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be generally known. It is that several species of Plusia come to the 

 flowers of the hedge woundwort [Stachys). I have never seen the name 

 of this plant in the list of natural attractions, hut of some Plusias I 

 could have captured large numbers, so attractive is it. During the past 

 summer the following species were captured at Stachys: — Abrostola 

 urticce, A. triplasia, Plusia chrysitis, P. gamma, P. iota, and P. pulchrina. 

 Of these species P. chrysitis and P. pulchrina were the most numerous, 

 but both species of Abrostola were fairly common. P. iota and 

 P. gamma were scarce. — W. A. Bogue ; Spring Cottage, Shepton 

 Mallet. 



[Barrett (Lep. Brit. vol. vi.) mentions the following Labiate as 

 being attractive to species of Plusia : — Ballota nigra and other Labi- 

 ates (P. chrysitis), Stachys palustris and S. syhatica (P. festucce), and 

 Teucrium scorodonia (P. interrogation,! s) ; the blossoms of various labi- 

 ate plants are visited for their honey by P. iota. Several species of 

 the Labiatfe, especially Lamium and Stachys, are among the known larval 

 food-plants of P. bractea, P. chrysitis, P. gamma, P. iota, and P. pul- 

 chrina. — Ed.] 



Notes on Coleoptera in South-west Surrey. — The following is a 

 list of Coleoptera taken in this district during 1901 : — Cychrus ros- 

 tratus, L. : I took two specimens of this Carabid in July, and one of 

 them exhibited traces of three irregular lines on each wing-case. 

 Carabus monilis, F., C. violaceus, L., were plentiful on paths and under 

 stones. C. granulatus, L., in the rotten wood of fallen trees and 

 under stones on Peasmarsh. Creophilus maxillosus, L., abundant on 

 dead animals. Pader.us caligatus, Er. : I found this for the first time 

 on Peasmarsh on Feb. 21st. Xantholinus fulgidus, F., in decayed 

 wood. Ocypus olens, Mull., occurred frequently. Aromia moschata, L., 

 in July, on willows. Cetonia aurata, L., common on roses. Lucanus 

 cervus, L., occurred from about July 2nd, the males being far more 

 plentiful than the females. Prionus coriarius, L., one female taken on 

 July 24th, while flying against a window at night. Melolontha vulgaris, 

 F., Rhizotrogus solstitialis, Latr., very plentiful. Phyllopertha hordeola, 

 L., frequently during the daytime in June, at rest on oak. Strangalia 

 arniata, Herbst.. occurred frequently on flowers. Geotrupes typhmis, L., 

 common at Puttenham in early spring, in the loose sandy soil. I ob- 

 served several dragging pellets of rabbits' excrement into their burrows. 

 They varied much in colour, some having castaneous elytra. Do reus 

 parallelopipedus, L., abundant. On March 26th 1 found larvae, pupaa, 

 and several imagines in one piece of decayed oak, Necropkorus 

 humator, F., common on dead animals. A r . mortuorum, F., occurred 

 only once, on a dead rat near Eashing. Cicindela campestris, L., fairly 

 common on sandy soil. Notiophilus biguttatus, F., common on ploughed 

 fields. N. aquaticus, L., occasionally on Peasmarsh. Geotrupes sterco- 

 rarius, Er., abundant everywhere. G. vemalis, L., occasionally in 

 cowdung. Timarcha laevigata, L., on grassy banks. Aphodius fime- 

 tarius, L., plentiful in cowdung. Balaninus villosus, Herbst., on oak- 

 trees. Malthodes marginatus, Latr., under bark and in C'ossHs-infected 

 trees. Blaps mucronata, Latr., common in cellars and outhouses. 

 Pterostichus madidus, F., P. athiops, Panz., P. vulgaris, L., P. striula, F., 

 P. versicolor, Sturm., under stones and logs of wood. Lampyris nocti- 



