2,10 [September, 



cans, T. hcemorrhoidalin (Aripmoi'e), Rhagonycha limhata, R. elongatn (Aviemore), 

 A-iemum xfriafum, Meloe riolaceus (Aviemore), Donacia sericea, Chri/somela 

 sfaphi/Isea, Prasocurix aucta, Polydrunun cervinus, P. pterygomaliii, Pht/Uobiiis 

 calcaratus, P. maculicollls, Dorytom'is tortrix, D. cosfirostrix, Orchestes xaliceii, 

 O. rusci, Cieliodes ruhicundus (Aviemoi'e), Ceuthorrliynchiii cyanipenni.i and C. 

 hirtiilus (botli at Aviemore), Pissodes pini (Aviemore). 



My attention was mainly given to Lepidoptera, but the above list shows how 

 varied is tlie Coleopterous fauna of these northern regions, even in the beginning 

 of summer, when, owing to the keen N.W. winds, it was hard work collecting, and 

 fires within doors were indispensable. After the 10th the weather became much 

 warmer, and Lepidoptera began to appear in some numbers ; so the search for 

 Coleoptera was discontinued. — Id. 



Apteropeda orbiculafa, Marsh., and its food -pi ants. — M. Bedel, in his excellent 

 work (Coleop. du bassin de la Seine, v, 283), gives Rhinanthus hirsutuft as the food- 

 plant of .4. orhiculata, and expresses his strong doubts as to the species being 

 polyphagous. Kaltenbach (Pflanzenf., 373) attributes the yellow larvse found on 

 Plantago and 'Fevcrinm to A. orhiculata ; but M. Bedel (op. cit., 201-, footnote), in 

 referring to this opinion, considers it to be a mistake. While searching for Ceuthor- 

 rhynchidius daiusoni on the coast near Plymouth, by pulling up and shaking 

 Plantago maritima, I found A. orhiculata in some numbers ; the larva was not to be 

 seen, but one specimen was found near a pupa^case, from which it had evidently 

 recently emerged. It would seem that Kaltenbach is correct as regards Plantago. 

 No species of Rhinanthus was to be seen. R. hirsntus is, I believe, not a British 

 plant. — E. A. Nbwbert, 12, Churchill Eoad, Dartmouth Park, N.W. : August 

 15th, 1905. 



[My own experience with A. orbiculata is that it most frequently comes off 

 Nepeta glechoma, especially the short growth of this plant in woodland paths and 

 " rides."— J. J. W.] 



Note on the Elater mthiops, Lac, of British collections. — M. H. du Buysson 

 in his work on the Elateridie (Faune Gallo-Rhenane, Elat., p. 192), now in course 

 of publication in the " Revue d'Entomologie," has pointed out that the Elater 

 asthiops of British collections is really referable to E. nigerrimus, Lac., and this 

 change will have to be made in our lists. A. sethiops is a larger and duller insect, 

 with the prothorax more coarsely and more densely punctate, and distinctly hollowed 

 down the middle posteriorly, the elytra less rapidly narrowed from the base, <fec. 

 E. nigerrimus has the prothorax somewhat sparsely punctate, with the interspaces 

 shining, and the disc scarcely hollowed down the middle posteriorly. E. sethiops 

 is mainly found in mountainous districts, in pine, spruce, or larch, thought it is said 

 to sometimes attack oak and beech ; I have found it in numbers in the Tyrol, 

 Switzerland, and North Italy, in decaying pines and in sawpits, sometimes in com- 

 pany with E. nigrinus. E. nigerrimus is found in decaying oaks, and the only 

 locality given by Fowler is Windsor Forest ; I have beaten it from oak at Bejar, 

 Spain.— G. C. Champion, Horsell, Woking : Angu.st I7th, 1905. 



