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Coleoiytera in Worcestershire, 1920. — The following insects have been taken 

 by Mr. A. 1). Perrins and myself during the past season, and in some cases they 

 are new records for the district : — Xyleborns dispar, fairly common in plum, 

 also found attacking oak stumps and a burnt oak-tree ; a large number of both 

 sexes were obtained in October. Rhizophagus politus, in abundance under 

 Scots fir bark with Tomicus laricis and R. dispar. Stenostola ferrea, from 

 lime boughs used as a fence; the insect flies at the top of the lime-trees and 

 might easily be overlooked. It was found in abundance in one field, four or 

 five specimens often being in the net together. Ceiifhorrhi/nc/iidius jjostkumus, 

 from Hartlebiiry Common, on Teesdalia nudicaulis; the last specimen was 

 observed on Juiy 4th. Philopedim yeminaUis, Hartlebury Common, renewing 

 an olil record of JNIr. Blatch. Nntnviis vwnoceroi>^ Mr. Perrins found a number 

 of specimens of this beetle inside the abdomen of a dead Meloe sp.? ; it is found 

 quite commonly on willows. Clinocara undulata, Wyre Forest, in faggots in 

 company with Cyrtotriplax bipustidata, Trachodes /lispidus, and Rhizophagus 

 cribratus. Ch/thra i-pnnctata and Coccinflla distincfa, emerging from the nests 

 of i^. rnfa. Labidostomis trideiitata, one specimen on birch. Sibinia pofentilhte, 

 Hartlebury Common. Brachytarsiis fasciatus, on palings and by eveninc 

 sweeping under oaks. Dorcatomajlavicoryjis, on a pear-tree. Saprinns vire&cens, 

 on hemlock with Fhaedon tujuidulum. Tefratoma desyyiaresti, evening s^wee'puig 

 under oaks. Cassida Jlaveola, in all stages on Speryula arvensis. Thalycru 

 sericea, by evening sweeping under oaks. Cryphalus fagi, binodnlus, and tiliae, 

 these tliree species were found, in their respective trees, within a space of one 

 hundred yards. — G. H. Ashk, Elartlebury, Worcs. : March li'yth, 1921. 



Coleopterii of Guernsey. — Mr. J. R. I,e V>. Tomlin's interesting note on the 

 Coleoptera ot Guernsey in this Magazine for January 1921, prompts me to 

 record the following personal observations made during August and September, 

 1920. Cicindela campestris L.— The burrows of this species are exceedingly 

 common in suitable sandy places all round the coast of Guernsey. It matters 

 little whether the surface on wiiicli the burrows open is vertical or horizontal. 

 In a single patch of burrows at Fort George T found the insect in all three 

 stages — the larva, pupa, and imago. The imagines were at the mouths of 

 the burrows and were so active that I think they would have been on the wing- 

 had there been any sunshine. In the light of V. F. Shelford's work on the 

 life-histories of American tiger-beetles (Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxx, 1900) 

 1 regard this as evidence that in Guernsey C. campestris L. breeds continuuuslv 

 throughdut the w;Min months. Anchomenus albipes F. wascomnion in companv 

 with the Isopod Liyia oceanica L. in decaying seaweed beneath stones and 

 shinule not far iibove high-tide mark at Fort Crogg point, Vagon Bav. Nebria 

 complanutu L>., common under Hal stunes at the t^outh end of the " j«hell beach," 

 Herm. Broscus cephalotes L., very common under dr\'. }<ea shore stones on the 

 N.W. coast of Guernsey. Pridonychtis lerrico/a llb.st., in a ruined cromlech on 

 Ilerui. Aepus sp., I spent some time .■searching for Aepus without re.sult, but 

 at last found a species of this genus (which I huve not yet determined) fairly 

 common under stones on the south side of the c.-iuseway that at low tide joins 

 the rocks lying off Port Grai to the point of land between it and Grande 

 Havre. The insect appeared only to t)ccur \ery close to extreme low water 



