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captured usually uader bark of bircli, a^li, etc., also by sweeping, and at sallow 

 blossoui. The larvae of H. germanicus are about 4 mm. in len<i:tb, wliitisli, 

 ■with the head pale yellow, and a pair of pointed processes tipped with brown 

 on the last dorsal segment. Tliey are very similar to the larvae of Crxjptopharjus 

 (C dentatus and C. acutanf/ulus), from which they differ in beinrf broader and 

 more depressed, tapering a little more towards either end, and in having tlie 

 ])rocesses of the last segment articulated near the tip and directed backwards 

 and very slightly upwards, projecting almost entirely bevond the end ot the 

 body. In Cryptophagus, at any rate in the species examined, these processes 

 are simple and curved much more strongly upvpards, so that when the larva is 

 viewed from above, they do not or scarcely project beyond the end of the 

 body. — K. G. Blair, British Museum (Nat. Hist.) : November 3rd, 1920. 



A note on riidyrhmus latirostris i*^.— Thanks to the kindness of 

 Mr. Gimingham I was able on August 27th last to vi.sit the wood at Lung 

 Ashton, where he took specimens of this species in June 1919 [lint. Mo. Mag. 

 (Third Series), vol. v, p. 158] ; after much searching I found on one ash tree a 

 small quantity of the blaclc fungus (Daldhita cuncentrica), none of the pieces 

 being larger than a walnut ; in one piece there were two or three larvae, which 

 I felt must be the larvae of P. latirostris, so I brought away the whole of this 

 fungus, putting it into a small tobq^cco-tin. In the " Entomologist's Itecord," 

 vol. xxxii. p. 157, Mr. Donisthorpe described and figured the larva, apparently 

 unknown up to then, and my larvae agreed exactly with his tigure. Since my 

 return home, the oidy attention I have paid to the fungus was occasionally 

 slightly to damp it ; to-day I decided to turn the material out of the tin on to 

 ])aper and to see w^hat had happened. I was very delighted to find one fine 

 })erfect specimen, and as the original larvae — that is, the largest and best 

 developed — were, I imagine, not more than one-half grown, it has taken just 

 about two months for the further growth of the larvae and the pupal stage. 

 Mr. Donisthorpe's conclusion that these whitish larvae were those of P. lati- 

 rostris has been proved ; further, it is interesting to know approximately the 

 period of time required for the full development of the insect from the egg state 

 — the eggs must have been laid in June or July, — and to find that the insect 

 hibernates in the perfect state in its paljulum. When first turned out, the 

 insect was very sluggish ; it is now in the glas.s tube before me, actively walking 

 about.— T. Hudson Beare, 10, Regent Terrace, Edinburgh : Oct. 2-ith, 1920. 



C'(q)ture of Xanthochilus quadratus Fah. — It may be of interest to Henu- 

 pterists to record the capture of a further specimen of this rare sjiecies, as I am 

 informed by Mr. E. A. Butler that the only British records known to him 

 are from Llandudno (Saunders, British Ilemiptera, p. 102), and a specimen 

 captured by Mr. H. A. Saunders at Swanage in July 1910 (Ent. Mo. Mag. 

 vol. xlvii. p. 94). My cajiture was made at Tor Cross, near Slapton Ley, Devon, 

 on September 28th last ; the specimeji was sheltering in a cleft of a rock, the 

 weather being dull and eold at the time.— E. C. Bedwell, Bruggen, Brighton 

 Iioad, Coulsdon, Surrey : November 3rd, 1920. 



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