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A71 unrecorded va^-iety of Bryaxis impressa, Panz. — I recently had some 

 specimens of a Bryaxis sent me by a correspondent in Cheshire for determination. 

 He refen-ed them doubtfully to B.juncorum, but at the same time he had noted 

 the different puncturation of the thorax, &c. I went into the matter for him, 

 and found them to be B. impressa. The difference was mainly that of colour, 

 due perhaps to immaturity, the specimens differing- from typical impressa in 

 being imi/orm reddish testaceous ; but as they puzzled my friend, myself, and 

 several other exi)erienced coleopterists, I venture to propose the varietal name 

 unicolor for this form. I took it rather freely at Yarnton, Oxon, in August, 1908, 

 Imt )nixed it up with B. juncorum until a short time ago. 



I cannot find any mention in our literature of a variety answering the 

 above description, so I thought perhaps it would be advisable to bring it to the 

 notice of other entomologists. — J. Collins, Oxford: November, 1911. 



A note 071 Liodes brunnea, Sturm. — When writing my note on L. brunnea, 

 Sturm, I was quite aware of the discrepancy between the description of Sturm's 

 insect and my description of L. brunnea, pointed oiit by Mr. Donisthorpe {I.e., 

 p. 256). But as I considered " strong " and " fine," as applied to the punctua- 

 tion of the strite of the elytra, mere comparative terms, I did not feel justified 

 in giving this form a new name, but preferred to follow such authorities as Rye 

 and Fleischer. As to Mr. Donisthorpe's specimen of supposed L. algirica. Rye, 

 I must again remind him that, when I sent four examples of exactly the same 

 form from the same locality as his specimen to Dr. Fleischer for identification, 

 he returned them as L. dubial — Norman H. Jot, Bradfield, Berks: Nov. 1th, 

 1911. 



Gnorimus nobilis, L., i\'c., in Epping Forest. — The captiire of a specimen of 

 this conspicuous and scarce Lamellicorn in Epping Forest may be of sufficient 

 interest to place upon record. It Avas taken on the wing by my friend, Mr. Roland 

 T. Smith, of Stoke Newington, in August, 1909. Another individual, presumably 

 of the same species, was seen flying at the same time, but escaped. 



A moi'e recent capture of Mr. Smith's in the Forest, which he has just shown 

 me, may, I think, also be of some interest; this is an example of Epursea angus- 

 tula, Er., which he found under beech bark on October 29th last. This species 

 has, however, already been recorded from the Forest by Mr. C. J. C. Pool, who 

 beat a specimen oxit of an oak bough in September, 1907 (Ent. Rec, 1907, p. 297). 

 — F. B. Jennings, 152, Silver Street, Upper Edmonton, N. ; November ith, 1911. 



Note on the Hylobiid genera Dysmachus, Kirsch, and Irenarchns, Pascoe. — The 

 genera Dysmachus, Kirsch (1869), and Irenarchus, Pascoe (1881), were each 

 based upon a single species of large size from Colombia, the former upon D. 

 plinthoides, Kirsch, and the latter upon Heilipus fossilis, J. Thomson (1859). 

 These insects are synonymous, and therefore Kirsch's generic name has priority ; 

 it is, however, preoccixpied in Dipt era (Loew, 1860) and cannot be used. The 

 species, therefore, will have to bear the name Irenarchus fossilis. 1 am indebted 

 to Dr. Heller for an authentically named example ( <J ) of Kirsch's 1). plinthoides, 



