78 THE entomologist's record. 



Claude Morley, last September, a few notes on the results may be 

 useful as an addendum to Mr. Morley's Suffolk list. The weather was 

 all that could be desired, and with the aid of bicycles Ave covered a 

 considerable extent of ground. I am greatly indebted to Mr. Morley's 

 able guidance for the chance of taking a number cf species new to me 

 in a living state. I had the good fortune to capture three species new 

 to the Suffolk list, viz., Apion lUsnmile, Sphindm dnbins, and Enne- 

 arthron cornntum. The first-named was swept off its usual food-plant, 

 Trifolium arvenae, in a sandpit near the Foxhall plateau. I had had 

 the pleasure of making the acquaintance of this Apion only the Aveek 

 before at Deal, on the same plant. The Sphindus and Ennrarthron, as 

 Avell as Cia nitidiis, Avere bred out of some fungus Avhich I brought 

 aAvay Avith me. Mr. Morley also added a species neAv to the list in 

 Trachyphloeus spinimanus, of AA'hich a single example turned up in a 

 crag-pit. The foUoAving species also are noteAvorthy : Olibrus pyijmaem, 

 not uncommon at roots of plants ; Olibrus liquidiis, by SA\"eeping, this 

 has only occurred once before in the county ; Nitidida ruripes, seA'eral 

 in the skeleton of a calf at Foxhall, rare in Suffolk ; Nitidida quadri- 

 pnstidata, AAdth the last ; Dermestes ridpinus, uncommon, and not pre- 

 viously taken at Foxhall ; Dacne humendis, bred in some number from 

 a large fungus, and neAV to the Ipswich district ; Phyllotreta consobrina, 

 I swept a feAV of this in Bentley Woods, hitherto only taken at 

 Brandon ; Aphthona Intcscena, not uncommon at Foxhall ; Psylliodes 

 aifinis, I SAvept a specimen of this much suffused AAdth black on the 

 elytra; Mecinus circulatus, a single specimen in a crag-pit, AA^hich par- 

 ticular pit, Mr. Morley tells me, is almost its sole habitat ; Apion 

 rubem, Bentley Woods ; Apion varipes, not uncommon by SAA^eeping ; 

 Bcdaninm turbatiis, one in Bentley Woods off" hazel, of rare occurrence 

 in the county ; (xymnetron melanarinm, one in Bentley Woods, thus 

 confirming the record of Stephens and Curtis as " found in Suffolk " ; 

 it has not been taken since their time ; CcKthorrhynchiis inelanostictns, oft' 

 Mentha, at Foxhall, the pupa-cases are very pretty ; Amalus scortillum, 

 abundant in a crag-pit. — B. Tomlin, B.A., F.E.S., Stancliff'e Hall, 

 Matlock. 



Anthicus bimaculatus, III. — I took four specimens of this rarity 

 on May 3rd last at Pyle, in South Wales, on the sandhills. No two 

 are quite alike, but they vary from the form shoAvn in FoAvler's figure 

 Avith a minute black dot to one Avith a regular black band across the 

 elytra. It Avas an ideal day for sandtraps, Avith a steady wind bloAAang, 

 and the following species Avere taken in the same Avay : Limonius 

 cylindriciis (abundant), CenthorrJiynchus asperifoliarum, Codiodcs fidiyi- 

 nosua, Clioli'va anyiiUata, Hister ncylectus, and Fsajinnobuis sidcicoUis. — 

 Ibid. 



^RTHOPTERA. 



HoAA' DOES THE earavict FOLD ITS AviNGS ? — One evening in the 

 beginning of August last I boxed a specimen of Labia minor, and as 

 it Avas extremely active, and continually flitting about, it gave one 

 ample opportunity for observing the expanding and folding of its 

 Avings. I cannot confirm the statement of Kev. J. G. W^ood [Insects at 

 Home) that the forceps are used. I Avatched the operation not once 

 but many times. The Avings Avere shot out rapidly Avith a jerk, then 



