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The true hryonics varies in the same manner in the ground colour of the wings. 

 I have one from Eussia which is white, and not brownish-yellow, as is usually the 

 case in the Alpine form. — J. Jenner Weik, Chirbury, Beckenham, Kent : Novem- 

 ber SOth, 1891. 



Satyrus Semele in woods. — At p. 331 of the December number of this Magazine, 

 Mr. McLachlan records that in the Forest of Fontainebleau S. Semele " wsls to be seen 

 in abundance feeding at the exuding sap of huge trees." During the last 28 years 

 I have noticed the occurrence of S. Semele, from the end of July to the middle of 

 August, not only on open downs and heaths, but in many of the densest and darkest 

 " Enclosures " of the New Forest, and in other woods in Hants and Dorset, where 

 it frequents the stems of fir trees, sitting thereon, with the wings generally closed, 

 feeding on old " sugar." The colour and markings of the under-side of S. Semele 

 harmonize so well with the lichen-covered fir trunks that it is not always easy to 

 detect the presence of this species when sitting on them. — H. Goss, Surbiton : 

 Becemher, 1891. 



Astata stigma. — On the 5th July last, I was fortunate in meeting with a male 

 of the above species on the sand hills fringing the sea coast at Wallasey, Cheshire ; 

 the insect was running along, in hot sunshine, upon the bare sand, close by a colony 

 of Pompilus plumheus ; at first glance I almost passed it as a specimen of P. gibhus. 

 This is the second record from this coast : the first being a capture on the sand hills 

 near Southport in June, 1879, by the late Mr. Benjamin Cooke. — Willoughbt 

 G-AEDNER, Hoylake, Cheshire : November, 1891. 



Note on Nacerdes melanura, Linn. — Specimens of Nacerdes melanura, Linn., 

 have recently been forwarded to me for determination by Mr. R. W. Lightfoot, of Cape 

 Town. He states that the insect had been found by Mr. Peringuey and himself in 

 Cape Town, but only in houses. This species, common on old posts on the sea shore 

 a little above high- water mark, especially on our southern and eastern coasts, seems 

 to be gradually getting introduced in timber to many distant parts of the world. 

 It has been recorded from many widely-separated localities in the Palsearctic region, 

 also from United States, Yucatan, and Costa Rica. The insect is occasionally met 

 with in inland localities, and not long ago I noticed a specimen crawling on the 

 platform of King's Cross Railway Station. — G. C. Champion, 11, Caldervale Road, 

 Clapham, S.W. : December 1th, 1891. 



Coleoptera in the Plymouth district. — Pressure of business has prevented much 

 attention to entomology this season, but the following list is perhaps not uninteresting, 

 I should remark that one or two of the specimens were taken in former years, and 

 have been awaiting authoritative determination, and I am indebted to the kindness 

 of Mr. Champion and Mr. Newberry in these cases. 



Pterostichus cethiops has been again taken on Dartmoor by a friend of mine 

 resident in the neighbourhood, and is, I think, the only noteworthy insect of its 

 class which I have acquired this year. Staphylinus stercorarius under stones on the 

 slopes of the coast, one specimen by Mr. Bignell and one by myself. Sipalia 

 rtificollis, shaken out of faggots in the woods at Ivybridge, and out of the same 

 bundle I was sui'prised to get a specimen of Niptus hololeuctis ; on the sea shore 



