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Calcutta, appears to be a very little over 10 inches, In the ‘ Fauna 
of British India,’ Sir George Hampson gives 250 mm. as the expanse 
of wings for a female of this species. It would be interesting to 
know what size these handsome moths can attain. Will anyone in 
touch with a big European collection let us know if this 11-inch 
specimen of the Himalayas can be surpassed? I was informed that 
it was taken quite recently by the roadside near Bhowali, at an 
altitude of 4000-5000 ft. above the sea-level—J. C. Moutton; 
4th Wiltshire Regt., Calcutta, July 26th, 1916. 
A Lepiporterist’s Incipentan CoLtEoprErA.—Each year since 
1913 I have spent the greater part of the month of June at Brocken- 
hurst in Hampshire. Although Lepidoptera were the chief quarry, 
any other insects that presented themselves during the daily ramble 
were noted or, when unrecognised, boxed or bottled for subsequent 
identification. The following list of Coleoptera may therefore be of 
interest as indicating some of the more or less noteworthy species 
that fall, among a host of commoner things, into a ‘“ Bignel tray”’ 
when hawthorn blossom and the boughs of oak, birch, fir, etc., are 
worked for lepidopterous larve in the New Forest. For the deter- 
mination of some of the more closely allied species I am greatly 
indebted to Mr. G.C. Champion. The fall of a number of species 
belonging to other families, chiefly Curculionide, also resulted from 
beating operations ; identification of these is still incomplete. 
CrRAMBYCIDE: Clytus mysticus, L., one specimen in 1915 and 
four in 1916; beaten from hawthorn bloom. Rhagiwm bifasctatwm, 
F., several specimens from hawthorn blossom and one from buck- 
thorn flowers; the latter has the fasciz unusually broad. Toxotus 
meridianus, L., one ¢ beaten from buckthorn blossom, others from 
hawthorn. Anoplodera sexguttata, F., one in 1915 and one in 1916; 
the latter from a pine-tree. Grammoptera tabaciolor, De G., three 
specimens in 1915, only one secured in 1916; hawthorn. .Gram- 
moptera analis, Pz. a single specimen in 1916 from buckthorn 
flowers. Grammoptera preusta, F., one in 1915 and two in 1916, 
from hawthorn. Grammoptera ruficornis, F., very common in 1916 
at hawthorn blossom, only a few noticed in 1915. 
Lamupa&: Tetrops preusta, L., one specimen in 1915. Lezopus 
nebulosus, L., several specimens, but most frequently observed in 
1916. 
EvaterRip#: LHlater sanguinolentus, Schr., very local, but not 
scarce in one small area, from the flowers of gorse, especially in 1915; 
a few specimens were also beaten from pine-trees. Varied consider- 
ably in the amount of black on elytra; in a few examples the black 
was entirely absent; one or two specimens of the orange form were 
also obtained. Hiater elongatulus, L., six specimens were beaten out 
in 1916, but only one in 1915. Melanotus rufipes, Hbst., three were 
secured in 1915, one only in 1916. Athous vittatus, F., one in 1915, 
several in 1916. Athouws hirtus, one in 1915, at gorse bloom. Corym- 
bites tessellatus, F., one in 1915, three in 1916; at gorse and pine. 
Corymbites querciis, Gyll., possibly I failed to detect this species 
among the many “ Elaters”’ that fell into the beating tray ; anyway, 
ENTOM.—OcroseEr, 1916. x 
