54 [March, 



BRADYCELLUS DISTINCTUS, Dej., IN ENGLAND. 

 BY D. SHARP, M.A., F.B.S. 



Last year Dr. Joy pointed out (Ent. Mo. Mag., p. 267) that the 

 specimens supposed to be Bradycellus distiiictns in our collections are 

 not that species, but a new one, which he named B. skaiyi- 



I have now the pleasure of recording the occurrence of the true 

 B. distinctus, Dej., near Bournemouth, where I met with three speci- 

 mens last summer. It is a very easily distinguished species, having a 

 great deal of punctuation on the thorax, and well-marked hind angles 

 of that part ; it has no pore on the third interstice of the wing-case 

 and has ample wings. It is the largest of our species, slightly 

 exceeding B. shaiyi in this respect. 



Brockenhurst : 



February 18th, 1913. 



LARV^ OF CYPHONID^ (COLEOPT.) IN BROMELIACEM. 

 BY FKEDEEICK KNAB. 



In the January number of the Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 

 (page 2), Mr. Champion discusses the Cyphonid larvae occurring in 

 water held by the leaf -bases of Bromeliacese* On two visits to the 

 American Tropics the writer investigated Bromeliacese in quest of 

 mosquito larvse. It soon became evident that, besides the Culicid 

 larvse, which were almost invariably present, the Bromeliads harboured 

 a rich insect fauna. This is made up of three elements : those living 

 directly upon the plant itself (as certain boring Lepidopterous and 

 Coleopterous larvaj), those living among the plant-rubbish lodged 

 between the leaves, and finally the aquatic forms living in the water 

 at the leaf -bases. Among the aquatic forms the characteristic larvae 

 of CypJionidx, with their long and slender multi-annulate antennae, 

 were conspicuous objects. Cyphonid larvae were found to be frequent 

 also in the water in holes of trees, such as are the habitat of certain 

 mosqiiito larvae. 



In my earlier collecting in eastern North America (Massachu- 

 setts), larvae of Cyplionidie were long familiar to me. They occurred 

 frequently in woodland pools with abundant plant debris, and later, 

 when I began to investigate mosquitoes, they also turned up in water 

 in holes of trees, and finally, in wooded situations, in rain-barrels. 

 The larvae in the tree-holes and rain-barrels were often larger than any 



* The Costa Rican Scirtcs mentioned by me, and its larva, has been described by M. Picado 

 under the name S. ckampiuni. (Cf. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, xxxvii, pp. 315-319 (Jan. 31st, 1913). — 

 G. C. C. 



