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ficlent opinion on this point, and that further investigation and 

 comparison with alUed European forms is necessary before we can 

 fully endorse the validity of L. i^lantagomaritimtis as a species hitherto 

 und escribed in the European fauna. 

 November 11th, 1912. 



Henoticus germanicus, Beitt., in a London warehouse. — In a note on H. serra- 

 tus by Mr. Blenkarn {ante, p. 263), he states that the spechnens he mentions 

 were named by me. I am now convinced that I was in error in referring them 

 to H. serratus, as they accord quite well with the description of H. germanicus, 

 Keitt., given in Reitter's " Fauna Grermanica," Vol. Ill, p. 59, which I append : 

 Eyes round ; thorax broadest behind middle, somewhat more strongly 

 roundly contracted towards the apex than towards base; riist-brown to 

 brown-black, antenna; and legs paler rust-red. Upper side somewhat 

 roughly pubescent with longer and shorter hairs ; head and thorax strongly 

 and thickly punctured, elytra strongly but more scantily so, the punctures 

 becoming gradually finer towards apex. Widely spread but scarce every- 

 where. Length 2 — 2.3 mm H. serratus, Gyll. 



Eyes projecting, short conical ; thorax broadest just before base, the 

 sides strongly contracted in a straight line to apex, with also the last fifth 

 strongly contracted up to the base : head and thorax moderately strongly 

 and thickly, elytra more finely, jjunctured. Unicolorous pale brown-yellow, 



roughly haired. Length 2 mm H. germanicus, Reitt. 



Described from a single specimen from C( blentz. 

 In the examples taken by Mr. Blenkarn the teeth at the sides of the thorax 

 are much more conspictious than those of H. serratus, and the pubescence is 

 longer and more closely placed. The insect probably feeds on cork. In the 

 same warehouse Lathridius bergrothi, Corticaria fulva, Cryptophagus acutangulus, 

 and other cellar-loving beetles occurred. — E. A. Newbert, 13, Oppidans Road, 

 N.W. : November 14th, 1912. 



Phyllotreta sinioata, Steph., S^c, in EsJcdale, Cumberland. — I have found this 

 usually very scarce Halticid in Eskdale diu-ing the past two seasons in the latter 

 part of August and the beginning of September. It occurred on turnips in 

 company with P. undulata, the latter species being, of course, by far the most 

 abundant. At the same time P. sinuata was far from ixncommon, and I could 

 have taken as many as I liked on one or two mornings. The species varies 

 considerably, the yellow markings being sometimes reduced, and sometimes 

 divided completely and forming four separate spots. Plectroscelis concinna 

 occiirred, but very sparingly indeed (only about half-a-dozen specimens), and 

 also a few Psylliodes cupro-nitens. Mr. Day informs me that the species has not 

 hitherto been recorded from Cmnberland, and it is evidently very local. Esk- 

 dale is shut in all round by high fells and mountains, and this may afford some 

 explanation of this fact. I find beetles as a rule scarce in the valley, but last 

 year I took a good series of Ceuthorrhynchus viduatus and two C. euphorbise, 

 Cryptohypnus dermestoides was common by the side of the Esk, but owing to 



