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gether with a single Helocharea punctatiix, Shp., and P/iilhi/drus marl- 

 timna, Th. Adinionia cnprcae, L., occurred in abundance near Loch 

 Gower, and several large perch we caught were full of them. Under 

 stones Btp-r/nis jiilida, L., and B. ilormlis, F., and Le)iia )nelanopa,'L. ; 

 Neocrophnnts riispotnr, Er., on a dead adder, and two Cori/netes rnfipes, 

 F., on a dead gull on the moor ; Jli/lnri/iiH piniperda, L,, on young 

 shoots of firs ; Phi/IldbiKS ar(/nitatus, L., P. obloni/m, L., P. pi/ri, L., 

 Phratora vitellinae, L., Coednella variabilis, 111., Aiiaspis frontalis, L., 

 Frir/ii)iKii arriditlns, L. Orc/wstes faiji, L., and Dascillns ccrrinits, 

 by beating various trees ; Laiiijii/ris noctiluca, L,, J s on damp nights 

 in grass, <? s plentiful, buzzing round trunks of iir trees after dark. 

 Donacia Hwuijaut/iidi's, F., was common on water-lilies at Loch Ches- 

 ney ; Cassida ohsolcta, 111., on stones at White Loch; and Apltitdias 

 fossor, L., and Plectrdsctiis conciuua. Marsh., on a road. After this, very 

 little work was done in this order, all my spare time being devoted to 

 lepidoptera. In July ( 'arabns nitens, L., on the moor ; and Geotrapes 

 jiiitridariiis, (i. rerualia, L., Serica brnnnea, L., were taken at 

 sugar ; and Pihamjuni/cha fidra, Scop., swarmed on hemlock. In August 

 a pair of Dijtiscns piinctKlafas, F., were found in a pool on the moor. 

 In September (^ilea silpJioides, L., Howalota xantlwptcra, Steph., U. 

 rulayis came out of fungi in a wood. Coccinella liieroi/hjphica, L., and 

 its black ab. were swept plentifully from heather ; a single IJelophorns 

 nnbilus, F., and Hi/droporiis lepidns, 01., were taken on the margin of 

 a pool near a stable, in which pool PJtantiis hi.striatiis, Berg., <_'vUpii- 

 beU's fuscus, L., Ai/abtts biptistnlatns, L., A. chalrunotas, Pz., A. neba- 

 losus, Forst., ]h/iisciis nianiinalis, L., and Arilius sidcatus, L , var. 

 scotirtis, Steph., were also taken. In October two Qttedius fiih/idtis, 

 Gr., were found under stones in a field, and in November two nearly 

 full-grown larvff" of Mdidouf/ia ndi/aris, F., below some turf which 

 was being removed in a gravel pit. All the above insects were taken 

 mostly in the immediate neighbourhood of Corsemalzie, and I hope to 

 add many more before long. — J. G. Gordon, F.E.S., Corsemalzie, 

 Whauphill, Wigtownshire. 



Coccinella 11 -punctata var. brevifasciata, Weise. — Mr. Donis- 

 thorpe, in the last April number (p. 99) of this journal, drew attention 

 to the fact that a variety of this abundant insect, with confluent basal 

 spots, occurred commonly on sandhills at certain places on the Irish 

 coast (see also p. 240 of the last volume of this journal). He stated 

 that it was the var, G of Mulsant, and he himself proposed the name of 

 (■onjiucns for it. It seems desirable, therefore, to call attention to the fact 

 that another very similar variety (var. D of Mulsant and brerifasciata of 

 Weise) has been taken (Knt. Ma. Mai/, xxix., p. 70) by Mr. Chitty on 

 the Culbin sandhills on the Moray coast, and apparently, also, by Mr. 

 Walker {E)it. Mo. Ma<j. xxxii., p. Ill), on the sandhills at Machri- 

 hanish Bay, in the ]\Iull of Kintyre. This variety has confluent side 

 spots, and ^Ir. Walker says it has a very diftereut aspect from southern 

 examples. It will be noticed that the Scottish localities for this 

 variety are very similar to those for nwfiuens in Ireland ; the type form, 

 also, did not occur with the variety. Both these varieties .should be 

 introduced into our catalogues. — T. Hudson Beare, F.E.S., 10, 

 Regent Terrace, Edinburgh. 



Notes of coleoptera captured during 1902. — My first expedition 

 this year was on March 28th. On this occasion we — a party of five — 



