22 TflE BNtOMOLOGIST^S RECORl). 



from Thornton is an error, as he collected there with the doctor). 

 It is curious that the Power collection does not contain a single 

 Leicestershire specimen. AncJiunienus viicans, also unknown at the 

 other two reservoirs, occurred here, also Bembidmm articulatum. 

 Bcmbidmm dor is swarmed. 



These results show, in a distance of about 20 miles, a completely 

 different coleopterous fauna on an apparently similar reservoir, viz., 

 Saddington. With regard to Cropstone and Thornton, although close 

 to each other, the results are not the same, the only inference being 

 that some adverse influence had been at work on Stcnoluplms vesper- 

 tinus, BembidixLm ohliquuvi and B. Jiavwndatmn at Thornton, whilst 

 the opposite was the case at Cropstone. But why should the non- 

 Midland species, Philonthus quisqidllaris, occur at all three, and the 

 var. dimidiatus fairly commonly at Thornton, rarely at Cropstone, and 

 not at all at Saddington '? The Cropstone predominant species being 

 Stcnido/'hiis respcrtinus and Bcmbidiuui obliquum, at Thornton, Philontlim 

 quisquilLdria, and at Saddington, Bernbidium doris. 



Coleoptera in the Hastings District. 



By W. H. BENNETT. F.E.S. 



In company with my friend, Mr. Jeft'ery, I have found a con- 

 siderable number of good coleoptera in the district this year. The 

 sandhills at Camber have produced the following : — Uarpahis servus 

 in some numbers, at the roots of grass and below the surface of the 

 sand ; H. cordatm sparingly and very local ; Amara rufocincta sparingly, 

 and one or two specimens of Mawrexis wetterhalii ; other species which 

 occurred here, principally under moss, or by searching under the plants, 

 are Xantholinus tricolor, Acheniuni dqjressum, Sijncalijpta JiirsiUa, 

 Hijperaspis reppensis, Nitidula A-pustidata Siud Saprinus metallicus. The 

 marshes, however, near Rye and Winchelsea, proved our most prolific 

 hunting-ground. From the banks of one ditch we took the folloAV- 

 ing ; — I'anagaeiis crux-major, a nice series (one specimen only of this 

 species had been previously recorded from the district) ; Badistcr 

 peltatiis and uniptistidatus in numbers; StenolopJms skrimsJiiramis (SO), 

 this species had not been met with for many years, and then only one 

 specimen was taken ; Hypera polliu- occurred freely, and with it the 

 beautiful H. alternans, under such conditions as led us to feel con- 

 vinced that it is only a var. of H. pollux. Bagous collujncnsis was not 

 rare, and a single B. limosuH turned up among them. Other things 

 which might be mentioned were Actobius ciuerascens, '■''Philonthus 

 fumarius, Anchomcnus puellus, ('hlaenius nif/ricornis and Erirrhinus 

 scirpi. I think that is a very fine list for one small ditch, not more 

 than 30 yards long. At other parts of the marsh we met with 

 Telmatophilus sparijanii in some numbers, accompanied by swarms of 

 T. caricis, and one or two *T, schonherri, Coccidida scutellata, Bagous 

 frit, and B. subcarinatus, not uncommonly, B. alismatis and B. 

 tempestivus in large numbers, one ^'-'Ggmnetron vUlosidus, Limnichus 

 pyiliiiaeus on the muddy banks of a ditch, which also yielded two 

 Blcdius crassicollis, the first for some years, and plenty of Ceuthor- 

 rhynchidius rufidus. Guestling Wood and the immediate vicinity 

 was not worked so much as usual, but several nice species were 

 obtained, one Caenopjsis Jissirostris, and C. waltoni, commonly, Tropi- 

 phorus carinatus ; one Liosuma troglodytes, under moss ; ten Deronectes 



