22 COLEOPTERA. 



Mr. Moncreaff's captures in the neighbourhood of South- 

 sea appear to me to be more interesting to British 

 Coleoptei'ists tban anything that has occurred for many 

 years ; and his records of Drypta as connected with 

 Antlioxanthum odoratumj Homaloplia rurlcohi from 

 blackthorn, Lucanus from elm, Hedobia from bramble, 

 3Iagdalrnus cerasi on elm, 3Iecinus circulatus from 

 Planta(jo coronopus, Sylohius on thistles, Brachytarsus 

 scabrosus from furze, and Stenostola feri'ea from hazel, are 

 also noteworthy. 



The following minor observations have appeared in the 

 Ent. Mo. Mag. :— the Rev. H. S. Gorham's identification 

 of the '* Hop-flea" as Psylliodes attenuatus; Mr. A Miiller's 

 note of indications of reasoning power in Ceuthorhynchus 

 svlcicollu; Dr. Buchanan White's observations on the 

 Coleoptera of Strath-glass, Inverness-shire; Mr. Hislop's 

 list of Morayshire beetles, including several species new to 

 Scotland, and the Rev. Mr. Soraerville's notes on the earlier 

 stages of certain Scotch Phytophaga; the recognition by 

 Dr. Kraatz of Donacia comari as a good species ; the hints of 

 M. M. Bellevoye and Abeille de Perrin as to habits of ? of 

 Drilus Jlavescens ; and Mr. J. F. Scott's note on the occur- 

 rence of several Opilus mollis and Callidium variabile at 

 *' sugar." 



In *^ Newman's Entomologist," Mr. Cordeaux's remarks 

 on the oeconomy oi Ceuthorltynchus contractus, and Mr. Ro- 

 mane's account of vast numbers of an un-named Gallernca 

 floating on the sea, on the north-east coast, seem deserving 

 of notice. 



Of work by continental entomologists reported during 

 the past year as specially interesting to us, there is but little 

 to record. 



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