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in the otlier. If these females really belong to ciiJhimamis, then from 

 his desei-iption it a]:)pears that Kirby's Apia (lonovanrlla was also the 

 same, and this name, being prior, will have to be used for the species in 

 place of cuUuma lilts. 



Amongst the commoner bmnble-bees are a few interesting and re- 

 markable varieties and a good many pairs taken in cop. The series of 

 Psifhi/riis call for no special remark, exce])t to note that P. harhiifcJIus 

 is a mixture of harhiitellus K. and qKadricolor Lep., all the $ 2 , ex- 

 cepting one, which was bred from a nest of B. praiorum, belonging to 

 the former, all the S 6 but one to the latter. 



(Tlo he continued.) 



Dorset Coleoptera. — The following are some of the more local beetles 

 occurriug in this neighbourhood: — C/irahus vitens L., common on swampy 

 heaths from March to Maj' ; Notiophilns suhnfriiififs Wat. ; Acupdlpus dorsnlis 

 F. ; Acupalpus exiyuus Dej., var. Inridus Dej.; Harpnlus puncfafjihis Diilt., 

 J£. discoideus F., one, Morden, 2:i.vi.'14; Sci/balicus oh/imf/iusculus Dej., two, at 

 liingstead, 22.iv.'15, under stones, on a humid spot; Aniaodacti/lits nemoriratius 

 Y)ah.,\&':. atricomis Steph., widelj' distributed on our heaths; Znhrus (jibhus 

 F.. sometimes to be seeu in numbers, on the roads over winch carts, carrying 

 the harvest, have passed ; Platydents ruficoliis Marsh. ; Ptevodichiis dimidiatvs 

 01., P. lepidus F., Studland and Parley heaths, P. ohlimyopnnctatvs ¥. ; Amara 

 patricia Duft., one, Ringstead, 28.viii.'18, ^. ocafa F. ; Bemhidiinn rufescen>< 

 Guer. ; Ci/miiidis axiUaris F,, Ringstead ; l^elohiiis ttirdiis Ilerbst ; Coehniibua 

 noremlineatus Steph., Morden ; Afjabus femondis I'ayk. ; Helochnres lioidtis 

 For.st. ; L'erosus lurldus L. ; Aleochara lata Gr., A. brevipennis Gr. ; Oxypoda 

 niyrina Wat. ; Ilyubates 7iiyricollis Pk. ; Mynnedovia limbata Pk., including a 

 specimen with the left fure-tars^us 5-jointed, M. coynata Mark. ; Callicenis 

 obscttnis Gr. ; Alianta plumhea Wat.; Honmlota pavens Er., (5, li. liitoren 

 8hp., H. a(piatica Th., H. oblita Er., H. pyyninea Gr. ; Myi-Jiiecopofu ncida 

 Er. ; Hyyronoma dimidiata Gr. ; Oliyota iiijiiita Mann. ; llypocypfus semimihnn 

 Er. ; Cumisoma j)i'dicularium Gr. ; Tachyporus solutus Er., very common, 7'. 

 pdlidus Shp., T. tersus Er. ; Meyacronus cinyu/atus Mann.; Quedius irventvs 

 01., Q. xanthopus Er., Q. vndochinus Gr., tvpe and black variety, Q. niyriceps 

 Kr. ; Staphylinus stercoravius 01., S. latebricolu Gr. ; 0cy2ws niinilis F., O.fas- 

 cntus Gr., O. ater Gr., O. compi-essus Marsli., common; P/nhmfhus addeixhis 

 Shp., /•'. deconts Gr., P. cephalutes Gr., P. micdus Gr. ; Cajiiis futicnta Curt., 

 C. seriveus Holme; Xantholinus ochraceus Gyll. ; Lathrobium iimltipunctitvi 

 Gr. ; Achenium depressum Gr. ; Stiltcus yeniculatus Er. ; Medon brntmeus Er. ; 

 Stinius Jiliformis Latr., S. diversus Aubt5 ; Paederiis riparius L., P. fiiscipes 

 Curt., P. culiyatus Er. ; Steniis ater Mann., S. aerosus Er., S. pallitarsis Steph., 

 abundant, S. latifrons Er. ; Oxyporus rufus L. ; Coryphinm unyusticolle Steph. ; 

 Homaliwn riparium Th. ; Anthobiian minutittn F., A. sorbi Gyll. ; Meyarthrus 

 offinis Miill. ; Ayathidimn atrtim Pk. ; Liodes humeralis Kug. ; Anisotoma 

 dubia Kug., A. nigrita Sckm. ; Necrophayus vestiyaior Hers., common ; Silpha 



