216 [Septumber, 



Melanostoma attacked hy fungus. — With reference to Mr. R. C. Bradley's ob- 

 servation of fungoid growth on Melanostoma scalare,Y. {ante -p. 178), I observed 

 the same phenomenon wlien collecting at Ivybridge in June. Apparently all 

 specimens of that species were affected in the same manner ; I boxed two, and by 

 the next morning the fungus appeared on them. — G. C. Bignell, Stonehouse : 

 August 5th, 1895. 



Coleoptera in the New Forest. — Accompanied by a fi'iend, I spent the first week 

 in July at Brockenhurst, and met with a few Coleoptera which seem worthy of 

 notice. My own principal object was to discover the special haunt of Anthaxia 

 nitidula ; and this, after two days' fruitless investigation, i succeeded in doing. 

 But we were rather late for the insect, and only took three specimens between us, 

 all, of course, in flowers; it seems to be restricted to a very small area. Our other 

 captures included Microrrhagus pygmceus (3) on bracken ; Prionus coriarius, dug 

 out of a dead birch, and so immature that I had to keep it alive for nearly a fort- 

 night before it acquired its proper colouring ; Phlceotrya Stephensi (16) from the 

 roots of a dead oak ; Cryptocephaliis moral and aureolus on flowers ; Anoplodera 

 ^ea-^Mif^a^a, in bramble blossom ; Callidiumvariahile,'anAeT\)a,Tk; Liodes orbicularis 

 and Anisotoma nigrita, by sweeping under fir trees ; Salpingus ceratus, a small 

 colony under bark of an elm log ; Conopalpus testaceus, under bark of oak ; and 

 Erirhinus festucce, by sweeping in a damp place. Lina populi was in the utmost 

 profusion, not upon poplar or aspen, but on a low creeping plant, which I am not 

 botanist enough to determine. — Theodoee Wood, 23, Brodrick Road, Upper 

 Tooting, S.W. : July 29th, 1895, 



Coleoptera in Ireland. — During a visit to several Irish ports in H. M. S. 

 " Northampton," between April 27th and May 21st, I took, among many others, 

 the following species of Coleoptera, which may be worth noting. 



At Queenstown — Acupalpus dorsalis, in marshy places ; Aleochara hrevipennis 

 and Megacronus cingulatus, under stones, both singly ; Lema Erichsoni, about half 

 a dozen specimens on May 7th and 8th, by sweeping on weedy banks ; Apion 

 OyUenhali, which occurred in every locality I visited, being rather plentiful at 

 Bangor ; Sitones camiricus, var. cinerascens (2) ; and remains of Rhopalomesites 

 Tarda plentifully in beech, but the living insect was not to be found. 



At Midletown, Co. Cork, on the afternoon of May 6th, I took Monotoma 

 spinicoUis, Aphodius sticticus, Lema Erichsoni (2), Barypeithes sulcifrons, Phytobius 

 4<-tuberculatus, &c., chiefly by sweeping under some fir trees. 



On May 13th and 14th, at Bangor, Co. Down, the following species were 

 taken : — Staphylinus pubescens and erythropterus, in roads and on the wing ; Corym- 

 bites quercus and var. ochropterus, with many intermediate forms, in great abundance 

 by sweeping in grass fields ; Lema Erichsoni (2) ; Barypeithes sulcifrons, not 

 uncommon by sweeping under some trees bordering a marshy meadow, where I also 

 had the good fortune to take three examples of the rare Ceuthorrhynchus angulosus 

 on the afternoon of the 14th. 



At Buncrana, Co. Down, a very promising-looking spot on the shore of Lough 

 Swilly, my chief captures were Dyschiritts impunctipeiinis, locally abundant in damp 



