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monly, while Homalota canibrica and H. hygrotopora were rare ; a couple of 

 Scopeeus sulcicoUis was an unexpected find, as was also a single specimen of Anisotoma 

 ovalis. Under stones and in submerged moss Elmis eeneus, Henicocerus exsculptus, 

 Octhehius bicolon, 0. rufomarginatus, and, verj abundantly, Limnebius truncatellus. 

 Sweeping and beating by the river side gave but poor results, it being too late for 

 the bulk of the Rhynchophora or Malacodermata. We, however, took Hydrocyphon 

 deflexicollis in abundance, and also, more or less commonly, Lasia glohosa, Chryso- 

 mela varians, Cryptocephahis pusillus, Strangalia armata, Phytobius quadrituber- 

 culatus, Rhinoncus perpendicularius, Mecinus pyraster, and Limnobaris T-albutn. 

 In moss in a small wood the only noteworthy capture was Quedius picipes. 



(3) In the tidal drift on the banks of the Conway occurred one of the best 

 species we took — ChcBtocnema Sahlbergi. Here were also Phcedon iumidulus and 

 P. concinnus, Phyllotreta simiata, Cercyon hcemorrhous, and Cercus rujilabris. 

 StaphyJinus Cmsareus was not uncommon, but of S. slercorarivs only a single speci- 

 men allowed itself to be captured. Other Staphylinidce were Quedius rufipes, Q. 

 xemifBneus. Q. maurorufus, Philonthus ventralis, Ocypus morio, TacTiyporus formosus, 

 Paderus littoralis, Aleochara bipunctata, Ocalea badia, Falagria thoracica, Myce- 

 toporus splendens, Megacronits analis, and a multitude of common Philonthi, 

 Homalota and Stent. — W. E. Sharp, Ledsham, Cheshire : November 2Uh, 1898. 



Dynastes Hercules hi Bedfordshire. — It may be of interest to note than an 

 example of this fine South American beetle was taken early in September last upon 

 a hedge near Biggleswade. It was given by the boy who captured it to Mr. Alfred 

 H. Blake, of High Street, Biggleswade, who sent me a sketch of the insect, together 

 with a suggestion that it might possibly have been imported with Esparto grass, 

 large bales of which are constantly arriving at the paper mills in the town. The 

 insect must of course have been introduced ; but the bales in question appear to 

 come from the Mediterranean ports and from Algeria. — Theodore Wood, 157, 

 Trinity Eoad, Upper Tooting, S.W. : November 25th, 1898. 



Philonthus pullus, Nordm., and other Coleoptera near Bridgend. — I have several 

 species to add to the fauna of the spot at Candleston described in the November 

 number of this Magazine (pp. 256, 257). First and foremost Philonthus pullus, 

 Nordm., of which I took three examples in July, running on damp sand, where the 

 dried up stream had flowed. Philonihtis micans, P. quisquiliarius, Stenus atratulus, 

 and Notiophilus substriatus, also occurred here. — B. Tomlin, Llandaff : January 

 6th, 1899. 



Hydrana pygmaa, Wat., S{c., near Mold. — A single specimen of Hydrana 

 pygmaa was found by me last April on a stone in the Eiver Alyn, at Ehydymwyn, 

 near Mold. Homalota cambrica and H. currax were common in the shingle, and 

 Mantura obtusata, Cryptohypnus dermestoides, and C. 4-guttatus were in evidence. 

 —Id. 



Brachy.somus setulosus, Boh., at Chesham, Bucks. — In November, 1896, 1 found 

 three specimens of this weevil in some siftings of dead leaves collected just within 

 a wood near Chesham. The past November, as will be remembered, was remarkably 

 mild, and therefore it seemed a favourable opportunity to again look for the insect ; 



