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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
Phibalapteryx vitalbaria, 
Bapta taminaria, 
Ephyra pendularia, 
Minoa Euphorbiaria, 
Halias prasinana, a 
Torlrix ministrana, 
Capua ochraceana, 
Phoxopteryx uucana, 
„ diminutana, 
Stigmonota puncticostana, 
Pyrodes Rheediella. 
— H. J. Harding, ], York St., Church 
Street , Shoreditch. 
CoLEOPTEKA. 
Beetles near Gloucester. — On the 11th 
of May the Cotteswold Naturalists’ Field 
Club met at Cheltenham, when the ento- 
mological section, under the guidance of 
the Rev. Mr. Marshall, had the satisfac- 
tion of taking six specimens of Platt/- 
rhinus la tiros tris, under the bark of de- 
cayed ash pollards, or feeding on the 
Sphccria concentrica, Berkeley (S. frax- 
inea, Sow.), with which their trunks were 
embossed. These insects were first de- 
tected in the neighbourhood of Chelten- 
ham by Messrs. Marshall and Prentice, 
and the same trees have never since 
failed to yield a supply in due season. 
Mr. Marshall has even taken an indi- 
vidual on the wing in the streets of Chel- 
tenham, where the spectacle of an aero- 
static pig would have been, if possible, 
less surprising. On the 13th I took a 
fine series of Chrysomela distinguenda , on 
the shady side of a damp quarry in the 
“ Great Oolite” between Northleach and 
Burford. This is the first time I have 
had the good fortune to meet with this 
insect in Gloucestershire. Besides these 
I select the following catalogue of rather 
“ good things” from a long list of cap- 
tures: — 
Stomis pumicatus, 
Carabus monilis, 
Harpalus sabulicola, 
Totnicus villosus, 
Cerylon pilicorne, 
Helodes phellandrii, 
Polydrosus undatus, 
Notaris acridulus, 
„ bimaculatus, 
Erirhinus schirrosus, 
Tanysphyrus lemnm, 
Merionus obscurus, 
Otiorhynchus piceus, 
„ niger, 
Rhynchites pauxillus, 
Anthonomus ater, 
„ pomorum, 
Balaninus villosus, 
Tanymecus palliatus, 
Sciapliilus muricatus (3), 
Synaptus filiformis (1), 
Elater ustulatus (1), 
Clytus mysticus, &c. 
The hawthorn blossoms have been un- 
usually unproductive this season : I know 
not whether others have found them so ; 
and, on the whole, this spring has been 
less favourable to the entomologists in 
these parts than usual : whether this is 
attributable to the long duration of 
easterly winds I am not sufficiently skilled 
in knowledge of the influence of weather 
upon insect development to decide. — 
W. V. Guise, Elmore Court ; May 26. 
Captures at Darenth. — I have taken 
the following amongst a number of other 
species, during my recent visit to the 
above locality : — 
Argilus biguttatus, 
„ viridis, 
Elater balteatus, 
Campylus lineatus, 
Telephori (various), 
Molytes corouatus, 
Rhynchites pubescens, 
„ Betuli, 
„ Populi, 
Attelabus Curculionides, 
Apoderus Avellame, 
Clytus mysticus, 
„ Arietis, 
Rhagium inquisitor, 
„ bifasciatus, 
Toxotus meridian us, 
