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to my house produced Onthophilas glohulosus, OL, and Medon lusculus, Maiin. ; this 

 latter insect does not appeal' to have been previously recorded from moles' nests, it 

 is, however, one of the commonest species frequenting the nests here. 



On November 15th, two moles' nests yielded 25 specimens of Onthophilus 

 glohulosus, 01. (17 and 8), anrl on the 29th another nest gave me my first example 

 of Trichonyx mdrkeli, Aube; vrhat it was doing in a mole's nest I do not know, for 

 I could find no trace of any ants. 



At Oulton Broad, Suffolk, on December 26th, a gravel pit yielded sixteen 

 specimens of Amara consuliris, Duft., and in a mole's nest were Btjthinus securiger, 

 Reich. (2), and Choleva avgustata, F. (4). On the 28th, in the same locality, I 

 worked moles' nests all day in spite of the fact that it was snowing hard most of the 

 time, but the result well repaid me, my catch being Queditis vexans, Epp. (5), 

 Q. longicornis, Kr. (10), Q. nigrocseruleus, Rey (25), Oxypoda longipes, Muls. (14), 

 and Hister marginatus, Er. (5) ; the snow prevented me from seeing small species. — 

 E. C. Bedwell, The Grove, Coulsdon, Surrey : June, 1909. 



Re-discovery of Hetierius ferrugineus, 01. — This myrmecophilous beetle does 

 not appear to have been captured in this country for 46 years. I am therefore greatly 

 pleased to record the occurrence of two examples in a nest of Formica fusca near 

 Box Hill, Surrey, on April 25th last. Careful searching on subsequent occasions 

 failed to reveal more specimens. The beetles were clinging to the under-side of 

 stones covering the ants' nests, and I was surprised to see how extremely rapid 

 they were in their movements. Hetxrius ferrugineus was first captured in this 

 country by Mr. E. W. Janson in 1848 at Hampstead, with Formica fusca and F.flava, 

 and agaii" in 1856 (Ent. Annual, 1863, p. 113), and it was recorded in 186 i (Ent. 

 Annual, 1857, p. 77), as having been taken by Dr. Power at Weybridge with Formica 

 rufa, and by Douglas and Scott near Croydon, with Formica sauguinea. — Id. : 

 June, 1909. 



Callistus lunatus, F. — This handsome insect occurred in its old locality in 

 Headley Lane, Mickleham, on April 11th last. It was exceedingly local, and it took 

 me four hours' hard work to obtain my series. — Id. 



Cassida fastuosa, Schall. — This insect was not uncommon at Box Hill, Surrey 

 in April last, on Inula conyza. Canon Fowler describes C. fastuosa as being "ferru- 

 ginous " (British Coleopt., vol. iv, p. 398), but he could never have seen the species 

 alive or freshly killed, as it is of a lieautiful bright red colour, spotted, and marked 

 with irregular patches of black. — Id. 



Rhizophagus caeruleipennis, Sahib.; further occurrence in Devon. — My friend 

 Mr. S. G. Rendel, of Tiverton, has shown me a specimen of Rhizophagus caerulei- 

 pennis which he took in moss in a wood near the town in April last. — Philip 

 DE LA Gaede, Manor House, Shaldon, Teignmouth : May Atk, 1909. 



Hedya simplana, Fisch. ; a disclaimer. — In Lep. Brit. Isles, xi, 9 (1905), when 

 treating of Hedya simplana, the late Mr. C. G. Barrett wrote as follows : — " Larva 

 apparently undescribed. Said to feed in shoots of Populus tremula in July and 

 September j assuming the pupa state under a turned-down leaf, but Mr. E, R. 



