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by Mr. G. B. Routledge, and sent to mo for names. It was found 

 under a stono at Allonby, last May. Mr. Routlcdgo also sent the 

 following local insects : — I'/iiloiit/ius scutatus, (Jiifdhts itmhrinus, and 

 Cholera an<imtata $ ( =stHniii), all under refuse on the banks of the 

 Gelt river, and McijacvdUUft iiuiinaiis, under a stone in a wood close by. 

 These were all taken last November. — E. A. Newbeky, 12, Churchill 

 Road, N.W. Fthruan/, 1898. 



LoNGicoRNs OF THE CAKi)n<^F DISTRICT. — ]\[ost local Hsts show a sad 

 lack of these line insects, and ours is no exception to the rule, but as 

 last season was — here at least — so much more prolific than usual, a 

 few notes may prove not uninteresting. Gmmmoptera, hitherto only re- 

 presented by the ubiquitous rujicorn'm, also produced tabacicolnr, at Porth- 

 kerry, in June, close by the sea. Aram in m(m-hata was only found dead, 

 and I do not think Pnli/opsia pracuxta occurred at all. We generally take 

 a few on hawthorn blossoms at Llandaff. It was, however, in the woods 

 above CastellCoch that the best things occurred. The name is best known 

 as the site of the Marquis of Bute's vineyards, which annually pi'oduce 

 a considerable amount of wine. These woods abound with bushes of 

 the mealy guelder-rose, the flowers of which seem most attractive to 

 beetles. Pacltijta ocUmiaculata was by no means uncommon, and several 

 ionw^ oi Toxotus in crid i anua occnvved, including the black aberration. 

 On one occasion I took five species simultaneously, on a single 

 bush, viz. : To.rotus meridianua, Clytus arietis (rather scarce in the 

 district), the Pachijta, Graiiimnptera ruficonm and Stra)i(/alia aniiofa. 

 The last is fairly common everywhere. In rotten wood, atCastell Coch, 

 H/ia//ini)i inquisitor and bifasciatnni were not uncommon. Strani/alia 

 quadrifasciata occurred once or twice on Hieraciiun. Poijonoi-hacrns 

 hispid ii.s is beaten from hedges rarely, and to complete the list I 

 must not omit Asti/nomm acdilis, which has probably been intro- 

 duced in timber, and is occasionally picked up alive in Cardiff. — B. 

 ToMLiN, F.E.S., Llandaff. 



Hylastes angustatus, Herbst, from Bournemouth. — Whilst 

 staying at Bournemouth, last December, I went out one day with Mr. 

 W. C. Jackson, of that town, to see what Coleoptera could be found. 

 I took out of some fir-posts, stuck in the beach as " break- waters," 

 JJylastes angustatus, Tomicus laricis, Ischno;ilossa proli.ra, Phloeopora 

 rcptans and lloinalota cuspidata. The Tomicus was in numbers in the 

 bark of the posts, and the Hylastes, in fair numbers, underneath the 

 bark, where also I obtained the " Staphs." 



Hylastes anyustatus is a rare species. Canon Fowler {The Coleoptera 

 of the JJritish Isles, \ol. \., 18dl) records one specimen from Holme 

 Bush, taken by Mr. E. C. Rye, and that Mr. Blatch records it from 

 Mickleham. Since then, however, Mr. Champion has taken it at 

 Ivsher and Woking, and Mr. Walker at Woking. What struck mo 

 as curious was, that both the Tomicus and the Hylastes, and their 

 larv.'e, were in the base of the posts, Avhich were washed by the sea at 

 high tide, the bark being soaked with sea-water. Of course, Codio- 

 soma spadi.e likes wood impregnated with sea-water. I have taken it in 

 "break-waters " at Lancing ; but I think this habit has not been noticed 

 before with any of the Scolytiilae. — 11. St. John K. DoNisTiiourE, 

 F.Z.S., F.E.S., 78, West Cromwell Road, South Kensington. 



A PL.\N FOR MATURING BEETLES. — Mr. Lcwcock, iu his interesting 

 note on Demhidium lunatum, in the last number of the Entoni. Pu'cord, 



