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Everts, in his accovint of C. plagiatus (geminatus), loc. cit,, p. 588, has an 

 interesting passage which, assuming that the information given in the latter 

 part of it is authentic, throws further light upon it as an injtirious insect, and 

 also on its powers of adaptability. Eeferring to the species as a Diitch insect, 

 he says that it is very common on the dunes, and that the larvae live at the 

 roots of grass, adding that Perris has found the larva and pupa under grass- 

 sods. He goes on to say that according to Ritsema Bos these weevils also 

 attack firs (dennen), chiefly the "sea-pines" that are planted in the dvmes. 

 Young trees of a year's growth are those chiefly injured by them, but they also 

 attack older trees, and do not spare those of from five to seven years' growth. 

 The beetles feed chiefly on the cones {eindknoppen), and on the terminal shoots 

 to which these are attached ; they also eat the needles. Usually they feed in 

 the cool of the morning and in the evening, while, during the heat of the day 

 they hide in the ground. 



Baris lepidii Germ. — Fowler mentions Tanacetum, Nasturtium sylvestrt, 

 and Lepidium latifolium as plants to which this root-feeding species is attached, 

 but whether it has actually been found on any of them in this country is not 

 quite clear. I have been acquainted with it as a Lea Valley species since 1901, 

 but in all cases when I have found the insect at home (it occasionally turns up 

 in flood refvise) it has been at the roots of the common winter-cress (Barharea 

 vulgaris), in Avhich I have also found the little white larvae in the month of June. 

 Mr. Champion tells me tliat he has taken B. lepidii freely at the roots of the 

 same plant on the banks of the Mole at Mickleham, in the month of July. — 

 F. B. Jennings, 152, Silver Street, Upper Edmonton, N. : March 30th, 1915. 



Hypophloeus linearis F., ioi the New Forest. — Towards the close of last month 

 we had the pleasure of discovering this elegant little beetle in the burrows of 

 Tomicus bide^is in a fallen branch of fir here. There were but few of the imago, 

 but a good many of its larvae, the Tomicus being in profusion. Mr. Tomlin 

 having discovered the species near Reading last year, it has now been found in 

 the three contigvious covinties— Svirrey, Berks, Hants. — D. Sharp, Brockenhurst : 

 April oth, 1915. 



Euthia formic et arum Reitt., in the Oxford district.— On April 14th I found 

 two examples of a very small bright-looking Euthia, in damp rotten oak- 

 boughs lying on the ground at Prattle Wood, near Islip, Oxon ; no ants of any 

 kind being present. These at once recalled to mind my New Forest specimens 

 of E. formicetorum Reitt. {ante, p. 120), and on examination, proved to be 

 identical with them in all respects. I may add that E. schaumi Kies. and 

 E. scydmaenoides Steph. have been taken in some numbers on the allotment 

 grounds at Lower Wolvei-cote, Oxon., the former species chiefly by evening 

 swc^uing in late summer, and the latter in vegetable refuse and tufts of grass 

 in winter and early spring. — James J. Walker, Oxford: April 19th, 1915. 



Aepophilus bo7inairei Sign., at Sennen Cove. — I took a specimen of this 

 curious insect at the beginning of April, at extreme low water-mark, in Sennen 



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