forest, beyond the usual Morphos, Caligos, and Hetære, but now that the rains are nearly over, more species are to be met with daily, and next month, when the mud and water begin to dry up a little (the forest is little better than an immense swamp at this season), still more species will be found.

To conclude, I must say I believe that such numbers of butterflies (of species there can be no comparison) congregated as are noticed by Mr. Bates and other naturalists in South America, and to be seen frequently in Central America in the dry season, are very seldom, if ever, to be seen outside the tropics; in the State of Panamá alone, there are probably more species than in the whole of Europe. I regret, in the foregoing remarks, I am only able to particularize a few genera, and not having any books whatever by me, have no means of determining species here at this moment.

Bugabita, Chiriqui, Panamá :

November 23rd, 1882.

NOTES ON NEW BRITISH COLEOPTERA SINCE 1871; WITH NOTICES OF DOUBTFUL SPECIES, AND OF OTHERS THAT REQUIRE TO BE OMITTED FROM THE BRITISH LIST.

BY THE REV. W. W. FOWLER, M.A., F.L.S.

(continued from p. 201.)

ANISOTOMIDE.

ANISOTOMA MACROPUS, Rye.

This species may be distinguished from all but A. Triepkii, by having its posterior femora suddenly and obliquely contracted towards the trochanter; it is smaller, longer, narrower, and less convex than A. Triepkii. Taken by Mr. Champion, near Claremont, Surrey (Ent. Mo. Mag., x, 133).

ANISOTOMA BRUNNEA, Sturm.

This species is entirely ferruginous, shining, with a narrow club to its concolorous antennæ, of which the apical joint is not narrower than the preceding; its thorax is not sinuate on each side at the base, and the striæ on its elytra are fine, with small and closely packed punctures. Taken by Mr. Lawson near Scarborough (Ent. Mo. Mag., ix, 135).

ANISOTOMA CURTA, Fairm.

In the same section as A. dubia, from which it may be distinguished by its rather longer build, the much stronger punctuation of its thorax, the sides of which are more contracted behind, and by the apical joint of its antennæ being distinctly not as wide as the penultimate joint. Taken by the Rev. T. Laundy Brown near Norwich, and by Mr. Champion at Esher (Ent. Mo. Mag., xii, 150).

ANISOTOMA SCITA, Er.

This species apparently comes very near A. dubia, but its tibiæ are less dilated at the apex, its thorax is widest at or very near the base (instead of nearer the middle), and thence is narrowed to the front: it is also lighter in colour. Taken near York by Mr. Hutchinson, and recorded, with some reservation, by Mr. Rye (Ent. Mo. Mag., ix, 158); it seems to be a doubtful species.

ANISOTOMA CLAVICORNIS, Rye.

There is a single specimen of this species in Dr. Sharp's collection taken in flood rubbish near Dumfries. It is distinguished by its antennæ, which are very short, gradually widened towards the apex, with the 4th, 5th, and 6th joints unusually small, and the apical joint, though short, as wide as the two preceding, which are very transverse (Ent. Mo. Mag., xii, 150).

ANISOTOMA PALLENS, Sturm.

This species is readily distinguished from A. furva and A. ciliaris, the two others of its group, by its smaller size, the much finer and less close punctuation of its thorax, and by the finer punctuation of the striæ, and much less close punctuation of the interstices of the elytra, the outer margins of which are not set with short cilia. Three specimens taken by Mr. J. J. Walker at Deal (Ent. Mo. Mag., x, 135).

ANISOTOMA LUNICOLLIS, Rye.

Of the average size of A. calcarata; chiefly distinguished by its strongly rounded thorax, of which the usual anterior angles are entirely, and the posterior angles almost entirely, obliterated; it is more oblong than A. calcarata, and its antennæ have a smaller club. Taken by Mr. R. Lawson near Scarborough (Ent. Mo. Mag., viii, 203).

Hydnobius spinipes, Gyll.

This species, recorded as British by Mr. Rye in Ent. Mo. Mag., viii, 204, is afterwards given up by him, the specimen in question being only a highly developed male of H. strigosus.

Colon Barnevillei, Kr.

SILPHIDE.

This species, mentioned in Ent. Mo. Mag., xii, 177, is apparently only an undeveloped form of C. Zebei, Kr.

Adelops Wollastoni, Jans.

This species must be referred to the genus Bathyscia, Schiödte, and not to Adelops, Tellkampf.

PHALACRIDE.

PHALACRUS BRISOUTI, Rye.

This species is nearly allied to P. coruscus, but differs from this species in its average smaller size, rather lighter coloured fore-legs, tarsi, and antennæ; the club of the antennæ also serves to distinguish it, being rather broader and not so long,

with the apical joint conspicuously broader and shorter, and not so acuminate. Taken at Lee by Mr. Rye, and at Gravesend by Mr. Champion (Ent. Mo. Mag., ix, 8).

Phalacrus Humberti, Tourn.

This insect, recognised as a good species in Ent. Mo. Mag., ix, 37, is abandoned in Ent. Mo. Mag., xii, 177, as being only a small variety of P. coruscus.

Olibrus affinis, Sturm.

It is probable that the insects standing in collections under this name ought to be referred to O. particeps, Muls., but the point does not seem quite to have been cleared up (Ent. Mo. Mag., ix, 38).

Olibrus bicolor, F.

This is apparently not a British insect, our insects standing under this name being all O. liquidus, Er.; the true O. bicolor is a larger, rather less elongate, and more convex insect.

Olibrus helveticus, Tourn.

A single specimen of this species is recorded in Ent. Mo. Mag., xii, 177; the species of the genus in many cases run so closely one into the other, that further confirmation of this insect seems to be required.

NITIDULIDÆ.

Carpophilus sexpustulatus, F.

This is a very doubtful, and probably introduced, species.

MELIGETHES MOROSUS, Er.

There is considerable confusion as to this species; it comes very near M. memnonius, Er. A specimen returned to me by one of the chief British authorities on the genus, as not agreeing with any he possessed, was afterwards named for me on the continent as M. morosus, Er.; M. morosus is rather shorter than M. memnonius ; but, otherwise, there appears to be very little difference between them. Mr. Rye, in Ent. Mo. Mag., x, 138, says that M. Ch. Brisout de Barneville considers that M. memnonius is intermediate between M. difficilis and M. morosus, or, perhaps, a variety of one of them.

MELIGETHES OCH ROPUS, Sturm.

Allied to M. difficilis, Heer, but readily separable from all its allies by its comparatively broad and short-oval form, and stronger convexity, and especially by the outer margin of its posterior tibiæ not being rounded, but dilated in almost a straight line until the lower third, where it is suddenly and obliquely contracted (Ent. Mo. Mag., ix, 156).

Meligethes Kunzei, Er.

This insect seems to be a variety of M. difficilis, rather than a separate species.

MELIGETHES INCANUS, Sturm.

This insect is of the size of ordinary M. ovatus: it is of exactly oval outline, dull, closely and finely punctured, and clothed with very evident, depressed, grey hairs. One specimen taken by Mr. G. R. Waterhouse in Darenth Wood, on Echium vulgare (Ent. Mo. Mag., viii, 268).

M. maurus, Sturm.

This species must be erased from our lists, all the supposed British exponents of it being identical with M. ovatus, Sturm. (Ent. Mo. Mag., viii, 267).

M. palmatus, Er.

This species, according to M. Brisout, is the male of M. obscurus, Er. Mr. Rye adopts this synonymy: some authorities consider M. palmatus to be identical with M. distinctus, Sturm, a species not recognised at all by M. Brisout.

MELIGETHES PICTUS, Rye.

This species is conspicuous in having each elytron ornamented on the disc with a more or less sharply defined red spot; its form, the serration of the tibiæ, and its long legs, also serve to distinguish it: according to M. Brisout, it is identical with M. mutabilis, Rosenhauer, which is considered a variety of M. brevis, Sturm. (Ent. Mo. Mag., viii, 74, 269).

Trogosita mauritanica, L.

TROGOSITIDÆ.

This species must be referred to Tenebrioides, Piller, and not to Trogosita, Olivier.

CATHARTUS ADVENA, Waltl.

CUCUJIDE.

This species has been omitted from the British list, as being only an importation; it has, however, been taken under circumstances that would seem to show that it has become thoroughly naturalized, and that it has a better claim to be admitted than many other species.

CRYPTOPHAGIDÆ.

Cryptophagus pilosus, v. PUNCTIPENNIS, Bris.

This variety, which has been considered a good species by some authorities, differs from the type in having more oval elytra, of which the pubescence is longer, and the punctuation coarser and not so close, especially at the base. Taken in the Cambridge fens, and on the Braid Hills, Edinburgh, in each case from a straw shed (Ent. Mo. Mag., viii, 158).

CRYPTOPHAGUS SUBFUMATUS, Kr.

This species resembles C. validus, Kr., being nearly as large, but narrower, especially in the thorax, of which the anterior callosities are more distinctly prominent. One specimen taken in the London district (Ent. Mo. Mag., xii, 178).

Cryptophagus grandis, Kr.

This species is apparently synonymous with C. populi, Payk, and, therefore, must be omitted.

CRYPTOPHAGUS PARALLELUS, Bris.

This species comes close to small examples of C. dentatus, Herbst., but cannot be confounded with any other member of the genus by reason of its narrow, elongate, and parallel form. Taken in Scotch fir by Dr. Sharp and Mr. Rye, at Rannoch (Ent. Mo. Mag., viii, 158).

Cryptophagus Waterhousei, Rye.

This species is only a large and peculiar form of C. acutangulus, Gyll., and must, therefore, be omitted.

ATOMARIA BADIA, Er.

Allied to A. elongatula, Er., but is rufo-ferruginous in colour, with a transverse impression at the base of the thorax, and broader, and somewhat more strongly punctured elytra (Ent. Mo. Mag., viii, 74).

ATOMARIA ATRA, Herbst.

Allied to A. fuscata, but is darker, with a longer, more convex, and more laterally rounded thorax, and stronger punctuation on the elytra, which are more acuminate behind in outline (Ent. Mo. Mag., viii, 135).

ATOMARIA DIVISA, Rye.

This rests as a species on a single specimen in Mr. Rye's collection with no locality. It is a very distinct species, nearer A. nigripennis than anything else in our lists, but differing from that insect in its shorter and more convex build, longer thorax, with a scarcely visible basal transverse depression, &c. (Ent. Mo. Mag., xii, 178).

(To be continued).

The Yorkshire Catalogue of Lepidoptera. For some years, Mr. G. T. Porritt, F.L.S., of Huddersfield, assisted by the leading entomologists of Yorkshire, has been engaged upon a catalogue of the lepidopterous fauna of that county. The work has now been completed, and is to appear in the "Transactions of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union," and the MS. has been placed in the printers' hands by the secretaries of that body. The list is very complete-probably, the best county list ever yet published,-and includes about two-thirds of the British species, that is, 1344 out of 2031. Full attention has been paid to the somewhat voluminous literature of the subject, as well as to information contributed by correspondents, the result being a very satisfactory summary of what is at present known.-WM. DENISON ROEBUCK, Sunny Bank, Leeds: February, 1883.