110 [^I'ly- 



The above statement is taken from a paper by Mr. A. H. Mance, entitled 

 "Observations on Biqarestidie at Soiitliern Pines, X. Carolina." — CI. C. Champion. 



A hint for coUectiiKj beetles in hard icooiZ.— Some time atjo I had some 

 portions of thick 1)onghs of, I think, a plum tree sent to me from Mr. Chittenden, 

 from Wisley, Surrey, containing Xylehorus dispar in some niimbei's, both males 

 and females. The wood was quite sound and hard except for the borings, and 

 I found it very difficidt to get the beetles out without damaging them. Happen- 

 ing to have some benzine at hand (with a slight admixture of carbolic acid, biit 

 this I think is immaterial), I brushed some lightly with a camel's hair brusli 

 over the holes, and the insects came out in a regular jjrocession. I have not 

 had the opportunity of trying this on a tree trunk, as I hope to do, but it seems 

 to me that it might have a very good result in obtaining such insects as Trijpo- 

 dendron, Colydium, etc. I know that Dr. Sharp found a small ti-ee in the New 

 Forest containing a number of the latter, and found great difKculty in getting 

 them out, and I have myself found it very hard to secure Trypodendron. In 

 many cases it may have the effect of making the beetles withdraw themselves 

 more deeply into their borings, but it is worth trying, and I should be very glad 

 to hear from any collectors who may make the trial if they meet with success.— 

 W. W. Fo\VL.ER, Barley Vicarage, Reading : April Mh, 1913. 



Note on a table of the British species of Helophorus appearing in this Magazine 

 (Vol. XLIV, p. 218). —With regard to the table in question. Dr. Fowler [Coleopt. 

 Brit. Isl., Vol. VI, p. 29, note (1913)] says : " Ilr. Edwards' table is numbered at 

 the sides and does not fit at the end ; it should be 19 (34) and 20 (31) instead of 

 19 (31) and 20 (34)." The statement that it does not fit at the end is incorrect. 

 The table reads : — 



19 (31) The longitudinal furrow on the head widened in front. 



31 (19) The longitxxdinal furrow on the head not \videned in front. 



20 (34) Thorax widest before the middle. 

 34 (20) Thorax widest in the middle. 



Dr. Fowler says that it should read : — 



19 (34) The longitudinal furrow on the head widened in front. 

 34 (19) Thorax widened in the middle. 



20 (31) Thorax widest before the middle. 



31 (20) The longitudinal furrow on the head not widened in front. 

 These alterations appear to have very little to recommend them. — J. Edwards, 

 Colesborne, Cheltenham: April Wth, 1913. 



A hitherto unrecorded occurrence of Carabus cancellatus, III., in Britain. — In an 

 interleaved copy of Stephens' " Manual of British Coleoptera," once the property 

 of the Rev. W. Tylden, of Stanford, near Hythe, a specimen of this rare Carabus 

 is thus referred to : " A single example brought rne from Sandgate ; April, 



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