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Hy. J. Turner on May ist last, and is recorded by F. B. 

 Jennings in " Conchological Journal," 1904, p. g6. On page 

 106 of the same Journal jMr. Denison Roebuck gives an 

 interesting account of the discovery in some numbers in pine 

 forests, situated in four different places in Scotland, of the 

 little slug Limax tenellus, which was beginning to have a 

 somewhat shadowy claim to our Fauna. All naturalists will 

 welcome the re-establishment of this member of Limacidse, 

 which are none too common in our islands. 



We now arrive at the Insecta, and the names of the new 

 species combined form rather an overpowering phalanx, and 

 I therefore propose only to read out to you those which 

 appear the most interesting. To the Coleoptera eight new 

 species have been added : 



Auloniiim sulcatum (Oliv.) is rare on the Continent. It 

 was discovered in July last by Mr. C. J. C. Pool at Enfield, in 

 all its stages, showing that it was not absolutely a chance 

 capture ; but unless it is found in other British localities its 

 record as British seems likely to be a short one, for bricks 

 and mortar will, I fear, soon exterminate it in Enfield. 



Ocyusa nigrata (Fair), taken by Mr. Claude Morley in 

 Suffolk in 1900, but first recorded by Mr. Newberry, in the 

 " E. M. M.," 1904, p. 251. 



Criocephalus rusticus (Dej.), taken by Col. Yerbury in 

 Scotland this year. This differs from many of the new 

 insecta of 1904 in being of a large size. It is now in the 

 collection of the British Museum (" E. M. M.," 1905, p. 15). 



Eiicomms nidklini, taken by Dr. Norman Joy in Berkshire 

 in 1901, but first described as British in 1904 (" E. M. M.," 



1904, p. 6). 



Catopssericatus, separated from C. sericeus by Mr. Champion 

 ("E. M. M.," 1904, p. 78). 



Malachius barnevillei, taken by Mr. Thouless at Hun- 

 stanton in 1899 and recorded by Mr. Champion ("E. M. M.," 



1905, p. 15). 



Agathidium hadium, taken by Dr. Chaster under bark, near 

 Lake Ulleswater, in 1903 (" Ent. Rec," 1904, p. 18). 



Longitarsus curtus, taken by Mr. Tomlin in the Isle of Man 

 in 1903 (" E. M. M.," 1904, pp. 60 and 179). 



DiPTERA. — The dipterists have been most active during 

 the last year, and their efforts have culminated in the dis- 

 covery of no less than twenty-seven new species, of which 

 three are new to science. 



Callicera yerburyi (Verr.) was taken in 1904 in Scotland 

 by Col. Yerbury (" E. M. M.," 1904, p. 229). 



