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in parts of Corsica ; the oaks, moreover, seemed to be in i-apid course 

 of destruction, to jud<i,-e from tlie continuous stream of bullock carts 

 met with at Aritzu bringing- down charcoal from the mountain slopes 

 to tlie nearest railway station. The mountains, too, are not so high 

 and rugged as in Corsica, and no scenery was seen comparable to that 

 to be found between Vizzavona and Corte in the last named island. 

 Grood accommodation is obtainable at the small hotels at the railway 

 stations of Macomer and Golfo Aranci, and rovigh quarters in the 

 villages. It was, I found, generally considered to be not altogether 

 safe to go about alone in the mountains, the " pastores " having a 

 somewhat doubtful reputation, but I suffered no molestation from 

 them while in such places. As regards Rlioi)alocera, I may perhaps 

 add that I saw none but the generally distributed species, and those 

 mostly hibernated, the best being an occasional Vanessa urticse, var. 

 ichnusa. The special butterfly of Sardinia, Epinejjhele mirag (the 

 specific name of which is derived from the ruined circular towers to be 

 seen scattered about the island), could not of course be expected to 

 appear so early in the season. 

 Horsell: August 11th, 1911. 



ATHETA LILIPUTANA, Bris., IN BEITAIN. 

 BY MALCOLM CAMERON, M.B., E.N., F.E.S. 



I captured five examples of this insect in small carcases near 

 Brockenhurst in May and June last. The following description is taken 

 from Granglbauer (Die Kafer von Mitteleuropa, Vol. II, p. 195). 



Very similar to A amicula, from which it is distinguished by its smaller 

 size, more shining thorax and elytra, and mnch more scattered punctnration. 



Black, rather shining, elytra brown, legs brownish-yellow. Head broad, 

 with moderately large prominent eyes, extremely finely punctui-ed. Antennee 

 rather short, finely ciliated, the first two joints stout, the third much shorter and 

 narrower than second, fourth to tenth transverse, gradually increasing in breadth, 

 the last joints nearly double as broad as long, the terminal one scarcely as long as 

 the two preceding togetlier, oval, pointed. Thorax narrower than elytra, almost 

 half as broad again as long, sides but slightly rounded, shining, very finely and 

 not thickly pixnctured, and very finely pubescent, with fine cUia at the sides. 

 Elytra about one-third longer than thorax, very finely and somewhat sparingly 

 punctiu'ed, finely pubescent. Abdomen shining, the first three visible segments 

 very finely and ratlier sparingly pixnctured, the others very sparsely or scarcely 

 punctured. Long, 1.3 mm. 



Fauvel states that the (^ has the head and thorax channelled, and 



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