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larva, and after a short rest it creeps out some 22-28 days after the 

 ovum was laid ; no more of the shell is eaten after emergence. The 

 hole is always, as one might expect, lateral, and always near, but not 

 at, one end of the longer axis (so as to clear the next ovum) , but in a 

 row of ova the holes are not all on the same side, although invariably 

 at the same end — one would like to work out the reason for this. 



Of two of the non-fertilised £ $ of four experiments, two laid 

 9 and 2 ova respectively after 11 and 17 days — no larvae of course 

 resulting ; the other two died after 20 days without ovipositing at all. 

 The above-mentioned $ which was in cop. a short time only, laid 

 1 7 ova more or less irregularly on the needles, the first 48 hours after 

 pairing ; all were sterile. 



Unfortunately, time has not permitted a study of the habits and 

 development of the larva, beyond the noting of the characteristic 

 mode of eating and the marked preference for the needles of the 

 previous year. The protective resemblance of the larva to the foliage 

 of the pine, especially to the young needles, is very marked. 



New College, Oxford : 



July 2nd, 1914. 



Bledius bernhaueri, Cam. ; change of name. — In the volume of this Maga- 

 zine for 1912 (Vol. XLVIII, p. 28) I described a new species of Bledius under 

 this name. Dr Bergroth has pointed out that the name is pre-occupied since 

 1909 by a species described by Poppius from Northern Russia, which is, how- 

 ever, omitted from the latest catalogue. I propose that my species should bear 

 the trivial name of renominatus — M. Cameron, H. M.S. "Cornwall," Training 

 Squadron : July 13th, 1914. 



A further note on Mysia oblong o-guttata, L., ab. nigroguttata, Dollman. — 

 I, too, beat an example of this aberration off a young pine at Woking this year. 

 My specimen is quite mature. In addition to having the usual white blotches 

 on the elytra, it possesses the dark brown spots described by Dollman, each of 

 which is surrounded by a narrow pale zone, I was struck, on comparing it 

 with Mr. Dollman's figure (Ent. Rec. XXIV, plate II) by its perfect agreement 

 with the latter. The shape of the brown spots is exactly the same, and they 

 are produced by a deposit of pigment. I cannot, therefore, agree with 

 Mr. Champion (Ent. Mo. Mag., 1914, p. 176), when he believes that this aberra- 

 tion is caused merely by immaturity, i.e., by the non-development of the 

 normal white, instead of the presence of a brown pigment. I am inclined to 



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