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htimeralis, on Anthriscus in the garden, .'/. neuwaldeggiana, by sweeping ; Asemum 

 striatum, two specimens (one on the wing, the other on a pine log), Chofrhatn, 

 May 30th — the first seen at large in this district ; Molorchtin umbellatarum, on the 

 wing, June 26th ; Pogonochaerus dentatus, September L2th. In two Cossus-oaks 

 a number of the usual beetles occurred in June, in addition to several specimens of 

 Lucanus cervun, viz., Thalycra sericea, Crgptarcha (both species), Soronia (both 

 species), Epurxa lO-guttata, Ips ^-punctata, Thamiarxa clnnamomea. — G-. C. 

 Champion, Ilorsell, Woking : October 6th, 1908. 



A few additions to the Coleoptera of the Isle of Wight. — The following, among 

 the various additions made during my stay in August last to the list of Coleoptera 

 known to occur in the Isle of Wight, are of considerable interest. Trogolinus an- 

 gli.canus, Sharp. — I took a specimen nnder seaweed at Bembridge, and another on 

 the sea wall at St. Helen's a few days later when in company with Prof. Poulton ; 

 as far as is known at present the insect has only been taken at Plymouth, where it 

 was discovered by Mr. J. H. Keys, and in New Zealand ! (see Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. 

 xxxvi, p. 232) ; my capture disposes of the idea that it can have been introduced from 

 New Zealand. Aphthona nigriceps, Redt. — I swept a specimen in a copse near 

 Sandown, it has hitherto only been recorded from Eggington, near Burton-oti-Trent, 

 Cowfield, and from Kirkcaldy in Scotland ; its food-plant is Geranium pratense. 

 Ochthebius exaratus, Muls. — Abundant in a small pool on the cliffs near Sandown ; 

 Fowler only gives Gravesend, Whitstable, Southend, Rainham and Lewes as localities 

 for it. Ceuthorrhy nchus triangulum, Boh. — At roots of Achillea millefolium, San- 

 down ; only a few localities in the south and south-east are given for this species. — 

 Horace Donisthorpe, 58, Kensington Mansions, S.W. : October, 1908. 



\_T. unicolor, Sharp, from New Zealand appears to be very similar to T. angli- 

 canus, Sharp, but has not been identified actually with the latter insect, and from 

 Dr. Sharp's description (I.e. ,232) it would seem that they are distinct. — W.W.F.]. 



Habitat of Anaspis septentrionalis, Champ. — Whilst staying with my friend 

 Professor T. Hudson Beare at Nethy Bridge, Inverness-shire, last month, I cap- 

 tured a specimen of this species. I found it in the centre of a woody fungus on a 

 Scotch fir ; the insect being newly hatched, and a very perfect example. It was 

 fortunately a male, so there was no difficulty in identifying it by its very distinct 

 characters in that sex (see Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. xxvii, p. 105). I believe this is the 

 only specimen that has been taken since Champion took his original pair in 1876 at 

 Aviemore, a little further south than Nethy Bridge. — Id. : October, 1908. 



Leucania vitellina, fyc, in South Devon. — From September 18th to the 25th I 

 was collecting on the South Devon coast, for most of the time in company with Mr. 

 T. A. Lofthouse of Middlesbrough. For so rare a species we found Leucania 

 vitellina by no means uncommon, for it occurred at sugar on most nights, though 

 usually in single specimens. On the night of the 19th, however, we took five, besides 

 missing a sixth, unless indeed it was one which was afterwards captured. That this 

 species now regularly breeds on the South Devon coast I think there is no doubt, 

 for it has become gradually commoner during the nine or ten years I have known it 



