120 [March, 



Q. mavrns Sahib., Q. hrevicornis Th., Scydmaenus collaris Miill., 

 Bythinus cvrtlsi Denny, EnpJextus karsteni Reich., E. nanus Reich., 

 Micromalas flavicornin Hbsl. Plegaderns dissechis Er., and Abraevs 

 globosus Hoffm. 



I am indebted to Mr. E. A. Newbery for assistance in identifying 

 the Eufhia, my specimen of which is a little broader than a ? from 

 Groerz in Mr. Champion's collection, received from Reitter. 



Coixlsdon, Surrey : 



January, 1915. 



[I have taken three examples of this insect in the New Forest. 

 These occurred (1) July 17th, 1907, in a dead oak bough at Ranmor ; 



(2) June 27th, 1908, in dry debi'is of Cossus-oa\c, near Bank ; 



(3) July 13th, 1912, in very rotten beech, Whitley Wood. The first 

 two were some years ago submitted by Mr. Champion to a well-known 

 Continental authority, and were returned as " probably E. scyd- 

 maenoides Steph., immature." To this species they bear little 

 resemblance, except in size, and all three are apparently fully mature 

 and hard ; so they have remained among our " queries " up to the 

 present time. — J. J. W.]. 



BRUCHUS PU8ILLUS Germ., vak. SEMINARIUS Baudi, IN BRITAIN. 

 BY F. H. DAY, F.E.S. 



In September last I found a number of specimens of a Bruchus 

 in my greenhouse which I was unable to identify. They originated 

 from a small bag of French beans (seeds) which had been left over 

 from sowing in Spring, and allowed to lie on a shelf in the greenhouse. 

 There were nearly a hundred seeds in the bag, most of which had been 

 hollowed out by the larvae of the Bruchus. Enquiry from the firm 

 from whom the seeds were obtained, brought the information that 

 although they usually raised their own seeds of French beans in Essex, 

 in this case, owing to shortage of crop the previous season, they had 

 purchased a supply in the open market, and could not say if they were 

 raised in this country or not. 



Mr. Newbery, to whom I submitted specimens, informs me that 

 the insect is B. seminarms Baudi, a species which occurs in the south 

 of France, Italy, Dalmatia, (i-reece, Spain, &c., but not hitherto 

 recorded from Britain. In the light of this it is probable that the 

 beans/' were of Continental origin, and in view of the cosmopolitan 



