1894.] 163 



Sarpalus discoideus, Saltwood, Kent, August 24tli ; Sippodamia tredecimpunctata, 

 Addington Park, Kent, September 3rd ; Molytes germanus, Addington Park, Kent, 

 September 10th. — Horace Donisthoepe, 73, West Cromwell Koad, South Ken- 

 sington : February 4tk, 1894. 



Tyrochroa pectinicornis in Serefordshire. — On the let June, Dr. Wood and 

 myself made an exploration in the Herefordshire portion of the Black Mountains, 

 where northern species occasionally reward our search. There was a cold wind, and 

 no insects would move. Dr. Wood was, however, rewarded by finding mines of 

 Lithocolletis vacciniella, and others that appear to be those of Nepticula Weaveri, 

 if so, new to the district. In an old birch stump I found 2 (J , 1 $ of Pyrochroa 

 pectinicornis, and two larvse thereof were also seen. According to Fowler's Coleop- 

 tera, this species has hitherto only been taken in Scotland. — T. A. Chapman, 

 Pirbank, Hereford : June, 1894. 



Odontceus mohilicornis at Wolcing. — When walking with Mr. and Mrs. Champion 

 on the 13th May on the high road at Woking, I picked up a beetle, which proved to 

 be a female of the above extremely rare insect. I believe the last specimen that 

 occurred in this country was one which I have never recorded, though it presented 

 itself to my collection in an even more simple manner, by alighting on the sheet of 

 paper on which I was writing by lamplight at Shirley Warren, Southampton, 28th 

 June, 1887. The extreme rarity of this species is probably due to subterranean 

 habits. It appears to be even more scarce in Sweden than it is in Britain, if we may 

 judge from the note of Herr Lampa in Ent. Tidskr., xiv, p. 80, for in recording the 

 occurrence of an individual near Malmo last summer, he speaks as if it had occurred 

 only in three localities in that country. — D. Sharp, Cambridge : June Uh, 1894. 



[Mr. Elton found it at Wellington College in 1890 and 1892 ; cf. Ent. Mo. 

 Mag., vol. ii, s. s., p. 109, and vol. iii, p. 288.— Eds.] 



Osphya hipunctata, F., at Chattenden, Kent. — On the afternoon of May 24th, 

 while I was beating hawthorn blossom in one of the " rides " at Chattenden Roughs, 

 a small brown Telephorid-looking beetle tumbled into my net, and puzzled me not a 

 little by its novel appearance. This proved to be a ? specimen of Osphya hipunc- 

 tata, and is, I believe, the first example of this rare and local Heteromerous beetle 

 recorded from Kent. I went to look for it again on the 28th, and in spite of very 

 unfavourable conditions of weather, succeeded in obtaining another ? , almost in the 

 same spot as the first. The hawthorn blossom is nearly over now, but I hope that 

 the much more conspicuous S will be found at Chattenden next year. — James J. 

 Walker, 23, Eanelagh Eoad, Slieerness : May ZOth, 1894. 



Throscus elateroides, Heer, at Chatham. — I captured a considerable iiumber of 

 Throsci by sweeping on the extension works at Chatham Dockyard, between 5 and 

 7 p.m. on May 16th. They have been examined by Mr. Champion, and about two- 

 thirds of the number appear to be referable to T. elateroides, Heer, the remainder 

 being T. carinifrons, Bonv. The locality where they were taken is part of the tract 

 of meadow and salt-marsh on the right bank of the Medway below Chatham, 

 formerly known as St. Mary's Island ; but a large portion of its area has been 

 covered with the mud and other refuse resulting from the excavation of the exten- 



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