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riinella hrilrinn'ica, Maltli., a»d other rare Trichfiplcrygldrc. — 1 li;i<l for lonn; 

 biM'ii lioping to find tinif to visit, Ihe Natural History Museum and ('oni)i!irc soiiif 

 intcrosting-lookiug Trichnpterygldx with the types in tlie Matllievvs eollection. 

 'I'licse types 1 found in splcnilid condition, and I liad no difficulty in identifying the 

 following rare specii-s in my collect ion : — 



Pl'meUa hrilannica, iMatth.— Matthews described this species from a single 

 specimen, and, considering wlint a distinct form it. is, lie was quite justified in 

 doing so. It has not been recorded from t.lie British Isles since, hut has dccurred 

 very rarely on the Continent. Matthews' specimen was tali(>n on tlie back of a slug 

 at Weston, in Oxfordshire. I possess o)ily one exam]i]e, which I took when 

 carefully sifting a mole's nest from this neighbourhood in March last year. I luive 

 very little doubt that this was quite an accidental find in such a situation. I 

 remember when digging up the nest that I tore off a piece of b.irk from an old root 

 quite a foot beneath the surface of the ground ; it was beliind this that the beetle 

 was most probably hiding. If this is its natural habitat its apparent great rarity is 

 ensily accounted for. 



Eur ij])l ilium saxonicum, Gillm. — In the Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. xxxix, p. 253, 

 I recorded I'ii/iitiii marj/iiialiiiii, Anhe, a.n having been taken by myself in the New 

 Forest by sweeping short grass in tlie evening. This specimen I now find is 

 EitryptiliHin saxonicum, Gillm., a species not recorded before from Hampshire, or, 

 indeed, from England. ]\Ir. Tonilin also took a specim(>n last year in Sherwood 

 Forest. 



J'/ilinm rugvlosum, All., is the commonest member of its genus in this 

 neighbourhood I I have taken it in abundance in hedge clijipings, &c. I see in the 

 catalogue of Ileyden, Reitter and Weise (1891) this insect is regarded as a variety 

 of P. kimzei, Heer. It is quite evident that tlu^se Coleopterists had not seen a 

 specimen of the species, as it is very distinct from /'. ktinzei in shape, S(;ulpture, and 

 length and colour of antenna^ ; it is more closely related to P. xpencei, All. 



Bieocrara variolosa, Muls. — I took one specimen of this rare and very distinct 

 species on a window here in June last year. — Id. 



Bhizophagus co'ruleipennis, Sahlh., tj'c., at Woking. — The very fine hot 

 weather during the past three days has brought out a number of Cohopiera, and 

 various interesting species have again been taken on the wing towards sunset, 

 several of which are new to the district. The following are noteworthy : lihizo- 

 phdgtts caruleipennis. Sahib.,* one s)3eeiinen, captured with mj' hat. May 12th ; 

 Deleaster dichrous, Grav., not rare, on three successive evenings in the same spot ; 

 I'tinus germanus,F., one male, May 10th; S t II icus fr-ag His, Grnv., oue specimen, 

 May 12th ; Tomicus laricis, ¥., Hedohia iinpercilis, L., both in numbers, Hglesinus 

 vlttatits,'F.,xiwA. Xglehorus snxeseni, Ratz. — G. C. CiiAMPlON, Horsell, Woking: 

 May VMh, 1907. 



Aseinum slrialnm, L., at Chohham. — On April 1st the larva of Asemum 

 striatum (recognised at once bj' the two spines at the anal extremity of the body, 



• Mr. Bagnall has recently recorded the capture of a single specimen of this raie species at 

 Gibside, and Dr. Sharp has, I believe, captured another iu the New Forest. 



