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think that we are here dealing with a distinct fixed variety rather than with 

 an aberration, since it must surely be more than a mere coincidence that the 

 only two mature specimens in existence agree perfectly in their markings. 



I may take this opportunity to mention that, among the numerous examples 

 of Exochomus 4?-pustulatus, L., that I saw at the same time, there was a specimen 

 of the ab. koltzei, Weise, in which the red spots on the elytra are enlarged, and 

 broadly confluent. According to Ganglbauer (Die Kafer von Mitteleuropa, 

 Vol. Ill, p. 985) this aberration is found in Dalmatia and Greece. It has 

 not, hitherto, been recorded from Britain. — G. W. Nicholson, 10, Devonshire 

 Place, W. : July 2nd, 1914. 



Coleoptera in the Plymouth district.- The following species have been taken 

 by me on the dates given, and under the conditions noted with each, viz. : — 



*Anchomenus thoreyi, Dej., one, v.14, Par Marsh, Cornwall. Laccobius 

 minutus, L., one, v.ll ; and L. regularis, Eey, 11, viii.ll, in rivulets on the moor 

 near Shaugh. Ochthebius poweri, Eye, vii.ll, one in a fresh water trickle on the 

 rocks at Bovisand. Careful search at the time of capture, and several hunts 

 later in the autumn, as well as in the following spring, were all fruitless. 

 Oxypoda spectabilis, Maerk, v.ll, one by sweeping, Avonwick. Calodera xthiops, 

 Grav., two, viii.13, dried pond, Plym Bridge. *Homalota eichoffi, Scriba, v.10, 

 one on wall at Lipson {teste Herr Bernhauer per Dr. Cameron). H. luteipes, 

 Er., vi.ll, one, flood rubbish, Bere Ferrers. H. debilis, Er., iii.12, one, roots of 

 rushes, Yelverton. H. ignobilis, Shp., iii.12, one in sugar trap, Ivybridge (teste 

 Dr. Cameron). H. humeralis, Kr., vii.ll, one, Bittaford ; also at Bere Ferrers 

 and Yelverton, v.08 ; Brent, 1899. H. orbata, Er., v.ll, one at roots, Burrow 

 Island (teste Dr. Cameron). Phytosus spinifer, Curt., vii.ll, one at Bovisand. 

 Heterothops prsevia, Er., iv.13, one, Slapton Lea. Philonthus fumigatus, Er., 

 x.14, one, cut grass, Yelverton. *P. nigrita, Nord., v. 14, one, Par Marsh, Corn- 

 wall. Swiius ftliformis, Latr., v.ll, two, Bigbury Bay. Sterius melanarius, 

 Steph., vi.ll, one in moss, Bere Ferrers. Tvogophlceus fuliginosus, Grav., one, 

 vii.ll, Lipson Marsh (now filled up for town improvements !) ; and one, vi.13, at 

 Plym Bridge in dried pond. Coryphium angusticolle, Steph., x.14, six out of 

 three old nests of thrushes, Yelverton. Homalium allardi, Fairm., vii.ll, two 

 in seaweed, Bovisand (teste Herr Bernhauer per Dr. Cameron). *Bryaxis 

 waterhousei, Rye, x.12, Cargreen, Cornwall, two in rubbish on the shore. 

 *Cathartus advena, Waltl, one from damaged cattle food, lying at Duke's Dock, 

 Plymouth. *Enicmus testaceus, Steph., 20, and Aspidiphorus orbicularis, Gyll., 

 viii.13, in numbers from a black powdery fungus (Stemonitis fusca, Roth. — 

 kindly named for me by Miss L. M. Berry) on a fallen beech tree, Plym Bridge. 

 Dasytes serosus, Kies., v.ll, two from hawthorn blossom, Saltram. Dryophilus 

 pusillus, Gyll., vi.13, two by sweeping, Plym Bridge. *Sphindus dubius, Gyll., 

 viii.13, one on fallen beech, Plym Bridge. *Dorytomus costirostris, Gyll., vi.14, 

 in quantity on aspen, Yelverton. 



The species not previously recorded for the county marked with an asterisk.* 

 —James H. Keys, 7, Whimple Street, Plymouth : July 2nd, 1914. 



