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that the females are quite indistinguishable. Capt. Deville* has 

 informed me that he has taken G. primigenius in flood refuse at 

 Gredmont, Haute-Marne, and reports it from the Isle of Sylt, 

 Northern Germany. 



Bradfield : 



October 11th, 1914. 



NOTES ON SOME BEITISH SPECIES OF HALTICA. 

 BY D. SHARP. M.A., F.R.S. 



For some time past I have given a good deal of much interrupted 

 attention to this difficult genus, and recently I have had the advantage 

 of comparing notes and specimens with Mr. H. Britten, who has 

 given much study to it. I therefore venture to publish the fol- 

 lowing notes, which I hope will at any rate help to clear up certain 

 points. I may add that I have in hand a study of the larvae and 

 natural history of the species occurring here, and that I should much 

 like to receive living specimens of the beetles or their larva? from other 

 quarters. 



The remarks given below relate only to the three species that 

 occur on Erica and Calluna in the United Kingdom. 



Haltica ericeti, All. 



H. scutellaris Sharp, M.S. 



Allard's first discrimination was in the form of a diagnosis, Bull. 

 Soc. Ent. France, 1859, p. clxvi, as follows : " Grapt. ericeti, mihi. 

 Metallico-virescens, nitida. Gr. ampelophaga affinis, sed major et 

 convexior omnibus aliis G raptod. Elytra humeris rotundata, convexiore 

 et fortiter punctulata, punctis inordinatis magisque remotis, praecipue 

 distinguitur. — Long. 5 mill. ; larg. 3| mill. — Landes, sur 1' Erica 

 tetralix." 



In his monograph of " Galerucites anisopodes," Ann. Soc. Ent. 

 France, 1860, p. 82, the description is still comparative, and adds but 

 little to his previous diagnosis : he tells us, however, that it occurs at 

 Brest. 



I am not sure what Allard's " am-pelophaga " may be. It is said 

 by him to be very common on vines in the south of France. As only 



* I was glad to receive a post-card a few days ago from Capt. Deville, in which he writes : 

 "A hearty salutation from an accessory war-theatre, where we are not very strongly fighting." 

 I am sure that British Coleopterists hope that he will get through the war safely. 



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