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Muscular energy in a Tipula's leg after death. — A curious case of muscular 

 energy came under my notice last year, of which I made a careful note, but until I 

 found it again a few days ago I had forgotten to record it. A daddy longlegs flying 

 round the lamp in my brother's room one evening, dropped one of its legs. This 

 fell on a piece of paper, and my brotlier noticed that it continued to move ; so he 

 watched it, and for more than an hour (in fact, till he left it and went off to bed) it 

 kept up a rythmical contraction of the tarsal joints towards the tibifE, 85 times a 

 minute. I do not know if similar cases have been recorded, but I thought it was 

 worth notice. The leg was entire, having been broken off at the coxa. — Edwaed 

 Saundees, St. Ann's, Woking : June 12th, 1897. 



[An experience of my own may be relegated to the same class of reflex pheno- 

 mena. Having struck at a large ^schna at rest on a twig, the head was seen to 

 tumble down, whereas the rest of the insect flew away in an undecided manner for a 

 considerable distance. Upon picking up the head I noticed that the insect had been 

 eating a fly at the time. The mandibles continued working as if nothing had 

 happened, and the masticated portions of the fly passed out at the back of the head. 

 — E. McLachlan]. 



Medon ripicola and Scopceus sulcicollis at Pit/mouth. — Mr. A. Ford having 

 been good enough to send me an example of the first-named insect, I at once 

 suspected that I had a full series of the beetle, taken some years ago, doing duty in 

 my collection as Lithocharis ochracea. On forwarding a few of them to Mr. G. C 

 Champion he kindly confirmed my suspicion. I have recently taken some thirty 

 specimens of it, and in tlie same locality a single example of Scopceus sulcicollis, 

 also named by Mr. Champion. — J. H. Keys, 1, Sea View Avenue, Lipson, Plymouth : 

 June 1st, 1897. 



Hydroporus marginatus,Dufts.,in Hampshire. — I had a day or two's collecting 

 at Chilbolton, near Stockbridge, in Hampshire, at Easter, and was fortunate enough 

 to find a fresh locality for this species. It occurred plentifully in very small rain 

 water ponds which were quite dried up at the end of May, while at Ramsbury I 

 have always found it in running water. I have some specimens to spare for any 

 friends who may wish to have the species, if they will write to me for it. — R. W. 

 Lloyd, St. Cuthbert's, Thurleigh Road, Balham, S.W. : June 11th, 1897. 



Harpalus cupreus at Sandown, I. W. — After an interval of eight years I have 

 had an opportunity of going to Sandown to see if I could again find Harpalus 

 cupreus, Stepli., and Cathormiocerus socius. Boh. I was fortunate enough to obtain 

 a few specimens of each species at the old localities, but it was exceedingly hard 

 work, as they both seemed much rarer than formerly. — Id. 



An afternoon among the Coleoptera in the Chatham district. — Saturday, June 

 12th, was an ideal summer's day — calm, hot, and cloudless — and as the afternoon 

 was at my disposal, I resolved to make the most of it in the way of collecting. 



