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Agahus maculaitis. — The mention of this spceios in my notice last month, on 

 Coleoptera occurring in Shethmd, was due to an accidental error. The specimens on 

 which it was founded were taken near Braemar. — T. Elackbukn, Grcenhithe : 

 Ocloher, 1871s 



Isote on the occurrence in England of JTelophorns tuherciilatiis, Gyll. — Of this 

 insect, tlie most remarkable European member of its genus, I have observed two 

 specimens (taken in Sphagnum in tlie Slanchester district) among some insects sent 

 to me for names by Mr. Joseph ChappcU of Ilulmc. The species is of the average 

 size of H. nubilus, and at once recognisable by its deep black colour and the con- 

 spicuous polished tubercular elevations on the second, fourth, and sixth interstices of 

 its uneven elytra. Some of these elevations arc oblong, but the majority (in one 

 specimen the whole) arc rounded blimt tubercles, thus exhibiting a slight variation 

 from the type in which all are " aliquot oblongis." The insect oceiu's in Lapland, 

 Sweden, and Xorth Russia, and is also recorded by Zebe from Prussia. — E. C. Kte, 

 Tarklleld, Putney, S.W. : Octoher, 1874, 



On imported Coleoptera. — I have this year kept a good look out for beetles 

 asnongst the timber imported here (see "Entomologists' Annual" for 1874, p. 55), 

 and have found Astgnomus cedilis and T/tauasimus form icarius again pretty common, 

 but not nearly so abundant as last year. All the larva) of cedilis I have seen (some 

 hundred) were feeding on the inner skin of the bark, and not on the timber ; but 

 tliey scooped out a place in which to pupate. I have also taken eight Monoliammtis 

 sutor and five Pogonocherus fasciculatus on pit props imported from Sweden, and 

 several of llylohius ahietis and Pissodes notalus, which I judge were bred in timber 

 imported from France, and part of wliich is still stored on the quay. 



I have noticed communications of the capture of M. sutor at various places 

 inland, but this does not surprise me in the least, seeing that in nearly every 

 instance the recorded localities arc collieries, or very near collieries. Now, nearly 

 every colliery is suppHcd with foreign pit props and timber, and when this is taken 

 into consideration, one has not very far to look for the reason of swior being captured 

 in such a locality. There are hundreds of tons of timber and props sent from hero 

 weekly to collieries in Yorksliire and Lancashire, every inch of which is from foreign 

 ports. 



Apropos of Longicoms, I am much astonished at a recent assertion by a supposed 

 atithority, that these beetles only attack living, healthy trees, for I got some scores of 

 Jlhagium bifasciatum in Teesdale last spring out of tree trunks so rotten that I could 

 liavc kicked a whole tree tnnik down with my foot (I mean those trunk.s which had 

 been blown ofE by tlie wind five or six feet from the bottom, of which there wore 

 plenty in the wood in which I was collecting). I never saw timber so rotten ; it was 

 literally dropping to pieces, and I could put my pocket knife into the trunk up to 

 tlie haft. — J. Garuneh, 8, Friar Terrace, Hartlepool : September, 1871. 



Observations on a viciparons Chrgsomela. — Last year I collected some examples 

 of Chrgsomela venusta, among which were females with the abdomen much enlarged; 

 these I placed, living, in a box. Wliat was my surprise upon finding, next day, 

 young larva; eating the leaves of Uelosciadium nodijlorum tliut I had placed with 



