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Here several of the northern forms were common, and the following 

 were taken : — Bryeltiiis elevatus, Pz., Deronectcs 12-piiHtiilatus, 01., D. 

 depressus, F., Hydropoius rivalis, GylL, H. davisi, Curt., H. lepidus, 

 01., Ayabiis (/uttatiis, Pk., Platambus macnlatus, L., Eliiiis aeneiis, Mull., 

 Hijdracna riparia, Kug., and by sluicing the banks GeodromicuH nvjrita, 

 Miill. I was not in the field again till early in January, when heavy 

 floods in the Tweed, near Peebls, tempted me out on two wet stormy 

 <lays (January 3rd and 10th). Unfortunately I was not able to tackle 

 the refuse when freshly thrown up, so I probably missed many of the 

 better things. The following is a list of the captures : — KlapJirus 

 -cupreiifi, Duft., PternstichHs diluiens, Sturm., Aiiiara plcbcia, Gyll., 

 Anchonienus jmrionpiinctatwt, F., A. gracilis, Gyll., Bciidndiiiw lampros, 

 Hbst., B. obtiisiwi, Sturm., B. yuttida, F., B. prasiniiia,Dnh., TrechuK 

 ■obtiisus, Er., DroDiiiis A-tiiaculatus, L., D. nielaiiocephalits, Dj., Oxypoda 

 lividipennia, M., Homalota (jra)iiinicola, Gr., Coniiriis littoreum, L., 

 Tachinus collaris, Gr., T. maryinelbis, F., Mycetoporus splendid its, Gr., 

 Quediua rttfipes, Gr., (^>. attenuatus, Gyll., Q. uinbi'inus, Er., Philont/ms 

 politns, F., P. variiis, Gyll., Stenus dedaratus, Er., 8. picipes, Steph., 

 S. picipennis, Er., Bryaxt's jitncnruui, Leach, C/irysoiiwla staphyloea, h., 

 HydrotJiasaa maryinella, L., P/iyllodecta vitellinae, L., Cassida eqiiestris, 

 F., C'. Jiaveola, Thunb., Psylliddes napi, E.H., Aplithona nonstriata, 

 Goeze, Lonyitarsiis anchisae, Pk., L. inelanocepludaH, De G., Phaedon 

 tionididii.m, Kirb., Apron franientarium, L., A. iiiyi'itarse, Kirb., Hypera 

 punctata, F., and Halyzia lA-ynttata, L. Of the above Lowjitarsiis 

 ■anchnsae is not recorded by Canon Fowler from Scotland (though 

 Northumberland is given as a locality), and .S7f'»?<.s picipeunis is said to 

 be " very rare in Scotland, Forth district only," and one or two 

 others are mentioned in his book as local and not common. — T. 

 Hudson Beare, F.R.S.E., F.E.S. 



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The Rev. W. F. Johnson and Mr. J. N. Halbert have added three 

 species of Coleopterato the British list — Bembidinm aryenteuleum, Ahr., 

 Xantlioliniis rribripennis, Fauv., and Stenits aryentellus, Thoms. 



The visit of the Council of the Entomological Society of London 

 to Oxford this year was one of the most pleasant of these charming 

 excursions. On July 5th the whole party met at the Museum, where 

 they had the privilege of inspecting the various collections which, 

 under the able management of Professor Poulton, are getting into 

 very fine order. At night all dined, as the guests of Professor 

 Poulton, at Jesus College, where a very pleasant evening was spent. 

 On the 6th the Museum was again visited, and in the afternoon a 

 very pleasant excursion was made up the river, where tea was served, 

 and much enjoyed, in true gipsy fashion. In the evening many of 

 the party were the guests of Colonel Swinhoe and Dr. Dixey at dinner 

 at Wadhara College, and later the beautiful grounds were explored. 

 Monday saw the close of a very pleasant outing, which had been fully 

 enjoyed by all the visitors, among whom were Rev. F. Morice, Pro- 

 fessor R. Meldola, Messrs. A. J. Chitty, H. St. J. K. Donisthorpe, 

 H. Druce, M. Jacoby, R. McLachlan, G. H. Marshall, H. Rowland- 

 Brown, and Dr. D. Sharp. 



An exceedingly well-worked and very important paper to lepi- 

 dopterists, entitled " A revision of the North American species of the 

 genus Choreutis, by W. D. Kearfott, has recently been published in 



