84 ' *i'"'' 



Crocisa emarcjinata (a pretty species with patches of blue scales on the 

 abdomen), and a coal-black Enmenes. 



As might be expected, Acridiids are abimdant enougli, but were 

 not collected. One form, however, must be mentioned, i.e., AvJarches 

 punctahis, which is a large, heavy species, with conspicuous red, black 

 and white " warning " colours, and which exudes a frothy secretion 

 when handled. Small active Blattids turn up commonly in the sweep- 

 ing net, bvit were also neglected. Finally, of a fine evening, the large 

 termite, common in these parts, may be seen to swarm^an occasion 

 which also gives one the best opportunity of observing many of the 

 local birds. 



The day's collecting is finished in the Bungalow after dark, when 

 the lamps attract insects sufHcient in quantity, if not in quality, to 

 satisfy the most ardent Entomologist. Excluding Lepldojjfera (which 

 form a much smaller proportion of the total than they do at home), 

 of the larger visitors, two or three species of Copi-is (or allied genera) 

 and Xylot'n(],es gideon are the most regular and noisy. Smaller 

 Lamellicorns are also abundant, and a species of Paussus* not rare, 

 but on the whole the Coleoptera show little variety. The giant bug, Belo- 

 stoma indicnin, is perhaps the most sticking of all the insects collected, 

 but the quantity is made up, not of these large forms, but chiefly of 

 small Acridiids, Gryllids, and the like. 



*^* This note in its original form had the misfortune to go down 

 with S.S. "Arabic" in the Mediterranean; it is reproduced largely 

 from memory, away from books and collections, in the Himalaya 

 proper. 



Alniora, U.P., India : 

 January 2nd, 1917. 



Notes on Coleoptera in Devonshire : a correction. — My attention has been 

 called to an inacciiracy in my notes (Ent, Mo. Mag., Feb., p. 40). I regret that, 

 throvxgh trusting to menaory, I inadvertently stated that Hydrochus nitidicollis 

 was first taken by Messrs. Keys and de la Garde. This is incorrect, as it was 

 first taken, identified, and added to the British list by Mr. Donisthorpe (cf. Ent. 

 Record, 1906, p. 133, and Col. Brit. Isls., Vol. VI, p. 34).— A. Vincent Mitchell, 

 90, Mount Gold Road, Plymouth : Fehmary 9th, 1917. 



* This insect is allied to P. sir<<.<i(to.nis Wasin., but it cannot be identified from Fowler's key 

 to the Iiidian Paussidae (Fauna Brit. India, Coleopt., Vol. I.). It is not represented in the Biitish 

 MuseniD collection. — G.C.C. 



