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have in my collection females with the mass still attached in 

 situ.—R. M'Lachlan, in Ent. Mo. Mag. p. 216. 



[I have so often observed the habit of retaining the eggs 

 by some glutinous secretion after extrusion, that I incline to 

 think it characteristic of the family. — Edward Nervman.'] 



141. New British Coleoptera. — In the 'Entomologist's 

 Monthly Magazine ' for March, Dr. Power mentions four ad- 

 ditions to our list of British Coleoptera — 1, Agriotes pilosus 

 of Fabricius, an Elater having the colour and pubescence of 

 Agriotes sputator; 2, Lebia haemorrhoidalis, taken in a wood 

 near Devizes ; 3, Oxythyrea stictica, taken on rose-flowers 

 on the Lancashire coast, in June, 1822 ; and 4, Brachinus 

 glabratus of Stephens : these are added by Mr. Sidebotham, 

 but concerning the habitat of the first and the name of the 

 last there seems to be some little doubt. It will doubtless 

 be recollected that the B. glabratus of Stephens was sunk as 

 a variety of B. crepitans by Dawson, in his ' Geodephaga 

 Britannica;' and Mr. Rye appears to think Dr. Power's in- 

 sect an example of B. explodens of Duftschmidt. Will Mr. 

 Crotch kindly express an opinion on this matter ? 



142. Hyhernation ofCidaria miata. — The Rev. E. Horton, 

 of Worcester, and Mr. Barrett, of Haslemere, have noticed as 

 new the fact of Cidaria miata hybernating in the imago state : 

 this is invariably the case. — Edward Newman. 



143. Rhafjonycha translucidus at Darenih. — I took a spe- 

 cimen of this beetle — named with doubt in the revision of 

 the genus (Entom, 171) — in Darenth Wood on the 21st of 

 last June : it agrees very well with the description given in 

 the paper alluded to, to which I was at once able to refer it. 

 — George Stockley ; 7, Hope Terrace, Bromley, March 23. 



144. Borboropora Saulcyi, a new British Brachelytron. 

 — In the ' Entomologist's Monthly Magazine ' for March, Dr. 

 Power records the occurrence of this insect at Micklehara, 

 where he took one specimen by sweeping, on the 13th of 

 July, 1862. The genus Borboropora may be distinguished 

 from any other in the group by its very large subquadrate 

 head, and the peculiar formation of the oral organs, the man- 

 dibles being very slender and produced, and the right one 

 having a large strong tooth at the base ; the labial palpi are 

 subacuminate at the apex. B. Saulcyi is thus described by 

 Kraatz : — " Depressed, nigro-piceous, shining, with a gray 



