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Fiirth&r note on Ptinus pusillus Boield. — In my note in the Ent. Mo. Mag., 

 December, 1915, p. 328, I relied too much upon a statement (Coleopt. Brit. Isl., 

 Suppl., Vol. VI, p. 146) that M. Boieldieu described the species on a single 

 specimen from Brazil in M. Chevrolat's collection. What M. Boieldiou really- 

 said was that P. 2n(.sillus is common in granaries in France and Germany, and 

 that he had seen a single specimen from Brazil in M. Chevrolat's collection. 

 This very different statement makes it clear that the author was not with- 

 out sufficient material to work upon, and it is only in our own works and 

 collections that P. pusillus, $ , had been confounded with any other species. 

 Another eiTor is that 1 distributed P. testaceus as P. hrunneus, which should read 

 P. pusillus, $ ^ , as P. hrunneus. Since September last, when I wrote my note, 

 I have captui-ed great numbers of P. pusillus, including both sexes, so there is 

 no doubt of the correctness of my connection of the two forms as stated in my 

 first note. I have examined many specimens from various localities where both 

 sexes have been captured in granaries. As regards P. hrunneus Duft. = testaceus 

 Boield., and the various records of their capture. Fowler, " Coleopt. Brit. Islands," 

 Vol. IV, p. 182, gives Bermondsey ; Birdbrook and Mickleham {Poiver) ; 

 Small Heath and Knowle, near Birmingham (Blatch). Mr. H. Willoughby Ellis 

 very kindly sent me the Blatch specimens for examination, and I found they con- 

 sisted of P. pusillus, (J , and P. fur, ^ . Of the Power specimens at the Nat. Hist. 

 Mus., S. Kensington, only two from Mickleham are P. testaceus Boield., the others 

 being P. pusillus, ? $ . In "Coleopt. Brit. Islands" Suppl., Vol. VI, p. 278, under 

 the heading of additional localities, P. hrunneus and P. testaceus are treated as 

 different species, and recorded from the following localities : — Edmonton (Pool) ; 

 Oxford district (Walker); Reading (Joy); and Purley Downs (Donisthorpe). 

 Of these records, only the last mentioned is correct, and the others must all 

 stand for P. pusillus, pvirely a granary pest. Mr. Donisthorijo informs me that 

 his specimen was taken by sifting dead leaves, and far away from any hoiises. 

 This record, taken in conj unction with Mickleham (Poioer), would seem to show 

 that P. testaceus = hrunneus is a very rare indigenous species, and must not be 

 sought for in corn shops or similar situations, as in the case of P. j^itsiKws, 

 P. fur, etc., which must be regarded as cosmopolitan pests. I have a number 

 of unset specimens of P. pusillus, Avhich I sliall be pleased to send to anyone on 

 application. — Charles J. C. Pool, Insect House, Zoological Society's Gardens, 

 Eegent's Park : December 9th, 1915. 



Depressaria hepatariella Zell. : a British insect. — Last autumn Mr. F. C. 

 Woodbridge gave me a Depressaria, which has now been identified by 

 Mr. E. Meyrick as D. hepatariella, and which is therefore an addition to the 

 British list.* The specimen was taken by Mr. F. Pennington in August last, at 

 sugar, at Aviemore, N.B. Mr. H. Woodbridge can claim the first capture of this 

 interesting species in Britain, as he possesses a second specimen taken by him- 

 self at the same place on August Gth, 1914, and he also reports tha.t he missed 

 another. He sends the following note on the nature of the locality : — " Both 

 insects were taken on the same sugared posts, which run up-hill and divide a 

 heathery grouse moor from a rough pasture field, with scattered birches about it, 

 * cy. Eut. Mo. Mag., an tea, p. 17. 



