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[January, 



.Tulv. Tlic only other locality I know of is a rockv stream near the 

 centre of the county, where on one occasion I captured a sinole 

 example. 



I learn from Mr. Collin that there is a Hilara cdhiventrb, v. Eos., 

 but as the whole description consisted of " ahdomine cdbo, ajnce fuscoj' 

 one seems to be justified, where a genus so large and intricate as 

 Hilara is concerned, in tr(>ating it as little better than a catalogue 

 name. 



Tarrin^toii, Hereford : 

 November, 1912. 



Note on the capture of Bledius gulielmi, Sharp. — I captured four specimens 

 of a Bledius, which Dr. Sharp has described {antea, p. 1) as new to science 

 under the name of B. gulielmi, at Linthorpe, near Middlesbi'ough, in Julj', 1911, 

 when on a visit to my friend, W. G. B. Walsh, who then resided in that vicinity. 

 Tliey were taken in the sandy banks of a small stream, which might with per- 

 haps greater accuracy be called a ditch, and with them, and in greater nimibers, 

 were Bledius pallipes and such common species as St anus guttula, Homalota 

 elongatula, &c. The locality was the reverse of secluded, being surrounded by 

 the ei'ections of a rapidly growing suburb, nor could the riviilet be at all 

 correctly described as pellucid — in fact it was a matter of surprise to me that 

 Coleoptera of any kind should be discovered in its banks, but no doubt these 

 beetles had persisted from a period when happier conditions prevailed in that 

 immediate locality. — W. E. Sharp, 9, Queens Eoad, South Norwood: December 

 nth, 1912. 



Agabus abbreviatus, F., Sfc, at Soham. — On April 24th of this year, afield 

 quite eai'ly enougli even for so perfect a spring morning as it was, I left 

 Soham railway station ; my intention was straightway to walk to Wicken Fen. 

 Immediately without tlie station, however, I was strongly tempted by a " likely 

 looking " ditch ; I unpacked my water net and began some rapid dredging. 

 Very great was my gratification on soon fishing up an Agabus abbreviat^ls, this 

 most beautiful and distinct species seeming to have entirely deserted the 

 Cambridge fen-land for many years. After a little further work, I took another 

 example, but during the lialf-hour that ensued, no others were netted. Lim- 

 nebius papjjosits, Muls., was common in this ditch, the 9 ? outnumbering the ^ <J 

 by about three to one. I took nearly all the Limnebius I saw, expecting to find 

 both the larger species present ; all those I examined, liowever, proved to be 

 papposus. In the overflow pools from tlie river here, I found Ilaliplus cinereus, 

 Aubc, swinuning about in great niunbers. It was now quite time for me to 

 pusli on fen-wards ; this I did, reaching Wicken Fim at al)out 10 o'clock. 



In the short time left for the fen (having to leave before 3 p.m.), I did not 

 find beetles very abundant, except among tlie aquatic forms, to which, however, 

 I confess, most of my attention was directed. By beating some faggot bimdles 



