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statement that C. Wasastjernii lives on Carduus hetero- 

 ph7/llus in shady places. 



Of many rare or interesting species recorded as taken in 

 Britain since the publication of the last "Annual," the 

 following appeal' especially worthy of notice : — 



Blemns longicornis and Bemhidium anglicanum, Sharp, 

 in Cumberland, and Agahus tarsatus in Northumberland* 

 by Mr. Bold; Brachonyx indigena^ Pissodes Jiotatus, Gym- 

 nusa bi^evicollis and Mycetoporus lacidus, in Morayshire, and 

 Magdalimis dupUcatus on Deeside, by Mr. Hislop; Agahus 

 Solieri, $ and ? (Mam Suil), Dytiscus lapponicus, Pyr- 

 rochroa pectinicornis and Zeugophora Turntri (not rare, on 

 aspens), in Inverness-shire, by Dr. Buchanan AVhite; the 

 second recorded British specimen oi Myceto'phagusfulmcollis^ 

 at Dall, Rannoch, Silpha dispar in some numbers at Loch 

 Leven, Rhizophagus crihratus plentifully in fungoid growth 

 on an oak-root, Apteropeda globosa and Heterothops prcevius 

 (in a stable) near Ripon, by Mr. E. A. Waterhouse; Colon 

 Zebei, Crepidodera atropce and Scydmcpnus pumilio at 

 Micklehara, Colon viennense and Anthonomus Checrolatif 

 New Forest, Stenus majors Morden, Leptinus with Formica 

 fuliginosn^ Tilgate, Triplax Lacordairii in some numbers at 

 Darenth (also taken by Mr. O. Janson and Dr. Power), 

 Ceuihorhynchideus frontalis, Bris.,in quantity on Artemisia 

 maritima at Whitstable, unaccompanied by troglodytes, 

 Haliplus mucronatus, Soham, Cambridge, Phyllotreta 

 sinuata, Wicken, Anisoxya fuscula in numbers, Darenth, 

 and Megapenthes tibialis and Anobium denticolle (Turnerian 

 revivals), Richmond Park, by Mr. Champion; Platytarsus 

 setvlosusy Schon. (Strophosomus hirtus, Walton), in primrose 

 roots, in the metiopolis, by Mr. Pelerin; Aleochara rufi- 

 cornis, $ , Llangollen, Scraptia fuscula, Priunocyphon 

 serricornis, Plegoderus dissectus, Lathridius testaceus and 



