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p. 1 and p. 203, depicting "some interesting British insects," the 

 letterpress accompanying the plates having been contributed by Mr. 

 G. C. Champion and Mr, R. W. Lloyd. Thirteen of the recent addi- 

 tions to our list were illustrated, and also two of the StaiJ/njlinidae, 

 which were described by Canon Fowler in his Coleoptera of the British 

 hies, but were not illustrated, vis., Eudectas whitei, Sharp ; and 

 Borburopora kraatzi, Fiiss. 



Mr. H. Britten and Mr. E. A. Newbery {loc. cit., p. 178) published 

 a revision of the British species of I'tenidiiun, Er. From this note it 

 appeared that considerable changes will have to be made in the 

 synonomy of this genus. Mr. E. A. Newbery had two further notes 

 {loc. cit., p. 83 and p. 229) ; in the first of these notes Mr. Newbery 

 dealt with HtjiJOtheneniiis eraditns, Westwood, and he pointed out that 

 Westwood was in error in stating that this genus is characterised by a 

 three-jointed funiculus to the antennae ; as a matter of fact it has a 

 four-jointed funiculus. From all the records it appears that the insect 

 is really an exotic one, but has been widely distributed by commerce. It 

 is not synonymous with Stephanodmes, Wollaston. In the second note 

 Mr. Newbery made certain changes in synonomy ; he pointed out that 

 (Jhrtjsoniela didi/wata, Brit. Cat., was really C. briinsvicensis, Grav., and 

 that our Telephorus abdoiiiinalin was really var. ci/anea, Curt. Mr. 

 Newbery also stated that the insect he introduced as Qitediiis variabilis, 

 Heer., was only the var. fa(ji'ti of inesumelinm, but this var. was now 

 considered by some continental authorities to be a genuine species. Mr. 

 Newbery also again drew attention to the fact that the Coeliodea cardni 

 of the British Catologue was really C. fidiginosus, Marsh. Canon 

 Fowler in his Coleoptera of the British Isles, expressed his inability to 

 separate these two species. In the same note, Mr. Newbery dealt with 

 the synonymy of Oxypoda exoleta, Er., and O. lurida, Woll., but the 

 writer must confess that he is unable to appreciate the point of this 

 note. 



The writer published a note {loc. cit., p. 117) on Lesteva siciila, Er., 

 and L. punctata, Er., in which he pointed out that these two species 

 were quite distinct ; he has to thank Mr. Newbery for drawing 

 attention to a slip in this note ; the European Catalogue to which the 

 writer referred was the earlier Catalogue ; there has been a change in 

 the synonymy, as Mr. Newbery rightly stated, in the 1906 European 

 Catalogue, but Ganglbauer apparently adhered to the original 

 synonymy. 



Mr. Dollman {Ent. Record, vol. xxii., p. 96) stated that the Ajrion 

 lOiicolor, li., of our catalogue is really^, platalea, Germar ; Kirby's 

 specimens of so-called nnicolor were only gijllenhali. Dr. Joy said {Ent. 

 Mo. Matj., vol. xlvi., p. 27) that Colon barnevillei was only a small 

 undeveloped form of C. zebei. 



Of notes dealing with life-histories, etc., there have been a 

 considerable number. Mr. G. A. Dunlop gave an account {loc cit., 

 p. 15) of the insects found in a badger's nest — there were six species of 

 coleoptera. Mr. W. E. Sharp stated {loc. cit., p. 33) that the food 

 plant of Otiorhijnchns auropnnctatus, Gyll., was probably Carduiis 

 arvensis. Mr, J. H, Keys stated {loc. cit., p. 117) that he had found a 

 fully winged example of Dvjlotta at Dawlish Warren ; he also recorded 

 {loc. cit., p. 262) the capture of a melanic form of Athous haemorr- 

 hnidalis, on Dartmoor. Mr. H. Britten {f.oc. cit., p. 212) said that he 



