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in line at the marking on the third abdominal segment, or occasionally 

 at the first, and bending itself from these points backwards and 

 upwards, which gave additional resemblance to a woody twig. If 

 disturbed by being touched, it would jerk itself backwards with a 

 sharp movement, and sway from side to side very quickly once or 

 twice. The ventral surface was much more sober in colour now, and 

 the red tinge between the two medioventral lines faded almost to 

 obliteration. The colour of the larva as a whole, had, in fact, 

 degenerated to a mottled-coloured brown with dark blotches, picked 

 out with the lighter sienna-coloured spots and markings. This was its 

 final state before pupation. 



<irOLEOPTERA. 



Calosoma sycophanta, L., at Battle. — On August 3rd, I was at 

 Battle, and, while walking down the path from Battle Abbey to the 

 Powder Mill Ponds, my wife drew my attention to a beetle which was 

 running on the pathway. To my great delight, I saw it was a fine 

 specimen of Calosoma sycophmita. Its occurrence in this locality — 

 some seven miles inland — makes this record additionally interesting. — 

 W. H. Bennett, F.E.S., 15, Wellington Place, Hastings. 



Gynandropthalma affinis. — It will be of interest to all coleopterists 

 to know that I have again taken this species at Wychwood Forest. 

 Towards the end of June, when the weather at last became fine, a day 

 or two spent in this old forest proved that the species is by no means 

 uncommon. — W. Holland, University Museum, Oxford. 



CoLEOPTERA IN BERKSHIRE. — When Mr, Donisthorpe asked me for a 

 note on the coleoptera that 1 have taken in this neighbourhood this year, 

 I seriously thought of giving him a note on Avhat I had not seen. It 

 has certainly been interesting to note which insects have suffered most 

 from the bad weather. The most notable absentee is Leptiira lirula, F., 

 which is generally very common here on Acltillea inillffoliiott at the 

 end of summer. I have not seen a single specimen this year. On the 

 whole, however, I think the beetles whose larvtp live in wood have 

 done well. In June, I found L'onopalpuii tcstarens, 01., common in 

 small branches of oak on the ground, and probably could have taken 

 any number. In March, I took one (hi/lanuiis rari(il()siis,Dnit., in one 

 of these small branches. Some good things have turned up in damp 

 wood with fungus on it — c/c, J h'pItj/Uioi Imtatus, F., Auonnnatiis 12- 

 striatiis, Miill., Sp/iimlus diibiuH, Gyll., Liodes orbicularis, Herbst. In 

 the same small wood in which I took the last four species I took last 

 year two Diplocoelm fa;ii, Guir. I took a few more this spring, but 

 on July 20th I found a small beech tree, just dead, with any number of 

 this species and its larvie under small pieces of the outer bark. 

 Enicmusbrevicornis, Mann, was also crawling in numbers over the tree. 

 Tillus eliHtjatus, L., also occurred in the same wood. I have worked 

 the C'os.s»s-aftected trees, out of which I took Kpuraca ilijusn, Bris., 

 commonly last year, but have found it decidedly rare this year. 

 Once, however, I took several Kpurafa ilcaniufiittata, F., which was a 

 rare species last year. T/mli/cra serieea, Sturm, has also turned up 

 once again. General sweeping has been singularly unproductive. 

 Abdera bifaseiata, Marsh., Chaetonwma siibmernlra, Kuts., are the best 

 species I have taken. By sweeping very short grass in a wood I have 



