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valley, but sparingly. (alodera aethiaps, Grav., came from sandbilis, 

 Micro(/lossa pidla, Gyll., was beaten ; Ocalea latipennis, Sharp, occurred 

 by stream-sides ; whilst among a multitude of Homalotae, 11. dirii^a, 

 Mark., from carrion, H. I'reniita, Rye, from mountain-moss, H.boletobia, 

 Thoms., H. triani/ulKiii, Kr., and H. aerirea, Muls., from fungi, and H. 

 kalohrectJia, Sharp, from mudbanks, may be mentioned, (iijrophaena 

 mauca, Er., abounded in fungi in summer with others of the genus. 

 Conosoma im)naculaUim, Steph., was beaten from Scotch fir, and Ocypus 

 fnscatufi, Grav., and 0. simiLia, F., were obtained by stone-turning. 

 The genus Philunthns was represented by about twenty species, of 

 which P. i-ei)ialix, Grav., and P. debilis, Grav., may be referred to as 

 additions to the county list. P. cnrvinus, Er., from flood-refuse was 

 also interesting. On the sandy banks of the Gelt stream, Scopaeus 

 sulcicollisi, Steph., turned up sparingly as the result of close searching 

 on hands and knees. O.vytelus complanatKs, Er.,I took freely on bones 

 in my back-yard, which is my only acquaintance with it in Cumberland. 

 Both species of Ancyrojtiwrus, Kr., and several of TrnijopJdneus, Mann, 

 were taken in flood-refuse. Anthophaiiua testaceus, Grav., was fairly 

 common on birches in August. Another nice find in the Gelt Valley 

 was Geodroimciis nit/rita, Miill., which I took within a yard or two of 

 where I captured a specimen in 1902, both captures being in August. 

 Homaliiun ioptcrioii, Steph., and Menarthriis devticollu, Beck., were 

 obtained from fungi with many of their allies. From flowers in August 

 Epurca inellina, Er., was captured, K. jlorea, Er., occurring at sap, 

 and E. dchia, Er., in abundance in fungi in company with Tripln/lhin 

 suturalis, F., and Miiii'tophai/ioi mtdtipimctatiis, Hellw. Under fir-bark 

 Pityophacjus ferrxf/ineiis, F., was occasionally met with. Eliuin rolk- 

 marl, Panz., was swept, and so was Aspidiphonoi urbindatHs, Gyll. 

 Aphodiits lapponiim, Gyll., and A. erraticn^, L., were the best of the genus 

 to occur. In July, Gcotnipcs venialis, L., was abundant on the side of 

 Great Gable where the path from Sty Head Pass descends into ^Yast- 

 dale. It was curiously local, as on the Seathwaite side of the Pass not 

 one was to be seen, t'orymbites pectinicornU, L., turned up again after 

 a few years' absence, but sparingly. Xlalthodea dispar, Germ., with 

 others of the genus, was beaten and swept in summer, (irmiuiioptera 

 tabacicolor, De G., was common on the flowers of raspberry with an 

 occasional Pochyta (■eratidycifurmh, Schr. A second brood of Hydrothassa 

 hannovcrana, F., appeared in July in sufficient numbers to satisfy any 

 coleopterist. Apteropcda ylabnsa, 111., was swept in the suumier and 

 taken later in flood-refuse. Triboliitm confiisiim, Duv., was brought to 

 me from a flour-mill ; (hiiias umllunis, Boh., occurred in moss; Tropi- 

 phorns obtiistis, J3onsd., in flood-refuse; Ijaryiiotus sr/djniicrri, Zett., on 

 roads ; (rrypidiiis eijidseti, F., on river-b:'.nks ; Orchestcs ardlajiae, Don., 

 by beating ; ' '(•itthdrrhyiicJius iiiaryinatn.s, Payk., by sweeping ; and 

 many more weevils, too numerous to mention in a short note like 

 this. — Frank H. Day, F.E.S., 27, Currock Terrace, Carlisle. Marr/i 

 25th, 1904. 



Thk F>ritish sPECiKS OF Bagois. — A CORRECTION.- —In my paper on 

 the above subject (Ent. Rec., \o]. xiv ) there is an omission which 

 obscures the sense. The second line of the " Table of the Species," 

 page 151, should read thus: — Club indistinctly articulated, with first 

 joint as long as the following joints united. The words '• with first 

 joint " being those omitted. — E. A. Newbery, 12, Churchill Road, 

 Dartmouth Park, N.W. January Uh, 1904. 



