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Insects. 



Capture of Anther ophagus silaceus, Herbst, Agathidium rotundatum, Gyll., and 

 other Coleoptera. — I have much pleasure in recording the addition of Antherophagus 

 silaceus to the list of our indigenous Coleoptera, as it completes the species of that 

 genus at present known on the Continent. The specimen in question was taken by 

 myself some years ago in Oxfordshire. A. silaceus may be distinguished from 

 A. pallens, which it much resembles in size and colour, by the elongate tooth at ihe 

 apex of the anterior tibia;, and by its long pubescence. Agathidium rotundatum is 

 most nearly allied to A. mandibulare, but may be known by the greater length of the 

 sutural stria, and by the pale apical joint of the antennae. Of A. rotundatum I have 

 met with several examples in this neighbourhood. In the course of an excursion 

 which I lately made into Derbyshire, in company with my friend Mr. G. R. Crotch, 

 we were fortunate enough to capture the following rare species, viz.: — 



Rhizophagus casruleus. Two specimens. 



Agathidium nigripenne. Several. 



Clambus nitidus. In abundance. 



Paramecosoma bicolor. In abundance. 



Orsodacna Cerasi. 



Scydmamus elongatulus. 

 „ sculellaris. 



Stenus Guynemeri. 

 „ tempestivus. 



Dianous caerulescens. 

 — A. Matthews ; Gumley, Market Harborough, June 15, 1862. 



Occurrence of Claviger foveolatus near Blandford. — I have taken Claviger foveo- 

 latus, during the past week, in some plenty on a chalk down near Blandford, which 

 gives a new locality for this species, and confirms my previous suspicion that when 

 well searched for, it will be found to have a wider distribution than is at present 

 imagined. I may as well mention here that about three years ago I possessed a 

 male example of Bombyx Mori, which, in the perfect state, retained the larval mask, 

 but, not knowing at the time the rarity of the case (Zool. 7335), I subsequently 

 allowed it to be lost: its sight appeared to be entirely obstructed by the unusual head- 

 covering. — B. Carrow ; Witchampton Rectory, near Wimborne, Dorset, May 17, 

 1862. 



Occurrence of Pentarthrum Huttoni near Plymouth. — Last summer I purchased, 

 w ith a lot of garden tools, an old cask, in the staves and hoops of which I had the 

 good fortune to find nine specimens of this remarkable rarity. The cask was put 

 away with fire-wood materials, logs, stumps and fagots of various timber, in an old 

 out-house adjoining a garden attached to the premises formerly occupied by Colonel 

 Pedlar, and situated on the road to Tavistock. It will be remembered by coieopterists 

 that this insect was made known to Science by Mr. T. V. Wollaston, who named it 

 after its captor, the Rev. H. W. Hutton, in the 'Annals and Magazine of Natural 

 History' for August, 1854. After showing it to be new both in genus and species, 

 Mr. Wollaston proceeds to state that four examples were found by the Rev. H. W. 

 Hutton, in November, 1853, "amongst logs of wood recently cut up for burning, and 

 Mr. Hutton states that it was from out of a hard aud undecayed portion of cherry- 

 tree (in which their winding burrows were very apparent) that he succeeded in 

 extracting them." I have since had a few specimens sent by Mr. Keys, bookseller, 

 of this town, who accidentally met with them whilst turning over a pile of slates, **>e 



