THE ENTOMOLOGIST S RECORD. 



one which should go in my suggested list of introduced species, and 

 lastl}' one doubtful addition (the Simplocaria), while, on the other hand, 

 two names disappear, and another may have to go if further examina- 

 tion confirms Mr. Newbery's views as to Phalacrua brisouti, Eye. 



The retrospect this year Avill be of such unusual length that I am 

 compelled to curtail considerably my references to the captures of rare 

 species during 1907, and can only allude to a few of the more 

 important. Mr. H. J. Thouless has again captured (Jedemera virescens, 

 Linn., near Norwich, and ilalachius barnevillei, Puton, at Hunstanton. 

 Mr. P. de la Garde has taken Arena octavii, Fauv., at Dawlish Warren, 

 and he gave, in recording the capture [Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. xliii., p. 124), 

 a description of it and the characters which separate it from Fhi/tosits 

 baltivius, Kr., it has also been taken by Mr. Attle at Llanbedr, Wales. 

 Mr. West has taken Oxijlaemus rariolosns, Duft., at Darenth, and 

 Mr. P. de la Garde has found Hydrochus nitidicullis, Muls., in Hood- 

 refuse from the River Teign. Trichonyx snlcicollis, Reich., has been 

 found in the New Forest by Mr. Champion and Commander W'alker ; 

 the former gentleman has taken CiyptopJiatjiis cyliudrus, Kies., at 

 Chobham, and l)onji<)iiuif< treniulae, Pk., and Melanophtliabna similata, 

 GylL, near Guildford, and Rhizophagus coendeipennis, Sahlh., at Woking, 

 Mr. P. de la Garde also took this species out of flood-refuse in the River 

 Teign. At St. Margaret's Bay I found Hypera tiyrina, Boh., and Apion 

 sewirittatimi, GylL, in numbers, and Mr. Donisthorpe fou.nd the latter 

 insect plentifully at Deal. Many of the moles' nest specialities have 

 again been found in various parts of the country, such as OntJwpMlus 

 sulcatus, F., at Coulsdon, Mr. Bedwell ; Quedius lonyicornis, Kr., at 

 Guildford, Mr. Champion ; Medon castaneus, Gr., at Oxford, Commander 

 Walker; Quedius r^A-aHs, Epp., and Hister viarymattis, Er., in Scotland, 

 near Strathpeffer, Dr. Joy. Eiiplectiis yninutissinius, Aub., has again 

 turned up at Great Salkeld to Mr. Britten, and at Winlaton-on-Tyne 

 to Mr. Bagnall. Mr. Britten has also found the rare little weevil 

 Ceutlwr/iynchidius jiost]tumus, Germ., on its foodplant at Great Salkeld. 

 Mr. Donisthorpe secured several specimens of Maydalis duplicata, 

 Germ., at Newtonmore, during our Highland trip, and we found, last 

 April, Quedius riparius, KelL, in some numbers in its old locality at 

 Porlock. 



Several interesting papers have appeared during the past j^ear in 

 the entomological journals. Dr. Joy and Mr. J. R. le B. Tomlin 

 (Ent. Mo. May., vol. xliii., p. 27) have described, in a paper entitled 

 "Further Notes on the Coleoptera of Lundy Island," the results of 

 their visit to that island in April, 1906, the total number of species of 

 coleoptera now recorded from the island amounts to 462, a surprising 

 total from such a limited area ; some of the species found on the island 

 are most unexpected. I have myself been recently naming a collection 

 made on St. Kilda by Mr. W' aterston, and have also had submitted to 

 me a list of beetles obtained by Mr. Gordon Hewitt during a visit to 

 the island, and also a list prepared by Dr. Joy from specimens obtained 

 from birds' nests, moss, etc., sent to him from the island ; as a result 

 the complete list, which will appear in the January number of the 

 Annals of Scottish Xatural History, will bring up the record from 

 St. Kilda to 111 species. I have recently been making arrangements 

 which will, I hope, enable me during 1908 to begin an exhaustive study 

 of the coleopterous fauna of the smaller islands which lie round the 

 coast of Scotland. 



