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Coleoptera in the Plymouth district: — I have pleasui'e iu recording the following 

 Coleoptera taken in the Plymouth district, mostly additions to the local list. In 

 damp moss on boulders in the rivers, Homalota currax (taken by Mr. G-. C. Cham- 

 pion last year, when, on a passing visit, I had the pleasure of his company for a few 

 hours in Bickleigh Woods), H. camhrica, H. pavens, and S. hygrotopora ; Gnypeta 

 ccBrulea (not common), Ancyrophorus aureus (frequent), and A. omalinus (one) ; 

 Quedius aurioomus (several in the river at Ivy bridge and also in a small tributary 

 of the River Lyd, Dartmoor), Q. lonqicornis (one specimen, in hedge clippings, in 

 the lane leading to Ugborough Beacon, Dartmoor) ; Homalota longula (taken by 

 Mr. Champion at Bickleigh, and by Mr. E. A. Newbery beside a small stream at 

 Mount Edgcumbe last August), H. elegantula (one, in garden refuse). Qyrinus 

 urinator (River Plym). Exomias pyrenaus is again appearing in its habitat of last 

 year. I found that the species was more or less immature in March — April, 1897, 

 whilst in June — July damaged specimens occurred, when the insect suddenly dis- 

 appeared, and I could not get a single example. In March — April this year the same 

 conditions occurred, so that probably the beetle is single brooded and passes the 

 winter in the pupal state. Ceuthorrhynchus viduatus (one, hj sweeping). — Jambs 

 H. Keys, Sea View Avenue, Lipson, Plymouth : April, 1898. 



LcemopMoeus ater, Oliv.,Sfc.,at Chilbolton, Hants. — The following species of Co/eo- 

 ptera, amongst others, were found by Mr. Champion and myself at Chilbolton, near 

 Andover, on April 8th — llth : — Lcemophloeus ater, 01. {spartii, Curtis), in plenty in 

 the burrows of Phlaeophthorus rhododactylus, under the bark of dead stems of furze. 

 Westwood and Curtis record it from the stems of broom. The Lcemophloeus is said 

 to be parasitic on the Phlceophthorus, but we were unable to verify this, both beetles 

 being in the perfect state. Philonthus lucens (1), P. decorus (in plenty), Bythinus 

 Burrelli (cj), Silpha quadripunctata, Tropiphorus carinatus, &c., in moss in Hare- 

 wood Forest, where the usual run of Coleoptera occurring in the nests of Formica 

 rufa were met with, including Dinarda MdrJceli, Quedius brevis, Xantholinus atratus, 

 Myrmetes piceus, Dendrophilus pygmcBus, Monotoma conicicollis and M.formiceto- 

 rum, &c. In the marshy ground by the River Test we noted Calodera riparia 

 Ocyusa picina, Tachyusa atra, Lathrobium filiforme, Pcederus riparius and P. 

 fuscipes, Bagous tempestivus, Hydrana ripai-ia, Sydroporus marginatus, Agabus 

 paludosus and A. didymus, &c. — R. W. Lloyd, St. Cuthbert's, Thurleigh Road, 

 Balham, S.W. : April 15th, 1898. 



Coleoptera on a Yorkshire moor. — About eight miles west of Scarborough, in a 

 hollow among noble hills, lies the little hamlet of Langdale End. A mountain stream 

 runs on either side of it, and a few hundred yards to the north of it a long and pe- 

 culiar looking ridge rises with singular abruptness to a considerable height. West of 

 this great ridge lie extensive low moors, wearing a particularly barren and lifeless 

 appearance, especially in the spring months, before the ling has begun to grow. I 

 found them, however, productive of some very interesting beetles at the close of 

 April, when I spent a few hours fishing the streams and turning over the loose 

 stones which are scattered over them in profusion. Almost the first stone I turned 

 over revealed a specimen of Pteroslivhus lepidus, and a few minutes after I took 



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