136 June, 



to be this form) ; H. latus, var. erythrocephdlm, frequent ; Pterostichus anthracinus , 

 common, and Trechus micros, sparingly ; Selophorun dorsn/is, rare ; Ili/obafes 

 propinquus, a few specimens of this rare species (my friend, Mr. J.Collins, also took 

 /. nigricollis here) ; Homalo/a languida, one $ , and //. auynstula, sparingly ; Dei- 

 nopsis erosa, Conosoma immaculaium, Lamprinus saginatux (3) and Staphylinus 

 latebricola (1). Oeypus fuscatus ; this somewhat scarce species, of which there 

 was previously only one old record from Oxford, turned up in considerable 

 number*. Achenium depressum and humi/e, frequent ; Dianous ccerulescens, Stenus 

 fuxcipes, eircularis, vafellus, &c. ; Platystethus alutaceus and nitens, one or two of 

 each. Agathidium convexum and rotundatum, Catops sericatus, Kissister minima, 

 sparingly ; Omosiphora limhata, rather common. Chrysomela fastuosa, Scajfhidema 

 metallicum, Apion cruentatum, Tanymecus palliatus, Barynotus elevalus, scarce ; 

 Alopkus triguttatus, common and fine; Hi/pera suspiciosa, Tychius squamulatus, 

 Phytolius comari, Baris lepidii, &c. — -Jamks J. Walker, " Aorangi," Lonsdale 

 Road, Summertown, Oxford : May Wth, 1908. 



A food-plant of Ceuthorrhynchius setosus, Boh. — This very distinct and some- 

 w hat uncommon little weevil, which seems usually to occur by single specimens, has 

 quite recently been found by me in fair numbers on an inconspicuous little Cruci- 

 ferous plant, Sisymbrium (Arabii) thaliana, Hook., growing in sandy situations at 

 Tubney, Berks. Dr. Power (cf. Ent. Ann., 1871, p. 47) once found C. setosus 

 "abundantly on Iberis amara, L.," at Horsell ; but I have repeatedly searched in 

 vain for the beetle on this plant at Streatley, where it is a conspicuous and beautiful 

 feature of the Flora of the chalk hills. — Id. : May 20th, 1908. 



Aphodius constans, Dufts., in Middlesex, Herts , and Essex.- -W\b\\ reference 

 to Commander Walker's note at p. Ill ante, on the abundance of this species near 

 Oxford this spring, I may mention that it has also occurred to me this year in a 

 locality in each of the three counties of Middlesex, Herts., and Essex. I first met 

 with it on February 6th at Holyfield, near Nazing, West Essex, where it was not 

 at all uncommon, in spite of the early date. A little later I unexpectedly found a 

 few in a field here at Edmonton. On April 12th it turned up in large numbers on 

 the marshes at Cheshunt, East Herts. I can confirm Commander Walker as to its 

 partiality for half-dry cowdung. — F. B. Jennings, 152, Silver Street, Upper Edmon- 

 ton, N. : May 1st, 1908. 



Capture of Notodonta phoebe, Sieb. (= tritophus, F.), in Bedfordshire. — On 

 May 13th, 1907, whilst collecting round the electric lights at Bedford, I took a spe- 

 cimen of Notodonta phoebe, Siebert (= tritophus, F ). From Mr. R. South's recent 

 book on the Moths of the British Isles, there would appear to be only six other 

 records of this moth or its larva having been taken in Britain. — W. S. Bkockle- 

 HUHST, Bedford : May 8th, 1908. 



Bassus flavipes, Holmgr. — I captured four females of this very rare Ichneumon 

 in the Walkham Valley, near Grenofen Bridge, attracted by the sap flowing from an 

 old oak tree ; the tree apparently was suffering from an attack of a Cossus larva. 

 Mr. Morley very kindly identified them, and tells me that many males and one 



