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[March 



common here ; beaten out of hawthorn bloom ; also obtained by 

 sweeping. Recorded also as occurring near Belfast" (Rev. W. F. 

 Johnson, Armagh). 



Notes. 



CrcoxEs VARiEGATUS, Hcllw. — Mr. E. G. Elliman captured several 

 specimens of this uncommon beetle under the bark of a birch tree, at 

 Tring, Herts., on January 31st.— G. A. Lewcocr. 



. Atemeles paradoxus, Grav. — The Rev. J. Isabell has kindly sent 

 me a nice specimen of this rare species, which he has been fortunate 

 in capturing in the Penzance district. He writes me that he 

 " secured one as late as November 21st last, in nest of enclosed ant" 

 (probably Formica flava). This beetle is rather darker than its con- 

 gener, A. eniarginata, from which it differs in having the third joint 

 of antennae much longer than the second, the frontal furrow very 

 distinct, and there is also a great difference in the shape of the 

 anterior angles of thorax. — G. A. Lewcock. 



OcYPUs FuscATUS, Grav. — Several specimens of this good beetle 

 have recently been taken by the Rev. J. Isabell, near Penzance. It 

 appears to be fairly numerous in the district. — G. A. Lewcock, 73, 

 Oxford Road, Islington. 



DiNARDA Maerkelii, Kics. — I have ten specimens of this insect. 

 All were taken last summer : seven in one ant's nest, and the others 

 singly. — Rev. J. Isabell, Penzance. 



Reports of Societies. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



February ^th, 1891. — Mr. Frederick DuCane Godman, M.A., F.R.S., President, 

 in the chair. 



The President nominated the Rt. Hon. Lord Walsingham, M.A., F.R.S., Professor 

 Raphael Meldola, F.R.S., and Dr. David Sharp, F.R.S., Vice-Presidents for the 

 Session 1891-92. 



Dr. Thomas A. Chapman, M.D., of " Firbank," Hereford; Mr. Horace St. John 

 Donisthorpe, of " Belvedere," Crystal Palace Park Road, S.E, ; Mr. F. W. Frohawk, 

 of 9, Dornton Road, Balham, S.E. ; Mr. E. Ernest Green, of 10, Observatory 

 Gardens, W. ; ]\lr. G. F. Hampson, ]J.A., of Thurnham Court, Maidstone ; 

 ^Ir. Frederick J. Hanbury, F.L.S., of 6g, Clapton Common, Upper Clapton, N.E. ; 



