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nodosus the luiuieri are rounded and the fifth to the seventh in- 

 terstices only are murieate). P. quadrinodosus has much the facies 

 of a small Rhinoncus. The latter is a well known British insect, 

 though rare in collections ; it has, however, been found in some quantity 

 in the Chatham district by Mr. J. J. Walker and myself, and speci- 

 mens of it have been distributed by us from time to time. I have 

 also taken it at Mickleham, Shirley, New Forest, Walton and Woking. 

 The synonymy of the two species will stand as follows : — 



muricatus, Ch. Bris. (1867). quadrinodosus, Gyll. (1813). 



granatiis, Thorns. (1865), {nee Gyll., 1836). deiiticollis, Gyll. (1837). 



quadrinodosus, Cat. Sharp and Fowler. 



P. muricatus has been recorded from Paris, Germany, The Pyre- 

 nees, and Sweden. I am indebted to M. Bedel for comparing one of 

 my specimens of it with the type, and also for comparing an example 

 of our P. denficoUis with the species known to him by that name* 

 Horsell, Woking : May 2,nd, 1899. 



Stylops melittce, Kirby, at VFoking. — Yesterday I caught a ^ example of this 

 species in my garden, and three more were taken this mornino, in the same spot, all 

 flying in the hot sun, between 7.30 and 9.30 a.m.f Its white wings and sooty- 

 blaek body, as well as its peculiar rapid, hovering flight, make it a conspicuous 

 object, especially when seen against a dark background, like a Scotch fir. Various 

 Andrenee were noticed about in the garden at the same time, and tliese probably 

 account for the presence of the Stylops. — G-. C. Champion, Horsell, Woking : 

 May 8th, 1899. 



Cryphaltts fagi, Nordm., at Guildford. — I found to-day (May 13th) a small 

 thriving colony of this rare species in a dead bough of a living beech tree on the 

 downs near Guildford ; they were burrowing in the sappier portions of the very 

 thin flaky bark, from which they were with some difficulty extracted. — lu. 



Coleoptera in the Chenham District. — On March 16th of this year I was at the 

 village of Halton for a short time, and from a couple of large heaps of dead rushes, 

 grass, &c., I took the following Coleoptera : J'terostichtis gracilis, Bembidium fitmi- 

 gatum, fairly common, and accompanied by two of its allies, B. assimile, and B. 

 Clarki, Calodera cethiops, Callicerus olscurus, Somalota nigella, H. gemina, rather 

 plentiful and variable, both in size and coloration, U. soror, H. exilis, Hygronoma 

 dimidiata, very abundant, Steniis canaliculatus, S. circularis, Mybaxis sanguinea, 

 Trichopteryx brevipennis, Canoscelis pallida, Psammoechus bipunctatus, very com- 

 mon, Aphthona lufescens, Sitones meliloti, and Tychius meliloti ; the last named 

 occurs here commonly in the summer months, and Apion meliloti is to be found 

 vyith it sparingly ; Ceuthorrhynchus melanostictus and Phytobius notula were also 

 noticed. 



* In hia " Table " (Col. Bassln Seine, vi, p. 180) P. deiiticollis is included amongst the species 

 with a 7-jointed funiculus. 



t Others were captured on May 12th and 13th. 



