138 THE entomologist's record. 



repandota and B. gemmaria were both fairly common. I took a 

 beautiful melanic variety of B. repandata at rest on the trunk of a 

 large whitethorn ; it was coal black, the only markings being the clear 

 white sub-marginal lines. A few worn Psettdoterjma pruinata and a 

 single Tephroiiia punctularia were beaten out of long, rank grass in the 

 Llanock Wood. Acidalia imitaria, A. remutaria and A. averxata were 

 common enough in the woods, whilst Acidalia fumata positively 

 swarmed amongst bilberry and heather on every hillside. Kuchueva 

 obliterata were common in the shady parts of the Llanock Wood, they 

 were in perfect condition at the beginning of June ; this is a species 

 which very soon gets paaae and really good specimens are not often 

 taken. Cabera pusaria and C. exanthe»tata were very abundant. 

 Semiothisa liturata was taken freely at rest on beech trunks, this 

 is a very wary insect and readily takes to flight at one's approach. 

 Lozograinvia petraria, Ematurija atoniaria and Melciiydris didyinata 

 swarmed amongst the bilberry and heather, the last species was a 

 regular nuisance at dusk, some of the J s were very dark and heavily 

 marked. Ortholitha pliuiibaria was common in most places. Typical 

 Abraxas ;irossulariata occurred in every garden. A search, at the end 

 of the month and during July, for Entep/iria caeaiata was unproductive. 

 I have only taken two specimens of this insect in these valleys, in both 

 cases at rest on rocks at the tops of the hills. Eupithecia lariciata 

 was very common amongst larch and E. nanata amongst heather. 

 Hydrioiiiena furcata (elutata) and J-J . iinpliiviata were very common 

 amongst sallow and alder. A few Mesoleiiea ocdlata and \L ulbiciilata 

 were beaten out of bushes, the former being by far the commoner of 

 the two insects. Eidype hastata has been decidedly scarce this season, 

 as a rule a fair number of specimens are taken each year by beating 

 the birches in marshy places. XanthorhiJe tristata, as usual, swarmed 

 nearly everywhere, this somewhat local species is probably, with the 

 exception of Mdenydris didyinata, the most common Geometer in this 

 district. Xanthorhoe montanata was abundant everywhere. Coremia 

 ferrugata and Amoebe viridaria were abundant in every wood, Coreinia 

 denignata occurred in most wooded places, (Jainptogrannna bilineata was 

 very common everywhere, Cidaria ftdvata and C. corylata were to be 

 beaten out of hedges and bushes in most places but were taken more 

 commonly at dusk, Anaitis plagiata was not so common as usual this 

 year, Odezia atrata swarmed in one spot at Crumlin and in another 

 near Abertillery. This species is exceedingly local but very abundant 

 where it occurs. 



[To he concluded.) 



Retrospect of a Coleopterist for 191 1. 



By Prof. T. HUDSON BEAKE, B.Sc, F.K.S.E., F.E.S. 



{Concluded from page 117.) 



Articles and Notes. — A number of extremely interesting articles 



and notes have been published in the columns of the Eiit. Mo. Mag. 



and the Ent. Record during the past year, and I now propose to discuss 



briefly these articles and notes. 



Mr. J. Edwards has contributed two articles, one entitled " A 

 Revision of the British Species of Haliplua, Jjiiive'Ale " {Ent. Mo. Mag., 

 vol. xlvii., p. 1), and the other "On Centhorhyiultiis inargittatiis, Payk., 



