238 [Mhiou, 



Tinodes luridus. In Neuroptera : Potamanthus marginatus. In Coleoptera : Cava- 

 bus clathratus, Geotrupes mesoleius, Antherophagus pallens, Helobia Gyllenliali, 

 Pterostichus vitreus and nigritus, Notiophilus paJtistris, Trechus miniitus, Hgdro- 

 poms atriceps, Ilybius angustior, Agahus biptistulatus, Colytnbetes bistriatus, 

 Qyrinus minutus and natator, Calathus fuscus, &c. In Hemiptera : Oerris Costce, 

 Corixa variegata,fossarum, var. prominiila, moesta, Fabricii, Sahlbergi, Salda salta- 

 toria, Ulopa ericce, Velia currens, &c. In Diptera : Bibio pomonce and clavipes, 

 Simulium reptans, Hgdrophorus nebulosus, &c. I was surprised at not seeing a honey- 

 bee nor grasshopper. At Tobermory, in the Isle of Mull, I captured Gerris odonto- 

 gaster, Cymatia Bonsdorffi, Corixa Scotti and Sahlbergi, Cychrus rostratus, and 

 Staphylinus erythropterus. On Ben Nevis I took Acidota crenata, Hylurgiis pini- 

 perda, Corixa sodalis and Wollastoni, Nemoura nitida. At Nairn : HydrcBcia 

 niotitans, Agrotis nigricans, Eristalis pratorum and nemorum, off flowers of ragwort. 

 — C. W. Dale, Glanville's Wootton, Sherborne, Dorset : February, 1883. 



Coleoptera in Kent. — In spite of the very limited time at my disposal, I managed 

 to do a little collecting in the neighbourhood of Erith during the past season, and 

 met with a few things worth recording. Of these, the best were Prionus coriarius, 

 of which a fine male example was brought to me, and Hylotrupes bajidus, of which 

 I took two specimens in close proximity to the railway station. A single example of 

 Corymbites metallicus was brought to me, together with several other things of 

 lesser value. 



During the early summer Chrysomela lamina was very abundant, as, rather later 

 on, were also C. Banksi and C. distinguenda ; C. Banksi was especially abundant, 

 as, upon one occasion, I took over a hundred specimens in the course of half-an-hour. 

 An old crab-shell, with a few remnants of flesh adhering to the interior, produced 

 Silpha thoracica and various HisteridcB in swarms, and Aleochara lata was occasion- 

 ally to be found under carrion on the marshes. 



Among some things captured at Margate earlier in the year, I find a single 

 specimen each of Ilyobates fortieornis and Homalium Allardi. — Theodore Wood, 

 5, Selwyn Terrace, Upper Norwood, S.E. : February, 1883. 



^bitiia'rtr. 



Benjamin Cooke died at Southport, Lancashire, on the 3rd February, aged Q6. 

 Of his very eai-ly life we know nothing, but, if we mistake not, he was educated at 

 the Friends' School, at York, having had as school-fellows several well-known British 

 Entomologists, some of whom survive liim. Subsequently, he was engaged in a 

 house of business in Manchester, from wliich he retired only a few years ago. Mr. 

 Cooke was a collector of all Orders of British insects, and proved himself to be a 

 student of them also. Latterly his attention had, perhaps, been more concentrated 

 upon Hymenoptera and Diptera. He was a frequent contributor of notes to most 

 of the Natural History and Entomological periodicals for many years past ; there 

 are few vols, of this Magazine without intercbting notes from his pen. He was asso- 

 ciated with the Entomological Society of London from the year 1865. His decease 

 leaves a blank in a large circle of entomological friends and acquaintances, especially 

 in the North of England. 



