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Show 1867.] MR. G. R. CROTCH ON AZOREAN COLEOPTERA. 385 211. T. SUBTILIS, Er. Two specimens, with the preceding. It is new to the Atlantic fauna. 212. HOMALIUM PUSILLUM, Grav. Two specimens only, from pines-one at Horta, and one at Santa Cruz, Flores. 213. H. CLAVICORNE, Woll. Abundant iu Euphorbia-stems in Flores ; it is also not rare in Madeira. Descriptions of the New Species. ANCHOMENUS APTINOIDES, Tarn, (in Morelet, Nat. Hist. Ins. Agor. 91). A. elongatus, piceus, nitidus; capite leevi, biimpresso, ore antennisque rufis; his longitudine plus dimidio corporis, articulo 2° 3° dimidio breviore; thorace oblongo testaceo, disco piceo, basi paullo angustato, angulis posticis rotundatis, disco sat convexo longitudinaliter impresso; elytris ovatis, convexis, fuscis, sutura margi-nibusque anguste rufis profunde striatis, interstitiis convexis, 3° punctis 2, uno paullo ante medium, altero apicem versus, 8° punctis plurimis impressis; corpore subtus testaceo, tursis articulo penultimo fere bilobo. L. 12 mm. Hab. Ponte Delgada, in ins. S. Miguel, semel captus in mense Junio (ex Drouet). BEMBIDIUM HESPERUS, n. sp. B. cupreo-eeneum, nitens, creberrime subtilissime ruguloso-punctula-tum; capite striis 2 juxta oculos; thorace cordato, angulis posticis rectangulis, fovea profunda haud punctata sed rugulosa, linea discoidali vix abbreviata ; elytris punctato-striatis, stria 7a obsoleta, interstitio 3° foveolis 2, una prope basin, altera ultra medium, impressis; antennis pedibusque testaceis, illis apice infuscatis. L. 1| lin. Closely allied to B. leetum, Brulle, but abundantly distinct by its coloration. The reflexed margin of the elytra is of a bright copper-colour ; the suture also has a tendency to be cupreous. It would seem very rare, only two examples having been captured in Terceira. AGABUS GODMANNI, n. sp. (Pl. XXIII. fig. 3.) A. niger; capite antice, thorace disco infuscato elytrisque fulvis, antennis pedibusque rufis; femoribus posticis obscuris. L. 3f- Un. 2 . Totus opacus, subtiliter denseque reticulatus. Black, above fulvous. Head finely reticulate; mouth, front, and two spots on the vertex fulvous. Thorax short, finely margined, very faintly reticulate, anterior margin punctated, and a few scattered punctures along the sides; fulvous with a central cloud variable in extent, but frequently leaving only the margins pale. Scu- PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1867, No. XXV. |