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Koch, must be dropped out of our list altogether, as it has never 

 occurred in this country (loc. cit., p. 274). 



(12) Ceuthorhynchidiii^ distinctux, Bris. This species will have to 

 be omitted from our list, and m place of it two new abs. introduced, 

 viz., Ceuthorhynchm mari/inatns, Paj^k., ab. distinctiis, Bris., and 

 Ceuthorhynchns iiiarf/inatus, Payk., ab. inaeqaalis, ab. n. [loc. cit., 

 p. 208). ■ 



Records of the Capture of Rare Species. — During the year 

 there has been a fair number of records of the capture of rare species. 

 Mr. Donisthorpe records : — Mt/cetu/jonis forticurnu, Fauv., from 

 Tubney ; Drojirius aw/ustatKs, Brulle, Af/athidiutii badiuin, Er. (also 

 taken by Dr. Nicholson), and Athous imdidatKs, De G. (also taken by 

 the author), fromRannoch; Homaliunt brevicolle, Thorns, and D[/sc/drii(s 

 anyustatus, Ahr., from Nethy Bridge ; he also states that he has bred 

 2 forms of Anaspis liudwni, Donis., from fir bark brought home from 

 Nethy Bridge. Commander Walker has taken Pleijaderus dissectus, 

 Er., Medon apicalis, Kr., Oli(jota apicata, Er. and (K gniiiaria, Er., 

 at Oxford ; and Malachius vnlneratHs, Ab., near Sheerness. Dr. 

 Sharp records Aleochara discipennia, Muls., and Lonyitarsus niyerrimus, 

 Gyll., from the New Forest ; Dr. Nicholson has taken the former in 

 Devonshire, Mr. Bagnall took Xeumphes rubicnndKn, Schm., and 

 Pseudopsh sulcata, New., at Gibside. Mr. G. A. Brown records 

 Hclophorus tuberculatus, Gyll., in some numbers ; and Mycetophagna 

 quadriyuttatns, Miill., from Coatbridge. Homalota picipennh, Mannb, 

 is recorded from Little Marlow by Mr. W. E. Sharp, and from the 

 New Forest by Dr. Cameron. Biedius rrasdcollis, Lac, was taken at 

 Wicken Fen by the author, and latter on by Mr. W. E. Sharp. Mr. 

 Jennings records (Tnorlmtis nobiiia, L., and EpuroM angustida, Er., 

 from Epping Forest. Mr. Champion notes that Criocephalus term, 

 Muls., is spreading in the South of England, and has now been found 

 at Guildford. The author has recorded Megacronus inclinans, Grav., 

 Lamprinus saginatHs, Heer, from Nethy Bridge ; and Bryoporns 

 nigipennis, Pand., from the Cairngorms. 



{I'd be continued.) 



Ten Days in the Cevennes. 



By G. T. BETHUNE-BAKEK, F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



I left Digne by the train leaving at six o'clock in the morning, 

 for Mende, where I had arranged to meet my friend Mr. A. H. Jones. 

 My quickest route, not however the shortest, was to go down to Mar- 

 seilles and back up to La Bastide, where I had to sleep, as I could not 

 get through the same day, there being no night trains. It took me 

 fifteen hours and a half to cover under 300 miles, but I thoroughly 

 enjoyed the lovely country through which we passed. The views of 

 the Bay of Marseilles were very tine, and were seen to perfection, for 

 entering on the east and going all round and out on the west, we half 

 encircled the bay. Having had a comfortable night's rest I was up 

 betimes on the morning of July 15th (the great National Fete day), 

 and having completed my "petit dejeuner" soon after 7 a.m., I took a 

 walk on to the high table land. It was, however, too early and too 

 high, considering the hour, for anything to be on the wing, and as I 



