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Hdicigoiia lapic'uhi I had no opportunity of searching the spot again until 

 ■October 2nd, after a heavy rain, and then found three or four living examples 

 of P. elegans, as well as several more dead shells." [The first record of 

 P. elegans in a living state in Essex, was by Mr. J. French in the Essex 

 Naturalist for 1890 (vol. iv., pp. 92-93) who found the mollusc at Felstead 

 in a very limited area of about 100 yards in diameter. Recently dead shells 

 have been recorded by Christy at Saffron Walden, and specimens are in the 

 Saffron Walden Museum from Wicken Bonhunt. Semi-fossil shells are 

 common in many localities in the Post-Pliocene deposits. By Mr. Rope's 

 kindness the Essex Museum now possesses specimens of the Wormingford 

 Pomatias — Ed.] 



Variety of Arion ater near Bures. — On September 21st, 1901, I saw a 

 curious variety of Arion ater, on the Suffolk side of the Stour. near Bures. 

 The fore-parts, including the shield, were of a delicate cream or ivory tint ; 

 the rest of the upper surface pale silvery grey, almost white. The foot was of 

 the colour of an ordinary red cheese. The slug was about full grown and 

 was a beautiful object. I am not at all "well up" in the slugs, but have 

 noticed many striking varieties of this species, differing widely from one 

 another.— G. H. Roph, Blaxhall, Tunstall, Suffolk. 



Aphodii in Epping Forest. — The coleopterous genus Aphodius, the 

 members of which live in dung, is well represented in Epping Forest, nineteen 

 species (or exactly half the total number found in the British Islands) having 

 occurred to me during the four years I have been collecting beetles in the 

 Forest district. Many of these are common everywhere, but others are 

 decidedly local It is unnecessary to give a complete list of the Forest 

 Aphodii here, but I may mention the following species as being the most 

 interesting of my captures : — 



A, ccnstans, Duft., common from March to May in horse-dung in various 

 parts of the Forest. I have also taken a few specimens in October. Its near 

 ally, A. ater, De G., which is generally supposed to be a much commoner 

 species, is, as a matter of fact, comparatively scarce in the Forest. A . mfescens, 

 F., not uncommon in some of the outlying fields. A. conspurcatns, L., in 

 numbers jn a field near Chingford in the late autumn of 1898, and a few have 

 occurred at High Beach ; it is also recorded from Loughton in Canon 

 Fowler's Coleoplera of the British Islands. A. sticticus, Payk, several in 

 horse dung in a space of a few feet only bet\veen Chingford and High Beach, 

 May, 1900. A. zenkeri. Germ., seven specimens in deer dung not far from 

 the Wake Arms, and one in horse dung at High Beach, July, 1899. A. luridus, 

 F., this handsome species is apparently by no means common in the London 

 district, and has hitherto been very scarce in the Forest ; I took a male in a 

 field between High Beach and Sewardstone in May, 1898, and two females at 

 Chingford in April, 1300. A. depressus, F., a few in a ride between Chingford 

 and Fairmead, July, 1899. — F. B. Jennings, F.E.S., Upper Edmonton, 

 October, 1901. 



The Blister-Beetle (Lytta vesicatoria) near Colchester.— In the 

 Times for September 3rd, 1901, Mr. W. H. Harwood, of Colchester, had the 

 following note, dated August 31st: — " Among the many notable insects which 

 liAve occurred in unusual numbers this year the blister beetle, or Spanish fly 



