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*C. elongata, Gyll. ; Ephistemus f/lobosus, Walt I. ; *Aphodiii.i porcu.i, F., rare on 

 tlie Mull Hills, also swept in Colby Glen ; Chryxomela hanksi, F., common throughout 

 the island ; *Apioii vici:r, Pk., *A. nigritarse, Kirby, *.-1. /o<t,Kirby ; Oiiorrhynchus 

 blandus, Gyll., not uncouimoii about Bradda Head, O. muscorum, Bris. ; *Buri/notus 

 schlhiherri, Zett. ; Ceuihorr/i ipichld iux daioson'i, Eris, common on I'lantago marilima \ 

 rhi/tobius -i-tuberculafus, F. ; * Hylaxlinits ohscitrun, Marsh. 



IV.— Colby Glen. 

 *Bemb'ulium riifescens, Guer., also at Port Erin; * Homalola xoror, Ivr. ; 

 Qiiediits nigriceps, Kr. ; Si/pha subrotuiidaia, Steph., the red form is of general 

 occurrence in the island, the black I have only seen near Sulby Glen ; * Ptenidium 

 punctatiim, Gyll., *P. nilidum, Heer ; Bgthinns puncticollix, Den. ; *Cercus riijila- 

 bris, Lat. ; *A(omaria fuscata, Sch., * A. fund pes, Gyll.; *Crgptophagiis scanicus, 

 L., C. dentatas, Hbst. ; Lema melanopa, h.; *Crepidodera veiifralis, HI., in the 

 utmost profusion. Dr. Bailey has taken it in other localities, but we have not been 

 able to find out whether it is attached to any special plant ; *Apion vorax, Hbst., 

 scarce; * Longitarsus gracilis, Kuts., *L. ochroleucuit, Marsh., *L. curtus. All., 

 occurs very sparsely amongst the hordes of Crepidodera ventralis. 111. — it was very 

 kindly identified for me by M. Bedel, and I briefly recorded it in this Magazine in 

 March last. The species was described by AUard in the Ann. Soc. Ent. de France, 

 18G0, p. 137, as Teinodactgla pratensis, a pre-occupicd specific name, which he 

 altered to T. curia on \). 832 of the same volume: — " ovata, curta, lata, nigra ; 

 supra crebre punctulata, prothoraco sen testaeeo, sou piceo : antennarum basi, elytris 

 pedibusque testaceis, femoribus posticis ad apicem piceis, elytris latis, subqundratis 

 apiceque singulatim rotundatis. Long., IJ mm., larg., 1 mm." He remarks on its 

 analogy with abdominalls, Duft , but says that it is larger, broader, and has the 

 elytra more strongly and less closely punctured. The elytra are broader at base 

 tlian the thorax, have the shoulders well marked, and the sides almost parallel for 

 two-thirds of their length, being then rounded rather abruptly and ending in an 

 obtuse sutural angle. The posterior femora vary in colour according to AUard, but 

 are entirely black in Manx specimens. I should be inclined to compare it to L. 

 nasturtii, F., but it is broader and squarer, and the olytral margins are not dark. 

 In punctuation it comes nearer to L.suturalis, Marsh., but that species is still more 

 oblong than L. naslurtii, F. L. melanocephalus, All., is much larger and more finely 

 and closely punctured. The localities recorded are Montenegro and Mid Europe 

 (Cat. Col. Eur.), common in Normandy (Bedel), Paris on Echittm vulgare, Dijon, 

 Bordeaux, Austria, and Algeria (Allard). It will probably prove to be widely 

 spread in Britain; I find I have also taken it at Ballyeastle in Co. Antrim. 



Chester: Jiilg Gth, 1904. 



Stelis octomaculata at Wellington (Berks.).— On July fith, 1901, I took a 

 «eZw at Wellington (Berks.), which Mr. Saunders has identified for me as Stelis 

 octomaculata ; the rarest of the three British species. It associates with Osmia 

 leucomelana, which occurs at the same place.-H. U. Banks, U9, Alexandra Koud, 

 Heading, Berks. : July, 1904. 



