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liquid matter to which it clings, and which it greatly resembles in colour. It is 

 rather curious that a substance which is so evidently sought after by these two 

 beetles should not be attractive to a greater number of species. I found but four in 

 all, namely, Falagria thoracica, which was tolerably plentiful, Oxytelus insecatus, of 

 which I took but five examples, and the two already mentioned. Other collectors 

 may possibly meet with greater variety. — Id. 



Note on BatopMla cerata, Marsh. — I cannot find any notice of this insect as 

 an injurious species. Here it has been very destructive this season, feeding upon 

 the leaves of the raspberry, and in some cases reducing them almost to skeletons. 

 The young plants were those most affected ; the more mature were comparatively 

 free. — Id. : September 10th, 1885. 



Coleoptera at Bainham, Surbiton, c^c, in 1884 — 85. — During the last year I 

 have made several excursions with Mr. Cripps in the neighbourhood of London. 

 Among our captures some of the following may perhaps be worth recording: — 

 Stenolophus teutonus, Ceuthorhynchus campestris, Asclera ccerulea, Grammo- 

 ftera tabacicolor, Telephorus lateralis, Anthocomus fasciatus, Cleonus nebulosus, 

 Coeliodes suhrufus, Tanymecus palliatus, Telmatophilus typhce, Gymnetron becca- 

 hungce, Frirhinus festucce, Malachius pulicarius, and Lina populi. I may also 

 mention Saperda carcharias, of which insect three specimens were brought to 



I me from Southend, and Gibbium scotias, which I found in the City. 



We particularly worked the genus Donacia, of which our captures in Surrey 

 were as follows : — B. bidens and dentata, Esher, September ; the latter also from 

 Chobham. D. sparganii, Esher ; one specimen from Sparganium, August. D. 

 sagittaricB, The Wey, Moorparks, Farnham, July. D. lemnce, Farnham and Sunbury, 

 July. D. thalassina, Esher and Farnham, common on rushes, May to July. D. 

 linearis, semicuprea, and sericea, common, as a rule ; the latter, however, rather 

 scarce this year. D. typhcs, Esher and Farnham, on Typha latifolia, June and July. 

 D. menyanthidis, Esher, very local, on a species of reed, June and July. D. comari, 



\ Esher, four specimens, July. — Gr. A. Lbwcock, 40, Oxford Koad, Islington, N. : 

 September, 1885. 



Eeduvius personatus at Lincoln.— In July last I found a specimen of this 

 ' Hemipteron on a sack in Lincoln : it has not, I believe, been before recorded from 

 this locality. — H. T. Sims, Lincoln : September 15th, 1885. 



Semiptera at Lewisham.—Duving the month of September last year I found a 

 good many examples of Idiocerus cognatus on a white poplar tree here, but, with 

 two exceptions, all were females {of. Ent. Mo. Mag., xxi, 127). This year, during 

 August (but not since) I have taken several males from the same tree ; from this I 

 conclude that August is the honeymoon of the species, that in September, as a rule, 

 I the husbands having become superfluous have perished, and that only a republic of 

 widows remains,— real ferce naturce, for instead of showing any kind of mourning, 

 their colours are brighter than in their nuptial time. ^ ^ 



