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turning over small stones in a sand pit, I came across a pair of A. calcarala under 

 one stone, one of the beetles heiiio; in a small burrow. Most probably the natural 

 habitat of most of the species of Anitofoma is underp;round, and I think that their 

 occurrence in numbers in flood rubbish, in company with Qeodephaga, &c., points 

 to this.— NoEMAN H. Joy, Bradfield : September 29th, 1905. 



Leptusa analis, Oyll, J^c.,in Teesdale, Co. Durham. — About the middle of June 

 I had the pleasure of spending a few days with Mr. Gardner at Egglestone in Tees- 

 dale, where, under my host's kindly guidance, T was enabled to add several good 

 things to my collection. The most interesting beetle wis undoubtedly Leptusa 

 analis, Gyll., of which I took two rather small examples from a fungus. So far as I 

 know this species has been taken but twice in England : in Dean Forest by the late 

 W. G. Blatch, and more recently in Devonshire, where Mr. J. H. Keys has captured 

 several examples. At Sharnbury Gill, a little known wooded dene in the heart 

 of the moors, Melasoma ceneum, L., occurred in plenty on alders, and the rare 

 Melandryid, Ahdera flmuosa, Pk., in a Polypnrus (P. radiatus) growing on the same 

 tree. In Teesdale proper we found Agathidium nigripenne, Kug., several species of 

 Epureea, and divers Staphylinidfp, in fungus ; Antliohium sorhi, Gyll., Cychramus 

 and Anaspis geoffroyi, Mull, {fasciata, Forst.), and its var. suofasrAata, Steph., on 

 hawthorn blossom ; Sinodendron cylindricum, L., in fallen ash trees, in great pro- 

 fusion ; Cis hidentatus, 01., and Tetratoma fungorum, F., in a large white fungus 

 growing on birch ; and Cis festivus, Pz., and C. nitidus, TTerbst, in a Polyporus, 

 attached to beech, beneath the bark of which Cerylon ferruginewn, Steph., and 

 various species of Rhizophagus occurred. Rhagium hifasciatum, F., was noticed in a 

 hard and apparently sound beech, and from the same tree we obtained not a few 

 Priohium castaneum, F., and Ptilinus pectinicornis, L., pairs of the former being 

 found in cop. beneath the beech bark. On the moors, Corymhites cupreus, ¥., and 

 the var. eeruginosus, F., were flying in plenty, and Calathus micropterus, Duft., was 

 fairly common running about the heath. Molanotus rufipes, Kerbst, Liodes hume- 

 ralis, Kug., Tropiphorus tomentosus, Marsh., A2:ihndius lapponum, Gyll., &c., were 

 also met with. Some Longicorn larvae found in alder in Sharnbury Gill we thought 

 to be those of Saperda scalaris, L., a biennial species. My thanks are due to 

 Mr. Newbery — to whose kindness I am indebted in many ways— for identifying 

 the XepiMsa.— RiCHAED S. Bagnall, Winlaton-on-Tyne : October 9th, 1905. 



Lepidoptera in Scotland.—This year I was fortunately able to do a little col- 

 lecting, chiefly in the north of Scotland, during the month of June. The season 

 was too early for any great variety of species, at any rate in the higher latitudes. 

 But the following list will show that much might be done by assiduous work on the 

 high moors, especially as I was prevented by lameness from transgressing beyond 

 the roads or beaten tracks. On the north coast the following species were obtained : 

 Argynnis selene (one), Hadena glauca, Scodiona helgiaria, Ypsipetes impluviata, 

 Eupithecia castigata (with some fine varieties), E. nanata, Rumia cratsegata, Botys 

 fuscalis, Herbtda cespitalis, Dicroravipha politana, Cnephasia musculana, Toririx 

 ministrana, Phoxopteryx biarcuana, lundana, and m.yrtillana, Penthina dimidiana, 

 Eupcecilia ciliella, and what appears to be a very brilliant and unusual form of 

 Orapholitha ulicetana, which occurred on the cliffs near the sea, far from any gorse. 



