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Coleopfera at Shiere in July. — Thanks to the kind hospitality of Dr. Caproii, I 

 had a few days collecting in this prolific locality last July. Although nothing 

 turned up in numbers, I met with a few very good things, wiiich are, I think, worth 

 recording. In sandpits we found Tachyusa scitula, Bledius longulus, Oxypoda 

 hrarhyptera, Cyclirus rostratus, and Syntoinium cBneum. By evening sweeping the 

 be?t things obtained were : Triarthron Mdrkelli (2), Anisotoma duhia and calcarata, 

 Trichonyx sttlcicollis (1), Thalycra sericea, and ScydmcBnus anguJatus. On a paling 

 I took a single specimen of Conopalpus teslaceus, and Di'. Capron met with another 

 by sweeping. — Id. 



Rhizopliagus cribratiis, Gyll., at Orchardton, Castle Douglas, N.B. — It may be 

 interesting to mention that to-day I took Rhizophagus cribratus, Gyll., in abundance, 

 in a dead hedgehog. I have previously taken it here very sparingly under bark, 

 and once found two upon pheasant drop])ings. It occurred in and on the animal, 

 which I may add was exceedingly " high." R. cribratus had not been recorded 

 from Scotland until I took a single specimen some years ago. — W. D. R. Douglas, 

 Orchardton, Castle Douglas, N.B. : April ^Qth, 1890. 



The food-plant of Tituarcha tenebricosa, F. (IcBvigata, Duft.). — Col. Linley 

 Blathwayt writes to me as follows : — " I saw in your note to T. tenebricosa (Biit. 

 Col., iv, p. 301) that you have not observed its preference for Oaiium as a food- 

 plant. There is a lane here in which this beetle abounds, and I have noticed dozens 

 in the act of feeding, but never as either larvae or imagos have I found them feeding 

 on anything but Galium. Meloe violacens swarms in the same lane ; and in nine 

 cases out of ten I have found them feeding on leaves and flowers of the lesser 

 celandine, but occasionally I have found them eating grass." — W. W. Fowler, 

 Lmcoln : JUay 6th, 1890. 



Scymnus arcuatus and other Coleopiera near Box Hill, Surrey. — Early in April 

 I spent an afternoon searching for Coleoptera in the neighbourhood of Box Hill, 

 with a friend interested in the same quest. Together we were well rewarded for the 

 time spent, considering the early date and rather showery weather. 



Early in the afternoon I obtained a specimen of Scymnus arcuatus by beating 

 ivy on a tree. This seems to have been by a happy chance, for although we spent a 

 good deal of time beating about ivy for more, no further specimens turned up. I 

 have shown this beetle to Mr. Waterhouse at South Kensington, and he thinks it 

 should be recorded. 



Canon Fowler, in his new woi'k, records only one previous capture, a single 

 specimen from ivy. Whether finding it in ivy is a mere coincidence I cannot say ; 

 perhaps some one can give more information about the habits of the species abroad. 

 Possibly more specimens may turn up from Surrey and help to solve the question ; 

 though it is a small insect, its peculiar markings make it rather conspicuous, and 

 hardly likely to be overlooked. 



The following species were also taken on this occasion : — Chrysomela didymata, 

 Lamprosoma concolor, Silpha atrata, Olibrus eeneus, Leistus spinibarbis, Somaliuni 

 jiusilltim, Oxytelus tetracariuatus, Thyamis lurida, Ualtica oleracea, Tachyporiis 



