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At the same time may be mentioned the occurrence of an allied form, 

 Homaloplia ruricola, in the Chiltern Hills, a few miles from Henley-on-Thames. 

 The locality was a very steep chalky hill-side, bearing abundance of flowers, 

 rest-harrow, marjoram, thyme, hawkweeds, &c. A single specimen of the 

 beetle was swept from the low, flowery vegetation at the top of the hill on 

 August 1st, 1910, by Mr. J. C. F. Fryer. In the following year the same spot 

 was searched diligently but without success, but in 1912, on June 30th, I found 

 three specimens, apparently all ? 9 , in a rather curious manner. They were 

 half buried in the soil under the radical leaves of thistles at the foot of the 

 hill. The weather was chilly and dull. All the specimens belong to the form 

 with reddish elytra. — Hugh Scott, University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge. 



Xantholinus scoticus, Joy -. synonymical note. — This insect appears to me to 

 be identical with what Eeitter regards as the type-form of X. angustatus, 

 Steph. (= ochraceus, Gyll.), while the form with the smooth thorax he calls 

 v. nitidicollis, nom. nov. (v. Best. Tab., Heft LXLV, 1908). He is probably 

 mistaken about angustatus, Steph., as our common insect is the form with the 

 smooth thorax. I have seen ve^ few of the other form, at all events it is very 

 rare in the South of England. He may very possibly be right as to ochraceus, 

 Gyll. E. A. Nbwbket, 13, Oppidans Road, N.W., August 13th, 1914. 



Nomiades semiargus Bott., in Kent. — I have recently had an opportunity of 

 examining a specimen of this scarce butterfly, which is said to have been cap- 

 tured on the chalk-hills that form the back-bone of Kent, at a point a few miles 

 east of Maidstone. The specimen is a female, in poor condition, and has unfor- 

 tunately lost both antennae. It is without any data label, but the fortunate 

 captor (Mrs. G. H. Green) assures me that there can be no mistake as to the 

 locality, for she has collected in no other, and her collection (which is a 6mall 

 and rather casual one) does not contain any material from extraneous sources. 

 She cannot be sure of the date as she had no idea of the value of the capture 

 at the time, and, in fact, identified it within the last few weeks only, on the 

 acquisition of a copy of South's excellent volumes on British Lepidoptera. 

 But the specimen is believed to have been taken within the last three years. 

 South, writing in 1906, states (on the authority of Tutt) that semiargus " was 

 taken near Cuxton in Kent, some thirty-five years ago," which — with the 

 exception of some Glamorganshire examples taken in 1877— appears to be the 

 most recent capture in Britain. The present specimen must, under any circum- 

 stances, have been living in Kent two decades after that date, if not very much 

 more recently. It seems possible that it may still survive on some of these 

 rough hill pastures that have remained uncultivated for centuries. — E. Eknest 

 Gkeen, Camberley : July 23rd, 1914. 



Parascotia fuliginaria, L., at Camberley. — A specimen of this scarce Hypenid 

 moth flew into my room, at midnight, yesterday. It pitched on the wall, with 

 its wings fully extended and adpressed closely to the support, in which position 

 it resembled a Geometrid. According to South, Camberley appears to be a 

 favourite locality for the species. He records eight specimens, taken " chiefly 



