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species in New Zealand remains to be proved. I formerly saw what appeared to be 

 three kinds of cases from the colony. But the differences might be owing to degrees 

 of maturity on the one hand, and to variations in the building materials at the 

 disposal of the larvae on the other. This note is preliminary. — R. McLachlan, 

 Lewisham, London : April 8^A, 1899. 



Cardiastethus fasciiventris, Oarb.,in Suffolk. — In Eaydon Great Wood, near 

 Hadleigh, on the 16th inst., while beating fir trees for Pimplee and Pezoniachi 

 (which did not occur),! found a couple of specimens of the above in my umbrella. 

 At Hayland, near Sudbury, I swept a single example last May (1898), but it cer- 

 tainly was not from Coniferm, of which we approached none. These records are 

 interesting, since Mr. Saunders (Hem.-Het. Brit. Is.) apparently knew of no locality 

 for it north of the Thames in 1892, and it does not occur in the Ipswich District, 

 which is only 2h miles from the farmer locality.— Claude Moeley, The Crescent, 

 Ipswich : April, 1899. 



Ptinus germanus, F., in Suffolk. — On the 16th inst., whilst sheltering from a 

 shower at Little Wenham, I discovered a strong colony of this rarity in a gate post 

 that was so old as to be quite unassignable to any particular species of tree ; there 

 was no bark left, and the surface was quite green. I saw some two dozen perfect 

 beetles, but did not thoroughly investigate the post, which would probably have 

 meant death to the majority of the very numerous larvae feeding in it. The post 

 was full of their borings, and when about to become pupse they approach very near 

 the surface and gnaw out an oval chamber, in which they probably effect the final 

 change during mid-winter, since Mr. Gr. Douglas Turner has sent me specimens from 

 Bramber in February (1894). They are, however, quite mature, and immediately 

 begin walking about as though the muscular action had been quite an every day 

 affair ; and of those I took two pairs were in cop. upon arriving home the satne 

 evening. The species has never been taken in this district before, and is only 

 recorded from Bungay, in Suffolk, where it was taken by Curtis {v. Brit. Ent.), and 

 by Mr. W. Q-arneys {v. The Naturalist, 1858), quoted by Stephens and Fowler.— Id. 



Corticeus (Hypophloeus) linearis, Fair., at Woking. — Since the publication of 

 Mr. Heasler's note on the capture of this interesting little Tenebrionid at Oxshott 

 (Ent. Record, x, p. 176), I have been on the look out for it in this neighbourhood, 

 but without success till a few days ago, when I found four specimens under the bark 

 of a fallen pine. In the same tree there were dead or living specimens of Myelo- 

 philus piniperda, Tomicus laricis, Eylades palliatus, Rhizophagus depressus (plenty), 

 R. lipustulatus, Lremophloeus ferrugineus, Phloeopora reptans, &c., but no trace of 

 Pityogenes hidens, upon which C. linearis is said to be parasitic. The tree, how- 

 ever, had long since been attacked by the ScolytidcB, and the top was gone, so that 

 last year it may have contained specimens of the Pityogenes in the smaller branches. 

 —a. C. Champion, Horsell, Woking : April Zrd, 1899. 



Salpingus mutilatus. Beck, at Gomshall.—l captured two mature male ex- 

 amples of this species on the downs at Gomshall on the 1st instant. They were 

 found under the bark of beech, in company with Rhinosimus planirostris and R. 



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