34 THE entomolooist's record. 



Retrospect of a Coleopterist for 1902. 



By Professor T. HUDSON EEARE, B.Sc, F.E.S.E., F.E.S. 

 [Concluded from p. 5.) 



In reg-ard to additions to our catalogue during 1902, the following, 

 not mentioned in the earlier part of my article, should also be put on 

 record — Tj-ma septcntrionis,'^' &\'?,e. When Mr. Champion introduced this 

 species {Knt. Mo. Ma;/., xxxiii., p. 185), he was of opinion that we did 

 not possess ^r/c/*.so7i/, Suffr., but Mr. Donisthorpe {Knt. lurord, vol. xiv., 

 p. 240), says he is convinced that we do; he considers all the Irish 

 insects to be sfpti'ntrioms, Weise, and the three found near Hastings to 

 be I'richsnni, Suflr., and I certainly am inclined to agree with him now 

 that I bave had an opportunity of examining his recent Irish captures, 

 and comparing them with the Hastings specimens. Mr. F. B. 

 Jennings described {Knt. Jlecord, vol. xiv., p. 99), a blue ab. of ( 'alnsoma 

 imiuiffitor, L., taken in the New Forest, and suggested it might be the 

 ab. coeridcioii of Ragusa. In reference to Quediiis ohliteratim, Er., 

 attention should be drawn to the fact that the beetle described by Cox 

 in his Manual as suturalis is really Qucdius obliteratua. 



In regard to notes and papers dealing wnth life-histories and field 

 observations, in addition to those already dealt with, mention should 

 be made of the following — A paper by Mr. Bignell {Knt. Mo. Ma;/., 

 vol. xxxviii., p. 288) on Ilistt'nniicrux iniintacinu&, Wesm., a Braconid 

 parasite taken along with Sinudi-ndrnn ryliudncu)u, Linn., by Mr. Keys, 

 and a note by Mr. Piliard in the Phit. llerord, p. 340, in which he 

 described a discharge produced hy Aclunui'iuis juin-i'iis, Scop., which was 

 similar to that of Jirachinus nrpitans, L. 



At the meeting of the Entomological Society of London on November 

 5th, a paper by Mr. L. R. Crawshay was read, entitled " On the Life- 

 History of DriluN favescens, Rossi." The author had bred this insect 

 in numbers, securing plenty of the very rare females, and was able to 

 give a list of the snails upon which the beetle feeds. I hope to say 

 more upon this paper when I have had an opportunity of reading it ; 

 the part of the Transactlonii which contains it has not yet been issued 

 to members. 



I have already made brief mention of the admirable Presi- 

 dential Address delivered by Canon Fowler on January 15th last, and 

 published in part v of the Tran^iactions of the Kntoniolofiieai Societi/ of 

 London for 1901. The address dealt chiefly Avith Protective Resem- 

 blance and Mimicry in Coleoptera ; in the preliminary remarks, data 

 collected by numerous observers were given to prove that Coleoptera 

 are beset by numerous enemies, and then the various methods of pro- 

 tection were discussed in detail. Special attention was devoted to the 

 cases of " Miillerian mimicry," and many striking illustrations were 

 quoted. In concluding his address. Canon Fowler dealt briefly with 

 objections which have been raised to these theories, and to the extreme 

 difiiculty in the present state of our knowledge of satisfying persistent 

 objectors, but he truly says " the ever-increasing mass of facts cannot 

 be all due to accidental circumstances," and again " we feel that we 

 are resting on an ever-increasing foundation of incontrovertible fact." 

 The mass of facts he was able to produce must surely appeal to even 

 the most obstinate opponent. 



Though the above records show that much good work has been 



