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of the Observatory there, were many species of Coleoptera, all of which deserve 

 notice from the altitude at which they were taken. A full account of these, with 

 some prefatory notes by Mr. Bruce, has been published by me in " The Annals of 

 Scottish Natural History," for January, 189fi. The following brief notice will be 

 interesting to readers who have not an opportunity of seeing the full account. All 

 the specimens, with the exception of very few, were taken above the 4350 feet level, 

 and most actually upon the summit. The species were collected chiefly during May 

 to September of the year 1895. The collection contained nearly 600 specimens, 

 representing over 50 species, which wore distributed as follows : — Geodephaga, 5 

 species. Brachelytra, 12 species, including 157 examples of Acidota crenata, F., 

 and two examples of Taehinus elongatus, Gyll. Palpicornia, 3 species. Clavicornia 

 included a specimen of Silpha opaca, L. (taken, however, at the lower station) ; two 

 species of Coccinella (16 examples of C. hierogl yphiea) ; three species of Byrrhus, 

 pUula,fasciatHs and domalis ; and Cytilus. Six species of LamelUcornia. Five 

 species of Slenioxi. Five Malacodermata (with 156 examples of Dascillus) ; three 

 of the rare Telephorus figuratus, var. veo^/cMS, and 12 examples of T. paludosus,YA\\. 

 Amongst the four species of Phytophaga was a fine series of Donacia discolor, Panz. 

 A few specimens of Rhagium inquisitor, F., and single specimens of Hypera Pollux, 

 F., and Salpingns aratus, Muls., pretty well complete the list. —Alfred Thornley, 

 South Leverton Vicarage, Lincoln : March, 1890. 



Coleoptera near Cardiff. — Last season was most noteworthy for tlie abundance 

 of Bembidia, especially in the bed of the Taff, near Llandaff. B. prasinum was in 

 the utmost profusion, and also punctulatum : monticola and testaceum occurred very 

 sparingly ; of the latter I have taken specimens for several years without knowing 

 what it was. Hawthorn blossom produced very little except single specimens of 

 Mordellistena abdominalis and M. hriinnea. Among species of interest were Hister 

 merdarius (1), Hippuriphila Modeeri, Philhydrus testacetis, Telephorus thoracicus, 

 and Colon biiinneum. I have also to record a specimen of Philonthus ebeninus, var. 

 coruscns, taken in 1893 at Llandaff.— B. Tomlin, The Green, Llandaff : March, 1896. 



Coleoptera in the early spring of 1896. — The unusually open weather we 

 have so far experienced has been most propitious for collecting Coleoptera. The 

 following notes may be of interest: — Coprophilus striatuius and Aciipalpus meridi- 

 anus in a sand pit, and Megalonia undata in a decayed willow at Epsom on January 

 11th. Three Anobium denticoUe and the debris of Phloeotrya Stephensi in decayed 

 wood in Richmond Park on the 17th. A few dead Scolylus intricatus with many 

 of its larvffi in Epping Forest on the 21st. And at Ipswich Homalota aquata under 

 the damp bark of a felled oak, Hylastes obscurus (red var.) in a pine stool, and 

 Othiiis punct ipennis and Ilomalium punvtipenne in a turnip. During February I 

 turned up Anthrenus varius in an old collection oi Lepidoptera, Scydmcenus collaria 

 in moss, Homalota testudinea under stones, Agabus paludosus, about fifteen together 

 under the semi-detached bark of a post standing in a running stream, where they 

 had evidently hibernated, together with Parnus aurieulatus. A single Choleca 

 cisteloides was taken on water. At the close of the month Priobium castaneum and 

 Choleva nigricans were not uncommon, the one in an old hawthorn stump, the other 



