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Mr. Sang to get named, when he was at Burton-on-Trent, a specimen of the rare 

 Bryoporus Hardy i was discovered, of which only two specimens have been previously 

 recorded ; this specimen is now in Dr. Mason's collection ; I have looked for it 

 again, but without success. — J. G-aednee, 8, Friar Terrace, Hartlepool : November 

 2Cth, 1885. 



Observation on the habits of Litodactylus (Phytobius) leucogaster, Marsh. — 

 At the November meeting of the Entomological Society, Mr. C. O. Waterhouse 

 exhibited some living specimens of JEubrychius {Phytobius) velatus, Beck., in order 

 to shew that they swam with their hind-legs after the fashion of a Dytiscide ; 

 these specimens he kindly gave to me after the meeting, and I kept them alive for 

 some time ; they were able to swim not only on the surface but could dive beneath 

 it, and although their natural buoyancy appears to force them upwards yet they are 

 able to dive quite far enough to seize the aquatic plants, and to which they cling, in 

 case they do not project above the surface : if they do, they prefer to seize them 

 near the surface and crawl down them. A little while ago I asked Mr. J. J. Walker 

 if he could procure me living specimens of any of the other members of the genus 

 and its allies, and he kindly captured for me two specimens of Litodactylus leuco- 

 gaster ; these swim in exactly the same way as E. velatus, except that their buoyancy 

 seems to be somewhat greater, and their power of diving below the surface somewhat 

 less in consequence. These sub-aquatic Curculionidre seem to be able to sustain life 

 under water as well as, if not better than, the Dytiscidce. As I was going from place 

 to place, when Mr. Waterhouse gave me his specimens, they were often corked up 

 in a small tube of water for many hours together, but did not seem to be any the 

 worse. — W. W. Fowler, Lincoln : Dec. 9th, 1885. 



Cryptocephalus frontalis, Marsham. — I have taken this beetle rather freely at 

 Rusper, Horsham, during the month of July. This year it continued till the 22nd, 

 a late date, I believe, for this genus. The Rev. H. S. Grorham, who accompanied 

 me, captured upwards of twenty. — H. J. Q-OEE, 7, Well Road, Hampstead : Decem- 

 ber, 1885. 



Cryptocephalus frontalis, Marsham. — This species has been captured rather 

 freely this year by Mr. Gore and myself in a place at Rusper where I swept up one 

 specimen in June, 1873. Thanks to Mr. G-ore's hospitality, I was able to re-visit 

 the spot this year on the 15th July. Mr. Gore had previously met with a few this 

 year. The place is a very unlikely looking one for Cryptocephali, being in fact by 

 the side of a corn-field ; but in the ditch some low sallow was growing, and it is my 

 opinion that it was upon that that the insect was sitting. — H. S. Goeham, Shirley 

 Warren, Southampton : December 15th, 1885. 



Notes on Arachnida. — I have this autumn taken Lycosa riparia, L. Koch, ?, 

 at Lower Camden, Chislehurst, the specimen having been kindly identified for me 

 by the Rev. O. P. Cambridge. This spider is perhaps not uncommon, but it has as 

 yet only been recorded for a very few British localities, and is new to the London 

 district. With the Lycosa I took Micaria pulicaria, Sund., ^ , Tegenaria atrica, 

 Koch, 9 J Linyphia thoracica, Wid., L. tenebricola, Wid., and several others. I have 

 also taken Linyphia bicolor, Bl., and Neriene livida, Bl., at Bedford Park, Chiswick. — 

 T. D. A. CocKEEELL, Bedford Park, W. : Nov. 2lLh, 1885. 



