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friend, Col. T. Jermyn, with whom I was collecting, tells me that he 

 has seen other large specimens in the same wood. 



Pieris napi. — On May 2nd, 1920, I took a male at Wembdon near 

 Bridgewater with the right forewing of a different tint from the other 

 three wings, and with the black markings indicated by a pale ochreous 

 brown in strong contrast to the left forewing which is normally 

 grey tipped. 



Donacia sericea, L. — On December 26th, 1905, I took two 

 specimens of this beetle alive at the Lea,d Mines, Priddy, near Wells, 

 Somerset, surely an unusual date to dredge this summer beetle from a 

 pond. — E. Long, The Grove, Wembdon, Bridgewater. 



Melitaea athalia and Plusja moneta in Somerset. — I had the 

 good fortune to capture two specimens of Melitaea athalia in a locality 

 some 1,200 ft. above sea level and within 10 miles of Minehead, on 

 June 16th, 1919. I understand that this is a new record for the 

 county. I have also to note that I netted three specimens of Plnsia 

 moneta in my garden between Jane 21st and July 2nd, 1919. So far 

 as I can learn this is the most westerly locality for this insect in 

 Somerset. — J. P. Bird, Alcombe Cote, Minehead, Somerset. 



Notes on Coccinellidae taken in 1920. — It will be of interest per- 

 haps to record the following captures of interesting Coccinellidae in 

 Surrey during the past year. 



1. C. 10-punctata, L., var. conjiiiens, Haw. — I was fortunate enough 

 to take a single specimen of this striking aberration while beating 

 elders in May at Ashstead, Surrey. This form has been described in 

 vol. vi., Fowler and Donisthorpe. and is also figured at pi. 12, fig. 7 

 in the same volume, where a misprint occurs in the date 1807, which 

 should be 1812. The original description by Haworth in the Trans. 

 Ent. Soc. Lond., 1812, vol. 1, p. 278, is as follows : — 



" B. confluent, thoracis maculis septem 



" confluentibus maculisque tribus centralioribus 



"elytrorum, valde confluentibus in maculam 



" magnam bilobatam puncto rubro relicto, 



" earum medio . . . ." 



This Ladybird is evidently rare, as I can find records only of its 

 having been taken by the Bev. T. Shrimshire, who sent his specimen 

 to Haworth to name, and in 1909 by Mr. Horace St. John Donis- 

 thorpe at Darenth Wood (Ent. Rec. xxi., 1909, p. 136), previous to 

 my capture in May last. I may add that I have also taken four 

 specimens, all exhibiting the same marking on the elytra, but lacking 

 the confluent spots on the thorax, which appear to be the crucial test 

 for this aberration. I have compared my specimen with the one in 

 Mr. Donisthorpe's collection and I find mine in every respect identical 

 with his, except that mine proves to be larger, while the " red spot " 

 in the centre of the " lobed patch " is also much larger. Mr. Donis- 

 thorpe confirms my identification. 



2. C. 7-punctata, L., ab. 5-notata, Haw.- — In February my brother, 

 Mr. S. C. Leman, while sweeping furze at Oxshott took this aberra- 

 tion, in which the 2nd spot is missing. The original description is to 

 be found in the Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1812. vol. 1, pp. 270-1, and 

 is as under : — 



