372 Mr. H. Donisthorpe on 



Anthribim;. 



Anthribus albinus, L. 



Anthribus is very like a " bird's dropping," or a bit of 

 lich en-covered bark. It lives in old stumps, etc., its 

 colouring being well suited to the surroundings. 



CURCULIONID.E. 



Apoderus coryli, L., and Atteldbus curculionoides, L. 



These two beetles are bright red in colour ; the former 

 sits on the young leaves of hazel, and the latter on oak. 

 Canon Fowler says of Apoderus (Col. Brit. Isles, v., p. 118) : 

 "It is very conspicuous as it sits on the leaves in the 

 sun." Both species may be passed over for Goccinellidm. 

 When disturbed they drop instantly. 



Otiorrhynchits fuscipes, Walt. 



When Mr. Chitty and I were beating bushes on Purley 

 Downs, we took a number of these beetles. Large brown 

 berries about the size of the beetle kept falling into the 

 beating- tray with it, and we were much struck with the 

 resemblance between the insect and the fruit. 



Polydrusus tereticollis, De G. 



I noticed in Tilgate Forest in 1891 that this beetle was 

 very like the buds of the birch which were beaten off with 

 it. I mounted several specimens on cards with the buds. 

 These I have sent to Professor Poulton, who was very 

 pleased to add them to the collection illustrating insect 

 bionomics which he is making in the Hope Department. 



Polydrusus confluens, Steph. 



This beetle bears a strong superficial resemblance to 

 Sitones regensteinensis, Herbst. Both species are found on 

 the broom, the Polydrusus being much the rarer of the 

 two. I do not know what is the reason for, or the ad- 

 vantage there may be in, this mimicry. ? Syncryptic if 

 both are concealed on broom, like the resemblance between 

 insects on pine-needles or lichen. 



Philopedon geminatus, F. 



Of this beetle Mr. Holland says, " Among the sand and 



