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taining them were again put out of doors during the second winter on the chance of 

 some of them having seen fit to wait over till " a more convenient season." — Id. 



Coleophora deauratella in the Isle of Purheclc. — After breeding, on July 15th 

 last, the specimen referred to in the preceding note, I was naturally more than ever 

 anxious to meet with C. deauratella in this district, although my efforts so far had 

 always been in vain. On the following day, however, when working along the 

 coast, I noticed a nice patch of purple clover {TrifoUum pratense) in bloom, and 

 immediately paid special attention to it, with the satisfactory result of at once 

 finding my brilliant little friend already out and waiting for me there ! By devoting 

 a good deal of time to it then, as well as on other occasions, I enriched my collection 

 by a short series, taken principally by sweeping, but it is very difficult to get the 

 moths in good condition. Although deauratella has been already recorded from the 

 county, it is a most welcome addition to our local list. — Id. 



Micropteryx Kaltenbachii in the Isle of Purbeck. — On April 22nd last, being 

 in want of some fresh air, and having only a spare half-hour, I visited a neighbouring 

 copse between 4 and 5 p.m. in the faint hope of meeting with this recently-described 

 Micropteryx on hazel (Ent. Mo. Mag., 2nd Series, i, p. 31). My total bag was only 

 four moths, but, as good luck would have it, the very first moth that I beat out and 

 netted proved to be a nice specimen of the insect which was the special object of my 

 visit ! On two or three subsequent days I spent some hours working for it in the 

 brilliant sunshine, but only secured half-a-dozen all told : it seemed to occur only 

 where the copse wood was quite high, which made it difiicult to work for, as one 

 could only sweep or beat along the edges of the narrow rides. I was unable to have 

 a good search for the larvae at the right time, but at odd moments I found three or 

 four about full-fed, and noticed a few hazel leaves that had been lately tenanted by 

 them. This is the first recorded occurrence of M. Kaltenbachii in the county of 

 Dorset. — Id. 



Note on the genus Storthephora, Mdklin. — The genus Storthephora was pro- 

 posed by Maklin in 1870 (Act. Soc. Fenn., x, p. 658), for two species from Tropical 

 South America, and referred by him to the Lagriidce. He appears to have been 

 unaware that the same genus had long before been figured and described, under the 

 name Paratenetus, by Spinola (Essai Monogr. sur les Clerites, ii, p. 116 [1844]), who 

 placed it in the Cleridw. Erichson, Motschulsky, and Leconte and Horn refer 

 Paratenetus to the group Heterotarsides of the Tenebrionidce ; it was omitted alto- 

 gether by Lacordaire. The genus is confined to the New World, and ranges from 

 the United States to Brazil. The larger species somewhat i-esemble Lyprops of the 

 Heterotarsides ; the smaller ones have much the facies of certain species of Corti- 

 caria or Cryptophagus. They agree in having a 3-jointed club to the antennae, the 

 club in some species being very much larger in the male than in the female ; 

 denticulate or crenate lateral margins to the thorax, in some species with a very long 

 tooth at the anterior angle ; the upper surface coarsely, irregularly punctured, and 

 hairy ; the anterior tibiae in the male usually, but not always, armed with a short 

 tooth on the lower side about the middle. 



Numerous species of Paratenetus from Central America have been described 

 by myself (Biol. Centr.-Am., Col., iv, 1, pp. 238—243, 544— 547).— G. 0. Champion, 

 Horsell, Woking : December \2th, 1892. 



