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moderately long and dense ; mediastinal vein incomplete ; first thin vein starts at 

 a little less than half way from the base of the fork with a distinct curve and ends 

 nearly straight at about the wing tip. Long., 2 — 3 mm. 



The species belongs to the same group as unispinosa, nudipalpis, 

 gracilis, Wood, and autumnalis, Beck. It is most like the last named, 

 but may be distinguished by the antennae, the colour of the legs, and 

 the equal thickness of the costa, from that species. The female has 

 a striking resemblance to a species of Tachydromia, with its long pro- 

 boscis. Taken at Murroch Glen in September. 



P. abdominaJis, Fin., very common, along with eurvinervis at traps 

 on the bill in April and May ; one female taken with wings unde- 

 veloped in the trap, it afterwards developed fully, showing that it had 

 newly emerged, having in all probability fed in the larva stage upon 

 the bait in the trap ; P. cari?iifrons,7At , very common in the autumn ; 

 P. femora /us, Mg., scarce, I have only taken four males and one female ; 

 P. citreiformis, Beck., not uncommon on Heracleum flowers in autumn ; 

 P. vitreipennis, Mg., one male only in August ; P. pZava, Fin., two 

 males, one female, the males are very dark ; P. lutea, Mg., common, 

 one specimen occurred with the third vein unforked on one wing ; 

 P. cubitalis, Beck., common among aspen ; P. projecta, Beck., common, 

 very variable in size and colour ; P. costalis, v. lios., five females ; P. 

 sordida, Ztt., common among fungi in the autumn ; P. riifipes, Mg., 

 common everywhere ; P. umbriinargo, Beck., not uncommon in the 

 autumn. 



Metopina galeata, Hal., this very minute species occurred among 

 flowers during May and June in fair numbers. 



All the species, unless otherwise stated, were taken at Bonhill. 



Bonhill, Dumbartonshire, N.B. : 

 October, 1907. 



Notes on Coleoptera at Christoio and other places in South Devon, 1907.*— 

 Christow is a little village in the valley of the Teign, about nine miles south-west 

 from Exeter, a word of rather necessary information ! With the exception of one 

 or two records in Parfitt's Catalogue nothing seemed to be known of the beetles of 

 this neighbourhood, which, by virtue of being in a different river valley, is abun- 

 dantly distinct from the Exeter District he quotes so much. I therefore settled 

 down to work it as well as might be when, at the end of April, I went into lodgings 

 on the river bank. 



• See previous note, Ent. Mo. Mag., xlii, 230. In this paper the records of H>/,lnobius perrisi 

 and H. pvnctatissimus from Shaldon are erroneous, and should be expunged. 



