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Upon Deeside a single broken specimen of Magdalinus duplicatus occurred, under 

 the same circumstances as in Morayshire, — Robt. Hislop, Blair Bank, Falkirk, 

 January, 1870. 



Occurence of Dyschirius angustatus, Alir. (jejunus, Daws.), on the south coast. — 

 I was fortunate enough, in October last, to take four specimens of this rare beetle 

 (hitherto resting in our lists on the authority of the two specimens taken by Mr. 

 Bold in Northumberland, and upon which Mr. Dawson's species was founded), by 

 washing sand, along the border of a fresh-water ditch near the ferry, at Hayling 

 Island. The insect can only be compared (of our British species) with a small 

 extensus, Putz. (elongatulus, Daws.) : but is readily distinguishable, as has been 

 already pointed out, by the evident wrinkling on the head (apart from the usual 

 grooves), and by the armature of the anterior tibias; the inner and outer apical 

 spines of which are stout, and of equal length, the toothlets on the external 

 margin, above the outer apical spine, being, moreover (and most especially the 

 lower of the two), very well marked. Mr. Eye has compared my specimens with 

 the examples above alluded to as belonging to Mr. Bold, who most kindly 

 entrusted them to the tender mercies of the post for that purpose. — H. Moncreaff, 

 9, Wish Street, Southsea, Hants, January, 1870. 



Note on Bembidium anglicanum, Sharp. — This species is an old friend of mine, 

 whose acquaintance I made many years ago on the sandy fiats by the Irthing, near 

 Lanercost, Cumberland, where it was in great profusion, in company with B. 

 femoratum, amongst the stones, and generally at some distance from the river. It 

 occurs also on the " Devil's Water," and other of our upland streams. Noticing 

 its red legs and green colour, I sent specimens to Mons. Jacquelin Duval, when he 

 was preparing for publication his paper " De Bembidiis Europseis," and which he 

 returned to me as varieties of femoratum, without expressing any doubt upon the 

 point. This led me to mention it in our catalogue of the insects of Northum- 

 berland and Durham, at page 237, as a " pretty variety " of femoratum, and as 

 such it has since stood in my collection. After a very careful examination of my 

 series of anglicanum and its allies, I am of opinion that, although some of its 

 forms come very close to varieties of femoratum and Bruxellense (less so to small 

 dark littorale), yet it is indeed a good and distinct species, and which I hope will 

 remain a lasting proof of the acumen and unwearied perseverance of its talented 

 sponsor. — Thos. Jno. Bold, Long Benton, Newcastle-on-Tyne, January 10th, 1870. 



Blemus longicornis, Sturm, taken in Cumberland. — This beetle is so rare, that I 

 am induced to record that I have in my collection three specimens, taken by myself 

 out of rejectamenta, on the Irthing, near Burtholme, in June. This locality is a 

 little lower down the river than Lanercost, and just where it makes a sharp turn 

 westward. — Id. 



Phyllotoma melitta, Newman,=Fenusa betulcc, Zaddach. — In the last number of 

 his " Entomologist," Mr. Newman describes a saw-fly as Phyll. melitta, and the 

 history of the larva, which mines birch leaves, is detailed by Mr. Healy. Through 

 the kindness of the last-named gentleman, I have received two examples of this 

 insect, and find it identical with Fenusa betulce of Zaddach (Besch. neuer oder wenig 



