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The "O'ofJman" lihrari/ mlo. — Tlie followiiip- prices for M-orlis on I^er^idoptera 

 •were realized at the sale at Sotheln's lloonis on March 3rd and 4th: Butler 

 and others, "Illustrations of Le])idoptera Ileterocera," 9 vols., £22 ; Distant, 

 " Rhopalocera Malayaiia," £S 10s.; Douhleday and Westwood, "Genera of 

 Diurnal Lepidoptera," 2 vols., £21 ; Edwards, W. H., " I5utterflies of N. 

 America," 3 vols., £27; Feldor, " Lepidoptera Reise Novara," 2 vols., £19; 

 Godart, '' Lepidopteres de Fi-ancf-,"' 17 vols., £19; Ilampson, "Cataloi>ue 

 Lepidoptera Phalenae," 22 vols., £18; Ilerrich-Schaffer, " .Syst. Bearbeitunj^ 

 Schnielt. Europa," 10 vols., £")4 ; "Samml. ausseureurop. Schmett.," £26; 

 Hewitson, " Illustrations of Exotic Butterflies," £26 ; "■ Illustrations of Diurnal 

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 "Samml. e.vot. Sclimetterli]ifi-","4 vols., £70; Leech, "Butterflies of China, etc.," 

 3 vols., £7 10*'. ; Marshall and de Nic^vilie, " Butterflies of India, etc.," 3 vols., 

 £9; Moore, "Lepidoptera of Cfvlon," 3 vols., £20; "Lepidoptera Indica," 

 10 vols., £75; Oberthiir, "Etudes d'Entomologie," 21 V(ds., £50; "Etudes 

 Lepidopterologie comparee, ' 20 vols., £50: Scudder, "Butterflies of E. United 

 States, etc," 4 vols., £9 ; Semper, " Schmett. Philippinischen luseln," £8 5<. ; 

 Sepp, " Suriuaamsclie VlindeT-s," 3 vols., £25 10s.; Smith, J. E., " Lepid. 

 insects of Georgia," 2 vols., £16 ; Smith and Kirby, "Rhopalocera E.xotica," 

 3 vols., £17 10s. ; Staudinger and Schatz, " Exoti-che Schmetterlmge," 2 vols., 

 £5 ; Trimen, " South African Butterflies," 3 vols., £5 5s. — Eds. 



Tapinotus sel/atus F. at Ilorning. — I am jjleased to record the furtlier 

 occurrence of this rare weevil at its old locality near Horning-, Norfolk. On 

 June 5th last I captured several examples by searching the leaves of Lysimachia 

 vnU/aris. It will be remembered that previously three British specimens only 

 have been recorded over a period of upwards of 80 years. It is very puzzling 

 to account for the e.xtraordinarily elusive habits of this species. 1 have collected 

 beetles during every one of the last 30 years over the xery ground where it 

 occurred, but have never before met with an example. It is conspicuous enough 

 and could scarcely have been overlooked. — H. J. Thouless, "Corfe,"' College 

 Road, Norwich : February 2Ut, 1921. 



Lejtfura rrihra L. in Norfolk. — In Ent. Mo. Mag. vol.lv, p. 174,1 recorded 

 the capture of an example (cf) of this flne Longicorn beetle at Ilorsford on 

 August 6th, 1918. I have since further investigated the locality, and as a 

 result have taken each year a small numl)er of specimens of L. rubra, Tlie 

 opinion I expressed that this species is an old inhabitant of the Ilorsford 

 district appears to be conflrmed, as I find that it occurs sparingly over a very 

 considerable area, and very old remains of the beetle were found in rotten 

 stumps of trees felled nifi,n\' years ago. iVtssibly it would be found elsewhere 

 if carefully worked for, but it appears to be a very difficult insect to collect, as, 

 with the exception of two, all my specimens were obtained by breaking up 

 rather firm stumps of Scots pine. The sexes were in about equal numbers and 

 I saw also larvae and pupae. It did not occur in flowers or by sweeping 

 herbage. — II. J. Thouless. 



CoUoptera in Hertfordshire and Berkshire. — I had a day's collecting last 

 summer at Watford, Herts. A few rather local species turned up, particularly 



