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Bridge. R. lnjbiida, from Nethy Bridge, Padstow, Oxford, etc. VUupis 

 ru/iventrix, from Wormsley Park and Timworth. Hilara qiiadrifaria, 

 from Wicken, etc. H. fulvibarba, from Studland, Lyndhurst, etc. 

 Sy7ia)iiphutera jiallida, taken by Mr. D. Sharp in the New Forest. 

 Tachydrontia macula, from Tarrington, Wormsley, and Spey Bridge. 

 T. tlioracica, from Lyndhurst, Porthcawl, etc. Dolichopodid^. — 

 Syntornion mikii, on boggy ground near Trevone, Cornwall. Acra/»>iliis 

 ni(jer, taken by C. G. Lamb, near Padstow. Syrphid^. — CliiloHia 

 globidipes, taken by Lieut. -Col. Nurse at West Stow in 1911. Antho- 

 MYiD^. — Calliuphryfi exiita, from Windermere, Dawlish, Barmouth, etc. 

 Lispe conmnyirinea, taken by J\Ir. Lamb at Padstow. Dexiojjsis 

 lacteipennis, taken among marram grass at Walton-on-Naze by 

 Col. Yerbury. D. riibriconiis, found by Col. Yerbury at Porthcawl 

 in 1903 and 1906. I'e[/oiinjia iilmaria, in the garden at Newmarket. 

 F. niyriaquama, taken by Mr. Harwood at Colchester. Borborid.e. 

 — Liiiio.sina caenosa, from closets at Oldham in November, 1911, 

 etc. L. pullnla, from Chippenham Fen. Sapromyzid^. — Sapro- 

 vnjza laeta, taken by Col. Yerbury at Nethy Bridge and Loch Assynt. 

 <S. quadrinotata, taken at Lochinver by Col. Yerbury. <!>'. apicalis, from 

 Frinton-on-Sea, Essex. Chloropid^. — l)iplotua:a ruficepa, taken by 

 Col. Yerbury at Loch Assynt. Geomyzid^. — Apltauiosuma qnadrinu- 

 tattnii, taken by Mr. Lamb near Padstow. A. approxiniaUdu, from 

 Walton-on-the-Naze. 



In the April number of the Eiitniiiolo(/uc/ie 2iitteiliiui/en Geo. C. 

 Kruger gives an account of several species of Lepidoptera from 

 Sardinia, L)/)iiantria kn((/eri, A<ir<>tis jordani and IJeriiiinia (jl(ja)itea ; 

 and notes on other species found on the Italian mainland, the forms of 

 Kuchloiis pra»innria, Arctia rilltca, A. hnnewJcai, and A. antjelica. 



In the current number of the Canadian Entuinoloi/ist, F. H. Wolley 

 Dod continues the valuable series of notes which he has long con- 

 tributed on Alberta Lepidoptera; and E. P. Venables gives an instance 

 of several specimens of Lrraptaj-albuin being attracted day after day to 

 a piece of bacon hanging from a branch of a tree, constantly alighting 

 on and around it. 



In recent numbers of the Ent. Mo. May., Mr. D. Sharp, F.R.S., 

 described the following species of Coleoptera : — (1) Haliplim broivnei, 

 new to science, is extremely like tJ . jiaviatiUs with which it has 

 hitherto been confused. It occurred in 1868 at Stony Stratford in the 

 Eiver Ouse. This name brownei Mr. Sharp subsequently " corrected " 

 to bron:neanus. (2) Actobiiis ytennensis, new to science, was taken in 

 May, 1909, near Beaulieu Road Station, among moss ; it is allied to 

 A. siynativoDiia and A. cinerascens. (3) Taclnjs [Tachynya) n-alkevianns, 

 new to science, is allied to T. parrnlus and was taken in the New 

 Forest in company with the last species. Mr. Norman H. Joy describes 

 the following species : — (1) Qiiedius subapicalis, new to science, was 

 found at Brockenhurst in August, 1912, and is allied to Q. cruentua. 

 It occurred in an old owl's nest. (2) Atheta luayniceps, new to Britain, 

 was taken in Inverness-shire in October, 1909, in flood rubbish. It is 

 very similar to A. debilis. (3) Atheta teniiinalis, new to Britain, 

 discovered in Mr. Champion's collection. It is related to A. elunyattda 

 and was taken at Gosport. (4) Philoiitlnis .'icoticiis, new to science, 

 was found in Inverness-shire by Messrs. Joy and J. R. le B. Tomlin, 

 and is quite distinct from others of the genus. Mr. E. A. Newberry 



