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I have compared both species with their original descriptions, and 

 find they agree well. L. piinctatuni, Zett., may be known from /,. 

 foriiliim, Steph., by the dark palpi, which are clear red in the latter. 

 The punctuation of the head and thorax is denser, and the elytra are 

 more strongly and closely punctured and relatively shorter, being 

 shorter than the thorax. The insects taken by Dr. Sharp in Scotland 

 and recorded as atripalpe are probably piinctatiiiti, Zett., as are also 

 those taken by ]\Ir. W.E. Sharp, Snowdonian Mountains (/•,'»?. Ilcrord, 

 1898, p. 272)"; :Mr. F. H. Day, Pennmes {F<:iit. lUmrd. 1900, p. 100) ; 

 Mr. Thompson, Upper Teesdale [Ent. 3/o. Mafj., 1902, p. Ill); Mr. 

 Gordon, Wigtownshire {Knf. Ilerord, 1903, p. 47) ; Professor Beare, 

 near Edinburgh {Knt. llrmrd, 1903, p. 103) ; and Mr. Britten, 

 Pennines (7^'»^ lleronl, 1903, p. 1.50). I also sent a specimen of a 

 jAith robin III to M. Fauvel, J captured in North Wales {Ent. Ilecoril, 

 1897, p. 50) and which I had looked on as a dark form of terminatinu. 

 He writes it is a most interesting specimen, as it forms an exact 

 transition between his type S ntripalpi', Scriba, and (jnadratinn, Pk. 

 He also states that he considers both tfiniiinafinii and atvipnliic to be 

 vars. of ijiiadratiiti}, Pk. It is evident, therefore, that the true atripalpe, 

 Scriba, is a variety, but whether British I know not. ^Horace 



DONISTHORPE. 



CoLEOPTERA IN ScoTLAXD. — Siucc my last note (p. 103), I have 

 been fairly successful in turning up good species, and a few notes on 

 my captures since the middle of March may be of interest. 



After the 14th of ^March bad weather prevented a second visit to 

 Cobinshaw reservoir until the 27th of the month ; unfortunately that 

 day, though it promised fine, turned out very windy and showery. In 

 the flood refuse, in addition to most of those taken on the 14th 

 (p. 103), the following occurred : Amara apriearia. Pk. ; Philontlms 

 rarians, Pk. ; 1'. ai'iU'iis, Rossi ; O.vi/poda npaca, Gr. ; SUuhh tarsalis, 

 Ljun. ; Tachpni^a atra, Gr. ; Fraatyiiri}! aiicta, F. ; P. nianjiniila, L. ; 

 and Phardon roehlfariac, F. ; these last three were in great abund- 

 ance in one heap of refuse. 



On April 2nd I had a day with Mr. Evans at Harperrig 

 reservoir. On the way from ^lid-Calder station to the reservoir we 

 worked a lot of hay refuse, which had been thrown up by a flood in a 

 small stream some time before. Here we secured Mei/art/inis sinuato- 

 eollis, Lac. ; Mirropcjilas mari/nritae, Duv. ; Atomaria fuacata, Sch. ; 

 ( 'rt/ptophaiiiiK sajiiiiatiis, Sturm. ; and many other common insects 

 usually found in such refuse, lender bark of fir stumps in a planta- 

 tion about a mile beyond the station the following were taken : Ipx 

 ■J'-ptifitiilatiis, F. ; (fci/iisa incrassata, Kr. ; Driiocneten autuj/rajdiiis, 

 Ratz. ; J'rtipodendron lincafnm, Er. ; Tornicus arinninattis, Gyll. ; 

 Pitj/oiiencs hidentatiis, Hbst. ; JJi/lasti's ater, Pk. ; H. palliating, Gyll. ; 

 llylurtiKs jtinipfrda, L. ; Il/ii^ojdianiis fcrrKj/iiu'iia, Pk. ; and //. dispar, 

 Pk. There was abundance of flood rubbish at the reservoir, and 

 though many of the insects found at Cobinshaw were found, a number 

 not seen at that place turned up, including, amongst others, the 

 following : Jlfnihidimn hi/iioirtatinii, L. ; Mi/ci'tojxirity Ifpidiis, Gr. ; 

 M. loiKjidus, Man. (both common) ; (Jiifdiiis fidricollis, Steph. (very 

 scarce) ; StapJii/liinia en/throptcrKH, L. ; and P/n'lrmt/iiis derorns, Gv. ; 

 under sheep dung on the moor near the reservoir we got Ap/mdiiis 

 fo mpur cat II s, 1j. ; A. couftons, Dnft, ; and A. ater, De G. ; the two 



