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rrrriDibj/cifdynus, Afiaihidium ni(irinuw, etc., were swept. The next 

 (lay I took leave of my friends and went on to Rannoch, and subse- 

 quently to Edinburo-h to stay with my friend Professor Beare, I shall 

 always remember with pleasure my very pleasant visit to Cumberland. 

 —Horace Donisthorpe. Si'ptcnihei- IStli, 1903. 



Epicojietis sqt-alida, Scop., at Weymouth. — ^Ir. Forsyth, of 

 Weymouth, has sent me a specimen of this beetle to name which 

 he took on ^lay 4th last in the town. It is, no doubt, an intro- 

 duction, and occurs in southern Europe — France, Dalmatia, Cyprus, 

 etc. The specimen is in very perfect condition. It comes near to 

 Oxytlii/rea fiinesta, another of our doubtful species, supposed to have 

 been taken by Hidebotham and others. — Ibid. 



Calosoma syoophanta at Weymouth. — On July 2nd last, I captured 

 a specimen of ( 'alosowa si/cophanta, Avhich had taken shelter in my next 

 door neighbour's hall, fortunately it is quite perfect. — A. Forsyth, 20, 

 Ranelagh Road, Weymouth. 



Lema erichsoni at Slapton Ley. — When looking over my collec- 

 tion a short time ago Mr. Donisthorpe pointed out to me that I had 

 two species of Lema under one name, riz., Lema se])tentn'onis, Weise, 

 given to me by Dr. Chaster, and taken near Dublin, and L. erichsoni, 

 Sufr., which I took myself at Slapton Ley on April 12th, 1902. — 

 Norman H. Joy, Bradfield. September 21s^ 1903. 



CoLEOPTERA AT SouTHPORT.— While attending the British Associa- 

 tion meeting at Southport, from September the 9th to the 14th, I had 

 the pleasure of doing a little collecting in the company of and under 

 the guidance of Dr. Chaster ; Mr. Burgess Sopp was too busy with his 

 official duties in connection with the meeting to spare time for 

 collecting. Mr. B. Tomlin, who was staying in Southport at the 

 same time, accompanied us on our trips, and guided me on my visit 

 to the foreshore near Hightown. The weather was abominably bad 

 most of the time, and, on Thursday, the 10th, there was a torrential 

 downpour lasting all day, with the result that most of the country was 

 put under water. On the afternoon of Friday, we visited the Birkdale 

 sandhills to see if we could collect any flood refuse, and managed to 

 fill two or three small bags. I had to bring my own bag away, and 

 was not able to examine it until I returned to Edinburgh after my 

 holidays on the 19th. Out of it I was very pleased to take a series of 

 Farnm nitididus, Heer, and many other things, including the follow- 

 ing : — Philonthiis nirfiitnlKs, Grav. ; Anisotoma diibia, Kug. ; JUedius 

 fiiscipes, Rye, and Aphnditui planiatus, L. ; single specimens of 

 Anisotoma fiirca, Er., and Hi/dimhiiif; piiurtatissiunis, Steph., were 

 found on the sand. 



On Sunday 13th, with ^Ir. Tomlin, I visited the foreshore at 

 Hightown, and secured several of the specialities, such as J'/ii/toKits 

 ■niiirircntris, Chev., O.ri/ti'liis iixiritimus, Thorns. ; lllediiis opanis, l:>lock., 

 Helufifi iiallid IIS, Cuvt., etc. Later in the afternoon we swept up Apioit 

 disniniile, Germ., in plenty off its foodplant, the hare's-foot trefoil, iti 

 a sandy field near ]\[r. Burgess Sopp's house; this I believe is a new 

 record for the disti'ict. On the afternoon of Monday 14th, a hurried 

 visit to the Southport sandhills secured Apion lonjiuens, Kirby, in 

 some numbers ofi' Matricaria, it had only been taken previously very 

 sparingly by Dr. Chaster at the same spot. Lastly we found Atamaria 

 fntuiarii, Hbst., in the utmost profusion in fungi growing on a bank 



