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August. Can any other lepidopterist supply me with fuller details 

 concerning the species ? — M. Gillmer, 4, Elisabethstrasse, Cothen, 

 Anhalt, Germany. October 28th, 1906. 



Resting-habit of Agriopis aprilina. — On October 19th, in company 

 with Mr. Tonge, I had the pleasure of finding, in the New Forest, a 

 specimen of this insect, at rest, on pale green lichen, on an oak trunk, 

 about six feet from the ground. It had evidently been out some time, 

 as the fringes were very much rubbed. My reason for recording this, 

 is that I had enquired of many naturalists if they had ever taken this 

 insect at rest on the tree-tunks, and Mr. Tonge had done the same, 

 but we could find no one who had done so, and I was always assured 

 that they rested on the ground among the herbage. I have always, 

 however, had my doubts as to this, as, if this were so, the beautiful 

 lichen-like marks and colour of A. aprilina would be purposeless. My 

 opinion is that this insect rests generally on lichen, fairly high up the 

 tree-trunks, and it is for this reason that it is not generally seen. The 

 specimen which I found was beautifully protected, having chosen a 

 patch of lichen exactly the same tint as itself, although another patch 

 alongside was quite dark blue-green in colour. — C. W. Colthrup, 127, 

 Barry Road, East Dulwich, S.E. October 25th, 1906. 



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Coleoptera in the Enfield district, 1906. — I have not been able to 

 devote much time to collecting, but have been fortunate in turning up 

 some interesting things, principally amongst the wood-feeders. The 

 following list may be of interest to collectors in the London district. 

 NotiophUus rufipes, Curt., Enfield and Winchmore Hill ; Badister 

 sodalis, Duft., Enfield ; Bembidium quinquestHatum, Gyll., and B. 

 alucum, Germ., on pavement, Enfield ; Quedius ventralis, Ahr., hollow 

 beech, Enfield; Q. fulgidus, F., vegetable refuse ; Q. brevicornis, Th., 

 nest of a wood-pigeon in hollow beech, Enfield ; the same nest 

 produced Hitter merdarius, Hop. ; Xantholinus glaber, Nor., beneath 

 wet apple bark, elm bark, and in a hollow apple tree, in which were 

 the grubs of Eryxater, F.; Scymnus pygmaeus, Four., from willow bark 

 at Waltham and'Cheshunt ; S. minimus, Ross., on wall at Enfield 

 Lock ; ( 'occidula scutellata, Hbst., on bulrushes at Tottenham and 

 Waltham Abbey; Symbiotes lotus, Redt., Waltham and Enfield; 

 Alexia pilifera, Mull., fungi, Enfield; Aulonium sulcatum, 01., Enfield, 

 Walthani, Palmer's Green, Winchmore Hill, and Silver Street, 

 Edmonton ; Paromalus flavicornis, Hbst., Enfield ; Gnathoncus punctu- 

 latus, Th., corn shop, Edmonton; Orthoperus brunnipes, Gyll., in 

 fungi, Enfield; Nitidula bipustulata, L., N. rufipes, L., Waltham; 

 Lacmophloeus bimaculatns, Pk., five examples from oak bark, Enfield ; 

 Silvanus surinamensis, L., corn shop at Edmonton, and in fungus on 

 elm at Enfield ; TelmatopMlus caricis, Ob., Cheshunt; Ptinus pusillus, 

 Sturm., occurred again in the corn shop at Edmonton, October and 

 November ; Hedobia imperialis, L., Enfield ; Meseum afiine, Poi., corn 

 shop, Edmonton ; Ernobivs mollis, L., fir bark, Enfield ; Dyctus 

 canaliculatus, F., Enfield and Cheshunt; L. brurmeus, Steph., one 

 example on a beech log, Palmer's Green ; Cis hispidus, Pk., ( . pygmaeus, 

 Marsh., C. vcstitus, Mel., C. f meatus, Mel., Enfield. Amongst the 

 Longicornes some interesting things occurred, the best being a very 



