1892.] 



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fession, that of a solicitor, and was much respected and beloved by his 

 confreres. Mr. Archer was a man of high culture and most genial 

 disposition, an ardent politician, and a born Naturalist. He was one 

 of the first to accept the late Mr. Darwin's views on the " Origin of 

 vSpecies,'" &c. He possessed a very practical knowledge of Conchology 

 and Entomology, and was always ready to assist and encourage young 

 people in their scientific and Natural History investigations. He was 

 one ot the first to enrol himself a member of our " Lancashire and 

 Cheshire Entomological Society," in which he always took a deep 

 interest. His loss at so comparatively young an age is greatly 

 deplored. Those who knew him intimately, as I have done for the 

 last 25 years, will mourn a kind, congenial friend, whilst Science has 

 one less ardent follower in Liverpool. S. J. Capper. 



GOSSIPING NOTES ON BRITISH COLEOPTERA. 



BY G. A. LEWCOCK. 



(Continued from page 29). 



L. H^MORRHoiDALis, F. —One of the doubtfully British species. 

 There are but two records relating to its capture, viz. by the Rev. 

 F. W. Hope, at Nettley, Shropshire, on broom ; and Stephens, " Dr. 

 Power has a specimen taken by Mr. Sidebotham, near Devizes." 

 The collection at South Kensington Museum, does not contain even a 

 type of this insect. Neither is it recorded by Mr. G. C. Champion 

 nor Mr. J. J. Walker. Canon Fowler states that the palpi are reddish 

 testaceous, with striae of elytra indistinct, and interstices fiat. 



[Following L. hannrrhoidilis, Canon Fowler likewise describes L. turcica, which 

 differs from the former in having the strise of elytra well marked, and the interstices 

 convex. Its claim to be regarded as British rested for many years on four specimens 

 reported to have been captured in Okehampton Park. Mr. W. H. Bennett (Hastings) 

 also records it in the Entomologist Monthly Magazine for June, 1883. I am able to 

 give, from Mr. Bennett's MS., an account of the capture of this beetle: — "My 

 specimen was taken at Gucstling early in the spring, and was quite a ' fluke.' I was 

 on my knees before a sappy birch stump, when I saw a pretty geodephagous beetle 

 rushing about on the ground. I secured it, and saw it was new to m.e. The next 

 day I examined it, and soon found what a prize I had got. It is hardly necessary to 

 say that I have never seen another." Canon Fowler remarks that this specimen 

 appears to be authentic, but further confirmation of the species is much needed. 

 Two specimens of the insect are contained in the collection of the South Kensington 

 Museum.] 



L. CYANOCEPHALA, L.— In this species the first joint of the antennae 

 is reddish, elytra slightly pubescent, and scutellum dark. Occurs in 

 chalky places, under stones, in moss, and sometniies by sweeping, 

 Hyperiaim, &c. Uncommon. Kent, Darenth, Wood, Dover, Surrey, 

 Mickleham, Reigate, Ripley.— (G. C. Champion, " Kent and Surrey 

 Coleoptera.") 



