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ready means of distinf2:uishinQ: it. It may be compared with them as 

 follows : — 



Fore-parts lighter, apical half of elytra dark, size Ijl-l.v- lines, fl. 



bicolor, 01. 

 Fore-])arts dark, elytra entirely reddish, testaceous, size 1\ lines. 



H. linearis, L. 

 Species unicolorous, testaceous, or with fore-parts darker, size 

 2-2f lines, //. castaneus, F. 



IIarpalus picipennis, Duft., near London. — The localities recorded 

 for the above species have hitherto been exclusively on the coast, 

 with the exception of a specimen taken by Mr. Claude Morlcy at 

 Lakenheath {Knt. Mn. Ma(j., 1897, p. 9). I have made a more 

 remarkable capture even than ]\Ir. Morley's, since I have lately taken 

 a specimen at Ilendon, at the roots of grass near the reservoir. 

 Although, in Britain, this has been always considered a coast species, 

 it by no means appears to be so on the Continent. — E. A. Newbery, 

 12, Churchill Road, Dartmouth Park, N.W. J^me 8th, 1898. 



Deleaster dichrous, Ctr., associated with the water vole. — It 

 has been my good fortune to find this insect for several years in its 

 habitat, almost always in pairs. They occur invariably in, or near, 

 the burrows of the Water Vole, and I am inclined to think the insect 

 is connected in some way with the animal, probably it is a copro- 

 phagan. — Ibid. 



Notes on the Larvae of Tephrosia bistortata and 

 T. crepuscularia. 



By A. BACOT. 



My enmesluneut m the coils of what has been aptly termed the 

 "Tephrosia tanglu " is attributable to Mr. Hewett, who asked me, 

 early in ]81»6, ii" I would assist him by breeding and examining the 

 larva) of the two species. He also kindly suj)})lied me with two 

 batches of ova of Tcphrosin crepnsndaria, from York i)areuts, one of 

 T. var. (l('Inmere)isis and two of T'. bistortata. Of these last, one was of 

 Mr. Mason's Clevedon stock, and the other came from Major Robert- 

 son. It seems entirely unnecessary that I should again go over in 

 detail the gi'ound, so ably and fully covered by Dr. Riding, in 

 describing tlie ditferent larval stages [Ent. Record, vol. ix., ])p. 243 

 rt seq.). I entirely agree with Dr. Riding's notes as regards structure, 

 and in a general sense as to colour aud uuirkings, but in one or two 

 essential i)oints my ex])erience is very dift'erent. 



Firstly, as regards the inverted V on the 2nd abdominal 

 segment. My larviu of the first brood of T. hisfortafa had, with two 

 exee])tions* the apex of the A closed, while in larv;e of 2\ crcpuscn- 

 laria the bars forming the sides of the A did not meet at tiie apex, 

 leaving a distinct gaj) (thus f^^. I mentioned this fact to Dr. Riding 

 aud Mr. Prout, both of whom kindly examined their larva) of the 



• This brooil produced two specimens of undoubted T. crepmtcularia, and I can 

 only account for this hy supposin}; that hy sonic accident two ova of this species 

 became mixed with the ova of T. hisiDtlatd. These two moths emerged in April, 

 while the remainder of the brood came out in March 



