolutely clothed with them; and in some of the less frequented parts of the more remote islands one may often ride for miles through a perfect wilderness of these monstrous plants,— some of the larger of which might be almost compared, in their shape and dimensions, to dwarf, stunted oaks. My first trip to the Canaries was with John Gray, Esq., in his yacht the ‘ Miranda,” early in January, 1858; and our impression on viewing this Ew- phorbia-teeming land was, that a rich field, of a very anomalous kind, must of necessity be in store for us. Nevertheless when we began to penetrate into the thickets of these viscous shrubs, the foliage was almost free from life, and there seemed but little hope of success. Feeling convinced, however, that such a remarkable vegetation could not possibly exist without its own special fauna, _ we persevered in examining it; and whilst in the north of Lanzarote were fortunate enough to alight on some rotten stems, which had not been gathered for burning, standing erect in the soil. A few minutes at these brought to light what we had long been antici- pating,—namely, a host of minute Coleoptera, evidently peculiar to this “ habitat.” From that moment we never failed to inspect 138 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the Huphorbia-infesting the dead Huphorbia-stems, whenever they chanced to occur; and during my subsequent visits to the islands it has always been one of my chief objects to investigate them. What I propose in the present Memoir, is to describe all} the species of the Coleoptera which have hitherto been ascertained to occur amongst the various Canarian Euphorbias. Although the greater portion of them would seem to be attached exclusively to those plants, a few (as might indeed be expected) occur in others likewise; but since my object is to place before the collector the exact insects which he would probably meet with whilst searching the Euphorbias, I am compelled to admit this small assortment which are not entirely of Huphorbia-infesting habits. Such species, however, are not numerous; for out of the forty-eight enumerated below, thirty-sixt are apparently quite peculiar to the Euphor- bias,—the remaining twelve only displaying more promiscuous modes of life. But however remarkable may be the perfect exclusiveness of an immense majority of these Coleoptera to the rotten Euphorbia- stems, it is not more so than the prodigious numbers in which many of them occur. ‘he Lurops impressicollis, Phleeophagus caulium and Mesites fusiformis occasionally swarm within the branches and trunks; and the 4phanartha abound to such an incre- dible extent that I have often seen decayed stalks almost, as it were, alive with them. In fact, at the present moment, I cannot recall having ever found a single dead Euphorbia, even though it chanced to be the only one remaining in a district, and miles removed, so far as I could judge, from any other shrub of the same genus, which was not tenanted by one or more species of Aphanarthum; and yet one may search the archipelago from end to end, at all eleva- tions and in every conceivable position, without detecting so much as a solitary individual attached to any other plant! Here then surely, if ever, we have a good opportunity for test- ing, by actual observation and on an extensive scale, the effects (did such exist) so ingeniously pleaded for by a certain modern + One only has been omitted,—a most extraordinary and anomalous little insect with curiously dilated gene in the male sex, strictly Rhyncophorous trophi (with the exception of a fully developed upper lip), and (as I believe) pseudotetramerous feet; but as Prof. Westwood is working at present at Platy- cephalous Coleoptera, I have handed over to him this remarkable creature (to which I had applied the provisional name of Thaumastocephalus lobatus) tor in- sertion into his Paper. t I have indicated these thirty-six, in the following diagnoses, by afhxing an asterisk to them. Coleoptera of the Canary Islands, 139 theory, which we have been told it is most ‘¢ unphilosophical” to doubt. Here are seven large islands, the lower and intermediate regions of which were originally more or less densely clothed with various gigantic Euphorbias, nourishing an entire fauna of their own. By degrees the Euphorbias are becoming destroyed (col- lected by the inhabitants for fuel), and in immense tracts they have already totally disappeared. Now, what is the consequence? Are the creatures which infest them to adapt themselves gradually to altered circumstances and a different kind of food, becoming (to however slight an extent) modified accordingly? or shall they, on the other hand, die-out? Our theorists must, in consistency with their own principles, say the former; but if we go to nature for a reply, she pronounces, unequivocally, the latter! Nor can this be regarded as a mere isolated fact, to be at all accounted for by cir- cumstances of an exceptional kind, and one therefore from which we cannot properly generalize; for it applies to upwards of thirty well-defined species, swarming by myriads over extensive tracts of country widely separated from each other and variously con- stituted ;—so that there is nothing “exceptional” about it; it is merely the common result of a gradual change of external in- fluences brought to bear on a whole fauna which was specially created for a peculiar race of plants, and such as might have been anticipated beforehand by the most ordinary practical observer. It is precisely analogous to the case of the laurel-fauna, which (through a similar cause) is in like manner fast disappearing from the Atlantic groups, and which in some of the islands has abso- lutely gone,—leaving no vestige behind it of any one species which ean possibly be supposed (from the knowledge, gathered else- where, which we actually possess of them) to have been in any way connected with, or derived from, the original forms. I will just add, that eight only of the Coleoptera enumerated below have been detected also at Madeira, namely, Lurops impres- sicollis*, Lemophleeus clavicollis, Corticaria maculosa, Aphanarthrum bicolor* and piscatorium*, Leiparthrum curtum and inarmatum* and Homalota coriaria,—merely half of them, moreover (to which an asterisk is affixed), being of excluswely Euphorbia-infesting habits. But since the Euphorbias are very much less numerous in that group (both specifically and individually) than they are at the Canaries, this is simply in accordance with what we might anticipate. Still, it must be noted that there are a few species} + Such are the Aphkanarthrum and Mesites Euphorbia, Caulotrupis subnitidus, Aypophieus ambiguus and Omalium cluvicorie. 140 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston onthe Euphorbia-infesting attached to the Euphorbias in Madeira which have not been ob- served hitherto at the Canaries; added to which, the plants there (which grow often in places difficult of access) have not yet been so thoroughly examined as in the neighbouring archipelago; and it is, consequently, possible that, when such shall have been done, a greater proportion of the Canarian species will be found to exist. One or two, however, would seem strictly to represent each other in the respective groups: thus, the Canarian Mesites Jusiformis is the exact counterpart of the Madeiran Af. Euphorbia, and the Canarian Hypophleeus Huphorbie of the Madeiran H. am- biguus. The Phicephagus caulium might perhaps, also, be regarded as the analogue of the Madeiran Caulotrupis subnitidus; and the Canarian Aphanarthrum affine as that of the 4. Euphorbie. But the several species which are apparently peculiar to that singular and Cactus-like plant the ZL. canariensis are of course entirely absent from the Madeiras. Fam. TROGOSITIDA. Genus Lerpasris, nov. gen. (PI. VII. fig. 1.) Corpus sat magnum, lineare, angustum, subcylindricum, sculp- turatum: capite magno, convexo, elongato, apice trisinuato, fronte leviter canaliculata; oculzs a margine prothoracis an- tico valde remotis, prominulis, oblongis, antice integris rotun- datis, postice truncatis: prothorace elongato, basin versus gradatim leviter attenuato, apice haud excavato, angulis anticis obtusis: mesolhorace elongato, superne valde con- spicuo, scutello nullo: elyéris elongatis, parallelis, limbo (presertim ad humeros) plus minus incrassato. Antenne breves (capitis vix longitudine), articulo 1mo inflato sub- globoso, sequentibus ad clavam parvis gradatim paulo ma- joribus (2do brevissimo), reliquis clavam magnam sat ab- ruptam laxam triarticulatam efficientibus (9no et 10mo zequalibus intus productis, 11mo subsecuriformi-globoso). Labrum (fig. la) corneum, transverso-quadratum, angulis anticis rotundatis ciliatis, apice leviter emarginatum. Man- dibuleé robustissime, corneze, triangulares, apice acute. biden- tatee et infra apicem dentibus duobus parvis obtusis obscuris aucte. Mazxille (fig. 1b) lobo singulo maximo lato recto intus et apice densissime longissimeque pubescenti instructee 5 lobo interno brevissimo, minutissimo, subobsoleto. Palpi elongati; mazxzllares articulo Imo parvo flexuoso, 2do majore elongato subclavato, 3tio hoc breviore, ultimo lon- Coleoptera of the Canary Islands. 141 gissimo subcylindrico-fusiformi: dabiales (fig. 1c) articulo Imo sat magno subflexuoso, 2do majore crassiore sub- obtriangulari, ultimo longissimo crassiore subfusiformi. Mentum breve, transversum, lateribus paulo rotundatis, an- tice profunde bisinuatum et dente medio obtuso auctum, angulis lateralibus paulo longioribus acutis. Ligula robusta, cornea, e duplici parte (basali et apicali) formata; parte antica profunde bipartita, lobis divergentibus, intus longe ciliatis. Pedes longiusculi: é2bis extus simplicibus, paulo incurvis: ¢arszs ut in Trogosild, articulo 1mo brevissimo fere recondito. Obs. Genus Temnochile affinitate proximum et cum illo speciebus sat magnis submetallicis necnon antennarum in- strumentorumque cibarium structura fere congruens; sed corpore angustiore subcylindrico, antennis brevioribus, capite prothoraceque longioribus, oculis antice rotundatis integris, e lentibus majoribus compositis necnon a margine prothoracis antico longissime remotis scutelloque nullo a ZYemnochild discedit. A Xéizw, relinquo, et domic, scutellum. The three important insects for which the present genus is proposed would appear to combine many of the features which characterize the several acknowledged genera of the true Tro- gositide ; but they are at once distinguished (I believe) from the members of them all, by their very elongate head and prothorax (the former of which has the eyes rounded and entire in front, and placed at an immense distance from the anterior edge of the latter), by their narrow, parallel, subcylindric bodies, and by their perfect freedom from scutella. In their large size and sub- metallic surfaces, as well as in the structure of their oral organs and antenne, they have more perhaps in common with Temnochila than with any other group; nevertheless in T’emmochila the an- tennz are less abbreviated, the head and prothorax are com- paratively shorter, the eyes are deeply emarginate in front, and composed of much finer and more depressed lenses, the scutellum is distinct, and the whole body is less narrow and cylindrical. From Alindria, of Erichson (judging from the published diag- nosis), Leipaspis is at once removed, apart from all other differ- ences, by its very much longer head and prothorax, and by its simple tibiz; whilst from Melambia, its anteriorly bisinuated mentum, comparatively convex, submetallic, escutellate body, and its greatly elongated head and prothorax will, even of them- 142 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the Euphorhia-infesting selves, suffice equally to separate it. It may, therefore, be regarded as a small generic group in all probability peculiar to the Canarian archipelago. 1. Letpaspis caulicola,* n. sp. (PI. VII. fig. 1.) L. subviridi-ferruginea, nitida, subalutacea; capite protho- raceque dense et profunde punctatis, hoc anguste marginato angulis anticis obtusis ; elytris parallelis, distincte marginatis, crenato-striatis et valde transversim rugulosis; antennis, palpis pedibusque rufo-testaceis. Long. corp. lin. 23. Habitat Teneriffam, in Huph. canariensi putrida in montibus supra Sanctam Crucem detecta. Of the present Leipaspis I have seen hitherto but a smgle ex- ponent ; and as I am not certain whether it is perfectly mature, I am doubtful whether the colour of the species may not in reality be somewhat darker than is the case in the specimen now before me: whilst its small dimensions, as compared with those of two nearly related Canarian forms, may possibly be, to a certain extent, merely accidental. Be this, however, as it may, the L. caulicola cannot be safely referred, I think, to either of its allies, though it must be admitted that the whole three are inti- mately connected. The fact, moreover, of my having found it within the putrid stem of a Kuph. canariensis (on the mountains above Santa Cruz of Teneriffe) would go far to render it @ priori probable that the species is truly distinct from the other two,/— + I subjoin the following diagnoses of these two species, which will serve to point out their distinctions from the L. caulicola. Leipaspis lauricola, n.sp. L. viridi-picea, subnitida, distincte alutacea; capite prothoraceque sat dense punctatis, hoe crasse marginato angulis anticis obtusis ; elytris parallelis, distincte marginatis, crenato-striatis et plus minus obscure transversim rugu- losis ; antennis, palpis pedibusque lete rufo-ferrugineis. Long. corp. lin. 3—6. Habitat sub cortice laurorum laxo in locis editioribus sylvaticis Teneriffe et Palme, rarior. Apparently quite peculiar to the laurels of intermediate and rather lofty eleva- tions,—beneath the loose outer bark of which I have taken it in the woods above Taganana, and towards Point Anaga, of Teneriffe, as also in the Barranco de Galga and the Barranco da Agua on the east of Palma. It is extremely variable in size ; nevertheless it may always be known from its near ally the L. pinicolu by having its elytra more decidedly parallel and less deeply crenate-striated, by its surface being rather greener and more evidently alutaceous and subopake, by its Coleoptera of the Canary Islands. 143 one of which is peculiar to the pine-trees and the other to the laurels. If therefore the individual from which my diagnosis has been compiled may be regarded as normal, the L. caulicola may be known at once from its allies by its smaller size, paler hue, and its more transversely-rugulose elytra; whilst its totally dif- ferent habits will still further characterize it. In the sculpture of its very parallel elytra, however, it has more in common with the L. lauricola than with the other; nevertheless its densely punc- tured head and prothorax and but slightly alutaceous surface are more suggestive of the L. pinicola: but in the thickness of its prothoracic margin it is about intermediate between the two. Genus TrocosiTa. Olivier, Ent. ii. 19 (1790). 2. Trogosita latens,* n. sp. T. subdepressa, nigra, subopaca; capite prothoraceque remote punctatis (punctis in disco minutis), hoe transverso-sub- quadrato antice latiusculo, angulis anticis vix productis, ad latera subrotundato ; elytris subparallelis, profunde punctato- head and prothorax being rather less closely and not quite so coarsely punctured, and by the marginal rim of the latter (as well as that of the elytra) being much thicker or defined. Its anterior prothoracic angles, too, are a trifle less obtuse, and with the margin at that particular point very much more developed or incras- sated. Leipaspis pinicola, n. sp. L. subviridi- vel etiam subcyaneo-picea, nitida, minus alutacea; capite pro- thoraceque dense et profunde punctatis, hoc angustissime marginato angulis anticis valde obtusis; elytris subparallelis (versus humeros subangustiori- bus), angustissime marginatis, profunde crenato-striatis et distincte trans- versim rugulosis; antennis, palpis pedibusque late rufo-ferrugineis. Long. corp. lin. 8—4. Habitat in pinetis Teneriffe et Palmz, sub cortice laxo Pini canariensis rarissimae Known from the last species (as has been already implied) by its elytra being rather more contracted, or drawn-in, at their base (and therefore a trifle more widened- behind the middle), as well as a little more transversely-rugulose and more deeply crenate-striated. The lateral rim, too, both of its prothorax and elytra is very much less developed, its surface is somewhat more shining, less coarsely alutaceous, and of a more piceous tinge, and the punctuation of its head and pro- notum is perceptibly deeper and more dense. Its anterior prothoracic angles are rather more obtuse and very much less margined. So far as J have observed hi- therto, it is found exclusively beneath the loose bark of the Pinus canariensis, — in which positions I have captured it at the Agua Mansa, and above Ycod de los Vinhos, of Teneriffe, as also in the old Pinal adjoining the Caldeira in the Banda of Palma. 144 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the Euphorbia-infesting striatis ; antennis pedibusque piceis, illis brevibus, articulis ultimis tribus majoribus, intus ferrugineis serratis, clavam abruptam efficientibus. Long. corp. lin. 3—43. Habitat in Lanzarotd, Teneriffa et Hierro, intra caules Euphor- biarum madidos latens. The present distinct Trogosita appears, so far as I have hitherto observed, to be peculiar to the decayed Euphorbia-stems of the Canaries,—where it was first captured by Mr. Gray and myself, during January, 1858, on the Risco, above the Salinas, in the north of Lanzarote. I subsequently took it, in similar positions, at El] Golfo, on the west of Hierro; and at Taganana, in the north of Teneriffe. It would seem to be very rare, occurring in the moistest and most rotten parts of the Kuphorbias,—beneath the loose outer fibre towards the dower portions of the stems (and even of the roots), which come in direct contact with (and are often buried in) the damp earth. It varies considerably in size ; and is rather more black, parallel and opaque than the common T. mauritanica, its prothorax is more quadrate and remotely punctured, and with its extreme angles less produced, its elytra are very much more deeply punctate-striated, and its antennee are shorter, and with their three apical joints internally enlarged (or serrated) into an abrupt club, after the fashion of the Madeiran T. serrata,—to which indeed, although conspicuously distinct from it, it is much more nearly allied. 8. Trogosila recta,* n. sp. 7. elongata, subdepressa, piceo-fusca, subopaca ; capite protho- raceque profunde sed haud dense oblongo-punctatis, hoc ad latera oblique recto, angulis anticis porrectis, angulis ipsis- simis posticis exstantibus; elytris fusiformi-parallelis, pro- funde crenato-striatis. Long. corp. lin. 3. Habitat Lanzarotam borealem, in trunco quodam Euphorbiz semel capta. Though certainly distinct from it, the present Trogosita is very closely related to the Madeiran TZ. serrata. It is, however, a little darker and less parallel than that insect (its prothorax being a little wider in front, and the elytra a little more evidently di- lated behind the middle); its prothorax is not quite so densely punctured, more coarsely margined, and straighter (though oblique) at the sides—with its anterior angles more porrected, and its Coleoptera of the Canary Islands. 145 extreme basal ones more prominent; its whole body is a trifle less cylindric ; and its tibise are less evidently pubescent along their inner edge. In its habits, too, it would appear to recede from that species—the unique example which has come under my notice having been taken from out of a dead Euphorbia-stem at Yé, in the north of Lanzarote, during our encampment there in March, 1859; whereas the 7’. serrata has hitherto been detected only about the houses of Funchal and amongst various articles of commerce——leading to the supposition that it has probably been accidentally introduced into the island, In its mode of life, indeed, the 7. recta seems to be coincident with the Jatens; nevertheless it may be immediately known from that insect by its much smaller size, less parallel outline, and reddish-brown hue (the latens being black), by its less depressed upper-surface, by the straighter sides and more porrected anterior angles of its prothorax, by its less deeply striated elytra, and by its rather shorter and less clavated antennee—the ultimate joint particularly being considerably less developed. Fam. COLYDIADE. Genus Evroprs. Woll., Ins. Mad. 149, pl. iii. f. 2 (1854). 4, Europs impressicollis,* Woll. 7}, angustus, subcylindrico-linearis, nitidus et parce pubescens ; capite prothoraceque rufo-ferrugineis, profunde et remote punctatis, hoc elongato-quadrato, in disco profunde longitudi- naliter impresso ; elytris posterius paulo angustioribus, punc- tato-striatis, pallido-testaceis sed ad apicem (necnon interdum etiam per suturam et circa scutellum) nigro-infuscatis ; pygidio infuscato ; pedibus testaceis. Long. corp. lin. 1—14. Europs impressicolhs, Woll., Ins. Mad. 150, pl. iii. f. 2 (1854). a —— Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 50 (1857). Habitat insulas Canarienses in truncis ramulisque Euphorbiarum emortuis ubique vulgaris. This insect, which is found also in Madeira (and from the characters of which I originally established the genus Europs, in 1854), is abundant in the dead Huphorbia-stems throughout the Canarian archipelago,—on all the islands of which I have cap- tured it, except Gomera; though there can be but little doubt VOL. 1. THIRD SERIES, PART II1.—MAY, 1862. L 146 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the Euphorbia-infesting that it must exist there also. Perhaps the main reason why I did not observe it during our short stay in that island is, that I had merely an opportunity of examining the rotten branches of the E. canariensis ; whereas it is principally in the decayed wood of the other Euphorbias that it subsists: nevertheless I took a nearly-allied species (described below) out of the /. canariensis in Gomera. It does not often attach itself to the #. canariensis ; though in most of the other EKuphorbias it is extremely common, occurring (independently of elevation) wherever the plants pre- sent themselves. It may be readily known from the E. duplicatus by (énter alia) its slightly narrower, less shining, and longitudinally- impressed prothorax (which has its large punctures scattered irregularly about, instead of being gathered into a double series on the disc), by its rather less deeply striated and posteriorly- subattenuated elytra, and by its usually broader and darker pygidium. 5. Europs duplicatus,* n. sp. £. angustus, subcylindrico-linearis, nitidus et parcissime pu- bescens ; capite prothoraceque pallide rufo-ferrugineis, pro- funde et remote punctatis, hoc subquadrato, convexo, integro, nitidissimo, punctis discalibus in seriebus duabus dispositis ; elytris subparallelis, sat profunde punctato-striatis, pallido- testaceis, sed ad apicem nigro-infuscatis ; pygidio triangulari, rufescente ; pedibus testaceis. Long. corp. lin. 1—vix 14. Habitat ins..Gomera, in ramis putridis Huphorbie canariensis in montibus supra San Sebastian crescentis, Februario ineunte A.D. 1858 a meipso detectus. The distinctions between the E. duplicatus and impressicollis may be gathered readily both from the diagnosis and the obser- vations given above. I may however just add, that its more shining, entire, and slightly broader prothorax (which has its discal punctures gathered into a double Jongitudinal-row), in con- junction with its somewhat more glabrous surface, more deeply punctured and more parallel elytra (the posterior portion only of which is generally dark,—the suture and scutellary region being almost invariably pale), and its slightly narrower and more rufous pygidium, will at once abundantly characterize it. The only spot in which I have hitherto observed it is in the island of Gomera,—where, during my short sojourn there, with Mr. Gray and the Rev. Rk. T. Lowe, at the beginning of February, 1858, Coleoptera of the Canary Islands. 147 I took it, not uncommonly, from out of the putrid stems of the Luphorbia canariensis, on the hills to the north of San Sebastian. Fam. CUCUJID. Genus Cautonomus, nov. gen. (PI. VII. fig. 2.) Corpus parvum, parallelo-elongatum: capite sat magno, oculis haud prominentibus, juguli angulis anticis vix exstantibus sed (oculo valde oblique) superne longe ante oculos observandis : prothorace (necnon etiam capite ab oculos usque ad clypeum, sed vix pone oculos) stria longitudinali tenui elevata utrinque instructo, elongato, angustulo, sublineari: mesothorace superne sub-observando, scutedlo transverso: edylris apice paulo trun- cato-abbreviatis, pygidium vix tegentibus: alts amplis: ab- domine e segmentis ventralibus 5 composito, segmento apicali reliquis (haud conjunctis) paulo longiore. Antenne (fig. 2a) longe ante oculos insert, capite prothoraceque paulo brevi- ores, clavate, articulo 1mo maximo subgleboso, 2do multo minore subquadrato, 3tio hoc vix graciliore fere obtriangu- lari, 5 sequentibus (i.e. usque ad clavam) obturbinatis sub- zequalibus (8vo praecedenti vix minore), reliquis clavam magnam elongatam valde laxam triarticulatam efficientibus (9no et 10mo turbinato-poculiformibus, i.e. poculifermibus sed ad apicem parte media argute determinata auctis, 11mo bis angustiore, subovato ad apicem contracto). Labrum (fig. 2b) porrectum, subquadratum (i.e. ad latera fere rectum, angulis anticis paulo rotundatis sed ad apicem integrum), antice ciliatum. Mandibule (fig. 2c) valida, longiuscule, angustee, acuta, ad apicem paulo inflexze bidentate et intra apicem (preesertim in una) dente tertio instructa, basin versus membrana transversa auctee. Mawille (fig. 2 d) bi- lobze: lobo externo lato, intus et apice valde pubescenti : interno minuto, angustissimo, calvo, ad apicem subito inflexo et acutissime uncinato. Palpi mazillares articulo 1mo mi- nuto, 2do multo majore crassiore clavato, Stio breviusculo subovato, ultimo hoc vix longiore sed graciliore subfusiformi : labiales (fig. 2e) articulo 1mo parvo subcurvato, 2do 3tio- que majoribus longitudine subeequalibus (illo clavato, hoc vix breviore ovato). JMentum breve, transversum, apicem versus paulo attenuatum necnon ad apicem late et profunde excavato- emarginatum. Ligula subcornea, longiuscula, antice lato- divaricata, apice leviter biloba sed vix pilosa. Pedes sat robusti, breviusculi: femoribus (praesertim posticis) crassius- L2 148 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the Kuphorbia-infesting culis: ¢ibiis gracilibus, breviter bicalearatis: tarsis (nisi fallor) ut in Lemophleo, 5-articulatis sed in maribus hetero- meris ; articulo Imo in utroque sexu minutissimo, zegerrime observando, intra tibiarum apicem (in posterioribus saltem) recondito. Obs. Genus inter ELurops (Colydiadum) et Lemophleeus (Cucujidum) aliquo modo situm,—ad illum habitu generali, prothorace ‘elongato subparallelo in disco longitudinaliter notato elytrisque truncato-abbreviatis, sed stria sublaterali prothoracica, maxillis et fere labro necnon articulo antennali octavo magnittdine deminuto cum hoc melius congruens. A generibus illis ambobus tamen antennarum labrique sub- quadrati structura, praeter ceetera valde conspicua, omnino discedit. A xavX0cg, caulis, et véuw, incolo. The curious little insect, the details of which are described above, would appear, in many respects, to be intermediate between Lurops (of the Colydiade), with which it lives in society, aud Lemophleeus (of the Cucujide); though its most essential features would certainly indicate a closer affinity with the latter than with the former. In its general facies it is perhaps more suggestive of Europs than of Lemophleeus,—its elongate and almost parallel prothorax (which has a slight central depression down the disk, answering to the much deeper one of the /. wnpressicollis and the double series of punctures in the £. duplicatus), in conjunction with its apically abbreviated elytra, being points in which it nearly coincides with that genus. Nevertheless in the whole of its instru- menta cibaria, and the structure of its antenna, as well as in its less truncated elytra, it recedes entirely from Europs, and makes a much nearer approach to the various groups of the Cucujide. With Lemophleeus and Phleeostichus, indeed, Caulonomus has an immense deal in common—agreeing with the former in its minute, unciform, inner maxillary-lobe, and (to a considerable extent) in the shape of its labial organs and palpi; whilst its clavated antenne (with their enlarged basal joint and diminished eighth one) almost tally with those of the latter. But I would regard its sublateral prothoracie costa, and the reduced ante-claval articula- tion of its antennz, as more significant than anything else in affili- ating it with the Cucujide—this peculiarity in the dimensions of the eighth joint being strongly expressed in Pediacus and Phleos- tichus, and also in most of the Lemophloei and Silvani, whilst the prothoracic line is more or less indicative of the Cucujide gene- rally. In most of the Cucujide@ this hair-like submarginal costa Coleoptera of the Canary Islands. 149 is very distinct, and is eontinued along the sides of the head like- wise (in the same manner as it is along the pronotum); but in Caulonomus (which would appear to be osculant between that family and the Colydiade) the prothoracic line is very delicate, and only just traceable, whilst the hinder region of the head is free from it altogether—it being only indicated on the anterior portion, namely, from the clypeus to either eye. I lay less stress on the construction of its: feet, because the basal joint in most of the Cucujid@ is of such infinitesimal magnitude as to be extremely difficult of observation—so that it is slice almost impossible to decide for certain whether it be absent or present; and it is, con- sequently, a character concerning which we may be liable to err. Nevertheless I may state that, so far as I have been able to satisfy myself on the subject, I believe that the tarsi are (as regards the number of their articulations) on the type of those of Lemo- phlceus and the allied groups, namely, pentamerous in the females and heteromerous in the males (the basal one, in both sexes, being excessively minute, and buried in the apex of the tibia). Having thus stated the main points in which our present genus agrees with the Cucujide, and with Lemophleus and Phlceonomus in particular, I may add that it is removed from them in the exact proportions of its antennal joints (the second and third of which are shaped somewhat like those in Pediacus, whilst the ultimate one is much narrower than the preceding two), in its large sub- quadrate and apically-truncated upper-lip, in its narrower man- dibles, in the rather shorter terminal-articulation of its palpi, and in its posteriorly-abbreviated elytra (which leave the pygidium exposed, though not so much as is the case in Europs). 6. Caulonomus rhyzophagoides*, n. sp. (Pl. VII. fig. 2.) C. angustus, piceus vel rufo-piceus, nitidus et fere calvus [oculo valde armato minute et parce pubescens]; capite protho- raceque minute punctulatis, hoc antice vix latiore, in disco (presertim antice) leviter longitudinaliter impresso; elytris leviter punctato-striatis, plus minus piceo-ferrugineis, ad apicem necnon interdum circa scutellum plerumque nigres- centioribus; antennis piceis, basi rufescentioribus ; pedibus ferrugineo-piceis. Variat colore omnino dilutiore. Long. corp. lin. 1—14. Habitat ins. Lanzarota, Teneriffa et Hierro, in ramulis Euphor- biarum emortuis und cum Lurops impressicollis degens, sed multo rarior. First detected by Mr. Gray and myself, during January, 1858, 150 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the Euphorbia-infesting in the rotten branches of the various Euphorbias, on the Risco (above the Salinas), in the north of Lanzarote; and two examples were subsequently captured by Mr. Gray in the island of Hierro. In February and May of the following year I took it, in similar spots, on the mountains above Sta. Cruz of Teneriffe-—but, also, very sparingly. It appears, like the Lurops impressicollis, with which it lives in company, to be confined entirely to the Euphor- bias—in most of the species of which I have observed it, except the Z. canariensis. At first sight it so nearly resembles its asso- ciate that it might be easily mistaken for it; and it is possible, therefore, that we may have occasionally overlooked it amongst the specimens of that insect. Genus Lamoruta@us. Erichson, Nat. der Ins, Deutsch. iii. 315 (1848). 7. Lemophleeus clavicollis, Woll. L. angustus, rufo-ferrugineus, subnitidus, pubescens; capite prothoraceque subconvexis, punctulatis; elytris striatis nec- non (ad latera saltem) longitudinaliter costatis ; pedibus rufo- testacels. . Mas, antennis paulo longioribus, capite postice et prothorace antice latioribus. Long. corp. lin. 3—1. Lemophleus clavicollis? Woll., Ins. Mad. 163 (1854). ? Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 53 (1857). Habitat insulas Canarienses, sub cortice Euphorbiarum laxo ubique frequens. I_ have been compelled to query this insect simply because I have not now the types of the Z. clavicollis, in my possession, for comparison: but I believe that it is strictly identical with the Madeiran species; and I think it is not unlikely, moreover, that the L. vermiculatus, of the ‘Insecta Maderensia,” will prove to be, after all, but a small state of the clavicollis. Be this, however, as it may, the present insect is universal throughout the Canarian archipelago, on all the islands of which I have captured it, except Gomera (where, nevertheless, it must doubtless exist likewise). I have taken it from beneath the loose bark of the various Euphor- bias in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Grand Canary, Teneriffe, Palma and Hierro; and even on the little island of Lobos, in the Bo- cayna Strait. It may be known by its very parallel outline (especially of the female sex, in which the head is not at all Coleoptera of the Canary Islands. 151 enlarged), sericeous surface and minute size—the smaller speci- mens descending to two-thirds of a line in length, whilst the larger ones do not exceed a line. Although more particularly attached to the Euphorbias, it is, apparently, not exclusively so, as I have occasionally found it under the bark of the larger trees. Genus Pristoscetis, nov. gen. (P). Will. fig. 3.) Corpus sat parvum, parallelo-elongatum, valde depressum, calvum: capife sat magno, oculis prominulis : prothorace sub- quadrato, aquali (i. e. vix foveolato, haud strié sublaterali im- presso, nec ad latera denticulato): scutello transverso: elytris amplis: abdomine e segmentis ventralibus 5 composito, An- tenne (fig. 3a) longe ante oculos inserta, capite prothorace- que vix breviores, clavate, articulo Imo sat magno sub- globoso, 2do paulo minore, 3tio lengiore sed vix graciliore, sequentibus 5 (i. e. ad clavam) tertio paulo brevioribus, inter se subaequalibus (nec alternatim majoribus et minoribus), reliquis clavam elongatam laxam triarticulatam sed haud abruptam efficientibus (9no 10moque subpoculiformibus, 1lmo angustiore subgloboso), Labrum parvum, submem- branaceum, sub clypeo postice absconditum, antice paulo rotundatum longissime et dense ciliatum. Jfandibule (fig. 3b) validze, longiusculee, subtriangulares, acute, ad apicem paulo inflexze et (preesertim una) longe bifide, intus mem- bran& robusta subpubescenti aucte. Maaille (fig. 3c) bilobee : lobo externo angusto, pubescenti: interno latiore, ad apicem ipsum minute sed acute uncinato et intra apicem longissime setoso-pubescenti. Palpt maxiliares articulo Imo parvo fiexuoso, 2do majore crassiore subclavato, 3tio paulo breviore, ultimo hoe haud latiore sed longiore fusiformi: labiales (fig. 3d) articulo Imo parvo subflexuoso, 2do ma- jore crassiore subclavato, ultimo maximo crasso ovato apice acuminato. Mentum transversum, basi latum, apicem versus facile sed valde angustius, ad apicem ipsum recte truncatum. Ligula in media parte cornea cordata, sed ad apicem lobis duobus membranaceis tenuissimis divergentibus valde etl onge pubescentibus aucta. Pedes sat robusti: tbiis ad apicem externum oblique truncatis, ad internum breviter bicalcaratis, poslicis (fig. 3e) in sexu masculo curvatis validis et per marginem internum dentibus (circa 9 vel 10) distinctis inter se disjunctis remotis armatis: tarsis pilosis in utroque sexu pentameris et inter se similibus; articulis 1mo, 2do et 3tio magnis latiusculis subzequalibus (aut etiam vix longitudine 152 Mr. fT. Vernon Wollaston on the Euphorbia-infesting decrescentibus), gradatim leviter bilobis, 4to minuto inter lobos tertii sub-recepto, ultimo longissimo vix clavato unguiculis magnis simplicibus munito. Obs. Genus Pediaci formam simulans et illo affinitate proxi- mum ; sed prothorace simplici (nec ad latera denticulato), antennarum articulis intermediis inter se subeequalibus (nec alternatim majoribus et minoribus), maxillarum lobo externo angustulo, interno latiore et ad apicem ipsum distincte unci- nato (nec inarmato), ligwA in medio corned cordata, mento ad apicem haud emarginato, tibiis posticis masculis curvatis et per marginem internum fortiter ac mirande denticulatis, necnon tarsorum articulo basali (in utroque sexu) magno, secundi longitudine (nec minuto), preeter cetera, a Pediaco recedit. A xpicroc, qui lignum serra desecat, et oxeAlc, tibia [i. e. tibia mascula postica |]. So nearly, at first sight, does the present genus assimilate Pediacus, that it was not until I had examined it critically that I perceived its distinctions,—which, nevertheless, are very important ones. Thus, not only is its pronotum simple (being alike free from discal foveze and lateral denticulations), but its intermediate antennal joints are subequal (instead of being alternately large and small, as in the members of that group) ; its outer maxillary-lobe, also, is much narrower than is the case in the Pediacz, whilst the inner one (instead of being unarmed) is minutely uncinate at the tip; the central portion of its ligula is subcorneous and singularly cordate ; its mentum is totally unemarginate in front; its first tarsal-articulation (instead of being minute) is large, and quite equal to (if not indeed somewhat longer than) the second ; and its hinder male-tibize are most curiously developed,—being curved and robust, and beset internally with nine or ten most distinct (but totally disconnected) teeth. In its flattened body, pallid hue and general contour, Pristoscelis agrees with Pediacus. 8. Pristoscelis deplanatus, n. sp. (PI. VII. fig. 3.) P. rufo-ferrugineus, depressus ; capite prothoraceque confertis- sime punctatis; elytris rufo-testaceis, subnitidis, leviter punc- tato-striatis, singulo costé submarginali elevata longitudinali instructo ; antennis pallide rufo-ferrugineis ; pedibus rufo- testacels. Long. corp. lin. 12—2. Habitat ins. Teneriffa, Palma et Hierro, sub cortice Euphor- Coleoptera of the Canary Islands. 153 biarum laxo arido (necnon rarius etiam in Pinis canariensibus), passim. The P. deplanatus was taken abundantly, by myself, during February, 1858, from under the dry outer fibre of dead Euphor- bias, at a low elevation in the region of El Golfo, on the west of Hierro; and, in less profusion, by Mr. Gray, in the east of that island. It does not appear, however, to be confined exclusively to the Euphorbias (though evidently most partial to them); as I captured a single example, during the following May, beneath the bark of a Pinus canariensis at the Agua Mansa of Teneriffe ; and another, in a similar position, at the edge of the Barranco above Santa Cruz of Palma. Out of 65 specimens now before me, 32 are males and 33 females. Fam. TELMATOPHILIDA. Genus Tuatuestus, nov. gen, (PI. VII. fig. 4 et 6.) Corpus parvum, oblongum vel elliptico-oblongum, subconvexum, pubescens: prothorace ad latera minutissime subcrenulato et strid elevaté sublaterali utrinque instructo: sculello trans- verso: alis amplis. Antenne (fig. 6a) capitis prothoracisque longitudine, subgraciles, clavate, articulo Imo leviter robusto, 2do graciliore paulo breviore, sequentibus 7 (i.e. ad clavam) latitudine subequalibus, a 3tio longiusculo longitudine gra- datim decrescentibus reliquis clavam magnam laxam abrup- tam biarticulatam efficientibus (10mo magno poculiformi, 11mo orbiculato basi truncato). Labrum submembranaceum, transversum, antice rotundatum integrum ciliatum. Mandi- bule (fig. 6b) validze, acute, ad basin externam fisso-sinuate, intus excisee ciliatee et membran4 aucte. Mawzille (fig. 6c) bilobe: lobo externo subovato, apice valde et longe pube- scenti: imterno paulo breviore, valde pubescenti, inarmato. Palpi mazillares articulo 1mo angusto flexuoso, 2do 3tioque crassioribus subgqualibus, ultimo elongato, fusiformi basi truncato: dabiales (fig. 6d) articulo Imo subflexuoso, 2do paulo longiore crassiore, ultimo maximo crasso subsecuri- formi-truncato. Mentum amplum, elongatum, basi latum, inde ad apicem valde et facile angustatum, summo apice sat profunde excavato-emarginato. Ligula cornea, quadrata, apice membrana divergenti pilosé aucta. Pedes (fig. 6 e) graciles : dibiis gracilibus, apice calcaratis: farsis 5-articulatis, subtus longe pilosis, articulis Imo, 2do et 3tio subaequalibus (2do paulo longiore), inter se (preesertim Imo et 2do) arcte applicatis (suturis valde obliquis et agre observandis), 4to 154 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the Euphorbia-infesting minutissimo, ultimo elongato subclavato unguiculis simpli- cibus munito. Obs. Genus Biphyllo proximum, sed antennis longioribus, articulis intermediis magis elongatis, stria prothoracica se- cunda (i.e. interna) obsoleta, tibiis gracilioribus, tarsorum articulis primo et secundo inter se arctius applicatis, necnon speciebus pallidis concoloribus, distinctum. A @ad\6c ramulus, et ferdc, delectatus. Although at first sight not very apparent, nevertheless after a close examination of it, I have no doubt whatever on the affinities of this interesting genus. It is unquestionably closely allied to Biphyllus and Diploceelus,—with which in the details of its oral organs and feet, as well as in its sublateral prothoracic costz, it is almost coincident ; and the only question that can arise is, as to the position which, in a natural system, these few much disputed forms should occupy. Without wishing to discuss this point in the present paper, [ may just add that I am rather inclined, with M. Jacquelin-Duval, to regard these genera as the exponents of a separate family, the Telmatophilide, and so retain the A/yceto- phagide within the restricted limits imposed upon it by Erichson, —its representatives having their tarsi tetramerous, but with the anterior pair in the male sex trimerous. It is undoubtedly true that the habits and external facies of the insects under considera- tion are nearly identical with those of the Mycelophagide ; and so closely indeed does the Canarian Thallestus assimilate Typhea, that it might be almost mistaken for a member of that group: nevertheless the details of its mouth have very little in common with it, whilst (together with those of its feet) they accord entirely with the corresponding parts of Biphylius. Moreover none of the Mycetophagide proper | possess, so far as | am aware, the very significant character of sublateral prothoracic costa and grooves which is so conspicuous in Biphyllus, Diploceelus and Thallestus, and which would tend to affiliate them with the various genera ap- proaching Lemophloeus, &c. of the Cucujide, rather than within + Mycetea, it is true, has a submarginal costa on its pronotum well defined ; and there is a slight indication of one even in the nearly-allied Symbiotes: but I do not regard either of these as belonging to the Myretophagide proper,—their exact position being disputed by almost every Coleopterist who has treated of them. Some have placed them with the Endomychide, some with the Cryptopha- gid, others with the aberrant Mycetophagide ; whilst, more recently, a separate family has been proposed for their reception. Of the near affinity, however, with the Telmatophilide, and certain members of the Cryptephagide, there can, I think, be no doubt. Coleoptera of the Canary Islands. 155 those around Mycetophagus. As to their connection with the Clerid@, in juxta-position with which some authors have placed them, it is difficult to conceive in what it can possibly consist. Although so similar to Biphyllus, in its structural minutie, Thallestus is nevertheless certainly distinct from it. The two species described below are of a uniformly pallid hue, having no tendency to fascize, or markings of any kind; their antenna, also, are longer and slenderer than is the case in Biphyllus (the inter- mediate joints particularly being more elongate), their tibize are narrower, and the edges of their prothorax are less coarsely crenulated, 9. Thallestus subellipticus,* n. sp. (PI. VII. fig. 4.) T. elliptico-oblongus, ferrugineus, breviter sericeo-pubescens ; prothorace convexo, transverso, parce punctato, ad latera vix zqualiter rotundato (basi subconstricto); elytris (una cum antennis pedibusque) clarioribus, convexis subellipticis basi truncatis, leviter substriato-punctatis, limbo incrassato. Long. corp. lin. 13. Habitat in ramis putridis Euphorbie canariensis, in montibus supra Sanctam Crucem Teneriffe mense Februario a.p, 1859 a meipso repertus. The rather larger size and more elliptic outline of this species, in conjunction with its convexer and more jinely sericeous surface, its less abbreviated and somewhat posteriorly-constricted pro- thorax, its altogether lighter sculpture, and the more thickened margin of its elytra, will separate it readily from the 7. ty- pheoides. Its sublateral prothoracic costa, also, is a little more evident; and there are just traceable indications of a second line on either side of the pronotum behind, within the other (or outer one). The few specimens of it which have as yet come beneath my notice were captured by myself, during February, 1859, in the putrid stems of the Euphorbia canariensis, on the mountains above Santa Cruz of Teneriffe. 10. Thallestus typheoides,* n. sp. (PI. VII. fig. 6.) T. oblongus, angustulus, ferrugineus, longe et dense pubescens ; prothorace brevi-transverso, parce et profunde punctato, ad latera aequaliter rotundato; elytris (una cum antennis pedi- busque) clarioribus, subparallelis, substriato-punctatis, limbo vix Incrassato. Long. corp. lin. i3—vix 12. 156 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the Euphorbia-infesting Habitat ins. Gomere, Februario ineunte a.p. 1858 in ramis Euphorbie canariensis putridis sat copiose captus. As may be gathered from the foregoing remarks, the 7’. Ty- pheoides may be distinguished from the last species by its rather smaller size and narrower and more parallel outline, as well as by its less convex surface, coarser and longer pubescence, by its shorter prothorax (which is equally rounded at the sides), deeper sculpture, and by the less thickened margin of its elytra. I have observed it hitherto only in the island of Gomera, where, early in February, 1858, I took it in considerable profusion from out of the rotten branches of the Euphorbia canariensis on the hills im- mediately to the north of San Sebastian,—in which locality it was subsequently captured by Mr. Gray. Fam. CRYPTOPHAGID. Genus CrypropHacus. Herbst, Kaf. iv. 172 (1792). 11. Cryptophagus fusiformis, n. sp. C. cblongo-fusiformis, angustulus, fusco-ferrugineus, pube minus elongata subdepressa vestitus ; prothorace profunde et dense punctato, ad latera subrecto, denticulo medio acuto ; elytris subfusiformibus (i. e, antice et postice subattenuatis, vel ibidem utrinque oblique subtruncatis), sat dense punc- tatis ; alis obsoletis. Long. corp. lin. vix #. Habitat Teneriffam, preecipue sub cortice Euphorbiarum in montibus supra Sanctam Crucem crescentium deprehensus. The small size and rather narrow and fusiform outline of this Cryptophagus, in conjunction with its short and depressed pube- scence, the somewhat straightened sides of its prothorax, and (which is very unusual in the present genus) its obsolete wings, will sufficiently distinguish it. In its habits it is more strictly in- digenous than most of the Canarian Cryptophagi, occurring in spots far removed from habitations,—such as at Las Mercedes, and from beneath the bark of dead Euphorbias on the mountains above Santa Cruz, of Teneriffe (which is the only island in which I have hitherto observed it). Fam. LATHRIDIADA. Genus CorricaRia. Marsham, Ent. Brit. i. 106 (1802). 12. Corticaria maculosa, Woll. C. elongato-ovata, fulvo-ferruginea, pubescens; capite pro- Coleoptera of the Canary Islands. 157 thoraceque profunde punctatis, hoc ad latera crenulato, fovea postmedia minus profunda impresso ; elytris substriato-punc- tatis, macula nigra postmedia plus minus distincta in singulo ornatis ; antennis apicem versus obscurioribus. Long. corp. lin. 1—1}. Corticaria maculosa, Woll., Ann. of Nat. Hist. (Ser. 3), ii. 408 (1858). | Habitat insulas Canarienses, sub cortice Euphorbiarum laxo de- siccato, passim. The C. maculosa occurs also in the Madeiran group,—having been characterized by myself, in 1858, from specimens taken near Funchal. It does not appear to be attached exclusively to the Euphorbias, though certainly more common beneath the dead outer fibre of them than elsewhere ; so that it could not properly be omitted in the present Paper. It seems universal (though no- where very abundant) throughout the Canarian archipelago,— Grand Canary being the only one of the seven islands on which I do not happen to have observed it. I have even captured it from out of the old Euphorbia-stems on the little island of Lobos, in the Bocayna Strait. It is a somewhat variable insect, the post- medial patch of its elytra being at times (especially in immature examples) quite obsolete,—in which case the surface is wholly ferruginous. The specimens which I found at El Golfo, on the west of Hierro, were principally of this latter character. Fam. HISTERIDA. Genus Evrrietus, nov. gen. (PI. VII. fig. 7.) Corpus parvum, oblongum, glaberrimum: capite subretractili, stria frontali integra instructo: prothorace transverso-sub- quadrato, apice sat emarginato, ad latera ipsa strid marginali notato; prosterno angusto, bistriato, basi rotundato producto, lobo antico magno lato subcarinato, antice rotundato: me- sosterno brevi, apice leviter emarginato, prosterni basin re- cipiente ; scutel/o minuto, triangulari: elytris leviter striatis : alis amplis. Antenne (fig. 7a) sub angulo frontis inserte ; scapo magno, subflexuoso et apicem versus valde incrassato ; Junculo distinctissime 6-articulato, articulo Imo elongato clavato, reliquis brevibus longitudine subzequalibus, latitudine vix crescentibus; capitulo abrupto, solido, globoso-ovato. Labrum breve, transversum, subcorneum, angulis anticis ro- tundatis, apice fere integrum. Mandibule equales, sub- triangulares, apice inflexee acute, intus infra apicem dente 158 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the Euphorbia- infesting magno armatee, inde ad basin longe pubescentes. Mazille (fig. 7b) bilobee: lobo externo membranceo, longissime et- dense pubescenti: interno breviore, per marginem externum usque ad apicem ipsum anguste et valde incrassato, uncum obtuse incurvum efficiente, intus membranaceo et dense pube- scenti. Palpt mazxillares articulo 1mo parvo flexuoso, 2do 3tioque majoribus subeequalibus incrassatis, ultimo elongato, fusiformi basi truncato: labiales articujo 1mo minuto, 2do 3tioque elongatis subaequalibus (illo subclavato, hoc fusiformi basi truncato). MM/entum corneum, tringulare apice truncatum et ibidem profunde excavatum. Ligula subcornea, apice in medio longissime pencillata necnon ad latera paraglossis maxi- mis angustis tenuissimis membranaceis divaricatis interne ciliatis aucta. Pedes robusti: femoribus crassis, subquadrato- oblongis: dibizs intus inermibus, curvatis (preesertim anteriori- bus); anticis (fig. 7 ¢) latis extus angulato-tridendatis ; znter- mediis vix angustioribus, extus ineequalibus et 4-spinosis ; posticis basin versus angustis, ante apicem subito leviter dilatatis et ibidem extus bispinulosis ; anticarum angulo apicala interno in spinam elongatam corneam curvatam exstantem producto: tarsis articulo Imo elongato, 2do, 3tio, 4to bre- vioribus subeequalibus, ultimo elongato vix clavato unguiculis simplicibus munito. Obs. Genus funiculo distinctissime G-articulato, capitulo abrupto solido, maxillarum lobo interno apice robuste (sed anguste) uncinato, necnon tibiarum anticarum angulo apicali interno in spinam corneam elongatam excurvatam producto, inter genera Histeridum adhuc cognita anomalum. Ab év, bene, et r9/Bw, frico. Amongst the forty-four genera of the Histeride so elaborately enunciated in De Marseul’s Monograph, there is certainly nothing which approaches the present one in its most distinctive features. Indeed its 6-jointed funiculus would of itself suffice to characterise it; for the only known form in which this particular number of joints (or in fact less than seven) prevails, in that portion of the antenne, is Monopolius (of which hitherto but a single exponent has been detected) from the Cape of Good Hope,—an insect widely dif- ferent from Eufriplus in the other details of its structure. Its various peculiarities will be easily gathered from the diagnosis; nevertheless I may just add that its two most anomalous ones (apart from its funiculus) are the formation of its inner maxil- lary-lobe and of its anterior tibizee,—the former of which is cu- riously uncinated at its apex (the outer margin being thickened Coleoptera of the Canary Islands. 159 into a narrow rim, which merges into an obtusely-curved hook at the tip); whilst the latter has its inner apical-angle produced into a long and acute spine, which, being outwardly-directed, gives that portion of the leg a very singular appearance. The insect on which I have erected the genus is as remarkable in its habits as it Is in its structure,—being confined exclusively (so far as I have hitherto observed) to the moist and rotting Huphorbia-stems throughout the various Islands of the Canarian archipelago, re- siding principally at the ower portions of them, where they come in contact with (and are often buried in) the damp earth. 13, Eutriptus putricola,* n. sp. (Pl. VI. fig. 7.) i, aterrimus, subconvexus, politissimus; capite prothoraceque minute et parce punctulatis; elytro singulo striis duabus obscuris humeralibus obliquis, duabus sublateralibus integris, quatuor levioribus interruptis remote punctatis (plus minus obsoletis) discalibus et una suturali antice evanescenti notato ; antennis pedibusque piceis, illarum capitulo testaceo. Long. corp. lin. 1—1}. Habitat insulas Canarienses, sub cortice Euphorbiarum laxo putrido, hine inde vulgaris. This insect is probably universal, in the rotten Euphorbia-stems, throughout the Canarian archipelago; nevertheless, up to the present time, I have taken it in only five islands out of the seven,— namely, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura (and even on the small adjacent rock of Lobos), Grand Canary, Teneriffe and Hierro. It was first captured by myself and Mr. Gray on the Risco (above the Salinas) in the north of Lanzarote, during January, 1858; but I took itin much greater abundance, subsequently, in the Huphorbia- grounds near Orotava of Teneriffe, and in the lower district of El Golfo, on the west of Hierro. Genus Evpracuium, nov. gen. (Pl. VII. fig. 9.) Corpus minutum, plus minus rotundato-ovale, ubique sub- zequaliter punctatum necnon parce et breviter pubescens : capite subretractili, strid frontali obsoleta: prothorace antice attenuato, apice sat emarginato, longe intra ljatus stria pro- fund& magnd utringue notato; prosterno latiusculo, sub- quadrato, versus utrumque latus strié longitudinali sub- curvata instructo, basi in medio vix producto rotundato, lobo antico lato brevi subtruncato: mesosterno brevi, ad angulos anticos oblique truncato, apice leviter emarginato, prosterni 160 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the Euphorbia-infesting basin recipiente ; scutelio minutissimo, subtriangulari: elylris haud striatis (aut saltem striis, una vel duabus, obsoletissimis brevibus obliguis prope humeros vix observandis). An- tenne (fig. 9a) sub angulo frontis (in sinu minutissimo) in- sertze; scapo magno, flexuoso et apicem versus valde in- crassato; funiculo 7-articulato, articulo Imo elongato cras- siusculo, 2do paulo breviore graciliore, reliquis 5 parvis subeequalibus longitudine vix decrescentibus ; capitulo ab- rupto, solido, subgloboso-ovato basi paulo truncato. Labrum breve, transversum, angulis anticis rotundatis, apice sub- rotundatum integrum. Mandibule (fig. 9b) subporrecte, zequales, subtriangulares, apice inflexee acute, intus mox infra apicem (presertim in una) dente acuto armatee, in medio membrana tenuissima pubescenti instructe. Mazille (fig. 9c) bilobze: lobo externo lato, tenuissime membranaceo, pubescenti: interno breviore, angustiore, per marginem ex- ternum usque ad apicem ipsum angustissime incrassato, uncum brevem obtuse incurvum efficiente, intus mem- branaceo et dense pubescenti. Palpi mazxillares articulo Imo minutissimo, 2do elongato crassiore subclavato, 3tio hujus Jatitudine sed brevi, ultimo elongato-ovali: labiales (fig. 9d) e scapis ligule connatis surgentes, articulo Imo gracili flexuoso, 2do hujus longitudine sed crassiore sub- poculiformi, ultimo longiore crassiore subovato. Mentum magnum, corneum, transversum, basi latum sed usque ad angulum utrumque anticum acutum gradatim etiam latius, antice utrinque bi-emarginatum (excavatione externd magna profunda subobliqua, internaé minore angustiore) necnon in medio recte truncatum. Lzgula membranacea, antice para- glossis magnis tenuissimis membranaceis divaricatis aucta. Pedes elongati, graciles: femoribus rectis, gracilibus: tibis intus inermibus, subcurvatis, gracilibus, sed anticis (fig. 9 e) a medio usque ad apicem extus subito et valde dilatatis, patellam elongato-subquadratam externam breviter spinu- losam efficientibus, intermediis et sosticis gracilibus (illis extus versus apicem parce setulosis, his mere breviter pube- scentibus): ¢arszs filiformibus, articulis Imo, 2do, 3tio, 4to inter se subeequalibus (longitudine latitudineque vix decre- scentibus), ultimo leviter elongato subfiliformi unguiculis simplicibus munito. Obs.—Genus menti sternorumque forma aliquo modo Epierus simulans, sed species sunt minores (minutissime), ubique grosse subzequaliter punctatee necnon etiam breviter Coleoptera of the Canary Islands. 16] (sed parce) pubescentes, elytris haud striatis et pronoto longe intra utrumque latus strié magna profunda impresso ; preeter hee pedum gracilium structur4, tibiis anticis a medio usque ad apicem in patellam elongato-subquadratam extus subito dilatatis ab omnibus Histeridis mihi cognitis omnino disce- dunt. Ab ev, bene, et Bpayiwy, brachium. The anomalous little insects for which the present genus is established are quite unrepresented (unless indeed I am very much mistaken) in De Marseul’s elaborate Monograph. In the construction of their sterna, broad, membraneous outer max- illary-lobe and their maxillary-palpi, as well as in their large and apically bi-emarginated mentum, they have indeed a good deal in common with Epierus; but in their excessively minute size, coarsely and regularly punctured, and (beneath a high magnifying power) even sparingly-pubescent surfaces, unstriated elytra, and the wide and deep line with which either side of their pronotum is impressed at a considerable distance within the edge, would, apart from other differences, at once separate them from the members of that group. Nevertheless their peculiarly structural features are still more remarkable,—amongst which the abbre- viated second joint of their labial palpi, which is not longer (al- though broader) than the first, their narrowly uncinated inner maxillary-lobe (as in Hutriptus), and their rather long and slender legs, accompanied with the sudden and singular dilatation of the anterior-tibize (which are expanded on their outer edge, from the middle to the apex, into an elongate-squarish plate), should be especially noticed. In the formation of their tarsi, also, the first four joints of which are subequal (the basal one being, if anything, a trifle larger than the others), no less than in the elongate second joint of their funiculus (which is but slightly shorter than the preceding one), the exponents of Eubrachium still further recede from the Epieri. 14. Eubrachium ovale,* n. sp. (Pl. VII. fig. 9.) B. nigrum, ovale, subnitidum, punctatum, parce et minutissime cinereo-pubescens ; prothorace ad latera subsinuato, strid laterali subcurvata; elytris postice subattenuatis ; antennis pedibusque piceis, illarum capitulo pallido-ferrugineo. Long. corp. lin. $—vix 1. Habitat sub cortice Euphorbiarum laxo putrido in regione “ El Golfo” dict& insula Hierro, mense Februario a.p. 1858, una cum Futripto captum. VOL. I. THIRD SERIES, PART 11,——-MAY, 1562. M 162 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the Euphorbia-infesting Found exclusively, so far as I have hitherto observed, beneath the loose rotten bark of the Euphorbias, particularly about the lower portions of the stems (where they come in contact with the damp earth),—under which circumstances I took it, along with (though far scarcer than) the Eutriptus putricola, in the region of El Golfo, on the west of Hierro, during February, 1858. In company with it I also captured a closely allied species, the E. politum,—from which, however, the EZ. ovale may be known by its rather larger size and less rounded outline, by its somewhat more depressed, less shining and less glabrous surface, by its prothorax being more sinuated at the sides (with its sublateral line more curved), and by its entire punctuation being stronger and much more dense. It is likewise nearly related to a third} species, which seems to be confined to the laurel-districts of higher elevations; but is a little more oval in outline (being just perceptibly less acute both before and behind), less deeply punc- tured, and with its sublateral prothoracic line a trifle less straight- ened,—it being more evidently curved-outwards at the base (towards the posterior angle). For the figure of the E. ovale I am in- debted to Professor Westwood. + I subjoin a diagnosis of this third species,—which will serve to point out its distinctions from its two near allies, described above. Eubrachium punctatum, n. sp. B. nigrum, elliptico-ovale (antice et postice subacutum), subnitidum, pro- funde punctatum, parce et minutissime cinereo-pubescens ; prothorace lon- giusculo, ad latera subsinuato, stria lateralisubrecta ; elytris postice attenu- atis, punctis sub-suleato-confluentibus ; antennis pedibusque piceis, illarum capitulo ferrugineo. Long. corp. lin. 3—vix 1. Habitat in locis editioribus sylvaticis Teneriffe et Palme, rarissimum. Apart from its attachment to the laurel-regions of intermediate and lofty ele- vations (in lieu of the Ewphorbia-districts of the lower altitudes), the E. puncta- tum may be recognized from the ovale (to which it is very closely allied) by being a little more elliptic in outline (or subacute both before and behind), by its distinctly coarser punctuation (especially of the elytra, where the punctures have a tendency, when viewed beneath the microscope, to be disposed in irregular longitudinal grooves, or furrows,—and, therefore, in a measure, sub-confluent), by its antennal-club being more brightly ferruginous, and by its lateral protho- racic line being straighter,—or not at all curved-outwards at the base (as in that species) towards the posterior angle. It appears to be very scarce, oceurring under the bark and chippings of forest-trees within the damp sylvan districts. I have taken it in the wood of the Agua Garcia, as also above Taganana and at Las Mercedes, of Teneriffe ; and in the Barranco de Galga, of Palma. Coleoptera of the Canary Islands. 163 15. Eubrachium politum,* n. sp. B. piceo-nigrum, rotundato-ovale, convexum, nitidum, parce et leviter punctatum, fere calvum ; prothorace ad latera oblique subrecto, strid laterali subrecta; elytris postice attenuatis ; antennis pedibusque piceis, illarum capitulo ferrugineo. Long. corp. lin. 2—3. Habitat ins. Lanzarote et Hierro, sub cortice Euphorbiarum, rarissimum. The present insect may be known from its two allies by being somewhat smaller and more convex, by its more rounded outline and brighter and more glabrous surface, by its prothorax being straighter (though very oblique) at the sides, and by its’ punc- tuation being altogether finer and much less dense. Three speci- mens of it only have as yet come beneath my notice,—two of which I captured, in company with the last species and Eutriptus putricola, from under the loose bark of Euphorbias in the lower region of El Golfo, on the west of Hierro, during February, 1858; and the other on the Huphorbia-covered cliffs above the Salinas, in the north of Lanzarcte, during March of the following year. Fam. CLERIDE. Genus Cierws. Geoffroy, Ins. des Env. de Paris, 303 (1764). At first sight the interesting little insect described below might be almost referred to the genus Omadius; nevertheless on closer inspection it will be found (judging from the published diagnosis) to lack the main features of that group,—as, for instance, the sub- approximate eyes and simple mandibles. I would regard it, therefore, as a Clerus, with which in its oral organs it has suffi- ciently in common. Its antennze are perhaps somewhat slenderer than in the typical Cleri, and the terminal joint of its labial-palpi is a little more elongate, whilst that of its maxillary pair is rather more fusiform, and subattenuated towards its extremity ; but in its deeply bilobed, membraneous upper-lip and the obtuse tooth within the apex of its mandibles, as well as in the form of its (very thin) mentum and ligula, it is nearly coincident with the ordinary Cleri. 16. Clerus Paive,* n. sp. (Pl. VII. fig. 5.) C. subzenescenti-nigropiceus, pilis robustis demissis albido- cinereis yestitus et setulis paucis longissimis erectis ad- M 2 164 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the Euphorbia-infesting spersus ; oculis magnis, prominentibus ; prothorace ad apicem dilutiore, pone apicem transversim constricto ; elytris fasciis duabus transversis dentatis (una sc. postmedia et alter ante apicem) pilorum carentibus (ergo nigris), et punctulis minutis nigrescentibus longitudinaliter dispositis ornatis; antennis dilute testaceis, ad apicem obscurioribus ; pedibus testaceis, femoribus versus apicem, tibiis ad basin ipsam tarsisque hine inde picescentibus. Variat antennis pedibusque plus minus obscurioribus. Long. corp. fin. 13—vix 2. Habitat Euphorbias emortuas, passim; in ins. Gomera et Palma solis adhuc haud observavi. Species valde formosa, in- digena, et in honorem Baronis “Castello de Paiva” Lusitanici, ob gratias mihi amicissime oblatas, citata. Of all the Coleoptera enumerated in this Memoir there is none perhaps more interesting than the present one,—not merely as being (with the exception of three Corynetes, two of which are evidently naturalized, and the common Opilus mollis) the only representative of the Cleride hitherto detected in any of the Atlantic islands, but likewise as being apparently quite peculiar to the various Euphorbias which constitute such a striking feature in the several portions of the Canarian Group. It is decidedly scarce, and, from its habits, would necessarily escape observation unless searched for in its special localities; nevertheless when these have been fully explored, it will probably be found to be universally distributed throughout the archipelago. At present, however, it has been observed in only five islands out of the seven,—namely, in Lanzarote (where it was first detected by myself and Mr. Gray, during January, 1858, on the Risco, above the Salinas, in the extreme north), Fuerteventura (near Betan- curia, in the Rio Palmas), Grand Canary (between Puerto da Luz and the Isleta), Teneriffe (at Orotava and on the mountains above Santa Cruz) and (by Mr. Gray, near Valverde, of ) Hierro. ‘There cannot be the slightest doubt, however, that it must exist equally in Gomera and Palma. I have much pleasure in dedi- cating it to my worthy friend the Barao do Castello de Paiva, whose careful researches in Madeira and Portugal have added so much to our knowledge of the entomological fauna of those regions, and who is now engaged in collecting additional material from the Canaries and the Cape de Verdes. Coleoptera of the Canary Islunds. 165 Fam. ANOBIAD A. Genus XYLETINUS. Latreille, Cuv. Régne Anim. (ed. 2), iv. 483 (1829). 17. Xyletinus latitans,* Woll. X. rufo-brunneus, crebre et minutissime punctulatus (punctulis oculo valde armate solum observandis) et pube longius- cula suberecta flavo-cinered tectus ; oculis maximis; elytris posterius paulo minus convexis, obsoletissime seriatim subcos- tatis, ad humeros minus oblique rotundatis ; antennis brevi- bus, testaceis, articulo basilari maximo inflate; pedibus fer- rugineis, tibiis subgracilibus. Long. corp. lin. 1218, Doi meclaans Woll., Miin. of Nat. Hist. (Ser. 3), vii. 14(1861). Habitat in insulis Lanzarota, Fuerteventura, Teneriffa et Hierro, sub cortice Euphorbiarum arido laxo latitans. Whether this insect be peculiar to the Euphorbias, I cannot at present undertake to say: nevertheless, since the few specimens which I have detected hitherto were all found beneath the dead outer fibre of those plants, it seems probable that it may undergo its transformations, like so many other species, within the rotting Euphorbia-stems. I have taken it in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, near Orotava and Taganana of Teneriffe, and in the lower district of E] Golfo on the west of Hierro. Fam. TOMICID. Genus APHANARTHRUM. Woll., Ins. Mad. 292 (1854). Some little qualification (though hardly, perhaps, correction) is necessary, of my diagnosis of this genus as given in the “ Insecta Maderensia.” Its funiculus is there stated, unreservedly, to be 3-articulate,—i. e., to consist of a large basal joint, followed by wo excessively minute ones between it and the club; and certainly in the exponent (the 4. Euphorbie, from the higher elevations of Madeira) for which the group was established { am still able to detect what I believe to be an infinitesimal third joint at the base of the capitulum,—though, from the oblique implantation of the funiculus into the latter, this additional “ joint” is only traceable when the antenna is viewed in a particular direction. Still, this third articulation (if such) is so diminutive that I would not be absolutely certain that it is more than an apparent one. At any rate this conclusion has been somewhat forced upon me lately through my inability to count more than two funiculus-joints in 166 Mr.T. Vernon Wollaston on the Huphorbia-infesting three of the Canarian species the antennze of which I have mounted in balsam for the microscope, and which are unquestion- ably congeneric with the Madeiran one.{ So that, all things con- sidered, I think it will be safer to regard the funiculus of Apha- narthrum as bi-articulate,—with the qualification, however, that in one species, at all events, there are indications, beneath a high microscopic power, of what may possibly be an additional joint at the base of the capitulum. When thus enunciated, the diagnosis will better accord with what is likely to be observed; whilst the fact of an extra articulation being faintly indicated in one of the exponents will leave it an open question whether the funiculus may not in reality be triarticulate,—even though but two joints are distinctly traceable in the various members of the group. As for the descriptions of nine of the species enumerated below and the diagnostic observations on them, I can scarcely do better than extract them verbatem from my Paper ‘On the 4phanarthra of the Canary Islands,” published in the March Number of the ** Annals of Natural History” for last year; the 4. armatum is a new species. - ; 18. Aphanarthrum luridum,* Woll. A. \urido-testaceum, pilis longiusculis suberectis sparse vesti- tum; prothorace sublaevi punctulato, antice minus producto nigrescente, linea dorsali et stigmate utrinque posito plus minus nigrescentibus; elytris leviter seriatim punctulatis et transversim rugulosis, postice leviter truncatis, plag4 discali nigrescente (in singulo posita) ornatis. Long. corp. lin. 1. Aphanarthrum luridum, Woll., Ann. of Nat. Hist. (Ser. 3), v. 163 (1860). Habitat in ramis emortuis Euphorbie canariensis in ins. Tene- riffa et Gomera, hinc inde frequens. In their somewhat larger size, the present species and the fol- t+ Feeling it possible, however, that a minute third articulation might become visible under a higher power of the microscope than that which I myself pos- sessed, I transmitted lately these four antenna to Mr. Waterhouse, for inspec- tion beneath the admirable instrument at the British Museum ; and I may add, that his conclusions were precisely the same as my own,—namely, that the funi- culus was certainly biarticulate, but that in the Madeiran A. Euphorbie there were obscure indications of what might possibly be an additional (or third) joint, between the second one and the club. In the figure given in the “‘ Insecta Ma- derensia” this third articulation (if indeed it be a true one) is made much too distinct ; nor is there any indication of the funiculus being obliquely implanted into the capitulum,—a structure which causes this supposed joint to appear on the surface (1. e. just within the base) of the latter. Coleoptera of the Canary Islands. 167 lowing one differ from the other Aphanarthra here described. The 4. luridum may be known by the pale lurid-testaceous hue of its entire upper-surface, with the exception of a longitudinal dash on each of its elytra, and the dorsal line of its prothorax (together with a spot on either side of the latter, and a suffused portion in front), which are alone more or less dark. Its prothorax is very much less produced over the head than in the other species, its punctuation is extremely fine and minute, and its elytra are per- ceptibly shortened, or obliquely truncated, at their apex. It ap- pears to be peculiar to the Huphorbia canariensis, in the rotten stems of which [ have taken it plentifully on the mountains above Santa Cruz of Teneriffe, and on a hill-summit to the north-west of San Sebastian in Gomera. 19. Aphanarthrum Jube,* Woll. A. fusco-nigrum, pilis longis subdemissis mollibus dense vesti- tum; prothorace subrugoso punctato, antice producto sub- lurido neecnon ad apicem ipsum tuberculis duobus prominulis instructo; elytris subseriatim punctatis et transversim rugu- losis, testaceis, fasciis duabus profunde dentatis nigris (und sc. magna in medio duplici et altera angustiore subpostica) ornatis. Long. corp. lin. 1—14. Aphanarthrum Jube, Woll., Ann. of Nat. Hist. (Ser. 3), v. 164 (1860). Habitat in ins. Lanzarota, in ramis dessicatis Huph. Regis-Jube prope oppidum Haria a meipso a. D. 1859 copiose repertum. The extremely pubescent surface of this large species, in con- junction with the small but distinct tubercles in the middle of the anterior edge of its prothorax (the two central ones of which are very evident), will, apart from its colouring as defined above, at once characterise it. It was detected by myself, during March of 1859, in great abundance, amongst a pile of dried stems of the Euph. Regis-Jube, at Haria, in the north of Lanzarote. 20. Aphanarthrum armatum,* n. sp. A. nigro-fuscum, pilis brevibus demissis dense vestitum ; pro- thorace alutaceo et minute punctulato, apice producto acu- tiusculo vix sublurido et ibidem tuberculis duobus spini- formibus porrectis subapproximatis instructo ; elytris dense sed leviter subseriatim punctatis, fascid magna transversa testaced mox pone basin ornatis; antennis pedibusque in- fuscato-testacels. Long. corp. lin. vix 3. 168 Mr.T. Vernon Wollaston on the Euphorbia-infesting FTabitat Lanzarotam, duobus speciminibus a meipso in trunco Euphorbize emortuo deprehensis. When preparing my Paper on the “ Aphanarthra of the Canary Islands” I overlooked the present species, having (without accu- rate examination) regarded the two specimens from which the above diagnosis has been compiled as merely immature ones of the 4. bicinctum. A more careful inspection of them, however, shows that (amongst other characters) they have the extreme apex of their pronotum (which is not at all thickened or recurved) armed with about four tubercles, of which the inner pair are comparatively elongated, acute, somewhat spiniform, and sub- approximated. Indeed in this respect they approach the 4. Jube; nevertheless, apart from the different shape of these minute pro- jections (the inner two of which are relatively longer, more por- rected, and placed closer together), the 4. armatum may imme- diately be known from that insect by its very much smaller size, and by its considerably shorter, finer and more decumbent pube- scence ; by its alutaceous prothorax (which is rather acuter, and less decidedly diluted, at its extreme apex); by its entire punc- tuation being closer and less coarse; and by its elytra (so far indeed as I am able to judge from the two examples now before me) being ornamented by merely a large transverse pallid fascia immediately behind their base. It was taken by myself in Lan- zarote (I believe in the vicinity of Haria), along with the 4. Jube, affine and bicinctum. 21. Aphanarthrum canariense,* Woll. A, latiusculum, fusco-nigrum, pilis brevissimis parce vestitum ; prothorace subconvexo alutaceo granulato, antice producto lurido necnon ad apicem ipsum acuminato incrassato (fere subrecurvo) ; elytris dense seriatim punctatis et transversim rugulosis, brunneo-testaceis, fascia dentaté magnd media nigra (plus minus suffusd) crnatis. Long. corp. lin. 3—4. Aphanarthrum canariense, Woll., Ann. of Nat. Hist. (Ser. 3), v. 164 (1860). Habitat in ramis putridis Euph. canariensis in ins. Canaria, Teneriffa, Gomera, Palma et Hierro, vulgare. The just perceptibly broader and shorter outline of this species (in proportion to its size), together with its extremely short pu- bescence, its dense (but not very coarse) elytral sculpture, and the much acuminated apex of its prothorax, which is very percep- tibly thickened (with a slight tendency to be recurved) at its Coleoptera of the Canary Islands. 169 extreme point, will serve to characterize it. The testaceous por- tions of its elytra are browner than in the other Aphanarthra (except the 4. bicinctum) here described; the hinder elytral fascia is obsolete, and the anterior one is broad and more or less suf- fused, and with its central loop continuous and well-defined—not being broken up into two separate portions. It seems principally, if not, indeed, entirely, attached to the decayed stems of the Euph. canariensis, under which circumstances I have captured it in Grand Canary, Teneriffe, Gomera, Palma and Hierro. 22. Aphanarthrum bicinclum,* Woll. A. fusco-nigrum, pilis-sat brevibus vestitum ; prothorace alu- taceo dense granulato, antice producto vix pallidiore ; elytris seriatim punctatis et transversim rugulosis, brunneo-testaceis, fasciis duabus dentatis nigris (und sc. magna et altera angus- tiore subpostica) ornatis. Long. corp. lin. 3—#. Aphanarthum bicinctum, Woll., Ann. of Nat. Hist. (Ser. 3), v. 165 (1860). Habitat in ramis emortuis Euph. balsamifere in ins. Lanzarota et Fuerteventura, vulgare; in Canaria et Teneriffa rarius. In the brownish-testaceous hue of the lighter portions of this insect, and the unbroken form of its front elytral fascia, it agrees with the 4. canariense. It is, however, much smaller than that species, its pubescence is not quite so short, its hinder elytral fascia is developed, and the apex of its prothorax is usually darker and much less acuminated. Its habits also are different; for whilst that insect is apparently confined (or, at any rate, nearly so) to the Huph. canariensis, the A. bicinctum is attached princi- pally to the E. balsamifera (and I believe, also, though more sparingly, to the H. Regis-Jube), in the stems of which I have taken it abundantly both in the north of Lanzarote and near the town of Santa Maria Betancuria in Fuerteventura. In Grand Canary it is scarcer, and still more so in Teneriffe. 23. Aphanarthrum bicolor,* Woll. A. pallido-testaceum, subdiaphanum, pilis paucis erectis remote vestitum ; prothorace subtillissime alutaceo sparse et minute punctulato, antice producto necnon ad apicem ipsum acu- minato incrassato, linea dorsali, macula transversa subpostica et lined transvers4 subanticd (plus minus confluentibus suf- fusis) nigris; elytris remote seriatim punctulatis (punctulis minutis), fasciis duabus profunde dentatis nigris (una se. magna in medio duplici et altera angustiore subpostica) ornatis. 170 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the Euphorbia-infesting Variat lineis maculisque plus minus fractis, disjunctis, rarius subobsoletis. Long. corp. lin. 3—1. Viianastheum ee Woll., Ann. of Nat, Hist. (Ser. 3), v. 165 et 362 (1860). Habitat in ins. Teneriffa, Palma et Hierro, in ramis Euphor- biarum emortuarum (preecipue L. piscatorie), sat frequens. A most distinct and beautiful Aphanarthrum, readily known by its pale whitish-testaceous hue, diaphanous (or subhyaline), slightly shining, almost unpubescent, and most lightly punctured surface, and by the quantity of dark patches and broken fascize with which it is ornamented. It occurs in the dead branches of (I believe principally) the Huph. piscatoria, under whick circumstances it was taken by myself in Teneriffe and Palma, and by Mr. Gray and myself in Hierro. I have likewise captured it from out of the stems of the same plant in Madeira; where, however, the specimens have their elytra a trifle more distinctly punctured, and the interstices somewhat more roughly alutaceous, or shagreened. 24. Aphanarthrum affine,* Woll. A, angustulum, fusco-nigrum, pilis suberectis sat dense vesti- tum; prothorace alutaceo punctato granulato, antice pro- ducto lurido necnon ad apicem ipsum leviter acuminato incrassato ; elytris seriatim punctatis, testaceis, fasciis duabus profunde dentatis nigris (und sc. magna in medio duplici et altera angustiore subpostica) ornatis. Long. corp. lin. $—vix 1. Aphanarthrum affine, Woll., Ann. of Nat. Hist. (Ser. 3), v. 166 (1860). Habitat in ramis emortuis Euphorbiarum in ins. Lanzarota, Fuerteventura et Canaria, hinc inde frequens. This species and the following one are a good deal allied. The A. affine, however, is rather larger and a little less densely pu- bescent, and its elytra are somewhat more parallel and less closely sculptured, the punctures being more evidently arranged in rows than is the case with the 4. piscatorium. Its elytral fascize, also, are much more distinct; and the anterior one is more decidedly double in its central region, like that of the 4. Jube, bicolor and glabrum. It was taken abundantly, by Mr. Gray and myself, out of the Euph. balsamifera, in the north of Lanzarote, and by myself Coleoptera of the Canary Islands. 171 at Betancuria in Fuerteventura, as well as (out of the E. prscatoria) at E] Monte in Grand Canary. It is a good deal allied, in general facies, to the Madeiran 4. Euphorbie ; nevertheless it is slightly smaller than that insect, its pubescence is longer, its prothorax less acuminated in front, and its elytral punctures are much larger, fewer, and more evidently disposed in rows. 25. Aphanarthrum piscatorium,* Woll. A. fusco-nigrum, pilis suberectis dense vestitum; prothorace alutaceo dense punctato, antice producto leviter acuminato sublurido; elytris dense subseriatim punctatis et transversim rugulosis, dilute testaceis, fasciis duabus profunde dentatis nigris (und sc. magna et alteré angustiore suffusa postica) ornatis. Long. corp. lin, 2—3. Aphanarthrum piscatorium, Woll., Ann. of Nat. Hist. (Ser. 3), v. 166 et 361 (1860). Habitat in ins. Teneriffa, Palma et Hierro, in ramis E. pisca- tori@ emortuis, vulgare. A rather insignificant little species, closely allied to the last one. It may be known from it, however, by its smaller size and some- what more pubescent surface, by its elytra being just perceptibly less parallel, more densely sculptured, and with their punctures much less evidently disposed in rows, and by its elytral fascia (the front one of which is simple, or at any rate less clearly dis- jointed in the centre) being (especially the hinder one, which is usually continued to the very apex) less distinct. I found it tolerably common, in the decayed stems of the Luph. piscatoria, in Teneriffe, Palma and Hierro,—in the last of which islands it was also captured by Mr. Gray. It likewise occurs attached to the same plant, in the lower elevations of Madeira. 26. Aphanarthrum glabrum,* Woll. A. fusco-nigrum, fere pilis carens; prothorace dense alutaceo punctato, antice producto leviter acuminato subincressato (fere bituberculato) sublurido; elytris leviter subseriatim punctatis, testaceis, fasciis duabus profunde dentatis nigris (una sc. magna in medio duplici et alterd angustiore sub- postica) ornatis. Long. corp. lin. 3 — vix 3. Aphanarthrum glabrum, Woll., Ann. of Nat. Hist. (Ser. 3), v. 167 (1860). 172 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the Euphorbia-infesting Habitat in ramis truncisque Euphorbiarum in ins. Hierro, rarius. The almost total freedom from pile (except under a high mag- nifying power) of this little Aphanarthrum, in conjunction with its very lightly sculptured elytra (the punctures of which are but in- distinctly disposed in rows), will, ¢zéer alia, separate it readily from all of the preceding species. It appears to be rare, the only specimens which I have yet seen having been captured by myself in the island of Hierro. 27. Aphanarthrum pusillum,* Woll. A. minutum, nigro-fuscum pilis cinereis vestitum ; capite leviter elongato, subporrecto; prothorace angustulo subelliptico punctato, antice leviter producto et subito contracto acumi- nato; elytris dense subseriatim punctatis, concoloribus, ad humeros in tuberculum indistincte elevatis ; antennis pedi- busque pallidioribus. Long. corp. lin. 3 — vix 3. Aphanarthrum pusillum, Woll., Ann. of Nat. Hist. (Ser. 3), v. - 167 (1860). Habitat in ramis Euph. canariensis putridis, in ins. Canaria, Teneriffa et Gomera, a meipso repertum. The excessively minute size and uniformly dark-brown hue of this little Aphanarthrum, in conjunction with its rather elongated subporrected head and its somewhat elliptic, anteriorly contracted prothorax, will at once distinguish it from any of the preceding species. In my notes on the Aphanarthra, published in the “ Annals of Natural History” for last year, I stated that this diminutive insect might perhaps constitute eventually the type of a new genus; but on mounting lately one of its antennze in bal- sam for the microscope, it is constructed on the exact pattern which obtains in the 4. Jube (namely, with certainly éwo funiculus- joints, if indeed there be not in reality, as already intimated, an infinitesimal third one,—such as seems to be faintly indicated in the Madeiran 4. Euphorbie): so that there appears to be no suf- ficient reason for separating it from the several preceding mem- bers of the group. So far as I have observed hitherto, the 4. pusillum is peculiar to the Huph. canariensis, in the rotten stems of which I have captured it (in the great crater of the Bandama) in Grand Canary (on the mountains above Santa Cruz), in Teneriffe, and (on a hill-summit to the north-west of San Sebastian) in Gomera. ‘oleoptera of the Canary Islands. 173 Genus LrerPparturRuUM. Woll., Ins. Mad. 294 (1854). 28. Letparthrum curtum, Woll. L. brevi-cylindricum, ferrugineum, pilis rigidis cinereis vesti- tum; prothorace amplo, tuberculis duobus minutis mox infra apicem armato, antice obscuriore ; elytris rugulosis, obscure substriato-punctatis ; antennis (capitulo obscuriore excepto) tarsisque testaceis. Long. corp. lin. }—Z. Leiparthrum curtum, Woll., Ins. Mad. 298 (1854). — —, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 97 (1857. Habitat in ins. Lanzarota, Fuerteventura, Canaria, Teneriffa, Palma et Hierro, passim. I have but little hesitation in referring the present insect to the LL. curtum (a species which was established by myself, in 1854, on a single individual taken near Funchal in 1848); for although the Canarian exponents are somewhat larger than the type from which I drew out my diagnosis, they possess so completely, in all other respects, the characters to which I drew attention, that I cannot but conclude that my original example must have been an acci- dentally small one,—a supposition which the capture, during my last visit to Madeira, of a series of specimens ‘{ corresponding precisely with the Canarian ones would certainly tend to corrobo- rate. It is by no means peculiar to the Euphorbias; nevertheless since it is very frequently to be met with in the dry branches of those plants, it could scarcely be omitted from the present paper. I have taken it in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Grand Canary, Teneriffe, Palma and Hierro. 29. Leiparthrum inarmatum,* Woll. LL. breviter subovato-cylindricum, fusco-nigrum, pilis rigidis cinereis (praesertim postice) vestitum ; prothorace antice sub- attenuato inarmato (1. e. tuberculis carente); elytris profunde striato-punctatis, interstitiis leviter elevatis, apicem versus plerumque paulo dilutioribus necnon ad apicem subtruncatis ; antennis (capitulo vix obscuriore excepto) tarsisque testaceis. Long. corp. lin. 2—3. + These specimens were found boring into an old paling above Porto da Cruz, on the eastern side of the island, during January, 1859. Athough somewhat broader than the L. bituberculatum, like their Canarian representatives they are of about the same length as that insect, —ranging from two-thirds to seven eighths of a line, 174 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the Huphorbia-infesting Leiparthrum inarmatum, Woll., Ann. of Nat. Hist. (Ser. 3) v. 364 (1860). Habitat in ramulis Euphorbiarum emortuis, in ins. Lanzarota, Canarid, Teneriffa, et Palma parce captum. The present little Letparthrum is, likewise, found in Madeira,— where it was detected by myself, on the 23rd of December, 1858, in dead branches of the Huph. piscatoria between Point Oliveira and the Brazen Head, to the eastward of Funchal. It was from these examples that I draw out my diagnosis of the species in 1860 ; nevertheless I had previously captured several (during January, March and June of the same year) in Lanzarote, Grand Canary, Teneriffe and Palma. So far as I have observed hitherto, both at Madeira and the Canaries, it is quite peculiar to the wood of the decayed Euphorbias. It may be at once known from the L. cur- tum by its usually darker and less ferruginous hue (it being generally nearly black in front but more piceous posteriorly), by its less parallel outline (the elytra being slightly expanded, and obliquely-subtruncated, at their apex,—where moreover they are densely clothed with long and robust pile), by its untubercled prothorax, and by the comparatively large punctures, and raised intestices, of its elytra. 30. Letparthrum Lowei,* n. sp. LZ. minutum, breviter cylindricum, nigrum vel fusco-nigrum et pilis rigidis cinereis zequaliter vestitum ; prothorace brevius- culo, inarmato, postice subsinuato; elytris striato-punctatis, - omnino concoloribus, ad apicem integris; antennis pedibusque piceis. Long. corp. lin. 3. Habitat Teneriffam, prope oppidum Garachico in caulibus Eu- phorbiarum emortuis a Revdo. Domo. Lowe nuperrime detectum, —cujus in honorem speciem stabilivi. This very interesting and minute Letparthrum has just been communicated by the Rev. R. T. Lowe, who detected several specimens of it in dead Luphorbia-stems, during April of the present year, near Garachico, in Teneriffe. In its diminutive size it might at first sight be mistaken for a dwarfed state of the L. inarmatum, but on closer inspection it is abundantly distinct from that insect. Thus, it is not only smaller than the smallest examples of the imarmatum, but it is usually of a blacker (and quite con- colorous) hue; it is also of a strictly cylindric outline (being neither widened nor subtruncated posteriorly), with its prethorax Coleoptera of the Canary Islands. NGS shorter and sznuated along its extreme base, and with its elytra (the interstices of which are not raised) less deeply punctured, and without any additional sete at their apex. Its limbs, moreover, are considerably darker than is there the case. Its structural characters are quite those of Leiparthrum, the proportions of its 4-jointed tarsi and funiculus being precisely similar to what ob- tains in the other members of the group. Its front-tibiz, however, are not entirely unarmed,—there being two short, obtuse teeth on their outer edge. I have much pleasure in dedicating it to its discoverer, whose recent explorations in the Canarian archipelago have added some valuable material to my collection. Fam. CURCULIONID. Genus Pui@ornacus. Schénherr, Gen. et Spec. Cure. iv. 1047 (1838), 31. Phloeophagus cauliwm,* Woll. P. nigro-piceus ; prothorace valde profunde punctato ; scutello vix observando; elytris oblongo-ovatis, profunde punctato- striatis, interstitiis vix convexis ; pedibus piceis, tibiis sub- curvatis, tarsorum ‘articulo tertio distincte dilatato bilobo; antennis piceo-ferrugineis, capitulo ovali. a. prothorace valde profunde punctato, elytris sat profunde punctato-striatis, interstitiis depressiusculis. [/ns. Lanzarota.] f. prothorace vix densius leviusque punctato, elytris paulo profundius punctato-striatis, interstitiis paulo magis convexis. [ Ins. Fuerteventura. | Long. corp. lin. 13—vix 2. Phleeophagus caulium, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (New Series), v. 370 (1861). Habitat in ins. Lanzarota et Fuerteventura, caules Euphorbia- rum emortuos ubique destruens. In my Paper on “ The Atlantic Cossonides,” lately published in the ‘“‘ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,” I gave full diagnoses of the various Canarian Phlceophagi,—observ- ing that the present species differs from its Atlantic congeners by having, amongst other features, a scarcely visible scutellum : in- deed, in the generality of specimens it is quite impossible, even beneath the microscope, to detect the smallest traces of a scu- tellum ; though occasionally one may just be observed, in the form of a minute transverse plate. The P. caulium is further remark- able for its excessively deep and coarse sculpture, for its tibize 176 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the Euphorbia-infesting being rather less straightened than is the case in most of its allies, and by the third joint of its feet being very distinctly expanded and bilobed. It abounds in the dead Euphorbia-stems of Lanza- rote and Fuerteventura, having a just perceptibly different phasis (indicated above) for either island; but I have not yet observed it in any other part of the Canarian archipelago. Genus Mesires. Schonherr, Gen. et Spec. Cure. iv. 1043 (1838). 32. Mesites fusiformis,* Woll. M. nigro-piceus, nitidus, depressus, fere calvus; fronte inter oculos profunde foveolata; prothorace in disco levissime et parce punctulato, sat obscure carinato necnon postice in medio impresso et ibidem profunde sub-biseriatim punctato; elytris plus minus rufescentioribus, postice attenuatis, profunde punctato-striatis, interstitiis planiusculis, minutissime et parce punctulatis; antennis pedibusque rufescentioribus. Mas, rostro punctulato, ad antennarum insertionem paulo ro- tundato-ampliato; prothorace versus latera vix profundius densiusque punctato; femoribus subtus subdentatis. Fem., rostro graciliore, tereti, polito, rufo-piceo, ad anten- narum insertionem (i. e. mox ante basin ipsam) paulo ampliato; prothorace versus latera multo profundius densiusque punc- tato; femoribus subtus muticis. Long. corp. lin. 1;—3. Mesites fusiformis, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (New Series), v. 405, pl. 19, f. 7 et 9 (1861). Habitat insulas Canarienses, in Euphorbiis emortuis ubique vul- garis. The M. fusiformis is a most abundant insect, in the decayed Euphorbia-stems, throughout the Canarian archipelago,—Palma being the only island in which, up to the present time, I do not happen to have observed it; though there can be but little doubt, I should imagine, that it must exist there also. Nevertheless it is certainly somewhat remarkable that the few specimens of Mesites which I chanced to take in that island from out of the decayed Euphorbias should have belonged to another, but closely allied, species. Full observations on its diagnostic characters are given in my memoir on the ‘ Atlantic Cossonides” above referred to. Coleoptera of the Canary Islands. 17 33. Mesites pubipennis,* Woll. M. precedenti similis, sed lurido-pubescens, prothorace (pre- sertim in sexu foemineo) densius rugosiusque punctato, ely- trorum interstitiis convexioribus et magis distincte punctulatis, necnon striis latioribus et magis profundis. Long. corp. lin. 12—23. Mesites pubipennis, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (New Series), v. 406 (1861). Habitat Palmam, in Euphorbiis supra Sanctam Crucem cres- centibus parce repertus. As already stated, the few specimens which I have yet seen of this Mesites were captured by Mr. Gray and myself in Palma (about two miles up the Barranco de Santa Cruz), —where the species may per- haps represent the M. fusiformis, which is so abundant through- out the remainder of the archipelago. At the same time, how- ever, I cannot conceive it probable that so common an insect as the M. fusiformis should be absent from Palma,—our visit to that island having been somewhat too late in the season for the gene- rality of the Euphorbia-infesting Coleoptera. The M. pubipennis differs from its ally in being clothed (particularly on the elytra) with a lurid pubescence, by its prothorax (especially of the female sex) being more densely and coarsely punctured, as well as by its elytra having their interstices convexer and more evidently punc- tulated, and their striz both broader and deeper. Fam. LAMIAD/. (Sub-fam. DORCADIONIDES.) Genus LEerrosoma. (Dej. Cat.) Thomson, Essai d’une Classif. de la Céramb. 23 (1860). The remarkable insect for which the present genus was pro- posed in Dejean’s Catalogue, and which ‘has lately been charac- terized by M. Thomson, is unquestionably the Lamia gibba of Brullé,—described and figured in Webb and Berthelot’s “ His- toire Naturelle des Iles Canaries,” in 1838. It is very closely related to my genus Deucalion (particularly, however, to the D. oceanicus from the Salvages, rather than to the D. Desertarum) ; but I am assured by M. Thomson that it cannot be actually ad- mitted into that group. In the Zoological Gallery at the Jardin des Plantes, where I have lately inspected the original type, it stands under the generic name of Brullaria; but as no such VOL. I. THIRD SERIES, PART II1,—MAyY, 1862. N 178 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the Euphorbia-infesting genus has yet been published, it must necessarily (if it cannot be amalgamated with Deucalion) be cited as Leprosoma. 34. Leprosoma gibbum,* Brulle. L. elongato-ovatum, crassum, convexum, densissime cinereo- et fusco-pubescens; prothorace remote et dense punctato, tuberculis quinque in disco necnon ad latera spina media maxima armato; elytris remote punctato-tuberculatis, fascia postmedia dentata obsoleté fusco-ornatis, singulo costis dua- bus plus minus distinctis (et tertia obsoletissima) notato nec- non ad apicem ipsum excavato, dentes duos in singulo positos efformante. Long. corp. lin. 7—8. Leprosoma asperatum, De}. Cat. 372 (1837). Lamia gibba, Brullé, Webb et Berth. Hist. Nat. des Can. (Col.), 62, pl. 1, fig. 5 (1838). Leprosoma asperatum, Thoms., Essai d’une Class. de Ja Céramb. 23 (1860). Habitat truncos Euphorbiarum emortuos, in locis subeditioribus Fuerteventure et Teneriffz a meipso. lectum. The Z. gibbum is probably far from scarce if searched for in its proper localities; but as it is apparently peculiar to the rotten Euphorbia-stems, it might (like most of the species enumerated in this Memoir) be easily overlooked by a casual collector in the island, who might have but little time for observation, and would not be aware of the interesting fauna nourished by that singular race of plants. I have seen the larve, however, of this fine Longicorn in considerable profusion, and have taken the perfect insect not un- commonly, on the mountains above Santa Cruz of Teneriffe (in the direction of Las Mercedes), as well as near Betancuria (in the Rio Palmas) of Fuerteventura. It secretes itself beneath the loose outer fibre, generally of the larger trunks, and makes a loud stridu- Jation when captured, like the species of Deucalion, by the upward and downward movement of its head and prothorax,—an operation which causes the inner surface of the pronotum to slide over the dorsal file with which its mesonotum is furnished. (Sub-fam. SAPERDIDES.) Genus BiaBINoTUS. Woll., Ins. Mad. 426, pl. ix. fig. 1 (1854). The present genus, I am informed by M. Thomson, is identical with Stenidea of Mulsant and Dereplia of Dejean’s Catalogue ; Coleoptera of the Canary Islands. M7) but since the name of Stenidea had already been preoccupied and that of Deroplia is unpublished, it follows that Blabinotus is the title by which it must be quoted. Concerning its affinities, M. Thomson writes: “It belongs, in my opinion, to the Saper- dite, near to Hebestola of Blanchard ; some Hebestolas have the prothorax armed, like Blabinotus.” Nearly all the Longicorns which I would regard as unquestionably indigenous to the At- antic islands are members of this particular group. It was enunciated by myself in 1854, for the reception of an insect (the B. spinicollis) found in the laurel-woods of Madeira, and which I subsequently captured at the Canaries also,—in the laurel-regions of Palma and Teneriffe. In 1856 another exponent was added by Mr. Bewicke,—discovered beneath the bark of pine-trees at the Palmeira, above Funchal ; which species I described, in 1857, under the name of B. Benickit. In January, 1858, a third repre- sentative (the B. pilosus, characterized below) was detected by Mr. Gray, during our residence in the north of Lanzarote,—a locality in which I afterwards met with two specimens of it myself. In February of the same year, whilst visiting the island of Hierro in Mr. Gray’s yacht, the “‘ Miranda,’ I brushed a fourth (the B. Hesperus,—as yet unpublished) from off a large bushy Rumea on the ascent from Port Hierro to Valverde. And in the follow- ing June, whilst breaking open a rotten cone of the Pinus canari- ensis in the island of Palma, I brought to light a fifth,—closely related to (but quite distinct from) the Madeiran B. Benicku ; whilst the two insects recorded by Brullé as Cerambices, and re- characterized in this Paper, will raise the number of Blabinoti hitherto observed in the Atlantic Groups to no less than seven. Thus, whilst the three here enumerated would appear to be pecu- liar to the Euphorbias, two, on the other hand, are attached to the pines, and one no less exclusively to the laurels. As for the unique specimen from Hierro, of the B, Hesperus, though taken from off a Rumex, I am scarcely in a position to draw any con- clusion respecting its mode of life. 35. Blabinotus annulicornis,* Brullé. B. cylindricus, rufo-piceus, pilis demissis flavo-albidis den- sissime tectus et longioribus suberectis paucis obsitus ; capite postice late variegato; prothorace in dorso late pallido, ad latera nigrescenti et spind medid magna armato, antice et N 2 180 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the Euphorbia-infesting postice subzequaliter constricto; elytris lineis plus minus fractis nigrescentibus longitudinaliter ornatis; antennis pedi- busque annulato-variegatis. Long. corp. lin. 43—73. Cerambyx annulicornis, Brullé, Webb et Berth., Hist. Nat. des Iles Can. (Col.) 62, pl. 1, fig. 3 (1838). Habitat Evuphorbias emortuas, in ins. Teneriffa et Hierro haud infrequens. The present species and the following one are very nearly allied, both in size and external contour; nevertheless the B. annulicornis may be known from the albidus by the much yellower hue of its (denser) pubescence, by its head being more brightly variegated, and its, pronotum broadly pale down the centre,-—the sides being dark. Its elytra, also, have a much less tendency for the small, rounded, paler spots which are generally pretty evident in that insect; whilst, on the other hand, the darker longitudinal lines are somewhat more evident, and usually less broken. Its surface, likewise, beneath the pile, is more rufo-piceous ; and its lateral prothoracic spine, although large, is rather less powerfully developed. The two species, however, are so nearly akin, that had one but single specimens to judge from they might have been almost regarded as phases of each other ; nevertheless out of fifty-six examples in my possession (twenty of which belong to the B. annulicornis and thirty-six to the albidus) there is certainly nothing at all connective between the two. I may add that, during a late visit to Paris, I compared these insects with M. Brullé’s original types at the Jardin des Plantes, and am quite certain therefore of the correctness of my identification of them. The B. annulicornis appears to be more abundant in the western islands than in the eastern ones, of the Canarian Group. At any rate I have not observed it hitherto in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and Grand Canary ; but have captured it (not uncommonly) out of the dried Euphorbia-stems on the mountains above Santa Cruz of Teneriffe, as well as in the lower regions of El Golfo on the west of Hierro. 36. Blabinotus albidus,* Brullé. B. cylindricus, piceus, pilis demissis albidis dense nebulosus et longioribus suberectis obsitus ; prothorace ad latera spind media maxima armato, antice et postice subaequaliter con- stricto ; elytris punctulis albidis plus minus distinctis irroratis Coleoptera of the Canary Islands. 181 et lineis fractis nigrescentibus obscuris longitudinaliter orna- tis; antennis pedibusque annulato-variegatis. Long. corp. lin. 44—8. Cerambyx albidus, Brullé, Webb et Berth., Hist. Nat. des Iles Can. (Col.), 62, pl. 1, fig. 4 (1838). Habitat in ins. Lanzarota, Fuerteventura et Teneriffa, Kuphor- bias emortuas destruens. The distinctions between the present species and the last one have already been pointed out,—the whiter and less dense pube- scence of the B. albidus, in conjunction with its almost concolorous pronotum, its still more powerfully developed prothoracic spine, its less evident and more broken elytral lines, and its usually more perceptible (and paler) elytral spots, being at once sufficient to separate it from the B. annulicornis. Its long, suberect addi- tional hairs, also, are for the most part even less numerous than is the case in that insect. I have taken it, from beneath the loose outer-fibre of dead Euphorbia-stems, in Lanzarote and Fuerte- ventura; as also at Taganana, and on the mountains above Santa Cruz of Teneriffe. 37. Blabinotus pilosus,* n. sp. B. angusto-subcylindricus (apice vix attenuatus), piceus, pills demissis subflavo-albidis densissime tectus et longioribus sub- erectis sat dense obsitus; prothorace ad latera spina media brevi anguliformi armato, postice magis quam antice con- stricto; elytris lineis fractis nigrescentibus obscuris longi- tudinaliter ornatis ; antennis pedibusque annulato-variegatis. Long. corp. lin. 4—6. Habitat in Lanzarota, rarissimus: primus detexit Dom. Gray. The narrower outline of the B. pilosus (the elytra of which are but slightly wider than the hinder region of the prothorax), in conjunction with its much shorter, and almost anguliform, pro- thoracic spine, and the comparatively broader anterior portion of its prothorax (which is much less constricted than the hinder half), and its denser suberect additional pile, will readily separate it from both of the preceding species. It is apparently very rare, and was first detected by John Gray, Esq., near Haria, in the north of Lanzarote, during our sojourn there in January, 1858; in which same locality I subsequently captured two specimens myself, during January of the following year. 182 Mr.'T. Vernon Wollaston on the Huphorbia-infesting Fam. HALTICID. Genus Hattica. Geoffroy, Hist. Abr. des Ins. de Paris, 1. 244 (1762). 38. Haltica Paivana,* Woll. H. ovato-oblonga, nitida, profunde dense et rugose punctata, late metallica (modo cyanea, modo viridi-cyanea, modo geneo-cuprea) ; prothorace transverso-subquadrato, ad latera marginato subrotundato, angulis ipsis posticis leviter promi- nulis acutiusculis; antennarum basi pedibusque rufo-testaceis, antennis versus apicem, femoribus anterioribus ad basin, fe- moribus posticis omnino, necnon tarsorum apicibus plus minus nigrescentibus. Mas vix minor, oculis magis prominulis tarsorumque anteriorum articulo basilari paulo dilatato. Variat (ezeneo-cuprea) pedibus in utroque sexu omnino pallidis. Long. corp. lin. 1—1}. Haltica Paiwana, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i. 2 (1860). * Habitat in ins. Lanzarota, Canaria, Teneriffa et Hierro, folia Euphorbiarum destruens. The present insect is the only one included in this memoir which is attached to the foliage of the Euphorbias, all the others being found strictly within the rotten stems; and indeed I should not have admitted the H. Paivana into it, were it not apparently quite peculiar to those singular plants. I need scarcely add, that numerous flower-resorting Coleoptera (such as Anaspis, Dasytes and Attalus) may be found accidentally on the Euphorbias ; but such are mere chance visitors, and have no more connection with the plants than with any other members of the Canarian flora: but since the present Haltica is purely of “ Euphorbia- infesting habits,” I cannot properly omit it from the Paper. It is, as I stated in my enumeration of the Halticide of these islands published in the first number of the “Journal of Entomology,” ‘““a metallic species of very variable colour, shading-off from bright cyaneous-blue into golden-green, and almost, at times, into coppery-brown,” It was taken by Mr. Gray and myself, during January, 1858, in the north of Lanzarote (in which locality I again captured it, after a year’s interval); as also, by myself, in Grand Canary (on the mountains above San Martao), Teneriffe (near Laguna, Orotava and Santa Cruz), and (in the district of El Golfo) on the west of Hierro. Coleoptera of the Canary Islands. 183 Fam. ULOMIDA. Genus Hyporutaus. Fabricius, Scrivt. af Natur, Selsk. (1790). 39. Hypophloecus Euphorbie,* n. sp. H., lineari-elongatus, rufo-ferrugineus, subnitidus ; capite pro- thoraceque dense punctatis, hoc elongato-subquadrato; elytris paulo pallidioribus, subfusiformibus basi truncatis, levissime punctato-striatis, interstitiis minutissime uniseriatim punctu- latis; pedibus rufo-testaceis. Long. corp. lin. 1—1i. Habitat ins. Lanzarota, Canaria, Teneriffa et Hierro, sub cortice Euphorbiarum emortuo, rarius. The present ypophicus appears to be quite peculiar, so far as I have observed hitherto, to the dead stems of the various Eu- phorbias,—beneath the loose outer bark of which I have captured it in the north of Lanzarote, as also in Grand Canary, on the mountains above Santa Cruz of Teneriffe, and in the district of E] Golfo on the west of Hierro. It is allied to the Madeiran H. ambiguus, which in all probability will be found to possess similar habits. Indeed, having no longer a type of that insect in my col- lection, I had supposed that it might possibly be identical with it; but having forwarded lately an example of the Canarian species to Mr. Waterhouse, for comparison with the original Madeiran one (now in the British Museum), I have received from him the following observations: “ The two insects are certainly quite dis- tinct: in the head there is very little difference, though the punc- tuation is a trifle finer and a little more dense, and the reflected fore-part is somewhat less reflected, in the Teneriffe species than in that from Madeira; but in the antenne there is a marked dis- crepancy,—those of the Canarian one being relatively larger and more elongated. The prothorax in the H. ambiguus is quadrate, or even slightly transverse; whereas in the other it is rather longer than broad: the punctures, too, of the latter are perceptibly finer and more dense. The elytra are distinctly punctate-striated in the Madeiran insect (the punctures of the strie being much larger than those of the interstices), whereas in its ally they are very faintly so; and, moreover, the Canarian species has its elytra and legs decidedly longer than is the case in the Madeiran one.” 184. M.T. Vernon Wollaston on the Euphorbia-infesting Fam. Q2DEMERIDE. _ Genus Dityuus. Schmidt, in Linn. Ent. i. 87 (1846). 40. Ditylus concolor, Brulle. D. elongato-cylindricus, leete fulvo-testaceus (oculis tibiarumque calcariis solis nigris), crebre punctatus, densissime et breviter pubescens ; prothorace paulo inequali, subcordato; elytris obsoletissime longitudinaliter subcostatis; antennis apicem versus tarsisque vix obscurioribus. Long. corp. lin. 45—7}. Ditylus concolor, Brullé, Webb et Berth. Hist. Nat. des Iles Can. (Col.) 70, pl. 1, fig. 13 (1838). Habitat in ins, Canaria, Teneriffaé et Palma, minus frequens. The beautiful D. concolor, so remarkable for its large (though most variable) stature and its pale golden-testaceous hue, is widely distributed throughout the Canarian archipelago—though every- where sparingly. It is by no means peculiar to the Euphorbias (at any rate in its imago-state); nevertheless I have taken it from beneath the loose outer bark of those plants on the moun- tains (towards Las Mercedes) above Santa Cruz of Teneriffe, as also below Taganana, and in the rocky Euphorbia-covered ground between the Puerto and Orotava. In Grand Canary it was found in comparative abundance by the Rev. R. T. Lowe, during our short stay at Arguineguin, in the south of the island; and I have likewise captured it near the mouth of the Barranco de Nogales, on the east of Palma. Fam. STAPHYLINIDZ. (Sub-family ALEOCHARIDES.) Genus Homatora. Mannerheim, Brachel. 73 (1831). 41. Homalota canariensis,* n. sp. (Pl. VII. fig. 8.) H. angusto-linearis, nigra, alutacea, subnitida, minute et parce punctulata, longe pubescens; fronte depress, oculis pro- minentibus; prothorace nigro-fusco, subquadrato, angulis posticis subrectis, carinato; elytris fusco-testaceis, ad latera plus minus anguste sed diffuse nigrescentibus ; abdomine nitido, basi constricto dilutiore; antennis brevibus, crassis, Coleoptera of the Canary Islands. 185 nigro-fuscis, basin versus testaceis, articulo primo magno, ultimo breviusculo ; pedibus gracilibus, pallido-testaceis. | 1 1 1 Long. corp. lin. 14—1}. Habitat in truncis Luphorbie canariensis putridis, in Teneriffa et Gomera lecta. The narrow outline, coarsely alutaceous surface and basally- constricted abdomen of this very distinct Homalota, in conjunction with its depressed forehead, subquadrate prothorax and abbrevi- ated antenne (the first joint of which is greatly enlarged, and the apical one short), will, apart from its numerous other peculiarities, at once characterise it. It appears to be exclusively attached to the damp, putrid stems of the rotten Euphorbias ; and I have hitherto only observed it in those of the EZ. canariensis—under which cir- cumstances I took it abundantly in Gomera, during February, 1858, on a hill-top to the north of San Sebastian; and in Fe- bruary of the following year, in similar positions, on the mountains above Santa Cruz of Teneriffe. 42. Homalota putrescens, n. sp. H. sublinearis, nigra, nitida, minute punctulata, longe pubes- cens; fronte subconvexa; prothorace vix dilutiore, trans- verso, lato, postice rotundato, subconvexo, vix carinato; elytris fusco-testaceis, versus angulos posticos externos plus minus late et diffuse nigrescentibus; abdomine sublineari; antennis longiusculis, crassis, nigro-fuscis, ad basin testaceis, articulo ultime longiusculo; pedibus longiusculis, pallido- testaceis. Long. corp. lin. 14—1}. Habitat in ins. Gomera, in truncis Euph. canariensis putridis una cum /. canarienst a meipso reperta. Readily known from the 1. canariensis by its broader outline, convexer head and more transverse prothorax (which is rounded posteriorly, instead of having the angles well defined), as also by its concolorous and sublinear abdomen, and its somewhat brighter and less alutaceous surface. I:s eyes, also, are less prominent, and its antennze longer,—their basal joint, moreover, being less inflated, and their apical one not so short. It is far more nearly allied, however, to the H. cacti, from which it simply differs in its wider and more posteriorly-rounded prothorax and rather longer antennz ; whilst from the H. coriaria it may be known by the much paler hue of its somewhat more ample elytra, by the punc- tuation of its head being slightly less dense, by its pubescence being considerably coarser, and by its limbs being altogether 186 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the Euphorbia-infesting rather more elongated. The only examples which have come under my observation were captured by myself, in company with the H. canariensis, from out of the putrid stems of the Huph. ca- nariensis, during February, 1858, on the hills to the north of San Sebastian in Gomera. 43, Homalota cacti, n. sp. H. omnino ut in 1H. putrescens, sed prothorace paulo angustiore, postice vix minus rotundato, necnon antennis paulo brevi- oribus. Long. corp. lin. 14. Habitat ins. Veneriffam et Palmam, in ill4 in truncis Luph. ca- nariensis putridis in montibus supra Sanctam Crucem, sed in hac in foliis Cacti opuntie marcidis deprehensa. The present Homalota is very closely related to the last one— with which, indeed, unless the specimens be in good condition and with their limbs properly set-out, it may be easily confounded. Nevertheless, a close inspection will sufficiently bring to light its true characters—which consist, however, merely in its narrower prothorax (which is not quite so wide as the elytra, and rather less regularly rounded behind, than is the case in the H. putres- cens), and in its antennee being just perceptibly darker and shorter. So far as I have observed hitherto, it would seem, in its habits, to be more partial to the rotting, sodden leaves of the Cactus opuntia than to the stems of the Kuphorbias ; nevertheless, since | have taken it from out of the /. canariensis, on the mountains above Santa Cruz of Teneriffe, it ought scarcely, per- haps, to be omitted from this Paper. In the putrid leaves, how- ever, of the prickly-pear it is at times far more abundant—under which circumstances I have observed it in considerable profusion in the Banda of Palma, during my residence there with the Rev. R. T. Lowe at the beginning of June, 1858. 44, Homalota coriaria, Kraatz. H, sublinearis, nigra, nitida, minutissime punctulata, breviter pubescens; prothorace vix dilutiore, transverso, breviusculo, fovea media abbreviata plus minus obscura impresso ; elytris fusco-piceis, versus angulos posticos externos vix obscuriori- bus; antennis breviusculis, crassiusculis, ad basin piceis ; pedibus dilute testaceis. Long, corp. lin. 1—1 4. Coleoptera of the Canary Islands. 187 Homalota coriaria (Miller), Kraatz, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. ii. 282 (1856). | —, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 177 (1857). Habitat in ins. Lanzarota, Canaria, Teneriffa, Gomera et Palma, hine inde vulgaris. The H. cortaria may be known from the two preceding species, to which it is somewhat allied, by, iter alia, its rather smaller size, very much shorter pubescence, more delicate punctuation, and by the darker hue of its elytra. Its prothorax, also, has a greater or less tendency for a wide but shallow depression in the centre be- hind; and its antenne are but obscurely diluted at their base. Although frequently found in the damp, rotting Euphorbia-stems, it is by no means peculiar to them—occurring equally almost everywhere, under decaying vegetable refuse. I have taken it in Lanzarote, Grand Canary, Teneriffe, Gomera and Palma; and it is, also, an abundant insect in Madeira. 45. Homalota vagepunctata, n. sp. H, sublinearis, nigra, nitidissima, parcissime punctata, longe sed parce pubescens; capite parvo, subrotundato; prothorace elytrisque fuscis, convexis, illo transverso postice rotundato haud carinato; antennis gracilibus, nigro-fuscis ad basin dilu- tioribus ; pedibus gracilibus, dilute testaceis. Long. corp. lin. 1—1}. Hatitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram, inter Euphorbias haud infrequens. The shining and very remotely punctured surface of the present Homalota, in conjunction with its small, rounded head and slender antennee, its coarse but distant pubescence, and its convex, dark- brown prothorax and elytra, will at once characterise it. In its general contour and aspect it is somewhat allied to the H. clientula and fungi of more northern latitudes, though totally distinct from them. It is not uncommon amongst the Euphorbias (occasionally to be found even on their flowers) in the north of Lanzarote; and I have also captured it, though more sparingly, in Fuerteventura. (Sub-fam. STAPHYLINIDES.) Genus XANTHOLINUS. Dahl, Encyclop. Method. x. 475 (1825). § III. (operis Erichsoniani.) ‘ Thorax punctorum seriebus dor- salibus rectis lateralibusque lituts impressus” (p. 319). 46. Xantholinus marginalis,* n. sp. X. niger, nitidus; capite convexo, basi truncato, sat dense 188 Mr.T. Vernon Wollaston on the Euphorbia-infesting punctato et punctulis minutissimis intermediis obsito; pro- thorace seriebus dorsalibus 8—10-punctatis, margine postico late et laterali angustissime dilutiore ; elytris late rufo-tes- taceis, vix subseriatim sat dense punctatis ; abdomine, pre- sertim versus apicem, dilutiore ; antennis rufo-fuscis ; pedibus testaceo-rufis. Long. corp. lin. 3—33. Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram (aut saltem ins. parvam propinquam ‘ Lobos” dictam), in caulibus Euphorbiarum putridis degens. The present Xantholinus has much the colouring and general aspect of the common European X. glabratus ; but is smaller thaa that insect, with its head and prothoracic series much more densely punctured, with the margin (particularly the hinder one) of its pronotum diluted in hue, and with its elytra, abdomen and legs respectively paler. It is very rare, and (so far as I have ob- served hitherto) quite peculiar to the damp, rotting Huphorbia- stems——in which positions it was taken by Mr. Gray and myself on the Risco at the north of Lanzarote, during January, 1858 ; as well as, by myself, on the 28th of March of the following year, in the little island of Lobos, off the extreme north of Fuerteven- tura. (Sub-fam. PAXDERIDES.) Genus Doticaon. Laporte, Etud. Ent. 1. 119 (1834). 47. Dolicaon mgricollis, n. sp. D. apterus, subcylindricus, niger, nitidus ; capite prothoraceque sat parce punctatis; elytris, abdominis segmentis ultimis duobus antennisque testaceo-rufis; palpis pedibusque rufo- testacels. Mas, abdominis segmento sexto infra profunde inciso, quinto integro. Var. 3 [an species distincta?] palporum maxillarium articulo tertio Vix minus incrassato, antennis versus basin vix gracili- oribus, capite vix breviore, postice paulo magis rotundato. Long. corp. lin. 23—3}. Habitat Lanzarotam, in truncis Euphorbiarum putridis necnon sub lapidibus haud infrequens: var. 3 (adhuc unica) ad Canariam solam pertinet. Species D. Illyrico affinis et fortasse vix dis- tincta, sed capite prothoraceque paulo subtilius punctatis anten- nisque paulo brevioribus ab illo differt. Coleoptera of the Canary Islands. 189 The present Dolycaon appears to be very closely allied to the D. Illyricus—with which, indeed, judging from the diagnosis, I should have united it, had I not been informed by Dr. Kraatz that its head and prothorax are somewhat more lightly punctured, and its antenne a little shorter, than is the case in that species. It is not impossible, therefore, that it may be but a geographical phasis of the D. Illyricus ; though, as I have no type of the latter for comparison, | will not venture to record it absolutely as such. It is not uncommon in the island of Lanzarote, and is by no means peculiar to the decayed Euphorbia-stems; though since it is very frequently to be found in such positions, I have no option but to include it in the present Paper. Indeed it more often, perhaps, occurs beneath stones than elsewhere—particularly when the earth is moist after the winter rains. Of the “var. 6” I have taken but a single specimen, and that in the region of El Monte of Grand Canary. It is just possible that it may be specifically dis- tinct ; nevertheless, since its differential characters are so slight, I have thought it scareely safe to regard it as such on the evidence afforded by a solitary example. 48. Dolicaon ruficollis, n. sp. D. apterus, subcylindricus, niger, nitidus ; capite prothoraceque sat parce punctatis ; hoc, elytris, abdominis segmentis ultimis duobus antennisque testaceo-rufis; palpis pedibusque rufo- testaceis, Long. corp. lin. 32. Habitat Fuerteventuram (et ins. parvam propinquam “ Lobos” dictam), in truncis Euphorbiarum necnon sub lapidibus, rarissimus. Species staturé omnino precedentis, sed paulo major protho- raceque testaceo-rufo (haud nigro). The D. ruficollis differs from the preceding species mainly in being somewhat larger, and in having its prothorax pale-rufous (i.e., concolorous with the elytra), instead of black. Other mi- nute characters are just perceptible, but are more easily seen than described. The only two specimens which have come under my observation were captured by myself—one in the east of Fuerte- ventura, during January, 1858; and the other within a rotten Euphorbia-stem on the little island of Lobos, in the Bocayna Strait, on the 28th of March, 1859. Its habits, therefore, would appear to be the same as those of its ally. 190 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the XI. On the Ptinide of the Canary Islands. By T. Vernon Wo..astToN, Esq., M.A., Ralls Se [Read 3rd June, 1861.] Havine lately been examining, with considerable care, the various representatives of the Ptinide which have been detected, up to the present date, in the islands of the Canarian archipelago, I propose in this Memoir, first, to describe them, and, secondly, to offer a few observations on the structural peculiarities of the Family. In glancing at the numerous published diagnoses of this inte- resting group, it appears to me that the greatest misapprehension has usually prevailed concerning the exact form of the oral organs of its several members. The details given in the twelfth volume of Sturm’s ‘‘ Deutschlands Fauna” are simply ridiculous, having (so far as I can detect) scarcely any foundation in fact. Thus, the upper-lip is drawn semicircular (instead of quadrate, and a little excavated at its tip); the maxilla are represented as having but a single lobe (instead of two); the ligula, which in the Péinide is always long and with the palpi inserted near its apex, is made remarkably short, and with the palpi arising from its base (close to the anterior angles of a transverse mentum!) ; the enormous central-process ahtel constitutes in reality almost the whole men- tum is entirely omitted; and no notice whatsoever is taken of the great length, slenderness and arcuation which form such a marked feature in the basal joint of the maxillary and labial palpi of all the exponents of the Family. But if thus misrepresented in the ‘‘ Deutschlands Bannan "we should at least expect that the structural details would be mi- nutely examined, and all doubts critically cleared-up, in any work whose sole object it was to monograph so small a group; and accordingly we turn to M. De Boieldieu’s treatise, in the “ An- nales de la Soc. Ent. de France,” for information. But even there also (despite the beautiful illustrations of the various species) we are doomed to disappointment,—for not only are the generic diagnoses brief to a degree, and imperfect, ut (though less so than Sturm’s) absolutely incorrect. ‘Thus, for instance, he goes nominally through the structural formula both of Hedobia and Ptinus without so much as alluding to the great corneous process Ptinid@ of the Canary Islands. 191 of the mentum ;* but, as though finding it out for (apparently) the first time whilst enunciating Nzptus, he makes the observation in a foot-note, “‘ Cette dent existant dans tous les Ptiniores, je n’en ai pas fait mention dans les genres précédents”! And, furthermore, (with respect to Niptus), although the genus appears to possess sufficient characters in the shape of its eyes, femora, and the under-parts of its body, he does not even refer to them, but founds his diagnosis on two or three imaginary differences (for, according to the dissections now before me, they are strictly “imaginary ”) in the details of its mouth. Then, in Trigonogenius M. De Boieldieu gives scarcely any characters at all, and speaks of the mentum as “ carré, comme dans tous les Ptiniores ;” but certainly he must have been aware (since it appears he had un- doubtedly seen the menta of, at any rate, Niptus and Gibbium) that the shape of that organ would be better expressed by almost any term that could be selected than square. Besides, the only real peculiarities of the group—namely, the obsolete scutellum, the excessive shortness of the penultimate abdominal segment, the very distant posterior coxee, and the form and brevity of the metasternum—are not so much as glanced at! Of the cosmo- politan Mezium there is no generic formula added of any kind, the author stating that he was unable to procure a specimen for dissection! Whilst in his figured details of Gibbium he is entirely wrong: for not only has he made the inner lobe of the maxille much too abbreviated, and the apex of the mentum too acute; but he has, likewise, drawn the basal joint of the labial palpi straight and short (instead of long and curved) ; and (as is equally the case in Niptus) he has entirely omitted the singularly-pro- duced shoulder of the maxillary sizpes which projects outward (in all the members of the Ptinide) into an elongated process immediately below the insertion of the palpus. This last feature, which is a very important one, he has not alluded to in any of the genera. But, having thus criticized the structural details given by others,+ let us see what the characters of the group really are. * Even Prof. Lacordaire, in his admirable ‘‘ Genera des Coléoptéres,” omits all notice of this process, speaking of the mentum as “ transversal, légérement échancré, ses angles antérieurs plus ou moins aigus.”’ { Since finishing the present Paper I have received the Part of the ‘‘ Genera des Coléopt. d’Europe,” in which M. Jacq. Duval has treated the Ptinide, and I am bound to add, that his details are on the whole remarkably accurate and satisfactory. I think, however, he does not give sufficient prominence to certain peculiarities, —as, for instance, the arcuation of the basal joint of the /abial palpi (which is no straighter than is the case in the maxillary pair), the elongated 192 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the We will take the organs seriatim.* Although more or less pilose at its apex, the shape of the upper-lip is almost invariable,—being nearly square, a little excavated at the tip, and with its anterior angles slightly rounded.| ‘The mandibles are shortly-acute (and simple) at their extreme apex, and from thence oblique to nearly the middle of their inner edge,—where the sudden turn which the direction of the latter takes, from thence to the base, occasions the:shaping-out of a blunt central angle, or tooth. This structure is, also, nearly invariable,—the slightly obtuser mandibles of Piarus, and the still more obtuse ones of Casapus being the only exceptions to it (and even those merely in degree) with which I am acquainted. ‘The maxillee are always bilobed ; the outer-lobe being small and narrow, and the inner one rather shorter and broad, and both of them densely pubescent. A curious feature, however, exists in the stzpes of the maxillee, which is produced outwards into an elongated, more or less blunt, shoulder-like process (usually furnished with a few enormously long hairs) im- mediately below the insertion of the palpus. Both the maxillary and Jabial palpi are remarkable for the comparative great length, slenderness and curviture of their first articulation (a peculiarity which attaches to every member of the family which I have dis- sected) ; whilst the terminal one is somewhat elongate-fusiform, being truncated at its base and acuminated at its apex. This latter character is likewise universal in all the Pénide which I - have yet examined, except in the Canarian genera Casapus and Dignomus,—both of which have the ultimate joint of their labial palpi anomalously scooped-out at its tip. ‘Then comes the men- tum, which is perhaps the most curious, no less than the most constant, of the parts of the mouth. By far its larger portion, shoulder-like process of the stipes of the maxilla, and the excessive shortness in some genera of the penultimate segment of the abdomen. He is scarcely correct, too, in calling the ligula “ petite ;” for it is decidedly elongate (though narrow ),— as indeed is evident from the fact that it projects considerably beyond the enor- mous central-process of the mentum. When detached from the latter, its length is seen to be very considerable. * T may mention here, that the species which I have dissected (some of them twice over) are the twelve following: Casapus Bonvouloirii and subcalous, Dig- nomus gracilipes, Ptinus 6-punctatus, Niptus hololeucus, Mesium sulcatum, Gib- biwm scotias, Nitpus gonospermi, Sphericus ulbopictus, Piarus basalis and Piotes fusciata and vestita ; which, it will be observed, are all the acknowledged genera except Hedobia and the South American Trigonogenius. t On account of the pile with which it is sometimes clothed, the anterior emar- gination of the labrum often appears at first sight considerably shallower in some genera than in others; but when viewed through a transparent medium (on mounting them in balsam) I find it nearly the same in all. Piinide of the Canary Islands. 193 which I am anything but certain should not in reality be regarded as the whole mentum (for, when mounted in balsam, it is seen to be separated from the transverse basal-piece by a distinct articu- lative line), is an immense, central, narrow, subtriangular, or rather mitriform, corneous organ, widest at (or just before) its base, and gradually attenuated to its apex, where it is more or less obtuse. This monstrous organ (which has usually been over- looked!) rests upon (and fits into the centre of) a broader trans- verse base (closely soldered to the jugulum) which has frequently been treated as the entire mentum: but, as just stated, I am not altogether satisfied that it should be taken as a part of the men- tum at all, seeing that it is more separated from the above-men- tioned mitriform process than it is from the jugulum. At all events, in dissection, it is very difficult to split-off this wide trans- verse basal portion in anything like a definite shape; sometimes it comes away with elongated acute anterior angles, whilst at others it breaks-off (even in the same species) leaving no angles at all, and yet with equal symmetry. At any rate its exact outline (with reference to its lateral angles and breadth) is so extremely doubtful, that I think it cannot safely be employed as affording any character of generic importance.* ‘The ligula (which must next be noticed) is always long and narrow, and more than half of it is concealed behind the mitriform process of the mentum ; but it is slightly rounded, divergent, and pilose, towards its apex,— at only a short distance from which the palpi are implanted. Such, then, are the instrumenta cibaria of the Ptinide. The only other structural feature which would seem to be very con- stant throughout the family is the more or less close approximation of the antennzee{ (which have their second joint short, and the * T perceive, since the above was written, that M. Jacq. Duval, in his recent enunciation of the family-characteristics of the Ptinidzg, has absolutely omitted all mention of (and therefore rejected) this transverse basal-piece as forming a part of the mentum [—‘‘ Menton corné, grand, plus ou moins fortement triangu- Jaire, entier’’] ; but this possibly may be regarded as somewhat rash, for it is at least as doubful whether it be a portion of the jugulum as it is whether it belongs to the mentum. Still, as above stated, I am inclined to think (more particularly from the uncertainty of its shape) that it would be better perhaps to leave it unno- ticed when describing the several menta. + There are one or two exceptions, however, even to this. Hedobia is one of them; and M. Duval states that the true Trigonogenii from Chili (which are generically distinct from the Mediterranean and Atlantic species) have their an- tenne widely separated at the base. Also my Ptinus nigrescens and frugilis, - from Madeira, possess the same character (the latier accompanied by a rather conspicuous biarticulated club), and will probably require eventually (at any rate the P. fragilis) an additional genus for their reception. VOL. I, THIRD SERIES, PART I1.—MAY, 1862. oO 194 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the apical one usually acuminated). The exact form and length of the sterna, the relative distance of the hinder coxze from each other, the proportions of the abdominal segments and tarsal joints, the development of the eyes, wings and scutellum, the gibbosities of the pronotum, and the occasional peculiarities of the sexes, are all points (and very significant ones) from which the diagnoses of the several genera have principally to be compiled. The Piinide constitute a most important group in the Canary Islands,—as indeed may be gathered from the fact, that, out of the fourteen members hitherte detected there are indications of no less than four genera which have not, up to the present time, been enunciated ; three of which, moreover, contain features of a most anomalous kind, and hitherto quite unprecedented in this small family. In attempting to collocate them, however, inter se, they would appear to arrange themselves in a circle,—the most ab- normal characters fading-off in two opposite directions, amongst forms which gradually coalesce. Thus, commencing, for instance, with the extraordinary genus Casapus, distinguished (inter alia) by its apically-excavated labial-palpi, its obtuse mandibles, and the swollen basal-joint of its two hinder male-feet, we are led on, by Dignomus (which combines this scooped-out apex of the labial- palpi with the outward configuration, and general details of Ptinus), into Ptinus proper. From Pétinus the passage is simple enough to Mezium; and from thence into Nitpus and Sphericus (which are almost identical, except that the former has a dimi- nished number of joints both for its antennz and posterior male- feet). From Sphericus we glide very naturally into Piarus,— which possesses most of the peculiarities of the former, together with some of the distinguishing features of the next genus, Piotes ; which last, in the immensely expanded first-joint of its hinder male-tarsi, no less than its nodose-costate prothorax, the obsolete subsetulose ridges at the base of its elytra, and its undistinguish- able scutellum [—though not, however, in the construction of its mandibles and labial-palpi], brings us back again to Casapus. Genus Casapus, nov. gen. (PIV figs se) Corpus (inter Plinidus) magnum, vel ellipticum vel elongato- ovatum, politum, plus minus parce squamosum et pilosum necnon ad humerus setosum, apterum: capite deflexo; oculis ” subrotundatis, vix prominulis: prothorace postice plus minus gradatim angustiore, basin versus plus minus 4-nodoso-cos- tato: scutello haud observando: ely¢ris subconnatis, ad basin plus minus longitudinaliter costatis ; metasterno brevi, postice Ptinide of the Canary Islands. 195 (inter coxas posticas) sat profunde et obtuse arcuato-inciso : abdominis segmento penultimo vix brevi. Antenne robuste, filiformes, ad basin fere approximate, articulo 1mo robusto, 2do breviusculo, reliquis longitudine vix crescentibus (ultimo elongato-fusiformi, ad apicem leviter acuminato). Labrum (1a) subquadratum, apice leviter emarginatum pilosum, angulis anticis paulo rotundatis ciliatis. Mandibule (1b) magne, cornee, validissimz, latae, subquadratze sed apicem versus internum oblique truncatz obtusissime, extus versus basin parce pilose. Maville (1c) bilobz, lobis brevibus, valde, dense et longe pilosis; eaterno subangusto, leviter in- curvo; interno paulo breviore, lato: stipite maxillari in pro- cessum externum obtusum (mox infra palporum insertionem) producto. Palpi subclavati; maxillares articulo 1mo elon- gato angusto valde arcuato, 2do et 8tio crassioribus sub- zequalibus, ultimo longissimo subfusiformi apice leviter acu- minato ; labiales (1d) mox pone apicem ligule inserti, articulo Imo angusto valde arcuato, 2do breviore crassiore, ultimo magno robusto oblongo, ad apicem ipsum plus minus sinuato- inciso. Mentum corneum angustissimum transversum, an- gulis anticis acutiusculis, apice lobo maximo medio mitriformi parce piloso auctum. Ligula elongata, angusta, apice paulo rotundata pilosa. Pedes (preesertim in maribus) elongati, robusti; antici fere approximati, intermedit paulo distantiores, postict sat (sed haud valde) distantes: femoribus elongatis, subclavatis: tarsis crassiusculis; anticis articulis 4 basalibus gradatim leviter decrescentibus ; intermediis articulo 1mo paulo majore, 3 sequentibus gradatim leviter decrescentibus ; posticis articulo ]mo elongato (in maribus, 1 e, maximo dila- tato), 3 sequentibus gradatim leviter decrescentibus, ultimo breviusculo. Obs.—Genus structura palporum Jabialium articuli ultimi excavati, mandibulis apice oblique truncatis (nec dentatis) obtusissimis, tarsorum posticorum articulo basalari in maribus incrassato, metasterno brevi, scutello obsoleto, prothorace elytrisque ad basin plus minus nodoso-costatis corporeque magno aptero polito plus minus parce piloso et ad humeros setoso, inter Ptinidas adhuc cognitas valde anomalum. A kasac, pulvinus, et rove, pes. [Typus—Casapus Bon- vouloirit, | The singular and gigantic Ptinide to receive which the present genus is proposed appear to constitute a geographical assemblage peculiar to the Canarian archipelago. \ They are perhaps the most 02 196 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the anomalous members of the family which have hitherto been de- tected,—the remarkable (apically-excavated) terminal joint of their labial palpi and exceedingly blunt, obliquely truncated, edendate mandibles, in conjunction with their obsolete scutellum, and large, polished, apterous bodies (which in most of the repre- sentatives are sparingly studded with long erect hairs on the elytra, and with stronger and denser setee at the shoulders), giving them a character quite their own. ‘The hinder region of their prothorax (which is gradually narrowed) and the base of their elytra are embossed with more or less distinct noduliform ridges (clothed with either seta or scales); their metasternum is short, and circularly seooped-out between the posterior coxz ; and the first joint of their hinder male-feet (a structure, however, which exists in another of the Canarian genera, Piotes) is more or less expanded, or enlarged. In the proportions of its maxille, mentum, ligula and upper-lip [vide the Plate], Casapus does not differ appreciably from the normal members of the Ptinide. §1. Elytra setis rigidis erectis plus minus obsita. Palporum labialium articulus ultimus apice profunde excavatus. 1. Casapus Bonvouloirii, n. sp. (Pl. VIII. fig. 1.) C. niger, obsoletissime subzenescens et (oculo valde armato) alutaceus; prothorace subpicescenti, angustulo (antice vix dilatato), valde et subeequaliter 4-nodoso-costato, dense (pre- sertim in nodis et ad basin) fulvo-squamoso ; elytris ellipticis, basi truncatis apice acuminatis, leviter striato-punctatis, pilis perpaucis elongatis versus apicem et setis densioribus ad basin (preesertim ad humeros) obsitis, costis 4 basalibus (postice evanescentibus) maximis elevatis, fasciis duabus [sc. antemediaé seepius obsoleté, et postmedia distinctiore dentata] albido-ornatis ; antennis pedibusque elongatis, ro- bustis, rufo-ferrugineis, squamosis. Long. corp. lin. 12—2. Habitat in sylvaticis editioribus Teneriffe, sub lapidibus, hine inde haud infrequens. Species valde indigena distincta formosa et in honorem amici mei Dom. H. De Bonvouloir, Parisiis, auctoris Monographiz Throscidum accuratissim2 felicissimi a meipso dicata. This large and beautiful Casapus may be known from the other species here described by its greatly (and subequally) 4-nodose- costate prothorax, and by its very lightly striate-punctate, elzp- tical, and apically-acuminated elytra (the widest part of which is a little before the middle). Its elytra, also, are much less densely Ptinide of the Canary Islands. 197 pilose than is the case in any of the following species except the C. subcalvus, and have their basal nodes (or abbreviated coste) considerably elevated, or developed, causing the scutellary region to seem very deeply impressed. Their surface, moreover (which appears minutely alutaceous when viewed beneath the microscope), has a just perceptible subenescent tinge, and is usually ornamented with a rather conspicuous postmedial zigzag fascia of whiter scales,—the anterior one being for the most part more or less (or even entirely) obsolete. It is attached apparently to the sylvan districts of Teneriffe, at intermediate and lofty elevations, and is generally very scarce. Nevertheless in the damp woods on the mountains above the Agua Mansa I have taken it in tolerable numbers (beneath stones and pieces of rotten wood); as also, though much more sparingly, at the Agua Garcia. I have great pleasure in dedicating it to my friend M. H. De Bonvouloir, of Paris, so well known for his devotion to the cause of Entomology, and whose recent Monograph of the Throscide (a pattern of what a monograph should be) has given him a distinguished place amongst our leading Coleopterists. 2. Casapus dilaticolls, n. sp. C. niger; prothorace picescenti, antice plus minus distincte dilatato, costis discalibus obsoletis (disco subaequali), late- ralibus sat distinctis, ad basin parce fulvo-squamoso ; elytris ovalibus, basi truncatis, levissime substriato-punctatis, pilis elongatis ubique et setis densioribus ad basin (preesertim ad humeros) obsitis, costis 4 basalibus (postice evanescentibus) minus elevatis, fascia indistincté postmedia [antemedia obso- letA] albido-ornatis; antennis pedibusque elongatis, sat ro- bustis, rufo-ferrugineis, squamosis. Var. 3 [an species distincta?] prothoracis costis discalibus paulo majoribus, elytris parcius pilosis, postice vix acuti- oribus, minutissime sub-alutaceis, costis basalibus magis elevatis. Long: corp. lin. vix 13—2. Habitat in locis inferioribus et intermediis Teneriffe, sub Japidibus, passim; ad Orotavam et in montibus mox supra Sanctam Crueem statum typicum deprehensi; sed var. (3 locis paulo editioribus, sc. Souzal, Las Mercedes, Taganana et cet. pertinet. Whilst the last species is peculiar to the higher elevations, within the sylvan districts of Teneriffe, the present one descends to the level of the sea-shore. It may be readily known from the 198 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the C. Bonvoulvirii by its rather more shining and less alutaceous surface, by its more piceous and anteriorly-expanded prothorax (which has the two intermediate ridges smaller, causing the disk to be comparatively flattened), and by its more oval and less acuminated elytra,—which are widest about the middle, more densely studded with long erect hairs than is the case in its ally, have their basal costee very much less developed, their striz (which however are somewhat variable) Jess apparent, and their hinder fascia (the anterior one being usually quite obsolete) straighter and much more obscure. The ‘‘var. 6” may perhaps be specifically distinct; indeed in its rather more developed coste, and its slightly more elliptic, subalutaceous and less pilose elytra, it is intermediate between the present insect and the last one; nevertheless the form of its anteriorly-widened prothorax must I think tend to associate it with the C. dilaticollis rather than with the Bonvouloirii. The typical state is not very uncommon, beneath stones, in the rocky ground immediately outside the Puerto of Orotava, adjoining the cemetery; as also, though more sparingly, on the ascent of the mountains around Santa Cruz: but the “var. 6” (if indeed it be not specifically distinct) seems to inhabit a somewhat higher region,—Souzal, Las Mercedes and Taganana being the spots in which I have hitherto observed it. 3. Casapus alticola,n. sp. (Pl. VIII. fig. 2.) C. niger; prothorace picescenti, antice plus minus distincte dilatato, cestis discalibus obsoletis (disco subaequali), late- ralibus sat distinctis, ad basin parce fulvo-squamoso; elytris ovalibus, basi paulo truncatis, profunde striato-punctatis, pilis elongatis densis ubique et setis densioribus ad basin (preesertim ad humeros) obsitis, costulis 4 basalibus sub- obsoletis, fasciis duabus fractis [sc. antemedia et postmedia, plerumque subzequaliter distinctis] albido-ornatis ; antennis pedibusque subelongatis, sat robustis, rufo-ferrugineis, squa- mosis. Long. corp. lin. vix 12—2. Halitat sub lapidibus in editioribus Teneriffae, usque ad 8000 s. m. ascendens.: Like the C. Bonvouloirii, the present Casapus is confined to lofty elevations, and is apparently peculiar to Teneriffe,—ascending indeed to a still higher altitude than that species, for I have taken it at upwards of 8,000 feet above the sea. It is nevertheless closely allied to the C. dilaticollis of the lower regions, with which in its shape and clothing it is almost coincident; and I am far from certain that it is in reality more than a phasis of that insect. Ptinide of the Canary Islands. 199 Its elytra, however (which have their basal plaits still less de- veloped), are more densely pilose, as also very much more deeply striate-punctate, and with their wo fasciz usually pretty distinct, —even the anterior one being nearly always tolerably conspicuous. It is evidently extremely rare, the few specimens which I have seen (only nine in number) having been captured by myself in the damp woods above the Agua Mansa, and (amongst the Re- tamas) on the Cumbre adjoining the Canadas above Ycod el Alto. 4. Casapus radiosus, n. sp. C. niger; prothorace picescenti, antice vix dilatato, costis discali- bus magnis elevatis, lateralibus subobsoletis, dense (praesertim in nodis et ad basin) fulvo-squamoso; elytris ovalibus, basi valde truncatis, profunde substriato-punctatis, pilis rigidis minus elongatis ubique et setis densioribus ad basin (prae- sertim ad humeros) obsitis, costulis 6 basalibus (postice evanescentibus) sat elevatis, fasciis duabus fractis [sc. ante- media et postmedid, plerumque subequaliter distinctis] albido-ornatis ; antennis pedibusque subelongatis, gracilibus, rufo-ferrugineis, squamosis. Long. corp. lin. 12. Habitat in montibus Canariz Grandis, sub lapidibus, rarissimus. The C. radiosus, which, so far as I have observed hitherto, is peculiar to Grand Canary, is a good deal allied at first sight to the preceding species. It differs from it, however, as well as from the C. dilaticollis, in its limbs being a trifle slenderer, and in having the two dorsal ridges of its prothorax (which is scarcely at all expanded in front) powerfully developed, whilst the lateral ones are sub-obsolete; as well as in the basal coste of its elytra (although not large) being more sharply defined and numerous,— there being indications of a smaller intermediate one on each ely- tron, between the ordinary (humeral and submedial) ones. Indeed there are traces of even another small ridge, between the sub- medial one and the place of the scutellum; so that the general appearance of the basal region of the elytra of the Casapus is that of a series of alternately larger and smaller radiating, or divari- cating, short plaits (or costee), which quickly become evanescent behind. In its deeply striate-punctate elytra and the tolerable distinctness of both of its fasciee it has more in common with the C. alticola than with the dilaticollis ; but its erect pile is rather shorter and more rigid than is the case in either of those insects. The few specimens from which the above diagnosis has been com- piled were captured by myself, beneath stones, on the mountains above San Martao in Grand Canary during the spring of 1858. 200 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the § Il. Elytra setis ereclis carentia. Palporum labialium articulus ultimus apice vix ercavatus (i. e. obsolete sub-excavatus)— Subg. Pithodes, Woll. 5. Casapus subcalvus,n. sp. (PI. VIII. fig. 3.) C. piceo-niger vel piceus; prothorace picescenti, antice vix dilatato, costis discalibus postice sat distinctis, lateralibus sub- obsoletis, ad basin dense fulvo-squamoso; elytris ovatis, basi paulo truncatis, leviter striato-punctatis, subcalvis (sed parce et brevissime pubescentibus et ad basin plus minus parce setulosis), costulis 4 basalibus (preesertim humeralibus) sub- obsoletis, fascid postmedia indistincta (plerumque omnino obsoleté) albido-ornatis ; antennis pedibusque subelongatis, sat robustis, rufo-ferrugineis, squamosis, Long. corp. lin. vix 13—2. Habitat in ins. Hierro, rarissimus,—a Dom. Gray et meipso, mense Februario a.p. 1858, haud procul ab oppido Valverde sub Japidibus parce captus. The C. subcalous is at once conspicuous amongst the other Casapi here described by the total freedom of its elytra (which are ovate, and somewhat narrowed in front) from erect pile,—a few stiff (and often very short) setee about the shoulders and extreme base being alone visible. There are, however, indications, beneath a high magnifying power, of an excessively minute, and sparing, de- cumbent pubescence, which does not exist in any of the preceding species. Its prothorax is small, hardly at all dilated anteriorly, and with its two dorsal costee pretty evident behind, but with the lateral ones sub-obsolete. The humeral ridge at the base of either elytron is almost evanescent, but the submedial one is tolerably distinct ; and the first joint of its posterior male-feet (3b) is very greatly enlarged. In most of the specimens which I have seen (thirteen in number) there is no indication whatsoever of paler fascize; but in one or two examples there are obscure traces of a broken transverse band behind the middle of the elytra. It isa somewhat aberrant member of the present genus, not only from the fact of its elytra being free from erect hairs, and from its having the basal articulation of its hinder male-tarsi more power- fully developed than is the case in any of the preceding species, but likewise (which is still more important) from the extreme apex of its labial palpi possessing only the slightest tendency (vide 3a) to be scooped-out,—though this peculiarity of structure is at any rate sufficiently expressed to leave no doubt of its being, at all events, just recognized. In many respects it approaches the Piotes vestita (which is, also, aberrant in its particular group), from a Ptinide of the Canary Islands. 201 Palma; but I think, nevertheless, that it has decidedly more in common with the type of Casapus than it has with that of Piofes. . The C. subcalvus is apparently very rare, and (so far as I have observed hitherto) peculiar to the island of Hierro,—where during February of 1858 it was captured sparingly, both by Mr. Gray and myself, from beneath stones, in the region to the westward of Valverde. Genus Dicnomus, nov. gen. (PI. VIII. fig. 4.) Corpus mediocre, parallelo-oblongum, sat dense squamoso-mar- moratum (sed haud pilosum), alatum: oculis maximis, sub- rotundatis, valde prominentibus: wprothorace postice con- _ stricto, in disco valde 4-nodoso-gibboso: seutello magno, sub- rotundato: elytris liberis, circa humeros fere rectangulatis (humeris ipsissimis rotundatis): metasterno longiusculo, pos- tice (inter coxas posticas) profunde subtriangulariter inciso et in medio canalicula basali impresso; alis parvis: abdominis segmento penultimo vix brevi. Antenne et instrumenta cibaria fere ut in genere precedenti, sed z/lis paulo longioribus gra- cilioribus, labro (4a) magis piloso, mandibulis (4b) ut in genere Ptino, i. e. ad apicem acutis et infra (mox ante me- dium) dente lato anguliformi armatis, necnon mento (4d) paulo breviore, lobo centrali vix magis triangulari apice acu- tiore. Pedes elongati, gracillimi; antici sub-approximati, intermedi vix distantiores, postica leviter distantes: femoribus elongatis, gracilibus, vix clavatis: dbus tarsisque elongatis, gracilibus ; his filiformibus, articulo basalari in anticis, longi- usculo, in posterioribus longissimo, 3 sequentibus miedelit leviter decrescentibus, ultimo longiusculo. Obs.—Genus inter Casapum jeeronna situm,—cum lo palporum labialium articulo ultimo anomalo excavato abdo- minisque segmento penultimo breviusculo (nec brevissimo), sed cum hoc mandibularum metasternique structura, protho- race postice coarctato, scutello alisque distinctis, coxis posticis haud valde distantibus, elytris liberis neenon forma generali congruens: sed in oculis maximis valde prominentibus, in menti lobo ad apicem acutiore, antennis pedibusque gracilli- mis, necnon tarsis longissimis, articulo basalari in posterior?bus (haud in posticis solum) valde elongatis a genere utroque discedit. A diyvwpoe [cre et yvwpn], dubius. Until I had dissected the curious insect from which the above characters have been compiled I had conceived it to be a normal 202 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the Ptinus,—with which in nearly every external feature, except its immense and very prominent eyes, its exceedingly slender legs (the four hinder tarsi of which have their basal joint greatly elon- gated), and the less abbreviated fourth-segment of its abdomen, it entirely agrees. Nevertheless a more critical examination of it has proved that, in addition to these outward particulars (which I was prepared to regard as specific ones), it possesses the most extraordinary apical articulation of the labial palpi (vide 4d) which I have already described as belonging to the last genus. It is therefore strictly intermediate between Casapus and Plinus: for, whilst its only slightly shortened penultimate abdominal segment and the anomalous excavation of its Jabial palpi would unite it with the former, in the structure of its mandibles and metasternum, as well as in its posteriorly coaretate prothorax, its distinct scu- tellum and wings, and its general facies, it is coincident with the latter. However in its enormous and greatly projecting eyes, no less than in its very slender legs (with the above mentioned pe- culiarity of their feet), and the more apically-acute central lobe of its mentum, it recedes from both of those groups. Its habits, more- over (of which shortly) are somewhat singular. 6. Dignomus gracilipes, n. sp. (PI. VIII. fig. 4.) D. nigro-piceus ; prothorace parvo, squamis fuscis, albidis et preesertim fusco-albidis dense tecto; scutello albido-squa- moso; elytris profunde punctato-striatis, squamis albidis parcius marmoratis (ad humeros ipsos fuscis), plagé media indistincta laterali (in singulo posité) squamis carente ; an- tennis pedibusque gracilibus, rufo-ferrugineis, plus minus fusco-albido-squamosis. Long. corp. lin. 1:—1§. Habitat in arenosis insularum Lanzarote et Fuerteventure, ra- rissimus,—in stercore arido bovino, equino, camelino (nec humano), Jatitans. On account of the fragile nature of the whitish scales with which this singular insect is clothed, the elytra are usually a good deal denuded,— giving the surface a clouded, or mottled, appearance. Nevertheless a large lateral patch on either side, extending (like a broken fascia) from the middle of the external margin to about the disk of each elytron, seems normally to be more or less free from scales; and even another, smaller one, towards the apex, is often faintly indicated. ‘The species seems to be very rare, and confined (so far as I have observed hitherto) to the dry sandy plains of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura,—where in March and Ptinide of the Canary Islands. 203 April of 1859 I took it sparingly, both in the neighbourhood of Arreciffe and Papagayo (of the former), and near Corralejo (in the north of the latter). In almost every instance I found it secreted (in company with the Piarus basalis, the Notiomimus fimicola, and a beautiful Corynetes) within the dried dung of horses, oxen and camels. Genus Prinvus. Linneeus, Syst. Nat. il. 565 (1767). The genus Ptinus, as now restricted, may be regarded, so far as the parts of its mouth are concerned, as possessing the most ordi- nary characters of the family,—which have been already pointed out. In other details it may be known by its comparatively long metasternum and less distant hinder coxe, by the penultimate segment of its abdomen being usually much shortened, by its con- spicuous scutellum and developed wings, by its posteriorly-con- stricted and anteriorly-nodulose prothorax, by its elongate and slender limbs, and by (most frequently) the dissimilarity of its sexes. The Ptini proper are insects which are more often at- tached to articles of merchandize, and the dwellings of man, than to the open country ; so that they have become more widely dif- fused over the civilised world, through the medium of commerce and by human agencies generally, than have the members of the allied groups,-—most of which (with the exception perhaps of Mezium and Gibbium) are essentially independent in their modes of life. 7. Ptinus testaceus? Oliv. P. ferrugineus, valde (preesertim in prothorace) subsetuloso- pubescens ; prothorace postice valde constricto; scutello albido-fulvescenti-squamoso ; elytris ellipticis, punctato- striatis; antennis pedibusque elongatis, gracilibus, parce squamosis. Long. corp. lin. 1}. Ptinus testaceus? Oliv., Ent. ix. 8 (1790). — advena? Woll., Ins. Mad. 261 (1854). ——— testaceus? Id., Cat. Mad. Col, 89 (1857). ——__ ————__? de Boield., Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France (3iéme série), iv. 654 (1857). Habitat ins. Hierro; in domo quodam exemplar unicum (certe introductum) collegi. I believe that the single specimen (a female) from which the above diagnosis has been drawn-out is certainly identical with the P. advena of the “Insecta Maderensia” (though I have not now 204 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the the original type for comparison),—which M. de Boieldieu identi- fied with the P. testaceus of Olivier. It is clearly a naturalized species, and perfectly unimportant ; and was captured by myself, in a house, during my sojourn in the island of Hierro, at the end of February, 1858. Genus Mezium. (Leach) Curtis, Brit. Ent. v. 232 (1828). 8. Mezium sulcatum, Fab. M. nigro- vel rufo-piceum; capite prothoraceque densissime flavo-albido-squamosis, hoc valde 4-nodoso-costato; elytris politissimis, interdum setis paucis rigidis erectis obsitis, ad basin ipsissimam squamarum fasciculis minutis instructis ; antennis pedibusque robustissimis, crassis, dense subsetu- loso-squamosis. Long. corp. lin. 3—vix 1. Ptinus sulcatus, Fab., Spec. Ins. i. 73 (1781). Mezium sulcatum, Curt., Brit. Ent. v. 232 (1828). —_— ———.-, Woll., Ins. Mad. 273 (1854). - ——-, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 92 (1857). Habitat insulas Canarienses, sub lapidibus in aridis saxosis hecnon preesertim in cavernis tufee, vulgare. The common Mezium sulcatum, which in central and southern Europe is constantly imported with various articles of merchandize, and is therefore generally to be found (when at all) in and around the dwellings of man, would seem to be truly indigenous in the Atlantic Groups. At Madeira it is pretty common, beneath stones (in company with the Plinus maurttanicus and Hegceter elon- gatus), in barren rocky spots and open basaltic caverns ; and at the Canaries it often teems, in similar localities,—where it is cer- tainly universal throughout the Archipelago. I have myself only captured it in six out of the seven islands of the cluster, not having happened to find it during my short stay at Gomera; but there cannot be the slightest doubt that it must exist there also. At Arguineguin, in the south of Grand Canary, I have observed it in the utmost profusion,—under stones, amongst the small groves of Tamarisk, facing the sea; but undoubtedly its favourite haunts are the dry, rocky (though open and exposed) caves with which the tufa and basalt everywhere abound, and to which the various Hegeters (and a few species of Helops) are more peculiarly attached. M. de Boieldieu, in his Monograph of the Ptinide, has failed to notice the tendency of its elytra (which are usually quite glabrous) to be more or less sparingly studded with a few strong erect setee; and he has likewise omitted all allusion to its Plinida of the Canary Islands. 205 most remarkable feature, namely that the extreme base of its elytra is densely fringed with a row of minute pads of closely-set scales. Genus Nitrus. (PI. VIII. fig. 5.) Jacq. Du Val, Glan. Entom. 138 (1860). Corpus parvum, elytris subglobosis, parce squamosum (sed haud pilosum), apterum: oculis parvis, subrotundatis, paulo pro- minulis: prothorace eequali, subcylindrico (ad basin vix con- stricto): scutel/o haud observando: elytris connatis : metasterno brevi, postice (inter coxas posticas) facile et leviter arcuato: abdominis segmento.penultimo brevissimo. Antenne fere ut in Casapo, sed (in utroque sexu) 9-articulatee. Instrumenta cibaria (5a, 5b, 5c, 5c) fere ut in Dignomo, Ptino et ceet., sed mentt lobo centrali (5d) paulo angustiore. Pedes longiusculi, subrobusti ; antici sub-approximati, ¢ntermedi paulo dis- tantiores, postict valde distantes : femoribus subclavatis: larsis crassiusculis, articulis 4 basalibus gradatim leviter decre- scentibus ; posticis in sexu masculo (5 e) 4-articulatis, art. lmo longiusculo. Obs.—Genus in structuré antennarum tarsorumque mascu- lorum posticorum inter Péinidas abnormale, sed in reliquis minutiis cum Spherico fere omnino congruens. _The genus Nifpus was established lately by M. Jacquelin Duval for the reception of a small member of the present family which is common in Teneriffe, and which so closely counterfeits at first sight my Sphericus albopictus, from Madeira, and its near Canarian ally the S. s¢mplex, that, until examining it minutely, I had inad- vertently mixed it up with specimens of the latter insect. After a careful dissection of these species, and an accurate comparison of their several parts, they appear to me to be almost identical in every respect, except that in Nitpus the antennze and hinder male- feet have their joints numerically reduced,—those of the former (in both sexes) being merely nine and those of the latter four. In the rest of their structural details I can detect no differences worth mentioning,*—their various oral organs, as well as the form of their metasterna, abdominal segments, and basally-distant pos- terior coxa, being similar; nevertheless the primary importance * The upper-lip in Nitpus is perhaps a little more pilose in front, and just per- ceptibly rounder at the sides; the shoulder-like stipes of the maxillz is not quite so square at its apex, and the terminal joint of the palpi is possibly a trifle less elongate ; but such small differences (which are but barely appreciable) cannot be of more than specific importance. 206 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the of the two above-mentioned characters would seem to necessitate the retention of Nitpus as a distinet genus. 9. Nitpus gonospermi, J. Duval. N. capite prothoraceque nigro-piceis et squamis subflavescenti- cinereis parce tectis, hoe-'subcylindrico (ad latera vix ro- tundato) in medio tenuissime canaliculato; elytris plus minus clarioribus, rotundatis, sat profunde punctatis, fasciis duabus parvis [sc. antemedia plerumque obsoleta et postmedia] plus minus indistinctis oblique curvatis fractis subflavescenti- cinereis ornatis; antennis pedibusque robustis, clare rufo- ferrugineis. Long. corp. lin. }—1. Nitpus gonospermi, Jacq. Duval, Glan. Ent. 138 (1860). Habitat Teneriffam, usque ad 2,000 s. m. ascendens, hine inde vulgaris. Apart from its generic characters (of antennze and hinder male- feet), the N. gonospermi may be distinguished from the Sphericus simplex (to which at first sight it is closely allied) by being, on the average, a trifle larger, and with its limbs usually of a clearer hue and rather more robust. Its prothorax, also, is somewhat more cylindric (being a trifle less rounded at the sides), and with a minute narrow central channel; its elytra are more strongly punctured and globose, and with their very indistinct fascie a little more evident, arcuated, and oblique ; and its scales are alto- gether less white, or with a yellower tinge. It is a common insect throughout the lower and intermediate regions of Teneriffe; but, although absolutely abundant in certain places, I have not captured it in any of the other islands of the group: yet the Sphericus simplex, which has not been observed in Teneriffe, supplies its place in Hierro, Whether it attaches itself to par- ticular plants Iam unable to say; nevertheless I have certainly beaten it in great profusion from off a yellow tansy in the waste ground immediately above the Puerto of Orotava; and I have likewise brushed it out of the thick herbage in a small Barranco at Souzal, as well as at Taganana, and elsewhere. It has also been taken by the Rev. R. T. Lowe near Garachico. Genus Spuzricus.* (Pl. VIII. fig. 6.) Woll., Ins. Mad. 263, pl. v. f. 4, 5, 6 (1854). Corpus, antenne, instrumenta cibaria (6 a, 6b, 6c, 6d) et pedes * On what principle of common fairness M. Jacq. Duval cancels the name (even though I only registered it as of subgeneric importance) which I proposed Ptinide of the Canary Islands. 207 ut in Mitpo; sed oculis interdum minus rotundatis, prothorace minus subcylindrico (ad latera paulo magis eequaliter rotun- dato), antennis vix gracilioribus et 11- (nec 9-) articulatis, necnon larsis omnibus (in utroque sexu) pentameris. The seven species which I characterized in the “ Insecta Ma- derensia” as aberrant Ptini, under the Sectional name of Sphe- ricus, are evidently members of M. De Boieldieu’s Division of Trigonogenius for which he retained Gené’s title of Zipnus: indeed the albopictus (so universal throughout the Madeiran archipelago, and which is intimately related to the rest) was actually examined by M. De Boieldieu, whilst compiling his Monograph of the Péinide, and referred by him without doubt to that particular group. Hence, in my recent dissections,* I have not hesitated to regard both the albopictus and sunplex as normal representatives of Z%pnus (as registered by M. De Boieldieu, and subsequently characterized by M. Duval). Nevertheless with respect to the mere name of the genus, there can be no question [vide the foot-note, p. 206] that “ Sphericus” has the priority. 10. Sphericus simplex, n. sp. (Pl. VIII. fig. 6.) S. capite prothoraceque nigro-piceis et squamis cinereis parce tectis, hoc ad latera paulo rotundato, subeequali; elytris plus minus clarioribus, ovalibus, vix profunde punctatis, fascia for these insects in 1854, substituting instead one of his own published in 1860, it is difficult to conjecture. In my short sectional diagnosis I gave at all events sufficient particulars for recognizing these species from the true Ptini [for, in ad- dition to figures of three of them, I called attention to their globose form, apterous bodies, scaly (instead of pilose) surface, convex (instead of posteriorly constricted ) prothorax, and (besides two other characters of less importance) their obsolete scutella], so that it is a simple act of injustice when M. Duval disposes of all this in the few following words: ‘‘ Du reste, M. Wollaston basait son groupe sur des caractéres sans valeur.” Surely M. Duval must have been aware that, after all, those few points to which I alluded embody the main differential features of the group; at any rate in glancing at his own diagnosis I find very little else, of a distinctive kind, referred to: and even if they did not embody them, it would still be no argument for the rejection of the title which I imposed on it. As for his observation that, in my Catalogue of 1857, I suppressed the name of Spheri- cus in favour of Trigonogenius, of Gay and Solier, it is mere ‘‘ special pleading.” The reason why I substituted Trigonogenius in that Catalogue, was, because it was an older term than my own (so that the law of priority required the change): but now that the name of Trigonogenius is limited to the South American species, jt is quite evident that the title which I proposed for the European and Atlantic ones (three of which were absolutely figured) should be adopted. * My dissections of Sphericus, given in the Plate, are taken from the Madeiran albopictus (which is almost identical, specifically, with the simplea). 208 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the indistincté postmedia [antemedia obsoleta] fracta cinerea ornatis; antennis pedibusque piceo- vel rufo-ferrugineis ; oculis parvis, rotundatis. Long. corp. lin. }—. Habitat in ins. Hierro, a meipso prope oppidum Valverde, Februario a.p. 1858, detectus. This little Sphericus is almost identical, at first sight, with the S. albopictus, which is so universal and abundant throughout the Madeiran Group; nevertheless it may be at once known from it, when placed beneath the microscope, by its tarsi being more conical,—the penultimate joint, which is strongly bilobed in the albopictus, being in the S. simplex both narrow and entire. In other particulars, the fascize of the Canarian species are less developed than is the case in its ally,—the antemedial one being apparently quite suffused and obsolete, whilst the postmedial one is more indistinct and not so arcuate; but the obscure, ill-defined, longi- tudinal, cloud-like band which tends to unite the two is, on the other hand, perhaps rather more traceable. Its primd facie dis- tinctions from the Nitpus gonospermi (apart from generic ones) have been already implied in my observations under that insect. As mentioned above, the S. simplex has as yet only been noticed in the island of Hierro,—where, during my residence there with the Rev. R. T. Lowe in February, 1858, I captured a few speci- mens of it in a small Barranco immediately to the north-west of Valverde. 11. Sphericus gibbicollis, n. sp. S. capite prothoraceque fusco-piceis et squamis flavescenti- cinereis dense tectis, hoc ad latera distinctius rotundato, in disco gibboso sub-binodoso et in medio canaliculato ; elytris clarioribus (rufo-ferrugineis) ovalibus vel rotundato-ovalibus, profunde punctatis, fascia indistinctaé postmedia plus minus obsoleta fracta flavescenti-cinerea ornatis; antennis pedi- busque robustis, clare rufo-ferrugineis, squamosis; oculis reniformi-ovatis. Long. corp. lin. 3—14. Habitat in ins. Lanzarota et Fuerteventura, rarissimus. In the shape of its eyes, which are ovate-reniform (being rather acute behind and broad in front), instead of round, the §. oibbi- collis differs not only from the preceding species but from all the Spherict with which I am acquainted. In other respects, it recedes from the S. simplex in being apparentiy rather larger and Ptinida of the Canary Islands. 209 more ferruginous ; in its head and prothorax (the latter of which is more gibbous and convex, as also sub-binodulose and channeled, on its disc) being more densely clothed with yedlowish-white scales ; in its elytra being more deeply punctured ; and in its limbs being rather more scaly and robust. So far as I have observed hitherto, it is peculiar to Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, and is excessively rare. From the latter indeed I possess but a single specimen ; but in the former I have taken it sparingly, at Yé, in the extreme north of the island. Genus Piarus, nov. gen. (PI. VIII. fig. 7.) Corpus mediocre, elytris rotundato-ovalibus, parce squamosum necnon pilis rigidis erectis ubique eequaliter vestitum, ap- terum: oculis parvis, subrotundatis, prominulis : prothorace subaequali, ad latera paulo rotundato: scutello parvo, tri- angulari, inter setulas zgre observando: elytris connatis: metasterno brevi, zequali, postice (inter coxas posticas) facile et leviter arcuato: abdominis segmento penultimo vix brevi. Antenne et instrumenta cibartia (7a, 7b, 7c, 7d) fere ut in Ptinidis typicis, sed mandibulis (7b) obtusius dentatis, versus apicem internum obliquius subtruncatis (sed minus quam in genere Casapo). Pedes fere ut in generibus preecedentibus, articulis 4 basalibus (in utroque sexu) gradatim leviter decre- scentibus. Obs.—Genus Nitpo et Spherico fere simile, sed species est major et pilis rigidis erectis ubique densissime vestita, scu- tello distincto triangulari, segmento penultimo abdominali haud brevissimo, necnon mandibulis obtusius dentatis et obliquius truncatis. Corpore sat magno et presertim elytris dentato-subfasciatis cum genere sequenti (saltem Piotes in- constans) melius congruit; sed prothorax subzequalis est (nec nodoso-costatus), ad latera subzequaliter rotundatus, elytra sunt equalia (nec ad basin etiam obsolete subcostata, nec ibidem densius setosa), labrum est paulo minus pilosum et vix emarginatum, mandibule sunt obtusius dentate et magis oblique truncate, processus stipitis maxillaris est magis quadrata, necnon tarsi in utroque sexu inter se non discedunt (i. e. posticorum masculorum articulo basalari haud in- crassato). A mapoc, pinguis. In external contour and size, though more especially in the rigid pile with which its surface is beset, and the tendency of its VOL. I. THIRD SERIES, PART I11.—AvGUST, 1862. P 210 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the elytra to be ornamented with much the same kind of dentate fascice (formed by paler scales), the insect from which the above structural formula has been drawn possesses so much in common with the Piotes inconstans from Grand Canary that, until critically examining it, I could scarcely believe that it was not a closely- allied member of the same genus. Nevertheless since it is totally free from the chief characteristics of that group (namely the im- mensely developed first-joint of the hinder male-feet, and the more or less nodose-costate prothorax), and since also the base of its elytra has no appearance whatsoever of the stronger and denser setze and the obsolete ridges which are more or less indicated in Piotes (and carried to an excess in Casapus), whilst its scutellum is more evidently developed and its mandibles are much less sharply toothed, and more obliquely truncated at their apex, than is there the case, I have no alternative but to regard it as gene- rically distinct. In minor details, moreover, the upper-lip of Piarus is less pilose, and not so deeply emarginate, as that of Piotes; and the shoulder-like process of its maxillary stzpes is squarer and more obtuse. From Nitpus and Sphericus (with which in some respects it might be associated) Piarus differs mainly in the larger size and strongly pilose surface of the insect which represents it; as well as in its distinct scutellum, its very much less shortened penulti- mate abdominal segment, and its less acutely dentate, and more obliquely-truncated mandibles. 12. Piarus basalis, nn. sp. (PI. VIII. fig. 7.) P. niger vel piceo-niger; capite sat dense flavescenti-cinereo- squamoso; prothorace densissime granulato- (vel tubercu- lato-) asperato et setulis fuscis suberectis dense obsito; ely- tris ovalibus, striato-punctatis, subnitidis, pilis rigidis erectis elongatis dense obsitis et fasciis duabus [sc. basali magn& conspicua dentata et sub-apicali parva fracté seepius obso- leta] flavescenti-abidis ornatis ; antennis pedibusque robustis, ferrugineis, squamosis. Long. corp. lin. 1—1}. Habitat ins. Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram, hinc inde vulgaris : in stercore arido bovino, equino, camelino (una cum Notiomimo jimicold et czeteris degens) latitat. Apart from its generic characters already alluded to, the present insect is conspicuous amongst the other Ptinide here described by the long and erect hairs with which it is densely clothed, by its dark Ptinide of the Canary Islands. | Ak surface and coarsely granulated prothorax, as well as by the large and rather conspicuous fascia of paler scales with which the base of its elytra is adorned. It seems peculiar to the two eastern islands, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, and is rather singular in its habits,—occurring usually (in company with the Dignomus gra- cilipes, Notiomimus fimicola and a beautiful Corynetes) in the dried dung of horses, oxen and camels, in the most arid spots, often in considerable profusion. I have, however, taken it occasionally beneath stones; under which circumstances it was also found by John Gray, Esq., during our sojourn in Fuerteventura. Genus Piorzs, nov. gen. (PI. VIII. fig. 8, 9.) Corpus mediocre vel sat magnum, elytris rotundato-ovalibus, plus minus squamosum necnon typice pilis rigidis erectis (preesertim ad humeros) vestitum, apterum: oculis parvis, subrotundatis, prominulis: prothorace plus minus 2- vel 4- nodoso-costato, ad basin ipsissimam leviter coarctato: scutello haud observando: elytris connatis, ad basin obsoletissime longitudinaliter subcostatis: metasterno brevi, aequali, postice (inter coxas posticas) facile et leviter arcuato: abdominis seg- mento penultimo vix brevi. Antenne et instrumenta cibaria (8a, ‘8b, 8c, 8d) fere ut in Pétinidis typicis, sed labro (8 a) apice densius piloso et paulo profundius emarginato et stipitis maxillaris processu (8c) paulo longiore. Pedes fere ut in Casapo, i. e. crassiusculi, tarsorum posticorum masculorum (8 e) articulo basalari maximo dilatato, Obs.—Genus articulo basalari tarsorum posticorum mas- culorum maximo dilatato, prothorace (necnon etiam elytris obsoletissime) ad basin plus minus setoso-nodoso-costato, Casapo simulans; sed structura instrumentorum cibariorum [se. mandibularum, palporum labialium et cet. ] cum Ptinidis typicis fere congruit: praeter czetera, corpore minore densius vestito et haud polito, labro magis piloso coxisque posticis paulo distantioribus a Casapo recedit. A genere preecedenti (Piaro) Piotes prothorace (et etiam elytris ad basin obsoletis- sime) nodoso-costato (nec aquali), mandibulis acutius den- tatis, processu stipitis maxillaris longiore angustiore, necnon tarsorum posticorum masculorum articulo primo maximo dilatato differt. A xérne [ioc], obesitas. [Typus—P. inconstans. | In the remarkably enlarged basal joint of its two hinder male- feet, as well as in the more or less evident noduliform costz P2 212 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on the with which its prothorax and the base of its elytra are embossed (—though in the latter position they are but just traceable, and may be regarded as obsolete), the present genus brings us back again to Casapus, with which we commenced this descriptive enu- meration of the.Canarian Piinide. Nevertheless it differs essen- tially from that group, since it not merely wants the curious excavation at the apex of the labial palpi, and the very obtuse, obliquely truncated mandibles which are there so conspicuous ; but, amongst other differences, its body is smaller, much more densely clothed, and un-polished, its upper-lip is more pilose, and its posterior coxee are somewhat more distant. In fact, although assuming the two above-mentioned peculiarities of Casapus (and they are most significant ones), it has evidently a greater affinity with the last genus,—to which in external contour and size, no less than in the subdentate fascize with which its elytra are adorned, and the stiff erect hairs with which it is everywhere beset, the Grand Canarian P. inconstans (which I regard as the type) makes a most decided approach; nevertheless its costate pronotum and the subcostate base of its elytra, in conjunction with its undis- tinguishable scutellum, its more pubescent and emarginated upper- lip, its acuter mandibles (at all events of the P. inconstans), which are constructed like those of the ordinary Ptinide, the longer and narrower process of its maxillary stipes and the incrassated first- joint of the hinder tarsi of its male sex, will at once separate it from Piarus. § I. Corpus squamosum et selosum ; mandibulis apice acutis (ut in Ptinis typicis). 13. Piotes inconstans,n. sp. (PI. VIII. fig. 8.) P. nigra vel piceo-nigra; capite prothoraceque dense flavescenti- cinereo-squamosis, hoc postice leviter 4-nodoso-costato; elytris ovalibus, striato-punctatis, subnitidis, pilis plus minus rigidis, plus minus erectis, plus minus elongatis, plus minus dense obsitis, fasciis duabus magnis dentatis [sc. sub-basali et postmedia] necnon apice albidis (plus minus distinctis vel inter se suffusis) ornatis; antennis pedibusque robustis, fer- rugineis, squamosis. a. elytris setulis brevibus subdemissis dense tectis, fasciis ple- rumque sat distinctis. (. [evrde fig. | elytris pilis rigidis longiusculis erectis dense tectis, fasciis plerumque sat distinctis. y: lanata [an species vera ?] elytris pilis mollibus valde elongatis Ptinide of the Canary Islands. 213 erectis sat dense tectis, fasciis plerumque minus distinctis, interdum fere omnino confluentibus suffusis obsoletis. Long. corp. lin. 1}—23. Habitat sub lapidibus in ins. Canaria Grandi, rarissima: status a et 6 ad Maspalomas et Arguineguin dente hepeh sed y ad are- nosos juxta Las Palmas pertinet. After a careful examination of many specimens of this insect, I have been forced to the conclusion that variability in the length and thickness of the hairs with which its elytra are beset, no less than the inconstancy of its fascize, form (in combination) one of its characteristic features. As regards the greater or less de- velopment of its elytral markings (which, although in some examples well-defined and bright, are in others entirely lost sight of, and suffused inter se) there is nothing remarkable, for the whole of these fasciated Ptinide are eminently unstable in this respect ; but I am not aware of any other instance in which the erect hairs which stud the elytra are so extremely variable as they are in the present species. In fact, were I not able almost to complete the passage between the three states indicated above, I might have regarded them as specifically distinct ; but since such is the case, and since also their other characters (apart from the elytral clothing) are nearly identical, I cannot but consider them as mere phases of each other. As regards the first two of them, however (a and (3), they certainly are not local forms, for I have taken them in company; neither are they sexual, for they are equally indicated in both males and females; but with respect to the third (y) there is a possibility that it may be a geographical state, since I have hitherto observed it in only one locality (the sandy region between Las Palmas and Puerto da Luz of Grand Canary), and unmixed. The whole three of them seem to be peculiar to Grand Canary—where, in April, 1858, I took the a and beneath stones in the vast sandy tract at Maspalomas (in the south of the island), as also at Arguineguin: whilst the y (as just stated) occurs in similar spots between Las Palmas and the Isleta, in the north. § II. Corpus squamosum (nec setosum); mandibulis apice paulo magis obtusis. 14, Piotes vestita,n. sp. (Pl. VIII. fig. 9.) P. nigra, squamulis fuscis demissis ubique densissime vestita ; prothorace costis discalibus duabus valde elevatis (lateralibus 214 On the Ptinida of the Canary Islands. obsoletis) notato, angustulo, lateraliter compresso; elytris ovalibus, striato-punctatis; antennis pedibusque elongatis, robustis, Ss quan Long. corp. lin. 2 Habitat sub ae tNek in ins. Palma, rarissima. The great size of this species, which is concolorous throughout (being densely clothed with decumbent pale-brown scales) and is quite free from erect hairs, in conjunction with its small, narrow, laterally-compressed prothorax (which has two considerably ele- vated ridges down its disk, but the external ones obsolete), will readily distinguish it from the other members of the Pioide here described. In general outline, both of prothorax and elytra, no less than in the bicostate surface of the former, the total freedom of the latter from additional pile, its large bulk, the slight ten- dency which its elytra possess to have obscure subsetulose ridges at their base, and the enormous development of the first-joint of its hinder male-feet, it has much in common with the Casapus sub- calvus from Hierro; and indeed the fact that the latter insect is somewhat aberrant in its group (having not only indications of minute scales on its elytra, instead of hairs, but likewise the extreme apex of its labial palpi almost entire) would perhaps render this relationship the more striking; nevertheless, every point duly considered, I think there can be no doubt but that the present species has (despite its unpilose body and sub-obtuse mandibles) more in common with the type of Piofes than it has with the aberration from the type of Casapus ; though, as implied at the commencement of this memoir, it may be said to bring us almost back again to the forms with which we started. The P. vestita appears to be extremely rare, the only two specimens which I have seen having been captured by myself in the island of Palma during June, 1858—one high up in the Bar- ranco above Santa Cruz, and the other in the laurel-woods above Buenavista on the ascent to the Cumbre. ( 215 ) XII. Descriptions of New Species of the Genus Bassus. By Tuomas Desviengs, Esq. [Read Ist July, 1861.] Havine already given a list of indigenous Bassi, in the Catalogue printed for the British Museum, I do not think it necessary to recapitulate them here; their descriptions are accurately given by Grav. Vol. III. Ich. Eur. pp. 312—357. The following I consider to be eleven new distinct species, and have, therefore, ventured to describe them as such. The females in this sub-genus of the family of the Bass: vary:—thus the apex of the abdomen in some species is but little compressed, in others the remaining segments from the second are completely so, forming, as it were, a narrow dorsal ridge—but the males are mostly similar to one another in their habits, and probably from this fact Gravenhorst did not think it necessary to form another sub-genus. New species described :— Bassus rufocinctus, D. » maculatus, D. »» ptcitans, D. » scabrosus, D. » albicinctus, D. » frenator, D. », thoracicus, D. » flavus, D. » planus, D. », *compressus, & (@ B.M.C. 91—19). » pulchellus, D. », elegans, Grav. g a ” @ D. Bassus rufocinctus. Segmentis 1 et 2 crebre punctatis, 2—5 rufo-marginatis; coxis et femoribus ‘nigris, tibiis et orbitis oculorum internis flavis, scutello nigro. ~ Long. 2—23 lin. # et 9. Head—apex of mandibles and the inner orbits of the eyes, extending above and a little below the antenne, yellow. Antenne filiform, more than half the length of body. Thorax gibbous, with a line before and a small dot at the base of wings yellow. 216 Mr. Thomas Desvignes’ Descriptions of Wings hyaline, with a very faint tinge of yellow; base and stigma pale, the latter slightly eloudy. Legs—coxze and trochanters black, the first and second pairs of the latter sometimes yellow at their apex ; first pair of femora pitchy fulvous at the base, paler at the apex, second pair black at the base, sulphur colour after- wards; hinder femora black, the extreme apex fulvous; all the tibize yellowish, the tarsi fuscous. Abdomen depressed, first segment sessile-quadrate, the second broader than the first, both deeply punctate, a slightly impressed line on each, the remainder punctate; the margins of second to fifth segments chestnut red; apex of female sub-compressed ; aculeus sub-exserted. Allied to B. multicolor, Grav. Bassus maculatus. Segmentis mediis rufis nigro-maculatis; pedibus fulvis, coxis et trochanteribus flavis, posticis basi nigris; ¢ facie, genis, picturis thoracis et pectoris flavis; @ ore et macula fere dimidiata infra- antennas flavis, abdomine e segmento 2° compresso. Long. 2—23 lin. Head—face, cheeks and frontal orbits of the @ yellow, the former distinctly protuberant longitudinally ; female with a yellow dot nearly double just below the antenne. Antenne shorter than the body, filiform, the last joint slightly acuminate; of the beneath yellow; @ towards the base pale ferruginous, second joint at the extreme base black. Thorax more cylindrical than gibbous, a line before, a dot at the base and another adjoining beneath the wings, yellow; the ¢ has besides a yellow band ex- tending from below the wings to the breast behind the first pair of coxee, and also a yellow dot on each side of the collar. Scutellum black. Wings hyaline; stigma and base pale; the costa fuscous. Legs fulvous ; cox and trochanters yellow, the hinder pair black at the base, a blackish streak beneath the posterior femora of the g ; tibize pale fulvous, and the tarsi rather darker. Abdomen & — Ist and 2nd segments black, the margin of the latter and 3rd—Sth segments rufous or chestnut ; 3rd —5th with a large, central, some- what triangular black patch. @ black, the sides of the 2nd—5th entirely red or chestnut, from the apex of the 2nd much com- pressed, forming, as it were, a narrow ridge on the back ; aculeus very short, curved upwards, New Species of the Genus Bassus. 217 Bassus picitans. Segmento secundo puncto laterali obscuro-ferrugineo, pedibus fulvis, coxis nigris; ¢ orbitis oculorum internis et macula faciei flavis; @ ore, clypeo, et puncto faciali flavis, areola oblique quadrata. Long. 13—2 lin. Rather smaller than B. pictus. Head—face with the internal orbits, a central spot, mandibles and labrum, yellow; ¢ mouth and a small central dot paler yellow. Antenne filiform, longer than half the body; 1st joint beneath yellow. Thorax with a line before the wings, and a narrower one under, yellow. Wings hyaline; stigma and base pale; areolet obliquely 4-angular. Legs—coxe and trochanters black, their apex sometimes yellowish, or with a paler dot; femora fulvous beneath, more or less dusky towards the base in the ¢, extreme tip of hinder tibize and the tarsi obscure. 4Abdomen—the lateral margins of the 2nd segment with an obscure ferruginous dot; Ist and 2nd segments opaque; the apex of @ very slightly sub-compressed ; aculeus exserted, stout, short. Bassus scabrosus 3 . Mas.—Segmentorum marginibus tuberculatis ; segmento primo lineis duabus elevatis, segmento 2° lineis tribus depressis ; abdomine toto punctato, przesertim segmentis 1° et 2°; pedibus anterioribus flavis; coxis et tarsis posticis nigris, - femoribus rufis ; scutello, facie et picturis thoracis et pectoris flavis; areola petiolata. Long. 4 lin. \ Head—face, mouth and cheeks, and a portion of the inner orbits above the antenne, yellow. Antenne not so long as the body, setaceous; first joint beneath yellow; the articulations towards the base longish, and testaceous beneath, gradually darker towards the apex. Thorax gibbous, a triangular patch before the wings, below this a perpendicular one broadest at its base, a line below the wings, a pectoral one behind the first pair of coxze extending upwards, and two large spots before them on the lower part of the collar; a sutural line between the metathorax and mesothorax, and a line below the scutellum, yellow. Scutellum yellow. Wings smoky hyaline; costa and stigma black, base yellow; areola triangular, petiolated; the inferior nervure of the first cubital cellule slightly arched, but not angulated. Legs—Anterior coxe yellow; femora pale fulvous: hinder coxe black; apex of tro- chanters yellow ; femora red ; all the tibize pale fulvous, the apex 218 Mr. Thomas Desvignes’ Descriptions of of the hinder pair and tarsi black. Abdomen longer than the head and thorax, deeply punctured; first segment with two elevated lines meeting before the apex, somewhat shining ; second segment with three longitudinal furrows; all the margins tuberculated, less so towards the apex; the first segment a little broader at the base than at the apex, sessile, the sides straight. Bassus albicinctus. Segmentis 2° et 3° marginibus lateralibus albis, tertio medio. ferrugineo; pedibus pallide fulvis, coxis flavis, posticis fere totis nigris, tarsis et apice tibiarum fuscis; facie, parte genarum, scutello et picturis thoracis flavis. Statura fere omnino B. albosignati, Grav. Long. 3 lin. Head—face and a portion of cheeks and mouth yellow; apex of mandibles ferruginous. Antenne beneath piceous, first joint yellow. Thorax—a transverse line below the scutellum, an angular broad line before, another at the base, also one below the wings, a perpendicular one extending to the breast, behind the first pair of coxze, and two large round spots before them, yellow. Scutellum yellow. Wings—stigma large, and costa black or pitchy; scales pale. Legs palish fulvous, or rather reddish; first and second pair of coxee and all the trochanters yellow: hinder coxz black, pale at the apex; hinder tarsi and apex of tibize fuscous. Abdo- men depressed, as broad as the thorax, the third segment broadest, first segment with two elevated ridges, the lateral margins also slightly raised ; the margin of the second white, with a tinge of red intermixed, the lateral or apical margins of the third white, the space between them light chestnut; first to third rugose or deeply punctured, the remainder much less so and shining; ex- treme margin of the fifth whitish. Note.—Allied to B. albosignatus, but very distinct: the descrip- tion is of a male insect. Bassus frenator. Pedibus fulvo-rufis, coxis anterioribus flavis, tibiis posticis, plus dimidiatim, et tarsis atris, illis basi albis; scutello apice, et freno flavis; metathorace tumidulo plano; pectore et coxis posticis rufo-flavo variegatis (mas —facie, quoque articulo 1° antennarum flavis). Statura B. pectoratorii, Gray., sed abdomine absque lineis impressis. Long. 3 lin, New Species of the Genus Bassus. 219 Head—face, mouth and a small portion of cheeks whitish yellow. Antenne filiform, longer than half the body; beneath testaceous ; first joint whitish yellow, base of second blackish. Thorax—a line slightly curved before the wings, two united below the first pair, a sutural dot below the second pair, and the collar before the first pair of coxe, pale yellow; sides of breast red, tinged with yellow. Frenum and apex of scutellum of the same colour. Wings— nervures and stigma pitchy; scales pale; areolet small, sub- triangular, petiolated. Legs above fulvous yellow, paler beneath ; anterior coxz and all the trochanters pale straw-coloured; posterior coxz pale red; hinder tibize before the middle and tarsi deep black; one-third from the apex of the former white. Abdomen as broad as the thorax, deep black; first segment with a deepish central furrow ; first and second segment nearly opaque, the re- mainder smoother. This insect is somewhat like B. pectoratorius, but differs in having no impressed lines on the abdomen, which is also much smoother. Bassus thoracicus. Pedibus sub-castaneis, tarsis posticis et apice tibiarum nigris ; pectore et lateribus metathoracis semiustulato-rufis ; picturis thoracis, marginibus scutelli et lineis duabus sub scutello pallidis ; ore et linea media faciei flavis. Statura et proportio B. picti, Grav., (areola simile). Long. 23 lin. Head—palpi, mandibles and a central facial line pale. Thorax— a line before, a dot, also a line below the wings, pale; below the wings, and a spot on the sides of metathorax, burnt-reddish colour ; the breast with a central obscure patch, two pale lines below the scutellum. Scutellum itself black, the outer margins with two angular pale dots. Legs pale chestnut-red; hinder tibize cloudy-white; the apex and tarsi black. Wings—areolet oblong, outwardly a little bent; stigma and base pale, costa and nervures darker. Abdomen opaque; 2nd segment slightly aciculated at the base ; 6th segment beneath protruding. Bassus flavus @. Mas.—Corpore subtus toto flavo; oculis, occipite et tarsis posticis nigris; scutello magno flavo; segmentis abdominis glauci-marginatis ; segmento 1° thorace angustiore, lateribus rectis; areola parva petiolata. Long. 23 lin. 220 Mr. Thomas Desvignes’ Descriptions of Head—eyes and occiput and forehead black. Antenne beneath pale yellow, obscurer towards the apex, black above. Thorax with a broad line before, one at the base, joined to another below the wings, yellow. Scutellum large, elevated, subcordate, also a line below yellow. Wings hyaline; stigma fuscous, base broadly pale; areolet petiolated, small, triangular, the external nervure rather indistinct. Legs—hinder femora somewhat fulvous; the apex of posterior tibiz and tarsi black. Abdomen—the first seg- ment narrower than the thorax, its sides straight, the remainder as broad, with their margins glaucous or pale white. Bassus planus. Pedibus rufis; tibiis posticis albidis apice, et tarsis nigris. $ facie, antennis subtus flavis, coxis anticis pallidioribus ; @ ore et puncto faciali sub-stramineis, areola obliqua sessili. Statura omnino B. picti, Grav. Long. 3 lin. Head—mouth and face of the g yellow; 9 mouth and a facial dot paler. Antenne longer than half the body, filiform or sub- setaceous; g beneath yellow. Thorax with a narrow yellow streak before the wings. Wings smoky hyaline; stigma fuscous, base and scales pale; areolet oblique, 4-angular, sessile. Legs red; anterior coxze and trochanters paler, more so in the g; hinder. tibize whitish, their apex black, also the hinder tarsi. Abdomen of the g not so broad as the thorax, the sides parallel; 9 sub- fusiform; Ist and 2nd segments finely aciculated, the remainder more glossy, but slightly canescent. B. compressus, 6. (B. M. C. p. 91—19, @.) Mas.—Facie toto et articulo primo antennarum subtus flavis, reliquis ferrugineis; picturis thoracis et pectoris flavis, coxis anterioribus flavis; abdomine lineare; segmentis 1° et 2° et basi 3! punctatis scabris, reliquis nitidioribus. Head—face and the lower part of cheeks yellow. Antenne— first joint beneath yellow, the remainder ferruginous. Thorax gibbous, a broad hooked line before, a dot at the base and a line below the wings yellow; also a sutural line encircling the breast, behind the first pair of coxee, of the same colour. Wings as in@. Legs as in 9, but the anterior coxe yellow. Abdomen linear ; Ist, 2nd and base of 3rd segments scabrous, punctate, the re- mainder glossy; very near the base of 3rd segment is a short depressed line. New Species of the Genus Bassus. 221 Bassus pulchellus. Abdomine tricolore; segmentis intermediis rufo et viride marginatis; pedibus testaceis aut pallide fulvis; coxis et trochanteribus albo-flavis, illis posticis subtus macula nigra ; femoribus posticis fulvis, subtus basi summo fuscis; tarsis obscuris ; scutello, picturis thoracis et pectoris flavis; facie, genis et articulo 1° antennarum subtus flavis, sequentibus testaceis. Long. 23—38 lin. Statura et proportio omnino B. Exsultantis, Grav. Head—mouth, face and cheeks yellow; apex of mandibles slightly ferruginous. Antenne filiform, shorter than the body ; Ist joint beneath yellow, the remainder testaceous. Thorax gibbous, a hooked broad line before, a dot at the base, a line below the wings, a spot below the scutellum, a longitudinal line between the first and second pair of coxe, another encircling the breast, yellow. Scutellum yellow. Wings hyaline; stigma pale cloudy ; scales yellow. Legs pale yellow; hinder femora dilute- fulvous ; tarsi dusky, coxee and trochanters whitish yellow; the hinder coxze with a black spot beneath. Femora also at the extreme base fuscous. Abdomen—lIst segment linear, finely punc- tate, the remainder broader than the first, but equilateral; 2nd segment more or less black, its margin red; 3rd red, sometimes rather cloudy, its margin greenish; the remainder black, their margins glaucous. Note.—Closely allied to B. Exsultans. B. elegans 9. (& Grav. Ich. Eur. Vol. IT. p. 313.) Abdominis medio rufo; pedibus fulvis ; ¢ coxis et trochanteribus nigro flavoque pictis; ¢ coxis obscuro nigris fere badiis; tarsis posticis nigris gf et @; ¢ facie flava, @ nigra ma- cula rufa aut ferruginea; ¢ picturis thoracis flavis; ¢ et @ scutelli margine apicali flava, interdum punctis duobus flavis ; areola oblique rectangulari subsessili. Long. 23—3 lin. Head— $ mouth, face and cheeks yellow; @ face black, with a central ferruginous or yellowish spot; mouth pale. Antenne — $ Ist joint beneath yellow; 9 dark brownentirely. Thorax-— $ a line before the wings, a smaller one beneath, a lateral spot on the collar, the lateral suture between the prothorax and metathorax, also a longitudinal line on each side of the breast, yellow; @ a line before the wings only, the rest of the thorax black. Scutellum— 222 New Species of the Genus Bussus. the apical margin yellow, obsolete, or with only two small apical dots. Wings—stigma and costa fuscous, the former somewhat paler.