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they sometimes damage to a considerable extent; in the winter, 
some of them hibernate in moss, tufts of grass, refuse, under 
loose bark, etc. 
Larva and Imago of a Weevil ( Balaninus ). 
Trimera (Lady-birds)—42 species—-Various plants and trees, 
especially hops and firs, they frequently occur in vast swarms on 
heaths, and are very useful, as they feed upon plant-lice ( Aphides) 
which, but for these and other checks would multiply to such an 
enormous extent as to destroy all vegetation ; they may be found 
hibernating in moss, in winter. 
Heteromera —122 species-—On flowers, in rotten wood, at roots 
of grass in sandy places, in houses, bakeries, among refuse, and 
in a variety of other situations, one or two species occurring in 
wasp nests, many species occur on sand-hills on the coast. 
This concludes the groups of our British Coleoptera and in my 
“ Hints to Coleopterists’” each month I hope to deal as fully as 
possible with the various methods of collecting; and I shall be 
pleased at any time to assist beginners, by determining their speci¬ 
mens and giving them any information in my power, if they care 
to write me on the subject. 
NOTES ON THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE 
LEPIDOPTERA. 
By A. Lionel Clarke. 
The year 1893 will be engraved upon the memory of all lovers 
of Natural History for some great length of time, inasmuch that 
it has not only been remarkable for the long spell of fine hot 
weather which has given us every opportunity to fully enjoy the 
out-door part of the study, but it has caused such a departure 
from the usual dates and the number of individuals of each species 
