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- Agbalus dilatipes, sp. nov. 
Medium sized, ovate. Dark chestnut brown, neous shining ; the 
- margins and elytral punctures faintly metallic green ; the breast also 
dark green wneous; legs short and stout, the hind tibia of the g 
sharply angulate within at the posterior third, the angulation 
furnished with long yellow hair. 
Type, 2 ¢,1 9, Paraguay (Dr. Bohis). 
Length, 4 mm. 
Form convex, front with a small fovea, or subsulcate, the 
_ transverse depression feeble ; punctuatiow fine, sparse on the 
vertex ; thoracic punctuation excessively fine and even, slightly 
thicker and coarser at the sides ; elytra closely punctuate, arranged 
‘in striate form, coarser at the sides, and finer at the apex, and 
with slightly costate intervals, especially in. the ¢; transverse 
depression feeble. 
The dilation of the ¢ tibia causes the apex beyond the angle 
to appear emarginate. ; 
If I am correct in my identification of Colaspis humeralis, 
Baly, it occurs from St. Catharina, Brazil, running from the 
form having red humeral spots to uniform coloured elytra. The 
descriptions seem to agree perfectly, but the species seem much 
more naturally placed in Agbalus than Colaspis, coming next — 
Agbalus plagiatus, Lef. 
(To be continued.) 
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 
We hear that Esher Common (or Claremont Woods), which 
naturalists of west and south London know so well, may possibly be 
turned into golf-links. The Esher and Dittons Urban District 
Council has been approached by a syndicate for this purpose. If 
this comes about the value of the common as a lung of west and 
south London will be removed, and the very interesting and 
characteristic fauna and flora will be destroyed. Having regard to 
the present need of producing timber, the common should surely be 
allowed to reatforest itself, which it has already begun to do. 
PoLYGONIA C-ALBUM ON THE Cotswoups.—It may be of interest 
to record that on July 4th I saw a fine, dark example of P. c-albwm 
at Owlpen, near Nailsworth, on the Cotswold Hills.—B. A. Coney ; 
Pucklechureh, Gloucestershire. 
HREBIA EPIPHRON IN 1921.—On June 27th in a certain favoured 
spot very high up in Cumberland, I saw Hpiphron flying in hundreds, 
but already in well-worn condition. Hight days before I was on 
Helvellyn and on the look-out for them, but did not see a single 
-example.—B. A. Conny; Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire. 
EARLY AND LATE OccURRENCES OF HxEsPERIA MALV2.—In reply 
to Mr. Jaques’ inquiry in the June ‘Entomologist, I may say that, 
although I have recorded earliest dates for H. malve for thirty-two 
years, there is among them none earlier than May 5th, 1906. But 
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