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THE BRITISH NATURALIST. 



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L. CHLOROCEPHALA, Hoff. — Distinguished from the preceding in 

 having the first three joints of antennae reddish, the elytra smooth, 

 and scutellum red. The species is not uncommon, but, like many 

 other insects, is wanting in several lists. It occurs generally in South 

 of England. I have found it at Esher, by sweeping. Mr. Champion's 

 record is as follows : —Under stones, in moss, on broom, beneath 

 juniper. Local and common. Kent: Folkestone, Cuxton, Chatham, 

 Dartford, Rainham. Surrey: Reigate, Ripley, Caterham, Walton-on- 

 Thames, Shirley, Box Hill, Kenley ("Kent and Surrey Coleoptera ''). 

 Also taken by Mr. West (Greenwich) at Caterham, Betchworth Hills 

 (juniper), and a small form at Plumstead under broom. On 

 Hjpericiun perforatum, at Shirley (Hants) and Lewes (E. A. 

 Newbery). Rare in Hastings district ; taken by sweeping near 

 broom in summer, and by shaking tufts of grass in winter (W. H. 

 Bennett). One specimen taken near Bath by the late Mr. Gillo. 

 Recorded by Mr. Gregson from bank of the Alt, Sefton (Dr. Ellis, 

 "Liverpool Coleoptera"). Mr. Chappel, of Manchester, tells me he 

 takes the species freely, hybernating under bark of poplar and aspens 

 near the ground (W. E. Sharp, Ledsham). Also taken by Mr. Robson, 

 Hartlepool. Several additional localities are given in Canon Fowler's 

 " Coleoptera of British Islands " Ireland: Armagh. 



Keports of Societies. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



February 2i, 1892. — Mr. Frederick DuCane Godman, F.R.S., President, in the 

 chair. The Secretary read a letter from General Sir Dighton Probyn, K.C.B., 

 Comptroller to the Prince of Wales, conveying the thanks of the Prince and Princess j 

 of Wales for the address of condolence with their Royal Highnesses in their severe I 

 bereavement, which had been forwarded to Sir Dighton Probyn by the Secretary, on ! 

 behalf of the Society. Mr. Walter Cuthbert Biddell, of 32, The Grove, Bolton | 

 Gardens, S.W. ; and Mr. Douglas Stuart Steuart, of North Leigh, Prestwich, ' 

 Lancashire, were elected I'^ellows ; and Vir. Philip de la Garde, R.N., was admitted 

 into the Society. Tlie President referred to the loss the Society had recently 

 sustained by the death of Mr. Henry Walter Bates, F.R.S., who had twice been its 

 President ; and he also read a copy of the resolution of sympathy and condolence 

 with Mrs. Bates and her family, in their bereavement, which had been passed by the 

 Council at their meeting that evening. Mr. Frederick C. Adams exhibited a 

 monstrous specimen of Telephorus rusticus, taken in the New Forest, in which the left 

 mesothoracic leg consisted of three distinct femora, tibiae and tarsi, apparently 

 originating from a single coxa ; he also exhibited specimens of Ledra aurita. Mr. j 

 G. A. James Rothney sent for exhibition a series of specimens of two species of i 

 Indian ants [Myrmicaria sitbcavinata, Sm., and Aphmiogastor (messor) barbarus, L., var. j 

 punctatus, Forel), which had recently been determined for him by Dr. Forel. He also | 

 communicated notes on the subject, in which it was stated that Myrmicaria subcarinata, 

 Sm., was not uncommon in Bengal, and formed its nests by excavating the earth 1 



