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bimaculatus, Abdera 4-fasciata, and Trichopteryx ambigua, from 
hornbeam ; and Mesites tardii, from decayed hollies. 
The curious beetle Hylecwtus dermestoides requires a little 
consideration ; the specimens at the bottom of the tree, where 
there is plenty of food, are very large; in the lower boughs they 
are much smaller, and in the small boughs at the top of the 
tree they are only about half or quarter the size of the trunk 
specimens. 
The Ptinelle are curious in their discrimination. Prtinella 
testacea is found mainly on birch, very rarely on oak (under bark 
of dead trees, better standing than lying down) ; Ptinella aptera 
and P. angustula are common on oak, and rare on birch; 
P. brittanica is probably associated with the apple; P. denticollis 
is found on almost any species of tree (willow, pine, mountain 
ash, &c.) 
The curious Anommatus 12-striatus is found in rotting stumps, 
sometimes buried some feet beneath the surface of the ground. 
Langelandia should be looked for under the same conditions. 
The subject of the wood-boring beetles cannot be more than 
touched upon in one paper. Many others, such as Hndophleus, 
Teredus, and other rare Colydiade and Cucujide, might be 
discussed ; a paper might be filled with the habitats of the 
Longicorns, which have hardly been mentioned. We have, 
however, already exceeded our proper limits, and must leave the 
subject. 
The School House, Lincoln, December 12, 1882. 
CAPTURES AND NOTES ON THE SEASON IN WEST 
NORFOLK. 
By Epwarp A. ATMORE. 
Having seen remarks from several of your correspondents on 
‘the Season,” I have resolved to send you a few notes thereon, 
trusting that they may prove interesting to some of your readers. 
At the commencement of the season, a glance at the hedge- 
rows after dusk showed a scarcity of the usually common 
Hibernia rupicapraria and H. progemmaria, which caused me to 
believe that the year would not be a very good one for Lepi- 
dopterists. But in nowise discouraged by the outlook, I sugared 
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