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I infer, the insects came. — /. Hardy ; Radnor Street, Hulme, Manchester, October 4, 

 1855. 



Capture of Rhizotrogus ochraceus in Wales. — Mr. Weaver, during his late trip to 

 North Wales, has met with this scarce insect in some abundance, flying by daylight. 

 The insect is smaller and shorter than the familiar midsummer chafer known in our 

 collections as Amphimalla solstitialis ; the antennas of the male are also very different, 

 the club formed by the lamellae is shorter, and the exterior margin, so conspicuously 

 curved or concave in A. solstitialis, is nearly straight in R. ochraceus. This insect, 

 the Rhizotrogus ochraceus of Burmeister's ' Handbook ' (' Handbuch der Entomologie,' 

 vol. iv. part ii. p. 415), is composed of two supposed species, which the author con- 

 siders varieties: Var. a, pronoto maris foeminceque parum villoso, pubescente =. Melo- 

 lontha ochracea of Knocb (Neue Beitr. i. 90, 5) and Schonherr (Syn. Tns. i. 3, 176, 60) ; 

 and Var. b, pronoto maris dense villoso fcemince pubescente = Melolontha Fallenii of 

 Gyllenhal and Schonherr (Syn. Ins. i. 3, 175, 51, App. 85, 1 18) ; Rhizotrogus Fallenii 

 of Dejean's Catalogue ; and Amphimalla Fallenii of Mulsant (Lam. d. Fra. 447, 4) : it 

 is mentioned by Stephens (' Manual,' p. 168), under the name of Fallenii, as having 

 occurred in Derbyshire. I think Burmeister has done wisely in uniting these supposed 

 species; but our insect being the var. a, and decidedly the Melolontha ochracea of 

 Kuoch, whose name has the claim of priority, there can be no doubt about the propriety 

 adopting Burmeister's name of Rhizotrogus ochraceus. I should also state that 

 Dr. Schaum, in the Stettin * Catalogus Coleopterorum Europae,' includes a third sup- 

 posed species, the Amphimalla tropica of Mulsant, an insect with which I am totally 

 unacquainted : he unites the three under the name of Rhizotrogus ochraceus. — 

 Edward Newman. 



Capture of Melolontha Hippocastani in Scotland. — Mr. Hislop, of Blair Lodge, 

 near Falkirk, has had the good fortune to capture this species in some abundance in 

 his own neighbourhood, and has enriched many of the London cabinets with specimens. 

 At first sight it is distinguishable from Melolontha vulgaris by its conspicuously ferru- 

 ginous pronotum : the anal style of the female is also much shorter than in that 

 species. Mr. Stephens (' Manual,' p. 168) mentions this species as having occurred on 

 the banks of Windermere : it has also been taken in Ireland. — Id. 



Capture near London of a Coleopterous Insect new to Britain. — Mr. Janson, the 

 talented Curator of the Entomological Society, is the fortunate captor of a Coleopterous 

 insect quite unknown in Britain, if not altogether new to Science ; he informs me it is 

 related to Choleva, and possibly belongs to that curious genus of blind beetles called 

 Adelops: Mr. Janson is investigating its history and nomenclature, and in due time 

 will publish all particulars. — Id. 



Occurrence of Acrida Standishii at Glanville's Wootton. — I was mentioning only 

 two days ago to Mr. Haliday, who was here on a visit, that I had not seen Acrida 

 Standishii for years, and to-day a female has been brought me, so that my old 

 acquaintance has reappeared this season. — /. C. Dale ; Glanvilles Wootton, Sher- 

 borne, October 18, 1855. 



Occurrence of Delphax longipennis at Glanville's Wootton. — While Mr. Haliday 

 was here I took a specimen of a very good thing, Delphax longipennis: it is a very 

 active insect, and difficult to secure. I think I had another in the net, but lost it. — 

 Id. 



