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phyes punctatissma, Bosc, is numerous round Sibertswold and out on the 

 Warren, and, indeed, probably wherever it is looked for in suitable places. 

 I have done no systematic collecting this year, but Decticus ver- 

 rucivorus and Apterygida albipennis make a fair record for a season's 

 work. Luck seems to be sometimes more profitable than persistence. 

 The ground where these two rarities occur will probably before long 

 be occupied by a colliery, but it is to be hoped that steps will be taken 

 to preserve the remnants of the aboriginal fauna of East Kent. 



Paracymus aeneus, Germ. — a British Beetle. 



By R. S. MITFORD, C.B., F.E.S. 



Last year I obtained from Mr. W. H. Harwood, of Colchester, an 

 example, as it was supposed, of Paracymus nigro-aenens. Recently my 

 friend, Mr. E. A. Waterhouse, when looking over my collection of 

 British coleoptera, expressed some doubt as to the identity of this 

 species with P. nigro-aeneus, and I sent it to him for examination. 

 He has now informed me that it is undoubtedly. P. aeneus. I have 

 since obtained six more specimens from Mr. Harwood, all of which 

 turn out to be P. aeneus. They were taken on the North Essex coast 

 in June, 1898. 



The Bev. Canon Fowler describes (British Coleoptera, vol. i., p. 226) 

 P. nigro-aeneus as having the maxillary palpi " broadly pitchy at the 

 apex, and the legs pitch-black." He goes on to say "we do not 

 possess the true P. aeneus, which is rather smaller and narrower than 

 P. nigro-aeneus, with the palpi unicolorous red, and the legs also red." 

 These characteristics of P. aeneus are borne by all the examples sent 

 to me by Mr. Harwood, and I think there can be no doubt that that 

 species is established as a Uritish beetle, and should appear in the 

 British lists. Probably it will be found in other collections, in which 

 it may have been placed as P. nigro-aeneus. I am indebted to Mr. E. 

 A. Waterhouse for his kindness in examining and identifying my 

 specimens. 



Myrmecophilous Notes for 1907. 



By H. St. J. K. DONISTHORPE, F.E.S. 



FormiciDjE. — Formica sanguinea was discovered by us at Aviemore 

 and Nethy Bridge, in the Highlands, in July, its first record for 

 Scotland. Mr. Willoughby Ellis has found it in the Midlands this 

 year, also a new record. 



Leptothorax unifasciatus. — We found a nest of this little ant, with 

 winged male and female, in company with a nest of Lasiiis niger, under 

 a stone, at St. Margaret's Bay. 



Coleoptera. — Atemeles emarginatus was taken by us at Porlock, 

 with Formica fused, in April, and Atemeles paradoxus was taken, both 

 by Professor Beare and ourselves, with its host, Formica rufibarbis var. 

 fusco-rufibarbis, at Whitsand Bay, also in April. 



Lomechusa strum osa-. — This grand species was again found by us at 

 Woking this year, with Formica sanguinea, in some numbers ; some 

 60 specimens being taken in the spring in one nest alone. We have 

 kept it alive, and have established it in an observation-nest of the ant, 

 and have observed the courtship for the first time. We also discovered 



