58 [March, 



On July I5th in the snmo year Mr. Brockton Tomlin found the 

 species in <i;reat numbers at Sherwood Forest, and from a freshly 

 fallen tree obtained a fine scries of females in situ. The Sherwood 

 examples contained living larvae which continued to hatch for a week 

 or more after they came into my possession. 



Outside the British Isles the spt-cies has been found only on the 

 Continent of Europe. It had, apparently, been lost sight of for 

 nearly a century, when it was re-discovered by Dr. K. Suic at .Trebon, 

 Bohemia, in July, 1899 ; shortly afterwards it was taken by Karl 

 L. Kafka in Moravia ; and in September, 1899, Dr. L. Reh 

 found examples at Borstel, near Hamburg. I am much indebted to 

 all three collectors for a liberal supply of specimens, which are spe- 

 cifically identical with those found in this country. Figures will 

 appear in the second volume of the '^ British Coccidce'' published by 

 the Ray Society. 



Grosvenor Museum, Cliestor : 

 Fehruarjf, 1903. 



COLEOPTKRA COLLECTED AROUND CONSTANTINOPLE DURING 

 THE WINTER 1901-1902. 



nY MALCOLM CAMKRON, M.B., R.N., F.E.S., H. M. S. " nAURIKR." 



Having had the good fortune to spend a winter at Constantinople, 

 I have thought a list of the species of Goleoptern there met with 

 might be useful. 



The climate of this region may be said to be good, that is, it is 

 not subject to the amount of heat found in Greece in the summer ; 

 the prevailing winds during these months are from the Black Sea, and 

 to them is due the pleasantness of the weather along the Bosphorus. 

 The hottest month appears to be August, with a mean temperature of 

 74"5°, and the coldest, February, with a mean of 41°. In the winter 

 the N.E. wind is often accompanied with snow, copious rainfall or 

 fog, and Constantinople in these times is dreary and dirty, owing to 

 the cobbled streets, leaking parapets, and bedraggled street dogs ; 

 these last being one of the features of the place. 



However, the winter months are by no means continually cold 

 and dirty ; frequently the wind will shift to the S.W.,and then comes 

 a two or three days' spell of genial sunny weather, when the collector 

 can explore the surrounding country with at all events profit to him- 

 self ; pleasure also if the mud is not minded. Constantinople is 

 remai'kable for these sudden changes of wind and weather. 



