286 THE entomologist's kecokd. 



yet had a chance of comparing it with an authentically named 

 specimen. During the present month I have taken Trij)lii/llns 

 sHtaralis, F., out of fungus on a tree- stump in Duddingston Park ; the 

 only previous Scotch record is "Tweed district only very rare"; I 

 expect I could have obtained it in some plenty, but only took a small 

 series, not recognising it at the time, and then we had such torrents of 

 rain that the fungus was washed away. Out of the same fungus came 

 lIoiiialitDii excavatum , Steph., ('ilea nilp/ioides, L., and Protciniis oralis, 

 Steph., which seems to be a rather scarce insect in Scotland. Out of 

 flood-refuse thrown up by the Tweed near Cardrona Station, I have 

 today taken Bemhidinm schij]ipeli, Dj., in scanty numbers, />. mamier- 

 heiiiii, Sahl., Ocalea latipennis, Shp., Parawecomma inelanocephaluw, 

 Hbst., StenuH picipes, Steph., S. crassm, Steph. and L'atnps scyiccnn, 

 Pz. — T. Hudson Beare, B.Sc, F.E.S., 10, Regent Terrace, Edinburgh. 

 October 11th, 1903. 



HyPOCOPRUS I.ATRIDIOIDES IN THE HASTlNCiS DISTRICT. In AugUSt, 



1901, when searching for Heptaiilacas sus, on the Camber Sands, I 

 found a little beetle under sheep's dung, which I ultimately identified 

 as the species mentioned above. In August, 1902, Mr. E. A. Butler 

 took several specimens (five, I think) in the same locality under a 

 dead chicken. This species seems to be so very seldom taken that its 

 occurrence two years in succession leads one to hope that it is fairly 

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



COLEOPTERA AT BeTTWS-Y-COED AND VICINITY IN JuLY AND AuGUST. 



— During a holiday of some week's duration at the above charming 

 locality, I did my best to collect the coleoptera of the district. In 

 common with other collectors I have found insects very scarce this 

 season, and, although the country hereabout is well wooded, and 

 herbage and flowers abundant, it is worthy of remark that not a single 

 longicorn was seen, nor even a weevil, except the very commonest 

 species. The most productive form of collecting was by a minute 

 scrutiny of the fine shingle (comminuted slate ?) on the banks of the 

 Llugwy, especially at its confluence with the river Conway. This 

 locality is erroneously stated to be at " Conway," in Canon Fowler's 

 British ( 'oleoptera (vol. i., p. 124). Working this shingle is very tedious, 

 but yielded one Perileptiis areolatus (two other specimens were seen, 

 but took instantly to the Aving). Bemhidium decorum, B. atrocoerulenm , 

 J). ])i(ncti(lati(iii, Hoiiialnta frar/ilis, H. cainbrica (the latter almost all 

 males), Ocalea castanea, and the tiny Hemipteron Cri/ptosteiiniia alie- 

 niiw, and Salda scotica. All these were found in the wetter part of the 

 shingle. Higher up the bank occurred Cri/ptohi/pniis derinestoides and 

 its var. in some numbers Avith Awara atilica. The moss in a stream 

 from a waterfall near Gwydir Castle produced Lestera pi(besceiis in some 

 numbers, L. punctata, Er. = uiuscoruin, Duv. (one), L. bicolor, 

 Ocalea castanea, Tro(iophloeus arcitatus, Ancijroplwrus aureus, 

 Mi/cetoporus sj)lendi<lus, Houialota currax, Plataiiibus uiaculatus and 

 Hijdracna (jracilis. A dead bird close by produced Silpha thnracica, 

 Xecrophorus uiortuoruni, Homalota divisa and Cholera fuoiata. Sweep- 

 ing was not productive, Chrysouiela varians and didijmata occurred on 

 Hypericum, Brachypterus yraridus on Linaria, and single specimens of 

 Abdera bifasciata and Troyophloeus fuUyiuusus by sweeping in a recently 

 mown meadow. In the elevated woods near Gwydir the following 

 occurred under stones, Quedius lateralis, Philonthus decorus, L'alathus 



