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after waiting a few minutes they began to appear here and there one after another. 

 Several times I was on the point of throwing the stuff away, thinking I had ex- 

 hausted its contents, and then suddenly others would begin to appear. As I have 

 plenty of duplicates I shall be happy to supply Coleopterists who may be in want 

 of this interesting little species. 



Of Eumicrus rufus only a single specimen occurred. Other species which are 

 perhaps worth mentioning were Euthia scydmienoides, Neuraphes sparshalli, Eu- 

 connus flmetarius, Millidium trisulcatum, Monotonia spinicollis, quadricollis, and 

 rufa (the last two in plenty), Aglenus brunneus, and Xylophilus populneus. — E. A. 

 Butler, 56, Cecile Park, Crouch End, N. : May 1th, 1908. 



Dasytes plumbeus and D. oculatus of British Collections. Synonymic note. — 

 The synonymy given in Fowler's " British Coleoptera " for the two British species 

 of Dasytes with reddish tibiae appears to be quite erroneous ; the common species 

 with comparatively small eyes in the male should stand thus : — 

 Dasytes flavipes, 01. (nee F.). 

 puncticollis, Reitt. 

 The synonymy of the rare British species with large eyes in the male is as follows : — 

 Dasytes plumbeus, Mull. 

 flavipes, F. 

 tibialis, Zett. 

 coxalis, Muls. 



oculatus, Brit. Ca(. (nee Kies.). 

 Capt. Deville. to whom T have submitted British specimens of the male of 

 both species, agrees with the above synonymy, and tells me that both are common 

 in France. Crotch, when bringing forward as new his so-called D. oculatus, referred 

 it correctly to D. coxalis, of Mulsant, the description of this author (Floricoles, 

 Lyons, ed., p. 362), agreeing well with our insect. D. oculatus, Kies., has hitherto 

 only been found in Spain.— E. A. Newbery, 12, Churchill Road, N.W. : June 

 \0th, 1908. 



Recapture of Lathrobium elongatum, v. fraudulentum, Ganglb., at Slapton 

 Ley. — When staying at Kingswear in April I took the opportunity of walking over 

 to Slapton Ley to search for Lathrobium elongatum, v. fraudulentum, Ganglb. (v. 

 nigrum, Joy, Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. xvii, p. 271). However, no sooner had we arrived 

 than the rain came down in torrents, and only half an hour was spent in examining 

 the flood-rubbish on the north shore of the lake. Three specimens of L. elongatum 

 were seen, and as two were $ examples of the variety with quite black elytra, this 

 variety will probably prove to be common at the locality, but of course has 

 always been mistaken before for L. brunnipes, F. -Norman H. Joy, Bradfield, 

 Berks : June 3rd, 1908. 



The Coleoptera of Lundy Island. — Further examination of the material col- 

 lected in 19^ 6 necessitates the following corrections and additions to our paper in 

 Ent. Mo. Mag., 2nd series, xviii, pp. 27 — 29 : — 



Notiophilus palustris, Duft.- All these specimens prove to be N. hypocrita, 

 Spaeth. 



Helochares lividus, Forst , should be deleted. 



