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species normally occurring on Fulmars and Gulls respectively is an 

 interesting point. — William Evans. 



British Limnolbiid Crane-flies; new Species and ne-w 

 Records. — In the Transactions of the Entomological Society of 

 Lofidon for 1921 (pp. 196-230) appears an important and helpful 

 paper by F. W. Edwards on " British Limnobiid^ : some Records 

 and Corrections." The Limnobiid^e are a group of Crane-flies, of 

 which the common Winter Midge {Trichocera) may be taken as a 

 familiar example, distinguished from the more typical Tipulidae, 

 (true Crane-flies or Daddy-long-legs) by their shorter palpi and by 

 the different course of certain of the longitudinal veins near the front 

 margin of the wings. About 120 species have been hitherto recorded 

 from the British Islands, and in the present paper no fewer than 

 fifty-three are added to the list, including fourteen which are 

 described as new to science. In many of the larger genera 

 analytical keys are given, which will be exceedingly helpful in the 

 determination of specimens. It is interesting to note that a great 

 many records (far too numerous to quote) refer to Scotland. Two 

 plates accompany the paper, and are devoted to details of the 

 external genitalia of the males, upon which are founded the most 

 reliable specific characters. 



Spread of the Rove Beetle (Phyllodrepoidea crenata^, 

 Grav.) in Britain. — In supplement to my notes upon the spread 

 of this Beetle in Scotland {Scot. A^at., 1921, p. 99), it is interesting 

 to find it recorded from two English counties in recent numbers of 

 the Entomologisf s Monthly Magazine. In the November number, 

 Mr F. H. Day records a single specimen from Lazonby, in 

 Cumberland, taken during October last, while in the December 

 issue Mr G. B. Walsh mentions the capture of about a dozen 

 specimens near Hexham, in Northumberland, during November 

 1918. In both cases the insect was found beneath the bark of 

 larch. These records are the first indication of the occurrence of 

 crenata in England, and they seem to afford further evidence in 

 support of the theory that the Beetle is at present increasing in 

 numbers and extending its range in this country. — A. Fergusson, 

 Glasgow. 



A Rare Weevil (Rhynchites harwoodi, Joy) in West 

 Perth — This Weevil, which was recently added to the Scottish List 

 on account of four examples taken in Arran {Scot. Nat., 19195 

 p. 168), turned up again at Loch Dhu in the Aberfoyle district, 

 where I beat a couple of specimens from birch during July 1920. — 

 A. Fergusson, Glasgow. 



