158 [J^iy- 



Geneva, 1878, xii, p. 301). Besides the two now added, another, 

 D. cameroni, Fvl. (in litt.), is found on the southern littoral of the Red 

 Sea, at Perim, Hodeidah, Camaran (not uncommon), and the Hartau 

 Peninsula (Italian Somaliland). This could not be confused with 

 those described by me. It is of a reddish-brown colour, with the 

 4th and oth segments of the abdomen iiifuscate, and sometimes the 

 whole of the latter is suif used. The elytra are very short, trapezoidal, 

 with the apex deeply sinuate on either side ; the abdomen is con- 

 stricted at the base, and owing to the scantier pubescence, the whole 

 insect is more shining. The main differences between the three 

 species are quite obvious to the naked eye. 



R. N. G-unnery School, Sheerness : 

 June 2iid, 1904. 



Rhinomacer atteJahoides, F., at Sherwood. — This northern species occurred in 

 some numbers to my friends, J. Ray Hardy and B. R. Lucas, and to myself, by 

 beating Scotch firs in the forest. From my own knowledge this is the first record of 

 its capture in this locality. — J. Kidson-Taylor, 35, South Avenue, Buxton : 

 May, 1904. 



Catops sericatus, Chaud., in Bnclcs. — The bringing forward of Catops sericatu.t, 

 Chaud., as a British inset-t, led n.e to examine a series of a uniformly small 

 Catops taken here a year or two back, in a decaying ash tree ; as they seemed to be 

 referable to C. sericatus, I submitted specimens to Mr. Champion, who finds that 

 they certainly are that species. — E. Geo. Elliman, Chesham : May 20th, 1904. 



He-occurrence of Bagoils brevis, Gi/IL, at Wokiny. — This interesting aquatic 

 weevil has been taken at intervals since April 18th (the date of the first capture) by 

 Mr. G. C. Champion and myself in very scanty numbers, and usually in a worn and 

 broken condition, in a small pond on Horsell Common. The pond is by no means 

 inviting in appearance, being a receptacle for derelict kettles and other mis- 

 cellaneous tinware, and in some summers is entirely dried up. It may be the very 

 place where the late Dr. J. A. Power (cf. Entom. Annual, 1874, p. 103) captured his 

 specimens of B. brevis fully thirty years ago. It was found by us almost exclusively 

 in one spot of a few square feet in extent, among Ranunculus aquatilis and other 

 water-weeds ; and the creature appears to be, if possible, even more sluggish and 

 retiring in its habits than any of its congeners. The only way to obtain it was to 

 wring the contents of the water-net as dry as possible, and to expose them to the 

 sun on a sheet of paper, when the Bagoiis, if present, would after a time walk 

 lazily out, but even then it was not at all easily detected without a close scrutiny. 



A considerable variety of Hydradephaga, Philhydrida, and subaquatic Coleo- 

 ptera was met with in and about the same little pond, and among these the following 

 seem worthy of mention. Pelobius tardus, Hbst., was common in the spot where 

 the Bagoiis was found, along with Coelambus impressopunctatus, Schall. {picipes, 



