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he had also tried to do the same with his. We must wait until he has 
leisure to dissect some of them and study the matter further. 
Licinus depressus Pk., was found at the roots of Mullein. 
“Lady Birds” were very abundant on the young firs, especially 
Coccinella T-punctata L., but though I examined hundreds of them, 
they only appeared to vary in the size of the body and spots. One 
specimen only has the 1st spot on each elytron somewhat triangular in 
shape, instead of being round. It is well known that aberrations are 
very scarce in this species. 
Hippodamia variegata Goez., was almost equally abundant, but they 
all appeared to belong to the ab. carpini Geot., with the exception of 
one specimen which has the head nearly all white (only the base being 
narrowly black) with four brown spots on the disc; there are four spots 
on each elytron, which are small, with the exception of the 4th and 5th, 
which are larger and joined together by a black band. The usual spot 
at the seutellum is present. Ganelbauer [Adfer Mitteleuropa, 3 ? 1019 
(1899)] writes: ‘“‘The commonest varieties found in the south, in 
which the spots are larger and in part connected with each other, can 
be included under corsica.”” But this will not do; Reiche (Ann. Soc. 
Ent. France, 1862, 299) described an aberration corsica, which was 
common under stones in Corsica, with more marked puncturation, 
head more black, thorax with yellow spots smaller and narrower side 
margins, anterior angles less advanced, posterior angles more obtuse, 
spots on elytra much larger, the 4th and 5th sometimes running into 
each other, etc. Now my insect does not agree with this description 
in any particular, with the exception of the 4th and 5th spots!, it 
would, therefore, be very inaccurate to call it by Reiche’s name, and I 
propose the name ab. ditylotus n. ab., for it. (I may mention that the 
forms of this insect present in my collection are—elytra with 6 spots 
on each, this is the type form; elytra with only 2 spots on each=ab. 
quinguemaculata ¥.; elytra with 3 spots on each=ab. constellata Laich ; 
elytra with 4 spots on each=ab. carpini Geof.; all taken at Hythe, 
September 29th, 1893. None of these abs. appear to have been recorded 
in Britain before, though no doubt they will be present in many collec- 
tions. There are several other abs. menticned in the European Cata- 
logue which may well occur in Britain.) 
Hyening sweeping produced Thalycra sericea Stm., and a fine large 
? of what Janson tells me is Anisotoma pallens Stm. This very rare 
species has only once been taken in Britain before, when three speci- 
mens were swept by Walker on the sandhills at Deal, in 1873. 
Many other common beetles were observed, but are hardly worth 
recording here. 
Some Account of Bridport and its Neighbourhood from the point 
of view of the Lepidopterist, particularly having regard 
to the Geological Distribution of the Species. 
By W. PARKINSON CURTIS, F.E.S. 
Very little is known about the district. My available sources of 
information were :— 
(i.) My own and my wife’s observations. 
(ii.) My. A. E. Webber’s memory and an evening going through 
his collection. 
