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Loricera pilicorms. Anchomenus Bogemanni, Gyll., appears to liavo a siimlar 

 holarctic distribution, though it has not yet been detected in Britain. — G. C. 

 Champion, Horsell, Woking : September Qth, 1900. 



Oxffpoda longipes, Muls., in Morayshire. — I find among the specimens of 

 Oxypoda taken by mo near Forres in September, 1892, in flood rubbish, a single 

 example of the rare O. longipes, Muls. It has been standing in my collection as 

 O. opaca, Grav., of which I took an enormous series in hopes of securing its rare 

 ally, and with which (although recognised at the time) it appears to have got mixed 

 on the home journey ; unfortunately it has lost an antenna. The insect recorded 

 by me from Forres in the Ent. Mo. Mag. for 1893, p. 259, as 0. rupicoJa, Rye, is I 

 find O. edinensis, Sharp. Mr. Champion kindly identified a specimen for me, awd 

 so I discovered my mistake. — A. J. Chitty, 27, Hereford Square, S.W. : Aug., 1900. 



Emus hirtus in Alderney. — I have pleasure in recording the capture of a 

 specimen of this rare beetle in Alderney by Mr. E. D. Marquand. He was walking 

 on the Blaye in company with Rev. F. A. Walker, D.D., on July 9th, when he saw 

 a large golden-yellow insect flying towards some fresh cow dung, having a net with 

 him he was able to secure it, and it turned out to be the above fine species. Rye 

 says it resembles a humble-bee in flight, but Mr. Marquand says it looked more like 

 a wasp, only with the peculiar flight of a beetle. Another specimen was seen 

 shortly afterwards by Dr. Walker, but not captured. — W. A. Luff, Guernsey : 

 Septemher llth, 1900. 



Coleoptera at Crickhoioell, South Wales. — While staying at Crickhowell during 

 the latter part of July, I managed to pick up a few Coleoptera, which may be 

 deemed worthy of notice. Chief among these were the following : — Bembidium 

 decorum, tibiale, prasinum, and punctulatum, on the banks of the Usk ; Agabus 

 nitidus, in a little pool near the summit of the Darran, about 1800 feet up ; A. 

 maculatus and Orectochilus villosus, in numbers under large stones close to the edge 

 of the river ; Hydroporus septentrionalis, crawling on the wet mud in the hot sun ; 

 Ochthebius exsculptus and Hydrcena gracilis, beneath submerged stones ; Philon- 

 thusfulvipes (plentifully), Myllcena Kraatzi, Philonthus prolixus, Bledius paUipes, 

 and Trogophlaeus arcuatus, on the river bank ; Anisotoma ovalis and Kydrocyphon, 

 by sweeping ; Lesteva puhescens and Elmis J^olkmari, from moss-covered stones in 

 a small waterfall ; Rhizophagus dispar and parallelocollis, under bark ; and Lath- 

 ridius testaceus, in some numbers, with a single example of Conipora, from dusty 

 fungus on a felled elm. A little earlier or later in the season I imagine that the 

 district would well repay working. — Theodoee Wood, 157, Trinity Road, Upper 

 Tooting, S.W. : August 21th, 1900. 



Vanessa Antiopa in Suffolk. — Perhaps your readers may be interested in 

 knowing that I captured Vanessa Antiopa on August 30th in the neighbourhood of 

 Lowestoft. — E. J. Singleton Smith, St. Margaret's College, Lowestoft : Septem- 

 ber 1st, 1900. 



