202 [August, 



year, near Trewoofe, in West Cornwall, is worthy of a more prominent record than 

 mere allusion in a local list. It is presumably the second female example of the 

 species caught in Britain (exact data as to the other specimen of that sex are 

 wanting). All captures of the species in Britain, witli one notable exception, have 

 been in solitary examples, and Mr. Boyd on this occasion saw no others The 

 notable exception alluded to was the capture by the Messrs. Briggs of seventeen 

 males (with no female) in Surrey, in June, 1892. There is not the slightest 

 evidence to support the idea that the species ever breeds in this country : every- 

 thing points the other way. It is essentially meridional in distribution, and yet 

 the examples taken here with any date records have been taken in June, and 

 were fully mature. Mr. Boyd's ? is no exception, for the under-side of the 

 abdomen shows the whitish pulverulence that is a sure sign of what may be called 

 "old age." Mr. Boyd's capture rests on a somewhat different footing to the 

 Surrey swarm noticed by Messrs. Briggs. It is a long way from the Land's End to 

 the nearest French coast, therefore it is not improbable that this examjilc may have 

 had the advantage of a " lift " on some vessel ; but of course this is mere conjecture. 

 In a genus in which the specific characters are somewhat subtle, it is not unnatural 

 that the species should be sometimes confounded with S. striolalum, and it is well 

 that all very early captures supposed to be of the latter be carefully examined. 

 The published English descriptions of -S. Fonscolomhii need comparative details, no 

 doubt owing to lack of materials. I may return to this subject, but at present 

 conclude these notes by thanking Mr. Boyd for enabling me to add a British - 

 caught $ to my collection, accompanied by the remark : — " I knew I should get 

 somethmg good for you some day." — R. McLachlan, Lewisham, London : Julif 3rd, 

 1903. 



Agrion hastulatmn, Charp., at Aviemore. — For some time I had been looking 

 forward to an opportuntiy for visiting this locality with a view of taking Agrion 

 hastulatmn, a dragon-fly introduced into the British list on the strength of a speci- 

 men captured by Col. Yerbury at Aviemore (cf. Ent. Mo. Mag., viii [2], p. 226, Oct., 

 1900). I am pleased to be able to report that I have taken typical specimens of the 

 species at intervals from June 22nd of this year ; so far I have not been able to 

 take many on account of the high winds, but should the weather improve I have no 

 doubt that a fair number may reward ray labours. — Jambs J. F. X. King, 

 Aviemore : July IG^A, 1903. 



Oynandrophthalma affinis, Ifellw., in Wychwood Forest. — The greater part of 

 June this year was very dismal, torrents of rain falling almost daily, so that col- 

 lecting was out of the question. Towards the end of the month, however, the 

 weather suddenly changed, bringing brilliant sunshine and heat, and I started off 

 at once to Wychwood Forest to look for Qynandrophthalma affiiiis. A day or two 

 spent there showed that the species is not at all uncommon in the Forest, although 

 it needed a good deal of sweeping, beating and searching to take them. In their 

 habits they are much like Cryptocephalus, but they more readily take wing in the 

 hot sunshine. The number of dead bodies lying about seemed to indicate that the 

 incessant heavy rains had made liavoc among them. 



In the same locality Psylliodes dttlcamaree, Koch, was common on its food-plant. 

 Cryptocephalus ochrostoma, Har., was fairly common, and Harpalus punctatulus, 



