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are represented by absolutely smaller and apparently more difficult species than in 

 England. With these I have found some few nice Colydiidcv, Cucujidce, StaphylinidcB, 

 Sisteridee, LeiiidcB, Cassididce, CoccinelUdce, Lycidm, Cleridce, Anthribida (many 

 species of Tropideres^ all very small, however), TenebrionidcB, PassalldcB, &c., but 

 extremely few Longicorns or Buprestidce. 



" I think Mr. Bates will be rather pleased with some of these small Lebice ; 

 I get them principally in the afternoon by beating. I am obliged to mount a few 

 of each of all the smaller species, or the accumulation would be too great ; this, with 

 collecting, takes up all my time. There are very few Lepidoptera and less Neuro- 

 pfera to be seen yet, though there are many Semiptera. Orthoptera are mostly 

 immature : next month I am told insects will be abundant. 



" I have not been alone in Gruatemala : there is a French botanist — M. Blan- 

 caneaux — out here collecting Orchids, &c., for people in Europe ; I have seen a good 

 deal of him, and been out with him collecting more than once, he is now stopping 

 in this house at Capetillo. 



" I have worked on the slope of Fuego up to 6500 ft. : here I got a few nice 

 beetles, a black Detidropliagus, a Pediacus, a nice Teretrius (very long and filiform), 

 a Temiwchila, a queer genus of Heteromera (very like a parallel Tachypus), a 

 Lcemopliloeus, two Anchomeni, a Lehia, another queer Heteromerous beetle allied to 

 Zopherus, a Paromalus, &c. With these, under bark of oak {Quercus, sp.), were 

 more scorpions than I cared for. 



" In the StaphylinidcB I am surprised at the number of species allied to Litlio- 

 cliaris ; I have taken a large number. 



" My ignorance of Spanish makes it hard work, there is not a soul here who can 

 speak English. — G-eo. C. Champion, Capetillo, Alotenango, Guatemala, Central 

 America : May Qth, 1879." 



Saperda scalaris in Derbyshire. — On July 11th I beat a fine specimen of Sa- 

 perda scalaris off an alder in Bretby Wood, Derbyshire. This species was taken by 

 Mr. Crotch near Cambridge, and is mentioned by Stephens (Illustrations, vol. iv, p. 

 239) as not rare in the neighbourhood of Cockermouth ; but, as far as I know, this 

 is the first record of its occurrence in the heart of the Midlands. — W. W. Fowler, 

 Eepton, Bm"ton-on-Trent : July, 1879. 



Capture of Pembidium adustiim. — I have much pleasure in announcing the 

 capture of the rare Bembidium adustum, Schaum (rupestre, Daws.), by myself, in 

 some plenty, in the neighbourhood of Tewkesbury. The species is confirmed by 

 some of my Entomological friends, and Mr. Rye, to whom I sent specimens, says : 

 " They are, as you surmise, the B. rupestre of Dawson, which stands as adustum, 

 " Schaum, in the lists of those who (like myself) believe it to be a good species." — 

 W. Gr. Blatch, Albert Villa, Green Lane, Smallheath, near Birmingham : 22tid 

 July, 1879. 



Note on Gerris thoracica. — In the July number of this Magazine (p. 42 ante), 

 Mr. Douglas has a note concerning the above-mentioned species and its synonymy, 

 and the question discussed may be cleared up by the following exposition. 



The thoracica of Flor (Eh. Livl., i, p. 739), which has "Letztes abdominal Seg- 

 ment bei den $ unten am Hinterrande mit einem regelmassigen rundlichen 

 Ausschnitt," is the same as the thoracica of Horvath (Termesz. Fiizet., 1878), 

 characterised " segmento sexto ventrali maris postice rotundato-emarginato." This 

 is also confirmed by the descriptions of the autennte, given by these authors. Flor 



