Bergamot Monarda didyma L. and gentian sage Salvia patens Cavanilles (Lamiaceae) as food plants for Cassida viridis (Linnaeus) (Chrysomelidae)

The rosemary leaf-beetle, Chrysolina americana (Linnaeus) (Chrysomelidae) reaches Kent where it feeds on garden sage

Mildew-feeding by Rhyzobius litura (Fabricius) (Coccinellidae)

Aplocnemus nigricornis (Fabricius) (Melyridae) in Cornwall

Agabus melanarius Aubé (Dytiscidae) in Berkshire and West Sussex

Improved solutions of two water-soluble media for mounting beetle genitalia

Bagous lutosus (Gyllenhal) (Curculionidae) in Norfolk

Literature notices

An additional record of Bembidion (Pseudolimnaeum) inustum du Val (Carabidae), from exposed riverine sediments on the Afon Tywi, Carmarthenshire

A second Scottish site for Calosoma inquisitor (Linnaeus) (Carabidae)