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an old beech tree in some numbers. Attelahus curculionoides, L., 

 Cleonus sulcirostris, L. (under ling in gravel pits), Balaninus ve7iosus, 

 Grav., B. villosus, F., Hylastes ater, Pk., Miarus campanulae, L., 

 (h'chehtes querciis, L., 0. nisei, Hbst., and many other weevils were 

 taken. My captures of Staphylinids during these visits I hope to 

 make the subject of a further note. The weather in each visit was 

 glorious, and I found collecting each time very pleasant and satis- 

 factory. — H. WiLLouGHBY Ellis, F.E.S., Knowle, Warwickshire. 

 Februanj Mth, 1905. 



CoLEOPTERA FROM Faversham DISTRICT, ETC. — The foUowing Cap- 

 tures of coleoptera from this neighbourhood and elsewhere are perhaps 

 worth recording: ApJwdius computus, Cr., on October 11th, 1904, not 

 uncommon, flying in a field near Doddington. Bruchus canus, Germ., 

 swept in August not far from Eastling Mill. Tetratoma desmaresti, 

 Lat., on one tree in Shanted, end of September, f'/wrai/us sheppanli, 

 Kirb., on old hedge at Charing early in September. Apion liveseeruni, 

 Gyll., in a saintfoin field near Huntingfield, September, October, and 

 November. Apion ivaltoni, Steph., swept on a mossy bank in a valley 

 near Huntingfield ; A. vicinum, Kirb., occurred with it. A. filirostrc, 

 Kirb., one swept near Charing and one near Newnham, in each case 

 with A. jiaviiimnuin, Gyll., and A. puhescens, Kirb., which were very 

 abundant on any suitable grassy bank on which thyme or marjoram 

 was growing. A. filirostre is evidently very difficult to get except 

 singly ; I had previously a specimen from Huntingfield and one from 

 Doddington, so it must occur all over the district ; when once identi- 

 fied it is not diffirult to recognise in the net, though, of course, to the 

 naked eye, it closL'ly resembles A. loti, Kirb., which is very abundant 

 in the district. This autumn was a very remarkable one for the genus 

 Apion: a visit to Deal produced A. laevicolle, Kirb., A. curtiai, Curt., 

 A. sedi, Germ., A. marchicum, Hbst., and A. urtlcarium, Hbst., besides 

 the usual common species ; a visit to Rye produced A. dissi)iiile, Germ., 

 one to Sheppey, A. nialvae, F., and^. boJieinani, Th., the latter in some 

 numbers on its proper foodplant, and one to Oxford, gave A. ebeninuin. 

 A. fiavipes, F., also occurred at the end of September, at Doddington, in a 

 wood on its proper foodplant, it is, however, very local in the district, as I 

 had swept a great quantity of MercuHalis perennis before discovering 

 it. Further insects from the Faversham district are Magdalis harhi- 

 cornis, Lat., one ^, June 26th; Atomaria funiata, Er., June; Hypo- 

 phloeus bicolor, 01. (one), under elm bark, August, all near Hunting- 

 field. Fentartlirum huttoni, Woll. (1), and ^hjcetaea Jiirta, Marsh., in 

 my cellars, considering the isolated situation, this is somewhat sur- 

 prising. Ho)nalota liturata, Steph., Lees Court, in fungus on ash-tree 

 in 1901, very recently identified, I have not seen it since, while from 

 the Blean Woods this sunnner, Sitoncs caiiibricns, Steph. (two), PJiijti- 

 dowiiius i/lobulus, Hbst. (one), Mordella aculcata, L. (three), were useful 

 to my collection. Old hedge collecting was, in the autumn, as pro- 

 ductive as ever of the insects tbat live in these quarters, and in addi- 

 tion to those previously recorded by me, Scydmaenus exilis, Er., was 

 found, though very rarely, in a hedge near Charing. — A. J. Chitty, 

 M.A., Huntingfield, Faversham, Kent. February IQth, 1905. 



Notes on some interesting captures in a London Granary. — 

 My friend Mr. H. Dollman (whom I had introduced to the old granary 

 in Holhorn where I have taken so many species of coleoptera), having 



