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hail were apparent everywhere ; in many places all the yonng foliage hafi been 

 destroyed, leaving the trees almost as bare as in winter. I gave my attention 

 chiefly to tlie Coleoptera, and obtained a fair number, in spite of these unfavorable 

 circumstances. The season being so very backward, most of the rarer Forest 

 species were only just beginning to appear. Solitary specimens of Orammoptera 

 analis, O. prcpusta, JSJater lythropterits, 7?. elongatuJus, CalUdlum alni, Kaplop- 

 nemu.i impressus, and Asemiim striatum were taken. This last was by far the most 

 interesting beetle met with, as it has previously been known as a British insect 

 from Scotch records only. Unless recently introduced, it is strange that so large 

 and conspicuous a species should have been overlooked.* Calo.tomn inquisitor was 

 not uncommon on tree trunks, and Phytodecta viminalis swarmed on sallows. 

 Other species taken included Carnlus arvensis, Pterostichus dimidiatus, Scaphidium 

 quadrimactilatum, SilpTia quadripunctata, Malachiun mneus, Attelahus curculio- 

 noide.i, Balaninus venosus, B. villosux. Cli/tus mysticus, Mhagium inquisitor, 

 72. blfasciatum, Liopus nebulosits, Callidium vi.olaceum and Ischnomera cmrnlea. 

 Athous vittafus was very common everywhere. I also took a few Lina popnii from 

 a dwarf species of sallow. They all had the elytra of a nnich brighter I'ed than the 

 Norfolk and Cambridgeshire specimens I have met with. — H. J. ThouTjESS, Corfe, 

 College Road, Norwich : December 15th, 1902. 



Sitaris murcdi>t. Ford., at Chohham. — I have recently captured three specimens 

 of this species on a projecting piece of the wall of a red-brick, seventeenth-century 

 house at West End, Chobham, Surrey ; one on August 10th, one on August 20th, 

 and one on August 25th. All three were taken at almost exactly the same spot, 

 near a small hole, which I suppose must have been the entrance to a nest of Antho- 

 pJiora, but no bees were visible, though I often watched the hole. They wore very 

 sluggish, and scarcely moved when handled, apparently having just emerged from 

 the pupa. Ftiturifi is not recorded from Surrey in Fowler's " Coleoptera of the 

 British Islands ;" nor is it included in Mr. Cliam]Dion's List of the Coleoptera of 

 the County. — Donald S. Robertson, 9, Elsworthy Terrace, London, N.W. : 

 January 0th, 1903. 



Occurrence of Anthicus (Aulacoderus) sulcithorax, Desbr., in Malta. — I have 

 been for some time puzzled with this striking little Anthicus, which I found not 

 uncommonly by sweeping last June in Malta. I have now no doubt, however, that 

 it is the above-mentioned species, which is recorded from Algeria, Palestine, &c. 

 Anthrenus biscren.<!is,'Re\it., is also common on the UmhelUfercB in the same localitv, 

 and it is not unlikely that more Algerian forms will be discovered as the island is 

 more thoroughly worked. — M. Cameron, H.M.S. " Harrier :" November \Qth, 1902. 



Aporia cratcegi in Dorsetshire. — In Mr. C. W. Dale's " Historical Notes on 

 Aporia cratcegi in Britain " (Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. xiii, 2nd series, p. 157 — 8) the only 

 record of the occurrence of the butterfly in Dorsetshire is " Glanvilles Wootton, 

 sparingly, last taken by J. C. Dale on June 10th, 1815." I wish to supplement this 

 record with my own experience. When quite a little boy I lived at Weymouth, and 



* A striatum has nlready been recorded from the New Forest [Eut. Mo. Mag., xxx 

 p. 227 (1894)], as well as from Bookham, Surrey [np. cit. xxxiii, p. 105 (1897)].— G. C. C. 



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