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AJeochara ruficornis, Grav.,at Woking.— A specimen of this local species was 

 captured here on February 6tli by Commander J. J. Walker, and another by my 

 son on February 19th, both females. They were obtained by cutting tufts in a 

 swampy place, which is frequently flooded after heavy rains, and it is probable that 

 they may have been brought to the spot in this way. Amongst many commoner 

 species taken in the same place by myself, the following are perhaps noteworthy : — 

 Aleochara brevipennis, Megacronus cingulatus, Tachyporus pallidas, Tachyusa atra, 

 Lathrobium punctatum and L. boreale, Stenolophus teutonus, and Anisodactylus 

 binotatus and its var. spurcaticornis. Medon castaneus has occurred in this district 

 in mole's nests during the past winter. — Gr. C. Champion, Horsell, Woking : March 

 5th, 1908. 



Further captures of Arena octavii, Fauv., on Dawlish Warren. — With reference 

 to my previous report (vol. xliii, p. 124) of the capture of a single Arena octavii on 

 Dawlish Warren, I am now able to record four more from the same spot — two on 

 February 7th and two on the 14th. These specimens all occurred a little below 

 high-tide mark under freshly cast-up weed ; this was quite free from any decaying 

 animal matter. — Philip de la Garde, Abbottsfield, Braunton : March 7th, 1908. 



On an unrecorded form of Laccobius nigriceps, Th. — A perusal of Mr. E. A. 

 Newbery's valuable paper on Laccobius, Er. (Ent. Mo. Mag., 1908, p. 30), induced a 

 re-examination of the Cumberland and other specimens of the genus standing in 

 my collection, the most noteworthy result being the discovery of a form or aberration 

 of nigriceps, Th., apparently not previously recorded. I possess four Cumberland 

 exponents of nigriceps, one from Durdan being in every way typical, while one from 

 the Trthing Valley and two from Wanfell have the thorax evidently but not 

 strikingly alutaceous between the punctures, instead of smooth as in the typical 

 form. This character is not evenly distributed over the whole surface of the thorax, 

 but is present only in parts, and is quite unlike the dense alutation present in L. 

 alutaceus, Th., and L. minutus, L. 



Except in this one point these three specimens do not differ from normal 

 nigriceps. I may add that I have submitted them to Mr. Newbery, who agrees in 

 the determination, and informs me that he has not observed this character in the 

 species before, although he has examined many dozens. — F. H. Day, Carlisle : 

 February 20th, 1908. 



Ceuthorrhynchidius mixtus, Rey, in Northamptonshire. — A specimen of this rare 

 insect was taken by my friend Mr. Walter Bevins at Wakerley in August, 1906. In 

 this example the scales on the elytra, although rather more closely placed near the 

 scutellum, do not form a distinct spot, nor are they more closely placed at the apex 

 than on the disc. The tubercles on the thorax are well marked, although very obtuse. 

 The tarsi are of an extremely pale testaceous, with the claw joint pitchy. These 

 points seem worth mentioning, as they have been variously stated by authors.— 

 E. A. Newbery, 12, Churchill Road, Dartmouth Park, N.W. : February 29th, 1908. 



A singular variety of Polydrusus chrysomela, 01.— M. Bedel has recently 

 returned to me, named by him as above, a specimen of a Polydrusus, which was 

 taken on the banks of the Severn by Mr. E. W. Morse. The form is a very puzzling 



