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Ditchling, or mentioned as occurring in Sussex in Canon Fowler's 

 ('oleoptera of the Briti.sh Ishoids. — Hekeward L. Doli.man. 



Beetle "jottings" of 1910. — ])roiititis ai/iiia,''' F., some dozen 

 specimens from under the bark of ash, Chingford, January 9th ; 

 Caloaoma inquisitor,'- L., taken on wing near Highbeech, Epping, on 

 June 3rd ; Microi/lossa (lentilis,'''- Mark., one specimen on wing at 

 Chingford on June 3rd ; IJafialaraca jii/ginaea'-'-, Pk., among wood- 

 mould in hollow beech, Epping Forest, October 10th ; (Jncdimi 

 iiiaurus," Sahib., under beech bark at Highbeech, October 10th ; 

 Actohins pruli.ciis, Er., on margins of large pond near Hanwell, one 

 specimen captured on February 19th ; Cholera a(/ilis,'''- 111., rarely in 

 reed debris around Hanwell pond during February ; Jlradi/cclliis 

 placid Its,'- GylL, rare at Hanwell, always by shaking the reed heaps ; 

 Bcmbidiitiii clarki,-'- Daws., common at Hanwell pond ; Hi/nionouia 

 diinidiata,-'- Grav., found in numbers by sifting reed refuse at Hanwell 

 in February ; iJeinopsis erosa,''' Steph., one or two specimens from 

 refuse round the pond, Hanwell ; Tachi/poras pallidas,'''- Sharp, very 

 common both at Hanwell and Richmond Park in February ; Ptinus 

 se.rpnnctatiis, - Pz., two specimens from under oak bark in Richmond 

 Park on March 30th ; Proijnatha t/aadricornis,''' Kirb., very common, 

 with many of its larva, under elder bark in Richmond in March ; 

 Hoiiialiniii caesitiii var. tricolor, Re}', two or three specimens from 

 Richmond Park out of fungi ; Mycetoporas lacidi(s,-'- Er., one by 

 sifting dead leaves in Richmond Park on October 19th ; M. jumctus,''-'- 

 GylL, a series taken in early spring by shaking grass roots in Richmond 

 Park; Kncejihalns coiuplicaus,''- Westw., a few specimens by sifting 

 vegetable refuse at Basingstoke ; Antheropha;ias silaceus, Hbst., one 

 from oft" a flowering umbel at Darenth Wood on July 19th ; Malachias 

 iiiariiinelliis,' 01.. one specimen swept on June 19th in the lane leading 

 from the Robin Hood Gate of Richmond Park to Wimbledon Common ; 

 Gnoritnus nobilis, L., one or two from old apple tree at Bedford Park, 

 London ; Pldlonthas albipes,''- Grav., common in horse-dung at Bedford 

 Park, London ; Plati/deras raficollis. Marsh., five-six under stones at 

 Bedford Park ; Cassida vibe.c,''- F., one from moss on Hook Common, 

 near Basingstoke, April 20th ; Stenus solutHs,''' Er., and .S\ pallipes, 

 Grav., from reed refuse at Hanwell Pond during April ; Xijlopldlus 

 popalneus,"- F., one $ on wing in late May near AYicken Fen ; Carto- 

 dere elowjata/ from fungus on v.'illow in March, Bedford Park. — 

 Herewaki) L. Dollman. 



jg>ClENTIFIC NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



Pupal antenn.k of Depressaria applana. — 1 was comparing a few 

 pupiG of the Depressariids the other day, and was interested in noticing 

 what perhaps I may call the progression of the antenn;e. The jDupa 

 belongs to the obtect division, and the antenme lie beside the costa of 

 the forowings. In Depressaria heracliana the antennie scarcely reach 

 to the apex of the forewing, while in D. atomdla (bred from (ienista 

 tinctoria) and in D. piitridella the antenme just pass round the apex. 

 In 1>. applana, which has very long antennse, these organs are carried 

 round the apex and some distance up the other side of the wing. In 

 one pupa of this species the apices of the antennio touched the hind- 

 wings, where they appear protruding from beneath the forewings, but 



