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broad lateral portion of the eighth tergite, there are two long bristles accompanied 

 by several short hairs, the second of these bristles being the longer. Further down 

 there are about fifteen bristles on the outer surface of the tergite, while the inner 

 side bears three or four short spine-like bristles, besides some long ones. 

 Length, <?, 1.7 mm. ? , 2-2 mm. 



We have received a sinojle ,^ of this insect from Mr. William 

 Farren, of Cambridge, in whose honour the species is named. The 

 specimen in question was taken from the nest of a wood-pigeon 

 (Columba pnlumbu,^) in the summer of 1905, near Mildenhall in 

 Suffolk. Mr. J. Waterston also secured 7 (J fi^nd 7 ? of this species 

 from the nest of a house-martin (Chelidon urhica) taken near Dun- 

 laverock, Berwickshire, at the end of August, 1905. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE VII F. 



CERATOPHYLLUS FARREN I, f:pec. nov. 



A— c?. 9th Tergite. 

 B— ?. 7th Sternite. 



148, Piccadilly, W. : 



October, 1905. 



The food 'plant of Dibolia rynnglossi, Koch. — Having taken Dibolia cynoglossi 

 again at Pevensey this year in some numbers, I was able to find out its true food 

 plant. It is said by Stephens (Man., p. 301, 1839) to be found on Cygnoglossum 

 officinale, and Kutschera gives Stachys recta, but in England, at any rate, it feeds 

 on Galeopsis ladanum, var. canescens, Schultz, a variety of the common red " Hemp 

 Nettle." The beetle is easily swept off the plant, on which it may be seen sitting, 

 but jumps very strongly when in the net. — Horace Donisthorpe, 58, Kensington 

 Mansions, South Kensington ; October I4:th, 1905. 



Apian hrunnipes. Boh. (= Isevigatum, Kirby), in Suffolk. — Whilst searching at 

 the roots of Echium vulgare in the Lowestoft district on August 31st last for 

 Ceuthorrhynchus echii, F., I came across this Apion in some numbers, but as 1 did 

 not recognise it at the time I bottled only eight specimens, seven of them $ s, with 

 the bright violet coloured elytra peculiar to their sex, the solitary male being entirely 

 black, and extremely diminulive— almost as small as A. alomarium. 



The species was described by Kirby from specimens taken by Sheppard near 

 Ipswich, and does not appear to have been recorded for the county since. 



I do not know Filago gallica, the plant upon which the insect is said to pass 

 its early stages, but as it is recorded as occurring on sandy wastes in the south- 

 eastern portion of Britain, it is very likely to be found at the spot in question. My 

 specimens of the Apion may only have been sheltering under the Echium, the day 

 being a very cold and windy one. There is unfortunately a possibility of the 

 locality being destroyed by building operations in the not very distant future. — E. 

 C. Bbdwell, " Elmlea," Clevedon Road, Norbiton, Surrey : October lith, 1905. 



