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is it meutioned in Fowler's " British Coleo2)fera." In 1905 

 (Ent. Mo. Mag., xli, p. 66), it was again introduced as British, 

 and the (^ described, under the same name, spinosus, Er. ; bnt 

 shortly afterwards (ojx cit., pp. 88, 89), this identification was 

 found to be incorrect, and the name changed to M. viilnerattis, Ab. 

 All the specimens were from the same locality, Sheerness, Isle of 

 Sheppey, whei'e it was taken by Mr. Waterhotise on Jiine 29th, 

 185G (Ent. Mo. Mag., xliv, p. 207), by Dr. Power on June 11th, 1859 

 (Ent. Mo. Mag., xli, p. 234), by Mr. Champion on June 6th, 

 18G9, and by Mr. J. J. Walker about Jidy, 1894. The first British 

 male was captured in 18()9. The species appears to Ix? extremely 

 local on the Continent, but it has been found in abundance by 

 M. Bedel at AiTonville, Seine et Oise, near Paris. Abeille de 

 Perrins' description of M. vulnerahis was published in 1900, in a 

 periodical few entomologists have seen. The females of the 

 species of this genus are often difficult to determine, but the 

 ^ characters of most of these are of a very peculiar natiu'e, those 

 of M. vulneratns are shown on the accompanying Plate, figs. 

 2a, 2b. 



Fig. 3 — Gynandroplitlmlma afhiis, Hellw. — A remarkably distinct 

 Clythrid, first taken by Mr. W. Holland, on June 18th. 1899, in 

 Wychwood Forest, near Witney, Oxford [Ent. Mo. Mag., xxxviii, 

 p. 281 (1902)]. As noted by the Rev. W. W. Fowler, it bears a 

 superficial resemblance to Gastrophysa polycjoni. The insect has 

 since been found in numbers on hazel by Mr. Holland at the 

 same locality [Ent. Mo. Mag., xxxix, p. 202 (1903)], and many 

 collectors are indebted to him for the opportunity of seeing it 

 alive. It has been found on sallow in some continental localities. 



Fig. 4, 4a — Otiorrhynchus aurnpunctatas, Gyll. — This species, intro- 

 duced as British in 1895 (Ent. Mo. Mag., xxxi, p. 183), has been 

 captured in various localities in Ireland. It is locally abmidant 

 near the coast, on hedges of hawthorn, ash, and privet, chiefly in 

 the Counties of Dublin, Meath, and Louth. The first recorded 

 specimen was taken in 1900, at Culmore, Derry, by Mr. C. W. 

 Buckle. A full accoimt of its distribution, &c., will be found in 

 Messrs. Johnson and Halbert's " List of the Beetles of Ireland " 

 (1902). It is one of the most interesting Irish insects, the known 

 continental localities for it being the Auvergne and the Eastern 

 Pyrenees. 



Fig. 5 — Criocephatus rnsticns, Dej. — In Dr. Sharp's paper on the 

 genus Criocephalus (Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1905, pp. 145 — 164), 



