202 THE entomologist's record. 



(cerat^o) ab. flavescenx 1, Kpiinda nigra 2, Afpiojih aprilina 2, Hadena 

 protea var. 8, Xi/lina orniiliopns (r/iizolit/ui) 20, Xiilina socia [petrii'icata) 

 17, Catocala aponm 2 (worn). Besides the above Ai)iphipiira pyrmnidea 

 and A. titnra were very abvindant and in good condition. H. protea 

 was swarming, and I could have taken nmny more X. nmithopns 

 {rhizolitha) but thought my captures sufficient. Except for a few 

 common things, such as Orrhodia vciccinii, Amat/ies hjclmidis [pistac'nm), 

 A. circellariH (ferriuiinea), etc., there was nothing else worth noting. 

 "With regard to larvae, one Macrot/n/lacia riibi, one (V).s.s■/^s lit/niperda, 

 several unknown Geometers, Noctuae, etc., and one Xotodonta drome- 

 darins, were all my bag. — H. Baker-Sly (F.E.S.), " Kingston," Eden- 

 bridge, Kent. 



®OLEOPTERA. 



Some Casual Notes on Coleoptera in 1922. — In spite of the wet 

 summer, or indeed want ot summer, we have experienced this year, I 

 have managed on the whole to do very well with Coleoptera, adding 

 over twenty species new to my collection. These notes, however, do not 

 deal with the additions, nor with the rarer captures I have made, but 

 refer to certain species met with casually during the year, which are 

 either new country records or of interest for some other reasons. 



ScydinaenKft powcri, Fowler. — A specimen of this rare little beetle 

 was taken in a sandy hollow near Eeaulieu Road Station on May 15th 

 last. This is a new county record. Dr. Power originally took it at 

 Wimbledon, Surrey ; Birdbrook, Essex ; and Seatcn, Devon. As far 

 as I am aware it has only been taken since at Bradfield, Berks ; and 

 Perranporth, Cornwall. I have verified my example with the speci- 

 mens in the Power Collection at the British Museum. 



Hdedona cujarirola, F., occurred in its usual fungus at Balmer 

 Lawn, May 5th, and Pthinefield Walk, May 10th. This beetle has not 

 been recorded from the New Forest before. 



Nebria iherica, Oliv., was taken under moss on a wooden bridge at 

 Pond Head, May IGfcb. All other specimens of Xcbria found in the 

 Forest in sand-pits, etc., proved to be X. hrevicolUi^. Another example 

 occurred under chips, etc., at Westerham on October 18th. This 

 species was introduced into the British list by me in April, 1922 [Kut. 

 Mo. Mtvj. 58 92 (1922)] . As far as I know it has now been taken in 

 the British Isles at Borrowdale, Connemara, Westerham, New Forest, 

 and Morthoe. 



(irammopterci holniiu'liiia, Pool, was abundant on hawthorn blossoms 

 in a lane near Wiuibledon Common on May 26th. This species has 

 evidently been extending its ran^'e of late years, and Mr. Bedwell 

 informs me he has also taken it in several places in Surrey. 



Kryx ater, F. — I captured a specimen of this beetle in the hollow of 

 an apple tree in an old orchard at Hartlebury on June 19th. This is 

 its first record for the county of Worcester. 



Diphyllna liinatiis, F. — This species was found in its usual black 

 tnngns, Daldinia concentrica, on a dead ash tree at Wroxham, Norfolk, 

 on August 19th. It is also a county record. 



Cri/pticiiii (ii(hqiiUiu's, L., was taken in the sand-pits at Freckenham, 

 the' only other inland record in Britain known to me is Tubney, near 

 Oxford. From these same pits I have previously recorded the following 



