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Anomala Donovani, Marsham : aynonymical note. — Happening to look at the 

 specimens of this supposed British species in the British Museum, referred to by 

 Stephens in his Illustrations of British Entomology (Mandibulata, vol. iii, p. 226), 

 I recognised them as belonging to the American Anomala irrorata, Blanchard, a 

 name given 48 years after that of Marsham. The original description in Marsham's 

 Coleoptera Britannica, p. 44, vras drawn up from two specimens found by Donovan at 

 Newton Nottage, in Glamorganshire. Whether these are still in existence I am 

 unable to discover, but the description leaves no doubt as to their specific identity 

 ■with the two British Museum specimens, of whose origin there is unfortunately no 

 record. All four appear to have been examined by Stephens, and a figure was 

 given by Westwood in his " Introduction." The habitat of the species is North and 

 Central America, and there can be no doubt that its occurrence in this country was 

 due to some accidental circumstance. Fowler, in his " Coleoptera of the British 

 Islands," has conjectured that Anomala Donovan! is a rare variety of A. cenea, De 

 Geer {frischii, Fabr.), but the two have really no close relationship. — Gilbert J. 

 Arrow, British Museum (Natural History) : October Ith, 1899. 



Hydropori out of water. — On July 31st I found many living specimens of black 

 Hydropori, most of them in a perfectly torpid state, in the dried up basin of a 

 moorland hollow, which always contains water in the winter ; there were also living 

 examples of Ayabus biguttata.i. Is it not unusual for water beetles to wait in this 

 manner for the winter rain, as their power of flight would enable them to find water 

 in other places ? — L. M. Btjcknill, Thornfield, Bitterne, Southampton : Oct., 1899. 



Oberea oculata in WicJcen Fen, Cambridgeshire . — On August 13th, during a 

 short visit to Wicken, I was fortunate in capturing three specimens. The first and 

 finest one was obtained by beating sallow, the other two I spotted sitting on sallow, 

 and took by hand. Unfortunately it clouded over, and a cool wind sprang up, and 

 despite further searching no other capture was made. — Edward J. Newill, Hertford 

 College, Oxford : October, 1899. 



Eumolpus Dillioynii, Steph. : synonymical note. — At Mr. B. Tomlin's request, 

 Mr. Gahan and I have recently examined the type of Eumolpus Dillioynii, Steph., 

 in the British Museum. This insect, which is said to have been captured in S. Wales, 

 has not been identified by modern writers, and it is omitted from the Catalogue of 

 Gemminger and Harold. E. Dillwynii proves to be identical with Scelodonta 

 nitidula, Baly, the types of which were from Borneo and Singapore, a common 

 Eastern species, occurring also in Sumatra, Penang, Siam, India, &c., and there are 

 also specimens of it in the British Museum, labelled " China." Stephens' descrip- 

 tion [Illustr., Mand., iv, p. 364, t. 23, fig. 3 (1831)] is accompanied by a coloured 

 figure, and it antedates that of Baly by more than thirty years. His specimen is 

 recorded as having been taken on " July 29, 1820, among herbage on a hedge bank 

 by a path near Penllorgare, between Tyrdonkin and Cefnadley." Eumolpus Badgeri, 

 Steph., from " Cambridgeshire," still, I believe, remains unidentified. — G. C. 

 Champion, Horsell, Woking : October ]Oth, 1899. 



