256 [October, 



fortius ohlique iiiqjresso, elijiris posfice dilafatis, antice depressis, jiostice 

 canal icuhdis, iniersfifiis 10, alternis elcvatis. Lonrj., 10 — 15 mm. 



From these characters it will bo seen that M. harhata is a much 

 smaller insect than M. duhia, and has parallel-sided elytra, with the 

 deej) sulci separated by broad convex interspaces. The legs and an- 

 tennae vary in colour, and are sometimes entirely rufo-testaceous, as 

 in Mr. Bed well's specimen. M. duhia {canaliculata), which must be 

 erased from the British list, has the elytra widened posteriorly (as in 

 M. caraboides), with the interspaces narrow, and the alternate ones 

 only raised. 



Both species are widely distributed on the continent, but 31. 

 duhia extends much further north than M. harhata. Curtis gives an 

 excellent figure of the latter, under the name M. canaliculata, at the 

 same time noting that it differs from Panzer's drawing (which is very 

 bad) of that insect ; and good figures of the species are also to be 

 found in the w^orks of 8tiirm, Gucrin-Meneville (ilf. rufipes), and 

 Jacquelin-Duval {M.Jlavicornis). M. duhia {canaliculata) is very like 

 M. carahoides, Linn. (= serrafa, Fabr.), and of the same size; but it 

 is black, the thorax is less rounded at the sides and canaliculate down 

 the middle, and the elytra have the narrow alternate interspaces 

 raised. The North-American If. striata, Say, is a nearly allied form. 



Mr. Bedwell's specimen is somewhat broken, and he thinks that 

 the insect had been attacked by Calosoma inquisitor, two exami)le8 of 

 which he found quite close to it on the same tree. 



Horsell, Woking : 



August Slst, 1901. 



Attelahus ctirciilionoides, Linn., attacking chestnut and hornbeam. — This insect 

 appears to have been vei'y abundant this year, and has been found rolling up the leaves 

 of the sweet chestnut at Guestling, Battle, and Haslemere ; in the latter case a large 

 number of leaves were thus rolled. It has also been noticed utilizing the leaves of 

 the hornbeam, two rolls having been found bj' Mr. E. Connold, of St. Leonard's, in 

 the Battle Woods. — E. N. Bloomfield, Guestling : September, 1901. 



[I cannot find any record of Attelahus attacking hornbeam ; Bedel, however 

 (Faune Col. Bassin Seine, Rhyncli., p. 222), states, on the authority of Nordlinger, 

 that it is found upon the chestnut. — G.'C. C.]. 



J'anessa Antiopa in Middlesex. — Mr. Frank Bodmore informs me that on 

 Sunday, the 25th inst.,a large specimen of this species was seen by him at Stanniore 

 where he was playing golf. His brother, who is an active collector of Lepido2)tera, 

 also saw it, so there is little doubt as to the identity of the species. — H. Goss, 

 The Avenue, Surbiton Hill : August 28th, 1901. 



