OQQ [December, 



Atichomenus quadripunctatus De G., at Wellington College, Berks. — On 

 Jvxne ;30th, owing- to trains running awkwardly, I had an hour to wait at 

 Wellington College Station, and in a wood close by I came across a few common 

 beetles, and among them an immature and dilapidated specimen which was 

 unfamiliar to me : I therefore took it for further examination. A short while 

 ago Mr. Tomlin came to see me and told me that Mr. Cox of Eeading, a successful 

 beginner, had found a specimen of Anchomenus q^iadripunctatus near Wellington 

 College, but had forgotten the exact locality ; we then examined my insect, 

 which proved to be the same species : it ought therefore to be found if searched 

 for. There seems to be some connection between this beetle and burnt wood 

 (as is the case with Melanophila and other beetles). As far as I know it has 

 only been found in any niimbers by Mr. Champion. Not far from the same 

 place I once found a single specimen of Anchomenus 6-punctatus, but although 

 several people have searched for it, it has never occiirred again.— W. W. Fowleb, 

 Earley Vicarage, Reading : November 10th, 1915. 



Tenacity of life in an African weevil. — On September 27th, I received by 

 post a small tin box, containing Coleoptera, kindly sent to me by Dr. George 

 Prentice, of Kasimgu, Nyasaland, and was somewhat sui-prised when, on opening 

 it, a specimen of Brachycerus apt erus crav/led out from the sawdust in which the 

 beetles were packed. They had been sent away on July 24th. Regarding the 

 Brachycerus as a possible entomological member of our " overseas contingent," 

 I forwarded it to the Zoological Society's Gardens, London, and am pleased to 

 hear from my friend, Mr. C. J. C. Pool, that it is now " doing its bit " in the 

 Insect House there, and thriving well on bananas. — James E. Black, No. 2 

 S. T. F. Coy., 4th Battn. Royal Scots, Hawick, N.B. : November, 1915. 



Meotica exiliformis and M. exillima. — Dr. Joy and I are agreed that these 

 names apply to the same species : the explanation being that he is so much 

 occupied that he altogether overlooked the description of exillima. — D. Sharp, 

 Brockenhurst : October 29th, 1915. 



Aphelocheirus aestivalis Fabr, in Nottinghamshire. — In August, 1914, 

 Mr. E. Stainton, of Doncaster, caught a specimen of this insect in the River 

 Idle at Scrooby, near Retford. Hitherto, Mr. E. A. Butler tells me, it has not 

 been recorded north of Norfolk. — H. V. Corbett, 2nd Lieut., 1st Cambs. Regt., 

 Halton Park, Wendover : November 10th, 1915. 



Effect of environment on Stenobothriis bicolor. — As everyone knows, St. Anne's- 

 on-Sea is a modern, and now very pretty, seaside resort, built upon the sandhills 

 of the Lancashire coast. On the outskirts of the town there are often small 

 sandy spaces left between the houses, and in some of these ashes and other 

 rvibbish from the houses have been thrown, the conseqvience being that the sand 

 has become of dirtier and darker appearance. In such situations Stenobothrus 

 bicolor still flourishes, but there is a very perceptible difference in the colour of 

 the specimens as compared with the ordinary forms, the tendency to become 

 darker being so marked that some of them are already absolutely black. On 



