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of PcrZ/Vft', allied to Leiictrn, was ostablislied by Klapalok in the Bulletin Tnternatl. 

 de I'Academie des Sciences de Bolu'me, 1001 , where he describes S. minuta {rom 

 the Sierra Morena in Spain. 



Some time ago T received through Mr. McLachlan a few specimens of a Leuvtra- 

 like insect taken by the Rev. A. E. Eaton about Bone, in Algeria, in March and 

 April, 1903. In forwarding these to me, Mr. McLachlan remarked that they did 

 not appear to be quite of the regulation Leuctra type— the genus Leuctra being 

 wonderfully homogeneous — and in this, on examining the insects closely, I found 

 that he was quite right. 



There seemed to be little doubt that if they were not identical with Klapalek's 

 species above mentioned, they were certainly very close to it. To put the matter 

 beyond question, I submitted one of the ^ to Prof. Klapalek, and he at once con- 

 firmed the determination of the species as StrohUella minuta. Thus, S. minuta 

 has been found in two rather widely separated localities of the Mediterranean area, 

 in which it probably takes the place in part, or it may be in some districts wholly, 

 of the genus Leuctra. But there is still very little definite information regarding 

 the distribution of the latter genus, except in North-Western and Central Europe. 

 According to our present information, it would seem to reach its maximum develop- 

 ment in Austria, but this conclusion is the result of the exhaustive work of Dr. 

 Kenipny, and may require slight modifications when other regions have been more 

 fully explored for these insects. — K. J. Morton, 13, Blackford Road, Edinburgh : 

 Januart/, 190 1. 



Coleoptera from Berlcshire. — Pressure of work, and the very wet weather in 

 October, gave me very little time for collecting Coleoptera in the autumn, but one or 

 two captures are, I think, worth recording. In October I visited a favourite old sand 

 pit in the neighbourhood of Bradfield, which in the summer is swarming with bees 

 of many species, and took one specimen of Cryptophagus popiili, Payk. A few 

 days after, while searching for more, I dug up some of the bees' burrows ; and 

 although I was unsuccessful in finding the Cryptophagus, some twenty specimens of 

 Megatoma undata, Er., were unearthed. These were nearly all found still in their 

 pupte cases, and were beautifully fresh. I think the larva must have been feeding 

 on the larva or pupa of an Andrena, of wliich there were a great number of cocoons 

 in the sand. I have once before taken M. undata crawling on an old stump well 

 bored by wood-haunting bees. 



On the only other occasion I was able to get away for a day's collecting I went 

 in search of Slater elongatulun, 01. After nearly two hours' work with no results 

 I came across an old fir stump, out of which I took ten specimens ; I found them, 

 evidently not long hatched, in the hard wood close to the outside of the stump ; 

 about sixteen specimens were eventually brought to light. The only other species of 

 any interest that have turned up are : Bemhidium qninque/striatum, Q-yll., six speci- 

 mens behind a loose brick on an old bridge, and Ischnomera cxrulea, L., a long 

 series from a log of wood on December 24th. 



A search through a large number of specimens which I have not had time to 

 identify before has revealed several species of interest. In the following list Brad- 

 field is the place of capture, except where some other locality is mentioned : Agabus 

 femoraU.1, Payk., and ITydroporus neglectus, Schaum, Wellington College ; Ixchno- 



