Insects. 4815 



I think they secrete themselves in dead leaves on the grouud, they so soon become 

 worn. 



Pancalia Latreillella. Very scarce in the same fence as the last, May 27 and 28. 



Argyresthia glaucinella. Taken sparingly from the middle of May to the end of 

 June, sitting on the trunks, and beaten from the branches, of three or four very old, 

 half-decayed oaks. 



Chauliodus Charophylellus. From the beginning of October to the end of June. 



Elachista Gangabella? By beating hazel, May and June. 



Lithocolletis Roboris. Not uncommon in May. 

 „ hortella. One specimen, May 15. 



„ tenella. Scarce. Middle to end of May. 



— John S. Ashworth ; Bryn Hyfryd, Llangollen, North Wales. 



Occurrence at Richmond, Surrey, of a Coleopterous Insect new to Britain. — Four 

 or five years ago I was waiting in the garden belonging to the Union at this place 

 for a friend who had gone into the house to see one of the inmates, and, entomologist- 

 like, I occupied the time in examining the surrounding paling. Along with some 

 other things, I captured what I imagined was a specimen of Tamicus bidens, but, 

 finding on after examination with my friend Mr. Dawson, of Geodephagous celebrity, 

 that it certainly was not that, and not being able to identify it, by his advice it was 

 sent to Paris, whence it was returned as Bostrichus bispinus of Megerle, with the 

 remark, " Je le crois inedit." I know not whether it has ever appeared in printer's 

 iuk ; but at any rate, not wishing to add to synonyms already sufficiently numerous, I 

 shall attempt to give a description, under the above cognomen, sufficient to enable it 

 to be recognized if it has occurred elsewhere in this country. Slightly shining, with 

 scattered hairs ; thorax pitchy chestnut, darkest in front ; elytra paler, a dark testa- 

 ceous. The thorax is rather narrowed in front, where it is studded with tubercles 

 arranged somewhat in curved rows parallel with the anterior margin of the thorax, which 

 appears to be slightly reflexed. The remainder of the thorax is punctured, with a ridge 

 in the centre extending from the tubercled portion to the hinder margin. Elytra 

 punctured, with a single shallow stria on either side the suture. Apex retuse from 

 the sudden widening of the sutural stria?, and the upper edge armed with a tooth as 

 in bidens, but larger, curved and claw-like ; in advance of each tooth is a small tuber- 

 cle. The limbs were not set out, and now that it is old and dry I do not wish to incur 

 the risk of attempting it, so that further details cannot be added ; but I think enough 

 is given above (and probably more than enough) to enable any captor of the species to 

 recognize it. I am aware that the occurrence of a single example of a species is slender 

 ground for admitting it into our Fauna, especially when it belongs to the Xylophagous 

 tribe ; but the locality in this case does not appear to be a suspicious one ; and, as I have 

 never searched it since, it is possible that a further examination, which I intend to 

 make, may lead to the capture of other examples. — George Guyon ; Richmond, Surrey, 

 April 28, 1855. 



Great abundance of " Clegs " in Cumberland and Northumberland. — I certainly 

 never recollect such a plague of " clegs " (Hamatopota pluvialis) as our district has 

 this season been visited with. When in Cumberland, in the second week of July, they 

 were in such numbers on the moors and other elevated places that I was frequently 

 driven from my pursuits by the pertinacity of their attacks. The same abundance was 

 noticed in many parts of Northumberland ; indeed, they are said to have been in such 

 force in some places as to be a perfect torment to man and beast. This I can readily 



