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Tetropium fuscum, Fah., at Betchworth, Surrey. — I think it may be worth 

 while to record tlie capture of a specimen of the above species, which was made by 

 my son, Herman Saunders, near Betchworth, in July, 1901. At the time it was 

 caught I submitted it to Mr. Champion, who determined it as Tetropium fuxciim ; 

 but both he and T thought it was hardly wise to record it, as in all probability it 

 would prove to have been only a casual introduction. On seeing Dr. Sharp's notice 

 of its capture in the New Forest (antea p. 198), Mr. Champion remembered the 

 circumstances of my specimen, and suggested that I should now call attention to 

 it. The occurrence of a second example in this country throws a possibly different 

 light on the subject, and he remjirks that it is not improbable that Tetropium, like 

 Asemum, botli of which are alpine or boreal in their distribution, may succeed in 

 establishing itself in the South of England in places where Scotch Firs have long 

 been planted. He considers my specimen to be a small dark ? o{ fuscum, but 

 observes that the differences between T. fuscum, ¥., and T. castaneum, L. (= luridum, 

 L.), are not very obvious, both being variable in size and colour. My son is often 

 in the neighbourhood of Betchworth, and T will get him to visit the fir trees Jiear 

 the spot where he captured the specimen recorded, and try to obtain more. — 

 Edward Saunders, St. Ann's, Woking : August ISth, 1903. 



Odontreus mobilicornis, F., again at Wolcing. — A fine male of this species was 

 found this morning floating in a small pool of rain water in a galvanized iron bath 

 in my garden ! This is the fifth example that has come under my notice during the 

 past ten years in this district. — G. C. Champion, Horsell, Woking : Aug. I'ith, 1903. 



Coleoptera in the Netv Forest. — In view of the admittedly bad season in the 

 New Forest, the following captures made towards the end of June may be worth 

 recording : — Anoplodera sexguttata, Leptura scutellata, Mi/cetochares bipusfuhrta, 

 Mlater lythropterus, and Athous rhomheus. This last insect was taken with one 

 exception in the pupal state. — Gr. S. Whitaker, IIG, Trinity Road, Upper Tooting, 

 S.W. : July 23rd, 1903. 



Coleoptera in the Neio Forest. — Driven south from Rannoch by stress of 

 weather, I put in a week at Lyndhurst in the middle of July, and found beetles 

 scarcer than I had ever known them before. On two separate occasions two hours 

 of steady hard work produced four specimens only, all of the commonest species, 

 and although I found plenty of dead trees and felled logs, most of them were 

 untenanted. My only captures of any note at all were two Mycetochares bipustu- 

 lata, twelve Cicones variegatus, a number of Litargus bifasciatus, six Mycetophagus 

 atomarius, two Leptura scutellata, and single specimens of Melasis buprestoides, 

 Callidium variabile, and Phlaeotrya Stephensi — almost all from one particular tree. 

 The season seems to have been an exceedingly bad one, and the resident collectors 

 were complaining bitterly — Theodore Wood, The Vicarage, Lyford Road, Wands- 

 worth Common, S.W. : July 30th, 1903. 



Cryptophagus rujicornis. Staph., on Chat Moss. — A few days ago I received a 

 large series of Cryptophagus from Mr. Kidson Taylor, who had taken them in fungus 



