S6 [^^ Iruary, 



*Chaetar(hria seinintdum Pk. Fairly common in the R. Peiddyn at Pontiieath- 

 vaiiglian, at Llangenydd and Llanmadoc, April to August. 



*Heluphorns mulsanti live. Sully, Feb 1914 {llallctl); *II. (/risem Ilbst. 

 Swansea ( Wakejield) ; Ely {David) ; Peuarth, Sully, and Old Cogan, 

 Jan. to Oct. {Ilallett). 

 Ilenicocerus exsculptus Germ. Abundant in summer in the R. Perddyn at 

 Pontneathvaiighan. 



*Ocht]icbius marf/ipallens Lat. Several at Oxwich, IG.8.16. 

 Hydraena nic/rita Germ. Sully, in Feb., Penarth, and Cwrt-yr-ala (Ilalleff.) ; 

 ver}^ common in stream above Oxwich Bay, April 1919, and at Pont- 

 neathvaiighiin in summer; H. gracilis Germ. Common with the last 

 above Oxwich Bay and at Pontneathvaughan ; *H. atiicapilla Wat. 

 One at Pontneathvaughan in river shingle, 12.8.16. 



*Sph(U'ridiiaii qiiadrimacxilatmn Marsh. In dung: Kenfig, June 1914; Llan- 

 mndoc, in April (David) ; Swansea, 9.7.17 ( Wahfield) ; Penarth 

 (Hallett) ; Llangenydd. 

 Cercyon kaemorrhous Gyll. Crwmlyn Bog, Oxwich Bay, and Llangenydd in 

 damp ground. May to Aug. Either the habitat given by Dillwyn is 

 wrong or his identification ; *C'. marinus Th. Two at Oxwich, 16.8.16; 

 *C termixatus Marsh. Cardiff district in haystack bottoms; *C. liigii- 

 brisVk, Llaumadoc in wet moss (/. W. Allen) \ *C. minutusF. Not 

 uncommon in June on the borders of Kenfig Pool ; IJanmadoc, Sept. 

 1915 {J. W. Allen). 



— J. K. LE B. ToMLix, Lakefoot, Heading: January 1921.; 



An ijitroduced Sculytid in Staff'ojrhhire. — Mr. Champion asks me to record 

 the fact that some years ago I received a couple of specimens of the vScolytid 

 Crypturyus ptisillus GyW. from Ilanley. They were taken in all stages in pit- 

 props in that district by the late L. 11. Jalin, who, it may be noted, published 

 a list of North Staffordshire Coleoptera in the " Transactions of the N. Stafibrd- 

 shire Field Club,'' vols, xxxix and xli. — J. R. le B. Tomlin, Reading : 

 January 1921. 



Cryptncephulus biyuttatiis Scojj. on Erica tetralix. — The late W. E. Sharp 

 (Ent. Mo. Mag. 1917, liii, pp. 76-79), in his interesting paper on Cryptocephalus 

 bipunctatus L. and C. biyuttatiis Scop., mentions tliat he and Prof. Beare swept 

 up three specimens of the latter species (in the Wellington College district) in 

 a locality " revealing only ling, lieather, tormentilla, knapweed, perhaps some 

 plants of a dwarf sallow, and grass." On June 27th, 1919, 1 swept a specimen 

 of C. biyuttatus (about 7 P.M., summer time) on the spot so well described. My 

 next visit was on July 11th, between 9.30 and 10 p.m., summer time. I then 

 swept three more. The next day was either hopelessly wet or windy, I forget 

 which. On the morning of the 13th, however, I revisited the locality, resolved 

 to use my eyes and not my net. On moving about quietly, I very soon espied 

 one at a distance of some six to ten feet on a plant of Urica tetralix. To make 

 a long story short, during July of that year and on June 26th, 1920, some two 

 dozen were thus secured on this and other suitable spots. They were always 

 found on E. tetralix and on no other plant, not even on E. cinerea, which was 



