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THE BRITISH NATURALIST. 



[June 



Captures at Dublin, &c. — I have taken D. linearis at Stepaside, 

 County Dublin, sparingly in cut grass ; at Greystones, County Wick- 

 low, in moss, unfrequently this spring. I have also taken this year, 

 very sparingly however, D. melanoceplialiis at Stepaside, in moss. I 

 believe Demetrias atricapillus is quite common in the Dublin district, 

 as I have taken it this year rather frequently at roots of grass in 

 various localities. A specimen of D. imipiinctatus was sent to me from 

 Cork locality — I believe near Douglas, — but I have never taken the 

 insect myself. — Id. 



DiNARDA M^RKELii, Kies. — I havc recently taken several speci- 

 mens of this insect in nests of the black ant in this district (Penzance). 



— (Rev.) J. ISABELL. 



[Some half-dozen of these beetles were sent me in living state by 

 our correspondent, and I exhibited them at City of London Entom. 

 and Natural Hist. Society on May 7th. Mr. Isabell seems to have 

 found out the best method of working ants' nests. — G. A. L.] 



Hydroporus ferrugineus, Stephens. — In the Hastings district 1 

 have taken several specimens of this scarce species in two small pools 

 on the cliffs, within a few yards of the sea ; both the pools are less 

 than a yard in circumference, but they are kept continually filled by 

 a small spring which which runs through both of them. — A. Ford, 

 Claremont House, Upper Tower Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea. 



[Mr. Ford has kindly sent me two examples of this beetle. He is 

 fortunate in discovering a new locality for it in the South of England. 

 Fowler gives but three English localities, viz. : Collingbourne Wood, 

 Kimpton, and Whalley. — G. A. L.] 



Reports of Societies. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. , 



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May 6th, 2891. — Mr. Frederick DuCane Godman, M.A., F.R.S.. President, in the j 

 chair. ' 



Mr. Robert A. Dallas Beeching, of 24, St. James's Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent ; 

 Mr. H. Shortridge Clarke, of Douglas, Isle of Man; Monsieur Leon Fairmaire, of 

 21, Rue du Dragon, Paris; Mr. William Reid, of Pitcaple, Aberdeenshire; and Mr. 

 Nelson M. Richardson, B.A., of Montevideo, Weymouth, were elected Fellows of the 

 Society. 



