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larvae may be found in tlie winter feeding on tlie roots of the same plant. 

 The perfect insects may be found by searching around the roots at any time 

 during the day, but this method is more tedious than picjcing them off the 

 leaves in the evening. I have taken as many as fifty of these tine weevils in 

 half an hour from two sides of a held. — -C. A. W. Duffikld, The Cottage, 

 High Street, Wye : April 19th, 19:21. 



Abundance of Pyrochroa coccinea in the Neiv Forest.— Tliis showy beetle is 

 an exception to the apparent scarcity of t'oleoptera in the Nfw Foiest during 

 the present season. Half-a-dozen specimens may be found at a time on 

 prostrate and decayed beech trunks, and its flat centipede-like larva, in all 

 stages of growth, is to be seen whenever a piece of loose bark is pulled oil". 

 Coh/dium elon(futuin has been met with on several occasions during the past 

 week, and one example, probably beaten off an oak bough, was even found on 

 my coat ; and a 9 Melo'e bvevicolUs was picked up among short yrass at Bank by 

 m v daughter on May 21st.— James J. Walker, Brockeuhurst : May Tith, 1921. 



Some Isle of JVir/M Collemhola. — The literature relating to the distribution 

 of the Collemhola contains very few references to species occurring in the lale 

 of Wight; so tlie following may be put on record. The species mentioned were 

 obtai -ed in the neighbourhood of Sandown during late July and early August 

 1920. Achonites viaticus TuUb. occurred, as is frequently the case, under 

 decaying sea-weed. Pseudachorutes asiyillatus Biiru., scarce, and Neaniira mns- 

 corum Tempi., plentiful, in decaying wood. Isotoma viridis Bourl., very 

 common, as is usually the case. Tontocerus minor Lubb., plentiful ; 7'. lonyi- 

 co)-7iis Miill., common. This latter is a southern form, and is also common on the 

 Sussex coast, but is apparently rare in the north. I have never taken it in 

 Derbj'shire or Yorkshire. Isotomurus palustris Miill., plentiful. Entoinobrya 

 lanugijiosa Nic, common amongst dry sea-weed ; E. maryinata Tullb., fairly 

 common; E. nicoleti Lubb., common; E. muscorum Tullb., less common; 

 E. multifasciata Tullb., occurred plentifully ; E. nivalis (L.), common, as is 

 usually the case. Lejndocyrtus lanvyinosus Gmel., very common ; L. cyaneus 

 Tullb., less common than the last. Ordiesella villosa Geoffr., plentiful. This 

 is another southern species, and appears to be more plentiful in the south than 

 the next, which is much more abundant in the north, O. cincta L., also quite 

 common ; var. vaya L., not so common as the type. Bourleiiella bicincta 

 var. repanda Agr., common, and SmintJiurus viridis L., very plentiful amongst 

 grass. Aliacma fusca L., obtained by sweeping damp herbnge near Alverston, 

 It does not appear to be at all common, only one specimen being obtained. 

 Dicyrtomina minuta O. Fabr., common under fallen branches ; var. ornata 

 Lubb. was found, but is usually more plentiful in winter; Dicyrtoma fusca 

 Lucas, fairly common. It will be noticed that comparati\ely few of the 

 Sympleona were obtained. — J. M. Bkoavn, 176, Carter Knowle Road, Sheffield : 

 May nth, 1921. 



Obituary. — We regret to announce the death of Dr. G. B. Lnngstaff on 

 May 7th, and of II. C. W^roughton on May 15th, and hope to give a fuller 



