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labelled " Adonis, 2 , a fine underside variety, entire disc of hind- 

 wings white; Winsley, Wilts," was bought by Mr. Bankes for £9 9s. 



After this one cannot doubt that British collections are still worth 

 an immense amount of money ; buyers only want to know that they 

 are getting value for money, either in the way of rarity or careful 

 working out of local forms. Still, there were a few things sold as 

 British, handed on from other cabinets, that one would like to know 

 something more about. 



OLEOPTERA. 



Tychius polylineatus, Germ. — This species was reintroduced into 

 our British " list " by the capture of one specimen at Ditchling, 

 Sussex {vide Ent. Rec, xxi., p. 232). I now find I have two more 

 specimens, one captured in July, 1909, the other on August 10th, 

 1909. Both specimens were secured by sweeping on Ditchling Beacon, 

 From T. sc/oteidfri, Hbst., its nearest sAly, it may easily be distinguished 

 (a) by its larger size ; (/3) elytra broader at shoulders than thorax ; (>) 

 dark femora ; (S) the more conspicuous band of white scales on the 

 suture ; (e) one white band on thorax only ; (f) penultimate joints of 

 antennae more transverse. — Hereward C. Dollman, F.E.S., Hove 

 House, Bedford Park. 



Synonymy of Apion gyllenhali, Kirby. — Apioti iinicolor, Kirby, 

 must I think be sunk as a synonym of A. //yllenhali , Kirby. After 

 careful inspection of the types in Kirby's collection in the British 

 Museum (kindly placed at my disposal by Mr. C. J. Gahan), I am 

 unable to see any differentia betwdten his species unicolor and his type 

 of ijtjllenhali, other than may be attributed to differences of sex. The 

 species standing in our collections under the name of unicolor, Kirby, 

 must therefore be referred to the platalea of Germar ; the latter name 

 is sunk by Fowler as a synonym of unicolor. — Id. 



Galerucella pusilla, Weise, at Lewes. — I have a few examples 

 of this recent addition to our coleopterous fauna (due to Dr. David 

 Sharp, ride Ent. Mo. Mag., February, 1910) captured at Lewes in 

 August, 1906. The specimens I had in my cabinet as " cahuariensis " 

 (?), and I owe it to Mr. W. E. Sharp (who also, I believe, has specimens 

 from Lewes) that I have become aware of their true specific identity. 

 —Id. 



Xantholinus glaber. Nor., in Richmond Park. — Although recorded 

 from Richmond Park by Mr. G. C. Champion, I yet think that the 

 capture of a specimen of A', ylaber on March 1st, of this year, is per- 

 haps worth placing on recoid. I captured the specimen by breaking 

 up a decayed bough of a standing oak. — Id. 



Gnorimus nobilis, L., in London. — I captured a specimen of this 

 fine Cetoniid on the wing in my garden, Bedford Park, during late 

 June. As a considerable part of this district was, in the past, devoted 

 to fruitgrowing, 1 may, perchance, come across the head-quarters of 

 this beautiful and rare beetle among the vestiges of the orchards that 

 yet remain. — Id. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



A suggestion as to some markings in lepidoptera.- — I have been 

 breeding a few specimens of Callnphrys ruhi and L\ aria, and some of 



