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puted by its describer (cf. I.e., foot-note). Dr. Cros, howevei-, after examining 

 additional specimens captvired by himself at Mascara, in nests of Anthophoru, 

 finds the two genera to be identical in structure. The minute, rudimentary, 

 whitish wings, overlooked by Escalera, are present, as in Hornia. In December 

 last my son sent me a living Hornia from Washington, taken from the nest of 

 Anthophora ahrupta (= sponsa Smith) on November 27th, with the following 

 note : "The burrows of the Anthojjhora are about 6" deep and have a built-out 

 clay entrance. At the extremity is a hard walled cell with polished inner 

 lining and containing a single larva of bee or parasite well sealed up. The 

 Hornia becomes adult in autumn, but remains quiescent enclosed in three 

 membranous skins — one pupal and two larval — till spring. The specimen sent 

 began to show signs of life after it had been kept in a warm room for a day. 

 It is somewhat of a problem as to how the imagines manage to escape from the 

 hard cell, the only suggestion being that they are weathered out — at any rate 

 we found one specimen half protruding from a burrow which had been so 

 exposed. The Hornia appears to complete its metamorphoses in one year, an.I 

 is not to be foimd in the larval condition at this time of year." The N. African 

 H. nympTioides was found in the nests of Anthophora albigena Lep. and A. talaris 

 Perez, by Dr. Cros. — G. C. Champion, Horsell, Woking : February 6th, 1915. 



Teratology m Triplax aenen Schall. — On November 7th, 1914, Triplax 

 aenea Schall, occurred in considerable numbers, as it not infrequently does in 

 this locality, under the bark of a moribund poplar in Eavensworth Woods, near 

 Gateshead, associated with a few examples of Tetratoma fungorum F. Of the 

 former species one specimen had thiee tarsi on the right anterior leg, the 

 apical portion of the tibia being thickened and widened so as to bear them all 

 at its extremity. The innermost one was normal in every respect ; the middle 

 one was slightly large, and the outermost one decidedly so. Both the redundant 

 tarsi bore the usual four joints, but the basal ones were fused together so 

 as to form one large "one in which the two portions could, hov/ever, be clearly 

 seen. In other respects the specimen was quite normal. — Geo. B. Walsh, 

 166, Bede Burn Road, Jarrow-on-Tyne : January lOf/i, 1915. 



Coleoptera new to Cumberland.— 'Yhe list of records of beetles for this 

 county now extends beyond 1700 species, and it is becoming increasingly difficult 

 to discover species hitherto unrecorded. Collectors have always been very few 

 in niimber, the removal of Mr. H. Britten to the south making a marked 

 reduction in the number of resident Coleopterists. Still, a few species of vary- 

 ing interest continue to be met with from time to time, and the following are 

 among recent finds which have not yet been cited as occurring in Cumberland : — 



Helophorus quadrisignatus Bach, Kingmoor, two specimens in a clay pool. 

 Oxypoda amoena Fairm., Gt. Salkeld, in moss, 26.3.1913 (Britten). Homalota 

 subsinuata Er., three specimens in my garden last spring. Choleva coracina 

 Kell., Gt. Salkeld, Baron Wood, Geltsdale, scarce. C. fuliginosa Er., not 

 uncommon, but formerly confused with C. nigrita Er., of which I possess only 

 one Cumberland specimen taken by tuft-cutting at Orton, 26.xi.1899. I owe the 



