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shire by — Temple, Esq., were also presented by F. C. 

 Woodforde, Esq. 



Thirty-seven examples of ChrysopJianus phlaeas, taken on 

 the same bank at Cerne Abbas, Dorset, in the hot August of 

 191 1 and in the cold August of 1912, were presented by the 

 captor, Dr. R. C. L. Perkins, M.A., D.Sc, Jesus College. Of the 

 fourteen 1911 males 8 were dark and 6 intermediate, while the 

 eight 19 12 males were all bright ; the seven 191 1 females were 

 less bright than the eight 1912 females (Proc. Ent. Soc, 191 2, 

 cxxxviii). It is very interesting that the exceedingly hot 

 summer of 191 1 should have thus reproduced in this country 

 the Southern European form of phlaeas, which is well known 

 to be darker than that of the North. It is particularly in- 

 teresting that the specimens should have been taken in the 

 two years in precisely the same locality. 



A very interesting collection of beetles, taken Apr. 26- 

 May 1, 19 1 2, in Tiree, the most south-westerly of the Inner 

 Hebrides, was presented by the captor, H. Donisthorpe, Esq. 

 The series includes 280 pinned specimens or cards of speci- 

 mens, the latter being numerous and well filled. These 

 beetles have been the subject of an interesting paper by 

 W. E. Sharpe, F.E.S., in the Entomologist's Record, 191 3, 

 xxv, pp. 19-23. The author argues that some of the species 

 probably date back to the time when Tiree was continuous 

 with the mainland. 



A ? of the fine Tipulid fly Pachyrrhina crocata from 

 Tubney, near Oxford, was presented by the captor, Mr. Joseph 

 Collins, of the Hope Department, together with the Braconids 

 Caeliniis niger and Pezomachus fasciatus from the same 

 locality. The latter was captured in the net with an example 

 of the ant Myrmica laevinodis (Sept. 15). These two insects, 

 which bore a very close resemblance to each other, have been 

 added to the bionomic collection. 



Two examples of the fly Gastrophilns eqm, from the Great 

 Hangman, Coombe Martin, N. Devon (Sept.), were presented 

 by the captor, Dr. G.-B. Longstaff. 



Six examples of Tortrix pronubana, bred 19 12, from the 

 Bournemouth district, were presented byW. Claxton, Esq. 



