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examined several long series of N. aquaiicus, and have been unable to detect, a 

 specimen of N. pusiUm among them. .V. hi/pocrita appears to be as common and as 

 generally distributed in Great Britain as N. palustrix.—'N . H. Jot, Bradfield, 

 Berks ; Decemher \2t.h, 1908. 



Melops cwruleiis, L., a>,d other Coleoptera in the Plymouth district. — On 

 Maj 7th last, I had the pleasure of taking four examples of Helopx vcerulem, under 

 loose bark of an old elm, on the roadside near Millbrook, Plymouth. It is remark- 

 able that this fine beetle should never previously have been recorded for this neigh- 

 bourhood. During the past twenty years I have often paid a little attention to the 

 elms in question, but never before have I observed any trace of the Helops, nor have 

 I ever heard my friend Commander J. J. Walker, R.N., mention the occurrence of 

 the beetle there, although the trees were well known to him in his Devonport days. 

 The following Coleoptera have also been taken in the Plymouth district at various 

 times by me, but have not been noted in this Magazine. 19U3. In May, at South 

 Brent, 3 Hi/droporu.i obsoletux, Aube, in a small pool (scarcely a hatful of water) in 

 rocks on the moor, at least two miles from the river. There appeared to be a small 

 trickle of water which fed the little pool. 1 Romalota elegantula, Bris., by 

 sweeping ; Nitidula rufipes, L., in bones ; Cevlhorrhi) tu-hiis punctiger, Gryll. 1904. 

 May 14th, Eusphalerum primulse, Steph., in some numbers in Polbathic Woods, 

 St. Germans, Cornwall. 1905. April, 1 Tachivvs rufipennis, Gyll.. in moss, Tavy 

 Valley ; May 21st, on QSnanthe at Polbathic, 14 Telephortis paludoxus, Fall. ; June 

 7th, on the shore at Bovisand, Ceuthorrhyncliux rvgulosiis, Hbst. ; and on the 18th, 

 4 Tach//s parvuhis,T>ej. ; August I0th,on Melilot at Piymstock, Apian feinie, Kirh., 

 in numbers, and Phyllotreta nigripes, F. September 27th, by breaking up a small 

 rotten oak branch about an inch in diameter, a windfall in the road near Yealmpton, 

 1 Oncomera femorata, F., was discovered in the centre ; in duckpond at Flete, two 

 FAihrychius telatun, Buck; and on the shore near Mothecombe I took 3 of the 

 common Harpalus tardus, Panz., for the first time in the Plymouth district. In 

 October, at Yelverton, Ischiwfjiossa prolixa, Gr., and Phlceophihis edwardsi, Steph., 

 were in numbers in a storm-felled oak. 1906. At Wiiitsand Bay, on the Dodder of 

 the gorse, Lathridius aiigulatu-t, Mann. ; in June, at Yelverton, 1 Trechus rubens,¥., 

 in moss by the river, 1 Malthodes atomii.t and Dorytomus tortrix, L., in numbers 

 by sweeping under poplars, and 1 Apion gyllenhali, Kirb. In September at Flete, 

 near Yealmpton, the common Pogonus chalceus and Dichirotrichus puhescens occurred 

 to me for the first time in the Plymouth district --they were in abundance; 

 3 Ptenidium fuscicorne, Er., in rotting hay on the marsh ; on the 21st at Tregantle, 

 with Mr. H. St. J. K. Donisthorpe, examining a dead gull together, he detected a 

 specimen of Creophilus maxiHosus var. ciliaris, Steph., to which he called my atten- 

 tion, and kindly allowed me to bottle. In November, 2 Lathridius hergrothi, Reitt., 

 and many Oligota granaria, Er., were brought to me in almonds from a i'lymouth 

 grocery store. 1907. In April, at Bigbury Bay, Anthicus angustatus. Curt., was 

 swarming in seaweed, under stones, and in the sand. I secured about ninety 

 examples. In May, at Ivybridge, 2 Homalota linearis, Gr., in fallen branches — both 

 specimens are remarkable by having a large pore on the base of the thorax, 

 on each side of the central channel. 1908. April 8th, in s'eaweed at Cremyll, 1 

 Homalota princeps, Shp. (teste Dr. Sharp, who says of it " a rather small ? 



