232 [October, 



Mr. Purdey writes, " I watched this species very closely for nearly a fortnight 

 in the middle of July. It was on the wing from about 8 p.m. till dark, flying over 

 alder and privet bushes, possibly attracted by the blossoms of the latter. It struck 

 me as being quite distinct from the other species, and having difEerent habits. C. 

 Francillonana was to be found at a distance of forty or fifty yards about some wild 

 carrot, from the blossom of which also I swept it with the net." 



To me this pretty species seems to be more closely allied to L. sanguinana from 

 Hungary than to L.Jlagellana, Dup., = eryngiana, Heyd., or to L. Francillonana 

 or dilucidana, its more erect transverse stripes being placed exactly as in that 

 species, and in some degree similarly constricted and broadened, but it does not 

 approach that species in the width and richness of these bands. There is no reason 

 to suppose that either L. sanguinana or L. flagellana exists anywhere in these 

 Islands, and the occurrence of this allied and, to all appearance, absolutely new 

 species, and its present extension of range, is of extreme interest. — Chas. Q-. Barrett, 

 39, Linden Grrove, Nunhead, S.E. : Septemler Vjth, 1898. 



OrthotcBnia ericetana in Scotland. — I found this very abundantly on Ben Lawers 

 on one particular afternoon about 5.30, at a height of about 700 feet above the sea 

 level. Having no net I could only manage to secure six specimens, a work of no 

 little difiiculty, as they were flying very actively and restlessly, to all appearance in 

 anticipation of a thunderstorm, which, however, did not come off. An hour and a 

 half later I revisited the slope, but the weather had become windy, and not a speci- 

 men was to be seen. These examples are not so darkly coloured as those from the 

 South of England. — C. T. Crtjttwbll, Kibworth Rectory, Leicester : August 27th, 

 1898. 



The List of Yorkshire Coleoptera. — On behalf of the Yorkshire Coleoptera 

 Committee appointed at the last Annual Meeting of the Yorkshire Naturalists' 

 Union, I am at present engaged in collecting information on the beetles of Yorkshire, 

 for the purpose of preparing the continuation of the List of Yorkshire Coleoptera 

 commenced some jears ago. The list having been published as far as the end of 

 the Brachelytra {StaphylinidcB), the Clavicornia are now to be dealt with. I shall, 

 therefore, be glad to i-eceive local record-lists and scattered information on this and 

 the succeeding groups from entomologists who have conducted researches in the 

 County in former years, and those who may at the present time be engaged in 

 similar investigations. In incorporating the results of their work in the list, suitable 

 acknowledgment will be made of all such assistance. It is desired that the list shall 

 represent, as far as possible, the state of our knowledge on the subject at the time 

 of its publication. — M. L. Thompson, Hon. Secretary for the Yorkshire Coleoptera 

 Committee, Diamond Street, Saltburn-by-the-Sea : July l^th, 1898. 



Flatystethus alutaceus, Thorns., at Chohham. — In looking over some Platystethi 

 the other day I found an example of this species which I had captured at Chobham 

 in 1878, and put aside as doubtful. The entirely black coloration and the peculiar 

 surface make it easily recognisable. Mr. Champion has seen the specimen, and 

 agrees with me in referring it to the above species. — Edward Saunders, St. Ann's, 

 Woking : August Ibth, 1898. 



