§8 I September, 



Spercheus eynarginatus in Essex. — My friend, Mr. T. R. Billups, recently brought 

 me a beetle to name, of which species he had found four examples — by a mere accident 

 — floating on the surface of the water in a ditch adjoining some marsh-ground at 

 West Ham, Essex. 



This beetle proved to be Spercheus emarginatus, which species, as far as I am 

 aware, has not been captured in this country for many years ; the retired habits of 

 this insect, living, as it does, at the roots of aquatic plants, has, doubtless, caused it 

 to be overlooked, and led Coleopterists in Britain to suppose it had become extinct ; 

 consequently, its occurrence here, so near London, is especially interesting. 



In company with Mr. Billups (who kindly guided me to the place) I subsequently 

 visited the locality, and here, in a long narrow ditch without any visible outlet, by 

 the diligent use of the water net amongst some floating aquatic plants, washed out 

 by the roots by a recent flood, we succeeded in capturing many examples of the 

 species. — Geo. C. Champion, 274, Walworth Road, London, S.E. : Aug^ist Idth, 1878. 



Harpalus qimdripunctatus in Ireland. — I found a single specimen of the hill- 

 frequenting Barpalus quadripunctatus, Dej., last June, on the summit of the " Sugar 

 Loaf" Mountain, near Bray, Co. Wicklow; it was the only local species met with by 

 me during six days' sojourn in that neighbourhood. — Id. 



Change of nomenclahire in Coleoptcra. — In the Rev. Mag. Zool. (3), iii, p. 41, I 

 described a genus of Scarahceidce, from Australia, under the name Neocneinis ; as this 

 name was used by Mr. Crotch in 1867 for a genus of Coleoptcra, it is necessary that 

 the name I gave should be replaced by another, and I propose, therefore, to use 

 Neocnecus for the Australian genus.— D. Sharp, Tliornhill, Dumfriesshire : August, 

 1878. 



Capture of Acidalia ochrata. — You will be pleased to hear that this species has 

 turned up in its old haunts on the south-east coast, after a lapse of nearly twenty 

 years. I found it tolerably common ; several females laid eggs, which hatched in 

 due course : of these you will probably liear more at a future time. — E. G. Meek, 

 56, Brompton Road, S.W. : August 2nd, 1878. 



Tineina observed at the Scilly Isles, July 12th to Avgnst 13/7*, 1877. — Mr. F. J. 

 H. Jenkinson has sent me a list of his Tineina observed at Scilly last summer, from 

 which I have made the following extracts : — 



" Tinea ferruginella. 



" T. , allied to argentimaculell a, occurred round the house, one was taken 



tw-doors. [This differs from argentimacidella in the fasciae being broader, less defined 

 and less silvery — the apical markings are two only, viz. : a costal drop and a spot 

 beneath it ; the cilia are whitish at the base in certain lights, the tips are distinctly 

 whitish.— R. T. S.]. 



" Gelechia diffinis, very bright with rosy tinge. 



" Q-. desertella. 



" G. mundella. 



" G. umhrosella. 



" G. ocellatella, the larva living in a gallery along a flower head, usually causes 

 a twist or pucker in its growth, first bred August 16th. 



