18 THE entomologist's eecord, 



wish to express my thanks to Mr. H. St. J. K. Donisthorpe for 

 naming the specimen, and supplying me with its previous records of 

 capture. Many other of my problems also owe their solution to 

 Mr. Donisthorpe's kind help. — Hekeward Dollman, Hove House, 

 Newton Grove, Bedford Park, W. December 20r/^ 1904. 



Re-occurkence of Quedius kraatzii in 1904. — It is as well, perhaps, 

 to record that (ifiiedius hraatzii still occurs in its original habitat. I 

 went down to Chiddingfold on June 8th this year, as I wanted some 

 more specimens (for friends and for myself, as I had only three left of 

 my former captures), and found the insect on the exact spot where I 

 took it last. — Horace Donisthorpe. 



Symbtotes I.ATUS AT Palmer's Green. — On September 29th last, 

 1 went to Enfield to join Mr. Pool tor a few days' collecting in this 

 district. At Palmer's Green, under the bark of a felled elm, we took 

 eight specimens of the rare Si/)iihiuti's latiis. The beetles were only 

 found where a white powdery fungus occurred under the bark, 

 looking much as if flour had been spilt on the tree. — Ibu). 



Coleoptera at Market Bosworth. — In July, I went to Market 

 Bosworth to pay a visit to my friend, Mr. Bouskell, and to try and take 

 Tetropiiiiii rastaueuni, the new British longicoine, discovered by him 

 last year. The object of the trip was successfully carried out, 

 the Tctrnpiinii being taken as soon as the tree, a tall spruce, was reached. 

 Several specimens were secured (my share being a nice <? and $ ), 

 and larvfe, pupje, and an ichneumon (which Mr. Morley informs 

 me is new to science) parasitic on the beetle were also found. 

 A very high ladder was used to reach the higher parts of the 

 tree, and it is by no means a pleasant job standing on the top rungs 

 whilst both hands are being used to chip at the bark of the tree ! 

 The next best capture was over a dozen specimens of Abilera i-fcmiata, 

 taken from a stack of oak-logs. This rare beetle is a new record for 

 Leicestershire. Doiratoiiia ehri/soinelina was found in great profusion 

 in a rotten oak-tree on the ground, Kraesthetus scaber was taken under 

 moss by the side of the canal Avhen we were bathing ; and some days 

 after I had left Mr. Bouskell took Pediaciix dermestoides under bark. 

 These two last species are both new to the county list. — Ibid. 



On some doubtful or very rare British Coleoptera. 



By E. A. NEWBEEY. 

 (Concluded from vol. xvi., p. 205.) 



In my paper with the above heading in the July number of this 

 magazine, I promised to say a few words on some changes in 

 synonymy which appear to be desirable, and also to remark on some 

 rare species which could not properly be included in the three classes 

 referred to in that paper, but which for various reasons appear worthy 

 of notice. 



The following are the alterations in synonymy, &c. proposed : — 



Anchdvieniis jmellux, Dj., must sink as a var. of thoreyi, Dj., from 

 which it has no constant structural differences. 



BembidiiDH rallosnui, Kust. (1847) = ii. laterale, Dj. (1831). 



Bembidimii ripariiiin, 01. — Olivier's description applying to two 

 insects {irkolor, Bedel, and iKunlatiini, Four.), ripariutn should be 

 dropped altogether. 



Helocharex punctatus, Sharp, is an extreme form of the variable 

 H. lividua, Forst.j and should be reduced to a var. of that species. 



