134 I November, 



Helophorun tuherculatus in Scotland. — Perhaps it may be as well to record the 

 occurrence of Helophorus tuherculatus near Dumfries. On looking over some of 

 my flood-refuse captures of last autumn, a single specimen of this species turned up. 

 I am indebted to Dr. Sharp for naming the species for me. — W. Lennon, Crichton 

 Institution, Dumfries : October, 1879. 



Coleoptera on Cannoch Chase. — I have lately found the following species of 

 Coleoptera on Cannock Chase, a locality from whicli they have not been previously 

 recorded : Cymindis vaporariorum, Miscodera arctica, Pterostichiis lepidus, Amara 

 jyatricia, and Trechus rubens.—W. Q-. Blatch, Green Lane, Smallheath, near Bir- 

 mingham : October I'ith, 1879. 



Longicornia in Bewdley Forest. — From June until September of this year, 

 certain species of Longicornia appeared in Bewdley Forest in such unusual abundance 

 as to be worthy of recoi'd. The flowers of every kind, from apple blossom to meadow- 

 sweet, were alive with these lovely beetles ; but perhaps the blooms that attracted 

 the greatest number and variety of Longhorns were those of the Viburnum. Even 

 the common spurge, JSup>horbia amygdaloides, was patronised, though, curiously 

 enough, by only one species — the elegant little Strangalia nigra. The following 

 species were most common, and of each kind hvmdreds of specimens were taken 

 without any apparent diminution of their numbers : Toxotus meridianus (in at least 

 three distinct varieties), Pa cAj/<a octomaculata, Strangalia armata, S. nigra, S. mela- 

 nura, and Grammoptera ruficornis. Clytus arietis, Liopiis nebulosus, Mhagium in- 

 quisitor, R. hifasciatum, Pachyta collaris, Strangalia qiiadrifasciata, Leptura livida, 

 and Grammoptera tabacicolor, though not so extremely plentiful as the others, were 

 taken much more freely than usual — one collector alone having secured more than two 

 dozen specimens of S. qvadrifasciata ! It is a curious fact, on the other side, that 

 although I found a tolerable number of Saperda popidnea in the spring of 1 878, I 

 did not meet with a single individual during the last season. The weather seemed 

 of no consequence, dull showery days being apparently the best. I have been out 

 in the rain on several occasions until wet througli, but always found plenty of 

 Longhorns. What seemed to me exceptional and noteworthy were, more particu- 

 larly, these two facts — the extreme abundance of the beetles named, and the unusual 

 length of time they were " out." — Id. 



Coleoptera from Portland, S^c. — During the month of August I captured more 

 than a score examples of Harpalus oMongiusculus, Dejean, in the Isle of Portland, 

 the first British specimen having been taken there last year by Mr. J. T. Harris. I 

 also found, in the same locality, two specimens ( $ and $ ) of the variety exasperatus 

 of Carabus violaceus (Carabus exasperatus, Duft.). This insect was figured by Curtis 

 from Portland in "British Entomology," plate 446. 



While walking near Croydon in the beginning of September I knocked an insect 

 down with my stick, which proved to be a black $ of Odontceus mobilicornis. — P. B. 

 Mason, Burton-on-Trent : September, 1879. 



Ceratorrhina viridipygus. — In my note on this species in the magazine for 

 October, page 113, there is a serious error. Instead of " that species," the line 

 should read: ''It is alUed to Horniniani." — Geoege Lewis, Putney : October bth. 



