28 THE entomologist's record. 



Apliodins scyhalariuR, F. ab. nigricans, Muls. ; found at Deal ; 

 introduced by Mr. Jennings (loc. cit., p. 155). 



Malthoch's iinjiiiiiKs, L. var. tiianjinicollis, Schil., taken by Mr. 

 Donisthorpe {Knt. Record, xx., p. 82), at Cobham, July, 1907. 



The following changes in synonymy have been recorded during the 

 year : — Lathrobiiivi elonyatuiu, L. var. niyruni, Joy = var. fraud iilentitm, 

 Gangl. (Champion, Fynt. Mo. J/o//., p. 1) ; Ceuthorhi/nckidiiis clwrrolatl^ 

 Bris. = ('. barnerillei, Gren. ; Ceuthorhj/nchiis chah/baeus, Germ. = C\ 

 tKiiiidns, Weise (Champion loc. cit. 'p. 1); Epiiraea ohlowja, Hbst. = 

 E. thoracica, Tourn. (Joy, loc. cit., p. 106) ; Dasi/tes ocidatus, Brit. Cat., 

 = 1K plumbeus, Mull. (Newbery, loc. cit., p. 156); and, lastly, it 

 appears, if we follow continental opinion on the matter, we must sink 

 Hydnobius pnnctatissiiiius, Steph., as it is a variety only of H. punctatus^ 

 Stm. (Ganglbauer, ^^ Die Kafer von Mitteleiiroj)a," vol. iii., p. 206); 

 Mr. Champion draws attention to this {Ent. Mo. Mai/., vol. xliv.. 



We have thus an apparent addition of 28 species and 6 varieties, 

 while two species are deleted, but at least two of the new species are 

 of extremely doubtful value — to one I would even decline varietal 

 rank, and there is a doubt as to the accuracy of the determination of a 

 third, but even with these deductions it presents a remarkable increase 

 to our list, and I know of several other additions, which will be 

 shortly announced, some of which will be genuinely new to science. 



I can only mention a few of the more interesting captures of rare 

 species recorded during the year. Mr. de la Garde records Hydroclms 

 nitidicollis, Muls., and Hydraena pyymaea, Wat., from Christow, Devon, 

 and Arena octavii, Fauv., from Dawlish Warren ; Mr. Chaster, 

 Deliphrinn crenatuiii, Gr., from Helensburgh ; Commander Walker, 

 (Jryptophayns scluiridti, Stm., from Strood ; Lathrobiinn pallihnn, Nor., 

 and Pselaphns dre.sdensis, Hbst., from Oxford ; Dr. Joy, Laeniojddoens 

 Dionilis, F., from Streatley ; Mr. Donisthorpe, Ayrilm biynttatus, F., 

 from Sherwood ; Troyolinm anylicantis, Shp., from the Isle of Wight; 

 Mr. Bedwell, Procas aniiillatus, F., from Sherwood, and LTnoriuius 

 vn riabilis ,Ij., from Purley Oaks; Mr. Thompson, Corymhites castancus,. 

 L.,from Pately Bridge; and the writer, Cry]itophayussubdeprenstts, Gyll., 

 from Nethy Bridge ; Mr. Day, Brontes planatus, L., from Carlisle ; Mr. 

 W. E Sharp, Gnorivms nobilis, L., from South Bucks. 



Several interesting notes have appeared in our entomological 

 journals. To the pages of the {Ent. Mo. May.) Dr. Joy has contributed 

 (p. 38) a series of useful notes on the genus Colon : he has given some 

 fresh characters for identification of the more difficult species, and 

 hints as to the best method of capturing them ; a table for the British 

 species of Epuraea (p. 106), which will be found most useful by 

 collectors who are usually much puzzled in the identification of 

 several species of the genus ; a table, and notes (p. 125) on the 

 genus Corticaria, to which I have already alluded ; a note on 

 the coleoptera of the Scilly Islands (p. 175) in which he has detailed 

 the results of the collection he made on the Islands last April, adding 

 126 to the previously known species, bringing the total number now 

 recorded from the Islands up to 275 — this must surely be only a 

 small proportion of the real number of species in the Islands ; and, 

 lastly (p. 246), some additional notes on moles' nest coleoptera; in 

 reference to this latter point, I may mention that my friend, Mr.. 



