92 THK KXTOMOLOOIST's RECORD. 



bottle apparatus also worked satisfactorily with this species ; it was 

 only necessary to change the foodplant, Stellaria holostea, somewhat 

 frequently, as the leaves quickly got eaten or dry. Amorig the cases of 

 this species I took one case of ('. olivaceella, from which I bred my 

 only specimen of that specie?. 



C. MURiNiPENNEixA. — At Kickmansworth, in company with Mr. 

 South, I met with C. murinipennella in great abundance, flying over a 

 meadow near a wood. This was the first time I had met with the 

 species. The date was May 31st. 



C. GRYPHiPENNEi.LA. — I havc not met with this species round 

 London, but Mr. Day, of Carlisle, sent me a number of cases, with 

 larvaB. As this was before I had adopted the bottle arrangement 1 

 was not very successful in breeding them. 



I should have said that my method of rearing is really an invention 

 of Mr. A. M. Montgomery, as described in his admirable paper in the 

 Proci'ediniis South Land. Ent. Socictij, 1901, p. 5, and specially intended 

 for the keeping of larvae when of small size. This method, I find, is 

 equally suitable for the so-called micro larvie, provided the water does 

 not touch the neck of the bottle and render the sand too sodden. 



Aphodins stnrmi, Harold: A British Insect. 



By FRANK BOUSKELL. ¥.¥..^., F.R.H.S. 



Whilst working at the variation of the genus Aphodim, amongst a 

 number of forms sent me for examination, was one from Mr. J. H. 

 Keys taken by him near Plymouth. It seemed to me to be something 

 not yet included amongst our British species, and, after carefully 

 working at the insect, and making comparison with European speci- 

 mens, I came to the conclusion that it was Aphodiua sturml of Harold. 

 However, to make certain, I forwarded the specimen to Herr Reitter, 

 who confirmed my determination. Hence, we have an interesting 

 addition to the British list. The synonymy is as follows : — 



Ap}wdiu>! sturmi, Harold, Col. Hefte, pt. vi., p. 106, 1870. Bujiis, Sturm, 

 lux., i, 144, 42, pi. xiv., fig. d, D. lllif/eri, Muls., Lamellicorne^, p. 27]. 



Sturm's description reads as follows : — 



Aphodins ru/un, tab. xiv., fig. d, D. — Rcithlichgelb, langlfch, etwas plattged- 

 ruckt ; der hinterkopf schwarz mit einer qnerlinie ; die Flugeldccken gekerbt, 

 gefurcht. Lange lA linnen. 



I am indebted to Mr. Donisthorpe for the following free trans- 

 lation : — 



AphodiuH rufiix, pi. xiv., fig. d, D. — Ileddish-yellow, longish, somewhat 

 flattened ; the hind part of the head black with a croas line ; the elytra indented, 

 furrowed. Length 1^ lines. 



A full description is given by Mulsant and Key in the Hist. Nat. 

 Coleop., Laniellicnnies, p. 272. It comes next to A. lu;f>;m, and 

 superficially it is not unlike A. nitidulus, but may at once be distin- 

 guished from that insect by its size, which is only one-half, and also 

 by the first joint of the posterior tarsi being equal in size to the three 

 following joints, whilst in A. nitidnlns it is only equal to the two 

 following joints. 



The distribution appears to be : Austria, Hungary, Russia. France 

 rare. 



It is to be hoped that careful search by the energetic collector who 

 found it will be rewarded by future specimenB. 



