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furnished me with both sexes from "Wicken, and I find that they agree in this 

 respect with the Horning exaiuples of P. anglicanus. — D. Sharp, Brockenhurst : 

 September 2nd, 1912. 



Note on the variation in size of Criocepfialus ferus, Muls. — It is perhaps 

 worth while to record the variation in size of the examples of this species 

 captured dvxring recent years in Surrey, viz., smallest S 10, largest 9 27 mm. 

 This is a miich greater variation than is to be found, I believe, amongst the 

 very long series of C. rusticiis, L., bred or captured by Dr. Sharp and otliers at 

 Nethy Bridge. The small variety of the former, described by Dr. Sharp under 

 the name hispanicus, measures S 14, 9 16 mm. C. ferus has again been met 

 with this summer on the burnt pines at Woking, on July 20th, 21st, and 27th, 

 five specimens in all, one of which was being carried off by ants, though scarcely 

 dead ; but the Melnnophila has not put in an appearance. The range of varia- 

 tion in C. ferus is, of course, nothing to compare with that recorded for some 

 other wood-feeding Coleoptera, such as Brenthus anchorage, L., smallest g 10, 

 largest ? .52 mm. ; Rhina harhirostris, Oliv., 17 — 60 mm., both sexes in this case 

 varying greatly in size, &c. — G. C. Champion, Horsell, Woking: Sep>t. 1th, 1912. 



Apion annulipes, Wenck., near O.r/orcL— During the past week I have taken 

 this rare and distinct Apion in some small numbers, including a fair proportion 

 of S s, by persistently sweeping on a wayside bank near Bletchington Station, 

 Oxon. The plants growing on the very limited area where the beetle occiu-s are 

 chiefly red clover {Trifolium pratense), black knapweed {Centaurea nigra) and 

 two or three kinds of grass, with a sprinkling of Ononis arvensis, milfoil, wild 

 parsnip, &c., but I strongly suspect that here, at any rate, it is attached to the 

 first-named plant, on which Tychius lineatulus, Steph., also occurs rarely. In the 

 sweeping-net A. annulipes is readily distinguished from the small dark-legged 

 species of the genus occurring with it (filirostre, ononis, seniculum, &c.) by its 

 decidedly sluggish habits and the large development of the femora, which, in 

 the t? especially, would almost seem to suggest the possession of saltatorial 

 powers. It has occurred singly in the Oxford district on two previovis occasions, 

 to Prof. T. Hudson Beare at Shotover, Oxon, and to Mr. J. Collins near Tubney. 

 The allied A. flavimanum, GylL, has not as yet been met with at Oxford, its 

 food-plant. Origanum vulgare, on which A. annulipes has also been taken (c/. 

 Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. xli, p. 20), being decidedly scarce and local in the district. — 

 James J. Walker, Oxford: September 17th, 1912. 



Limenitis {sibylla) Camilla in the London district. — On July 15th, when 

 walking with a non-entomological friend in the neighbourhood of Barnes 

 Common, I caught sight of what I took to be a Neptis gliding about the 

 bushes. Dovibting the evidence of my eyesight, I approached the spot, and 

 presently saw a " White Admiral " settle in front of me. It did not linger 

 long, but was quite unmistakeable. The specimen was in fair condition thoiigh 

 somewhat faded. How did it get there ? I suspect some hmnan agent. 



The second brood of Cyaniris argiolus was imusiially common in the Putney 

 district at the end of July and beginning of August. 



