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included in either of Reitter's Catalogues. This variety is presnmahly the 

 var. flavipes cii Pie (1892). — Id. 



An early specimen of Grammoptera holomelina. Pool. — On looking' through 

 some parts of the extensive collections of my friend Mr. T. G. Bishop hero, I 

 have been miich surprised at finding a specimen of this species. It was found 

 amongst the diiplicates of G. mfirornis from the collection of the late Mr. 

 Samuel Stevens. It has no label, and thougli in excellent preservation, is I 

 have no doubt 50 or 60 years old. As the recent discovery of a species of Longi- 

 corn apparently peculiar to this country has very m\ich astonished us, it is 

 interesting to find that it has been liere for so long. — D. Sharp, Helensburgh : 

 January 21th, 1910. 



Conosoma hipunctatum, Grav., at Broxhourne. — On a recent visit to this 

 locality we had the good fortune to meet with two specimens of this apparently 

 very rare little Staphylinid. They were in the wood-mould in a very decayed 

 portion of a felled willow which had been left lying in a field. 



As far as we have been able to ascertain, the species has not been recorded 

 since the piiblication of vol. ii of Fowler's "Col. Brit. Islands" (1888). We 

 understand from Commander Walker, however, that he met with a single 

 (imrecorded) example in Cobham Park, Kent, in wet rotten beech-wood on 

 April 30th, 1875 ; and Mr. W. E. Sharp informs us that he took a specimen 

 in Epping Forest in Jiine last, also in decaying beech. — G. W. Nichol.son and 

 F. B. Jennings : January 28th, 1910. 



Longitarsus flavicornis, Steph., in the Isle of Wight. — I took a specimen of this 

 rather rare species flying at dusk in a road near Sandown on August 27th, 1909. 

 It is another interesting addition to the Isle of Wight list. — T. Hudson Beare, 

 10, Eegent Terrace, Edinburgh .- February 10th, 1910. 



Cathormiocerus maritimiis, Rye, in Cornwall. — Mr. C. G. Lamb, who has made 

 so many interesting discoveries amongst our Insect-fauna, has now added to 

 them by finding this species at St. Merryn. C. maritimus was discovered by 

 the late Mr. Moncreaff near Portsmoiith many years ago, and I believe has only 

 elsewhere been found in Prance, nor has it been observed again in the original 

 locality. The discovery is one of considerable interest, the only other habitats 

 known for this species being the northern and north-western coasts of Prance, 

 where, as here, the species is rarissime. Some references and remarks on the 

 subject of British Cathormiocerus by Mr. Champion and myself may be found 

 in vol. XX, pp. 121-123 of this Magazine. — D. Sharp, Brockenhurst : February 

 12th, 1910. 



Coleophora troglodytella, Dup., feeding on Achillea millefolium, L., in 

 Britain. — On May 22nd, 1906, I received for identification, from Mr. A. Thur- 

 nall, some larvae of a Coleophora that had been found by him feeding on leaves 



