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depressiis, and assimilis, Sydroporus septentrionalis, pictus, nigrita, and morio, 

 £latambus maculatiis, Ilyhius ater, Octhehius exsculptus, Sydrcsna testacea, nigrita, 

 gracilis, and pygmcea, Staphylinus stercorarius, Philonthus umhratilis, BaptoUnus 

 alternans, Dianous ccerulescens , Stenus hipunctatus, puhescens, pallitarsis var. niveus, 

 and paUipes, Uledius fracticornis, Omalium pusillum and vile, Agathidium nigrinum, 

 Meligethes morosus, Pocadius ferrugineus, Tps quadripustulatus, Rhizophagus bipus- 

 tulatus and dispar, Cerylon angustatum, Pediacus dermestoides , Anisosticta 19- 

 punctata, Halyzia \4s-guttata, Chilocorus similis, Endomychus coccineus, Elmis 

 ceneus and Volkmari, Potaminus suhstriatus, Corymhites pectinicornis and quercus 

 var. ochropterus, Melandrya carahoides, Rhinoncus perpendicular is, &c., Cissophagus 

 hedercB (a single specimen), Prionus coriarius. — Alfred Thoeniet, South Leverton 

 Vicarage, Notts. : October, 1894. 



Coleoptera from the LaJce District. — I have also received some very interesting 

 species of Coleoptera from the Eskdale district of the Cumberland Lates. They 

 ■were collected by Mr. Binstead between June 20th and July 9th, 1894. Carabus 

 glabratus, a fine series ; C. arvensis, a series showing considerable variation in colour, 

 from black, through dark green, to copper ; along with these a few black specimens 

 of C. catenulatus. Notiophilus substriatus, from near one of the Tarns. Agabus 

 arcticus, from a shallow peaty pool near Angle Tarn, along with A. unguicularis, 

 Hydroporus morio, and several other common water beetles. Donacia comari was 

 very common on water plants in a small Tarn. By beating broom and sweeping, 

 Gonioctena pallida was obtained, and Luperus betulinus in abundance, with a single 

 L. flavipes. The Sternoxi were in great force, and were chiefly obtained by sweeping 

 bracken. Sericosomus brunneus, AtJious niger, Limonius minutus, Cryptohypnus 

 riparius, Corymbites cupreus (out of about eighteen specimens only one was the type 

 form, all the rest being var. aruginosus) ; C. tessellatus, a pair ; Athous vittatus and 

 Agriotes sobrimis. Amongst the Malacodermata, Dascillus cervinus and Lampyris 

 noctiluca were abundant ; and several specimens of Helodes marginata. Amongst 

 the JBrachelytra, three often associated species turned up, Dianous ccerulescens, 

 Stenus Guynemeri, and Quedius auricomus. — Id. 



Eros {Platycis) minutus in Nottinghamshire. — I took a single specimen of this 

 local beetle in a little wood at Treswell near here, on the afternoon of September 

 12th, 1894. We have now records for both minutus and affinis in this county. — Id. 



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BiEMiNGHAM ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY: October \bth, 1894. — Mr. G. T. 

 Bethune-Bakee, Yice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Wainwright showed a small collection of Hymenoptera made chiefly during 

 the present year. Mr. E. C. Bradley showed a small collection of Aculeates made 

 in the New Forest last July, which had been named for him by Mr. Saunders ; it 

 contained "amongst other species Pompilus spissus and Myrmosa melanocephala. 

 Mr. W. Harrison showed insects, including Lyccena Adonis and L. Astrarche, taken 

 in September last on Kodborough Hill, near Stroud ; also Trochilium apiforme, 

 which he had succeeded in breeding from larvae obtained at Arley in April last ; he 



