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men being taken by some children at South Kensington, but think the above locality 

 worth recording.— Fredk. C. Adams, 68, St. Ermin's Mansions, S.W. : Nov., 1898. 



Asilus crabroniformis, L., near Lyndlmrst. — Although I have collected regularly 

 in the New Forest for several years, I never met with this conspicuous Dipteron, or 

 heard of anyone else taking it in the Lyndhurst district before this year. I was, 

 therefore, somewhat surprised when returning on August 9th to hear from Mr. J. 

 King, whose acquaintance I had made during my previous visit, that he had not 

 only obtained specimens from Gulliver, taken near Brockenhurst, but had also 

 captured it himself near Holmesley ; and my surprise was turned to pleasure when 

 two days later I took one myself on the path over Phillip's Hill between Foxlease 

 and Brick Kiln enclosures. I am afraid, however, it was only a straggler, as I saw 

 no more, although constantly over the same ground, and also searched for it in likely 

 places round about. I should be glad if any Dipterists who have collected in the 

 New Forest would give me their own experience with this fly. — Id. 



Additions to the Liverpool District list of Coleoptera during 1898. — Local 

 students of the Coleoptera have been able to add about twenty-three species to those 

 already recorded as occurring in that part of Lancashire and Cheshire which is re- 

 presented by the " Liverpool District list." These additions are to a great extent 

 due to the labours of Mr. Dutton of Hilsby and Dr. Billups of Warrington, gentle- 

 men who have more especially explored the Weaver Yalley and the country round 

 Warrington, a district hitherto somewhat neglected by local Coleopterists. Here 

 have occurred Anchoinenus micans, Hydroporus umbrosus, Corymbites cupreus, with 

 its variety ceruc/inosus, Donacia crassipes, T>. menyanthidis, Phytodecta olivacea, and 

 Melasoma populi. In Delamere Forest, which is in the same district, and perhaps 

 the richest locality faunistically in the two counties, we have Hydalicus seminiger, 

 Strangalia quadrifasciata, Donacia cinerea, D. affinis, Galerucella sagittarice, O. 

 tenella, Lochmcea cratcegi, PhyUobrotica quadrimaculata, and Erirrhintis nereis. 

 In the Ledsham district the following are new records: — Calodera riparia, Scirtes 

 hemispharicus, Anthiciis humilis, Phyfobius comari, and Ceuthorrhynchidius mela- 

 narius ; at Bidston, Corymbites tesseUatus ; and at Southport, Byrrhus fasciatus. 

 Other species worth notice, although not new records, are Copelatus agilis, Bembi- 

 dium decorum, and Cryptorrhynchiis lapathi rediscovered near Warrington, Eubry- 

 chius velatus, and Melandrya caraboides in Delamere, Megacronus inclinans in 

 Eastham Wood, and the black variety, hieroglypMcns of Clytus mysticus, taken near 

 Chester by Mr. Newstead (exhibited by Mr. J. J. Walker at a recent Meeting of the 

 Entomological Society). — W. E. Sharp, Ledsham : Novemb'^er 2ith, 1898. 



Aphthona nonstriata, Goeze, var. cenescens, Weise, in Wales. — The variety 

 anescens, Weise,* of this species does not appear to have been recorded as British, 

 but it has been found by Mr. J. J. Walker between Pembroke and Tenby, and by 

 Mr. B. Tomlin at Candleston, near Bridgend, Glamorganshire. A. cenescens difl'ers 

 from A. nonstriata, Goeze (coerulea, Fourcr.), in having the upper surface greenish- • 

 aeneous in colour. The insect was figured and described by Panzer under the name 

 oi Altica hyoscyami. Both forms appear to be attached to Iris pseudacorus. — G. 

 C. Champion, Horsell, Woking : December 1st, 1898. 



* Naturg. Ins. Deutschl., vi, p. 912 (1888). 



