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By svveeinng in (he laiios, &.c., I could find iiotliiiig bottei- tliaii a solitary 

 Orohitis cj/atieux ; and the only beetle at all worth mentioning, found on the shores 

 of Milford Haven, was Bledius unicornis. — James J. Walker, R.N., H.M.S. 

 " Northampton," Chatham : January \%th, 1895. 



Coleojifera at Bredoiis Norton and Bredon Hill, Worcestershire. — During a 

 visit to this locality (new to me) in September last (18th to 27th) I captured about 

 100 species of Coleoptera, exclusive of such as may be classed as " generally common." 

 The following is a list of the species most deserving of notice : — Blechrus yuaurns 

 (extremely abundant in fungus on an old tree stump — in my experience a unique 

 habitat), Homalota decipieits, R. litiirata, H. perexigua (in fungi), Tachytisa concolor 

 (muddy bank of Avon, a new and unexpected record for the Midlands), Prognatha 

 quadricornis (under elder bark, Bredon Hill), Bryaxis hmmatica (moss), Euplectus 

 Karsleni (ash bark, Bredon Uill), Dacue rufijrons (ash bark), Micropeylus staphy- 

 linoides (with B. maurux, ahundant) , Omosiphora limbata (fungus), Corticaria serrata 

 (under bark of ash, oak, &c.), Litargvs bifasciatus (ash bark), Onthophagun ccenobita 

 (horse dung, bank of Avon), Cis alnl (under elder bark, Bredon Hill), Longitarsxs 

 flavicornis (sweeping), Erirrhinus festticce (in reeds, bank of Avon), Ceuthorrhynclins 

 marginatus (sweeping), Crioceris asparagi (in asparagus beds near Alcester, new to 

 me as a Midland species). Two species of Hemlptera occurred in fungus on an 

 old stump, viz., Berytus minor and Sehirus blcolor. — W. G. Blatch, Knowle, near 

 Birmingham : January "ilh, 1895. 



Heliotliis armigera, Hb., in East Dorset. — Last autumn whilst out shooting 

 near Lytchett Matravers, in the neighbourhood of Wimborne. on September lOth, I 

 had the good fortune to take a specimen (worn to a shadow, but still highly prized, 

 as I had never before seen it alive) of the rare Heliothis armigera under the 

 following circumstances. As we were walking in line through a field of seed clover 

 I caught sight of a very pale Noctua, which at once reminded me of a much wasted 

 H. peltigera,Qymg about in the bright sunshine ; gradually working its way towards 

 us, it (luckily for me) passed through the Ifne, when, no longer able to resist the 

 temptation, I hurriedly handed over my gun to a keeper, and at once gave chase, 

 much to the amusement of my companions! My only available weapon of offence 

 being an ordinary glass bottom box, I was sadly handicapped, and the chase proved 

 a long one, for the moth kept hovering here and there, but darting off again at my 

 approach. Seeing that it had no intention of surrendering at discretion, and getting 

 at last just within striking distance, I held part of the box in eitlior hand and took 

 a desperate " shot " at it. Fortune favoured me, and the prize was mine ! Altliough 

 it is not an addition to the Dorset list, there are only four previous records of its 

 occurrence in the county. — Eustace R. Bankes, The Kectory, Corfe Castle : 

 January 10th, 1895. 



Remarkable variety of Scuparia Iruncicolella, Sin. — Among some Lepidoplera 

 lately received for identification from Mr. Louis B. Prout, of Dalston, was a beautiful 

 variety of Scoparia Iruncicolella, taken by himself at sugar near Brockenhurst on 

 August 2nd, 1894. This species seems, as a rule, to be one of the most constant of 

 all the Hcoparia: in colour and markings, aiul among the large numbers examined in 



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