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Gnorimus nohilis, L., al Woolwich. — I was fortunate enough to take three 

 epeciuiens of this rare beetle at Woolwich on May 20th last. They occurred under 

 the bark of an ancient cherry tree which has been dead some years ; a number of 

 the larvEe remain in the tree, and consequently I hope to obtain more of the perfect 

 insect another season. — E. C. Bedwell, Norbiton, Surrey : June 8tk, 1905. 



Capture of Pselaphus dresdensis, Herhst, near London. — I took one specimen 

 of Pnelaphus dresdensis, llerbst, from moss at the edge of Wisley Pond, Surrey, on 

 May 30th, 19u5. I think this capture so near London worth recording, as in Canon 

 Fowler's " Coleoptera of the British Islands " it is said to be very rare, and northern 

 in its distribution.— G. E. Bryant, Fir Grove, Esher, Surrey : June 7th, 1905. 



Farther notes on the capture of Amara anthohia. Villa, and the comparative mor- 

 phology of A. familiar is, A. anthobia, and A. ludda. — It was my intention to add 

 a note to that of Mr. W. E. Sharp in the April number of the Ent. Mo. Mag., in 

 which he announced my capture of A. anthobia, Villa, at Leighton Buzzard ; but I 

 waited in order to have time to make a careful examination of the beetle, as it 

 appears on this side of the English Channel, comparing it, in as many instances as 

 possible, with the closely allied species, A.familiaris and A. lucida, and with the 

 continental A. anthobia, if the latter were procurable. 



Fortunately I have been able to get together a good deal of material for obser- 

 vation. I am indebted to Messrs. G. C. Champion, W. Holland, W. E. Sharp, J. 

 R. le B. Tomlin, and Dr. Chaster, for kindly lending me series of A. lucida for 

 examination, also to M. Bedel for twelve fresh examples of A. anthobia which he 

 kindly collected for me in the neighbourhood of Paris. Together with this my own 

 efforts in the field produced in a few days a larger number of A.familiaris and A. 

 anthobia than I anticipated. 



On September 2nd, 190i, I turned up with my trowel, at the roots of grass, in 

 a sandy soil, a batch of a small red-legged Amara. I was attracted by the small 

 size of some of these (which subsequently proved to be A. anthobia), one or two 

 appearing only a little larger than a good sized A. tibialis, accordingly I took a few 

 for examination. On consulting Canon Fowler's " British Coleoptera,^' and ob- 

 serving the less projecting anterior angles of the thorax in my specimens, I separated 

 them by this character from the examples of A.familiaris, and put them away in 

 my relaxing tin labelled A. lucida, as I suppose others have done before. I had not 

 that species in my collection at the time. 



The fact of these being inland lucida, as I thought, induced me to return two 

 days later to the same spot and take more, both days realizing eighteen specimens. 

 In February, 1905, when overhauling these beetles thoroughly, I observed the pre- 

 Bcutellary pore, and called Mr. Sharp's attention to this character — foreign to lucida 

 and constant in all my specimens, at the same time sending him two examples. 



As already stated he most happily thought of the continental anthobia, and 

 Bent me Putzeys' description of it, which, in my opinion, agreed well with the new 

 Amara. At the same time Mr. Holland kindly sending me his series oi A. lucida 

 to compare, the difference being at once apparent, I labelled my beetle " A. anthobia, 

 VUla." 



