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NOTES FROM THE ENTOMOLOGICAL 
MAGAZINES. 
W. J. FORDHAM. 
The ‘ Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine ’ for January, 1933, contains 
several interesting papers. Scopaeus gracilipes Edmonds is added to 
the British List of Coleoptera (New to Science) on specimens from 
Bridport (Harwood) and Charmouth (Stott). A description is also 
given of Scopaeus sulcicollis Steph. 
W. D. Hincks continues his ‘ Notes on the Passalidae ’ and there 
are other articles on exotic insects. A new bug ( Myrmedobia bedwelli 
China) is added to the British list from Cornwall and M. D. Austin writes 
on ‘ The insect and allied fauna of cultivated mushrooms.’ Among the 
shorter notes are ‘ Further notes on some British species of Dolerus,’ 
by Dr. Perkins, and ‘ Hemiptera-Heteroptera in Sussex,’ by H. R. P. 
Collett. 
In the ' Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine,’ for February, G. B. 
Walsh continues his ‘ Studies in the British Necrophagous Coleoptera,’ 
based on observations made in Raincliffe Woods and on Seamer Moor 
near Scarborough. H. Donisthorpe describes a new variety of the 
beetle Malachius marginellus (var. angusti-marginalis) . Lt.-Col. C. G. 
Nurse contributes a note on Fidoriia limbaria Fab., a moth with no 
certain record of its capture outside Suffolk for fifty years. A. M. 
Altson has an article on Termites and W. P. Curtis discusses ‘ Meigen’s 
Nouvelle Classification ’ of the Diptera. There are several shorter 
notes of interest. 
The ‘ Entomologist’s Record ’ for January contains the following 
articles : ‘ Erebiidae and Lycsenidse from Southern Austria,’ by F. B. 
and A. E. Welch ; ‘ A note on Lampides ( Lyccena ) boeticus L.,’ by J. S. 
Taylor ; ‘ Lepidoptera at Maurin, Basses-Alpes, France,’ by A. E. 
Burras, W. P. Curtis, and W. Fassnidge, and ‘ Further notes on a Willow 
Swamp in Windsor Forest,’ by H. Donisthorpe, enumerating several 
Coleoptera taken there. 
The ‘ Entomologist’s Record ’ for February contains ‘ Notes on the 
Psychidae,’ by Rev. C. R. N. Burrows ; ‘ On recording entomological 
publications,’ by H. Donisthorpe ; ‘ Notes on Erebiid species,’ by 
B. C. S. Warren, and ‘ Holiday notes ; Eastbourne District, 1932,’ by 
J . A. Downes and B. J . McNulty. There are several short notes including 
one on Eupithecia pusillata in Northumberland. 
The ‘ Entomologist ’ for January, 1933, contains articles on the 
life history of Acosmetia caliginosa Hb., by Messrs. E. A. Cockayne 
and C. N. Hawkins, a new Syrian butterfly by Capt. A. F. Hemming ; 
‘ A Summer in Bulgaria after butterflies,’ by Brigd.-Gen. C. H. C. van 
Straubenzee, and ‘ Two new American species of Siphonaptera,’ by 
Dr. Karl Jordan. Short notes are chiefly concerned with immigration 
records . 
The February number contains ‘ Nepticula decentella H-S. (Lep). ; 
a species new to Britain,’ by R. Adkin ; ‘ Notes on Arran Lepidoptera,’ 
by G. D. Haggart ; ‘ A Summer in Bulgaria after Butterflies ’ (con- 
tinued) ; ‘ The life history of Acosmetia caliginosa Hb.’ (continued) ; 
Notes on British Odonata in 1931 and 1932,’ by J. Cowley, and 
‘ Trichoptera from Oxford,’ by M. E. Mosely. There are numerous 
short notes mainly lepidopterological and a note on a Ceciaomyid larva 
preying on the Psyllid Aphalara exilis. 
The ‘ Entomologist ’ for March contains the following : ‘ Collecting 
notes (Lepidoptera),’ by C. G. M. de Worms ; ‘ The life history of 
Acosmetia caliginosa Hb.,’ (concluded) ; ' New Carpenter Bees from 
South Africa,’ by T. D. A. Cockerell ; ‘ Faunis (Lep. Amath.). Re- 
visional List,’ by C. J. Brooks and ‘ A new Delias from the Malay 
Peninsula ’ (Lepidoptera ; Pieridae), by A. S. Corbett. There are 
numerous short notes. 
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