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others lack, and its range appears to be soirthern. I have taken it 

 not uncommonly in dead leaves near Brockenhurst and seen specimens 

 from Wicken, the Isle of Wight and other southern localities. 



L. quadrat Kill, Payk., is the largest and stoutest of the species under 

 discussion and its comparatively very long elytra readily separate it 

 from any of them. It is not a very common species, but is widely 

 distributed, and I have taken it as far north as Glasgow. 



L. ti'nninatinii, Grav., is certainly the commonest of these species 

 and the more or less distinct apical light spots on the elytra easily 

 distinguish it, the legs are rather variable in -colour but are usualty of 

 a clear reddish testaceous. It appears to be distributed over the entire 

 kingdom, and I have taken it as far north asflnverness-shire and afe far 

 west as Co. Clare. "^ 



var. atripalpe, Scriba. This form, although originally described as 

 a species, is now generally, and one cannot but doubt rightly, regarded 

 as merely a melanic form of L. tenmnatum. The colour of the palpi, 

 from which it takes its name, is in no sense distinctive, and except in 

 the absence of the elytral spot and the general darker colour of the 

 legs it differed in no respect from the type. The var. immaciilatiim 

 of Fowler is virtually synomjaiiic with it, but if it be desired to retain 

 the Fowlerian name, var. inniiandatinii, Fowler, might be reserved for 

 the form with clear testaceous legs such as the type usually possesses 

 and which is more prevalent in the south and midlands of England, 

 and var. atrijialpc, Scriba, for that with darker, sometimes almost black, 

 legs, which is frequent in Ireland, Wales, the North of England, and 

 abundant in many localities in Scotland. 



L. piinctatiwi, Zett., can be recognised by its very short, coarsely 

 and closely punctured elytra and broad thorax ; the legs are always 

 dark. It appears to be the rarest of this group, and confined to 

 northern and mountainous districts. I have taken it on Ben Lomond, 

 and Mr. E. C. Bedwell has a specimen from the same mountain. Mr. 

 F. H. Day takes it sparingly on the mountains of Cumberland, and I 

 have seen a few other specimens in Scotland, but I know of no English 

 record south of Westmoreland. 



In conclusion I must acknowledge in the preparation of the above 

 notes the valuable assistance of the late Herr Ganglbauer, of Herr J. 

 Breit, and of Captain St. Claire Deville. 



Notes on some of the Lepidoptera of the " Breck " District. 



By Lieut.-Col. C. G. NURSE, F.E.S. 

 The paper by the Rev. C. Thornewill in the October number of 

 the Kntoiiiolixjist's Uecnrd tempts me to take up my pen and write what 

 I know of some of the species mentioned by him. Many of them I 

 have known from boyhood, now, alas, over 30 years ago, and as I have 

 been for the past six or seven years living on the edge of the " Breck" 

 country, my knowledge of some of the insects is "extensive and 

 peculiar." I believe all, or nearly all, the species referred to by Mr. 

 Thornewill are somewhat periodic in their appearance, more so than 

 is the case with the majority of the Lepidoptera. I shall give instances 

 that have come under my notice as regards this when I refer to each 

 species. 



